The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-07-10
OUT IN CALIFORNIA
Interesting Letter About The Land of
Flowers from {. A. kirkSey.

on this trip to the Pacific slope.
Innocence" asked me to look out
at the country as ! passed through
New Mexico and Arizona and think
of him. as that was his old graz
ing grounds, and perhaps for lack
OF anything more interesting in the
surroundings / did think consider
ably OF him as the train rolled wear
/ lily along through the great desert.
! l thought it must have been here he
learned some of the lessons in en-
durance and perseverance which
proved valuable to him In later
years, and that while roaming over
| that desolate barren country he ac-
qutred that ravenous ana Unsuitable
appetite for which he is noted.
Should Innocence or any one who
once knew that country visit it now
| they would be astonished to see the
wonders wrought by irrigation which
is beginning to cause the country
TO blossom like the rose. EspecJal-
ly is this true of what is known AS
the Imperial country where hundreds
OF thousands of acres are being nut
under the ditch and is producing
fabulous crops.
After crossing the desert of New
Mexico and Arizona we enter the
beautiful country of Southern Cali
fornia and the scene is delightful
almost TO intoXication when we enter
the country of orange and lemon
groves and vineyards all SET in such
beautiful straight rows and extend
ing as far as the eye can reach in
/ every direction, and some OF the
/ small boys tand larger ones TOO As
. for that matter) can hardly be re-
| strained from leaving the ears 10
rush out TO gather the ripe, lusci-
Gus oranges hanging from the trees
Here in Southern California land
values are high, but possibly not
higher than other countries every
thing considered. Orange groves set
with the best varieties of trees sell
for about one thousand dollars per
acre. and vineyards from about three
hundred TO five hundred dollars per
acre, and yields from 5000 to $500
annually for the former, and from
500 10 $500 per acre for the latter /
Alfalfa and sugar beets are profita-
bic crops here, and the price Of lands I
Tor these crops range from $25 10 f.
500 per acre for unimproved, and /
from 500 TO $400 for we'll improy-
ed land. When one considers that |
most OF these tracts consist OF from
ten to forty acres and with reason /
able improvements for a home the
price does not appear so high. Al !
faifa will average from $50 to 500 /
per acre on good land As irriga-
ton is necessary for most all crops
II Will be understood that water
rights go with the land. The elm
ate here is all that could be desired
being delightfully."- pleasant in sum
mer and never cold in winter, and
never any storms Al this time
tJuIy - we are sleeping under
blankets and need oyercoats and
wraps mornings and evenings. and
when you consider that this is
country where frost is unknown
think you will agree that the climate
is IDEAL
I have had a casual look al the
country from San Diego TO San Fran
cisco. and through the San Joaquin
Valley San Diego seems 10 have
a good healthy growth and Z think
VIII be great seaport city n the
great trans-continental railroads ever
allow Uncle Sam to cut the Panama
canal
Los Angeles is by far the Invest
town / ever visited, and uotwith-
standing the difference in size. has
more buildings in progress than San
Francisco.
While Los Angeles is surrounded
Bog very fine country. and has some
industries. t Is to 81
great extend dependent upon the
tourist for IT'S prosperity. but the
crop Of tourists seem 90 be- about
ls reliable as anything else and IT.
increasing annually Many noted
authors, actors. and artists live here
and many mtlli0nalres at the north
and east spend all err a portion of
their time here where they have
paiallai homes
a. b. Huntington has Invested
over thirty nine million dotiaR tn
slec1ricf roads here. and g. said Ca
have the best equipped mfurnrbau
roads Csc the woFid These electric
roads employ over seven hundred
men. aud have . monthly nav ro5l
y over six hundred thousand dollars
thiA citf claims = population ~ over I
40 hundred thousand. and thr pops
alton has doubled in the pas. five
Fears The buildings ror 'hn iasf
nonfh amounted - over une millson
toiiArs
s@n FRANCISCO Is n city ~ Als
hiRRs claiming 20 have the bfxw~s
aofesas biggest BOATS and manv other
hing# bigger than can be- fouma
.is~N asr~ The palmfaai humes uf
he hax four Hanfangson. Hopk4us.
STAFFORD ana Croker are mAAl4
itaa4sng &C 80 haw Bill nemr 10 each