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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12
CITRUS FRUIT CAPITAL
IF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Almost as rich as gold mines are
the combined orange and lemon
orchards of Southern California.
and Los Angeles Is the capital of
this. the worlds greatest citrus fruit
region. 1t Is the clearing house, as
, IT were. through which this enormous
business passes. During the past
year $1,000 carloads Of oranges were
shipped from California, exclusive
of the fruit consumed here. If these
carloads of grown gold were made
up into one train it would be 200
miles long. Each ear contains 3S4
boxes. making q total of 1866, 900
for the year, or about Lob, 100000
oranges. that would reach $1,000
miles if placed in row. About
100000 acres are planted to citrus
fruits in the region over which Los
Angeles holds commercial sway, rep
rcserting an investment of some
$4,000. 900 The annual gross
average value of the California
orange crop Is so. $4,000, on a ba-
sis of $3.50 per car.
Los Angeles Is fast becoming a
manufacturing city. The develop
ment of abundant petroleum in the
city and in the adjacent sections of
the state has furnished cheap fuel.
Oil Is pumped within the city limits
at a cost equivalent to about $3.50
per ton for coal. Vast electric power
has been developed from the streams
in the mountains and Is brought to
the city frcm two sources. one
! eighty-fve miles and the other 300
miles distant The mildness of the
climate. too, Is favorable to manu-
I facturcrs. making the construction
Of expensive factories unnecessary
| and obyiating the expense of heat
ing them arti6cially.
Some Manufacturing Statistics.
There are 1850 manufacturing
establishments in the city, employing
1900 worl1nen. The estimated value
of products manufactured in Los
Angeles IN 1904 Is S42.0OO.0O0. The
total combined valuation of manu-
featured products and products of
| the soil In the territory surrounding
Los Angeles for the past year is
placed at 03,00O,000. No com
ment is necessary on this showing.
1t is a remarkable fact that, ac-
cording 10 a statement published in
the Los Angeles Times several years
ago, less than 10 per cent of the
voters of Los Angeles county. even
at that date, were natives of Cali
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admired are those built in the So
called Mission style, and the
modified Moorish types, with soft
hued plaster" exteriors, red tiled
roofs, quaint balconies and flower
grown patios, or inner courtways.
This class of houses, ever on the in
crease, gives a distinctive touch to
the appearance of the city, and one
charmingly in keeping with the
southern cline.
1t Is impossible to speak of Los
Angeles without at least referring to
climate. Southern California climate
Is a subject that has been pretty well
DONE and set climate is the logi-
cal starting point for an analysis of
Los Angeles tremendous growth,
present prosperity and brilliant
prospects. Climate made the orange
grow here, and the orange turned the
eyes of the world toward this part of
California. A wonderfully fascinat-
ing thing to the uninitiated, that
golden fruit Thus climate brought
the home-seeking capitalist and the
home-making rancher. Through
them, and therefore through climate.
all the other great resources that
have since made the region what it
Is, and that nOurish It's great, vital
city of today, we're developed.
Climate brought the sick man In the
first place, to be cured, and he ad-
vertised the country well; but if
there had not been vital natural re
sources here to be developed and
lived on, the sick man alone could
not have made Los Angeles. Persons
afar off are sometimes wont to
knock" the city on the score that
Its chief industry Is fleeing the
delicate tourist" but the latter.
while he still finds abundant solace
here. long ago ceased to be a factor
In the life of Los Angeles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12

nevertheless additionally embelIished
by a system of public parks unsur-
passed In attractiveness. There are
sixteen of these beauty spots, one of
them embracing 500 acres and an
other 5000 acres. The latter Is a
magnificent tract of hill and valley
living just outside the city limits on
the north, reached by a boulevard. 1t
Is left In It's natural woodland state.
1t was donated to the city. and is the
largest municipal park in the world.
Los Angeles Is justly famous for
Its hotels. The city entertains thou
sands of critical people from all
over the world every year, and to
provide for their comforts has meant
the erection of many luxurious hos
telries. Such hotels as the Lanker-
SHIN, Angclus. Van Mugs and West
minister would be hard to surpass in
appointment and service. These
downtown hotels are impressive
steel frame structures from six to
nine stories high, while the select
family hotels that overlook the parks
and outlying districts are built for
the most part in graceful Spanish
and Moorish styles. A magnificent
new steel frame hostelry of over 800
rooms, to be known as the Bilicke-
Rowan Hotel. Is under course of
construction at the corner of Spring
and Fifth streets.
Brilliantly Lighted Streets.
The streets of Los Angeles are
splendidly lighted, and at night the
city presents a brilliant appearance.
It was the first municipality in the
United States entirely to abandon
gas for electricity for street lighting.
As seen from the surrounding
heights at night, the sight is a lovely
one. 1t Is ike looking over a deluge
of white stars Just fallen to earth
and apparently still falling, as the
clusters Of lights held high against
the sky on the immensely tall poles
liz the residence districts catch the
eye.
Broadway, one of the great bust
ness thoroUghfares, is now lighted
for fifteen blocks by clusters of in
candescents glowing beneath beauti-
full ground glass globes mounted on
fancy iron chandeliers eight feet
high, that are planted at intervals
along the curbs. The property
owners and business men of this
thoroughfare paid for the chande-
licrs and the installation of the sys-
TEN while the city pays the lighting
bill. At night this broad street Is
brilliant boulevard, where thousands
promenade. Spring and Hill streets
are soon TO inaugurate the same
splendid lighting system.
Los Angeles Is the commercial
metropolis of a region extending
from Fresno. in California, on the
north, down into the great mining
regions Of the northern states of
Mexico, and east and northeast
through southern Nevada, Arizona
and New Mexico. This vast region
which it supplies Is as vet only in the
infancy of its development. The
plan of government irrigation on
the Lower Colorado River. known as
the Yuma project" alone means a
great deal 10 Los Angeles CONNER
cially. About 100000 acres of fab
ulously rich agricultural land Is to
be opened to settlement and cultiva-
ton there; and these new communi-
ties will be directly tributary to Los
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-12
PROSPEROUS SUBURBS
REACHED BY TROLLEY

Prom the business heart of the CITY
these cars radiate to the wealthy and
beautiful suburban city of Pasa-
dena, the winter home of scores of
eastern millionaires, ten miles dis
tant at the foot of the Sierra Madre:
to the old Mission town of San
Gabriel and the pretty little cities
of Alhambra and Monrovia. sixteen
and eighteen miles away In the
orchard-embowered San Gabriel val
ley; soUtheasterly eight miles TO
Whittier; up to Mount Lowe. 5000
feet above sea level; to Glendale. IN
the great strawberry region of Holly
wood, in the Cahuenga valley. six
miles out; and down by the sea
through many intervening communi-
ties TO Santa Monica. Ocean Park.
Playa del Rcy, Redomdo. Long
Beach, San Pedro, Huntington
Beach (thirty-three miles distanD
and Newport. the seaport of Orange
county. San Pedro. Redondo. Pasa-
dena and the twin communities of
Ocean Park and Santa Monica are
each reached By two different cleo
trio routes, making a pleasant di-
versitv for the traveller
In the matter of steam transporta-
ton. also, Los Angeles Is most
fortunate. One of the most import
ant events that ever STRUCK" the
city was the opening Of the new Clark
railroad from Salt Lake City. This
point need not be dwelt on-Salt
Lakers appreciate it, from a fellow
feeling on the subject. Beside this
new link. Los Angeles Is connected
with the east by three other trans
continental arteries. the II Paso and
the Ogden routes of the Southern
Pacific. and the Santa Fe direct to
Chicago. II has quick communion
ton with San Francisco and farther
north by two separate routes of the
Southern Pacific and by the express
steamers of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company and the Merchants In
dependent line.
The electric roads employ 5000
men who reside in the city. and pay
out here $150.O00 a month; the steam
roads employ $500 men, resident in
the city, and disburse $1,000
monthly.
Admirable School System.
No city in the United States Is
better equipped for the education Of
It's children. This Is no small con
sidcration to persons looking for a
home location. Los Angeles has
sixty-three public school buildings.
including a state normal school. a
classical and a commercial High
school IN separate buildings. and a
truly magnificent Polytechnic High
school now under course of construc-
ton In Barnard park, that Is to cost
tens of thousands of dollars. Seven
hundred and seventy-seven teachers
are enrolled on the public school
roster of the city. There are ten
prominent private schools. some for
boys and others for young ladies,
and two colleges. There are 16S
churches of all denominations in the
city. and many of these buildings
arc architectural works of art.
4 park itself. Los Angeles Is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05

Of heart I am not positive, but from:
what L know Of him. and his people 1,
believe that y the American officers
objected and probably put a stop to,
.Ali's ecruelties,: to +. his robbing Of the.
natives to his system Of securing and
trading in: slaves and to his looting and
raiding of. neighboring tribes TO secure
women. Piang, in his. superior wisdom,
remained friendly, while Ali; went on
the; warpath that led to his death: ::
-: SE..o-'"-': - & r .es: E: -
q ! Ills J. -. ~. $50 - :
: ::.'''sThe history Of the Relationship be-
{. tween Ali and. the Americans I; learned
from patient inquiry among the: natives
and from the Filipinos and Cinnamon
who had lived: in and about Kato Batto
during the whole period. The story; al
I4gleaned it has never been printed; to
3 my: knowledge. It lis especially inter
esting. in that upon =Datto Ali himself
falls the blame of the original misun,
Outstanding between the Americans and
: the Moros that later resulted in much
bloodshed, and labor and loss. Il. y.
q 'sAtthe end of. the declarat ion; OF peace
between Spain and the United States
the Spanish troops at kato Batto eVacu
ated but left about ITO Stands of, rifle
with. the 7Filipinos for their protection
against the Moros. The River Moros
Ais men and others, were enemies o
the Lake Moros who lived about fort,
: miles distant in the mountains. !, Ate
the: troops left, Ali and Piang cam
:, to Kato Batto and borrowed a larg
number Of these rifles, saying that! til
Lake Moros were. coming . down + t
attack that part Of the country AM
they needed; the rifles for protection
( Later on the Filipinos, suspecting some
thing was wrong, sent for their rifles
Ali and Piang brought! their men. dow.
the river and stationed them ssons a
island in the river; within easy riff
range Of the town and opened fire. The
killed number Of the y nipinos an
J captured the town of Kato tBatto. 2. Th
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bridal party had reached the church
and that the march should begin. I'm
mediately his soul felt the usual thrill
Of pleasure, and the music that flowed
!, from the instrument seeued inspired.
All absorbed by. the. beauty of the
melody he was playing, he was. unmind-
full Of what was taking place in the
church until the last notes OF: the march
died away. .sg, 81 II,
Then he turned and looked down upon
the bridal party. That look was
fatal TO Matson's happiness, for the
lovely brunette, who stood before the
altar to be wed was his sown affianced
bridel
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The effect was stunning, whitening.
He did not cry out; he sat speechless,
his head sunk upon his breast. When
the ceremony was over, he gathered his
strength and stole pnnoticed from the
church.
That was his last love romance. Never
again has he placed faith in a woman
and she is still bachelor. He immedi-
ately. left Chicago for the east, where
he enlisted in. the United States navy,
and served for a few months in the
civil war. i When peace was declared,
he drifted back to Illinois and from
there to-: Wisconsin. He has been a
Wanderer for more than thirty years
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05

His parents had given him an excel
lent education in music, in accordance
with his inclinations, and in Chicago
Matson supported himself by serving as
church organist. Life took on a
bright side for him; he was happy and
popular.
But something happened, so unex-
pected and so crushing that it changed
the tenor Of his life, making him an
irredeemable misanthrope and eccentric
wanderer among mena human enigma,
Like most musicians, Matson had
much sentiment in his soul, and soon
after his arrival in Chicago he became
enamored of pretty, vivacious bru-
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Of rubber thergsupp ssiesA they would
be literally held up, their goods taken
from them and bearin 81 some compara-
lively valueless calico OF, trinketss as
pay. for their, stores, they. would be: sent
back home while Piang would market
the goods: at Kato -Batto at fabulous
profit. Their traffic in slaves was also
large and the men and women captured
from subjected tribes would yield their
tribute to the company. In this and in
other ways the riches Of the Ali-Piang
company were rapidly increased. ..
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Gin common with the other Moros
Datto Ali had a harem. How many,
wives he counted as his do not know,
but have seen, on my visits to- his
home, some eight or ten-and he prob
ably had more. Some Of the MORO
chieftains would consider that very
depleted harem as the membership, in:
some Of them ran as high as seventy.
five or eighty. Ali's wives were always
kept secluded and like his countrymen
he never took any Of them with him
on his trips away from home.
10: 81 was stationed at Kato Batto for
several months and during my stay
some. Of the principal events were the
occasional visits of Datto Ali. This
Moro! chieftain travelled in royal state.
He came down the river in his chief
tain g vinta that was rowed by sixty
trained slaves. This boat was always
decked out in the gayest of gay holiday
garbs. Fore and aft foated great purple
silk banners or pennants and, after the
coming of the Americans, from the flag
staff in the center Of the boat always
foated the stars and stripes. Other
smaller pennants covered the rigging and
on the deck the ruler sat in gaudy state
while number Of musicians continsl.
ously played what must have been a
Moro triumphal march on many large
tom-toms hung about the deck. The
paddlers forward always struck theil
paddles against the sides in time to the
pounding of the tom toms while those
in the rear of the chieftain's thron.
house, would paddle out from the boat
at arms length and with each stroke
would throw stream of water aboui
eight feet into the air making a con
: tinual fountain border effect. Ali ais,
had a drum, presented to him by al
American and this was pounded by
, slave in accord with the other music
Accompanying the chieftain 8 vint
: there were always scores of other an,
smaller craft carrying in all between
= 400 and 900 slaves. The boats Of hi
t retinue were less gaudily decked out
7 but still had share Of, the savag
3 splendor. .E3 -... = 49,.
1 "Never can I forget the first tim
: I stood on the banks of the Mindana
s river in Kato Batto and watched thi
/ strange fleet with it's stranger leade'
; I was somewhat bewildered by the ton
tom pounding and was amazed to Sc
l the regal, if barbara state in whic
: Datto Ali visited town. The leade
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house: where Mexican monte and
Chinese ,fantan: were being played and
there he remained until ,he had won Sor
lost enough. Then he and his train
would again depart. up. the river to the
pounding of : the. tom toms and Z the
rhythm Of the splashing oars. =. : - .
cali was a heavy gambler, often los
ing or winning 500 pesos, or $3.50 at one
sitting: He neverS complained, at least
not so any Of us knew, that. he swas com
planning. J., { -, : - . :.': !: .. ,
cone day when Ali was at one Of
these places, sergeant, in charge OF
the guard that day, and who had been
drinking, went upstairs where Ali was
gambling and asked for a loan of $40.
Ali told him he was. losing. and he. did
not want to break into his; stake but
would give him 10 pesos: The sergeant
took the pesos from Ali and :withl. ]. a
quick movement flung them :: into: his
face. Ali jumped up and drew his kris
and started for the sergeant: Two
colored sergeants were standing neal
and one caught Ali from behind and the
other seized the sergeant !. and threw
him down stairs. Ali s men in the
meantime who had been watching this
incident, rushed down to the boats and
caught up spears, knives. and other
weapons, and stood ready for an attack
The troops were called out, but the .ex
element died down. These two colorec
men, acting 80 quickly, prevented
bloody fight, !.
81 saw both Datto Ali and Date
Piang in town many times subsequently
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church and, convent, where the people
had gathered for protection, were rid
died with. bullets =: ss.1.,,:..., t==:'s ;.
:. 6 st:,After getting: possession Of the
town they went around to Polloc and
captured that town, putting Ali's
brother in charge Of the place and then
went: to Perang.P erang, leaving Ali In
charge; there, but later the Moros all
fell back to .Kato zBatto. By this time
the: Americans were nearly down to
Katos Batto and Ali wrote them letter
saying: that he had held the town
against the Lake Moros as long as he
could ): and tried to, keep peace ana
would be glad to have the Americans
come ;, in, and take possessions Of the
town, thus enabling him to 60 back
home. = l. !. 5. ts,5s-., 49,. ..-...
Soon, after tho Americans came to
that part Of the country there was a
conference called between the Ameri-
cans. the Lake Moros and the River
iMoros. One Of Ali g men was used as
Interpreter and he interpreted all the
friendly protestations of the Lake
Moros as hostile, and hostile protesta-
tions as friendly. A misunderstanding
arose. :. Words and threats led to a
clash. Of arms and in the disturbance
that followed one of the chieftains Of
the Lake Moros was killed. The savages
were justly indignant over. the death OF
I their leader in a peace conference, and
withdrew to-: their homes, vowing. yen
geance upon the Americans, not ky ow
i ING that the blame belonged to tle1I
hereditary enemy, Datto Ali.
~. - 3 -, II !: Et..sg
sstIn 1902, when the Americans sent
a3detachment to make reconnaissance
of the lake region, they were ambushed
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by: the natives, All of their: horses
were captured or killed, part Of their
arms and ammunition was secured and
many Of the soldiers were killed or
wounded. ~.t s>z rE'~. ~
"a punitory expedition was sent out
from Manila as soon as this incident
was reported there. I went with that
expedition. r.-s. 80.
> "There were about eight companies
Of infantry, one battery Of artillery,
two or three troops of cavalry and in all
about 1 1000 men. We had 400 or 500
Of Ali g men with the expedition to help
build a road that was necessary to
enable us to go into the country. AS
soon as Ali g men found they were not
to be allowed to fight and join in the
spoils Of war, they deserted and the
roads were then built by our own men.
We would establish a camp, work out
from that for two or three days, always
under the greatest difficulties, and then
move the camp farther into the country.
The Moros did not meet us in battle,
but attacked the camp sometimes two,
three or four times night, firing few
shots and then retiring. They would
cut down trees so that they would fall
across our roadway and in every way
retard our progress. We finally estab.
lished Camp Vickers which has since
remained permanent camp.
"LieuteIant Vickers was the leader
of the expedition that made the first
trail thru the country, but it was nearly
a year before good road was estab-
lished., We had to cut our way thru
dense forests and as it was the rainy
season the ground was very wet and
rain fell in sheets. Many of the mon
were sick and with the wounded We
had always about $50 men in hospital.
The Moros had secret trails which they
could easily traverse and thus keep up
with us and around us without our
knowing where they were or where
they would attack next. At night we
had simply to fire whenever we saw
a flash. In the daytime we could see
nothing of them tho we knew they were
all around us.
tShortly after our arrival in the lake
region our position was attacked at
night and the Moros were repulsed only
after great loss of life to both sides.
ALI of these and many more losses in
petty fights are laid at the door Of
Datto Ali, but for whose trick peace
probably never would have been
!. broken.