The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-26
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
NOTHING EXCEPT CLIMATE TO
RECOMMEND 1T.
Los Angeles Growing Steadily as city OF
Homes-san Diego's STUMBLING
Blocks-In Arizona.

ciaL-Aly last letter was from Las vegas
Hot Springs. n. NJ. although mailed
It from Coronado Beach, CAL, IL hah
taken so much space 70 state my oOser-
vations that 1 thought IL best 10 reserve
an account OF the rest OF my journey 10
the Golden Gate for another letter
We entered New Mexico at Ration
az about 2 p. NJ. and four hours or good
fast running brought us to Las vegas
We left two days later on the same train
at about p. NJ, and consequently the
most beautiful scenery on the A'cuison'
Topeka and Santa Fe. the Apache Canon
Was hidden i'm darkness. II was past
T.. NJ. when we reached Albuquerque
and soon afterward turned que West
continuing our rush over the taoie
land OF New Mexico. When the
next morning the sun rose req ABOVE
the horizon. we were stli III thS s"ni0
territory and could see the vast pam az
most weird in its solitude -,
How far may that mountain pe9 l
asked of a rancher who had boarded the
train at one Of the intermediate st"-
tions. about sixty miles was 'no
reply. There was no eXaggeraliph III
this answer. The pure ana thlh a.i'oS
phere Of this plateau widens the So
OF vision until II exceeds three lliheS Us.
distance visible on the ocean ~ ~
there is n painful monotony mere nv
land is exactly as the creator hlauo ~,
evidences of human improvements are
painfully rare Look up the area OF New
Mexico and the latest census OF TIC
territory and YOU will find that immigru-
ton is needed. aye and badly neeoe1' 70
turn waste into a garden OF the pous,
Almost tho whole territory throust
which the Santa lie passes Is araole ian"
even II 81 looks like desert. IL heeuS
only irrigation. Bring water on II anu
this soil now apparently uhptou"D''Es,
will be an empire supporting mhions 20
families I'm comfort
Some seven or eight years ago an app
Precipitation was made by Congress 10 oui
vey these territories with the Ni,M ".
introducing a system OF irrigation. no1
became Of 10? / have asked TINS quo9
ton again and again, and the ahs"-l'
obtained were very unsatisfactory. ~
body seemed 20 know. But the stuVoolH
fact remains that the arid" lands Oh
New Mexico and Arizona are just as arid
to-day as they were before that apP'o-
priatiOn was expended. .,,,,
LAND or THE FIG TREE AND HE
VINE.
The eve longs for relief for signs OF
human habitatiOns. as the train speeu7
on over the seemingly endless pam ia
Arizona we go through some yalnaple pine
forests. the presence of saw mills show
ing that the trees have been doomed 10
destruction. This utilizing timber IS all
rights but the destruction Of forests, eX-
ccpt 10 convert the soil into fields or
orchards. is a waste and is, wrong why
should not the man who destroys n tree.
be compelled 10 plant another? We are
accused Of prohigacy and waste OF our
resources. Is that accusation altogether
unneritcd2
Well. let MS hurry through Arizonal It
takes time 10 do IL for the distances are
great. The day passes, and again morning
comes before we reach Barstow. For the
present 1 am bound for San Diego, and
the train carries MS southwark. What
relief there Is in he sight Of human
dwellings costly nesting amid flowers
and foliage, Truly. this is the land OF tho
fig tree and the vine. the land literally
overlooking with milk and honeyl This
county Of san BernardinO is famous for
its apiaries. and right here. where we
are passing now. You can see q goOdlv
array Of new cans filed with the produce
OF the bees industry. Virgil was right
when he said:
1T was not for yourselves. We bnflt vour
hives, o hees"
As you enter California by the Santa
Fe IL does seem as II you were coming
into an earthly paradise. The sky is a
deep blue. not a cioudlet floating in the
illimited eXpanse. The palm tree. pome-
granaie, orange. lemon. succeed I'm wild
PERCUSSION. with cosy and well-kopt cot
ta8es testifying that this fertile soil does
not reserve its fruits for the benefit of
me CAPITALIST only. Through acre upon
acre, mile upon mile. we rush through an
encnahted garden. Yet this same land
Mi'uln lhe memory personal knowledge
OF the writer was deemed valuoless ono
OF its former owners maintalnlno tbot 90,
TOOK hity acres 20 feed one COW"
Ihat Is many years ago. No, ca ,,o,,.
'' fact less than n generation. bo,o
seen on this land eucalyptus tree ono
year old standing eighteen feet high 7
leIHehDer ihat, about eight years AGO Tho
Ic.n man government sent an expert ia
DahIornia 70 investigate the suction, 80
horticulture. This gentleman visited ~,
oid friend retired Frankfort bonlor
VINO had bought forty acres Of tbis "ari,1,,
.''.u' piouEnl water on IL. and after "a few
- ul painting and cultvating drew
an income OF $1,000 n year after -
expenses from those forty acres m rs
poIt examined the soil with the painstal,
ing EFFORTS characteristic Of the Cornos',
saVant. He had a hole or shaft duo a,,5
.ouhI mat tho soil FOR a depth Of fortv-
hve feet possessed the same Ingredients
or fertility 10 the same degree. ''''
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
~ must De distinctly understood tba,
am now writing OF Southern California
Y,lcluulhg the counties OF San Bernardino
RIVERSIDE. Los Angeles and san Dicgo
IN me first named three counties he
arabic land IS pretty we'll dispossd ~
me desert part Of San Bernardino county
- practically unexplored. Hardy miners
IN search OF gold. have given the s,,.rges-
i've name OF Death Valley TO q mani -,
the MaJave NIo-hah-vay) desert ac5
those who enter il do so at their ner.t
IN due time we arrive at San Diego tho
host southwestern city OF the Great Pc
pubhc' and we 90 10 the world famous
hotel del coronado where the restless
waves breaking on the beach. testify
uhceaslngly OF the Almightys power 40
well as OF human enterprise ..ewardsd by
nature and opposed by the petty iealoue,
les and chickering's OF human nature
10 Is somewhat over eight wears ooo
since | visited san Diego the last time
Then the town was IN possession of real
estate men. There were, if ! rcnerober
well, about two hundred and eighty ~
these worthy citizens. and each jndiyi6-
ual one had exactly the piece Of properly
you were looking FOR. The town was lcii
out for miles upon miles, the SEA ,-nIlS
attracted n gOOdly number Of human f-uIls