The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-07-13
THE GOLDEN STATE,
Interesting Letter on California
Written by Rev Morgan.
VISITS MANY PLACES OF NOTE

Los Angeles, the Most Important City
of Its Size, in The Country. Perfect
Climate, Beautiful Scenery.
(! In this letter l shall not attempt to
describe those things which are gener-
ally known but igive only brief des-
| cription of few of the principle points
OF interest that we had the pleasure OF
seeing.
California lscertainly great state
1t has every variety of climate, varying
with the locality. No one can fail to
find the climate to suit him, he may
go to his desired climate, while in the
east, one must wait for the climate II
come to him. Good weather, all the
time, in abundance is the boast of Cali
fornia. But what do they raise IL
California? presume that no state or
territory in the Union raises as grea
variety of valuable products as Ca!-
fornia. In this land of eternal summer
both the temperate and semi tropical
products are raised. The principl.
fruit crop raised in profusion and per-
lection are the orange, lemon, grape,
prune, peach, apricot, cherry, pear,
straw berry. blackberry, raspberry
logon berry, nectarine, pinapple,. figs.
olives, apples, plums. grapefruit, guava
currents. !oquots, and in come locali-
ties the banana. The English walnu
is the easiest raised and one of the
most proftAbl crop in California
The orchards are not generally small
as they are in the East but are usually
very large. 1t is common thing to
see hundreds OF acres. in one orchard.
But fruit and nuts are not the only
thing raised extensively in California
All varieties Of. garden products
grow the year round. The gardens are
generally very extensive. We have
often seen over 600 acres in one field OF
white beans and over 1000 acres in one
field of sugar beets. 1t it not Lncom-
mon to see over 100 acres in one field
of celery. The alfalfa is the princi-
pie hay crop, oats, barley and corn are
raised, but the wheat crop is enormous
the quality being first grade and it is
shipped to all parts of the world.
The ornamental trees such as the fan
palm, the date palm, the pepper tree.
eucalyptus, the banana. the sycamore
the live oak, the grevilla and yucca
palm line the walks, streets and boule-
wards But that for which California
IS famous is the perfect profusion OF
the choicest of flowers. Twelve months
in the year western California is
blessed with all variety. of flowers, the
choicest and most numerous Of which
are the rose and calla.l lilly.
shall now give brief account Of
some of the important places of inter
est that we had the pleasure of visit.
ing. 1t was a wonderful inspiration to
attend the General conference. To
look over that great audience of about
5000 people from all over the United
States, and at the large delegated body,
the Legislators of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and from every
country on earth, was privileged of a
life time. The audience room was
beautifully decorated, the music was
such as only a great city would pro-
duce, and the lectures, sermons and
addresses were the best that the great
est protestant church ON earth could
give. One thing seemed to impress
every one. how wonderfully has God
prospered Methodism. It's an honor to
be member of such a denomination
Through the generosity of the local
churches, lemonade, oranges and
flowers were served gratis, the entire
month of May to all delegates and visit
ors in the annex Of the pavilion in
which the conference was held. 1t is
estimated that over 10000 visitors
were attracted to Los Angeles by the
General Conference.
There is probably no American city
OF equal size that is so widely known
throughout the United States, and
even in foreign countries as Los
Angeles. This is partly due, no doubt,
to the perfect climate, beautiful seen
cry, and persistent advertising, by the
enterprising people of the city. The
charms and attractions can only be
known by seeing it. 1t has the best
street car system and is the most
brilliantly lighted of any city of its
size in the United States if not in the
world. It's city of fine residences,
many of which have large yards where
neither money nor pains were spared
to aid nature in making it the most
beautiful possible. In the land of
eternal summer. the possibilities of
producing little paradise, is fully