The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1899-03-23
BEAUTIFUL. CALIFORNIA
lie Thinks that Country
Almost Equal to Our
North Dakota.
but oi Course Hes 0nEy Joking.


Friend Allen;
have been 50 busy sightseeing, that
| have never before found time 10 write
yoo that letter promised.
see by thj.; morai6g's paper that
Mr.. ana Mrs. u, \ White. o? Hope. n.
D., and Geo. Smith and bride, Of the
same place, are at hyolun .iyo!on is a
great resort, situated on Catalina Island
about Two h.urs' ride by stcaver. from
San Pedro, whiva in tugA IS located on
the Gccat Southcrn California harAor.
about - miles from hero This is whore
the government viii make s.. yOU.OOo i'm
provcments. l visited Avelon soon after
| came hore. and found it a beautiful
little place, aad the short ocean trip of
two hours. most delightful Catalina
island is about 70 niles long. by wide,
aai is very mountainous. There is tine
shooting Gu he island mountain lion.
wild goat and other game, while tic
fishing is immense. just think of haul
ing in $50 pound whale. | saw fish
that weighed 40 pounds, Beats Spirit
wood. don't il?
have tried several lines to find n. 2.
Rasmuaacn. hut 50 far, have failed.
There are Mumher Of North Dalo.
tans here, among thcm: Pat buckley,
the hu:lao livery i3l Sloan. of Bis
ma"cll, cy-t;olrrnor Burke. John Ben
der and Nj. Carmiuo, OF ljarwoo1, Mr..
ana Mrs. Frank Lynch. Of Cusselton
and several from Valley City. North.
wood and other towns, whom 10 not
know.
| understand that Mr.. Rasmussen has
bought large olive ranch near here.
which goes to show that he is us level
headed as over, for there is 10 bctier in
veStmcnt mar can make. Olive cul-
lure is bound to be one OF the leading
industries OF this rOuuiry. Five or ten
acres OF I)caring Olives is as good Il thing
a 3 q man needs. Five acres Of S or 10
ycar-oiti trees is a fortune; which in
crcases each year: as the elder The trees,
the more they yield. There is Il 1000
acre tract near here, most Of which is al
ready planted, and ;ycur old trees have
born Sl.30 worth Of fruit. x.year-old
trees have yielded SIG per tree; so you
can get some idea Of the profits in this
business, when | tell you that they are
planted 100 to the acre. This land can
be bought for s'13 per acre, payable
s;}Il each year for five years. The taxes
are all paid, as vel! as cultivation etc,
by the company. From these figures
you can sec just what the cost i3 My
brother George. who You may remember
has five acres that he bought in this
way, two years ago. and he ia arranging
ior anothc: "bluc!. as they are called.
yesterday was Chinese new year and
they are having Il big ;imc The ccle-
hgatlon continues fur d week. visited
their section Of the tn%n yesterday and
expect to 50 down again some evening.
dropped into tlcii JOSS house, o. church,
ond tried TO gal into The thcatcr, but it
was 50 cro~a.t coellIu't make it, They
'nust have iurne.l assay hundreds. Tho
goTerancnt ana t0o @tatcs may lcgi"lata
against lotcri2s; bat the Chinujlau has
his gambling dun jG#t tbo same, and
while others are not supposed 10 be al.
loved these privileges, "Pic Tail JOHN"
has his little game running wide open.
! suppose it is because ii is their hni-
day week, and The authorities are dis.
posed to be lcnient with them.
i, ,hcn go down 10 The beach and FEC
people bathing, cau hardly believe it
is winter; ana that YOU arc having 20.
boio" weather, az the papers state.
shaI! have 10 gait you now, bat may
write again later on. If you care TO
hear more Of The same kind.
Yours &C.,
CIiNS. j.. DAyIE.