Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-29

district, and is unimproved. influential
capitalists have had agents here during
the past week looking up lands for set
| tlement Besides the last mentioned
deal, of which we hope to speak more at
length in week or two, there is the col
ony of Dunkards who are about to settle
on the Coyotes rancho. Altogether there
| is sufficient evidence at hand to show
that lage immigration to our section ls
one of the things in the near future that
may be counted on with extreme Ger.
tainty. In town the spirit OF improve
ment seems to prevail to marked de-
gree. Mrs. Metz's block will soon rear
| its palatial head on Los Angeles and Cen
ter streets, and Joseph Backs is about to
begin the erection of brick block on Los
Angeles street, next to his residence.
The opening OF the Hotel del Campo and
the various other Improvement schemes
yet in embryo, but sure to come in the
near future, give evidence of the speedy
commencement of that prosperity which
should exist in the finest and best t-wstered
valley in the State.-[ Anaheim Gazette.
The following letter in the Santa
Monica Outlook shows what an old SOL
dier, resident of the Soldiers Home,
thinks of the unwarranted attack made
on Governor Treichel:
SOLDIERS HOME, SANTA MONICA, CAL.,l
September %. 1889.
EDITOR OF THE Outlook-I have been
for four months a member of the Home.
During that time, writing to friends and
relatives, have described the Home as
an excellent institution-clean, well-ven-
tilated dormitories, excellent beds, good
and sufficient food, and the management
conspicuous for the non interference with
all who respect themselves, and lenient
to those who transgressed the rules.
1t seems that all this time, according
TO the Tribune, / have been living in
FOOLS paradise; that, instead OF this be-
ing haven of rest, provided by the most
generous people on earth for the old sol.
diers. that it is prison, the food bad
and insufficient, the Governor tyrant
who curses the g. A. r. and despises
his old companions in arms.
There is no denying hat five-cent beef
| is rather tough; but the corn beef, NUT
ton and fish are good, the bread and but
ter excellent. The coffee always has
been genuine, and strong enough and
hot enough to satisfy any reasonable
person
The gallant ex-Confederate, who in
his sympathy with US IN our imaginary
grievances, gives US such an appetizing
picture of the strawberries and cream,
oysters and shad, supplied at the Hemp-
ton Home, has rather too much fish in
his bill of fare. ! am sare that if we
! were fed for weeks on barracuda or
shad such cry for five-ceng beef would
go up as would shake the lard from the
Sierras to the sea.
| That the Governor, whose health is
| impaired, and who suffers from wounds,
| is not always able to control his irrita.
bility, and sometimes says thugs which
| in bis calmer moments he woulo not say,
may be true, but that he cherishes
other than the kndliest feelings for his
former comrades in arms DO not believe.
Given, Governor with the wisdom of
Solomon and the patience of Joo and
still there will be GROWERS. Here, as
ia the army, there 10 and always viii be
q small percentage of unruly and inoor.
rigible characters, but / am sure that the
Governor will bear me out in the aessr-
tion that four-fiiths of the "vets" are
sober, self respecting men.
On one point think all the men agree,
and that ia that the employment OF citi
zens is no longer called for and contrary
to the spirit of the laws under which
these Homes are created.
X RESIDENT SOLDIER.