The herald., 1894-02-02
AROUND ESCONDIDo.

A Section of UnrivaIIed Bsauty-Advan-
t~ges and Resources.
Rural Californian: The topographic
and climatic advantages OF the Escondido
section are unrivalled in the state OF
California. With reference to the for
mer it may be truthfully said that there
is here an unusual combination of
mountain, hill and valley, Topographic
cally, within short distance, go that
one is enabled to go from the sandy
beach OF the sesshore at Encinitas, to
the rocky and wooded heights of Palo-
mar, 5000 feet above it, almost within
days journey. And in making such
trip there is much to delight the eye of
the artist as well as the more matter Of
fact business man, who sees only the
capabilities of the soil in the matter of
producing sustenance and the comforts
and even luxuries OF life for the thou
sands who seek by honest industry to
draw from mother earth her hidden
stores OF wealth.
In passing through the Escondido
valley no one can fail to be impressed with
the quiet bsauty of the scene, particular
ly in the early spring time, when the
rolling hills, covered with orange and
lemon groves, some with waving fields
of wheat and barley, are one mass Of
bloom and fruit, and the green pastures
and meadows of the valley, all dotted
over with flowers of every hue and color,
come out in striking contrast to the
sombre brown OF the foothills and the
snow-coveied forests at the top of grand
old Palomar.
The altitude OF the Escondido valley
proper is about 700 feet, while within q
radius of 80 miles one can be sure of
finding an altitude to his taste, from the
sea-shore at Encinitas or Oceanside, to
5000 feet above it, among the pines of
Palomar mountain. To take a camping
trip to this noted resort is very enjoy
able way of spending sportion OF the
summer. There you find, even in the
dryest season. fresh, sparkling springs
and brooks gushing out from the rocks
or yelling up from the green meadows,
and dashing down the mountain side to
quench the thirst of the parched earth
below, for the water OF most of these
streams never reaches the sea, old
mother earth being too thirsty to let it
pass by unmolested and unused. Here
in the cool shade of the pines and frs,
and surrounded by the rocky peaks and
crags of old Palomar, with the sound OF
daehing waterfalls and ripping brooks
mingling with the happy songs Of birds,
and now and then the sight of the start
led deer dashing through the thisket
when he discovers his home inhabited
by strangers, one can enjoy life in close
communion with nature for season,
''far from the maddening crowds ignoble
strife"
In regard to the climate OF Escondido
valley, Dir. w. r. Huggard. of Davos,
Switzerland, a noted specialist in the
treatment OF diseases involving the inn
pairment of the functions and structure
OF the throat and lungs, as we'll as for
diseases requiring a mild. equable
and quite dry climate. Judging from
the great improvement, since coming to
Escondido, of one of hia former patients
of Dsvos. who has now been a resident
of EscondiGo for about two years, the
doctor said on the occasion of his recent
visit to the valley, that he thinks Escon-
dido almost, if not quite, equal to Davos,
the noted European resort, high up in
the Swiss Alps.
Another recent visitor from Switzer-
land, DR.. M. Ernst, of Zurich, speaks in
glowing terms of the Eseondido section,
saying it reminds him more of his native
land than any other he has seen in Califor-
mia. The doctor ia so well pleased with
what he saw, in a few hours' drive about
the valley, that he is thinking seriously
OF making it his permanent home.
We are always glad to have strangers
come among US, either those who come
only temporarily or those who come to
remain permanently, knowing 80 well
by past exerience that the former are go
often transformed into the latter, to the
mutual benefit OF themselves and the
''sun-kissed vale," Escondido.
Personally would say am always
glad to give any information l can con-
corning this valley, which l have &C.
lected for my own home, after thorough
inspection of the whole coast country,
from the British line to the Mexican
line, and | would be glad to see it be-
come the home of many hundreds of in
dustrious and therefore prosperous
people.
The Santa Fe railway has reduced
the round-trip rates iiom Los Angeles
AMI San Diego to Eecondido to such q
low figure that everyone can afford to
come and see us for few day anyway.
Seeing is believing. "-IPaul s. Heffis