Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-08

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Southern Califoenia, owing 70 it, eli |
matte position, being midway bssveea
Tie temperate and tropical, 10 known -
Semi Tropic California. II has about
2Se miles Of - coast, With an average |
Of 10 miles in width. This city 10 the
center Of Southern Califor-
MIA. Il would BE- dinicult 70 6ud another |
region Of country on the globe whose
natural rssouroes are 20 varied and the |
20 great. IL In this that has
given such a wonderful prosperity TO |
she country. There are three things |
that soon attract the attention Of new |
comers- They are the mild. salubrious
the wonderful productions OF
the coil. and the beauty Of the scenery. |
In speaking Of the Grst ve notice from
the signal service record that the aver
age temperature Of winter for SIX years |
was ~ degrees; for Summer, 81 degrees
The average difference between winter
and summer In bat l5 degrees. The tenn
perature seldom gets 70 the freezing
point in winter or 20 100 IN summer.
The cool sea breeze in Summer gives an
evenness 70 the Temperature. There 10
really neither winter nor summer here,
bot year IN and year out il one contin-
uaI season similar 70 the Indian summer
Of the Eastern States. Spring, summer
ard winter are 90 mach alike. blending
90 gradually and imperosptibly into
each other, that ono eau hardly realize
what season Of the year il 10 without .
resort TO memory. We have heard many
new corners give expression TO their a.
constituent in tones rather ludicrous-
Flowers bloom in profusson all the year;
and, - an evidence that bat little cold
weather IN experienced, We Sc Sub trop-
ioai plants growing out doors in the
yards and hedges, such ~ heliotropes.
fuchsias, dsripsndios, Rsraniums and
French roses that bud and bloom all
through the year. We have seen hedges
Of Rerxniums nix 70 eight fest high, ard
roses climbing around second-story win
down. Tomatoes bear all the year and
for two or three years ON the same vines.
Castor beans continue TO grow ana bloom
from year 30 year, until the stocks get
20 be a. much a. six inches in diameter.
sorghum continues 70 grow from the
same sock fer years. Ripe strawberries
are gathered every month in the year.
All kinds Of garden vegetables grow all
the year. and are sold fresh from gardens
every day. "Spring chickens" are mis-
nomsr here, for they are raised all the
year round, and 70 distinguish the young
fowls from the old in market they are
called "friers."
The lawns, fields and bluffs are green
EFT in the winter months, and more hay
In fed in the summer, when the earth il
dry and parshed, than in the winter.
ThOusH0ds Of invAlIas come hero ex-
peotinQ benefit from the mild climate.
Many are benefited, but numbers come
here TO die-Or such il the result. Not
| long since q new conner noticed three
funeral professions passing through the
streets in one day. In ast0nishment he
exclaimed: I" Ny God! what does all this
mean? / came here for my health" A
bystAnder replied: " 1t means that East
srn people live as long ~ they can East,
then come here to die" A change Of
climate may do much for invalids, bat
| il cannot restore the dead TO life, esps-
cially when the vitality Of life has been
almost entirely destroyed by drug med
iCatiOn or wrong living.
Al 20 the fertility of the soil, IL il re-
msrkable, especially when brought un
| der state of cultivation by irrigation.
| In certain localities the land in especially
adapted to alfalfa, and 1t 10 cut ak 70
seven times during the year, producing
one 70 two tons per acre each cuttinl :.
The hay sells readily for $40 TO $13 per
| ton, i0oes. On the Same lands barley il
sowed, mostly for hay. Pumpkins and
sQuashes are raised 10 beautifully that
they are, with many, the principal feed
| for cattle and hogs. Irish and sweet
| potatoes are staple crop with those
Who engage in farming, and they grow
| 70 wonderful size. There 10 sweet po-
| tato now ON exhibition ct the Times Of
| fios, in this CITY, that weighs S] lbs;
20 have seen Il and handled il, other
wise Ne could not have believed such .
monster potato existed. Vegetables Of
every description grow readily and pro-
duCe pr0di9i0us crops. Tho upland,
called mesa, u the land usually s0wn to
wheat. The level and l0wlands usually
are pat into vineyards, orchards and
groves, and, when properly cared for,
soon become valuable. The larger tracts
Of land are being subdivided into Ave,
ten and twenty acre lots, and sold TO
settlers for fiult raising purposes. In
this way the country 10 settiinR up very
thickly. The lands within i've miles of
the CITY sell, unimproved, for 500 to
500 per acre: when improved and ret
In trees OF vines, and have had i've Or
OK Year, cultivation, With gOOd dwell
tng and nice surroundings. they will sell
at from $500 ~ $lOoO per soro. Esps-
cially u this 20 for i've TO ten-aore lots.
The income from vineyard, after be-
| ing set three years, 10 frequently $lOO
per acre net, and from an orange, ls,L0u
and fruit farm, after i've years. growth,
t300 70 GOO Per aore. One man can do
all the necussary work in the care Ut ten
acres o. fruit trees. IL 10 TO cultivate
The trees every year two 70 four times,
and - irrigase them more or less. Il
has been said that new beginner here
can az mp . neat, pleasant home, and
gss IN \ fair way - do we'll in Ave years
~ readily - be could in ten years in
the Western States. where the climate IL
cold in winter.
Evergreen trees grow here all the year,
70 that one can sDon have . home with
pleasant surroundings, and this brings
% 10 speak Of the beauty Of the scUnery.
The range Of rugged mountains ~ the
nosth o. northeast With their peaks GOV
erUd With SNOW. apd the blue ocean and
magnificent sunsess 10 the south and
soushwsse, 10 ntting margin 70 the in
tesvening picture. lyon . high eani-
hence IN the city We Get Wow OF the
snrrsundine country. A circle Of thres
miles in each direosiOn from the court
house viii AlNoee take In the city limits
t--net all bui't mp yet, bat within that
I radius are y. 600 inhahitAuts. The sight
y lovely one. Many dns, palasiAl rss-
tdenosA With surroundings lovely - m
idea. and thousAnds Of aores stretchioQ
far away, thiokly studded with orange,
lemon, lime, olive. palm, cedar and oy-
prcss sfees, With nuInsrooa ssmi-tsopioal
plants, flowers and vinea, make the
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