Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-04
FROM CALIFORNIA.

Another Letter From P. a. Dague.
Los ANGELS, Cal, May 20, 1891.
Editors HEaALBs
Though have not seen IN print my first letter
10 you, yet here I come with the second oGs.
Before left Kansas promised several friends
1 would investigate tie The John Brown Colony
Movement have done all tie investigating
can well do. Some people here have confidence
ia the movement, some have rot. Mr. Brown in
answer To my letter to him writes as follows:
You viii not be apt 70 ike the Los Angeles COL
Ony shonld You 90 there now We have been de-
layed for over tgO months in beginning our work
there and consequently have made no saUwing
The country Is t0roidding il il outward appear
Eace unll u Ms Deen transformed by the LABOR
of man. II il covered with brush anu is Wild and
unsettled. We snail soon DC al work there, how
ever u cur plans are not clrcumyentCd by Hdven-
tigiOus circuius tuuces again 10 delay us longer
c shall hrst clear the land OF DrCsh and fnen
elnk our Wells and Prepafe for planting next year
II you will visit AFTER the work OF Clearing has
been done and the other work j. ia progress 1
Will promise you that you will see soinefiifn.T in
the country 10 commend. In the lands That we
shall COLOMBO shall throw out all waste Iands
selling nothing but clear, tillabe lands aud guar
nntee plenty Of water with il. JOHS BHowH
Since getting this letter have not deemed il
necessary to g o distance et seyenty-fve miles
70 zee The Antelope Valley, where the BEosn Col
ony propose 10 operate. They have recently re-
corded their Deed 10 the lands and everything in
dieates 20 FAR as l can determine, that the move
IDeEt is in good faith aud that John Brown is an
hohsfsble business man. His address is MADEIRA.
Cal. No doabl as wiz. il written to- explain fully
- plans for founding Colony in Antelope Val
ley.
have now been here nearly three weeks and Sc
far am well pleased with the country. Old Cali
fornians say must haYe been here year before
1 am thoroughly qualified 10 pass an opinion
Last Sunday IN company with my family aud 9th
ers, visited Lcng Beach OF the sea side Here
We listened to the roar Of the waves from old
ocean as one following the other they beat upon
the shore Gus Webster a Philipsburg boy,
Joined ns here; be piloted to church, ate lunch
with Us on The beach, gathered shells with Us
near the waters edge. End made rs 4 regular
stump speech on the glories Of California Gas
owns i've acres Of fruit land. is fat and .iac Is
mole and is happy lie is young man Of GOOD
habits and l. making warm friends herr a. he
made thsm At PhilipsLurE.
Every train from tie east comes loaded with
people who are seeking new homes Same stsv
some 20 on up into Oregon and Washington. /
predict that in few years Southern California
viii have another boom Real estate seems bisb
now bat il viii 80 higher. Improved ranches
win good water ere worth from $50 10 81 s0O per
acre. unlr. proved lands with water, from $50 to
500 per acre. Land without water il worth very
--+--~- ~ -~--7 -A--A-s1- Alll cultivated
VIII support A ayereass family and the owner
can lay up a snug sun each year for cd age, but
II must be as carefully attended as = garden 10 be
made 10 do this.
Los Angeles is beautiful city OF clean streets
and magnificent lawns The old part was built by
the Me1ieaus many years rgo ana lcoks dflapi-
dated The houses are one story adobes EbIs
part 10 which ! refer was once called sonora:
siieF California became a part OF the United
state. The sas4e was changed to Los Angeles
Today an old settler Pointot oFt 10 me the spot
where Gen. GremoHt erected his fort IN ahs fcs-
sins, end l saw two CT his cannons in the coart
house sqnA1s- The drst sett lement OF Spauiards
was made here I'D years ago; great many
Aexicans aud Spaniards aud hRlf-bresd Indians
Rsy SIN be seen IN this city. R. a. DAsVE.