The herald., 1895-03-17
FOR SALE COUNTRY PROPERTY.
DALMER d CHAPLIN,
136 s. BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES, AND IS
WASHINGTON ST., CHICAGO,
MANAGERS AND OWNERS OF TERRA
BONITA COLONIES
OUR POSITION DEFINED IN A NUTSHELL.

We are nearing the end of our present work.
AS explained in our literature we are here
neither to speculate nor to build up perma-
neht business. but to surround our future
southern California homes with agreeable PEG.
pie and extensive orchards.
!, After ten months investigation and search
throughout California we found at TERRA
Bonita
A tract of land hugging the foothills at an
elevation OF $500 feet above sea level Land
Il large body at reasonable figures. Mag
nihcent mountain views in every direction. A
slope OF 100 feet TO the mile insuring perfect
DRAINAGE ana rrigatiou. soil rich i'll potash.
lime and phosphoric acid % to SO feet in depth
ana fertile beyond measure A water supply
more than abundant for all future needs own
ed by ana lnseparable from the land. A per-
fectly dry climate free from fog dew or other
atmospheric moisture, super-charged with
ozone, the healthlest climate in the state.
three-year-old orchard containing all varieties
OF trees we desired to plant. Trees with bark
as smooth as polished wood, vigorous to a de-
gree, and absolutely free from insect pests, Q
condition not to be found elsewhere. The most
superior multiplying conditions in the state,
requiring no evaporators and reducing the dry
ing process to one-half the time CONSUMED
elsewhere. THE ABOVE is BRIEFLY WHAT
WE FOUND.
WHAT WE LACKED TO MAKE DELN,Hf.
Full HOMES WAS:
A large area of orchards. A population Of
thrifty people. A large number of andsome
ten or twenty years for these improvements to
come. we started in two years ago to enforce
them, and the res ult to cate is--a solid orch.
OF 1900 acres, the largest solid body of ORCH
arding in the world SO cut up. A present pop
ulation of SO TO 90 people. Thirty Eastern
families mostly of Chicago, who have bought
whose orchards are growing (being cared for
by u.s. and who move on to and take posses
sion of them in the spring of 1896. Seventy
additional families, who have purch ased un.
der similar conditions, and who talne posses
sion of their orchards in the spring of 1897.
Many more families who 60 out The following
spring. $4,000 guest house, with bath room,
toilet room, hot and cold water on second
floor, many minor buildings, poetoffice, q
Sunday school, a day school. water delivered
resident, six miles OF boulevards, and II miles
OF streets This is the result of two years
persistent work in building the finest colony
in California, where we have the great
est natural advantages of anything
to .sbe found in the state. Backed
by superior natural advantages our success
has been far beyond our expecta tons, and
greater than has ever been achieved in any
other location in California in the Same length
of time. Our work is nearly finished, and in
our Western home, surrounded by people on
whom we believe we have conferred a perma.
nent blessing, the people who have secured an
annuity for life, Improvements which we have
of our labors We cannot afford to- sell our re-
manning holdings for any less money. but to
hurry the time of our departure and to be on
the ground to welcome our friends when they
come. we will make special terms OIL the bal
ance of our holdings, making it easier than
ever to secure footing in the Land of Sum
shine"
Our Mr.. Chaplin has already removed to Cali
fornia to remain permanently, and we are
anxious to close out our Eastern department,
thus the exceedingly liberal proposition in.
closed herewith. II