Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-11-21

Special Correspondence GLOBE-kEPUBlIC:
SANTA ANA, Cal, Nov. 10, 1856.
Several weeks have passed since your
readers have been instructed by the drip
pings from my pen, and trusting to the old
adage that distance lends enchantment'
we shall send few facts concerning this
Italy on the western shore.
Extending for distance of sixty to
seventy miles southeast of the city of Los
Angeles lies a beautiful plain extending
from the Pacific ocean on the west TO the
foothills and Coast mountains on tie east
and varying in width from fifteen TO thirty
miles. About thirty miles southeast
of the city flows the Santa Ana river.
in a southwestern direction through this
plain. On either side of this river, for a
distance of from fifteen to twenty miles, is
the section known as the Santa Ana valley,
and in the midst of this valley on the left
bank of the river. is located the city of
Santa Ana, surrounded on the mountain
side by a region of o"anEe, lemon and fruit
orchards. vineyards and evergreen alfalfa
fields. while on the ocean side where are
known as the damp lands, on which grow
all kinds of farm products except wheat.
without irrigation. and from whose surface
artesian wells send forth natural gas and as
fine water as comes from mother earth, are
located
This valley is the south
ern extension of what is generally
called the Los Angeles valley. The latter
valley extends from the ocean back TO the
San Fernando, San Gabriel, CucamOnga
and San Bernardina mountain ranges.
These mountains touch the ocean on the
northwest and run in a Semicircle to the
east. then south. then southwest To the
coast. forming a crescent shaped piece of
land. eighty miles from point 10 point of
the crescent. with depth between coast
and mountain back ground of about thirty
miles. The ground from the foot of the
mountains to the coast line is an inclined
plane with an elevation of 800 feet at the
mountains. Over this inclined plane are
dotted groups of little hills, with some roll
ing land and table formations. The noun
tainS bounding this village on the north.
east and northeast, are barrier, attaining
an attitude of over ), 900 feet, and shut off
the cold winds and sand-StOrms of the north
region. This gives the valley of Los
Angeles that mild, warm south
west exposure to the sun that makes hers
the Semi-tropical climate. unsurpassed in
any other part of the world. From the
above the readers of the -REPUBLIC
can readily detect the philosophy of the
fine eIuable climate of this part OF Cali
fornia. and one who will not accept the
above theory of its cause has but to come to
the beautiful Santa Ana valley 10 get an
experience which no words can portray nor
philosophy explain. What treat il is TO
ait in a room, day after day, with the win
dows up. and the bright sunlight peryading
everything. with heels elevated and the
grand old SUNDAY GLOBE REPUBLIC in
hand. reading the ''dOln's" of the Champion
City. How we appreciate what fine eli
mate this is when from the paper in hand
we read an item like the following:
Yesterday was like May day,
TODAY is regular BLIZZARD" or.
The long stretch of beautiful autumn
weather was broken by the rain last week"
Here a remark concerning the weather is
ALWAYS considered a chestnut" While
every day is fine one peculiarity of this
climate is that no two days produce the
same kind of weather. so that there is no
danger of California climate becoming mo-
nOtOuOuS.
Some statistics concerning this county for
the past year may be of interest TO your
readers. 1t is the second county on the
coast in population, and its assessment roll
is Sal. 900, 900. Last year it produced p
900, 600 bu. corn, 2,50O,00O bu. wheat, l.