Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-11-15
California Homes.

MIA Is admirably adapted by nature
for comfortable homes. There il
perhaps no place in the world
where family of moderate means
To begin with, and of industrious
habits, can live so easily enjoying
not only the comforts but even the
luXuTies of life.
Instead of being, as many sup
pose, place where only the veal.
thy can enjoy life il is peculiarly
adapted to homes of thirty people
who earn their daily bread, and
whilc one without means would un.
doubtedly. find it very difficult to
get start, man with small cap.
ital can very soon surround himself
with luxuries that only the wealthy
can enjoy elsewhere.
a small tract of land (Io acres,
or at most 20 is enough, which can
be purchased at reasonable price,
If outside of a"boom" district. With
intelligence and industry used in
planting and cultivating il, an in.
Lcoule is certain. 1t should be part
ohchard and part vineyard. While
the trees and vines are being
brought into bearing enough to
materially contribute to the main
Ienance OF the family can be grown
between the trees, aad If the neigh.
borhood has been well selected,
every member of the family able
and willing to work can find pleas.
ant and renumerative labor i'm or.
chards and vineyards near by, and
minister to the support of the family
while acqalrjng the knowledge and
skill necessary to the handling ol
their own crop.
The third year considerable re.
turn may be expected from the
vineyard, and from a part of the or
chard. AS the work has all been
done within the family, this will bc
nearly all net income. The next
year and thereafter there will be
work enough on the home place.
Costly buildings are not neces.
sary, for the climate is such that in
much of the State life in the open
air is entirely pleasant for three
hundred days in the year.
In the Coast Range Of noun.
tains, between San Francisco and
Monterey, are many such homes
At first, they were made on the
valley land on either side Of the
range. Year after year they have
crept up into the little valleys be
tween the spurs Of the foothills: {:
then on to the foot hills, and in
many places clear to the SUBMITS.
All through they have found excel
lent soil,good pure water, and ev-
erywhere an exceedingly healthiul
climate. Nestled in these little val
leys are some Of the most delightful
places in the world. So mild is the
climate that iuchsias and geraniums
grow all winter and the family gar.
den is planted in the fall, yielding
good crops Of peas, potatoes and any
semi. hardy vegetables in February
There is plenty Of land, equally
productive, now in the market and
is low priced, and persons looking
for a location for a comfortable
home should not fail to visit this
promising region.
The Santafa Cruz Division Of the
Southern Pacific Company's Pa
cific System taps this range Of
mountains near the southern extrem-
ity, its two long tunnels passing
under the main range.
~ For further information as to this
lacalityy.and how it is reached, call
.npoR our address in following
named officers Of the Southern
Pacific Company:
II. Hawlet, Asst. General Traffic
MsnsEer, 343 Broadway, New
York. ~. Y.
~, r. Currier, New England
Agent, I9s Washington st., Bos-
ton, Mass.
w. 6. Neimyer, General Western
Agent, z3o Clark ST., Chicago, III
w. Z. Watson. General Psssen.
ger Agent, Atlantic System, New
Orleans, La.
T. II Goodman, General Passen-
ger Agent, Pacific System, San
Francisco, Cal.