Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-02
A VISITORS VIEWS
On the Future of Southern
California.
100000 IN TEN YEARS" "
lie Buys a Fine Place In Pasa-
dena - AngOra Goats and
''ShOrt Horns"

Some days since the HERALD pub
lished an article on Angora goats as a
commercial proposition in Southern
California from this time forward. In
these columns there appeared also the
other day that car OF the New York
Central Railway was at the depot with
Hon, Chas. Miller, president of the
Cincinnati and Southeastern Railway
and part owner in the Prospect Hill
stock farm at Franklin, Pennsylvania,
together with Mr.. j. s. sibley, president
of this greatest association in the coun-
try for the breeding of Jersey and other
fine breeds of cattle, and party Of la
dies ON board.
Yesterday q HERALD reporter was
fortunate enough TO find the latter gem
tleman on board the "Wanderer," Just
before she went north with the party to
San Francisco. BY this happy encoun-
ter the two previous items are brought
into close connection.
The news seeker found a very affable
gentleman on the car, who at once took
him into his confidence AZ to his views
of this section and as to some of his
plans.
"Well, yes" said Mr.. Sibley, ~ like
your country pretty well. | have been
here two weeks. have seen little of
it. The greater part of the world with
the climate of the various parts are
known to me from actual experience. l
tell you / have never seen such weather
at the season anywhere before. Your
country Is beautiful in all its aspects.
meet people all over here who knew
went to Florida early in the winter.
When l express my surprise at meeting
them here they say they got frozen out
in Florida, hurried out here and are per-
fecily delighted II these cut rates had
taken place in the fall Of last year how
many people do you think would have
been here to spend the winter?"
With good newspaper mans pro-
verbal regard for accuracy and Cali
fornian's modesty, the scribe guessed
about &c, 900 to 25, 900.
The visitor took even reporters
breath away by the enthusiastic an
nouncement: "Why, tell you there
would have been 100, 200 eastern people
here during the winter. And it is only
postponement of the matter. The old
rates will never be reestablished. Each
one here this winter will end you three
next year. / am meeting people every
day. They all express my views. They
say il il the most charming climate they
ever found. Then there are your re-
sources. The country is the most varied
in its productions and the richest in the
world. A family can make tho best
living off the least area of ground
Of any spot under the sun. In ten years
the population OF this city will not be
less than 100 900 souls"
These were tolerably enthusiastic
opinions to express. They double dis
count the best that can usually be done
by the average oldtimer. And this is
popularity OF this matter. The new
conner is in most oas.s the man with the
most fault in this region. IL is the
people fresh from the East who
are able to contrast things here
with what they left, and who know the
sentiment around the winter iiresides Of
their old homes. One and all these peo.
pie predict larger and more rapid
growth for Los Angeles than any of
those who have wintered aud summered
here for score of years. 1t is these
new comers who are getting hold Of all
the corner lots in the city to hold them
for a rise. To this very matter Mr.. Sib-
ley referred, saying:
"They are all right. There will be
money in these vacant lots next year.
They will fill up rapidly. They whole
country will ill up. These lands will
be sub divided into very small holdings.
1t is mostly rich people who will come
here, and they will make q handsome
country out of it. Your asphaltum is
the best thing to use for streets in the
world in your frostless belt. Now
can not tell you all the wealth there is
in this land of rich soil, of mines and
oil wells. fruits, wines and so many
things 10 develop"
Mr.. Sibley is backing his opinion in
the best way in the world. He said:
81 have bought the property of Mr.. G..
II. Watts at Pasadena, j shall build on
it and l shall come here to live. Mr..
Miller and myself have the best bands
of Angora goats in the country. They
are absolutely pure. These mountains
of Los Angeles are the nearest to their
original habitat in the world. They
will do well on these mountains and |
shall get mountain range and start
a flock of the goats to multiply
on it. Their hair is now selling at very
high prices and henceforth will prove a
paying enterprise. America is making a
great deal Of cloths for railroads and
other purposes in which this hair is used.
We own also the only Stoke Pogis short
horns in tho country. Stoke Pogis 9Th
IS ours, and we have plenty Of his breed.
We have Stoke Pogis Cow Matilda
| 4th. We are Just now making
years test of her milking. The year
is up the 9Th of this month. She is, at
the end of it, giving twenty-one and
one-half pounds of milk day. Her
record for the year is upwards of 10000
pounds of milk and 1000 pounds of but
ter. This is the best record yet Your
alfalfa is the best milk. k.produclng plant
cultivated. Your wild grass of SINH
lar name" The reporter suggested al.
| filerilla-
eyes" said Mr.. Sibley, ''altilerilla is
the best for fattening of any natural
grass. You have no expensive barns to
build, no charges for housing and feed.
ing stock. You have the best stock
country in the world.
"But we must keep the boys on the
farms, said he. "The old idea was if a
boy was bright he must go to the city,
60 into business or law, and if there was
a blockhead in the family he was the
man to make farmer of. This is ex.
ploded. The modern farm requires as
great intelligence as any other calling.
You are getting that here on your big
fruit farms which require much care and
brains to manage"
The whistle blew and the reporter
had to go, but the. above facts
are worthy OF attention by the most ol
Los Angeles farmers and business men.
Mr.. sibley gave $4,000 for the Watts
place and has a baIgain in it. Their,
are hundreds like this intelligent gen
tleman coming to seek homes in Los An
geles and her suburbs in the imnediat,
future.