Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-20
SANTA ANA.
Points of interests abOnt this thriving
agricultural center-The prospect of
CrOps-Emprovcme in the town
b. The climate. etc. tf-Fs8

CrOps-Emprovem in the town
The climate. etc. tf-fst
EDITOR HERALD.-We-h have been
intending from day to day to inform
your numerous readers of our pros
poets, growth and prosperity, but that
thief of time, Procrastination, has
kept us from SO doing. "rhe Oldest
inhabitant" says our prospects for u
bountiful crop were never so fiattering
as now. We have been blessed with
an abundance of rain, which was so
distributed and came so gently that
the earth retained almost the entire
amount. Volunteer grain and that
which was sown early is quite rank-
that when was sown late is coming
on nicely. Many persons are now
preparing their land for corn. The
acreage sown in small grain and
planted in corn on this side of Santa
Ana river will be largely in excess of
any previous year. On the San Joa-
quin Rancho there will be several
hundred acres put under cultivation
which has never been used for any
thing but pasturage. Some of the
land on said Rancho has been pur-
chased, and some rented with the priv
ilege of buying. General Banning
and Mr. Gabe Allen have each subdi-
yided' port ions Of their respective
Ranches, and are offering splendid in.
ducements TO-, purchasers. Persons
who have been absent from the Santa
Ana conntry "a year jwould-searcely,
recognize the place, so great has been
the change in that short space of time.
Neat farm houses are seen in every
direction, occupied by thrifty persons
who take California as they find it.
i. e., not a paradise where no one need
work, but place where any honest,
industrious person is soon to reap a
bountiful harvest. The imprOy
in our town has been as marked as in
the country surrounding. Among the
number since our last letter is the
commodious boarding house of Mr..
| Foulkner; the extensive addition
built by Mr.. Gilmcher; the new store
of Mr.. Kimball, recently from New
| York; the book and stationery estab-
lshment of Mr.. Edwards, recently
of Orange; and the grist mill, formerly
at Tustin City-you see we are alb
sorbing both Orange and Tustin City.
| Orange and Tustin are both nice pla-
ces, yet we claim advantages which
are seen by business men. Our hotel
is crowded with strangers from the
East, or more in the language of Cali
fornians, from the Estates" All who
visit us are pleased and few leave be-
fore making purchase with the view
to return and become one of us.
In your issue of the 18th inst, we
noticed letter over the signature of
OR. M. Bell" who can be addressed
at Brighton, Ills. You know, Mr., Ed
itor, that bills are noted for their
sound and are worth nothing for any,
thing else. Such we consider the one
Sucker" as we are one, but the facts
in the case compel us to state that Mr..
Bell's statement is little one-sided.
One of his statements is true to the
letter, viz: 4" Begging in Cali: mia is
met with very little sympathy, - and
so it should be /; fOr our sober, indus
trous man or woman need beg in Los
Angeles county. We have been 7ip
the State over two years and have
never seen one person begging for
work. There is no myth about our
gold and silver mines nor our semi
tropical climate, where flowers bloom
out OF doors the year round. If Mr..
Bell will come to Santa Ana we will
show him roses in full bloom the year
through, and out of doors at that.
We had the pleasure of meeting
Messrs. Breck and Hubbard, of North
hampton, Mass, few days since and
they say they never have seen so fine
a country and climate combined as is
to be found in Los Angeles county.
Our friends from the East need not
expect to find place where industry
and economy are not required, even If
he don't come to California. We
claim, and Justly too, the finest eli
mate in the world, and soil not to be
surpassed in any country. We have
travelled from Texas to Minnesota, and
from the Atlantic to the Pacific In
search of health, and no place have we
found equal to Los Angeles county.
County division is no go on this side
of the river. We are all satisfied to
let good-enough alone. Some of our
friends at Anaheim have abused us be-
cause we would not 60 in for division,
but as we are a Christian people, it
don't hurt. In our next We will say
somthing Of our church and school
prospects. -rf >.
Santa Ana, Feb. 16, 1876. -