Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28
RAMONAC0UNTRY
ENTERS NEW ERA
OLD SAT- JACINT0 BECOMES.
REAL ESTATE BONANZA
ONE AGENT SELLS PROPERTY
AeeREeATlNe 100000
t,onneseeKers, Artists, Tourists ana
Invalids Flock to Historic valley
of Beauty and Prospective
Fortune

Historic San Jacinto Is one Oh wy
best sellers of today's real estate mar
ket. Land is changing hands aiiho ~
hourly and one agent aione' oe a. nd
Mum, has sold 100000 worth Oh laRu
in the past few Weeks, and every puy-
err is more than enthusiastic about MS
nurchase. The town warrants entnu-
Aasm in every way. The climate Is
the hest. the water is the best. the
possibilities are the best, as real es-
tate investors are discovering:
The town that Helen Hunt Jachsoii
made famous IN her lannon's dnu
which has been brought recently pc
fore the thousands of readers of TIA
mona" through the death of Aunt n,
ono of the chief characters or the
book. is so beautifully situated tnat
many artists have found at prontapie
to reproduce the unusual beauties ~
the valley and surrounding mountains
The valley itself boasts OF an eieVas
tfon of 1850 feet, and on account OF
shat elevation IL is an oasis in the
desert of foggy country for asthmatics
and sufferers from pulmonary troubles
The air is dry, clear and exhllaratlng'
coming as 1t does from the piney
heights of the San Jacinto mountains.
which tower to 1000 feet at the east
side of the valley. For ten months OF
the year the weather is mild ana de-
hours of the day, and for two months
of the year the thermometer scars to
the healthful degrees OF warm
weather. But the nights are always
cool, refreshing and balmy, and the
summer resolves itself into a sea. IN
rather to be enjoyed than to be dread
ed, and a season altogether benehcia,;
The air is always the purest ana
clearest and fogs are almost unknown.
ExceIs in Water
San Jacinto is second to no other
spot on earth In the matter of delight
full. healthful water. An artesian belt
five miles long supplies 5000 wells win
cold. pure water. 1t is water that
actually tastes of the sweetest things
that spring from the earth. And the
supply is unfaiing. At q depth OF
from 40 to $50 feet water can be Sc
cured that will fill a standpipe twelve
feet high with an Astounding supply OF
artesian water. The water is stored
on the smaller ranches In cement reser-
voirs and carried toNthe different parts
of the ranch by cement bitches. If one
well does not prove, sufficient another
well can be bored for $50 or less. There
is no limit to the water and the quail
ity is rare.
In addition to the artesian belt the
San Jacinto Water company of which
r. ]. Waters of Los Angeles Is presi-
dent. supplies water to large terri
tory. which includes the fruit ranches
OF the mesa west of town. The COM
many secures the water from the San
Jacinto river and conveys the supply
through fifteen miles of cement
bitches. The town owns an efficiently
equipped water plant that supplies
the residences about the business sec
ton with artesian water for domestic
purposes.
Originally the San Jacinto valley
was a Spanish grant owned by the
Estudillo brothers. and the vast terri
tory was given over to stock raising.
Thousands upon thousands of splen-
did horses were raised on the fertile,
pastures that stretched from the glori-
Gus mountains on the east to the low
foothills on the west. Cattle OF the
finest breeds were driven from the
valley to be sold at San Bernardino
and Los Angeles. Countless sheep were
pastured on the illimitable acres OF
the picturesque valley.
In Days of Old
All this was in the days of the Span
ish occupancy, when Southern Califor-
mia was a newly discovered and I'M
tried country. Little by little the set
tiers from the eastern portion of the
nation drifted' into the valley and
the stock became less and less and the
fruit trees and grain fields more ana
more. The history of the valley is
much the same as that of other South
ern California towns, but no other sec
ton could or can boast of the climate
or water of the historic valley. From
the early days to the present date
ranches have increased in number
until there is scarcely a square mile
of territory in the valley that is<not
in cultivation.
Deciduous fruit pears, peaches.
prunes, plums. apricots and nectarines
reach perfection with the aid of the
of the ranchers find a ready market in
Los Angeles for the unusual grade of
fruit that they are able to offer. San
Jacinto is the home of the Bartlett
pear.
One hundred thousands acres are
yearly sown to wheat and barley and
ample crops have always been the
rule rather than the exception.
Janchers in many instances have
been in San Jacinto for fifteen years
or more, every year increasing their
acreage, and every year adding appre-
ciably to their bank account as a re-
suit San Jacinto is a section of re-
sults--satisfying and undeniable results
and results added to rare and
WOn0crIul CLIMATE IIldhc tIly ScctiOI
desirable above any other place on
earth.
Stock Raising Continues
Besides fruit and grain, stockraising
is still carried on. and the famous
Thomas ranch in the San Jacinto
mountains has perhaps given more
highly bred cattle and horses to the
market than any other ranch of its
size In California.
Then there is dairying. San Jacinto
supports three creameries and cheese
factory. Ranchers are finding dairy
ing more and more profitable, and the
demand for San Jacinto butter is ever
in excess of the supply. The butter
and cheese finds a good market in all
the Southern California cities, with
Los Angeles at the head. In addition
to dairying there Is chicken and tur-
key raising. and more than one "swelP'
cafe In Los Angeles serves the deli
cately favored turkeys that are
Matched and raised jim San Jacinto-
There is money in turkeys and chick
ems, as any San Jacinto farmer will
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