Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1890-04-11
Banning and its Surroundings.
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OF only 500 or 100 people, situated in the
san Gorgonia pass, or valley, i've miles
west oi the cds, OF the Colorado Desert,
with mountains in all directions, except
the west. ON the north isihc san Ber'-
dino range. with Mt. Graybsck towering
t. the height oi ll.0OO feet. and on the
south the san Jacinto mountains. some
peaks uf which are .Ou levt. The top
Of these, and their sides ior some dis
lance down, are covered with snow, hut
this vanishes in the hot rays Of the SUM
mer sun. The town is built after The OF
der ol mo,, Western villages houses
scattering aud mostly OF one story-and
makes no claims to beauty. except in IT.
location \ church, hotel, three stores
and q saloon about comprise the husi-
ness portion oi the place. Although
the postofice and depot are in sun Ber-
dino county. nearly hall the people live
IA san Diego county. The orange and
lemon do not thrive here. hui deciduous
fruits generally ara raised % considcra-
bic perfection. and few nice orchards
oi these are already bearing Farming
j. the principal occupation ia this vicini
". though, and large crops of wheat and
barley are sown. which are IN good con.
dtion this season. II from any cause
the farmers are deferred from sowing
their crops In December, the usual seed
ing time. ~ they were this year 10y more
fain than ever tell before. they Just con
time blowing and SOW the next season,
when all that /, necessary j. tle harrow.
ing in OF the seed. The summer season
is 50 dry that the plowed land Keeps
light and soft and no vegetation grows.
The wind is q very disagreeable fea-
tnrc OF this pass. and blows almost in.
ccssantly ~ this time OF year. In sum
mer, when It would be pleasant It don't
blow 80 much. The east wind prevails
in winter. and instead oi being damp
aud disagreeablc. as 1t is ia Kentucky, is
dry aud comparatively warm coming, as
II does. from the desert and Is far pref
cradle To the west wind. which would be
damp and penetrating at that season.
The latter blows ia spring aud summer.
Banning il partially surrounded by an
Indian reservation, and IN the noun
tains near 10y is the Indian village, Po-
trero, which is a place OF considerable
size. Miss Drexel daughter of the Phil
adelphia banker has built short dis
lance outside the limits OF Banning fine
three-story brick school for the cduca-
ton Of Indians and Others in the Caiho-
iic faith II will lee opened in Septem'
her next. THE owners OF property here
are trying To- get Congress Ia open up
the valley lands belonging tothe Indians
and extend their reservation further north
into the mountains.
The grade oi the Southern Pacific
along here is very heavy, aud nearly all
freight trains west have triple headers
anil even with this immense amount oi
-ower trains # - or - ears cant make
over 10 miles an hour. Instead OF push
ers, as on the l.. X y. all three engines
arr put in front. making a pretty sight
putting aud blowing the black smoke
rolling out Of ;heir stacks, showing that
the tircmeu are almost constantly shoV.
cling coal into their fiery furnaces. !
never tire looking at these monsters
crawling gradually up the hill, the tosi oi
which is reached at Beaumont. miles
distant East IL j. down grade 80 or "a
miles Ia lndio. which - situated IN the
middle of what va. once q lake. and 4,
400 ieet BELOW tine level of the Sea-ono
OF the hottest places on the continent
Notwithstanding the small size OF Ban
ming a neat and ncwsy paper is edited
by Mr.. Louis Munson a very pleasant
gentleman, who came here from Chicago
Tor his health. / don't suppose it is a
very paying institution. 1t every man,
woman and child in the vicinity took it,
the subscription list would not Dee a
fourth that oi the INTERIOR JOURNAL. |
expect the land company are the owners
and make it pay indirectly, ii not di.
IeCtly.
With the exception OF a day or two,
the weather during the last week has
been disagreeably cool, made so mostly
by the wind Some rain fell in the val
lev and snow on the mountains Sunday
night. The high altitude OF the place
makes it considerably cooler at all sea
sons than in Los Angeles or Pasadena
was very much panied to hear OF the
dreadful calamity that overlook Louis
Vile and other points in Kentucky. Sin-
cerely hope the reports We have heard
have been greatly exaggerated. The
Southern California papers have already
used that ms an argument that Eastern
people should come here where cyclones
and tornadoes arr unknown.
I. X. WALTON.
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