Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-07
THE FAR WEST.
A Wheeling Mans Impressions Of a
Great Country.
. R abroad Tour Through New Mexico
California, Nevada, Utah, COL
orado and Other
States.

orado and Other
States.
Dr.. j. q. Pipes has Just returned rom
a WI months tour in the West. Having
reached Kansas City he went to the "a
ci6c coast BY the Santa Fe route and re-
turned on the Central Pacific. His travels
gave him an opportunity to see the most
beautiful and picturesque scenery Americs
produces and consequently the Doctor can
well afford to say he has seen
NATgRE AT ITS BEST.
To a REGISTER reporter, yesterday, he said;
after leaving Kansas all lands a~ppropria-
ted to agriculture are irrigated. AS q re-
suit of this grazing ia the principal occu-
patton. On reaching Tucson one Is afford
ed an opportunity ofseeing a typical West
ern city. The houses are made oil aooaes'
a kind OF unburnt brick dried In the sun;
About seven miles from there is an OLD
Mission which is the center OF a famous
tribe of Indians called the Pspagoes'
They raise their own products, govern
themselves and are as g general thing
mem bers of the Roman Catholic Church.
| went south from Tucson about one hun
dred miles. The Valley OF the Rio Grande
in New Mexico is
SEVERAL MILES WIDE.
Along the line between Arizona and New
Mexico is where the Apache Indians are
located. They are by far the most trou-
blS.me of any Of the tribes. The danger
of living in that country On account OF the
Indians is much greater than We think.
We hear OF a very small portion OF the
bloody acts committed BY the blood thirsty
Indians. If the United States would al
low the c~itizers Of those two Territories
and the Papsgoes to wage wal against the
Apache whenever they commit any depre-
dstions the trouble would meet with o
more speedy settlement than Dy sending
troops there. Our soldiers, ~unacquainted
with the mountain businesses, are placed
at
A GREAT DISADVANTAGES.
and one, that would not be experienced by
those living there"
The mineral wealth Of Arizona iusures
q wonderful future for that Territory.
Thousands Of mining tents now dot the
plains and mountain sides. The inhabl.
tants are composed mainly Of miners and
ranchmen, as the conditions are most In
vi,ing for these two classes. A great many
of the lower classes OF old Mexicans, how
ever, have come up into Arizona and New
Mexico. As q rule the people speak Span
ish. The Mexicsps are very 10th to speak
English, even when they are fully able 10
do so. This partiality may be termed
NATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC
among the Mexicans. Although many Of
the people there are poor aud 60 lily clad,
they are kind and generous and will share
their possessions willingly with a stranger.
This they will do just as long as you treat
them right, but If they have reason TO sus.
pect that one untrue to them, q fellow has
no business there"
1T ia a great place down there for JWroS.
They are the ships Of that country. They
CON carry about two hundred pounds and
are suited to the task. The Indians in all
the western country ride free on the bump
ers. The railroad companies allow them
that privilege in order to conciliate them
and keep them from doing damage to their
property.
I'm the Sanbernio Valley, which sabout
three hundred miles west of Tucson, | saw
almost all kinds of vegetation growing.
Los Angeles is a city Of forty five thousand
inhabitants. 1t coatains about three hun
bred physicians and the other professions
are about as well represented. The eli
mate is very pleasant but they cannot raise
as nice apples there as here. 1t is a great
place for
VINEYARDS V ORANGE ORCHARDS.
1t is necessary to irrigate the latter every
year, but grGpevines after they are three
years old will bear delicious fruit without
irrigation
In one day g travel in California a per,
son can experience all kinds OF climates,
a8d OF course the products vary with the
climate. Add this advantage to the i'm.
mense mineral wealth OF that State and we
see it furnishes everything necessary for
the happiness and susienance Of a people.
Going from T~ehachapi 70 Girard one goes
over the great loop" The road winds up
the mountain there at the rate OF Two hun.
dred feet per mile,
W GIN
are used exclusively for taking trains up
the grade. Oue weighs one hundred and
FIVE tons and the other eighty five. Ii
takes both Of these to run q train Of Two or
three coaches up the mountain
San Francisco ia situated upon foot
hills. It is not az pleasant q place TO live
as Oakland, although the two places are
but six miles apart. The latter is not 30
much effected By the trade winds"
The most beautiful Geotion Of Califor.
MIA is the Santa Clara Valley. The land
there is valued of from three to six hun.
dred dollars per acre. Near Santa Cruz is
a grove of the red wood trees famous for
their size. The wood very much resem.
bles that Of cedar. TIE trees are from six
TO fifteen feet in dismete. and Two hun.
bred feet high. They are fast being con
sumed for lumber"
The people in California are whole
souled, generous, enterprising and as .
rule are educated. They like their wine
and their sport. The Chinese are
THE WORST
the laboring classes have to contend with.
Some OF them are quite wealthy. Seven
blocks in San Francisco are controlled by
them. The Chinese though much given to
the use OF opium never use it on the
streets. Many Americans there use it and
the vice is fast gaining ground. The Chi.
nese have their own doctors and are
DEPENDENT upon eacbsothef as much n Wipes.
sible. They are very enterprisipg snd
control Of the pork market cf that city.
Americans will not associate with them
and do not Ike TO live Dear them. Prop
erty near the Chinese sections Of the city
is very mich decreased in =alue. They