The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-15
Letter from, Livy Buck.


Los ANGELES, CAL. March 2.-MY
DEAR PARENTs:-This looks very
much as if I was now on my way
home.
left Oakland day before yesterday
and arrived here yesterday noon.
Have met Cowell, Dale, Wilson,
Whittlesey, Poole, Sampson and Wib-
ley, all old Emporia people.
This is a much nicer place than 1
have found anywhere yet in California,
yet 1 do not like this place as they
have no natural advantages for sewer
age and that will curtail the growth of
their town in a very short time.
They claim all the way from $4,000
to 100, 600, but $4,000 is much nearer
the population.
Leaving Porta Costa just thirty
miles out of Oakland 1 passed through
some of the finest agricultural land
in the state but not quite
so fine as the Santa Clara
Valley around San Jose, of which |
wrote you. There is little more ash
than like to see in land for raising
cereals. For citrus fruit the land
farther north is said to be better. Then
above Fresno we struck piece of land
which must have been brought in
body from the Great American Desert
for it was so sandy in the car everyone
was obliged to put their handkerchief
over their mouth and nose to breathe
with anything like comfort. 1t sifted
in just like snow under the doors in
winter.
Took supper at Tulare which is lit
tie town situated as most OF the towns
in this country are, about block back
from the railroad.
The name of the vacant space they
call the same as they do in Mexico, the
plaza!
Leaving Tulare, we passed through
a great deal of semi-mountainous coun-
try where we found snow on all the
hills of any height. AS I left Oakland
at ten in the morning, 1 passed through
Moiave in the night, but it was moon
| light enough for me to see 1.-THE loop"
when we passed through it. Then
from daylight until noon rode through
desert land where the palm and tree
cactus is all that grows. There was
an inch of snow is some parts of this
strip of Sahara" Soon we came to
the outlying districts of Los Angeles,
| and it lies very prettily
in the Los Angeles valley.
Along on the right side of the track
just as we approached Los Angeles l
saw some pretty water falls, which [
suppose come from some of the irri-
eating bitches up in the mountains.
l. walked up into the northeast part
of town on to hill where you can see
Los Angeles as it is.
| Looking off to the right you can see
the San Gabriel Valley and way or
just by the mountains lies the Santa
Ana Valley.
These look like green velvet carpets
and are, suppose, fields of wheat and
barley.
Beyond are the mountains on which
the snow lies all the year, furnishing
plenty of water all the year through
| have seen the panorama of Gettysburg
and Siege of Paris which are very fine
artistic conceptions.
Of Missionary Ridge, Vicksburg
Gettysburg and Siege of Paris, thinl
scenic effects ard execution.
have been out on the street cars
through the finest residence portion OF
the city and some are simply grand.
One company of the many who have
laid out additions to the town are run
ming cars which have sign on them
of Transportation free. for one year Il
parties building in our addition"
This is quite scheme.
One line runs out five miles, for five
cents, but it is not much of a sight
seeing line as it runs altogether
through orange groves.
The streets are very muddy, as II
, rained all last night and is still rain
ing.
The banks here are very numerous
but are not fitted up as finely as the
eastern banks.
, The buildings now going up are very
pretty and of the latest style.
Some of the people in this country
must go to farming or they VIII be
ship in what they want.
must close now, as / want to &C
out on the Temple street cars to see
northern Los Angeles.
VIII write you again from San
Diego. Affectionately, your son,
Ivy