Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-11-13
SNUFF THE SALT SEA AIR.

Del Mar and Oceanside are both am bilious seaside resorts and the latte IS making strides towards joining hand with San DIego. which is twenty miles distant. At 4:30 p. m-, we reach the cIiy Of Bay aud Climate" We hAv, heard much of this Eden" Within tue past SIX month. but of which, nY One-half has been ;uld-of its gresi possibilities. advantage of harbOr. saln orious climate and room enough to huIld two or three villages like Sal Francisco. N'w is the time to catch on to the tide, which is at the flood, and sure to "lesd on to fortune" loves your spare shekels m real estate in am about San Diego and the CorOnsd, Beach. The latter place Is reached b, four minute :Ide by steam ferrY, con nected by street railways on both side, but time and space will not permit description of thls delightful resnr, and We will only say Mother Nature was surely In a powerful good humcT wben sne made Coronado Beach, but Of this We will tell you more later on.
 In tine business center. numerous five story blOcss are building, md on tbe mills, palaiIal ma sions and cosy cot tases are springing up in every direc- ton
 Bancroft, the historian. lives here and IS build ng fne residence in the Oneeu Anne style Of architecture. He also owns leagues of land aud IS still buying more. Bids are beng received for new opera house that will do credit tu the queen city of so 1thern California,
 The newly graded streets, without side walks, and dust ankle deep. nakes it both tiresome and dissgreeable t., peramhulate by pedal power. The req estate dealers are, however. very kind. all keep hobby rigs and are alvays ready to drive you about and show you good investments.
 We had the good fortune to hear the two 'closiug guns of the pOliticsI cam paign ln this section. The first, by Mrs. q ara Foltz, the talented lady lawyer of San Francisco. She gracefully handled the princII al political issues of the day. and explained satisfactorily why sht "hopped" out of the republican ranks into the democratic. She had a packed house, and was B2plsuGed both loud and frequent. But the last battle was fought by him of the "silvery tongue" Tucson's old time citizen. Tom Fitch After touching upon various subjects and differences between the two parties, Tom unclaimed
 THE RIPARIAN TIGER,
 which he had brought on the rostrum for the express purpose of showing 1t u. ID sll its hideousness. He held us er ranced Tor two hours. with a voice like the rippliDg ssves of the rIvers that b. told us were withheld from the ranchers' poor, thirsty vines ard flowers. that the Chinaman farther down on the banks might have the water to wash his customers shirts. And we sere beginning to feel awful mean, and ashamed that We belonged to such dis reputable gang. and in fact were almost persuaded to 'hop" "alee same Clara when We received one of those exsspera- tIng "l told you so" digs in the ribs, from our other half The votes the repub- lican ticket strsightl Well, "scIssors" cropped out on the spot, and II has been 'scissors" ever sInce.
 We met many familiar faces from Tue son. The Hon. Thos. Fitch and wife, Dr. Witteld. in the drug business, Mr. Murphy has charge of one of the lead ing dry good houses; NIT. J. A. Rosrk and wife are enjoying their elegant home and surroundings. They are all contented. prosperous, and happy.
 What Sen Diego will do with their numerous expected visitors this winter s still Hn unsolved conundTum. At this sRrly date houses can not be got st any price, and new ones are engaged before he first nail is driven The Florence, Horton, and St. James are sll first class houses and under able management. The town abounds in hash houses, where | 'ou can get tough steak, sloppy coffee. l ome bresd snd ancient butter served | n soiled table linen by slouchy walters, ll tor the sum of two bits. Ifyou don't believe all we have told | ou about San Diego, just come snd see.
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