The Newtown bee., 1904-04-29
PARADISE AND SAN DIEGO, CAL.
MRS ANAH SPENCER OF GREENWICH, DAUGHTER OF DIR AND MRS H. H. FAREWELL OF NEW MILFORD, WRITES OF HER EXPERIENCES IN CALIFORNIA.
Pasadena, Cal,

We came over to Pasadena to-day, and while it is much smaller than Los Angeles, it is very, very beautiful. Orange Grove is considered by many the most beautiful avenue in all south ern California. For miles one goes down broad street, densely shaded by palms, and pepper trees, with here and there rubber trees, eu and live oaks, to give variety. The houses are as fine as any to be found any where in the East, and most of them are one mass of gorgeous ly towering vines. One of the favor ties is "Bogoinia villia," (don't guar antee spelling), that when in bloom is a solid mass of wonderful reddish pur- pie. Another favorite has flowers of the deepest orange, and to-day l saw for the first time vine that was clam bering nearly to the top, of glossy dark green, three-lobed, with deep red blossom, of about the size and col or, of large single dahlla, with yell low center. The Hotel Raymond is on hill, above and overlooking the city, with mountains on every side, most of them snow capped. We think some of spending but one day here, and moving on to San Diego tomor- row, tho we have settled nothing deti- nite as yet. I can't write any more, for MT Spencer is hurrying me up to % and see the ostricheS. Pasadena is sometimes called "Crown of the Val ley"
 San Diego, Cal.,
 February 20, 1904.
 We left Los Angeles this morning at 8. 4S, and got in here about l o'clock. The trip was a delightful and inter- esting one. The first hours ride was through highly cultivated, and per fectly level plain, though there, as everywhere else in California, noun tains could always be seen in the back ground. Groves of oranges, olives, apples and nuts were on both sides the track, all well irrigated. The irriga- tion is done by long shallow ditches, running between each row ot trees, and in some fields intersected by other ditches running at right an gles to the first set of ditches, making little squares running lengthways of the orchard are all that are used. The water in most, if not all cases, is pump ed by windmill into big tank at the upper end of the farm,-I suspect the source is apt to be an artesian we'll From this tank the water runs ir somewhat deep and large ditche' around the entire farm, and between l fields. In the best cultivated farms these large ditches are apt to be ce mented at bottom and sides to pre- vent any unnecessary waste of water Then at the head of each field or sec tion, is a sluiceway, into which th' water can be turned at pleasure, t( water that particular field, then turn ed off when sufficient moisture has been provided. One apple orchard we passed by had just been watered. l was the four square ditch variety, ant the water stood even with the top O the shallow ditcheS around each tree One would have required rubber boot to get about. The water is turned in to each field once in so often durin the dry seaSOn-(O (Once week SOmeOn said, though as to that do not know Many of the poorer farmers get alonl fairly well without this system of irr1 gation, but their crops are not s ly dry year, they are complete faL ure, Those well posted, however, sa that five or 10 acre farm, well cult
 vated and irrigated, will bring i enough to support small family l comfort, and is far more desirable tha 50 or 100 acres without irrigation f; cilities and only half tended. Afte about an hours ride we came to hi ly section, entirely uncultivated, an evidently used for grazing. Saw se' = eral as large herds of cattle and shee
 as l have seen anywhere insthe Yves
 After leaving San Juan, Cal, we can
 out on the sea shore, and for probab
 50 miles we ran along low, sane
 beach, from 50 to 200 yards from tn
 water. The Pacific to-day seemed { |. still as Lake Waramaug. Still by or
 or two small boats that 1 saw, l su
 pect the swell was considerable A - ter little the road ran along on u
 bluffs, farther back, perhaps quart,
 or half mile from the water, yet a ,r ways in sight of it until we had pass, k Del Mar, then we saw no more of u T. ocean till we came out along side = San Diego harhor. We have got St
 tied down quite comfortably but ha
 seen nothing of the town as yet. Yt
 terday afternoon in coming from Pas h. dena we stopped off at the big ostri
 farm. There are about 15O full groN
 birds there. They weigh from 300
 $50 pounds apiece, and a pair, req