Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-12

CroSsiuS tHe pcautilul valley viii
| its carpets of flowers and its softl,
breathing air. passing the great citru.
belts OF Redlands and other places
and the pretty historic. old mission
posts, where Catholic and Mormon
for time lived side by side. they al
length reached the paradise of Pasa
dena. with its wealth of roses, its
joyous birds and its groves of orange
trees Here Mr. and Mrs. Herr met
number of their Durango friends
and found them all apparently well
enjoying themselves, and prosperine
In business.
At San Jose they visited some rela
tives. and also made it point to see
as much as possible of this wonder
full prune district. The prospects for
the fruit and prune crop this year
are the best that have ever been seen
in that section of the country. They
also visited the Lick observatory. all
of which they found very interesting.
On again through the San Gabriel
valley. they found everything "
prosperous. wheat in abundance
crops of all kinds looking exceedingly
well, and, in fact. splendid prospects
for fruit all over California.
The week at San Diego was pleas.
antly passed mingling with the whirl
and gayety of the modern pleasure
ground. AT Santa Barbara. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herr visited Miss Anna Brad.
ford. who is well known in this sec
ton. having lived both at Silverton
and Durango. Miss Bradford has
charge of a sanitarium in the old
mission town. one of the most beau
tiful spots on the Pacific coast. and
Mr.. Herr found her happy and pros
porous, doing good business and en-
loving life in sunny California.
Catalina island was the next stop
ping place. Here Mr.. and Mrs. Herr
spent two delightful weeks. filled
to overilowing with pleasure There
are more natural attractions at Cata-
lima, Mr.. Herr says, than at any other
point which they visited. To the
lovers of boating and fishing there is
sport in abundance. Fish of all kinds
are found in the waters. and Mr. Herr
was fortunate enough to arrive there
just in the right season to join in the
sport of catching yellow tails" a
noted gamy fish that abounds in these
waters.
From San Jose they proceeded to
San Francisco. which they found the
New York of the Pacific coast Like
all other points visited. San Francisco
seemed to be very prosperous, bust
men and every one feeling jubilant
over the outlook for that part of the
country. A great deal of capital
seems to be coming in there being
good investments in all branches of
business. as well as in real estate.
On the whole it looks as if San Fran
cisco was on the eve of a great ad-
vance in business and population.
largely due to the increase of ship
ping over the Pacific waters and gen
eral prosperity of the Pacific coast.
Despite the beauties of the Pacific
coast, Mr.. Herr thinks the climate is
not surpassed by that in Colorado.
He says that while he believes they
enjoyed the average California wealth
er, yet he has seen more pleasant
days during the short time he has
been back in Colorado than they had
in California during the entire trip
They were quite disappointed in not
being able to use the summer clothing
which they took with them.
A great deal of the prosperity OF
the Pacific coast, according to Mr.
Herr's opinion, is due to the wonder
full tourist travel of which there was
more this year than ever before.
Every hotel and boarding house was
full to the guards, and at the present
time a large number of hotels are in
process of construction all along the
line.
One of the disagreeable features
that is met with in California is the
fact that many of the native people
are becoming something like Jehus of
Niagara Falls, apparently laying in
wait for the unwary. 1t seems there
is tourist price in everything as
well as a native price and to be con
stantly "bled" for a month or more,
is not a pleasant experience for a
man under any conditions. The aver
average tourist is willing to pay a
good price for good accommodations
but would rather give $50 honestly
than be cheated out of 20 cents.