The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-10
For the Jasper Courier.
A cross the Continent by a Du.
b0is County Farmer. Obser-
vati"ns by the Way.
LosAxeELEs, CALI Jan. IS. 18!


LosAxGELEs, CALI Jan. IS. 1885
} r ON the Arctics to 'he Tts pics in on
|; dAy-at least bv the thermometer
Leaving the gas bless \ regior OF lndi
ana, clad In her wiLtry robes OF royal or
mine and merry with the cong and tink
ling music Of the sleigh bells in . below
zsro atmosphere. we fv through Illinois
Missouri and Arkansas upon the rspif
7 wheels. and wake up in the balmv air o
Texas, wi ith the thermometer rising like
the enthusiasm OF an Arksnsas pstrio
on election day, up to fever heat.
\ Here is Texarksna. half in Texas and
half in Arkansas, the "Gata City" Ia
Texas a. she claims, with her fine build
ings, street cars ami electric lights, &C
coInodating 10 600 people, half white
and free born" "a Arka"sss says, and
the other half white, too. There is little
vesiigc Of slavery here, or anywhere !"
Texas.
Now for 4 ride OF nearly 900 miles
through Texss al ,ne. Wa are whirled
along over . smooth level country.
Prairie is tho rule. and broken tim
berland along the streams. 10 the excep-
,inn NJ a-shali. D.il%s Fort Worth.
Ci-co, A nilsne. Waco aud FL Paso with
their rsilrosls, street care. w wtterworks
and electric lights stand "a giant repre-
sentatives of enterprise along this high
way to the Pacific coast. From FL Paso
we soOn psaa tho sandy, desert.looking
plains and the mountains Of New Mex.
ico and Ariz,nis, with an OCCASIONAL
ossis. like Deming. Tucson, Msricope
and Yuma, to relieve the tiresome mo-
notony OF the unchsnging scenery OF
drearv and deatiinse earth and rock
mounds. plains and mountains, treeless
AMI bald.
AT old Fort Yums, $50 miles bv rail-
from San Francisco. We enter the Golden
State, and for the next l5j miles the
road runs over On old lake or ocean
bed. which bed. in many places, is be-
10 " aes level 100 feet or more, and OF
course destitute OF vegetation. But oil
At once there opens up q garden Of Ellen
"A garden If flowers and rOses. groves
and orchards Of orange or lem IN trees,
loaded with fruit just ready for market.
Nature never presented richer or more
besutiful object TO the eve than . full
bearing orange tree. Here no jack.
frost or hoar. frOst, has had the preeump-
ton n lay it's fingers on rose bud or
. lesh-t this winter. The whole face
Of nature seems smiling and smooth,
green fslds and groves Of fruit trees,
evergre- ms and Ornamental shrubs of end. /.
lIesa variety. This is = paradise for
those who can afford Il. Bat these kid
glove accounts California tourists paint
for the eye Of the resder, make glowing
picture which fades. some WI hat in the
presenc. o; the labor necessary to pro.
duce the msterisls. Tho hand that
wiada such q pictorial pen would
shrink from the thorny berry patch. or
" ould almost be horror-stricken with
the dirt aud mud Of vine cultivation or
potato diggrg. Let no one come here
10 make living by cnltivsting small
fruit aud berries who does not posess
the knowledge. fondness and skill ne.
cessary for success in such an undertsk-
Ing Common farming. of the Indiana
kind cannot be successfully done here
in this sm.ll fraction Of California, about
seven-eigh ths Of the state being occupied
by mountains and deserts.
Good Land in the vicinity Of Los An
yelea sells from 81 600 down TO elOO
per acre, with the privileges Of irri-
cation. Away from the water privi-
lIeges land can he bought from e5 OO
TO $50 per acre. while ther. are millions
Of acres that will not paw the labor Of
cultivation without irrigs'ion.
The su bject Of yreste.t interest to set-
tlers west Of the Missouri aud Missis.
sippi rivers is irrigation, All lands now
considered ss desert. produce all kinds
o. grain. grass aud fruit. with sufficient
water. the United states should con-
vey 10 each state and territory all IL
vacant desert lands. upon the condition
tha, each state and territory give title
for 100 acres to every settler. who
shall cultivate and irrigs'e all portions
that can he reached bv irrigation, at =
mere nominsi price. Irrigation addt
from 100 10 OuO per cent 10 the value
Of the larger part OF wes'prn lands.
JAMES BRADEN.
The savage dies Leart-broken in tht
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