Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-01
A REGION UNIQUE IN HYGIENIc ATTRAC-
TIONS

beublOn from 0er pIe-emlu60C6 IN pro-
ducing the cereals, wines, brandies, and
the fruits which are most in demand all
over the world. We have already at
tanned high rank in all specialties
which bring to the producer most graft
flying pecuniary results. Our acknowl-
edged supremacy in the corn, wine and
oil of the commerce of all ages is capped
by the splendid openings in all lines OF
climatic attractions.
Very rarely has the attention of our
people been called to the solid hold, and
very legitimate one, which this section
has in the line of assuring the physical
well-being Of mankind. This is no sec
ondary proposition. The millions, and
tens and hundreds of millions, OF dollars
which have been paid out by invalids
who have sought the Riviera of Italy
and the African coast of the Mediter-
ranean, have been thrown away. The
climate of Italy is attainable on
the Pacific coast, and authorita-
tive medical testimony has shown
that more than the climate of
Italy characterizes the region which
stretches from Point Conception to San
Diego. Through that splendid stretch
of hygienic land the sick can find SOW
ereign specifics in climate that are not
equaled elsewhere on the globe. But
thai is not ALL
We have cot only climate which, of
Itself, is almost guarantee of life, but
we have sanitariums that are strikingly
interesting, and which will one day
make California the Mecca of the af
flicted of all chimes. We not only have
them, but in unlimited numbers.
Take, for instance, the health resorts
in the immediate neighborhood OF Los
Angeles. In a thirty minutes ride, on
the Santa F6 railway, the Santa Fe
Springs may be reached. These waters,
and accompanying hot sulphur baths,
are of sovereign efficacy in a great vari
ETY. of ailments, and if they were
situated anywhere in the eastern states,
within easy reach of New York, or
any other large eastern city, they
would be worth millions. Con-
tinuing on the line of the Santa Fe
road, the hot springs at San Juan Cap
istrano are quite noted for their healing
powers. The Temescal hot springs, and
Warmers hot springs of San Diego
county, would make the reputation of
any country in the world as a sanitar-
ium.
Then we have the Arrowhead hot |
springs. If such resort were within |
one hundred miles of the center of popu-
lation in the east its receipts would |
equal the outpour of a United States |
mint. The waters themselves, as shown
by qualitative and quantitative analy-
sis, closely resemble those of Carlsbad,
the latter being slightly stronger. The
Arrowhead waters, however, have valu-
able constituents, such as lithium, for
instance, which are absent from those of |
Carlsbad. The mud-baths OF the Ar
rowhead are not surpassed by any other |
remedial agency, for a long line of dis
eases, in the world. They are absolutely
miraculous in their effects.
We have not the slightest intention of
detracting from the merits of other san
itariums of this state, but shall con-
fine ourselves to those as to which we
have personal knowledge. The Byron
Hot springs, on the route of the South
ern Pacific railway, sixty or seventy
miles from San Francisco, are wonder
ful in their efficacy in many lines, and
they are easily accessible. Artificial hot
baths are given there which are of special
excellence. The Paraiso hot springs in
Monterey county possess remarkable
curative qualities. Both the Byron
and Paraiso springs are far in advance
of the celebrated .Paso Robles springs.
These latter have had a deservedly
high reputation on account of their con-
tiguity to invalids seeking them from
the coast in the days when railway
travel did not enter into the proposition.
The mineral riches of Lake county
have run into proverb. The Bartlett
springs, for certain class of ailments,
have become proverb. Their great
drawback is their distance from railway
connection. This objection does not ap-
ply in so large measure either to the
Adams or the Zeigler's springs.
The last are probably the most re-
markable on the face of the globe.
Midway between Calistoga, where the
railway ends, and Lakeport, at Bassett's
station, one takes private conveyance
for Zeigler's. On the way the Adams
spring is passed, whose waters have
sovereign efficacy in all diseases of
the stomach. The dyspeptic is here
restored to normal condition of health
while you might say Jack Robinson. as
it were. But Zeiglers is go overshad-
owing that the modest merit of Adams's
spring is eclipsed. When you reach
zeigler's springs you find, in the space
OF an acre OF ground, magnesia spring,
an iron spring, an arsenic spring, soda
spring, and half dozen other springs.
You find cold springs and hot
springs, and every kind of spring the
mind OF man could imagine, and their eff
cacy is as remarkable as their number.
1t was to Zeigler's Spring that Alvinza
Hayward, the mining millionaire, was
carried in dying condition on a stretch