Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-07-16

(kofn California, many have
I&nn from too much telling, many
- to- little telling; still others
~ orloen from too much belIev-
~ and, yet . fourth class, from
- little believing. OF all the
Dto1od matter touching our
Enako and resources that has
n1d ~ way to Eastern readers,
Nave seen very little that is not
1otly true. People are often dis
+ 5c&lnted on reaching us, because
kG1r pre-c0nceived ideas are not
1Glned In every particular. l
1tnk Il 10 generally because they
o9IoVe too much. An orange
<1oxo q described in all Its beauty
follage and its golden wealth.
n1nao<llate the conception takes
ko1d Of the reader that he has q
666fiption OF semi-tr0pical Cali
&ofuia. He gets here, and, by .dint
ef drlvlug, under careful directions,
lnds many orange orchards and
8ofy much unoccupied ground, that
]R1xlRhIm room to make more
.xda. The invalid reads that
ENte ID like wine, and his one
~ u 10 reach here and be we'll.
8 ~ locates himself, perhaps, on
~ arrival where the air is,
~ his case, worse than in his
home. Or, he locates himself cor
'SectIy, and finds that the air will
not intoxicate, not even stimulate,
mi IL reliable and let's him alone,
md his own recuperative force
Noale him.
The reader learns that fresh meat
VAN not spoil exposed to the open
NH that there Is no frost In South
- California; that oranges will
~ $1,000 per acre; that raisiD
E11eyards will pay $500; ten acres
~ eaoh will pay an income Of $l4,
~ por annum; that man can pay
~ bis farm from his first years
mp. He flnds that on that partic-
Mai mountain, that fo0t-hill, in
That mans orchard, and the other
o6roon's vineyard, and In the case
~ 3 certain farmer or certain year
t6eso things are true-but they
have given him too general an opin-
10. He has believed more than
rne told. Mountain and valley,
- and bsy, river and spring,
H6ayy soil aud light soil, vary the
1ultions with every locality SC
H0eh that only general features
s&uH be stated Of any considerable
fUtrttlot. The minor facts are local
Tho climate and the seasons Of
I ~ Pacific Coast, and more es'
a1eeIally, of Southern California,
~ 20 different from those of the
eates east Of the Rocky Mountains
that II is very difficult tor a resi-.
dlout Of the East to understand
A. preliminary, I would sug-
4 xoot that the reader make up his
0lnd that We have no seasons. In
f6o unavoidable sense in which 9
J neFe0n who has spent his life In
tho northern counties understands
The word, we have no seasons. The
aaual experience of new residents
+ Gf Southern California is that they
10ao their idea OF the time OF year
~ the condition of the air or the
RgoWth, until some time during the
4 lSeooud year of their stay. Until
I then the whole time seems like
Summer. They afterwards add q
Vesy mild Spring to the list, call il
Winter, and they have the "sea.
oopaf II we must use the word
1Ve have neither Autumn nor Win.
TOR In any sense resembling the
Autumn and Winter of the East.
am speaking of the coast val.
Il leye-the country between the Coast
Range Of Mountains and the sea-
The mountain tops have Winters
some peaks have eternal Winter
Il "a their crowns and eternal Sum-
nner st their feet.
The general direction of the trade
Wiuds is from the northwest, but
local causes make them southwest
erty for Southern California, sc
Ahat the prevailing wind, cool and
yefrsshing from the sea during the
3ummsr days, comes from the
s oouthWest. The reason Of this il
ueII known. The greater heat o
ms land while the sun is shining
30 it causes rising current of ali
which ID replaced by cool curren
B from the sea. About sunset thu
4 heat OF land and sea is equalizet
and the breeze ceases. In y shor
<Dme the land becomes cooler thai
4 tho sea aud the reverse land breeze
I comes sliding down the cool noun
thin sides across the valleys to tn,
# 6oa. This gives US invariably COO
mlghts. There comes, however
s shout once or twice year, no
breath from the hot inland deserts
% the northeast which lasts about
9 three days, which disturbs this o.
4 G1jiAtOry condition of day and nigh
beoeges. These hot spells eend tn,
thermometer above 1907, and az,
Il shout as oppressive by day ant
& night as ordinary harvest weathe
a. the North west when the Their
1aometer indicates about 800. Blu
h ~ steady, reliable Summer day
GoVer period OF about five months
duftng which the sea breeze
p0bbed OF Its moisture in passi ri
<54oe the dry land, and has not sui
Il neient to condense into rain OF
+ E1eChing the cooler mountain tops
Il For $50 days the farmer, til,
tsnvelIer, the picnic party, an,
Whoever IL out Of doors knows i
VIII not rain. I think this one fac
Quatiruples the enjoyment of life
Lake everything good, however
4 sunny days get tiresome at last, auC
I ~ begin to wish for the rains, and,
Dorhaps, for the uncertainty OF
Sitmaie of which we had tired q
1ow mouths earlier. AS the head
oStho trade winds follows the SUI
Z oouthward In it's decline, u point ii
4 reached soon after the autumna
fQuinox where the winds are fire..
41ently detected from q north
eastsrly course by the Coast Rang,
\ ~ Mexico. and are sent up the Gul
4 ~ California as southeast winds
They come loaded with moisture
he mountain streams rise slightly
hd the ground of the valleys ii
zmaoisteded with fogs. In the course