Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

Southern California that pay good in
terest ON $2500 an acre. 1t must be
understood, however, that 1T requires
considerable time and money, not to
speak OF experience. to bring them to
this point of productiveness.
Advice to Newcomers
| Land may be purchased in Los An
| geles county on easy terms Many inn
proved places, with bearing orchards
and comfortable houses are always on
the market, there being here, as else
| where, a considerable number of citi-
zens who are never content to stay
very long in one place, even though
that place be as near perfection as can
be found on earth. For those who have
the means, it Is often more advisable
to purchase one Of these improved
places than to buy raw land and i'm
prove 1t.
One Of the surprises to new arrivals
in this section is the small amount of
land that is needed to support fam
lily. 1t Is a fact that many families in
Los Angeles county not only make a
good living on five acres, or even less,
of irrigated land, carefully titled, but
also manage to lay something by every
year for rainy day. IN such cases the
farmer raises most of the food products
that are consumed by himself. his fam
lily and his stock, and always has some
thing to sell when he comes to town.
Ten acres are, In fact, about all that
one man and his family can attend to,
If worked to their full capacity, and as
soon as a settler begins to hire help
the profits decrease very rapidly. Fruit
trees can be planted on the land be-
tween them small fruits, and then again
vegetables, until the trees become too
large. Under such circumstances there
is a constant succession of crops.
The development of the horticultural
industry in Los Angeles during the past
few years has been remarkable. The
most important horticultural product of
the country is the orange. Other fruits
raised In Los Angeles county are the
lemon, almond, fig, prune, apricot, wal
nut, peach, pear and berries.
Great Playground
1t is a great mistake to suppose, as
some eastern people do, that Southern
California is n sort Of jumping off
place." partaking of "wild and
woolly" character Strangers are agree
ably surprised. on arriving here, to
find that. from a, social standpoint,
Southern California communities COM
pare more than favorably with those
of similar population in the east.
l. HIS lS HOl at all 5uIpllSllS WHSn we
consider that this section has been
chiefly settled by people of culture from
the country east of the mountains,
The school facilities of Los Angeles
are especially good. Besides the COM
plete system of public schools, private
schools and colleges abound In Los
Angeles Pasadena and other towns.
Many eastern people avail themselves
of the opportunity to send children with
a tendency to weak lungs to a country
where plenty OF out-of-door exercise
is a possibility every day in the year.
Most of the leading religious denomi-
nations are represented, not only by
scores OF churches but, also by one or
more religious colleges. The work on
the school is further supplemented by
an army OF specialists in music, paint
ing and every department Of art, The
Chautauqua has an active membership
OF nearly thousand and meets an
nually at Long Beach. Lectures and
other entertainments, by home and
foreign talent, are OF almost daily oc-
currence. The educational and social
facilities afforded by Los Angeles are.
in the widest sense of the word, un-
surpassed. Public libraries are num-
erous and well stocked with the latest
works.
There is not a secret society OF any
Importance that Is not represented. Los
Angeles society is cosmopolitan, every
state In the Union, and almost every
country In the world, being numerously
represented. Visitors and newcomers
are soon made to feel at home, and