The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-07
STANDARD WELCOME.
The Impressions of a Montanan in Cali
fornia.

lorna.
To The Editor of the Standard:
The daily visit of the Standard Is SO
welcome in this retreat, so far removed
from Montana, that l feel that l must
at least acknowledge it. Perhaps you
might like to know the impressions
that Montanan receives en- route
from the Treasure State to the ex-
IRENE southern limit Of the PACING
state, the land of sunshine and of flow
ers. The trip through Washington,
Oregon and Northern California was
especially pleasant from the fact that
the weather was beautiful and no de-
lays of any kind occasioned anxiety.
Our train pulled into stations on sched-
ule time from Missoula to San Fran
cisco. In Washington and Oregon the
season is late and farmers are anxious
about the outlook for crops. AS we get
down into the fruit district, the dry
weather that has prevailed has mater
tally shortened the prospective crop.
In no portion of California have they
had one-half the rainfall of the aver
age year. In Northern California the
prune crop has been badly damaged as
a result, and as we get further SOUTH
the orange and lemon crops have great
ly suffered. In not few places we
passed whole orchards that We're not
only robbed of their crop but damaged
in consequence of the lack of moist
ure. This is especially so in Southern
California. Indeed, the orange belt of
California is not so attractive when
viewed from short range as when
admired from distance.
The orange culture in California is
not considered a financial success this
year by those engaged in the business.
There are some large orchards with
provision made for saving all the ordi-
nary waste that are profitable invest
Al....
timony. In Los Angeles / was shown
a 1O-acre lot in the suburbs that is now
rented to Chinaman for $25 an acre
and was planted to potatoes, that had
formerly been an orange orchard The
orchard was cut down and grubbed out
because it did not pay San Diego is
| in the extreme southern limit of the
| state, only II miles from the Mexican
| line. 1t is situated on a beautiful and
| commodious bay, 13 miles in length,
| constituting one of the best harbors on
the Pacific coast. AS a business center
I it has not yet attained any special i'm
| pOrtance. They have great hopes, how
| ever, that it will become a port of out
| let for Southern California. The liners
for Oriental ports are already making
| this a port of entry and with another
railway which is promised in no dis
| tant future, it seems reasonable that
!
| San Diego is city of houses. Its 10000
and more inhabitants are largely PEG
| pie who have come to this point to en-
| joy the equable climate that is surely
most delightful. The variation of the
| temperature of the winter and summer
| is very small. The average winter tenn
perature is 81 degrees and the summer
averages 66 degrees. The cloudy days
| do not number more than 81 each year.
| The remainder of the year is cloudless
On the arm of the peninsula that en-
circles the bay is situated the Coron-
ado hotel, a beautiful structure that
| will accommodate more than 1000
| guests. The surf, the baths the botani-
! cal gardens. the beautiful beds of roses
and lilies and other flowers of varied
| hues and more than ALL the balmy air
never cold and never hot-but bracng
and life-givng,; make it probably the
most popular resort in California. San
| Diego has been called the Italy of
America and it would seem that COron-
ado beach is the worlds sanitarium
| Surely, if air and sunshine commingled
in faultless combination would consti-
| tute such a spot, Coronado ought to
| claim it. There are more gray-headed
| before this side Of New England, and
sickly people are numerous. With all of
its excellence, the fountain of perpetual
health and youth is not to be found
here. Cordially yours,
Q. c. CLARK.
San Diego, Cal, May 81, 1899