Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-11-28
A CITY OF CATS.
A Former Arizonan Tells of the Beau Al ties of the Place Located in
 lau the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Los Gates, CaliF.. Nov. IS, l9OO.- Editor JoTnalMiner: A month ago II wrote you from Stockton. Today 1 send you this from the foot hills of the Santa Cruz mountains. 1t didn't take me long to get tired of Stockton Soone day I took farewell wbiif of burnt jules, fog, etc. put my linen embroidered handkerchief to my nose, bought ticket and fed. No one ob- jected to my going, but it's all right :; it isn't the first time that a commu- nity has sustained a serious loss with out knowing it. am told, by those who ought to know that Los Gatos being translated means the City of Cats. Those of you who have never seen Los Gates have missed seeing a very beautiful place. It reminds me of Prescott in some respects. and for that feature alone 1t finds favor in my sight. It Is built in the foot hills of the Santa Cruz mountains and the town, as seen from the mountains above, is a lovely sight. l went up into the hills. two miles above the town and took a look at Santa Clara | county. I don't know how big Santa Clara county is, but they told me that was looking at seventy miles of it. did not ask if these miles were long or square, 1 just opened my in tellects and swallowed the statement atone gulp, So to speak. From the rock on which l stood. on a clear day. one can see San Francisco and every point between here and there. If they had told me that I could see from here through the telescope at Lick's observatory into the far off heights of heaven. I suppose 1 should have believed that also. However, you really can see to the end of yeur eyesight here. It's fact. The ob- seryatory k plainly visible from here. It is oply thirty five miles away. To am Arizonan thirty-iive miles k no li@auce to speak of. and some fine day l shall be found vending my way up Mount Hamilton to take a peep at things celestial.
 The whole face of creation here is planted in orchards. and almost every kind of fruit is grown,
 The first ripe olives l saw looked good to me, 50 l insisted upon tasting them, and the memory thereof remain eth to this hour. It was just so with the odor of green bay leaves. said to the gentleman with whom l Was driving, what tree is that2' and said 1t was. the green bay tree spoken of in the Bible. Then he handed me some of the leaves 10 smell. tool. a good whiH and stopped in aStonishment for a stream of liquid fire ran up my nose to the top of my skull. out of the back of my neck and several inches down my backbone In Arizona every bush has a thorn; in California every leaf has an odor.
 The hills are sleeper here than those around Prescott. but not so steep as those around Jerome. There are. smooth roads winding in and out. up and down everywhere. Taken all together this is delightful place. Los Gates has about 2.50O inhabi timts. The people are kind and so cial. receiving the stranger with be coming eorliality. The chief inter est of many of the citizens just now is centered in the oil companies of Kern county. They are doing great things down in there. and many are realizing great profits even on small investments. 4 month ago in Stock ton one could have bought shares at 50 cents that are now selling at Sl0. 1 suppose you are all wondering why l didn't invest and make fortune. In the ltalio-American language-"Ino gotta da moneys However, if any of you wish to make your fortunes that way, will give the address of com pany that k still selling shares very low, but the Every low" wont be low very long so hurry up. CThis isn't an advertisement Mir. Editor. so you need not charge me for itD I speak to benefit humanity at large. Later l hope to tell you more about Los Gates and the country around here. The rainy season has set in and it is just pouring down. W.