Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-10
REDLANDS AND PASADENA.


To the Free Press:
SiXtY-six miles of rails and between
two and three hours on the cars axe the
traveller from Los Angeles to beautiful
Rodlands. lying forty miles due east
cf the larger city as the crow MES.
Rcdlands is beyond question one of the
most attractive inland cities in Califor-
mia 1t is surrounded by mountains. two
toaks of which San Bernadiito ana
,;orgonio rise l0,Co0 and 200, feet and
are still capped with snow. Twenty-Five
years ago Eedlands was an arid waste,
with practically no vegetation but sage
brush and cacti. Now 1t is town OF
about 1000 inhabitants. the dnoryards
and grounds around the humber dwell
ing houses being filled with palms and
orange trees, while it possesses many
spacious and elegant places. the homes
of wealthy people vino hay" been drawn
there by the natural and acquired beauties
of the spot. The soil and climate Mt II
especially for orange culture, and the
village is surrounded by thousands of
acres Of orange orchards, the trees in
which are simply loaded with yellow
globes.
In company with Mr. f. L. shaw W.
visited mis- ranch. within the city limits,
from which he has picked thousand
boxes of navel oranges this season ana
has still fruit enough to fill from ~" l"
1900 more boxes uIon his trees. besides
valuable crops of olives and crap" fruit
This is but one of hundreds of such
ranches stretching upon every hand. ana
the packing and shipping of oranges -.
| Judge, the chief business of the town.
nll co",i"'''n w " ,.r'tts ,,Iotin,
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ur'"'E '"'", ."e "",'i ,.a, ,i
'hry ii'ly Si'p a. amy 49, Do,,,ri.
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'n' 'o".n ',,ar' Nv, "a, ron,n
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OF many minimum ,tt4 ..,-,.,'-
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SION" an" Nol'o IA "'''e',' :
hlnj groves o. lroi'.'' 't't a
tt'eS' ana r'N' 800 ','' ~ c,.",,,
hll]'hE WIN ', nh tu'I.S 'iu ~ az ', ~,
Win perfume me N'S''i nm "''t''
IN" shade oi m'sh"'''S 81 S'Nerll anus
OF acWlAS' H"' "' S'N'!'t Sp''l'N' "'l,
Doing esp .'''"S "'''''' '''' 80 = ~, W.
sprays or Sr"N green "NlHN '"'l"'" wiz
punches 81 N'Ilo" "''SS'ns' 81 '"calNp
tuS-thc strange I''' Nh'h nee PS IL
liuli.t't ANA th'"H IT'S '.iA every "1i4'r'
this crows eighty rect ar more II
h'lghl ~ 'hr r''' "' ''sh' or zen i'''
.of trunk "a year ia southern '"l'l"r-
.nE Of palms 81 various varieties "l
.afouc1lla, 'n' "th'F 'IL"m'hi'I ili'
Iand hrs HN' -piu'rs' "l inc r-'nP""'
tree ana OF many "'h'H trees an" Su'"o'
unknown IN the temperate ""h'' mere
yuu see hedges "f cumming i"S,~ Hi'''i
feet hlSh' ana acres ul S'rdH'i"S ""'
pansies ana STOCK slil flowers ana p'lu'-
las OF noiaoIe SIZE ana p'rleo'"l cue
etc; ana lntersporSea her" ana 'H''
clumps OF hdmh'o ana van p2H'Pas 'F"S9
aud bananas twenty-five lee. 'fli an
immense century plants IRE wat
bro ht ir".n III" mountains WE''n u
the lito OF inns paradise. IL '"f'Iod i'
the topa "i the knobs ANA So pes IL
pipes ana distributed along IN" Sizes II
horlZont al burrows, ana thrto are uoi"
tor aquatic plants mere ana tner'' NH''
one stands in thiA seen" OF luNur'"u
beauty ana is told that twenty N'"r
u'i,hn,, , hi,,dn of nrass or anNthiu,
OF beauty ON us S"ilaoe' one "'siHS u
undcrsta1d What IRRIGATION '"V""S !" '"l
region Iher" are plh' p,t .., ''ihS ~