The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-25

cent hotel, built in the style of the old
missions, covering a city block. The
county building, also in mission style,
extends across the middle of another
block, occupying about one-third of the
space, the remained, in front and rear,
being made into lawns. The Albert S.
| White Public Park contains an unrival-
ed collect of cacti One of Mr.. Andrew
Carne5ie's libraries. beautifully located
in an appropriate building, is just
across the street from the hotel The
three railroads, the Southern Pacific,
the Salt Lake and the Santa Fe, have
made their stations conform to the
general architecture, have planted the
yards with semi-tropical trees and
flowers, and have trained vines over ad-
joining and back buildings, to aid in
making Riverside attractive. Sherman
lustitutute, a celebrated Indian School,
is out on Magnolia Avenue, and at the
foot of RoubidouX Mountain, on the
edge of the city, the Government has
an experiment station for bees, small
fruits and vegetables and poultry.
This mountain rises out of the plain,
and to its summit most perfect road
has been built, going around the noun
tain twice upward, at a six per cent.
grade, and once downward at ten per
cent. grade, so that vehicles all 90 one
way and do not meet. The views are
understandable; in every direction rows
and rows Of orange and lemon trees,
handsome houses the city of Riverside,
winding railroad tracks and tree-lined
roads, irrigation canals, reservoirs of
water and snow capped mountains. On
the summit is a huge California red
| wood cross; sixteen feet above ground,
that can be seen for miles, placed there
by Mr.. George Miller, Rlverside's best
known citizen. This man. native of
| California, been able to induce the rail-
| roads, other corporations and his fellow
citizens, to develop Riverside on har-
monious and appropriate lines, and it is
a fine example of the money-value of
| attractlveness, neatness and beauty in
a residential city. One street is given
over to business and both sides of it are
lined with most excellent shops. carry
ings stocks of best goods, which is evil
dence of the taste and purchasing power
of the community. The population is
about 10000; there are many handsome
churches and school houses.
Redlands, ten miles from Riverside
! and seventy miles northeast of Los An
geles, it is the gem Of Southern Cali
fornia. 1t is in San Bernardino county.
but is not the county seat. The popu-
lation is about 5000 and the proportion
OF people living in Redlands in the win
ter and somewhere else in the summer,
is much greater than in Riverside.
About 5000 carloads of oranges were
shipped from Redlands this season.
Twenty years ago there was no town
whore this beautiful city fourishes to-
day and its development is largely due
to one man, Mr.. Albert X. Smiley, the
owner of the celebrated summer resort.
| Mohonk Lake, in the Catskill mountains,
New York. Mr.. Smiley is a Quaker
and is now eighty years of age, hale
and hearty. His twin brother died less
than two years ago. Redlands is stu
ated on ridge which rises abruptly to
the height of five hundred feet above
the valley of the San Jacinto mountains
and slopes down gradually to the valley
of the San Barnardino mountains.
Water is brought in canals and pipes
from Bear Valley 6, 400 feet above sea-
level in the latter range of mountains,
distance of forty-one miles; gigantic
reservoir having been found by. building
dam across mountain gorge, the
water is coming from springs, melted
| snow and rain in winter. The water is
! carried up to the top of the ridge and
the side toward town is irrigated, while
the abrupt side toward the San Jaclnto
NdilOli, tlIIOuSH WlllCtl TullS the southern
Pacific railroad, is not. On one side of
the water line are oranges, lemons,
grape fruits, apricots, figs, plums. date
palms, olive and many other kinds of
trees, and such flowers and roses as
are to be seen nowhere else than in
Southern California -nasturtium grow
ing wild and seeding themselves,
geraniums five feet high, hedges of
Gold of Orphir roses, sweet peas more
abundant than garden variety, and
many other kinds in profusion. Mr..
Smiley owns about hundred acres and
his property is said to be worth $3.50, 900,
the profits from the orange grove sup
ports the estate. About twenty acres
next to Mr.. Smiley's have been bought
by w. c. Green, of the Green Copper
Co., and he is putting up a house to
costs 100000. Shere are many other
priuate places owned by well-known
people, and two beautiful parks, coun-
try club, with golf links, university
club for men and a club house for
women, who also maintain a musical
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