The herald., 1893-12-31
AN ANGLO INDIAN OPINION.
Southern California for Anglo
Indians.
Clippings From Couple of Indian
Journals,
Which Show That in That Country Con-
siderable Interest Exists About
This Part of the
State.

ICn: Inc climate OF California, and e6-
pecially that of the southern part OF the
state, is not surpassed anywhere in the
world. This is the opinion Of many dis
tinguished travellers and writer's. 1t is
said to resemble closely the climate of
the Riviera. People in delicate health
have been drawn to California by the
fame of its climate from all parts Of
America. 1t is a land of fruit and
flowers, OF sunshine and balmy breezes !;
land where one may spend almost
every day in the year out of doors.
Many who have gone to California az in
valids have entirely recovered their
health and have thereby heightened
their lives and increased their capacity
for usefulness.
Many of the new comers have been
professional men, merchants and the
like, who, without any previous expert
ence in the business, nave made sue
cessful fruit growers. Horticulture is
the great industry of California at the
present day. The value of the fruit pro-
duct OF the state in 1892 was $50, 600, 900,
just twice the value OF the product of
ner gold and silver mines, and $40 000.-
600 in excess OF her wheat crop.
Anglo Indians would find fruit grow
ing very pleasant and healthful pur-
suit, and, what is OF Importance to most
of us in this world, profitable one also.
A moderate capital will buy the land
and start the fruit ranch" Many
families live in comfort on the income
derived from farms of 20 or even 10 acres
OF bearing fruit trees. To be fruit
grower or stock raiser does not mean, as
one might suppose, life in an unsettled
country, far from railways and cities,
and with none OF the advantages of go
ciety. The fruit sections OF the state are
generally thickly settled, and by COM
munities Of unusual intelligence and
culture. California has one of the best
public school systems in the United
Statee, and two OF the largest and best
equipped aud endowed universities in
America. Tuition is absolutely free at
both the State and the Leland Stanford
Junior universities, and both admit
young women. Some OF the finest
scenery in the United States ia to be
found in California. The Sierra Nevada
mountains do not of course equal the
Himalayas in grandeur, but they
contain the famous Yosemite val
ley. The "Sierras" are snow-capped
most of the year and occupy promi-
nent place in the landscape. On clear
davs the Sierra Nevada range has been
seen at distance OF $50 miles with the
naked eye. California is paradise for
sportsmens The lakes and etreams are
fill OF game fish; grizzly bears. pam
thsrs, deer and smaller game are to be
found in the mountains. There ia ex-
cellent deep sea fishing on the islands
few miles off the coast of Southern Cali
fornia. On the whole, Anglo-Indians
bcould not do better on leaving India
than to make themselves homes among
the foothills and fertile valleys OF Cali
fornia.
The Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce has eel quantity of illustrated
matter descriptive of that country for
distribution among those who may be
thinking OF settling in California on
leaving India. The pamphlets will be
cent free to any address on application
to the American consulate-general, Cal.
cutta.
CALIFoNIA FOR EMIG RATION.
Calcutta Englishman: To the Editor
OF the Engliehman-Sir: As stated in
a very interesting editorial of the Eng
lishman which appeared on the 9th OF
August, California not without some
draw backs. These are, however, not of
really serious nature. Duet is plenti-
full sometimes, but is mostly confined to
country roads where heavy team work
is done. Though the rainfall is not large
the state is, on the whole, we'll supplied
with water from streams, and snow
felds in the sierra and coast mountain
ranges. There are, | believe, fewer
things to harass mankind in that.coun-
try than in any other part OF the world.
Billiards., cyclones and tornadoes are
entirely absent, and storms accompan
led by. thunder and lightning are al
most unknown.
The heat of the interior valleys, scuh
as the San joaquin, is great in the sum-
mer months, the mercury rising at times
as high as ITO and 1l5 degrees Fahren.
heit in the middle of the day, but so
pure and bracing is the air that one
feels much less discomfort in the inte-
rior valleys of California at that high
temperature than in Bengal at a sum
mer heat of 85 degrees. Incredible as it
may seem, Europeans work from 10 to
10 hours day in the harvest fields, or
chards and vineyards OF the San Joa-
quin valley at, say, a temperature OF l15
degrees Fahrenheit, without the protsc-
tion of the "sola topee," and q genuine
case of sunstroke is yet to be recorded
Even in the interior of the state, cool
nights invariably follow hot days, and
one can thus always count on a refresh
ing nights rest under blankets the year
round.
California has climates to suit all
tastes, even the most fastidious. Within
the boundary lines OF the state, which
ia an empire of itself, having an area Of
l55 $50 square miles, are TO be found
many varieties, varying from semi
tropical heat in the plains to an alpine
temperature in the upper Sierras. The
climate of the counties which are open
to the sea is remarkably fine throughout
the year, with cool summers and mild
winters. The fogs which now and then
roll into the valleys from the ocean eel
dom reach the high, sunny, foothill
slopes at the base OF the cosst range.
Along thsse slopes, having an altitude
of from 1000 to $500 feet, with grand
outlook to the sea, is a climate as nearly
perfect as can be found in the world.
The scenery is varied and exceedingly
attractive. There are orange and lemon
groves. vineyards, apricot, peach, prune,
fig, apple and pear orchards on every
side, and stretching towards the ocean
as far as tho eye can reach. Tne SNOW
capped peaks OF San Antonio, san Ber-
nerdino and San Jacinto, rising to an
average height of 10000 feet, can be