The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1892-02-12
A Letter from California.
EnroR STAR:

STAR:
In NV last letter We we're at Los We !
gas, New Mexico. III 1 lad the power
it seems 10 me that | would make y
country than what it was there
for Il thousand miles. 1t consisted of
sand, cactus and sage brush, bat mostly
sand. New Mexico is dry, but Arizona
Is more so. Nintey-fyc miles west of
Albuquerque the Raymond excursion
train winch was three hours ahead of
ours, met with a fearful collision, that
train and the regular east bound
passenger meeting. Many Were killed
about thirty wounded and both engines
fearful wrecks. This wreck delayed
our train fourteen hours and we had
to run back to Albuquerque to get
something to cat. Albuquerque is
perhaps the most ilourishing town in
New Mexico and her citizens are Il
much better class than those you find
in the towns generally. Here is the
center of the great Pueblo Nation Of
Indians, they arc rot a tribe but a
NATION oe town builders. They live
in towns aud carry on farming and
stock raising quite extensively. Their
houses arc generally built of stone, fiat
on top with an opening IN the center
for ingress and cgress, rs their houses
have no doors except OH top. These
town bnillcYs live neal ca along the
river Rio Grande.
From the Rio Granae to the Colora-
do River Il distance of three or four
hundred miles we pass entirely through
the territory of Arizona. They say
there is some good country in this
territory but it certainly is hot along
the Santa Fee II. II.
We cross the Colorado River at the
Needle and here we enter California.
The Needle is the lowest point on the
railroad and is 200 or 300 Fl. above sea
level. For two hundred mis- west of
the Colorado River ihe aauatfy is
much the same as Tia. ia Arizona.
In fact the fertile l.cit ii southern
California is very narrcw, Goes not en-
tend back every far from the coast.
[ am neither surprised nor disappointed
at southern California. The weather,
some days, is very fine and other days
rather damp. AS we say in Hot
Springs when it is very cold OF very
warm *wc never saw such weather.
and that is the cry i'll San Diego "ws
never saw such weather." but pre-
same IL is about the average. Tie
boom is over and every thing is down
down.! down!.! and every n is cry
ing hard times. San Diego is a tin'
city, situated on the Bay of Sa,
Diego, the finest Oh the Petite Slope
+, The city (old town. contains abou
twenty thonsaud inhabitants, Corona
Go about two thousand, National Cit,
' about three thousand making alto
: sethcr about $4,000. The orang
=. season is now just commenced OK
will continue until the first of Ma,
- Strawberries are III tho market ever
month of the year as are also all kind
= of Vegetables. They say they rails
= wheat and corn without irrigation hi
| somehow doubt it. Outside Of til
- fruit and vegetables ] hardly thin
- southern California will be a succe:
i'll an agricultural line. l do nj
- believe there is nearly the great fU
ture for California that there is IL
the great northwest. California h;
=. been doomed for thirty years and {
II course the results have been great, bl
that omanc is owe. and everythii
has got down to an honest basis. S.