Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-11


bletoniau. In looks he is a blending of
the llambletouian and thoroughbred,
and is wonderfully kind and intelli-
gent horse. Hal Pointer is also large
bay gelding, an inbred Tom Hal, with
9S heats under 2:30 He, too, seems to
be quite clever and looks good deal
like horse of all work.
In coming from San Francisco to
Southern California we passed through
the Coast Range Of mountains to the
San Joaquin valley, follow this to its
source. where we cross a barrier of
mountains. very similar to those that
separate the Rogue River valley from
the Sacramento in northern California,
and descend to the desert of Moiave.
whose only products are sagebrush,
greasewoOd, an occasional yucca palm
and mirages. At Moiave, which con
sists of the depot, we found a very good
breakfast. Outside, skirting the desert,
we're the omni-pIesent mountains; those
nearest quite lofty and whitened with "A
thin covering of newly-fallen snow;
those further off to the east and south
lower. The weather was clear aud con
siderably cool. The elevation at Mo-
iave is POL IT,; distance to Los Angeles,
100 miles. At Saugus, 30 miles from
Los Angeles, the railroad DIVORCES to
Santa Barbara. Leaving Saugus we
passed through the San Fernando noun
tains, 5000 feet high, by tunnel G067
feet long. Emerging from this we
enter the San Fernando valley and
through cultivated fields and number
of villages come to Los Angeles. A
large valley, barren as the land of Paes-
tine or the deserts of Africa, lies before
us some way off. Still further towards
the northwest is a particularly high and
imposing range of coast mountains.
Sunday Evening, Dec. %.
1t has been an uncommonly clear day.
but cool. The thermometer. | am told,
sometimes falls as low here as % above
zero have ordered fire in my room
every night thus far since reaching here.
This, although the days in the sun,
after the fog is over, are too warm in
walking for even summer overcoat'
but in riding quite thick overcoat is
comfortable. 1t is great pity and one
that ought to be remedied as soon as
possible, that in our treaty with Mexico,
Sonora and Lower California were not
included. Indeed, all north of latitude
% degrees should have been included.
This is the more sparsely settled part of
MeXiao, practically nearly useless now,
but under American auspices would be-
come very valuable ard spots of it be
especially adapted for winter health re-
sorts. If connected with the States,
railroads would soon be thrown across
it. There is now railroad from Ben
son in Arizona to Guaymas on the Gulf
of California in Sonora. The climate in
Guaymas in winter, it is said, is superb
ly fine, and its supply of fish from the
Gulf of California among the best in the
world. 1t lies about 800 miles south of
Los Angeles, which, of course, gives it a
much warmer winter climate and there
fore much better as a health resort in
winter, although as an al-the-year-
around climate it would not, probably
be nearly as good. 1t would, too, by
direct route be several hundred miles
nearer to New Orleans. am told there
is much excellent land both in Sonora
and Lower California and also some
very valuable mines.
California is long way off from
Washington, but it watches with inter
est the action Of government in relation
to the Central and Union Pacific rail
roads. The feeling is very strong that
it is the right time for the United States
to foreclose the mortgages on these
roads and run them for the benefit of
the people through which they pass,
and Of the nation. This will give an
opportunity in a prudent way to see how
government control of railroads works
in this country. The trend of public
opinion in favor of such control is I'M
doubtedly general the country over.
In finances the advanced thought OF
the country is changing towards BIZ
metallic standard, not to assist silver
mines, for no candid man would con
slider this an instant. but because of al
Increasing opinion that from scarcity OF
some other cause the price of gold is
abnormally high, so that it does not
fairly represent values. In being made
the sole standard of money gold has
apparently been asked to do more than
/ it can successfully perform. The
opinion is gaining that the cause of low
values, from which comes so great anG
wide spread depression, is the increased
value of gold by which they are meas
ured, and that alone. 1t is that gold ha;
gone up and not that other things have
gone down. This rise in the value o
gold and its attendant consequences was
forotol1 h,- savarol Of tho ahloet thinl-