The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-26
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Los AasGELEs, Cal, Jan. II.
IsDzroR NEWS remained at Riy-
erside until the storm was over and the |
sun came cut bright and beautiful and
Il was delightful day when vent
DOM to Santa Anna. which is a pretty |
place Of about g 600 people, on q level
f,lssin eight miles from the coast and
tIiErty-sfx miles south OF this place.
Tue place IS surrounded by a fine farm
ing country and they boast of their
orange groves and extensive vineyards,
but / was not very favorably impressed
with either
THE GREAT WIND STORM
Had whipped nearly all the oranges
of the trees, and as they were not yet
ripe they were total loss; and then
they were very inferior. as are all the
oranges on the coast. The trees are
dying from the effect of the scale bug
The vineyards there and at
Anabjem are dying out from some un-
known cause. The state board of
agriculture had eNperta TO investigate
arrive at any conclusion. So the two
Ipisfortunes reduce the resources of that
part Of the country materially, and ]
find the land is held too high TO allow
new corners TO buy it for cIIitiyating
barley and vegetables with any chance
10 make wages, interest and taxes out
OF it. II is true there are other fruits
that do well, especially the English
walnut, apricot and the olive, but the
trrrr, RI nfttf.n
so as to pay, and as to the apricot that
is so easily raised, 50 many orchards
are being put out that the business
nay be overdose. And this year some
Qf Tie hoFtienituralist did not market
then apricots, claiming that it did not
pay TO sell at S1s per ton.
Los ANGELES Is STILL IMPROVING
at wonderful rate and viii make a
beautifal place, and in FACT Is that now,
although the streets ;sEe torn up and
numbered with leading materials.
The city is literally packed with stran-
gers, generally tourists, but many have
come to stay and are buying lots and
building homes. a majority of the
visitors and many citizens tbut not the
real estate dealers1 think that the boom
is over, or at least that the limit OF
high prices has been reached for the
present; that the day for wild specula-
t4DAA AA1ats l4AAs1 AOts AttAA4iOt 10
any longer with confidence that they
can be sold within thirty days at an
| advance of so to 100 per cent, as has
! been the case in the past Still, /
think that business lots and other good
outside property viii hold UP to present
[ prices, and may advance some,
| although it IS held at Chicago
| prices. But there have been too
/ many outside lotsD staked out,
ana put upon the market. enough
should Judge for a population of a
/ million or two. instead of the present
population of 60. coo. The increase has
| been rapid as there were but eleven
thousand in 1880. The business OF
/ this place is immense, as it is the
center Of trade for nearly ali OF
/ Southern California. The merchants
carry very large and elegant stocks
and spare no pains or expense to show
| them TO the best advantage. There
are many houses here doing Il bush
ness of iiye-hundred thousand to z
million per year.
THE CLIMATE
] Of this portion of the country Is {
/ subject of discussion every day, as
| they do not always agree upon thai
| subject. They constantly throw
| billiards at Kansas and other north
/ western people. and VIII acknowledge
i that the worst that / have experienced
/ so far is not as bad as one of our biz
yards, still they have good deal o
cold disagFeeable weather. Ever
when the sun is bright and warm
it is not safe TO get many blocks
away from an overcoat, as it is Away
cold after or o'clock p. m. and re
mains so until 9 or 10the next morning
And I believe there are more peopl
suffering from severe colds than | eve
saw in Kansas in our seyerest weather
On the other hand. many inYalids com
here and improve from the start, ant
/ become enthusiastic Californians in
short time.
THE E8LPoRIA COLONY
/ Is pretty strong here and are genel
ally well and enjoying life, and some G
them like the country so well that the
are here to stay, but of those who wis
: TO make California their home do no
class your correspondent.
+ Before leaving Riverside it wa
thought that the damages TO TIA
oranges had been overestimated, tina
it would not exceed % or 80 per cent b
frost. Yours truly, Z. p BRUNER.