The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-15
aa WHEELING. WEST VA. MONDAY MORNING JUNE il 1874

he highly pleased, &C., &c. But as Ihsye
not had the pleasure Of spending q
winter here, l will pass over all enco.
niums Of the Caliiornians thereon until
shall have been able TO judge personally.
soJouRN AT sGNTA BARBARA.
spent two weeks Of Santa Barbara,
which proved TO be q nice little town
with socially disposed inhabitants, mos''v
eastern folks, and II therefore differeu
from all other towns have seen where
the greAser and Spanish element still pre-.
dominates, and where this "a distinctly
visible In the character Of the houses and
general make up OF the town. Santa
Barbara hasa charming beach, and as II
has but little country 10 back It, think
its future will be principally that Of an
Invalid and bathing town. Or the climate
OF Santa Barbara / cannot speak 90 IA
vorahly, as q fog generally hangs over the
town during the first hall Of the day.
This log hardly descends to the surface
however, and It Is therefore hardly as
moist as II would appear OF first, and its
principal effect Is 10 diminish the heat
and thus produce that evenness Of tenn
perature Of which Santa Barbara can
stAntly boasts, As found the fogs did
not agree with me, l pushed on 10 Los
Angeles, whittier, however, the fog pur-
sued me, although less persistently than
at Santa Barbara. Los Angeles, like San
Buena Ventura, little town ! stopped at
for few days before I got TO Los Angeles,
still exhibits in It's buildings and inhabit.
ants its Spanish origin, and even yet the
presence Of a large number Of greasers.
$500 to $500 PER ACRE FOR LAND.
At Santa Barbara I found the culture
Gi the almond to be the principal feature
agriculturAlly, while at Los Angeles all
was oranges. Everybody has oranges on
the brain, and good orange land unim.
proved Is held at 5000 to $500 per acre.
As ! could not see things in that light, I
resolved TO travel on, and thought to
spend week In this place before going
down 10 Anaheim and other points below
Los Angeles. The reports In the lower
country about San Benandlno had been
90 discouragiDg that / thought a
week would suffice me in visiting It.
A weeks stay, however, proved to ME It's
superiority, and 50 / have remained here
now over two months, and seriously
think Of making It my permanent abode.
But j found so many difficulties In the
way OF buying land that / have as yet
been unable 10 locate, although there are
millions Of acres lying uncqltivated in
this county. The causes Of this are SO
complicated and peculiar to this section
that l must postpone any more definite
explanation TO some future time.
AS this valley Is decidedly one Of mag.
nifcent distances bought q horse soon
after my arrival here, and with that 1
have been securing the country about
ior many miles, often camping out in the
open air and sleeping beneath the vault.
ed skies. As stated at the opening OF
my letter / have just returned from two
weeks trip into the mountains to the
very edge OF the desert, some sixty odd
miles from here, by most difficult noun.
tain trail. In few days shall start for
q weeks trip in another direction. As
you may imagine, under such circum.
stances am feeling well, the only thing
/ can complain Of Is that / cannot in
crease in flesh, which is not, however SO
wonderful with the thermometer still in
the nlnelies. Let me hear soon and be.
lieve me ever your friend,
80 JNo. P. BRUcK.
SECOND AND LATER LETTER.
ARROYO sEco BEE RANcHE,
Los ANGELos Co., Cal,
17Ih May. lS7