The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-08

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Vealed new wonders. Here we saw
Indians and Mexicans in great num-
bers, and bought some small articles
from them. We saw plenty of Mex
lean Towns, the houses being built
OF "adob" bricks (sun-dried mud
bricks). New Mexico would be
charming place for homes if rid of
Indians and Mexicans. The green
valleys at the foot of the great noun
tains are lovely, and stereams of pure
water are seen every where, and
beautiful flowers grow in every direc-
tion. From New Mexico we passed
into Arizona, the land of sand, rocks,
extinct volcanoes and lava. Hour
after hour we passed through great
desserts of sand. without green leaf
or drop of water, while the lava
beds extended for miles, and far
away we could see great ranges of
mountains, which are rich in gold
and silver, and where the great min
ing camps are scattered, and to which
provisions are hauled by wagon for
one and two hundred miles.
The boundary line between Arizo-
ma and California is the great Colo
RADIO river, and early Wednesday
morning we crossed it and were in
the "land of promise"-Southern
California. For some distance it was
dry and arid like Arizona, but soon
we came to green fields and fruit
orchards and vineyards. Here we
had our first California fruits, and
they were fine and refreshing after
our long journey over the desert.
We reached Pasadena at 8 p. NJ. and
were met by Mr.. and Mrs. Gearhart,
who were expecting us, and with
whom we spent two days at their
lovely home, surrounded with all the
comforts of an Eastern home tthey
are from Indiana) and the tropical
luXuries ofSouthern California. Here
we found Miss Lille Brown had left
that morning tor San Francisco, to
attend the great State convention of
teachers, and to meet us there. The
two DAYS there we spent very pleas
antly, and enjoyed the good milk and
butter and oranges four kind friends.
We visited Los Angeles and on Fri
day night we started for San Fran
cisco. The ride from Los Angeles to
San Francisco was the worst part of
our entire journey, a. the heat and
dust was terrible. We had a wash
out and did not reach San Francisco
until II O'Clock Saturday night. We
spent Sunday and Monday here and
on Tuesday moved over to Oakland.
San Francisco is a great city, and
being the great port of the Western
coast, and furnishing supplies for the
far Western and Northern states, it
has an immense business. The stores
are packed with the greatest quani-
ties and varieties of goods, and the
window displayes are very fine
Market street is the great thorough
| fare and has four cable and car lines.
AS many as forty cable and horse cars
can be counted at one time from any
of the corners. All other streets run
into Market. and the ferries are at its
foot. In this city you see people from
every part of the world, and its port
is full of ships from every quarter Of
the globe. Twenty to twenty-five
vessels arrive every day. The bay
between San Francisco and Oakland
is about FIVE miles wide. and ferry
steamers cross every fifteen minutes.
About 10000 people cross each and
every "a hours, and freight by the
tons.
Oakland is a lovely city of $4,000,
extending along the bay for some
three miles. Here are lovely homes
and green parks, while the streets
are full of we'll dressed people and
splendid carriages. Broadway. its
great business street, is full of fine
stores and you can buy anything you
mention. Nearly all the business
men are wealthy and most of them
are Jews. Here you will find fruit
store doing a business Of eight thous-
and dollars a day, and crowded for
more room. Rents are very high.
Stores one hundred feet deep rent at
from three TO eight hundred dollars
per month, while small candy and
tobacco stands rent at from fifty 10
two hundred per month. Houses
two miles out, with eight or ten
rooms, rent at forty to fifty dollars
per month, while cottages Of four and
five rooms are from twenty to forty
per month. Living is high, as meats
ana butter and milk cost double what
they do i'm the East, But fruits and
vegetables are very cheap, and no
fires are required. A family need
not burn more than three quarters to
one ton of coal in year, and many