Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-05-26
Snow.Capfed Mountains Above, the
Blue ocean Below, beautiful
Valleys, With Luxury on
Every Hand.



NJ. Menefee and several other Mex
leo people live here. We stayed at
Mr.. Menefee's last night and he
lives in a mansion. He has one of
the finest residences in the city and
it is located on the most fashionable
He is enjoying life, as he
deserves to. Mexico lost one of her
best citizens when he left. Miss
Willie Potts arrived just as We left
and will be the guest of Miss Ida
Menefee for some time. We will
visit Fresno and the raisin vineyards
tomorrow.
Yesterday we arrived from Red
and Riverside in Los Angeles,
the wonderful city of the Southwest,
city of the State and the commercial
metropolis of Southern California, a
city which has grown with the IA
pidity Of Jonah's gourd, and is still
growing.
There is plenty of money here.
The IS banks contain over $40, O0O,-
600 in deposits, having increased
during the past five years 100 per
cent.
Travelling men tell US that in no
city west of the Mississippi is
business better than here. The
wonderful natural resources of the
surrounding country are shown by
the manner in which Los Angeles
survived the effects of the wild real
estate speculative boom of 1861.
We don't know another city in the
country hat could have come
through a like experience with such
flying colors. A good feature is that
most of the new arrivals are going
on the land and planting orchards,
thus adding to the productions OF
the section upon which Los Angeles
depends for support.
The chief exports from Los Ange-
les are oranges, wheat, barley, po-
tatoes and vegetables, beans, canned
goods, fresh and dried fruit, raisins,
nuts, wine and brandy, and wool.
The exports by n of the two
transcontinental lines-the Southern
Pacific-for1S91 were about IS, OOC
tons and the imports $4,000 tons.
Over $4,000 feet of lumber were i'm.
ported by way of San Pedro alone
in 1891. Eleven lines of railroad
center here including the two trans
continental lines, the Southern Pa,
cific and Santa Fe, thus giving this
place a great advantage over San
Francisco, which has only one
transcontinental line.
After all however, the chief charm
of Los Angeles, to the visitor from
colder climates, is the rare beauty
of the grounds in which are situated
the tasteful homes of its citizens.
Other cities can show grander bust
ness blocks and more imposing
municipal Improvements, but when
it comes to gardens, those of Los
Angeles are dreams of beauty and
are, in n word, unique. The
mildness of the climate here per-
mits the most delicate plants and
trees to flourish in the open air all
through the winter. Hence, you
may see at Christmas-as you see
now-hedges of Gala lilies, geranium
bushes ten feet or more in height.
and heliotlope covering the whole
side of the house, while the jasmine,
tuberose and orange make the all
heavy with their delicious perfume.
Giant bananas wave their graceful
leaves in the gentle breeze and ripen
their fruit, the fan and date palms
grow to mammoth proportions and
roses of a thousand varieties run
riot. The city limits embrace SO
square miles of territory, so that
there is plenty of room, and a ma
iority of the residences stand in
spacious grounds, a lot 80 by 80
feet being the smallest that is con-
sidered suitable for a residence.
Many have from one to..fve acres Of
grounds, all in a high state of cult
walton, with well-kept, verdant
lawns upon which the fig, orange
and palm cast a grateful shade.
After a c'lrsory view of Los Ange-
les, it is net surprising that people
who come here in winter from the
frozenEasta and Northwest fall in love
with the place, and that many OF
them return here to reside. 1t would
be difficult to imagine a city that
approaches nearer to an ideal place
OF residence. We must, however,
close this letter, or you will think
that | have caught the California
fever"
From here ne go to Fresno, in
the San Joaquin valley, the head
quarters of the great raisin industry
whose famous wheat fields have a
worldwide reputation, and then on
to the gold mining regions of Central
California and SAM Francisco.
Bon WHITE.
Hopkins e Ricketts, always have
on hand bargains in real estate both