Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-25
A Country Where Perpetual Spring
Is Said TO Rule.
BEAUTIFUL AS AN EDEN.
gain,y winds, nm Abundance orrruit
and Hover. aud All THAT Makes
Lifc Desirable.


INC hfNNtilNl lttlN CITY OF san OA'NV
IS located on San Diego bay. overlook
Ing the bay. Coronado Beach and
Point Iona. and contains population,
including transicnta. ~ $1,000.
The streets are laid out dlngonaiiy
facing the cardinal directions, with
most OF the ridcwaiks nicely inlaid
with Portland cement. which Is appar-
entity equal to adamant
The climate Il one Of perpetual spring
ana the asccp,ic condition Of the air
Is cqualci only by that found In the
air OF the highest alps Of Switzerland.
The most remarkable feature of tho
climate IL the absence 81 All dangerous
winds. and got there ~ never q day
without a breeze ~ winter from two TO
four miles an hour. In summer from i've
TO eight or ten.
In general Il may be said that no.
where viii the four essentials Of suc-
ccssfui farming the world over. diver
Hification % products, Industry, econ
Omy ana good huaincaa sense. bring bet
ter results than here. II may be added
that nowhere VIII their absence bring
worse results.
The resources arc OF varied char
actcr. and there seems to be no limit
60 the range ~ products. Vegetables
In variety such as are found In all
portions OF the country. grain. fruits
and products " the garden grow and
flourish IN the fertile soil to AN extent
nowhere eNccllod IN the State. Among
the fruits which hold "a conspicuous
rank, may be- mentioned. oranges.
lemons. lines. olives. figs. apples. pears.
pcrainniOns. locuAtH. grapes, etc. The
apricot, peach. plum. nectadnc. pear
ana apple all do well In their
season under the stimulus OF careful
culture. and all the fruits of the north
rrn and middle states can here be most
aucccanfully grown. No portion OF
the United states oncra superior adj
vantngcH for successful rnisin culture.
which 4 extensively carried on. Olive
culture II largely engaged In. even the
hillHidcH nrc tcrrnccd and olive orch
ards planted This tree does not re-
qulrc irrigation. but "a warm. dry land,
aud VIII not flourish IN moist lands.
History records the fact that trees are
now living and producing fruit every
year which arr morn than u thousand
years old, This fact IN demonstrated
by the "oid mission" orchard here.
where trees over "A century old stu
produce abundant fruit crops. lie
who plants an olive orchard leaves an
inheritance for future generations"
has passed Into provcrb.
For Irritation there are abundant
facilities. The warm, dry climate Of
the iowlnndA generally extend to n dis
lance Of twenty miles from tho coast.
and " ~ upon this cNpanac OF country
that most of the people live. and tho
iine homes are made. All Of the coun-
Try farther back IN lifted thousands
% feet high. and though having a nnc
climate In summer. II aa cold. rainy
ana Hnawy In winter AZ the wottcat
mountains In the Southern States.
Hundreds OF square miles OF this land
a 80.
which In summer finds Its way to the
sea underground. Hence In
every valley leading toward
the coast water may be- found In
abundance from Ave 10 twenty feet be-
low the surface, and over tho greater
part of the tabiclandr from forty to
one hundred feet. although there nrc
tracts upon the highest lands where tho
water IL Htill deeper. The unfailing sca
hrrcxcH Of summer make the ilftlng Of
this water with windmliln "a certainty.
Much OF California IL wntcred In this
way, and good windmill sunless FOR
several years.
Again. some Of the water that runs to
waste In wlntcr. " very probably uui-
lied by storing, by means OF immense
reservoirs or dams
Five miles north and west OF san
Diego. ON the routhrie Fhorc OF F'alse
BAY IL located old Town.
Intft one may ilhu iuH runs OF fnft
Stockton and the prchdio. and see the
/ graceful "old palm trees" the Oldest
/ In the state, whose weather beaten
trunks have survived the changing
uccncH OF one hundred and iifty years.
There, also. among the old ruins.
whose walls, IN some Instances, mens-
ure three and four feet through. IL the
old Mission Church. established by
Padre Junipcro In 1869. where Helen
Hunt Jackson's Ramona" was mar
| ried.
In an cnntcriy direction from this
old and historic place. nine miles diE-
tant. winding along the banks OF tho
san Diego river. through the pretty
Mission Valley. dotted with farm
houses. thrifty garden spots and ter
/ raced hillside W located California;
first mlsslon, being one hundred AMI
thirty ycaru old,
Only few old crumhllng walls. ~
| previously mentioned dimensions. re-
! main, where once religious rites were
/ performed with all the ceremony at
tending Catholic belief. 10 designate
the spot where the Franciscan Fathers
lived and dlod using their lives and
energies toward advancing their ideas
Of Christianity. and particularly their
religious duHmaa, to a benightcd and
degenerate race " people.
Across from the road, the old mud
wall Is fast disappearing which sur
rounds the olive orchard with It's trees
| "A century old inside this enclosure
| thore stlli remniua the we'll. whose cool
refrcshlng liquld was quaffci ny ths
Franciscan fathers, over ono hundred
and thirty Year, ago.
/ nh. autrunep 10 the tunnel can be