The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-02
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Southern California! There is magi,
In the name Throughout the entire
United States, and to a large extent II
the countries of the old world, the
wealth of fruitage and Of flower thai
has won for the section embraced by
the seven sisters the name of Land Of
Sunshine" is a matter for wonderment
Ind desire.
s Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San
Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and
Santa Barbara-these are the seven Sis
tiers, each possessing distinctive fea-
lures of attraction, and grouped to-
Yether, represent the fairest and most
favored cline where any modern race
has been called upon to work out the
primeval curse.
With a shore line of 275 miles the seven
counties of Southern California embrace
Hn area of 44,901 square miles, or a
necimal over 90 per cent of the entire
state. An area larger than Pennsylva-
mia and nearly as large as the empire
state of New York. Within it's bound
aries Ohio might nestle with Connecti-
cut thrown in for good luck. In this
magnificent region in 1880, was a popu-
lation Of 64,S71, or TX per cent of the pop
ulation of California. In 1890 it had in
creased to POI, 1862 or 16 2-3 per cent of the
population of the state. On entering this
new year of 1898 over 1861 people, or
over 20 per cent Of the population of the
state, are established in the southern
counties.
This is rapid and most remarkable
growth, but after all only means that
there are about seven persons to the
square mile of the territory. Great
Britain has S12 people to the square mile,
Holland 222, Germany 237, and even
France with a steadily decreasing birth
rate has 1888 people to the square mile.
Here is territory available for mil
lions yet to come and the wondrous
transformation that has taken place
Turing the past twenty years is merely
the promise Of what the future contains
for the choicest part of Uncle Sans
nomain. Quite a respectable proportion
of the total area lies in the Mojave and
Colorado basins, usually spoken of as
deserts" But the term is misnomer
With water a marvellous change will
be wrought and the desert" made to
blossom as the rose. The soil is there,
rich in all the constituents needed to
produce bounteous harvests as soon as
1t is vitalized by moisture. And the con-
veyance of water is merely matter of
money. Already the western extension
Of the Mojave desert raises about ST.
000,00 worth of wheat Of quality that
won first premium at the New ORLEANS
fair, besides almonds, olives, raisin
grapes, apples and other fruits, with
a varied assortment Of vegetables. In
the southeastern part of the same
desert" 2-year-old fruit trees yield
crops, while small oasis in the Colo
RADIO desert has supplied Los Angeles
with the earliest grapes, figs and melons
yet received.
The principal products of Southern
California are dealt with in detail else
where, and it will suffice to say that
while in 1896 there were shipped east
1852 carloads of citrus, deciduous and
dried fruits, nuts and canned fruits. the
shipments for the year just ended will
exceed this very considerably. The
following is an estimate of the principal
products shipped the valuations of
which are not yet completed:
Carloads. Carloads |
w dlHuS $3.50. oO0 Dried T., raiSinS 500 |
Other veget's.. 700 Beans ... 600 |
Sseieiy '''''... 4oo Graln ........... 5,000 |
Lemons ....... 1000 Sugar .... 1OOo |
Oranges ..."..12,OOo Petroleum ...... $500
Also 1900 cases of canned fruits and
vegetables and from 5000 to 1000 barrels
pr olives; the wool clip of about 3,OOO,-
700 pounds, and varying quantities of
wine, brandy, hides and other products |
The natural resources of the country
Ire varied, owing to the prodigality of |
The soil and its adaptability to every
kind OF husbandry; it's variety of pro-
AUCTIONS, include all known citrus and
deciduous fruits, nuts, grains and vege-
tables, and its superior transportation
both by rail and sea, all
combine to make Southern California
an almost ideal land to live ina verita-
BILE land of milk and honey, where every
man may with proper industry live I'M
der his own vine and fig tree" and
where there are no terrors of storm, or
heat, or cold, or disease.
NOR with all these material adyan- |
ages are the aesthetic desires of the
cultivated mind unappeased. If one
las been to Nice or Mentone in South
srn France, then visit Santa Barbara |
Ind while reveling in the beauty of the |
I'D town that yet retains somewhat the |
roma of the old Spanish days, the olive
and the almost reckless dis
,lay Of flowers, be Disseminated of the
I'D world resorts. The mild climate and
he peaceful beauty of the Italian Rivi-
'ra may be duplicated in Southern Cali
ornia, and if the sunny skies and more
oracing air of the Tyrol is desired, then
trip into the mountains to any of the
numerous resorts will give an added
harm to life and extort the confession
hat in the southland of California Dame
Nature has exhausted herself by pour
Ing forth in bounteous profusion all
nose gifts Which make it desirable
'lace for the worker, for the man of
'apital, for the tourist, the invalid, and ..
or all those advanced in years who de-
ire to prolong their days.