Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-09
SUNSET 10 SUNRISE,
v,sm San Francisco, CAL, 10 New
Orleans
scsurs on n Straight nnii'
road ride Of nearly $500 "'i''
FROM ocean 60 cut

,,,o the bay opposite San Francis
very day. one long arm Of steel
,-.y extends to Ogden, another
b 10 Portland, and still longer
.,..,,h "awAy down south In Dixie"
N, miles to New Orleans.
,aspyine on train No. 10 Is snort
gently with ils baby pump work
- the airbraKes; the engineer Il
LEGALLY oiling tho compound monster
mai rulls the long train, bound TOT
w., Angeles, Yuma, Tucson, El Paso,
- Aptspio, Houston aud the Gull u
.irg--aud on the tick Of 5:3N p'ma
lave the gay city with its many
N...ti5ns and nllutemenia that eA-
mo admiration Of the traveller
''T,s afst zoe miles passes down tue
- ,ghrst region, tho San Joaquin
sl.y wherc ituits and cereals ol
'H sipd are raised. Tho bierrau are
g,,r I'm. tho Coast range ON the
A magnificent plain with
t".rterdlng Tor miles without a
49,. continuous line Of olliet--
49, tbs mouOtOny and oder suggos.
800 AZ 10 tine great future when All
.t- iogd 10 cultivated and lie MANIFOLD
irs.urccs developed
me next 200 miles carries ~ over
tss famous Tekackapi pass, with ilH
"Si,I railroad loop and many 'unuria
hi The Molave dosefut whore tho
s..t. he starts across tho arid Waatc3
.frortbefn Arizona for Albuquefqo,
"a tbe East. Aud on this
I'm, waste tho curious growing
.prea trees are ocuu, na wen
amer desert growths. But the cu-
t,rnf.ss OF man has piorcui tbs dut VI
,tturiea and brought artUJlun water
I,tbe tufiauo 90 that towns and VII
100 arc ,tafliug up whore jack
limit could not make a living before.
lsnviug the lcsort, We HIaft down
u.s,IiIad canyon. The Sierra Maurr
,,gupfalrs are on thu south anu the
announcement OF tho third two hun
ned miIrs ia entered through tue bau
F.rBaud1 tunnel, Que aud quarter
t.t'ra long, out into the pnfaulto 81
iswer California, tue orange region
There no place on the earth Whufo
.,iufe has done tD much 10 mako
T..ullIul resting place i0r mau ps the
,.uptfy where flourish the citrus
,nvtbs. 10 ~ the one place Ina this
rod land called North America
vbrrp everything that a mRu needs
10 mia Enjoyment can be raised,
vpefy the extremes OF climate DO
rot exist. anu nlnl hesias utu hcld
while other places are covered up with
amaului OF unDw.
Along each eide Of the track nom
tbp end of tho tunnel, through the
,.tyUf Los a ugoleH ami ON past sauiof'
rsfdInl where the Mormon pioneufa
planted the Gut orange orchards, SUD
ts.fiy 10 % place called ludiO, n q
tanofama q floral anu horticultural
beauty superior 10 any SPOT on earth
ust have ever seen. Think VI the
i,ct that tho lrchstdists expect 10 ship
irus of Thousands Of carloads OF orange
and lemons o. the East from this re-
zion o. well "a other products aud
then think that thia country netds our
coal (which IL $500 per ton la L1s
Angrlrsl potatoes, which anu Other
cereals aud that u lew hunutcd miles
Of track would open up to Balt Lake
al tho productions mother earth and
give tons IN few hours topical anu
TsmLtr plcal fruits iu addition 10 the
reduction Of tho north which We
already ouloy! l venture the assertion
That once tive Salt Lake anu Los
Angrlssi, finished, the market Of our
luiuat ely would DO tho finest Ia the
Aud,
Time will not permit me to dwell
longer on This subject, but l hope 20
str tho day when We can visit during
the winter months this delightful
region, within - hourb from the time
90 ttatuuR.
Iudlo, on the Colorado desert, Ia %
ieot below sca level. The railroad
company has transformed this sandy
Wastu into n tropical oasis, where palms
aud other growthB reach n M iAty ~
sIIe and scenic attraction almost be-
yond belief Al Salton, n little farther
on, it Ia gj3 feet below sea level.
We are now on the dreaded Colorado
dtsrft--a barren, sandy gTavelly,
weary stretch Of county Of 100 miles
from the commencement 10 the nnish
Yuma. Water tanRa are built FOL
The use Of stations anu section houses
There IL "a total aOsence Of yeTduTe
The waking stick cactus and the
mUqult, with = few priokly shrubs,
are tho only gtowlhs visible. To the
east arc the mountains bordering thI
Colorado river and ON the west the
Coast range, and whom We reach the
Colorado We say good bye TO golden
California, and as We enter Yuma We
must put A. r., TO tho letter We writ,
there.
THIS locality has the reputation oil
belug tho hottest In the UuiOn. IL 81
illl VI historical interest, aud many
funny stories Of the effects OF heat
upon man and animate who have lived
there bre TOLD. IL Is also said to DO q
gfaud pgCr f5r consumption on &C.
count OF lls mild weather ami dry nt'
mlspheto In winter. Near by the Gill
river enters the Colorado. This Ia th'
only large river No ArIzlnn. Our mn
200 miles across tho ella d.ssft anl
skirts this stream for "a long distance
This Is the region Of the queer cacluI
That looks like a big'hehdBd telegraph
pole, called the oereus gigAntoa, Hor'
grass Is curiosity, Us II grows IN TIT
form OF shrub, also the luHii0sA tree
nail keg cactus anu the kind known 3.
the tree Oaolue.
MatIc0pa IA the gateway 10 Phmniy
anu no Mormon settlumntb OF Temps
aaud other places In Salt River valley
~ ~ 500 miles from San Francisco
bul ma tho very heart Of Wha
Was once supposed 10 be an irToclalm
Aule country, given over % desOlatlOt
anu sturlhly hut which De- slowly buins
Ietluectrd by the energy OF man int
marvellous land OF fertility. ltisiI
lhls region that the ancient land suf
Ity1s have LETT evidences VI their ski
lu building Irrigation bitches that eau
il. 10 IL.