Telegram-herald., 1889-05-13

aI1oag Ii1sm Tor ysaFs. &It Lever kn~"
s4tbeF u tb@se pogtlAr bslisfs ~ bs yera-
ned
Bat L the farmers q Kenilworth-
and talked with several not engaged
Ia special oocuq4tloa--Gre inclined - -
dolef8l. tilerc ere many beautiful places
l.. Ios Angeles county where the water
Is abundant and the peopls are remark
ahly vel q d. They oan praise the
oosutrv IS il certainly deserves 20 be
pfslsed Il cle2riy needs Bat patience
anl iudastry % r4lse. with much Prcdi-
eallry and profit. oranges, Anles, olives
..nd ra.slns. Bat the trouble with naanV
Who come from The esss Is the expecta
tion II sudden wealth. That cannot be
secured. even IN California, without tol
anA trouble. but with toii aud troubls
health and wealth can De Won ia tins
country quicker than ~ any state IN the
Jni0u. This Is my impression, after
careful observation and protracted IN
qmry.
When yea come % California you hear
wonderful stories OF fortunes made IN
day by lucky land spectators. They
are not fairy tales. Millions have been
accumulated by eastern enterprise and
T thrift While al the beautiful hotel,
F Hotel del Coronado. the other night Was
+ told the story OF that peninsula. Ii lies,
/ you know. just opposite san Diego. and
/ is 4 low desert tract of perhaps i've miles
! in length. ! and Beanie 10 this vicinity
+ full Of bounce and hustle. They bought
the peninsula for 100000. They then
staked it out, planned tho grandeSt hotel
ia the world, the loveliest drives, the
most comfortable Improvements. And
while they were loudly proclaiming what
they were going 10 do, they sold part OF
their purchase. plot by plot, until three
million dollars worth was disposed OF,
and they had plenty left.
hear Of c. who came to Los Angeles
and with little money bought a fine
piece Of land. He sold one lot, which
paid for all his property. Then he
bought and sold other land. and within
two years was bloated millionaire. |
find these statements and many others
Of the kind to be gospel truth. But
while they viii tell you how well a, b
and G made out, they make no mention
Of how ID, E and f got along. / know
them and can give you their experiences.
ID, for instance. was New York man
in business. Things were easy with him,
but he caught tho California fever, and.
picking up stakes, he journeyed TO Los
Angeles. 1t was before the boom. He
bought land, held il awhile and sold il ut
very trifling profit. He returned to the
east and while at homo heard that the
man To whom he had sold had sold again
at a profit of $4,000. So back he
rushed. This time he brought his wife,
and together they purchased u plot near
Pasadena for s., coo and put up house
costing $1,000. That was the extent of
D's pile. He might have sold soon after
for Sc, 600, but he wasn't going to repeat
the mistake of his first venture, so he
held on. Tho boom came and went, and
today he cannot sell at any price. There
is no business at Pasadena. IL is charm
ing place, but like q summer resort;
therefore ID and his wife are almost
stranded. They sent to an acquaintance.
Franl, Loring, Boston man who lives
, /
Sl,500 on the property TO pay taxes, as
sessments, etc. He consulted the bank
about it, and they reported that improve
ments counted for nothing; they valued
!, the land only at what it would bring at
farm prices; 81 800 was too large a loan
by half. Today d is driving an ice cart
in Los Angeles. and his wife has job
running the mail wagon from Monrovia
, to a settlement among the foothills. Dur
ing chilly mornings she appears in a
handsome sealskin dolman, a relic OF
past greatness. The people think she is
eccentric. But she isn't; ID and his wife
are simply working hard to get enough
to go back east.
Then there is f and T, of Santa Bar
bara. When the railroad was near
ing that exQuisitive little place Z and T
felt the effects of the boom caused by
that circumstance. Just how the rail
road would help Santa Barbara no one
stopped to consider. Enough that land
was going up. T. and + didn't have
much money. They were merely indus
trious New York clerks; but between
them they had 81 400 in cash which they
wanted TO increase, and they listened to
the voice Of the siren in the person
! of a real estate agent. Ee showed
them two lots for 500 each
worth double the money" True, they
} were on the side Of n steep hill, but the
persuasive agent showed them how the
: value was greatly increased 10y that
fact Excavations already doneI" hi
! exclaimed. "Splendid cellar in the reai
! actually made" So they bought, and
owing to that natural cellar. which they
5 banked on, they held the lots at 81 ,JOS
each. and asked the agent to cell them
But hc counseled going TO another agent
{ IS it wouldn't look well to have hin
2 selling and reselling, etc, etc. They
J did so. and. taking agent No 2 10 Nh,
I lots. descanted on the fine cellar
Pine be -," exploded the real es
tate man, who was of the earth earthly
, ''those lots amt worth $50 each" And
they are not.
So YOU see all is not gold that glittor'
. even here. Still, California is a really
{ I wonderful state. II has n marvellous
climate. and there Is good fortune IN
store for those ready % tickle its mag
ni6cent soil. FREDERICZ ". WHITE
why They squint.
II vashington Girl looks at you a. al q
: ths st-aot sse ia ai srre g. shut one eye
rather. not exactly srrt Is. hat sg1ini it ~
, savs a TEashfre.r~ laster This IS tie reaS0-