The Monitor., 1891-09-04
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On Wednesday. august ), se silse aad
bid home sdisu Tor short space ef time
and stop at our country store in Il Cajop
valley. fire miles distant foT provisions and
thus Journey on across the sanDisgo river
and thence up the famous Sycamore Canon
toz ard powzy Valley. eighteen miles dis
tant, y hieh We fnd very pretty, the indus
| Try being principally fTuit Falsing. We
cam ped cur first night 10 the suburbs
Of EseoniidU. With f2iT nights rest early
breakfast fgds Us as SIX O'Clock a. u.
travelling through TIE pretty valley ef
Eseondido IN tie centre is very pretty
tewn Of about one thousand Inhabitants
with the ordi8zFy facilities CT q country
toTs Z: II has branch Z. Il. Of Atenison,
Topeka. Santa Fe system intessecting it.
We find some fruit raising. the principal
industry being grain and stock raising.
Ese0ad dido: i an old Spanish land grant
and contains about 80. Goo acres and from
here We commerce climbing grade about
fge miles in ieBgth the ascent being 500 ft.
to the mile and cross the summit into Bear
valley. Il derives its name from bear
that was killed here many years ago but
the z. o. vas later given the name OF
Valley Centre. After crossing numerous
hills, valleys and rayines e stop for dinner
on the south side Of the San Luis Rex river
at P2iz which consists Of stole and the
Pala Mission which was established about
the year 1890. The mission is only used
now for Tie trioe Of Indians located here TO
have their yearly Jubilee and var dance.
Late in the afternoon We fad ourselves in
the extensive valleys of Temecula and
Murietta and GO into camp at Marietta,
thriving little town ia tie centre of the
valley. We find that We have travelled
about so miles at the end Of our second
day. The valley is principally engaged in
stock raising and grain. The original old
line Of the Santa Fe r. r. intersects these
valleys enroute from San Bernardiuo to
San Diego. One man named Parker
Dare controls II 900 acres 10 stock ranch.
TIE entire area is about 100, GOO acres.
Before noon we fud ourselves in the fam
Gus san Jacinto valley noted for its immense
droyes Of cattle, sheep and grain ranches.
TIE north end Of this valley Las been lately
organized into an irrigation district, get
ting their water from the great Bear Yalley
dam system, conveying il Ia terra Gotta
pipes about 80 miles This extensive val
Ley is situated in the northwestern portion
of san Diego Co. comprising zoe, eco acres
of its choicest land and as it is but few
miles from Riverside bids fair to be another
Riverside Of America in the way Of oranges
and lemons. Before going further let's lock
upon the immense Size Of ban Diego Co.
We fiud til at we have travelled over 100
miles direct north aud are noc out of our
own county which is about / 10 miles north
and south y ilh about ECO miles east and
west. making about 10000 square miles,
more than twice the area Of New Jersey.
At ) p. NJ. Friday We have oac desire pa1t-
" satisfied in being able to gaze on the
prettiest place that the writer has
ever ehancsd TO STE il regard
TO horticulture, which IS Riverside,
San BernaFdino county. 1t is situated in
the southwestern part OF said county and
contains from S, 000 TO 10 900 acres under
cultivation and is the most successful
locality in the l. 5 for raising oranges.
The year of 80 81 their output Of oranges
was / 500 carloads from s. 600 acres. The
estimated crop for 81 90 Is 9, 400 or $500
cars. | doubt that any oIe will ever
chance TO look upon portion OF country
with such clean thor0ughfares and streets;
it will surprise the eye to see weed grow
ing auywhere Ii affords one thorough
fare IS miles in length, lined on each side
with eucalyptus, pepper and magnelias,
together with fan and date palms, and
back of these we see the pretty homes sur
rounded with orange, lemon, banana and
fig trees and between each home, of
course, We find the immense groves Of
oranges and lemons. speak particularly
Of Magnolia avenue, which is Q miles in
lergth with two driyeways. Tongue nor
pen cannot In any way convey the gran
deur ard sublimlty OF this magnificent
thoropghfare. Their water is supplied
from artesian wells and rivers A Jersey
man Will think that the price Of land here
is enormous-unimpToYe can be bought
for s200 to $500 per acre with water, While
improved, with oranges in fall bearing,
is marketing from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Is $4,000 per acre an enormous price?
Several of the orange groves have netted
the o1 ners 81, coo per acre, and 500 per
acre is not at all uncommon, and suppos-
ing We give 90, 900 per acre and net receipts
are $500, thus the investment pays 25 per
cent. Not such poor investment after
all.
We bid Riverside adieu at 8 a. IN, Sat
urday, and feel fully repaid for our trip.
We cross the Santa Anna river enroute
northwest for Pomona via. Ontario, which
is prosperous little town interseeted by
the Southern Pacific on the south and
Santa ie on the north, and also we see a
narrow -gnage road running down to Chino,
which is noted for the immense sugar fac
tory located theie. We arrived at Pomona
at p. rn., and happily meet brother with
other friends, Wilbert Bishop and 0ryilIe
Springer, formerly of Woodstown. After
partaking freely Of strawberries for sup
per and being wearied Of our long travel
Of $50 miles we readily submitted to our
humble couch and found ourselves much
| refreshed Sunday morning. We take a
look around over the farm occupied by
Moore s. Avis, who are engaged in berry
and vegetable production. At II a. m.
we attend tie NJ. L. church and have the
pleasure OF listening to one the beat ser
mons that was ever presented to the public
After service we hasten to an elevation
west of the town known as San Jose Hills,
and here is presented novel picture to the
eye viewing the city at us base, and green
orchards Of yarions citrus and decIduous
fruits and the immense landscape reaching
to San Befnardino on the east and Pasa-
dena and LosAugeles on the west, from the
Sierra Neyadas north aud the Hills on the
south skirting the boundary between
Riverside and Santa AnEa. In tie after
noon We have another extensive ride over
the northern side Of the valley, viewing an
extensive navel orange grove Of 800 acres.