Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-31

i view in every direction. AT Orange and thu
approach to Santa Ana the change In a.,
| face and appearance of the country is still
greater. A year and a half's growth In th,
majestic blue gums. the feathery cypress and
the bright, glossy evergreen and fragrant
pepper trees, with long lanes iianked by the
lars, with beautiful, cozy homes. built with
| In that time, forced us to exclaim, "Truly
we are in Gods countryH II the wide
awake and pushing Angeleiios think they
are doing Il all and monopolizing all the
boom and prosperity in Southern California
| Just let them take peep down this way and
Il will take the conceit out of them the first
dsy, a.. .o,,. :. o.., 49,. o.
Tustin, Westminster and Gospel Swamp
| have not made much blow over their coun.
| try and what they are doing, they have made
rapid strides In the way OF development OF
and improvements and at the same time
growing rich and independent. II
| is safe to say that there is not a
corresponding section OF country on the
Pacific Coast That carries such a small in.
debtedness, or enjoys more substantial
prosperity. The grape crop which. is now
being harvested and which brings from SO
to $3.50 per ton, Is bringing many of the
vineyards out OF debt by yield of from SIS
to $l55 per acre. The shipment OF ten car.
loads OF honey from this place to England
| last week is an index of the resources from
that direction. Speaking of the grape indus
| try and the market for grapes here suggests
there are three wineries within radius OF
| three miles OF this city that are running on
the present crop to their fullest capacity.
The shipments OF corn, potatoes, apples,
oranges, lemons, nuts, raisins, pork, bacon,
| lard canned fruits, and other staples from
this section, have nearly doubled in three
years, while that OF wine Will be fully double
this year to that OF any previous year. The
town OF Santa Ana has grown wonderfully
during she Last tive years but s evident
with the growth and improvement of the
surrounding country. There are some
eighteen or twenty brick business houses in
town and two large brick dwellings. several
OF which would be an ornament to Main or
Spring streets In your city, which intend to
notice more particularly hereafter. The
most noticeable and striking Improvements
In the town limits are the beautifully laid
the suburbs OF the town on the north and
south and west part of town. The beautiful.
ly trimmed hedges, shade and ornamental
trees with the wealth of tropical and semi
tropical plants, shrubs, fruits and flowers,
exhibit taste, culture and refinement to a
marked degree. The same can be said Of
the beautiful Tustln City, two miles east OF
this place and the town of Orange, three
from this place 70 Tustin, lover Of the beau
tiful can do nothing but admire the bright,
clean thrifty orchards and vineyards, except
In few instances where the laggard has al
lowed the weed to take his place and almost
shut out his view from the thoroughfare,
The school house and churches OF this place
are a credit to the people.
There are six churches here; one Metho
dist South and one Methodist North church
building; the Presbyterian, Baptist
German Lutheran and Holiness Band also
have churches here. The German Reform,
Congregationalist, Christian Tor Campellite),
Latter Day Saints and Liberal League have
organizations here but no place Of public
This place boasts OF one private school
and large district school, which Is so much
crowded 1t will soon have to be enlarged.
The are two odd Fellow Lodges, one Masonic
OF the Order of United Workmen. The place
supports two ably conducted weekly news
papers, the Herald and Standard, and also
takes about two hundred Los Angeles and
San Francisco daily newspapers. This place
supports two exclusively dry goods and no.
ton stores, three hardware and stove deal
ers, one book store, two drug stores. one fur
niture store, seven general merchandise
stores, two shoe stores, five blacksmith
shops, three hotels, two restaurants, three
livery stables, one public hall with scenery,
one skating rink, one hook and ladder COM
pany, one library, three harness shops, two
and a dozen divines, and one engine com
pany that run a Climax Chemical engine
with the power Of an ordinary steamer.
The political complexion OF the place Is
put up Dy tne sdRes as ABOUT stand-On be-
tween the Democrats and Republicans, with
a slight Democratic leaning. The Prohibi-
ti0nists had meeting here last Saturday
night and were addressed by WIN d. Gould,
Jesse Yarnell, J: X. Townsend and J. W.
Potts. The meeting was attended by over
two hundred persons, who were very atten-
tive and respectful. After the meeting was
over calls were made for Ralph Rodgers,
candidate for Sheriff on that ticket, but he
could not be found In time to respond. A
large bundle OF campaign documents were
distributed from the Speakers stand. The
report is prevalent here that the crowd
OF blowers and strikers who came to Los An
geles last week from San Francisco to
infuse new life into the Republican corpse
in Southern California, brought down the
Republican sack aud turned II loose last
Saturday night at the great blowout in Los
Angeles II is also reported the Democratic
BARI was to arrive there to-day. This Is
good thing. 1t will lubricate the political
mills and put new life in the gin mills, too.
The various committeeman of Santa Ana
want their quota sent here at once, as they
arc "tired putting up" More anon.
Santa Ana. Oct. 9th.