Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03


And with the decided drop
thermometer the wind sweeps from the and porche
deserted for parors succeed the sy gown and Deep
COOL refreshing sleep tired natures sweet restore without
possibility of that tod sutrnes that makes
night worse than the heish day it succeeds
Perhaps padres first knew and appreciated the bessedne
climate perhaps that why they established themselves
here Anyhow they knew how to build their houses gain the
best of it, and the mission style still the suitable here
whether it be for business, public use or home
American good many years realize the glory
the Los Angeles Travellers and many Of them
But journey here then long and aduous The
the desert Pullman proved terrible and the
commodatons when they arrived of the best.
But gradually the pueblo grew and around it became
and then city The orange first drew the seers the fact that
citrus grove would yield fortune Men tried
and grew rich Others heard the tales of agriculture and fol-
lowed Lemons succeeded olives proved protabe other fruits
And the valleys settled and
trade increased did the city for commercial enrepo
necessary this central between the mountains and
the Here the besthe very beso the ideal climate
Of Southern California and here the people built
Irrigation problem made the desert bloom
bossomed heretofore All the land lacked
ming for the fast growing and vegetation when
the ceased found that water plenty TELL during the
season. allowed and away Then when
the summer came the crops cried out for it in vain
Some one irrigation. The impoundd during
When the need let out
the thirsty land which drank eagerly and returned interest
many fold "Whoso shall give of cold water for My sake
is written-and hereabouts they know that it is true.
Irrigation made Los Angelest the final touch What had
hitherto parched through nine months Of the
with the fertile land the globe Crop
ceedd crop throughout the changing Between the
budened grew vegetabeuch vegetables the east ever
knew Fruits berries meonsa foushed like the tabled
bay and the starved begged for of natures munf
Water-and the world of wonders has only begun
With the production amply assured the
rush people benefit thereby Los Angeles became city almost
night The great increase in products made like
shipping and the railroads promptly
date Surrounding villages into small towns and became
production and distribution They packed the prod
negborhood Los Angeles gathered them by
wholesale and made her handmaden So too with the
in production grew augmented other things
citys characteristic She settled
upon whole southwest Goods
bulk for the smaller places herebouts Great warehouses
them Their distribution became OF the cy
main businesses, and its future assured
thing needed completely to establish Los
Angeles mistress of the Oil settled
It's discovery the last link building Los Angeles
to greatness found right the city ITSELF making its
only that of production nothing required Factories
grew onah goud The process of making here what
rather than of bringing from the east put in
practice only begun yet its maximum is inconcevable
sites water demand all here and what mate
as are not found be brought cheaper than
products Day after day growth in this dec-
and the city getting sessanng and self
sufficient basis.
Of one sort of raw Angeles need look
further than her surrounding mountains These rich in
especially gold and from themony scratched on the surface
far-untod wealth is drawn.
Naturally with this great awakening Los Angeles began to
ranspoatonthe cheapest form
world knows At her door she found her Pedro
natural bay here needed only docks and to make
finest the and eighteen miles Of railroad to make
gateway the city, The is building the break
today the docks there awaiting its completion but
already in daily use.
When remembers that between Mexico and Puget Sound
four natural harbo and that in San Pedro this city
the best with another San Diego I25 miles away tor over
business, commanding commercial readily
And with whares for coasng vessels Redondo Santa
Monica Los Angeles and other places its shipping facilities
all that could be asked
all the surrounding OF
transportation ample for both freight and
anscontnenta railroads gdron the whole region