Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
LA FIESTA AND LOS ANGELES

people from all over the United states,
who even now are headed this way 70
enjoy the unique delights OF La Fiesta.
Already the pressure on the hotels is at
top notch. the demand for accommoda-
tions is intense and the prospects are
that despite the official absence Of the
shriners, the city will have almost as
great a crowd as would have been the
case had not one Canadian Collins got
cold feet.
Los Angeles. however, Is well pre-
pared for this great indux-better, In
fact, than ever before During the
three years which have elapsed since
the last Fiesta this city has added one
third TO her population. She has ex-
panded i'm every direction. Suburbs
which then were isolated villages, like
Hollywood, Colegrove, Garvanza and
many others, are now practically in
tesral parts of the parent city. Down
town blocks that were vacant or COW
cred with shacks have been cleared
and on them are towering, substantial
buildings of which any place might be
proud. Great hotels loom up all over
the heart of the city, prepared to care
for thousands where hundreds over
crowded before, and elegant inns far
ther out offer delights unspeakable.
The city has assumed prominent
place as a hostess, and has risen inl
full to It's duties in this respect.
But in more striking degree even
than this, the growth Of Los Angeles
will be emphasized to every visitor
even to those who, charmed by its won
derful climate and beauty, come here
winter after winter to enjoy it. The
remarkable extension of it's homes. the
spread of miles and miles of cozy resi-
dences over tracts that were ranches
a year ago, the rush and clamor of
building on every hand the inpouring
thousands who are planting them
selves, their lares and penates here
all these betoken not only a normally
increasing community but an thrush
such as no other city on the globe can
duplicate.
which neither envy, hatred nor malice
can stop. There are inalienable quail
ties and advantages possessed by Los
Angeles which no other known spot
can hope to duplicate and which insure
its destiny as a metropolis beyond
oavil. 1t is we'll even for us who have
been blessed with a residence here to
take note of these, and to render thanks
accordingly, the while we recount them
to less fortunate creatures who would
come here if they could.
OF the Southern California climate
too much cannot be said. 1t is as near
perfect as man knows. Full of ozone
and the soft, balmy tang of the sea,
it is never cold enough to freeze nor
warm enough to swelter. In the dead
Of the eastern winter, when blizzards
rage and people shiver, roses bloom
here, and the hills and dales are gor-
geous with every variety of blossom.
In the summer when elsewhere folks are
lodging tornadoes or smothered with
damp, oppressive heat, we sleep under
blankets the whole year through.
There is never day too hot for pleas
ure or too cold for comfort; the cyclone
is unknown, the thunderstorm a phe-
nomenon and the sirocco absolutely
impossible. The whole beauty of nature
is concentrated here from one years
end to another, in perpetual sunshine
and balminess.
Added to climate is the delight of liv-
ing where the coal trust and the ice
trust are equally unknown; where one
may have his own vine and figtree and
his own roof over his head; where there
is pleasing work for all at good pay,
without arbitrary Interference; where
man has combined with nature to make
a beautiful city. ideal for homes and
home surroundings. All these-the
main features of an ordinary life-are
not equaled anywhere else.
Is it any wonder, then, that last year
10000 human beings sought Los An
geles alone, not figuring in it's sur
rounding cities, for permanent homes?
Is it any wonder that the city is going
to spend millions for an overwhelming
water supply for its future? That it
will soon extend its borders to take in
the entire region from the mountains
to the sea, that all its people may en-
joy common advantages? That money
is going into new buildings at the rate
of $2.0OO.OOO and more every month?
That each day records new industries,
manufacturers, wholesalers, coming
here? That the demand for homes
makes a rent sign a curiosity. and can
not be met no matter how fast they
are built?
Think of these things, you who do
not know Los Angeles, and you will
get a glimpse at Its reason for being
and it's wonderful progress. And those
who do know and realize it's destiny,
be glad that you got in early; its for
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