The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-01

and empties into the Colorado at u una.
The mountains on either side OF the valley
are lofty, and are covered with jaggy look
Ing rocky peaks. The rock Is mostly por-
phyry, but q good deal Of granite is also
found. The silver and gold are generally
found in the porphyry formations. At
Yuma the tribe Of Indians Of the same
name are located. They are much larger in
stature than the Appaches, or Pueblos, but
are pretty nearly extinct as tribe. There
Is now less than one thousand Of them,
and they are gradually growing less. II
will not be many years before they will
become entirely extinct :
rooR RED MAN.
lie Is going, going fast. A hundred
years from now will find very few OF them
on the plains oil the West 1nasmuch as
they refuse TO become civilized, II Is, per-
haps, better for the country that they
should 20. Still. It looks brutal for great
government like ours to kill them OIL
simply because ii has the power to do It.
l have always maintained that there are
two sides 10 the Indian problem, but here
In the West the people declare that there Is
but one, and that Is to kill every Indian
who Is found or their reservation. II this
were done, a decade ortwo would wind up
the business, because the Indian possesses
n nomadic nature, and he must rove about
or die Poor 10! sou have mysympathies,
but tho handwriting upon the wall Is SO
plain that II can be read oiall men, "thou
art weighed In the balance and found
wanting" Exit "Red man OF the forest"
while the humanitarian can weep for the
loved and the lost. :, l-ss.
THE COLORADO RIVER.
The Colorado river is one Of the
great rivers Of the continent. | OF.
served two steamers about the size
OF the &c. y. Lucas" lying at Yuma
and was told they ply the Colorado for
four hundred miles above Yuma. This
takes them into Nevada. During the win.
ter season the river becomes quite shallow.
but Mt this time OF the year 1t is deep and
swift. 1t is the dividing line between Ari.
iona and California. Shortly after cross.
ing the river at Yuma you strike the Great
Colorado desert, which is 100 miles in
width. This is 4 real, bona fide desert. 1t
is nothing but deep, dry sand. South Of
the railroad and some twenty miles distant,
for something like 100 miles in length, is a
ridge OF sand, as high as Wheeling hill and
looks as fine as il it had been siited for
plastering. Surely the people out here
have plenty Of sand" By the way, the
Colorado desert issaid to lie some 800 feet
below the level OF the ocean, and the rail.
road follows the old emigrant trail from the
Colorado river TO the Pacific ocean. How
people ever got across this sandy plain, on
10 mi. IN D,,t 81, ii "a
as General Duval, OF your city, can testify,
for he, with Others, Travelled ii about thirty
years ago.
California is a volcanic State. It is COW
cred with deep valleys and towering peaks,
all Of which have been dug ont and thrown
up by volcanic eruptions. OF the total
area OF the State it has been estimated
that one.fourth is occupied BY the noun.
tains and valleys OF the coast, an other
fourth by the Siernl Nevada mountains;
$1,000 square miles by the sacramento
basin; 10000 by the Klamath blsin;
1900 by the Colorado desert. and the re.
mainder in prairie. The height OF the
Coast range varies IRON 1000 to G000 feet,
and in width about thirty miles. This is
the wealthiest portion OF the State, is in
high state OF Development, and is priuci-
pally devoted to agriculture. The inte.
rior portions are filled with minerals, and
outside the river. valleys, are worthless for
any thing else.
TIE CALIFORNIA COAST.
The coast portion OF California is, beyond
all doubt, for climate, the most delightful
in the Union, il not in the world. 1t has
long been termed the Italy OF America.
From San Francisco 10 Santa Barbara, over
800 miles down the coast, the thermometer
has never registered lower than % above
zero, or higher than so. The mean tenn
pcrature, in the summer, is no. above 81,
and in winter, it is only a li,tI. lower, be-
cause, in point Of TACT, they rarely have
any winters at all. 1t is practically n land
OF perennial spring.
The wonderful climate and rich soil OF
the coast and the river valleys render Cali.
tornia one OF the fairest agricultural fields
OF the Union, although I am told that
scarcely one-thirtieth part OF its area is
under cultivation. Until 1890 the inhabi-
tan!s confined themselves chiefly to min.
ing to the neglect Of the more certain arts
OF husbandrY; but Of late years the State
has made magnificent advance in agricu!-
ture. The land is SO rich and the climate
is so favorable that two crops per year are
frequently secured from the same fields,
and with the adoption OF general system
OF irrigation, there can be no reasonable
limit TO the production OF the cereals.
ANOTHER CELESTIAL PLACE.
This is called the town OF the Queen OF
the Angels" 1t was founded in 1850, and
has population Of about $4,000 The
streets are Of fair width, but are Irregular
and are not paved. The buildings are
mostly Of Mexican artitecture, and built
out OF adobe bricks, bu. it is rapidly be.
coming Americanized, and the new build
ings therefore are either frame or brick.
The vineyards and gardens are beautiful.
There are around the city about 5000 acres
OF green, the largest body OF land in vine
yard, orchard and garden in the State.
These grounds are cut up with little ditch
es, filed with water from the Los Angeles
river. for purposes Of irrigation, without
which the yield OF fruits would be small.
The fences are willow hedges, and the
walks are beautiful. Some OF the grape
vines are thirty years old, and are OF enor-
nous size. One could spend week here
with much pleasure and profit, but We
hasten on to the city OF the Golden Gate.
know sc the land where tho lemon trees b!ooia,
Where the gold orange glows in the green th.cEest
gloon: go,
Where the wind ever soi, from the blue Heaven
blows, -. =
And groves are Of myrtle and orange and rosc."
Mignon evidently had Los Angeles in his
mind when he wrote the stanza have quo
ted above. . .e- G. W. i.
Popularity.
THOMAS EcLEcTRIc OIL has obtained great
| popularity, on account OF its intrinsic value
as a reliable medicine, In curing hoarsuess,