The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-17

ina. am to lose my time and money In the effort
T is safa sc al f o nd
the large sum Of money they cost DO not iee tnat
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IS ali %s
the success of the plans which I am carrying
sacriace that am naSns but the public win gain BY
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mess II other The newspaper part OF the en-
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That Is speaking In pretty plain terms to the
landowners and others OF Santa Barbara, who are
lying In wait to bring down Whatever game TINS
started from the cover in the Eastern States,
where he gave his dark-antern exhibitions.
NEW SPECULATION
And now for another speculative land sell IL Is
known as the LampOc Association. A few pushing
rea! estate men about san Francisco cluooed To-
eisting OF some 49, 600 acres, for which they were
to have given $500 0O0-that IL, 500, 600 cash. an
and me same amount annually until the price be
something Ike sloOO,oOO worth of Of st Uoi6
market. It seems that the gulls Of California
The stock found purchasers This plan OF opera
ton was conceived about Jour months ago. fhe
principal figure IN the transaction is man who
oficiaIes as general agent OF the California lmmi-
grant Union. he has been theoretically seconded
by certain General Shields mot general lanes nN
Ohio. This dasnlnR pair ana their coadJutors next
hit upon the idea Of laying ont town on the Lam,
CITY city the services Of a surveyor were
called into reqasltion, and BY .o,t the help
show OF advantageously the beauties OF
the different triangulations, flourlshlng bor-
me paper city took the eye Of the company's Gus
toners and these parties determined to bring
portion OF 1t aud the adjoining lands under me
about the middle OF last month. or course the
stockholders and others who were interested IN
the thing were on hand The dry, sterile unlm-
proved hills were Did up TO figures ranging from
$23 to $50 per II is said that ground In this
s % wc nr not sss
such sales were IN good faith nobody acquainted
with this State can hardly believe, but the unso-
phisticated outsider VINO was credulous enough TO
embark his capital In the scheme ere now
has cause to regret his mprudence and TO
ers OF the stock are casting about for those upon
whom they can pass 1t OIL, and the land about
Lampoc bears the same unaitered appearance as
bounds, or the expert surveyor who measured 1t
had ever staked OF city lot or site lor town
hall within it's limits. VINO should disturb it, in
deedS Nobody wants 1t, for there are millions OF
just such acres all the mountains OF California
and no one to occupy them. But the managers OF
this too smart scheme OF colonization must be
largely the gamers by this original stroke OF
genius SO well pleased are the MANAGERS OF TINS
concern with the result OF their laDOrs that they
have purchased another extensive tract of wild
country near Los Angeles, on which they
now spending large sums to advertise pre-
paratory to sale similar to that Of Lampoc. 1t is
to come OF early next month"; The same stale
budget Of stereotyped exaggeratlons that ante
ceded the Lampoc sale are now being crammed
down the public throat ana doubtless the same
method OF bidding of the property Will be re-
sorted to. Enough money IRON the unlnitiated
Will be extracted to pay handsomely those who
have right to share In the spOtls; and after the
farce is over the land will lie unDrOken and un-
disturbed as hitherto Pending these proceedings
the California Immigrant Union has issued q
s.Supplement 10 All About California, Referring
Particularly to the Centinela Colony" The book,
like ali others OF It's kind, Is full OF the grossesr
exaggera tons, almost amounting to wlfu mis-
representations. 1t says:-"Read carefully and
mail to some one in the Eastern States or Europe
&C. Thus 1t IS that the trashy publications or
these Immigrants unions. and the itlnerant eXhl-
btions OF Calliornas real estate agents ana needy
newspaper men, are doing positive injury to the
best interests OF this state, besides decsiving
large numbers OF honest but credulous people,
VINO inn0cently believe. in many instances that
tins Is q veritable Land OF Canaan, where all the
sweets OF nature are to be had Tor song, people
never grow Old, nor invands ever die while the
truth the matter Is that II 10 one OF the hardeSt
countries to make a livelihood In that can be
found IN the Union.
II YOU don't believe 1t, good reader, and will per-
severe in paying golden price Tor your penny
whistle, just come and try.