Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-05-25

| ing naturally together with the cactus,
the palm, the pepper tree, the acacia,
and the eucalyptus, while from the gar
dens come the fragrance of roses, iessa-
mines and heliotropes. Here we find
many thousands of acres in oranges and
grapes, as well as other fruits, all in a
high state of cultivation. These valley
lands are worth 5000 an acre. The or
ange trees yield from 1000 to 5000 or
anges each per year, which sell for about
one cent apiece on the trees, making $40
to $50 per tree every year. Counting
one hundred trees per acre the income
would foot up s., 600 to $1,000 per acre
annually. But it must be borne in mind
that an orange tree has to be at least ten
years old before it will bear enough to
yield any profit, and that every acre of
the land is already occupied. We make
this statement lest some of our young
friends should rush off to California to
get rich raising oranges.
In this valley we also find thousands
of acres in vineyards, and the amount of
pure wine produced is enormous, and we
can positively testify that it is of the
very finest quality. We know whereof
we speak.
Mustard, tomatoes and other vegeta-
bles grow wild on the prairies. The
whole landscape is lovely beyond descrip-
tion, with lofty snow capped mountains
on the north and the mighty Pacific ocean
rolling i'll the distance an the west.
LOS ANGELES.
We ca,ao,naJ n To-,
Getty of the Angels, as its name i'm
plies. 1t is a city of 10000 inhabitants
and was founded l0l years ago by the
Spaniards. A large part of the popula-
tion is Mexican and Chinese, but the
majority are energetic Americans.
There is much wealth and many hand
some residences and magnificent bust
ness houses. Los Angeles is emphatical-
ly city of groves and gardens. 1t is
at the base of the Sierra Madre noun
tains, and some of the fine residences
are upon line of hills overlook
ing the whole city, and giving a view of |
one hundred miles in every direction.
The city is completely embowered in
foliage. Vineyards, orange groves,
lemon and other rare fruits abound.
Here we see the palm tree, the banana |
and many tropical plants. Geraniums
grow in the open yards in great hedges
six feet high, covered perpetually with |
rich blooms, while the air is fragrant |
with the sweet perfume. We ascend a |
mountain just in the edge of town and |
as we view the city almost under our
feet, with its beauty, its loveliness, its
rare fruits and flowers, its fountains and |
parks, and think of its delightful climate
of perpetual spring, we feel that this is
the original Garden of Eden and that
the mountain on which we stand is the
place where the devil took Christ to
tempt him by showing him the glory of
the world.
But truth is lovely even though it
spoils pretty picture. In Los Angeles
we find sin, suffering and discomfort
ment, just the same as elsewhere. We
find hordes of Cinnamon living in filth
and polluted with disease, debasing
themselves and worshiping idols-ignor-
ant and needless of the Creator of all
this loveliness around them. We enter
q Chinese church and see the poor crea-
lures worshiping images and pictures.
But we see gleam of light in one picture
that of the great Confucius. We ask
one of the more intelligent Cinnamon
whose picture it is E? He looks puzzled.
Then we ask him if it is not Jesus
Christ? "No Christ says he, "But
like Jesus Christ, only heapee more,"
and he bowed with reverence before the
picture. In the Chinaman's haunts and
dens we find him polluted by disease
and debased by disgusting habits. In
Los Angeles-this City OF Angels-we
also find gambling hells, dens of vice,
houses of infamy and other worldly in
stitutions filled with people who seem
dead to all the glory around them.