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tlon In the Southern part Of this
4eates or on the continent, for that
matter. 1t is really impossible to
oxaggerate the claims of this Sec
don on the attention Of settlers
oDd capitalists. Take Los Angeles
oounty, for instance. 1t is cold
ond realistic fact that not tenth
~ IT. capabilities have so far been
devsloped; although. during the
year which is drawing to close,
our wine and brandy production
alone will foot up clear million
of dollars In money values. This
county comprises, rough and
'saooth, somewhat over three mill
Hon acres Of land, much of it
xaountAfnous and unavailable for
paFpesss OF agriculture or hortlcul-
turs. OF this enormous expanse of
territory. about one five
hundrsdth part has SO far
been devoted to the vine.
1here 10 nothing strained in say.
Ing that, including the foothills,
thsfs are . round million of acres
IN Los Angeles county which will
produce either grapss. the semi.
tropical fruits or wheat and bar
ley. When the 5713 acres now
IN vineyard are supplemented by
ene hundred thousand additional
6oros; whom the hundred thousand
nsres now planted in the cereals
shall have been increased to five
hundred thousand; when two or
three hundred thousand orange
trees now bearing, or approaching
The bearing condition, shall be
two or three million. which they
will be shortly; when, to these ele-
nent Of incalculable wealth shall
be added the farming and dairy in
terssts, which are steadily develop.
ing In Los Angeles county, and
our sheep, hog and cattle
interests, which are in a
very healthy state, we are
oenfrontsd with picture of pres.
ont and prospective plenty and
wealth which cannot be rivaled
elsewhere on the American conti'
mont or in the world. Added to
ell, is . geographical situation
which cannot fail to be attended
with the happiest results, from Q
Commerciai, railway and mining
point Of view. The harbor of vii
mlngton assures us maritime con
veniencss equal to those whici
have been enjoyed by some of th'
greatest emporiums Of trad
known In the history Of the world
This harbor is not yet completed
but 1t is just upon the eve of com
pleti0n. A few additional hundre,
thOusands, expended by the gov
ernmsnt Of the United States, will
make Wilmington q harbor equa
! TO Charleston aud better than Gal
weston.
A. to our railway situation it |
simply incompatible, both from
local and u transcontinenta
point Of view. The county of Lo
Angeles is intersected at right an
glss by railways, one arm of whic
extends to San Francisco. secon,
70 AriSQna, third to the southern
portion Of the county, and fourtl
and fifth to Santa Monica and VIII
mington, respectively. Two of thes
branches will embrace not onl,
San Francisco and Arizona but New
York. the Mississippi valley an,
the whole OF the United States, In
fact. The Southern branch of tn,
Southern Pacific will unquestiona
bly, shortly include San Diego il
its reach. Take it for all in all
San Francisco herself has not sucl
an admirable railway system q
Los Angeles may claim.
From the mining standpoint ou
advantages are really superlative
What Denver has been to Colorad
Los Angeles will unqpestionabl
be to Arizona and New Mexico
and, in time, to Sonora and tn
Northern Mexican States. Fror
the PurgAtoire to the Los Angelo
valley there is but a long jumI
and the large gap which separate
the two regions OF fertility has n
inducement for the settler who
not also = mining prospector.
Los Angeles comes to the fron
not only with advantages referabI
to her geographical and railwa
location, but with = multiform va
riety and prodIgality of productio
not known on any equal expanse {
the worlds surface. Almost ever
Z form Of vegetation known on cart
dourishes here. The orange, pom
egranate, citron, olive, lime, lemon
banana aud rubber tree alternat
with the homely northern tuber
Tho potato and tomato are side b
eide with semi-tropical and troI
teal products. Wheat supple
0snts maize or Indian corn, an
che Wine and oil Of the commerc
Of al ages are abundant. Our ric
pastures Of alfalfa and our whit
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