The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-11-30

have the very best soil for oranges and
lemons. while olives. prunes. grapes.
apricots. appleE, peaches, walnuts and
pears flourish in the foothills. The
rich loan of the valleys near the ocean is
what has made Ventura County known as
the best section in the world for beans.
Within the county lines are included
San Nicolas and Anacopa islands. Ana
copa' is small and picturesque. It rises
sheer from the blue waters of the ocean,
and is crescent shaped, forming a beauti-
full harbor on the inner side, where the
waters gently wash the rugged walls and
fill the numerous coves that are the abode
of seals and sea lions. There is a small
beach where pleasure parties are landed.
This island will soon become one of the
most popular pleasure resorts on the
coast. When the railroad . to the cele-
brated Oiai Valley shall have been COM
pleted it is proposed by citizens of VEN
tura to build hotel on Anacopa and run
steam launch from Ventura and Huen-
eme to the island.
All of the best food fishes are found in
abundance in the channel off Ventura.
Hueneme and Santa Barbara The de-
licious pompano is caught by local fisher
men and shipped to Los Angeles and San
Francisco. The establishment of can
neries is an inviting field for capital.
Ventura County is one of the best
watered counties in the State. The
Santa Clara River traverses the entire
county from northeast to southwest and
is fed by numerous. streams, chief of
which are the Sespe, Santa Paula and
Piru. The Ventura River, beautiful and
rapid-fowing stream, noted as one OF the
best trout streams on the coast. rises in
the San Rafael range and flows nearly
due south to the ocean. The scenery
along the upper portions of this river is
grand. The water is pure and sweet and
in quantity sufficient to supply city of
IS, 900 inhabitants. 1t enters the ocean Mt
Ventura.
The soil of Ventura County is very rich
and will grow anything from beans to
bananas. We raise wheat, corn. barley
oats, potatoes, and in beans we beat the
world. Our honey is unexcelIed. and in
fruits we raise oranges, lemons, lines
apples, peaches, pears. prunes, apr:cots,
piums. olives, grapes, waInuts and ali
berries.
Statistics of products are tiresome and
cannot be given in short article. The
topography OF the county is such that we
have climate suited to all kinds of fruits
Our oil fields are we'll knownoand the WELD
is enormous. We have g. vast amount of
asphaltum OF the best quality, gypsum
and an oil stone from which fine oualitv
of toilet soap is made. Our sandstone Is
excellent for building purposes and in nm
limited quantity.
Mr.. Claus Spreckels having received
m niles Of haafc IL
Clara Valley came down lately TO look the
held over and was so well pleased that he
proposes soon to erect sugar factory in
or near Hueneme. When that industry
shall have been established no sectionoof
the United States will offer greater in
ducements to the farmer than Ventura
County, for with beans and sugar beets
he will grow rich.
When the South Pacific Coast Railroad
is finished 80 per cent of all the travel
from Los Angeles and the southern
counties to San Francisco will be over that
route, for who will travel over interior
plains when they can breathe the sea air
and look from car window out over the
ocean and see the panorama OF islands and
ships?
San Buenaventura. the county seat of
Ventura County, lies on gentle slope
close to the sea. Protected from tha
north winds by the mountain range and
facing the ocean, it looks off at the islands
that seem TO float as in mirage. The
sea air is never hot and never cold. When
Cabriilo dropped anchor in the channel in
front OF where Ventura now stands he
counted twenty-five Indian villages scat
tered along the coast foothills Those old
time people knew a good thing when they
found IL, and lived and died in this IA
vored spot. The town of San Buenayen-
tura has about 1000 inhabitants. mostly
from the Eastern States. The old Mission
church is much the same to-day as when
the Indians came al the call of the chime