The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-27

| QoppIiy CuOoonS SAoAuu6
ling view of the ocean and the noun
tains, and when you add to this thu
genial warmth of this tropical sun
the animated scene ut one Of thes'
sales is memorable indeed. Thirty.fivt
foot lots sell at from two hundred II
one thousand dollars each, and thes'
auctions generally average from one
hundred and fifty thousand to two
hundred thousand dollars each. As t.
investments in San Diego, the time fol
throwing money down anywhere and
realizing fifty or one-hundred per cent
from 1t, is past. Some classes Of prop
erty would seem to have reached ite
limit, but there are undoubtedly Ger.
tain localities in the city that will yet
zee great advances in value. All
things considered, I do not think
prices here nearly 20 unreasonable as
they were in Wichita at the height Of
her boom. The activity seems to be
on tho increase since the holidays. and
the rush of strangers is apparently un.
abated. Fit were not DO outrageous
ly provoking, the difficulty of getting
mail matter here would be very anus
ing. There are::two General Deliver
ies," each covering ,one-half Of the al
phabet. As early a. seven O'Clock in
the morning people begin to take their
places In line, and at ten o'clOck-the
time of opening-three lines Of people
(the third being from the stamp depart
ment) stretch out Upon the sidewalk
for nearly a block. II one gets his mail
in two hours, he is fortunate. Indeed
he is fortunate If he gets 1t at all. A
wagon load of papers which the Office
force wers not able to distribute. was
dumped into the bay the other day, 1t
is not unusual for parties to offer
through the papers as high as five dol
lars for lock box for one quarter.
1 must take back the mild assertion
I made about the "rainy season" in my
last letter. Since I wrote that we
have have had rain of four days and
nights almost without intermission.
The mud in the streets was perfectly
appslling-and the waypeople tackled
it reminded me Of q certain patriot
crowd in Kansas on last Independence
day. But as lie always the case here 1t
has cleared off unusally warm. and the
last three days have been glorious ones
Your brightest and balmiest days in
May could not exceed or even equal
them. The storm has left the noun
tains only twenty-five or thirty miles
away clothed In q cleaning coat Of
snow, and as the eye takes in at once
the dazzling wilderness Of the noun
tains, the mesa and valley lands be-
tween now rapidly taking on their car
pet of green. and poured round all
the glittering glory Of the Pacific
Ocean, no element of beauty or gran
0eur seems Iackln&.
But see Pasadena and die! This re-
markable young city lies about hum
bred and seventy-five miles 1 think,
north of San Diego, and within eight
or nine miles Of Los Angeles. From .
friend we'll known to the readers Of the
REa1sTER-"Cy." Simpson.I accept
ed an invitation to spend the holidays
there, and most pleasant and pecul-
lar holiday season it was. Pasadena
is habitation fit for the Gods. Beau.
tiful for situation and altogether
lovely 1t IL. 1t nestles In q beautiful
valley at the very foot of mountains
over seven thousand feet high, around
which there Is the ever changing pan
Drama of fleecy clouds, 20 enchanting
q feature Of mountain scenery, and
whose peaks are now since the rains,
doubtless covered with snow. The
town is prominently q place for resi-
dence. It has had the exceptional ad-
vantage Of having been settled almost
from the first by well TODD people, and
the consequence is that there is not q
ragged or squalid portion Of the town.
The streets are thoroughly paved and
sidewalked, and the street car service
is excellent. But the chief glory of
Pasadena lies in her beautiful residen-
ces and the magnificent grounds sur
rounding them. With . climate and
soil in which nearly all the essential
features of fine lawn and grounds
can be produced in one years time, it
is not at all strange that the private
wealth of Pasadena, and the spirit of
friendly emulation, has already made
q Paradise of the place. The town was
laid out of a large fruit orchard, and
all the land, to begin with, was In .
high state of cultivation. All through
the town there are orange, lemon, olive
and numerous other varieties of fruit
trees loaded with fruit, and the ever
present palm and banana add much
beauty 10 the place. Mr.. Simpson and
I drove about the city one morning
and came back with our carriage load
ed with luscious oranges forced upon
10 by various persons at whose places
We stopped. "Cy." and his family |
nave q beautiful home in an sttrActive |
part of the city, the house in cottage
'tyle, and beautiful grounds. Mrs.
simpson, however was well nigh |
veenin1 over the destruction of some |