Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-27

dred acres Of such soil TO the northwest
Of Orange, that will doubtless soon be
the seat Of very productive vineyards,
as the unlimited water resources of the
Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company
are available for that purpose. Clear to
the foothills these prolific vineyards are
destined to spring up.
pInD's EYE VIEW OF oRAsoE.
Orange, proper, is simply an exquisite
place. 1t is made up Of countless sue.
cession of splendid orange groves and
vineyards. To give a couple Of notes,
where one might readily make score,
the Lotspiech Brothers have very fine
orchards. They are noted for the
growth of the finest oranges in this most
prosperous and most delightful of set
Elements, in which the orange attains its
perfection. The handsome homestead
Of Mr.. G. II. Frazier is one of the most
notable landmarks of Orange, as is that
Of the late A. B. Clark, whose death,
the other day, was the sorrowful sen
sation Of the moment in this Arcadian
colony. Walnut groves, which are said
to be quite profitable, under skillful man
agement, abound in Orange. A hapd-
some and costly school house, in the
Gothic style, shows that it is not de-
signed that the school master should be
abroad, in the sense Of his being alb
sent, in this interesting section Of our
county.
MORE ABOUT WATER.
Back of Orange lies the splendid San
tiago canon, with picnic grounds which,
for wild and romantic beauty. and for
poetical forest vistas, is probably not
surpassed on the American continent.
In this canon there is little stream
which, at certain seasons Of the year, n
thirsty man, with good swallow, might
drink up instanter. A lot of enter
prising people, taking note Of the superb
mountain water shed OF this canon. con-
ceived the idea Of sinking therein sub
merged dam, with view to utilizing
the subterranean waters that might be
running to waste. As result, the sue
cess of the rod OF Aaron. on certain
occasion memorable In the scriptures,
was thrown far in the shade. Water
beyond tho dreams of the projectors OF
the experiment was developed. In con-
sequence, thousands OF acres, which lie
too high to receive the fortilizing stream
| from the bitches of the Santa Ana Val
ley Irrigation Company. are now being
converted into remuneratiye orange
groves and raisin vineyards. There Is
here hint to others to go and do like
wise in the thousands of cafons, in
Southern California, whose well defined
water courses show that this precious
fluid, unlimited in volume and most
benefcont in use, is being allowed to
squander its riches, without effect, in
subterranean channels.
WORD IN CoNcLUsIoS.
Whosoever shall follow in our foot
steps in an inspection of the Santa Ana
valley will cheerfully certify that in nc
whit have we exaggerated either the
present or the outlook the ae-
complishment or the possibilities. The
fact is that the most prosaio and unim.
aginative man living will warm up to a
lively enthusiasm when he realizes that
all this beauty and production have been
created, on bare plain, in such very
brief period. To take an instance in
point, the Stamps brothers, who fol
eight years worked as compositori on
the HERALD, and whose happy genius
led them to invest in property in Orange
are now, to all intents and purposes
rich, in that they have a reliable and
continuous income amounting to al
easy competency. That is the practica
aspect of the matter. As to the bewild
ering beauty of the section, oil created
to the writer's knowledge, in less than 6
decade, no word of his can do it instice
1t has to be seen to be appreciated In
the stage which brought him to the
Santa Ana depot, on his way home, We
heard one visitor say to another, "Why
there's a perfect Paradise here, and his
companion agreed with him, in words O
equal energy. These gentlemen were
not "cappers' for any real estate pro
jects. They were perfect strangers. and
they were recording their impressions
in dry year, when all the beauty they
saw, outside of the majestic outlines o.
the environing mountains, was purely ar
tifcial-the creation, in fact, of an in
telligent system of water distribution
conjoined to genial sun and prolific
soil.