The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-02
LANCASTER LOTS ALL RIGHT
Editor Melick of the Gazette in
the City
HE DESCRIBES THE COUNTRY
No Reason Why Good Sized Town
Should Not Develop
Water, Both Surface and Arteslan, Easily
.iad-Products of the Locality.
General Information

MIR. Meiick had Just returned from San
Francisco, where he had been in attend
ance as a member of the California Press
association and assisted in its pull for
the national convention to be brought TO
the coast. Consequently he was i'm bued
with the two strong Herald ideas OF get
ting the national conventions for tn is
state and of making known the great
Antelope valley.
"What is thought of the Herald's work
on the convention line?' was asked.
"In San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley
and everywhere l went | found it well
spoken of. The people OF the metropolis
had supposed that Southern California
people would antagoniize anything that
did not come to them and that benefited
San Francisco. The Herald's attitude
and the evident desire of our citizens as
expressed in interviews through your col
umns has opened the eyes of the north to
the fact that Los Angeles and Southern
California can rise above local pref udices
and boom along that which will benefit
not only the whole state but the whole
west
What do the metropolitan people
think of the Los Angeles papers?"
Several times 7 heard it spoken of
with surprise that town the size OF Los
Angeles could support such great papers.
They look on the advertising columns of
your papers as a standard of the business
being dore in Southern California. Then
as they read of the houses and blocks CO.
ing up. oil wells being struck and pro-
ducts being raised in this southern coun
try, they yearn to be one of us. If any
one doubts the future greatness of Los
Angeles he should 60 away from home
awhile"
Believing that the greatness of Los
Angeles is to he supported by the greater
development of its back country, The
Herald has taken up the ioea OF making
the worthy region known. You, no
doubt. appreciate what we are doing for
Antelope valley" said The Herald man.
Yes said the Antelope valley editor.
who not only edits a good paper repre-
sentative OF his section, but an extern
sive rarcher demonstrates what that val
ley will produce. "for about eight years I
have lived in Antelope valley. and l see
a great future for that section | know
that valley thoroughly and can tell you
the character Of the land IN every quarter
section from German station on the west
W J1lduO vi tDe cast luIlN ScNtulN-EN6
miles in extent
will you tell US something of that Sec
tion?'
Most gladly" said Mr.. Melick. "The
valley is of such great extent and SO
vaned in its soil. water supply and prod
ucts that it is like the easterner speaking
of California in paragraph. The person
who passes through that valley on the
train and says he knows all aobut Ante
lope valley is the same as the eastern !
Santa Fe passenger who comes out to |
Mojave and then goes back and says be
knows all about california;"
What do you think of The Herald's
Lancaster lots?'
~ h. Sc lots are all right. They are not
in the alkai belt, but are part of the
townsite section, close in. and with lit |
tie work each lot could he turned into |
twenty feet to surface water and about
300 feet t. artesian water in any part OF /!
The Herald addition.
''As the soil Is all right, 1t is only |
question OF water supply to make nearly |
every part of Antelope valley bloom and |
produce. Then Lancaster is bound to be |
\ point of some importance. 1t is the !
center of an artesian belt containing /
about SO. 600, 900 acres where artesian wells |
are now flowing. Tuis belt will be en-
larged as improved machines are used in !
sinking wells. new machine with a
GRAFTON and sinks wells very rapidly at a
minimum cost In Just one hour last
week this machine sunk a we'll G6 fee |
and got small flow of water. Another
well recently sunk has flow OF % miners
inches. Where else in California can
water be gotten so easily and cheaply? |
People are just finding this out and also
finding out that with this water as fine |
growths of alfalfa are grown as can be
found in any country. This will no |
doubt be great stock and dairy country. |
Then Lancaster Is the shipping point
for great valley stretching for six
ty miles west, where grain, almonds, fruit |
an stock are produced and where gold |
mines are worked. So lar this season |
about 3,5 0,000 pounds of wheat have
been shipped from Lancaster. This is be-
low the average.
"No one who does not travel along the |
great footbill region from Big Rock creek
west, where the Santa Fe railroad will |
surely run In connection with the San |
Joaquin Valley RAILROAD, can realize the
great future OF that section so varied in |
resources. About 700 acres of bright
clear, healthy fruit trees as can be found |
IN any country are growing here. and |
the area Will be increased fully one-half |
this winter. The almonds, apples, cher
Iies, pears, praches, grapes and other
fruits Will bear comparison with tnuSe
grown anywhere. We have only a few !
fruit and nut shipments will surprise |
these who think Antelope valley is a /
dusert only fit for jacKrabbts. 1t is the |
home of the almond. The nuts produced |
not only show that. but all along the foot
hill slopes the wild almond may be seen
growing and laden with nuts. These |
wild almonds are bushlike and smaller |
than our cultivated products. a variety |
OF wild olive also grows on these plains |
How about the people of that Sec ,
ton. p
4 do not believe you will find more
Intelligent, progressive people than those
living in Antelope valley. This is re-
marked in any gathering or that section.
1t is true that We have more litigation
than we like. but it grows more out of |
the peace loving and quiet character of |
our residents than oth-rwisc. Our great
distance from the county seat makes it Il
place where every once in while a
scoundrel comes in to play his crooked |
business. The people bear it until cattle
are stolen or other deuredatlons are COM
mitted to such an extent as to become /
un bearable; then we are all drawn to Los
Angeles as witnesses and cry goes up .
about our litigation. II you look over the .
records you will see that il has been only |
@ few scamps who have brought the i'll |
repute on us. They ara growing beauti- |
fully less ana We are in hopes that the |
last one is gone. The people are now .
united through the AnieloIe Valley assa-
Ciation az they wera never before.
Is The Antelope valley needs more adj |
vertising such as The Herald is giving /
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