The record-union., 1899-07-07
one OF OUR GARDEN SPOTS.
Aided by Nature and Good Water
supply-A Happy Lot Of
Newcomers.
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Correspondence Record Union.)
FAIR OAKS. July 5.-From time to
time the Daily Record Union"
'tIlnrosdsh It's correspondent, has done
much to, make known some Of the
growth and prosperity of this young
community. Through the weekly edi-
ton Fair Oaks mas become known
throughout many of The Eastern States.
inese letters have attempted no SEN
sational nor overdrawn statements. but
nave relied on simple record of facts
Tnat record, summed up, will read like
a romance, if We consider only the
piainest statement of the growth OF
this place.
-Four years ago it was q sheep pas
ture, covered with grand oak trees.
Now 1t is community of nearly lW
families; acres reaching into the thou
sands of citrus and deciduous trees
Just beginning to yield the best fruits:
schools established; church built; an
academy with business college ready ia
open in September; the finest orange
trees of their age in this State; rhe
growth of trees by actual measure
ment beyond any growth which can ha
AOuAu eiStWuefe, duu 50 cJIlCcuc0 ny a
good judge of trees who has seen tho
orange groves of the State, and all in
three years.
Take the matter of soil alone. Here
is belt of fruit land extending from
Porterville to Oroville. which has al,
ready supplied the Eastern markets
with oranges from six weeks to two
months before the southern orchards OF
this State can do it. and the fruit is OF
that rich flavor that belongs to oranges
which have the peculiar and proper soil
for their culture.
In this belt Fair Oaks holds the
unique place of including all the roll
ing land. This foothill elevation and
rolling surface give an advantage over
any other place by furnishing such q
variety of soil and of slope that, witk
due care in selecting, every variety Of
fruit has a perfect immunity from
frosts. Lemon and pomelo, the most
tender of the citrus kind, have es-
capped even touch of frosIs when
planted on the elevations. Thus the
cool air is always descending from the
elevations to the lower places, or
draws" giving movement to the air
in the form of currents
To the cultivated. taste and the lover
Of the beautiful this rolling surface
gives scenic effect that furnishes a
perpetual delight to. the eye Here is
light and shade, landscape of rare beau,
ty,--with it's shifting scenes from day
to day. The choice building spots are
on every point. This woodland, hill
and vale give the cool retreat from
summer heat. and rob even the hottest
days of their oppressiveness, by the
cooling and fragrant breezes that al
ways stir the leaves of the orange ana
olive.
But it is at the close of day when
the charm of summer is at it's most
enjoyable point. Here are the cooA
evenings, so refreshing and so delight.
full that every oak tree becomes a pal.
ace for even the poorest. What would
a citizen of San Francisco not give for
the privilege of sitting on his open
veranda and feeling the soft, cool
breezes come over the mountains, so
balmy and so refreshing that one ia
tempted to forego sleep in order to get
the comforts which are denied every
dweller on the coast?
There are all along, on the high banks
of the American River; building sites
that in many places money could not
get These will soon be occupied by
some of the finest residences in the
State. Plans and specifications If one
of the most elegant homes have reached
the contractors. Others are planning,
and thus we who are now on the ground
look with increasing interest to the
growth of this place. The natural
advantages of Fair Oaks, still so
little known, are enough to satisfy
any lover of rural or suburban scenes
But there are other things which give
very great satisfaction to all owners OF
property. One is the present condition
of Fair Oaks in regard to the manage.
ment of its affairs. Under the new ar.
rangements all matters are taking on a
substantial and satisfactory shape.
While to many matters appear to
move slowly no one can justly COM
plain that anything is going wrong.
superintendent Kieffer has shown him.
self to be man of calm and consid-
crate judgment. He has been through
all the difficulties incident to openina
up new land and settling people coming
from all parts of the country, and has
been safe counselor in the difficulties
WHICH, grow out VI the financial QoDr6S,
sion which followed soon after this To-
eality was opened for settlement. 1t
is but a just tribute to the manage
ment to say that no one can say word
against the integrity and good iudg-
ment of the present management of the
colnpany's affairs at Fair Oaks.
II 1t were necessary to add any more
favorable things looking to the welfare
Of this community, it can be said with
great degree of assurance that, just
as soon as so large an enterprise as
the water company has on hand can
be handled, and all the matters be
closed up between the old and the new
arrangements, Fair Oaks will have a
water system unequaled anywhere
else in this State. The supply of water
is already far beyond the lavish use
now made of it, and that supply can
be augmented almost without limit.
Were such soil, such climate and such
a water supply. even as we now have.
within fifty miles of Los Angeles, with