Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-31
Los ANGELES A WONDERFUL CITY.
Promoting Every Industry. Business and
Profession With Mighty Energy.

The CENSOR is privileged to publish
the following letter, written by Gen E
NJ Rogers, to friend in this city. from
Los Angeles, California, under date OF
January 10Th
With some delay, we arrived in good
condition This is the season when the
rainy days are frequent and by the
morning papers called golden showers
from the heavens, good for the crops.
This is certainly wonderful city; a peo-
pie promoting every industry and busi-
ness, also professions with a mighty
energy An American city of sixty
years, Is marvellous in development. The
old Pueblo mission days have gone to
the Chinese, the few natives looking on,
while d cosmopolitan people from all the
states are promoting city of grast ex-
pectations We note the early n.4asard
and bay window period beyond the brick
age then came the stone period, follow
ed by steei and now buildings of cement,
enduring as the ages, solid as the Rock
Of Ages II is pre-eminently an hotel
town, an apartment city rooms furnish
ed to rent houses to let There are
many beautiful homes, pleasant lawns
blooming il)wers, fragrant and 'dulce
A few buiId in the old mission style
brought by Frsnciscsns from Mexico
the builders of Mexico from Spain who
followed the moons. Little 'bo-peep'
villages are nestled in every nook round.
ahout additions are made weekly, all
pushing toward the west, where three
steam and five electric tracks speed
away every three minutes to the ocean
the sea, TO note the ceaseless rush of hu-
inanity and hear the never-ending roar
Of old ocean, which ponnds the shore
with q mighty force and seldom calms
itself
Los Angeles will soon reach the ocean
and loin the cities that now have bouie-
varded and built for twelve miles on the
beach Then ! am of the opinion the
determined boomer, the real estate man
will build ii0ating gardens Tor thu sur.
plua population that will come to wit
ness human energy 10 see the golden
sunset in the ailyery ocean. ! note the
incoming procession Of men and women
from all prts oto our tierrie some with
trunEs, others suit cases, grips and teie-
scopes. Some of the peopie have pet
dogs, some prefer cats. while note some
parrots crying out with their small use
Of Webster hungry or profane | also
note canaries knitting and gossiping
among the passengers of the limited
Sunshine all the way l note among
the arrivals many who represent the
farms Of the west, where prosperity has
enabled him to take a lay.off. New
England arrivals are numerous, to in
vest or rest in warmer atmosphere
than around the Unitarian center Of ed
ucation, refinement ank cod fishing.
The storms usually scheduled along
the forty fifth degree of latitude, seem
to have shunted aud run down the noun
tains, their native element; down over
California, Nevada, New Mexico, Ari-
z1ns and Texas. Deep snow, cold waves
| over the Sierrss, have caused some alarm
as to frost which has touched some low
| placee, but / do not understand much
damage has been done. When frost is
predicted caused by the north wind, fire
baskets are filed and at the danger sig.
nal, p. m. are fired. the smudge hang
ing over the fruit and keeping it from
free Zing.
The cutoff read to Salt Lake has q
wild boom on-searching for treasures
IN the earth. California, so long with
out fuel for manufacturing now by the
great law of years ago, has fuel to burn
oil and a surplus to ship via Pana
ma