Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
New Blood and
New Capital
ENGAGE i'm WAITER DEVELOP MEN I
An Era of Greater Prosperity Than Ever Now in
Sight for This Section--Deeper and Larger Wells
Recently DriLfed-- Some Historic Wells of
This Famous Valley
frrom Los Angeles Herald March 2s)

(From Los Angeles Herald March 2O
Historic San Jacinto is one of the
best sellers of today's real estate mar
ket. Land is changing hands almost
hourly and one agent alone, A. G..
Mum. has sold 100000 worth of land
in the past few weeks, and every buyer
= is more than enthusiastic about his
purchase The town warrants enthu-
siasm in every way. The climate is
the best the water is the best, the
possibilities are the best, as real estate
investors are discovering.
The town that Helen Hunt Jackson
made famous in her Ramona" and
which has been brought recently before
the thousands of readers Of Ramona"
through the death of Aunt ri, one of
the chief characters of the book, is so
beautifully situated that many artists
have found it profitable to reproduce
the unusual beauties of the valley and
surrounding mountains.
The valley itself boasts of an eleva-
ton of 1850 feet, and on account Of
that elevation 1t is an oasis in the
desert of foggy country for estimates
and sufferers from pulmonary troubles.
The air is dry clear and exhilarating,
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 and de-
lightful for the entire twenty-four
hours of the day. and for two months
the healthful degrees of warm weather.
of the year the thermometer scars to
But the nights are always cool, re-
freshing and balmy, and the summer
resolves itself into a season rather to
be enjoyed than to be dreaded, and
season altogether beneficial. The air
is always the purest and 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 with
cold, pure water. 1t is water that
actually tastes of the sweetest things |
that spring from the earth. And the
supply is unfailing. At a depth of
from 40 to $50 feet water can be Sc
cured that will fill 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 to the 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 quality
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
pany 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 section with arte-
sian water for domestic purposes.
Originally the San Jacinto valley was
a Spanish grant owned by the Estudillo
brothers. and the vast territory was
given over to stock raising. Thousands
upon thousands of splendid horses were
raised on the fertile pastures that
stretched from the glorious 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 $, sep were pastured on the
iilimitable acres Of the picturesque
valley. /