Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-14
CALIFORNIA.
Its Vast Extent of Territory and
Natural Advantages.
West Virginians Sojourning on the Pa
cifc SIope-Abandoning Mining,
to Engage in Grape Culture
How Raisins are Made,
WHERE MERE EXISTENCE is DELIGHT

ty and all the surroundings and accessories
of this place and of so much of Southern
California as they have seen. They are en-
thusiastic; yea, they are enthusiastically
enthusiastic, in praise Of this place. Mrs.
Hornbrook spent the winter at Fulton Min
eral wells, near Los Angeles, getting rid OF
the malaria which she had imbibed into
her system in Florida and which had 'pois-
oned her blood, destroyed her health and
made existence miserable to her. She is
now we'll; her skin is clear and transparent,
her blood active and healthy, and she is
like new person. Since they came to
Santa Barbary, the Coloners health has
been greatly improved; his breathing is
very much easier, and his cough has about
entirely disappeared. He can now take
long walks and drives without fatigue; and
his vile says that all he now requires. to
make him happy is to be actively engaged
in some business.
Ex.Judge E. b. Hall,
formerly of Berkeley county, West Vir-
ginia, lives here. He has an elegant home,
has profitable law practice, and is an en-:
thusiast on the climate and capabilities OF
this locality. Mr.. Henry Gallant, formerly
Of Wheeling, lives nicely here, and has re-
covered the nealth he lost in the Ohio val
ley. He says that he suffered more with
neuralgia in one week in Wheeling than
he has suffered from all disease in this
country in years. DR.. Crooks, formerly
of, or near Belleview, below ParkerS5urg
who married niece of ex Gov. Plerpont
is here, has charming country place near
Judge Halls, in the lovely MOltecito val
ley, near the city, and is prospering. A
brother of the late Harrison Williams, of
Wheeling, and young Mr.. Taggart. OF
Parkersburg, are also citizens here. Col.
Hollister, an Ohio man, IS the leading spirit
of this city and vicinity, in business circles.
He owns the chief hotel in the city, several
extensive ranches outside. and is a large
culuvator of the olive. This is the head.
quarters OF the
olive Culture
in California and of the manufacture OF olive
oil. Mr.. Ellwood Cooper, the chief au-
thority on the subject in this country,
manufactures oil quite extensively and has
already an established reputation for his
product, which is said to be by far the
purest and most palatable oil made in any
country. Mr.. Cooper is at this time en-
gagged in pressing out the current years
crop of olives-turning over 200 tons OF the
fruit into a delightfully."- transparent oil.
The picked olives OF this State are said by
admirers of that relish to be more delicious
than those of any other country. Olive
culture promises to be quite profitable
here. The trees grow rapidly, are healthy
and clean and the fruit has no insect
enemies and the yield, in profits, is quite
satisfactory.
Santa Barbnry
is an old town. 1t is delightfully."- situated
on the Pacific Coast, where the mountains
come down almost to the sea. A cove is
formed, by the mountain ranges, and it
opens on TO three mile stretch OF as
beautiful beach as can be found. In this
cove the city is bUilt, sheltered from all
storms, whether they come from sea or
land. The climate is singularly equable
here. There are not five days i'll the entire
year when the tenderest infant or the most
delicate invalid may not be out OF doors, and
no day that person in fair health would
not enjoy. It's quite old city, withnone
of the business points and hustle of Los
Angeles, and it has rather lost than gained
in population within the last ten years.
The people are intelligent and cultivated,
and society is of the very best. No rail
road enters here; the shrll whistle of no
locomotive has yet startled the nerves OF
timid or disturbed the pleasant dreams OF
those who here exist for the pleasure OF eX'
listing. As place for invalids to regain
health or the over-worked to gather rest
and yigor, Santa Barbary, like Monterey,
presents many advantages. There are
Charming Drives
along the beach and through the most ro
- oil - hot in
sea ioam, or shady hooks where only the
sad voice of the waves is heard. The sun
shine is always soft and the air is always
balmy. There is enough vigor in the atmOs
phere to prevent the system from growing
sluggish; enough crispness at night TO make
sleep under double blankets a luxury.
Choice fruits and sweet, tender vegetables
abound, and the appetite is kept freshened
by indulgence in eating them literally.
In extent of territory, in varieties of eli
mate, in capacity for producing the cereals,
fruits and vegetables common to temper.
and semi.tropical countries, California is a
vast empire, covering as much territory as
the great States Of New York, Pennsylva
mia, and all of New England combined
with one thousand miles of seacoaSt; with
numerous bays and inlets affording some
of the finest harbors in the world; with
vast pains dS leTllle dS BudlO Deus dlTeduy
cleared to the hand of the husbandman
with lands which protect crops without
the expense of fences; with wheat lands as
productive as the Red River Valley of the
North; with corn lands as productive as
the prairies of the West with lands which
Excel all Others
in the Union Of States in all the fruits
from the apple, pear and peach to the apri,
cot, orange, grape, olive and berries of all
kinds; with population Of but one mil
lion where ten millions can be luxuriously
maintained, the future possibilities of Cal
ifornia can scarcely be imagined.
Why, then, has there been no rush o.
immigration hither?
Because, up to this time, the railroad
fares have been almost prohibitory. Mr.
Huntington has now, however, com
pleted arrangements by which immigrant L
are brought all the way from Hayre, France
10 San Francisco for the small sum of S65
and already one shipload OF passenger:
have arrived by this new line. They CONE
via. New Orleans and the Southern Paciti
road. Germans. Alsacians, Swiss, French
and some Italians-a
Very Desirable Glass
of people for this land Of grapes and OF tn,
Citron fruits-wiIl now pour into thi
golden country it is hoped and believed.
Until million more acres are planted Il
vines in California, grape culture will b.
the most profitable thing man can engag,
in. 1t is Immensely profitable now, and a
the market becomes more extended tn,
profit increases. 1t has been demonstrated
that the demand for the product of th
grape keeps ahead OF the supply. In
conversation with Mr.. G, G. Briggs, the
Leading Grape Raiser
Of the Pacific and an authority on grape
and especially raislns, the other day, b.
told me that he could make money at max
ing raislns for 81 a box OF 20 lbs. He no7
gets Sl.75 box, wholesale. Three year
ago Mr.. Briggs raised one-half OF all tht
grapes raised in California, but since ther
so many other vineyards have come int
bearing that he has not been able to keeI
up with the balance of the State-notwith
standing he has added nearly one Thousand
acres to the area of his vineyards within
that time.
Mr.. Briggs is snative Of Ohio, came 70 Cali
fornia in 1919. and now lives at Dlsiesyille
just below Sacramento. In speaking ot
early times out here, Mr.. Briggs said:
Yes, took
The Gold Fever,
as many of my neighbors did, after hsarinI