Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-02-23
SUNNY CALIFORNIA
Delights for the Eye Of the Traveller
Through the Beauties Of Flower
Land.
Wealth Of Scenery LavishiY Displayed
M. Along the Artistic: Mount
Shasta Route.
Southern California the Mecca Of the
Winter Resorter-Bismarckers
Who Are There.

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tsWhere shall 7 go to spend a portion
OF the winter, asks the North Dakotan
who, thanks to bounteous harvests and
productive ranges, lives on 'seasy street,
these days. westorsouth?" Both. That's
what a trip to Southern California
means, and every winter the exodus from
the hills and valleys Of the great wheat
belt and stock ranges of the northwest
to the semi-tropical regions Of Southern
California increases.
This winter is no exception, nothwith-
standing the extraordinary mildness of
the winter seasonin the Flickertail state.
Every west bound train via the North
ern Pacific is filed with tourists and
from Vancouver to San Diego there is
now q liberal s~prinkling Of North Da
kotans. Those who write back to friends
speak in glowing terms, not only Of the
unsurpassed scenery, but Of the snnex-
celled Injuries Of railway travel en- route
via the Northern Pacific and Southern
Pacific roads. There is nothing tedious
in the trip from North Dakota to the ex-
IRENE southwestern portion of the United
States. Thesentire route presents a pan
Drama of unequalled variety and interest,
and the scenery is especially grand on
the Mount Shasta route, n of the
most picturesque and interesting railway
routes il the world! From Portland,
along the coast to San Francisco, and on
down into the winter resorts of Cali
fornia, all of natural scenery!
The panorama of scenic beauties that
afford thegreatest delight to the traveller,
and particularly to the traveller from the
prairies and.th unbroken monotony Of
the west-mountains, mountain streams,
crags, peaks, forests and swiftly flowing
mountain torrents! All appeal to the
sense Of the naturally artistic and de-
light the traveller. All are to be found
on this line between the upper and lower
cities Of the coast country, all Of whose
features are enhancing and interesting
to the traveller.
The wealth of scenery on the trip from
San Francisco to Portland lis lavish.
Nature excelled herself in her endeayors
to please her children, minging pleasure
at times with awe and s~tupefaction at
the vagaries Of her many moods. Leav4
ing San Francisco, the traveller is accom-
panied for several hours by tidewaters
of the Pacific, then to meet the noun
tain streams of the Sierra Nevada. With
these come plains Of oak forests, then
foot hills with their wealthsof yerdure
and forest growths, the hills covered
with rich colorings and more beautiful
than could be painted by the hand Of
the master artist. In the morning you
reach Red Bluff and then Redding and
the mouth OF the Sacramento canon.
Here for 200 miles the grandeur Of the
scene is beyond description. The train
follows the Sacramento river past its
source, crossing anumber Of times, along
cliffs, through tunnels, and above t~restles
over dizzy heights. During the pleasant
months an observation car is coupled on,
and the traveller may enjoy the scenery
in it's fullness.
There is novelty without end in the
Journey. The view of Mount Shasta,
with its rugged grandeur, its %forbiduing
recesses and its historic and romantic
legends! Pastoral scenes, mountain fast
nesses, natural springs, resorts of all de-
scriptions surely there is enough on
the railway trip alone to repay a trip to
the coast, and however often the trip is
made the mind and the eye crave for it
again.
For the purposes Of sightseeing and
interest California may be divided into
three great divisions. There is the semi
tropic section Of the south. the agricul-
tural nd.mining sections Of the central
interior and the section west Of the coast
range. Los Angeles is the center Of the
first named, San Francisco of the west
coast and Stockton of the interior. To
see Pasadena, Mount Lowe, Coronado,
and the other famous southern points
which have made California popular
with the winter resorters, go to Los An
geles and make trips from that as a base.
Southern California consists Of seven
counties. II contains a third Of the area
and q ifthSof the population Of Califor-
MIA. Variety is its noteworthy feature.
Aside from one Or two deserts, the coun-
try is a succession of delightful mesas
and valleys. The climate is healthful,
the soil fertile and the population ener-
getic and refined. LOS Angeles was
fonndeda hundred and twenty years & {.
Twenty years ago. after q hundred years,
the population numbered LOCO. In the
time that has elapsed since then the city
has grown to 100000 inhabitants-the
growth Of practically fifteen years. The
Southern Pacific road has 4 network OF
railways 70 all points Of interest round
about.
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