Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-01

California. Here you will see 5000 acres
of barley sown ten days ago, and now
sprouting four inches above the soil.
Here also in due season you will also
find 1000 acres planted in corn, all under
the care OF Senator Jones' representa-
tive, Mr.. J. A. Pritchard. vino is advan-
tageously utilizing every acre OF arabic
land from the mountains TO the sea. The
steam plow has opened up great possibi-
lities on the Jones ranch and crops of
&C, 600 centals of barley are the result.
Perhaps the most rapid method to
traverse this domain ie to take a seat
behind Colonel Pritchard's diminutive
Pegasus, vclept Peanuts" a pony Of
profound understanding and an unres-
trained ambition to fracture Sunol's
record
Substantial roads have been laid out
in all directions, leading to all parts of
the ranch. In fact, the roads are a
feature we'll worth study and imitation
by municipal authorities everywhere in
this section. Just now a road is being
made reaching from point midway
between Santa Monica and the Soldiers
home, on Utah avenue, to Santa Monica
canon. This road will enable tourists
to make a complete drive around
the tract, and will also give
another entrance to Santa Monica
caflon. Just where the new road turns
down into the caflon there stands an
old adobe house. Today it is pictur-
esoue ruin, but in the olden days it was
Spanish tavern. Here the sound of
tinkling guitars and mandolins made
music in the white moonlight, and
dark-eyed sef1oritas and black bearded
caballeros made love in the poetic lam
guage OF the south in the sycamore
groves of the cafion, while fandangos
were danced within those now ruined
walls. Here many a presumptuous
suitor had his throat slit by jealous
rival, and tale is told of the good old
days of star-eyed sehorita, the white
rose of Santa Monica, Juanita de Castro,
wild with unrequited lOve for
fair haired English sailor whose
ship lay in the offing, who
cast herself off the beetling cliff to the
sea below, sheer fall of 125 feet, and
died for love. They tell of how her
sailor lover found her lovely form lying
on the sand the next morning and, in
fit OF remorse and despair, blew out his
brains.
To the lover of traditions. of the tales
Oh OtU. bISIe is WOuucIiul uclu ucIo loI
exploitation. The Santa Monica cafion
in itself is delightful study to the lover
of nature and the tourist in search of re-
creation and pleasant drives which lead
up into the mountains. In the Rustic
canon, which runs off to the north from
from the main caf1on, is located the ex-
perimental farm of the forestry commits
sion, tract of twelve acres with
charming cottage, all the gift OF Senator
Jones to the state.
To those who fancy athletic exercise
the polo grounds, tennis courts and race
track, provided by Senator Jones, as
we'll as the varied attractions offered by
the casino are open to all without price,
and the band pavilion on Ocean avenue
just opposite Griminger's summer gar
den is a popular place in summer
time, when the permanent population of
1000 is swelled every Sunday by 10000 or
more citizens of Los Angeles who seek
this garden spot by the sea. The surf
bathing, too, is the finest to be had on
the coast, and all the year round the
majestic China rollers are buffeted by
ardent lovers of this healthful recrea-
ton. Bath houses provided with hot
salt water have also been provided, and
in fact all the accessories are at hand
for aquatic pleasures, including yacht
ing and fishing. To sum up, Santa
Monica is the peerless queen of summer
resorts on either the Atlantic or Pacific
coast lines, and not only this, but it is
fast on the way to become city of
homes, matchless in architectural graces
and natural environments.