The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-09
Os a .ELEs. Cal. Aug. 81

west and then on to California" The
people of this state surely have a cor
ner Of the garden of the Union all 10
themselves. The seven counties COM
prising southern California are larger
than the state OF Pennsylvania. This
region is called the land of the aft
ernOcn,' and / think its men ought to
be known as the hopeful sons Of the
morning The pOpui4Jion here AFFORDS
g fine example of "a long pull q strong
Pull, and pull altogether" 1t is
line thing TO see people standing up
for home and country, and the way
these folks crack up California IS al
caution.
They seem to be totally unmindful CT
the rest of the $4,000, 600 Americans who
live over the mountains in the dirsc-
lion the sun comes from. OF course.
it's all right for them TO become ID
, sorbed i'm the work of building up their
own part of the great domain, but il
makes the rest of us feel bad to see
how they leave US out OF their plans
and calculations.
one might as well be from the In
dian Territory as from the richest state
IN the Union, as far as impressing
Californian is concerned. the attitude
Of these dwellers in the land of roses
IS like the mandate OF the children
whose parents lived i'm the largest
house on the blOCk-''if YOU don't play
in our yard you can't be in it When
ever leadership thus asserts itself
there is generally a crowd of young
sters ready to climb the fence and ges
in the game. and by the same token
California IS growing.
The Los Angeles chamber OF COM
merce is one Of the most aggressive
institutions Of the kind in the world.
il has an exhibit of products covering
H.T ID
is just preparing to move into a new
building. which will cost $275 900. and
where $4,000 feet of floor space will be
devoted ~ a permanent display Of Cat
ifornia products. At all the EXPOSE
tions during the last fifteen years there
has been a tall. nervous man with
sharp eyes and bushy gray muStaChe
and goatee. who harangued the crowds
with stories about the big vineyards
and sweet oranges and tan corn and
large pumpkins that grow in the boun-
teOus land 81 the sunset. His name is
Wiggins--M Missionary Virgins This
lran has done n powerful lot of cleo
uoneering for California. He is what
has been called q "first-rate booster.
and he has several hundred thousand
able assistants who remain at home
and work on every tenderfoot that hap
pens along
They certainly do things on a whole
sale scale out this way. The traveller
down the coast from San Francisco 10
Los Angeles rides through thirty-fve
miles of growing beans. There is one
big tract of 5000 acres owned by one
man. a bean ranch" may sound rather
odd, but i'm order 20 perpetuate th4
good name of your old friend of BOs-
ton baked fame, California is doing its
best. tt looks like 900 car loads OF
this crop every year ought to make
the bean eaters feel comfortable, and
That is now the annual output.
IL is a fact that nothing is done by
, valves i'm California. IF a fellow goes
fishing and fails to land fish anything
short of the size Of half-grOwn horse
he thinks he has had am off day Al
catalina islands. near Los Angeles. a
woman caught fish weighing 41G
rounds. 1t was so big around in thu
thickest part Of the body that a man
couldn't reach around il with his two
arms. An ordinary water bucket could
be hidden in its open mouth. She had
no assistance whatever. and although
II was as big as a 2-year-oId heffer
landed it with am ordinary pole and
line. and 1t wasn't a very good day for
fishing at that.
California is the home of the honey
bee. and the paradise of the landlord
There are statistics to prove this state
1nent. Last year the state exported 500
car loads Of honey. 1t is not strange
that the busy little bee is partial to this
favored CLINE, because flowers grow
wild here with the same profuSion that
smart weed tlOuriSheS i'm other less IA
vored regions. There are 5000 rooms
for rent i'm Los Angeles During the
greater portion of the year the rooms
al taken sign flaps idly i'm the play
tul southern breeze as it bangles from
It's place on the front porch. The rates
at the principal hotel are higher than
Hf tho WafHnFf- A efFtwfa Dr., -g4.-f
Oh. prosperity! In sending all these
eastern tourists. surely thou hast Wis
tied upon the California landlord more
than his wOnted share Of earthly bless
ings,
An eastern woman can be recognized
out here because she will carry par
asOl. and an eastern man will always
have paper money That's the only
way you can tell them unless they
have a satchel. The prevailing Il aa
of semi-trODical climate is that the
natives seek the shady places and take
their time in getting about from one
place 10 another. IL isn't so. Every
fellow you meet is in a hurry He
planks his heels down on the sidewalk
with as much vim IS an eastern SUD
Crbanite on a frosty morning. The
women out here get mussed up in the
bargain-day jams just like they do in
the dear old east. 4 climate that viii
viii put ginger in the blood of the
people.
California land. which. thirty years
ago. went a-begging al s. an acre. Will
raise this year 10000 car loads of or
anEes and lemons. The best Of the
soil which produces this golden sun
= kissed fruit now sells for s.. 600 an acre.
This is the highest priced real estate.
exclusive OF choice city property in.
the world. Such high values have given
rise TO unusual conditions. In the town
OF Redlands. which has 5000 inhabi-,
tants. there are 1872 miles OF curbed
streets. The country roads are sprin-
killed. with oil. even as the thOrOughfares
OF eastern cities are dampened with
water. In Pasadena. with a population
or $4,000. there are rs persons each
worth more than a million dollars.
The productiveness Of this rare cor
ner Of the world is indeed 2 marvel.
The estimate for this year is 2.200 cars
OF vegetables and celery: $50 cars OF
nuts, 1l5 cars Of raisins and dried fruit
1000 cars of canned goods and all
through the long list including wine.
beet sugar. picked olives and Detrole-
um. the calculations must he made in
car load lots. All forms Of life seem
IN thrive under this balmy. constant
sun, The feathered tribe is represented