The Arizona sentinel., 1897-09-25
SALINAS TO MONTEREY.
Attractions of Old Ocean as Tsld by
 Our Correspondent.
To the Editor of tbe SENrnRL:

To the Editor ot ebe SENrNRL:
 In making the journey by tho
 public highway from Salinas te
 Monterey, Cal, the oldest town ir
 the state. the traveller makes ar
 ox-bow, going 20 miles to get 12
 as the crow flies. The country ii
 not thickly settled. Some good
 farms, but the houses are @ long dis.
 tance apart, and I have seen better
 roads. Barley Is the principal crop
 but all the farmers in this locality
 are preparing to raise tho sugar
 beet on 8 large scale. Claus 'Spreckles is the leading spirit in a
 company that has been organized
 which has broken ground for 8
 giant beet sugar factory at Salinas, and the farmers hersabouts have gone into ecstacies over what they believe is to result in the salvation of the country. They tell me that sugar can be made for 2 cents per pound and leave g profit to the grower of the beets. All along the pubic highway noticed patches of sugar beets. The factory, which will be the largest in the world, will not be finished for two years, and the farmers are only sxperi- menting now in the raising of the vegetable which they seem to think Is soon to sweeten the world.
 A great many ladies drive in this country, and the vehicle most used is the cart. As we near the ocean the winds are not SO strong. Years ago when the roads were laid out here the early settlers very thoughtfully planted great many eucalyptus trees for shade They are 8 beautiful tree, straight, tall. graceful and the balsamic odor they emit is fragant and soothing, ard it is said that the trees absorb malarial poisining.
 The laet six miles of the drive to Monterey is full of interest. The public highway leads over . noun ain the summit of which has an of about 1900 feet. The view from the summit ls msgnifi- ,ent. Spread out before mo was
 he sea five miles away and close o the beach IS the old, old town of Monterey, and to tho north . mile 6 Hotel Del Monte, ono of the insst hostelries on the continent. | it is 6 veritable paradise. The grounds contain over 100 Icres. and no expense has been pared in beautifying them. Near y every kind of rare fruiting, ollage and Towering plant, shrub md tree that grows may here be ouud. Side by side is the rough | native pines and the Brazilian pecies. In one circular plat l Ioticed more than 50 varieties of acti, and score of century plants n blossom. The flowers are indes. lovely. There are solid banks of poppies-the wild and cultivated species side by side hedges of calls lilies all in blossom o dense and rugged and tall that he plants themselves would al- most turn stock, and then near by 4s if to dwarf by comparison, was a ,reat bed of moss pinks in bloom, ] perfect wilderness of rich, varigat d blossoms. The porches of this hotel were & bower of oses. the vines or trees more prop 'rly for they were four and five nches in diameter. had been train. d over the entrances and around he ballustrades 50 ingeniously hat the effect was strikingly ,eautiful. The drives about the rounds are winding graveled ways mong the trees and plants and hrubbery, and many one not with them has been lost Vhile attempting to thread his way ut of the may depths of these grounds. The hotel is
 wooden structure, with capacity or caring for something like 2,0OO uests, and the appointment it eems to me is we'll nigh perfect. he rate is from $4 to $2O per day nd service is not equalled on the oast. It is open all the year and he guests come from nearly every ountry on the two continents. outh one mile is Monterey with 1any of it's old adobe buildings