Telegram-herald., 1889-05-13
LOOK AT Los ANGELES.
Marked Degeneration Of Once
Prosperous Place.
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All tie st0fa cenJeF ~as this Olgy Z
.hs Angels Eastern caEtl4l joined Ia
here an1 eastern men H. s.ed u this 49,
.ien ~ ths thousands. Real estate
llIp ped g. points flT berlzld Is intrinsic
value. aud buvers sers both Teck.css
lad numerous. Tie spirt ot specui4
.lon w Is abroad. aud land - - tie one
alar ketable commodity. u seemed that
people couldn't get enough of it. Ike
eol Sellers eve water. the more they
bad, the more they wanted The result
"a tha. cut near tiie foothills, miles
a9ay frOm town. farm lanGs were cut
up into city lots and freely sold. The
transactions in real estate were some
thing enormous. SArewd men made
lots OF money by quick turn; they spent
it freely, and for time no city IN the
wide world thrOye as did Los Angeles.
Business OF all kinds participated IN the
fictitious glory OF the land. Not n store
or dwelling was vacant in the entire
town. and the supply by no means
equaled the demand. Buildings flew up
10 accommodate the incoming crowds In
search OF the golden fleece and great was
the Joy Of the residents.
Put tho reaction came with startling
suddenness. Quickly rs the boom APP
peared. just so quickly did it vanish.
The bottom fell out OF the bucket IN
month, and the hectic. unnatural flush
II Yesterday turned into a severe and
.ettled state OF the blues IL need rot
be said, however. that Los Angeles Is
now dead or even sleeping. Tho boom.
while IL lasted, helped not little. il
gave such en- impetus u building, and
so urged the march Of Improvement,
that this vicinity is much larger and
finer and richer than it was three years
ago. People from the east have erected
elaborate homes here. Business men
have invested largely in lasting improve
ments, and there IL a certain stir and go
TO tho community that argues well for
the future. But the struggle IS going TO
be a mighty hard one. \ walk through
the streets Of Los Angeles reveals an
alarming array of TO Let's" and the
real estate Offices not forever closed are
alluring in their proffer Of splendid lots
and fine lands for astOnishingly small
sums OF money. Sellers, however, are
many and buyers few.
For my part cannot see how Los An
geles can ever hope TO be really great, in
q manufacturing or even commercial
sense, nor can the many men in all con-
diiions of life with whom | have talked
give any reasonable hope for that wished
for consummation. They have here
neither wood nor coal, and there is no raw
material 10 be developed by the skilled
artisan. \ beautiful appearing farming
country in winter, yes, and n climate as
lovely as a poets dream, but water is
fearfully scarce. transportation is incon-
venient and costly, common labor is
high. and the vicissitudes of the farmer
many. Nothing can be grown except by
irrigation. Oranges will not produce
until they have had five years growth
Wheat is an unknown quantity except in
certain valleys, and the dreamer who
thought California a land of milk and
honey, where the fig and tho palm, the
olive and the date, merely awaited his
plucking finds this TO be a weary work
aday world after all.
drove yesterday out to Kenilworth-
where is located the ostrich farm-Ivar-
hoe and Glendale, and talked with the
smaller colonists Of that delightful 10
cality. Nothing could DO more charm
ing, nothing seemed moro prosperous
The foothills were deliciously green, the
valleys abundant in the promise of rich
harvests.
You sec our country at its best, said
Granville Buechamp. the ostrich farmer,
to NE; ''at its very best. | am a resident
Californian, my interests are all here,
and here in this beautiful state expect
TO end my days. But it is not continU-
Gus sunshine, believe me. There are sew
eral months during our dry season when
all IS brown and hare and water is a lux
ury as well IA a necessity. During last
season water was so scarce that | had TO
pay 5 q day for water privilege. and. as
nv farm and birds need much Of it. the
expense was greater than | can stand.
As result | am going % move from
hero TO san Monica, on to the coast. % y
point where one of the little rivers Of
California emptics. There can perhaps
make it pay. although ostrich farming
ia this country can never DO very rernu-
ncrative, unless on a large scale. If
two or three men with ample means
found an inexpensive tract, rich
in alfalfa, and importe. q lot Of
first class birds from the Cape and
could AFFORD - wait until nature brought
the returns. money could be made 20
not make money, nor do either of tho
other two ostrich farmers in California.
but like the novelty Of the occupation.
it is hesithful and interesting / 10 not
know why | like II. for the ostrich is a
mean and vicious bird. Il will az readily
attack and Kill The man who feeds II
everv day as the strangsr. Il kicks for
ward aud does all is damage with its
long iron like feet The ostrich pro-
duces remarkable feathers when four
years old, and then i X good for fea-h-
ers annually until it dies. and j; lives 10
a great asa. I have some here that are
forty years old There are about fifty IN
az on mv farm. TIE male bird matches
IS wen "a the female The two divide
The time in sitting On the egEs We do
not use a3 the ezEs for Matching. some
tin-cs we cat themi one egg il a good
meal for four peoPle Come and see the
birds"
They were a queer Los. with thin
hong iess and equally hong necks TSe
''chicks, standing ten feet high. we're
corraied IN t~o acre plots. ard ths
older birds were paired of in smaller
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