The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-08-07
THE GOLDEN WEST
Fine Description of This
Famous Country.
CALIFORNIA AND IT'S SIGHTS
Its Ancient Buildings, Beau
tifuI Towns. and Inter-
estingEnvironS.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 26, 1907.
I, Editors Hartford Herald: Thinking
that short description of the sun
NY land OF the Southwest may be of
some interest to Hartford friends, l
will endeavor to sketch very briefly
few of the scenes through which we
have passed since our arrival in Cali
fornia.
/, 1t will be impossible, at this time,
to tell you of our trip westward, al
though it was full of interest The
Incompatible scenery along the Den
yer and Rio Grande, in sublimity and
grandeur, beggars all description. No
words can adequately describe the
rugged snow-capped peaks of the
Rockies, towering above us in awful
majesty, nor the fearful chasms and
abysses over which we seemed sus-
pended as IL in mid air, mere atoms in
a boundless universe One must see
it all to comprehend its power and
grandeur.
We arrived in Los Angeles in time
to attend the N. e. A. and enjoyed
greatly the able papers and discus
siOns in which the most distinguish
ed educators of the country partici-
pated.
Since the association adjourned we
have devoted ourselves to the pleasant
but arduous task of sightseeing, and
have been living most strenuously; for
enjoyable as is the life of the tour
ist, it is also full of labor. The
countless attractions and places to be
visited, keep the conscientious tour
list constantly on the alert, lest he
miss the better part of his life. Los
Angeles is the metropolis of Southern
California, and has a population of
$4,000, and Its handsome residences,
fine business blocks, beautiful parks,
elegant hotels, picturesque drives, bor-
dered with trees of tropical luxur-
lance, gorgeous gardens fragrant with
delicious perfumes, all these attrac-
lions make the name a singularly APP
propriate one, "City of the Angels"
:, The climate is perfect, being warm
IN July and August, but the air is
dry and the evenings are delightful
lys cool. There is always a breeze
from the ocean which is fresh and in
MIGRATING.
a splendid system of irrigation is
carried on for thousands of miles,
during the summer months, by crys-
tai streams that come bubbling up
from artesian wells, or from brooks
thar purl their rapid course down the
mountain side, dividing and spread
ing by means of canals over the
parched soil. refreshing the long rows
OF fruit-laden trees, and bringing pros
perity to gladden. the heart of the
farmer.
This is land of romance where
gray walls of ancient missions awak-
en- memories of mellow chimes sound
ing from some distant monastery; for
this is the land of the old mission
fathers who were the founders of
Southern CALIFORNIA; agricultural
achievements They planted missions
along the coast from San Francisco
to San Diego. Much of the architec-
turesof Los Angeles and of adjoining
towns is initiated and adopted from
their picturesque mission churches.
Less than forty years ago Los An
geles was a cluster of adobe huts
about an old mission, and behold it
to-day, marvel of artistic beauty
and an example of western progress
and enterprise!
Within a radius Of twenty-five
miles, with Los Angeles as a center,
-