Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-12
CHAT.
Little Interviews Which Were Noted
Down Yesterday.

Little Interviews Which Were Noted
Down Yesterday.
f. Zech, of San Francisco, piano
maker-I haven't visited Los Angeles
since 1865. l remember that on my
last visit number of the old-timers
and were playing billiards in 'dobe
house on the rankest table you ever
saw. And right in the middle of the
game the roof, which had been segging
down, broke through, end dropped
about two barrels of water onto the
billiard table. Yes, l see there has
been a change in the town since then.
Chas. Whitehead, drummer-My dear
boy, don't want to hurt your feelings,
but must say that handsome women
In Los Angeles are few and far between.
When you do meet one, however, che is
ideally beautiful. Now, in San Fran
cisco, there are pretty women by the
armful, old boy by the armful, | as
sure you.
Major McCrea of Farmers and Mer-
chants bank-Just across the street
from our bank is pawnbroker's shop,
and notice that nearly everybody who
comes along stops at the corridors and
looks in. do myself. Why is it? l
don't know, unless it is an instructive
desire of taking advantage of other peo-
pies misfortune. There is always an
idea that you may see something very
valuable which you can get very cheap.
1t must be an unconscious exhibition OF
a selfish instinct.
B. G. Holmes, hack driver-Yes, the
city is full of people and business APP
pears to be good, yet the horse and
cable cars seem to be good enough for
even the fashionable to ride in; they do
not use cabs as they did three years ago.
Lew M. Seaton, special agent Fire
mans Fund Insurance company-I
find the southern counties the most
prosperous. One can tell by the pay
ments. l travel all over the state.
Everything is looking up in Southern
California.
Sergeant Jeffries-The police team
will make matters very interesting i'm
the coming tug of war. Wait till you
see our team at work. We have mort
gage on first money.
Major Toler-A trip up the county
road from Whittier towards La Habra
valley will convince one of the rapid
settling up of the East Whittier valley,
with its gradual slope from the foothills
towards the ocean. The land lies as
fine as can be wished, and rich as can
be found under the sun, and is the
home of the orange, walnut and every
kind OF fruit, and corn, grain and alfalfa.
There lately saw peach trees breaking
down under the weight of their fruits,
and oranges growing as fine as can be
seen at any place in California. The
landowners who own the largest acre
age are cutting them up in ten and
twenty-acre lots. Several large ranches
are now being placed upon the market
with water from the new ditch which
runs to East Whittier. There are a
large number of improvements going
up on the new settlements and some fine
buildings; and many families who have
just purchased lands are actually
living in tents until they can build their
houses. AS for climate, there can be
none to surpass it; there has not a
storm been known here in the memory
of the oldest inhabitants; here, too,
will be found tomatoes years old where
frost does not come.
Further on up the valley you come to
nv celebrated ranch where have just
got through threshing barley. Large
numbers of plover are On the ranch af-
ter grain and the best shooting of any
place is found there.