The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-01-29
CALIFORNIA; RICHES
AND SPLENDID CLIMATE
Fruits and Flowers, Lovely
Homes, Wealth and
Enterprise.
Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 10, 1903.

A trip from Georgia to California is a
long one, requiring four days and five
nights. The journey is looked upon as
a tedious and wearisome one, and in a
measure this is true, but with modern
conveniences in Pullman cars, it is
made comparatively an easy trip. The
varied scenery of mountain and valley
streams and fields, towns and cities, to
be seen enroute, breaks the monotony
and opens, as it were, book for perus-
al, by observation, of pleasing surprises
and increasing interest.
Los Angeles is busting, thriving
city with population made up OF
people from every state in the union
and all nationalities, American, French,
italian, Japanese, Chinese, African,
Mexicans, Spaniards, etc.
The climate is sub-tropical, warm in
the day and cool at night and morning.
1t has elegant buildings, well kept
STREETS and all modern Improvements.
Flowers are in full bloom, ripe straw
berries are plentiful, and the hotels are
crowded with health and pleasure
seekers It's parks and lakes are attrac-
tive, and the Pacific ocean, few miles
away, gives beauty that is enhancing,
although sometimes it is. not so "Pa-
| cific," but it's angry pillows come dash
ing in as if they would destroy every
thing in their wake.
Los Angeles is amid scenery the most
beautiful in the world and it impresses
one as land of changeless skies and
climatic peace.
Nearly all the products of the tropics
grow in Southern California. Most
beautiful plants and trees of foreign
lands have been imported and flourish.
1t is the outdoor hot-house CT America.
1t is not only the land of the invalid in
quest of health, but it is the land of the
enterprising searchers after wealth ;
and it is likewise a productive land,
where the orange, the fig, the raj
| sin grape are common staples.
Wine by the million gallons are pro-
duced. 1t is said that Los Angeles and
Pasadena have more people well fixed
in incomes, and who have found here
| the charm of existence, than any por-
ton of the United States. Los Angeles
is an old Spanish-American town, but
is now city of immense business &C
tivity, the social capital of Southern
California The mid-winter of Califor-
MIA is miracle of climate and color,
| the matchless flower garden of the
world. 1t has lured thousands of peo-
/ pie here and still the tide increases.
A ride over the beautiful streets to
the oil districts reminds one of a city
windmllls. In yards can be seen these
windmills to pump the oil from mother
earth. The icity authorities have pro-
hibited the owners encroaching too far
in the center OF the city and many peo-
pie have wealth who are not permitted
to get possession of it.
Santa Monica and Ocean Park, ada
cent to Los Angeles, abound with hotels
and are crowded with health seekers
and those who desire to get away from
the cold weather in the north and west,
San Francisco is the growing city in
the United States. is 482 miles from
Los Angeles. It is reaping big ORR
entail trade. The trade with China is
immense. The distance to the orient
by ship is 700 miles, made in ten days.
The chief articles shipped to China are
-four and cotton. The wheat exports
the past year amounted to 10000, 900,
-four exports 100000 and the mer-
chandise SAC, $40. CALIFORNIA; gold
production for 1902 was over $1S,0O0,-
600, the wheat crop $14, 0oo,o00 Cali
fornia shipped during the past year, ac-
cording to statistics before me, 22,000
car loads of oranges of $50 boxes each.
The state produced 81 ,734 900 worth Of
lima beans, 3.75O,000 pounds OF honey,
1000 900 barrels Of crude oil ana B 800, :
600 pounds of almonds.
Fuel oil has already worked a revolu-
ton In manufacturing. Factories in
this delightful climate can be carried
on the year round without interruption
from extreme heat or cold. The rivers
that flow down from the Sierra Nevada
are being harnessed and electric power
is being supplied from 300 to 400 miles
distant. propelliDg machinery in big
mills, thus discarding steam for cleo
trio power.
The Cobb county peach growers
would be delighted with the fruit pro-
ductiyeness ofCalifornia.
There are a number of Mariettans in
Los Angeles-Rev. Hugh x. Walker,
former pastor of the Marietta Presby-
terrain church, Mrs. Pratt and family,
Mr.. L. A. Baker and family, Mr.. Ed
s-Fowler and family, and6d badly others.
ts N are charmed with IL home here
Lon oil