, 1877-01-08
CALIFORNIA,


! Special Correspondence n TIE Tribune
ocKAS VIEW, Santa Cruz County, Cal, Dec
| ~ lolu.-Ihis far.nE mountaiN-homc Ia blessed
| ny the presence Of THE TnIHuNR. Ons Of your
fresh, rary shecta upon Tie table, not yet
week OLD, reminds s.e Of pledge nnlt To some
ot your patrons, my friends. /. was
to bcri thcui, through you, some uf
my wayaido jotttugs. h.sten to keen
that promise, We left Illinois on IN,
9Th Of November last. A few fcathcry ilakcs
ot suow were falling reminding Us of the a,,-
t'Fuacll Of thu lcc.k!ug. We reached San Frau
cisco On Wednesday, the 18th, having spent the
Sabbath At Salt lako City. We had mast DE-
lightflll trip ncluss the Continent. After Il
short so1ourn tn the cty, VIC took tho Southern
Pacific Railroad, md, after q three lours' ride.
fund ourselves in the City II sau Josc, Santa
Clara County, ilty miles south Of the city,
This county Is ono Of the finest Of tho State, enI
this valley one Of tho loyeltrst Of earth. 1t f.
rlmued Atou. BY gruul ola mountains, sl,ot.
lofty peaks arc picturesque and beautiful In
tl's!F vuFlcd outline. Mount Hamilton lifts Ills
head maiestically above tho rest III. brow yelled
BY the auatlnk clouds. Hamilton Is the highest
of tue mountains of the south range. On his
crest IL locatcd tho Lick Observatory, which will
contain tho largest telescope of the wosd This
ooscrFatoryis Is founded by tnuntcrnt btqurst
III tho will of the late Janus IL. Lick, Ne
ctasr', WHO WAS une Of San Franctsco's most |
wealthy dt!zens SAID bcquest gives Tor thr |
observatory s750,0oo.
Santa Clara Valley Possesses q rich, fertile
SOIL and Is In high statc uf culture licra |
grow the orange. almond, p'lncgranatc, lemon,
apple, pear, quincc, and grape, Tho grapes |
arc Ut the finest varieties, unl tie 'sust luscious
ever tasted. tn short, MI OF the selul.trop-
!cal fruits grow here. The ranches or
farms also produce all Of the ccsca!s
ahuiidant,y aud without irrigation. TAese
ranches arc beautiful as'l picturesque with tue
se-oaks, which the residents have wisely sparctl
froln the ar. They are proud old trres,-yone
~ them centuries oi'i, T:lrY urc always green.
and teIr wtie.sprea,ling boi.ls i,1y[t. to rrnls,
beneath tlcis refreshing shadr. Ths.s
trees abound everywhere III tie State,
H. n. ss... ssrs.en a%ny i'r2Hs tho v9'!sys
valley Is one etrEnal spring. lkoses gcraniuina
and many other nnwtrs biHolu here the yrnr
round. Ia summer the thermometer ruJejy ~
reeds 10 degrees, and IN wilter seldom falls to
snt si 'fTee4hi1l. E San Jose Is tbs eouuty-scat
10 5'In Santa Clara is dnc little city Tires
ush h histant, anu has q population u about
tLUo 1hess tWu towns are connected by tho
l!f.iainsa Alaneda. THIS tine avenue was la!l
~. ~ toe ancient Jesults. They plant cd willow
rses tle whole lengti, Of the roal. These trees
lIs grund aud venerable with years They ~ a
;entury old. aud arc guarcai, wriukleJ, auu Yruy
%lta uge, The han'is that pla,ltc.l thrtn lHns
'inso haze turned Into dust. -sIons Ills Hue
l1Gans ths stfcst-cars arc constantly rumbitng,
at san J1se arc lucatcd the Stats Normal School
1uu tho University Of the Faciay.
TIE UNIVERSITY or TUE PACIFIC
tns Ac&hollst college oi the Fur Wcss, aud Is