Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-25
The fertility Of the soil when
AWAKENED BY IRRIGATION

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AWAKENED BY IRRIGATION
Is wonderful, and many desert spots
have been transformed into blooming
GASES. In places where was formerly
but barren waste Of sand are now
seen hundreds of handsome houses
embowered in every variety of shrub
berry, amid orange and lemon groves
fields of alfalfa, orchards Of the apri-
cot, prune, plum, almond, walnut
peach and pear vineyards where ovel
sixty kinds of grapes are grow.
ing. Immense vineyards yielding
five or six tons to the acre
lie by the side of fields Of
wheat which equals the finest seen in
Minnesota and Dakota. Houses fur
nished in all the styles of modern
decorative art rise in all directions,
embowered in roses, geraniums, he.
liolropes and lilies that bloom tbs year
round and reach size unknown else
where. Among them rise the banana,
the palm, the rubber tree and the
pampas grass with its tall feath-
cry plumes. The camphor tree
and other foreign woods are
scattered around. The Mex
ican pepper tree, the Australian
eucalyptus, Monterey cypress, lime,
pomegranate, acacia, guaya, Japanese
persimmon, olive, ounce, lemon,
nectarines and other trees and shrubs
are seen.
q Southern California is chiefly in
cluded in the five counties of Los
Angeles, San Bernardino, San Die 20,
Ventura and Santa Barbara. This
territory forms slope 40 miles W de
and 275 miles long, extending from
the coast range OF mountains to the
ocean.
LOS ANGELES is THE METROPOLIS
OF this section. Though originally
settled over a century ago, its ch nge
from a village to a city has been
made during the past twenty-five
years. In 1880 it was town Of IL 900
inhabitants. 1t now claims a popula-
ton of 10000. The great interest
shown by investors in Los Angeles
property is attested by the fact that
the transfers Of real estate during the
year 1887 amounted to about 800, ,O00,-
00O-a most phenomenal record.
In the city's thirty-six square miles
OF corporate territory may be found a
great variety OF scenery and climate,
from the tropical air of the valleys to
the snowy peaks of the mountains.
Los Angeles is now one of the most
active and enterprising cities in the
United States 1t already has a met
ropolitan aspect. The modes OF con-
veyance already include steam cars,
street cars, cable cars and electric
railway. The streets are lighted by
electricity. Social and educational
advantages are of the best.
AS local poet has
SAID OF LOS ANGELES,
Her smiling face she turns toward the sea
That CLEANS across the broad, sweet land
Her garments hem, vine-clad and orchard
crowned;
Upon whose breast the grasses stir, when
breeze
Kissed into billuwy waves of verdure;
And butterflies, poised on light wings, seek
the
Wild flowers heart, and sip the honeyed
sweets
From cups of blossoms with satn-tissued
Leaves and colors more than rainbow.
The land
Runs down to meet the sea, as if to say,
l love thee, let me rest bes de thee pillowed
On sunshine and kissed by soft, white lips OF
Laughing waves, that cling with shining
ripples
To my shores.
Behind her, purpled shouldered
Mountains rise with snOw-crowned torheads
Her smiling Wales like monarch Titans;
Eyelids fringe the lofty pines; their throb-
bipg
Pulse, the cafioned streams outfiowing from
their
Mighty hearts of rock; tn ,ir frown, the
Precipice; their garments the sunlit haze
ransfguring them in beauty; their smile,
The sunrise and the sunset glory which
Warns the valley with reflected glow,
Upon whose breast eternal summer sleeps,
Rich in her tropic charms.
Tne winds touch her
But lightly breathing in perfumed whispe. s,
And scarce a day but she is sun-kissed and
Flower crowned For jewels wears she
daintily,
The lily white and creamy roses, and
Royal fuschias. Flames the pOinsetta
Mid her trophical tresses Geraniums
Climb like vines and wrap her in their
DehuJy,
And countless orange groves breathe fra
GRANGE, their b Ossoms hanging like
Perfumed clouds between her and the sky.
Her
Red wines run like the warm blood of youth
through
Her veined vineyards, and her oranges, like
Golden apples OF H sperides swing
On her emerald boughs, Like the fair isles
OF spice that smile upon the tropic seas,
Or emeralds bright in glowing sun shine set,
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And bright winged birds love all her sunny
Afar the story of her sunshines wealth
Is told, and the swe, calm that fills her
summers noon, and her winters balmy
breath,
Is sought for healing.
The world turns to her,
Jewel OF the We,t and diademed queen
Of sunset. We hear the rustic of her
Sandaled feet, as turns she with her voice OF
Welcome. Her touch is soft as velvet, end
Her hand is warm ana tender as a
Mothers hand, and like a lover wOos sh5
All who come to sun them in her brightness.
About nine miles from Los Angeles
is situated
PICTURESQUE PASADENA,
A rapidly-growing town of $4,000 in
habitants. 1t claims the cosiest cot
tages, the handsomest residences, the
finest hotels, the healthiest climate
and the most charming scenery in the
world. The views obtained in
every direction are magnificent.
1t is 400 feet above the
sea and free from miasmatic vapors.
Near proximity of the Sierra Madre
Mountains insure cool nights. Special
attention is given to the appearance
of streets, lawns and gardens. Among
expenditures Of the year are noted
the following: For sewers, $l00, 900 ;
for churches, $l50,000; for opera
house, $75, 900. When w. J. Flor
ence, the well-known actor, visited
Pasadena, it's beauties aroused his
poetic soul 10 exclaim:
s'I've iourneyed East, I've journeyed West,
And fair Italia's fields I've seen:
But declare
Nome ran cOmOlrp