Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-17
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
A LAND CONCERNING WHICH LITTLE
is KNOWN
The Great Variety OF CIinate-Amsying
Crops Gr"wn ia thr Pew Fertile Places
A Disastrous Mining Craze
The schools.


INutegr Tor New Work Su'.'
Probably no portion of the western
hemisphere is 80 little know aS Lower
Calitoruia To reach il requires a dan
| ErrOus and Iii J cunt Journey. to ~uh~IsI
after one has arrived is still more I'll ii
cult task. and tu eN NpiOrc the country thor
oughly is impossible Wild beasts and
| wilder savage intcst lis desert sands and
| pathlesr forests. and >tuprndou~ noun
tain chain throws up an Impa>Sah'r Wal
| from end 10 end along lis ceutcr. !" rial
| Lower aliiornia is substantially the sam,
aS when CortCL and hIS hardy crew sal. ed
around its unknown shores the same
| IraCklcSS forests. UnrNplOrrd mountains,
and uncultivatcd pralrlr>. except where,
here and there. a solitary ranCumau has
| made the desert bloom 10y irrigation
| Lack of water i the hauc at the prnIu,
sula Lut whenever irrigation is possible
| the strong virgin soil yields most luNurI
| anlly. The few insignificant rivers that
| come tumbllug down from the mountains
are all short shallow streams which are
| drr through the long hot summers, hut
| become exceedingly dangerous torrents
| during the annual season Of rains There
are several COpious Sprng~ in the intC,ior.
| but inv ariahIv the streams flow along a
II rl,f. 81,
| channels In winter IN" rams are lcr-IiC.
| but Of short duration. acc mpanlcd by
/ tremendous toruaiOc> of wind which
| sweep every particle of soil from exposed
positions into the sta leaving the iUChic>s
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| u.L,,, a, ,h1 ,,ni,,t nj th, 'irS,Il, The
| ,harToro,..r stands ~ "a i.rr,,.. ,,I,nya
| rro il !, frr,,r,nfIy Iown f., rrr,lir,r ,t
| rho h,,d nf the aI,It FOR ,bout ,.i,rhIy
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and nrrto int rnnl,r ~ NuI,r,. and 10.
wsrI thr lin. nf fh,. nItnd >t5,rrs un
| tho p,cif, ,ij,. th,. rrnnnr,turr - uni.
| forr,I, 5,.Iirbtful n.,rr f,IIir,, hcI,yy a
Joorncs nor risiu,r ,bo,, a J,,-r.,.. Tn.
| .kv i ill . that of \anI,> The fruurifuI
, drrn clnudlrss hIur ,Nrrpr when por-
rrous sunsets flush the. west with ruhy-
|! Ii,Iet and ,r,Id
In th,. ~ r,.rtiIc Dl,,.s ANN, inv Grams
orn crown ~ corn ,u,r,r, ,,,r,. WHEAT
orrhiIfa mauior al manner of r,,ul,.ut
roofs excrllpri ,,r,nr, from whi,h N inr
Is made similar In that of the C,nalI..>.
besides oranges lemons Citrons dates
olives pinrnpplcs and all other rropicaI
fruits ON several ranches horse, muirs
nips and hlack car1l,. Ar. reared and The
foothills feed few wild sheep and goats
The mountain wal which divides The,
neuiusuIa from end t. end rises 10 An
syerar,. height of =, Onn feet H. ,ulmipar.
ing rcak. the hill of the Giantr>s having
an altitude oC g. 900 feet The raugr has
TWO extinct vocauocs and mumhvrir>s
springs of hot water and bitumrn larih
.Iuake shocks are frrlucnt, and among
the unknown heights nature seems 10
have located her secret laboratory.
The foothills are sprinkied with sagc
brush and chaparral. and in the burning
deserts at their base cactus crows TO an
= ,traordinarv height Coal ha, been
found at Santiago and some petroleum
n the Pacrtir slope There arc god
placcrs at Santa cruz. Rosario. >an luflcl
and the Iatcl, discovered ncld Of Santa
rrtrudas II i believed that the noun