Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1888-03-16

opposite end of the auditorium.
This is a fact; | heard it myself.
From Salt Lake City to the Cal
ifornia line there is absolutely
nothing to interest one unless it
would be study of Indian char
acter, as furnished bv examples of
the Noble Red Man. that appear
robed in blankets furnished by |
the Government, at the arrival OF
every train, and stand with the
composme of statue and almost
as inanimate, until the train de-
parts. Having seen so many spec
linens of these wards of the ma
tion," and having learned so much
of their nature, [ can say that L
am not as great a friend of the In
dian as formerly. But | must not
becoms tedious.
| want to tell you something
about California. After descend
ing the Sierra Nevadas. we soon
entered the valley of the Sacra-
mento. Here l saw my first or
ange trees; fields of wheat were
green and the beautiful trees and
flowers were in happy contrast to
the sleet and snow of my own state.
This entire Sacramento valley is q
garden.
Arriving in San Francisco, we
took quarters at the Palace Hotel,
where we remained for several
days. Talk about your hotels!
The fact is, people know but little
of hotels until they have seen the
Palace. While my brother was
busily engaged with the Bancroft
History Company, for which he is
manager, l took occasion in COM
pany with some friends to do the
city. San Francisco is most in
teresting place to me. Not Sc
much indeed, the city proper, as
the various points of interest
around it. If any of the citizens
of Kirksville visit San Francisco
they should not fail to visit Golden
Gate Park and Cliff House. ]
could have remained in San Fran.
cisco for months and been enter
tanned and delighted ev Try day
but Los Angeles was our objective
point. Los Angeles, you know, is
in Southern California, which has
been attracting SO much attention
during the past few years.
| was not prepared for the sur.
prise that awaited me here. From
city Of 9 600 in 1880, Los Angelo:
has grown to be a city of some
$4,000. The character of the build
ings AID the general substantial,
appearance of all improvement:
being made, gives assurance ot
permanency and wonderful pro
gress of the place.
I find good many old Kinks.
vile boys here. Eugene Fout
Lee Brothers, Douglass, and many
others. All the boys are doing
well, making money, in fact coulC
not be induced to live back il
Kirksville. Fout has struck i
rich; he is the same old boy o
other days. At this time wher
Southern California is attracting
so much attention, | hesitate t.
say anything with reference tc
+ this section. The climate has beer
delightful from the first day o
our arrival, comparing favorably
with our May and June weather
back east. The streets are so crowd
ed that they are rendered almos
, impossible and still the people
come. Only last Monday an ex
cursion of 400 arrived in the city
= and this is no uncommon occur
! renee. One excursion like tina
would paralyze Kirksville, but here
they have them almost every week
The real estate business is active
People back East say that the bot
{ tom must drop out Of this boom
but candidly, [ do not see how i
, can, and yet [ would not advise
, any one to come here. 1t is fac
:, that Southern California is not I
poor mans country. | have beer
wondering for some time wha
+ keeps the country up, and think
haye at last solved the problem
/ it is this: The wonderful tide o
, emigration here is from thu
. wealthy class back East. They dt
not have to depend on what they
make in this country to sustain
them: they draw from their East
ern resources, having accumulated
fortunes in the East, and they arr
, perfectly willing to pay Thousand
T dollars per front foot for climate
, and bay, in order to have a plac'
, where they may live in the great
, est luxury; where sunshine is tn,
rule, shadoS the exception, ant
! tropical fruits and all the delica
, cies desired are to be had in abun
, dance.
Now just so long as the peopl
of the East seek a delightful plac
to live just SO long will Southern
: California continue to boom.