Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-17

to irrigate more than a million acres
of land.
The Open Air Cure
Southern California as a whole has q
climate that is almost perfect, and Los
Angeles county justly boasts of pos
sessing as choice and varied climatic
conditions as are to be found in any Of
the southern counties. A remarkable
variety of climate may be found within
the borders of the county, and even
within couple of hours journey. On
the coast it is cool in summer, with
occasional fogs at night, a climate that
is soothing to the nervous. Farther
inland 1t becomes warmer, and In places
decidedly hot at times, though owing
to the dry atmosphere, a temperature
of 100 degrees here is less oppressive
than 80 degrees on the Atlantic coast.
Then as the mountains are climbed
cool, bracing air is again encountered.
On a winters day the traveller may
breakfast on the seashore. after a dip
in the ocean, lunch amid the orange
| groves, and dine in the snow fields of
| the Sierra. There is climate here to
suit everyone.
There are no winter and summer In
Los Angeles county. They are repre-
sented by wet and dry season. The
former is far from a steady downpour,
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the pleasantest time of the year. A
beautiful sight is the birth of spring in
this section, following the first consid-
cradle downfall in the winter months.
The bare, brown hills are transformed
by mantle of vivid green, soon fol-
lowed by variegated carpet of wild
/ flowers. Three or four days of rainfall
are followed by as many weeks of
sunny skies. The average rainfall is
seventeen inches.
"AlI-the.Year-Round Climate"
This is an "all-the-year-round cli
mate" pleasing in summer as well as
| in winter. There is none of the de-
pressing heat or the insect pests which
drive people from Florida as soon as
summer commences. 1t is not an en-
ervating climate, but bracing and full
| of electricity; a climate that makes
the sick we'll and the strong more Wig
orous. The nights are cool, blankets
being always needed
In california of the South" DR.. Wal
| ter Lindley writes as follows in regard
| to the influence of this climate upon
| invalids:
| 1.-THE cases which may hope for bene-
| fit by coming to Southern California
are, first and foremost, the. feeble and
| invalid from whatever cause; those
who find the drain upon vitality in
harsh climate too great for them; who
! have need to spend considerable por-
tion of each day in the open air, yet
| who In their own climate are prevented
| from so doing by the inclemency of
the weather; those who need clear
skies and sunshine, to whom the re-
| freshng sleep Of q cool, bracing night
| is necessity after the warmth of the
| summer day; those to whose enfeebled
| digestion or to whose capricious appe-
| tites a market stocked with fresh vege-
| tables, fruits and berries, every month
| in the year, is of Importance. For such
and for all who are suffering from the
nervous prostrations of oVerWork there
is probably no better climate to be
found 1t is climate in which the
drain upon vitality is, with any proper
manner of living, less than the gain"
Dyspeptic troubles yield readily to an
| open-air life in Southern California,
and to the variety of fresh fruits to be
obtained here, at all seasons of the
year. Persons Of delicate constitu-
tions, who aresupable to endure severe
climatic changes, put on flesh and grow
robust here.
The Ideal Country Life
Many Americans who have become
weary of the constant struggle for ex-
istence in mercantile pursuits, strug-
gle which is growing more onerous
from year to year, cherish longing for
a small farm in some pleasant section
of the country where, under sunny
skies, they may support their families
In comfort and end their days in peace
without being disturbed by the shadow
of the sheriff or the poorhouse.
There is no section of the United
States In which this ideal may be so
we'll realized as In Los Angeles county.
In no other section can an acre of land
be made to yield products of so great
value. Here may be found beautiful
rural homes, whose owners are within
touch of social life and enjoy the best
features Of the city and country COM
bined.
There is a great variety of soil, as
we'll as of climate, in Los Angeles
county, varying from light sandy loan
to heavy adobe. The price of land also
varies greatly, ranging from $50 to 800
per acre for lands adapted to grain,
! hay, and deciduous fruits. without ir-
rigation, up to $3.50 or $500 per acre for
first-cass citrus land, with an ample
water right. To most people from the
states east OF the mountains these
prices appear high, but II should be re-
membered that land is worth what It
will pay interest on. In this case. irri-
gated land at $3.50 per acre Is often rel
atiVely cheaper than the unirrigated
land at $50 an acre, which VIII only
raise grain and hay, and not even that
when there happens TO be drought.
There are bearing orange groves In
schllling's best tea and cofree both on
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