Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-29
MISCELLAN E0US.
COLONY LANDS.
The TeznecII1a
Land and Water Company
Temecula Valley. in San Diego
County, California,

Recently owned by Don Juan Murrietta, con.
tainine fourteen thousand acres OF land, |
having an altitude of about one thousand
feet al, " the sea level. This tract Of land
lies al out as miles southerly from Cotton. |
rhe I; liiornia Southern Railroad runs
througn the entire length of the tract. The
s5i. the valley Is formed of sedimentary
depo Its. 1t Is rich, dark loan, without
1 ~, Il or boulders, and can be easily titled,
as no clay or adobe soil appears, but Is full
d. rich sediment, which holds the rainfall
and prevents leaking or drying. so that when
you come to cultivate you turn up moist
earth Ihe superior value Of this soil Is Its
closely underlying supplyof water, and when
cultivated the moisture rises to the surface,
doing away with the necessity Of Irrigation
almost entirely, but In case OF dry season,
If irrigation is thought to be necessary, an
Inexhaustible Supply of Water
Can be had by sinking from 2 to 10 feet 1t
Is also In the artesian belt and artesian wa
ter can be easily obtained. The mesa Is
formed of undulating lands of reddish-col-
ored soil mixed with decomposed granite on
the surface, with enough mixture Of clay In
| the subsoil to hold the moisture. There is
Fine Running Stream of Water
With several branches running through the
rancho. Also several hot and warm springs,
noted for their cure of pulmonary diseases
These springs will be improved immediately
and the Company design building hotel
and railroad depot on the townsite Both
buildings will be handsomely ornamented.
The hotel will be built two stories high ana
contain thirty rooms.
The Directors of the Preshstcrian College
OF Chicago, design putting Il college build
| ing on the ground as soon pr cticable.
There is plenty of good oak wood which can
| be had delivered at the rancho at from u to
| also per cord, and common lumber can be
| delivered at SIS per thousand.
| The climate is healthy. he rinclin Is not
more than 10 miles from the SEA coast
and the ocean breeze fans the valley. puri-
| flying the atmosphere with lnyigorating
effect. In the day time the air Is soft and
dry and always mild, a little cooler at night,
| but never more than being comfortable,
| As health resort none in southern Cali
| fornia can surpass i'll natural advantages
this beautiful district Of land, with Its warm
springs of mineral water containing ulphur,
| iron and soda, its proper elevation aboyethe
| sea, pure, dry and gentle air, with beautiful
| scenery all around, can but confirm the as
sertioE that as health resort II cannot be
excelled especially for catarrh, throat and
| lung diseases
| II Is the intention of the Company, as soon
as the land is subdiyided, to sell In tracts
| from town lot upward At prices th II iniiot
| but satisfy actual settlers. ihc prices Will
| be classified according to the merit, of the
property 0ne-third down, balance in one
and two years.
cHARN0Ck, MORRILL, & r ST.,
| SOLE AGENTS.
Parties desiring information VIII address
| CHAS CHARNUCk,
| p. o. Box 49, Los Angeles, Cal.
Rooms No II aud IL Widney Block, (up
| stairs) First street, between Main and Spring.
| W. Il. isOl iNSON, Cotton. Cal, or
G. l.. MORRILL,. Temecuia. Cal.
| oct7-tf