Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-05-27

groves ana vineyards, reScfVlnS ypV
acres for a home. Then We have
large floating element among our pOpu-
lation-people who take up new land
and improve it, sell out at good profit
to some one who does moi Cafe to
commence from the beginning, and
then move to another locality to repeat
the procedure In addition, there b
the usual changing from city TO coun-
try and the reverse. But if one takes
the trouble to inquire into the cause of
these mutations he will find that few
property owners wish to sell that they
may leave the State. | have never
seen a class of people SO thoroughly
satisfied with their location as are the
residents of Southern California. And
well they may be, for where can one
find greater diversity of scenery or
more healthful and pleasurable eli
mate?
Invalids who come here expecting
to gain a new lease II life make great
mistake i they remain in the city. 1t
is all folly to suppose that weak,
spiritless creature can win back health
and strength in o crowded boarding
house, or by pacing listlessly up and
down the narrow lot on which his cot
tage stands. The price of rial estate
in Los Angeles has risen so rapidly dur
ing the last two years that only the
pessessOr of comfortable fortune cah
obtain ample ground, dcsirably located,
within the city limits. But few
miles out OF town there are number
OF charming suburban scttlemcnts,-
half village, half ceuntry, as they are
often described, and blessed with pure
mir and unlimited sunshine,
seem to be the invalid's paradise. OF
these suburbs. let mc give Il brief des-
criptiOn of Alhambra-not that it is
more highly favored than all the
others, but because l happen to knew
more about it.
1t lies in the famous San Gabriel
Valley, SIX miles from the Sierra
Madre mountains, and seven frOf, Los
Angclcs-an hours easy drive to town
over good hard road, or twenty
| minutes by the ears. The little village
has several stores, pharmacy, post
office, telephone office. and public
| hall. A tasteful Gothic church stands
short diStace back from the main
avenue, and there are both public and
| private schools. Pure spring water
from neighboring hili-canyon Is dis
.ributed ovef the entire tract through
iron pipes. The broad streets are de-
lined by hedges of Monterey cyress or
glossy pomegranate. and shaded by
pepper trees, palms. grevilleas, and
other ornamental trees. The tasteful
cottages are built with ainp.e YER
andas, festooned with ivy or
! Jasmine, or hidden by wealth
of roses. Here one may live out
OF doors from morning till
night, and pick fresh fruit from his own
grounds every day In the year. There
Is always something to interest one,
and the days are far too short to carry
out half your plans. You come home
from your ncighbors' laden with
slips and cuttings, and watch over
them with tender anxiety; you drive
down the long avenues of orange trees,
and stroll through the great vineyards
when the grape vines are in blossom,
rcveling in the delicious fragrance; you
picnic in the canyons. and hunt for del
!
the hammock and watch the shadows
on the mountains, AID listen to the
mocking-birds; and if you are able, you
devote certain portion each day to
good steady work.
But the great trouble with many peO-
pie who ccme here seeking to regain
health Is that they frequently work toe
hard, believing that with the first ac-
cession of vigOr they are perfectly re-
stored to health. and "can do as much
as anybody" This is a wonderful
climate, but even its most enthusiastic
supporters would hardly claim tina,
after man has given years of his life
to that process known as breaking
down." few weeks or months in this
balmy air are all that are necessary to
invest him with O!d-timc vigOr. So il
is far wiser to make haste slowly, and
give the pure air and blessed sunshine
abundant time to do their work well.
Better plot of ground just large
enough to afford hcalthful recreation
and exercise, than an extensive or
chard. the care of which would be q
constant drain on the owners vitality.
1t is very difficult for one who has
never visited the Pacific coast to form
correct idea of California; the State is
SO large and possesses such Il multi
plicity of climates, including, as il
does, mountains and valleys, coast and
desert, within its borders. Indeed
each locality may be said to have 6
climate of its own. depending largely
on its elevation above the sea, and it:
situation with regard to the adjacent
mountains and hills. For instance, Sal
Gabriel. which includes Alhambra, il
the home of the orange and lemon
Some of the oldest and largest grove:
in the State may be found here. There
is so little frost that tender green house
plants thrive the year round in thu
open air. During the summer plant:
and trees require irrigation. TIVE
miles from San Gabriel is a belt o
moist land suitable for general farm
ing. Grass grows in the streets sum
mer and winter, crops require no lrrl
CATION, and orange trees and tende
plants can not be grown in conse
) quence of the heavy frosts that occu
during the rainy season.
Therefore. if you wisE any informa
ton concerning any particular portion
of California, try and get it from res
idcnt. Do not ask for intelligence o
Southern California-where many o
the children have never seen snow eX
cept on the distant mountain peaks
, from a dweller in one of the Sierr
counties, where storms of sleet ant
snow rage as fiercely as in the East
unless your informant is able to an
swer your questions from persona
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