Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15

. GOLDEN GATE STATE.
Observation-Disclosures.

California has been one OF our i'm
portant commemorative for more than
generation. Her name and fame
have been heralded In every part Of the
earth. But her future presents
brighter outlook than the most rOseate
days Of the past The unfolding Of
events that has come as the result OF
the part that Uncle Sam has played In
the Philippines during the last Two or
three years is destined TO make her the
great gateway TO the Orient and the
avenue through which our trade reia-
tons with the far east must necessarily
be enlarged to proportions 50 nearly
mDrgumscriLed as to be impossible OF
conception by man.
The people OF Utah have ever looked
upon California with peculiarly friend
ly feelings. 1t is not strange that they
should do soi for at one time it seemed
highly probable that the state which
has a Pacific coast OF more than iUO
miles was to become theig permanent
uul4r instead oil tnJ mUlc dcsUIdtu ana
.UiuIuumg waste tnal tHey agivUtyl as
an abiding pace IN the businesses ol
.ue ROCKY Mountains. NOW mat tney
are to be drawn closer to the people OIL
California, through the medium OF a
uyo raluuad line, the construction OF
which will bring increased commercial
ana social relations, the feeling Is IN
tensiied,
To the investor, the sightseer, the
healthseeker and the home maker
California offers many inducements.
Her advantages are splendldly adyer-
Used by people who know now 10 ad-
yertlse. IN this particular the south
ern Pacific has done much ana Will
continue TO DO much more. The state
attractions have been presented IN
thousand ways.
by very reason of the novelty Of all
things IN California, the traveller can
not inform himself IN advance too thOT-
ouguly concerning them. lie viii see
strange and occasionally grolesque veg
etauUn farmers engaged IA pursuits
the character OF which ne almost sure
~ VIII not understand, historical ruins
belonging to civilization which has
| passed away, lordiy country mansions,
=
| abandoned placer mines with tragic
| histories, and thousand other things
which, II understood, viii arouse inter-
| est and yield rich pleasure. The traV-
/ eler VINO assumes lofty indifference
! To the presence OF strangers with whom
/ he may be thrown Will surely miss
/ much. The gOOd-nature OF Calilor-
/ mans, their positive unselhshness,
/ manifested In a desire that all others
! should share the good things they en-
/ JOY MAKES them the most delightful
| OF travelling companions, and, as a rule,
easily approachable.
GENERAL FEATURES.
California has two great mountain
| ranges running north and south, par
! allel to the Pacific Ocean, and extend
! ing from the northern extremity OF The
/ state tWo-thrds of the way TO the
southern end. The one on the eastern
border OF the State is the Sierra Ne
yada; that on the western, abutting up
on the ocean. the Coast Range. These
two ranges meet at their northern and
southern ends, and thus inclose the
| great interior basin, which, $50 miles
long and 50 miles wide, comprises with
the contiguous foothil region, the bulk
OF the arabic lands Of the state.
The southern meeting point Of the
ranges is TehaChapi Pass South OF the
pass are numerous minor ranges, which
have general eastery and westerly
trend. The principal OF these are the
Sierra Madre. north Of Los Angeles,
and the san Berardino Range east Of
| Los Angeles.
The great basin north OF Tehachapi
Pass Is drained by two pincipal rivers,
the Sacramento In the northern end,
flowing south. and the san joaquin In
the southern end, flowing north. These
meet midway IN the great basin, and,
as a single stream. now westward
through a break In the Coast Range
emptylng into the Bay Of San Francis