The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-16

jute bags, this industry having been I'M
dertaken as least likely to Interfere with
legitimate workmen, there being nothing
of the kind in California at the time it was
undertaken. AS we drive up to the colony
buildings at Asst, we pass by the olive or
chard which promises some day to be a
solid adjunct to CALIFORNIA; wealth.
The Italian element know Just
how to cultivate these trees. and
the land and climate both seem
propitious for their culture. We go hrst
of all to see the young orange trees-a new
venture for that part of the country. We
find the trees all thrifty and bright, and
many of them bearing huge oranges ON
trees not three feet high. One tree, said
to be three years Old has seven oranges; 1T
looks as if the load would break the poor
little things back. After dinner while the
men are visiting some OF the vineyards,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sbarboro and l go over to
their yilla-a beautiful country res Z
dence, and l have the pleasure Of helping
to plant some orange trees and some fine
roses. l am promised taste and sight of
each when they produce. The team calls
for US, and we all go for a drive around the
vineyard. The company own 1000 acres,
and have 100000 vines planted and mostly
all in bearing. Their vines are all of the
best varieties, planted with view to make
standard wines. A visit TO their distillery,
winery and cellar proved very interesting.
Their wines are
PURE AND CAREFULLY MADE,
all spoiled wine being at once used for
distilling into brandy. The wines are
stored in huge tanks containing 10000 gal
Ions each, the advantage Of the large tanks
being that the wines are always alike.
They claim that the lay of their vineyards
and character of the soil are almost iden-
tipa1 with that Of the hest wine lands
Italy. l am convinced that their wines are
equal if not superior 20 any have ever
seen, and think the public will support me
in the belief when they have sampled the
| Italian-Swiss colony wines. We make
photographs of the vineyards and buildings
and next day take the train for home,
arriving when the lights are all shining in
the city, beautiful sight. Next day Mr..
Rossi. DIR. Ollini and l have dinner at
| Mexican restaurant, where everything
has so much red pepper in it that l have to
| drink ice water all day to keep my hair
from turning red. They began on tomalys
and wound up on Mescal. The doctor is
always hunting up some new things to try,
and tells of a party he once made up to
have grand Chinese dinner, for which
! they were to pay $40 head. The agree
ment was that each one should taste of
everything brought This they did for q
time, and of some they ate heartily. The
trouble began about the eleventh course,
when all had eaten enough, but must con-
tinue to taste until the twentieth course
had been served, and the Chinese whisky
brought for tinisher.
To see the mysteries of Chinatown and
Dupont street, we hunt up all the Salt
| Lake boys we can find, engage a guide,
who brings several others, party of eight
in all. We start about 9 o'clock to see the
| rur D,pu crpr az, rttt, rotpN
Chinese people and practices were not
new to me, but the overwhelming much
ness of the Chinese in San Francisco was
entirely new-nearly as many as there are
people in this city, if my information is
d correct. We visit the opium smoking dens
4 and the Chinese restaurants, both high anC
4 low, the theatre, where we see fully three
thousand in the audience; in fact, it is sc
crowded that they let US go up and
look down through the flies From here
we go to the stores of various kinds. pur-
chase little articles of Chinese workman
ship, see some of their beautiful sill
shawls and wish we had a best girl to buy
one for. The medicine stores we visit anC
see prescription put up. Their medicine:
are nearly all sold in the form of the herbs
roots, barks, ETC., and are made up into
infusions or teas at home. They sell little
or none in bottles, except the nationa
liquors. There seems to be no manufac
turing industry but what the Chinese have
undertaken to greater or lesser extent, an(
we find them making shoes, jewelry
tailoring, etc. We visit the nailed-uI
quarters of the Chinese prostitutes, tn,
doors all being closed, find the little wire
, covered openings covered with little pieces
of boards to prevent anybody looking in O
out of the rooms. The police are watchin,
them very closely and intend keeping then
| IL %oI1 Al t,ol%
: police only wants "heapS money! to ALLOW
them to open up again. Our line of marc
brings US out on the noted Dupont stree
, where painted, powderedand jewelled, (ant
little elsel bedecked danes stand at thei
green shattered windows and boldly an
: persistently invite men to ''come inn
never imagined prostitution could be cal
! ried on in such an organized buy disc
business basis.
. DOZENS OF MEN
} stood and chatted freely with these womer
nor did policemen who were passing fire
quently, interfere or even seem to notice
| never saw such s'mind- your own-b bus
!, ness" lot of policemen. The guide took u
:, to see some things which were very ne7
r to me, and which, for an out-and-ou e1
p hibition of human depravity out-Herod
}, Herod. We were out to see the tow
:. and we came very nearly seeing it. Som
}, of our companions, more given to Sunda
S school exhibitions, were simply paralyze,
e How do like San Francisco! III I ha
/; plenty of money, or well-established an
G paying business, should like to live Their,
r bnt for a.young man starting in business,
e think Salt Lake offers inducements five
!. one. l enjoyed the paved streets and ez
o cellent street-car service best of all. TT
0 streets, although narrow, accommodate til
|, traffic better than our own muddy, vic
It ones. Van Ness avenue, broad street, r
t minded me of our own. l find Villa
l Driver, of Ogden, living there, ''the on
l street | can feel at home on,' he says.
G We leave at night. The boat for Oal
g land pulls out; the lights gradually disa
It pear in the mist: soon we are ON the trail
the train is on the ferry to Benicia, then,
S to Sacramento, and ere we know it
:, THE AIR GROWS COLDER,
e we are in the snow sheds-breakfas
n Truckee-rattle, fizz-sst, in bed and OF
e again, and we are at Ogden; then at Il
e Denver & Rio. Grande depot, and SOC
d again at home, less than three weeks ava,
e had a glorious time, saw only three SUI
k shiny days, made sixty photographs, g
n my valise full of nicknacks and my ha
e full of cinders. Don't know how mut
II it cost, and don't want to. 1t wasn't e
is travagant, but it was enough. For court
sizes and kindness extended to me, desi
lie to thank the gentlemen of the Italia
a Swiss colony, Mr.. Haraszthy, Col. Trumb
S. Mr. Fontana, kindhearted John Todd, D
g and Mrs. Harrison, John McDermott
s. the Palace hotel, Mrs. John Mackey, MI
err and Miss Yetta Peter, and any others WI
were kind to stranger within their gate
l forgot to say that l visited t
beautiful ST. Ignatius' church, t
BY paintings, etc., of which, as well
y the internal architecture, are very fiji
x And the new California theatre, /
7e most beautiful one ever saw T