Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-28
CALIFORNIA TRUTHS.
Hints to Home Seekers In the
Great Golden State.


7 ,,t;ceJ reccn,jv IN. follow;ns
paragraph "ii''e" ny "en-Ano"n
ana somewhat eccentric physician.
who. several years ago. spent two OF
three winters in this State:
81 SAW when in Southern Califor.
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where they had stayed three years
with no other covering than the tree.
not even a tent IL was an intelligent
Now E,yI.,d family. ,bov lef, Mass..
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'" men l sa" 'hei" 'hey were III line
health
After nine years experience in this
Stale n Is nv opinion that the GOOD
Doctor ,s wof,,ur doco;rad nv N a,
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i"'eiiSe"' We" nS'"nu i"ni''..
during ury year tent woulo
not be impracticable. although il
would bc found rather damp on cool,
foggy morning. But it is the height
of folly to conclude that people can
live comfortably Tor otherwise) in our
ordinary winter storms with no other
shelter than that afforded by an oak
tree.
Such statements as this have done
California incalculable injury. They
arc generally made by travellers and
tourists who are here for a few weeks
or months, visit some of the principal
cities, take the popular excursions and
90 back to their homes to be recog.
nized as standard authority on Pa
cific Coast matters. Ii the season il.
favorable and their surroundings pleas
ant, their descriptions abound in rose.
color. But if they chance to encounter
stormy weather, or are forced by the
press Of travel into inferior accommo-
dations, or something occurs to inter.
fere with their own individual comfort
then every thing is seen through blue
spectacles. The cities are mere mush-
rooms that have seen their best DAYS.
the fruit is insipid and coarse. the
oranges sour, the climate "a humbug,
the scenery nothing to boast of-even
Yosemite hardly paws for the expendi-
ture of time and strength required for
the trip. Occasionally one of these
dolcful souls vents his private griev.
ance Oh the entire State. but the florid
descriptions are IN large majority
II is easy to see now people NAV be
led to make these cxtravagant express
sions. Every thing here is new and
strange to them. They drive over
green plains spanplcd with many-col
ored flowers, in January as though il
were June. They ramblc through the
orange groves. breathing the fragrant
air. and picking with their own hands
the golden globes. They see hot-houss
plants blossomins freely in the open
air. They are delighted with the
climate, the scenery. with every thing.
and frequently make the widest state
ments without taking the trouble to
verify them. They take single ex-
ccpiional instance. and hold i; up for
,n invariable rule. For example. l
picked Gala the other day that meas
ured six feet from the base of the flow
cr-stalk 10 the tip of the spathe. II
came from free-growing variety
which has been specially enriched, but
this Is the tallest Hover 1t has pro-
duced Shall l, then, proclaim that
cailas reach the height Of SIX feet IN
this favored iands though tins may
be true IN occasional instances, would
II give nonresident correct idea OF
the ordinary growth OF caliass
! was greatly pleased when l read IN
the thrisftdn al Work last summer
Key. John h. Aliens account OF Santa
Barbara presented our semi-frop-
icai lite 80 truthfuiiy But these hap
hazard Statements that VIII not bear
investigation give Eastern people
particularly the poorer classes-a
totally false conception OF our state
Many OF them seem 10 think that 1t IL
little Short of PARADISE that II they can
only scraPe together enough money
Tor the overland trip fortune awaits
their arrifai' tnat III they conciuoe 10 ac-
cei,t SOME position very large salary
VIII reward correspondihgiy small
amount Oh iapor, ana various other ny
mehts thai Will Iead 10 disappoint-
meht-
Any person Of small means who i'm
agnes that he can 1--we comfortably IN
himself. l never saw, people work
harder than they do here. And the
work lasts the year round To be
sure. nearly every one takes a play
spell sometime during the summer,
going either to the beach or the
there is plenty of work
TO be done at all seasons. 1t is some
times said that California Is no place
Tor poor man. But that depends
greatly on what sort of man he is.
A person in good health, able and will
ing TO do whatever honest work comes
to hand. will probably do rs well here
as in any part of the country. But it
Is far better for poor people who arc
sick and unable TO work to remain
where they are with their friends The
professions are crowded. Southern
California does not require any more
doctors, LAWYERS, teachers. or real es-
tate agents What she needs is an
army OF active. able-bodied men and
women who are not afraid of manual
labor.
Newcomers are invariably surprised
ut the large amount of property for sale.
what is the reason" they ask. THAT
every body wants to sell, if California
is such delightful place to live in?"
One principal reason is that each wear
as new railroads are built more of the
large ranches are subdivided, and new
tracts are eonstantl, being placed on
the market. Again. MANY OF the set
lers. who came here ten or twelve wears
ago when land was much cheaper.
buying from twenty TO one hundred