Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-02
CALIFORNIA AS A home
FOR AN IOWAN
MRS. YOUNG WRITES OF THE
BEAUTIFUL CLIMATE AND
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
POPULATION DOUBLES In FIVE YEARS
Eight Hundred New Dwelling. are
Built in the town Of Cotton
During that Time.

Cotton, February Z, 1871,
Editors Democrat:-
l have thought for a long time q
writing you some OF Co!tor's CROWN,
prosperity and increasing population
which has been beyond any one,
imagination. 1t has eouhled In fiy,
years. was told there must hay,
peen eight hundred dwellings bull
during that time ont bushes,
houses accordingly, and scme of then
three stories; seems like people can
not build dwellings fast enough t,
accommodate those coming to Col
ton. Real estate agents say the,
could rent dozen furnished house.
day, during the winter months
especially.
People coming here with capita
could buy and build houses to rent;
thus getting the highest of Interest
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Cotton is full of strangers now
and still more coming; many comine
to remain, rs they say the winters
are SO terribly cold back east; SO
they are flocking more and more eacf
year to southern California. So many
think, because it is southern Califor.
MA, that it is very hot during the
summer; well, it does get pretty
warm. but when they stay there dur.
ing the summer. they say they do
not suffer with the heat here as
much as they do back in Iowa or any
other part Of the east, as 1t very
seldom gets sultry here and we never
hear of prostrations by heat, as there
is no humidity.
We have had a lovely winter so far:
the temperature this winter has been
lower than for thirty years, yet !
am told. comparatively few oranges
have been harmed. A peach tree al
our next door neighbors was in bios
som in January. Large pinks have
been in blossom all winter out doors.
English ivy is climbing over porches
and houses and is never harmed; blue
violets are in blossom in great abund-
ance everywhere; geraniums are de.
layeH in blossoming, also roses and
some other flowers, but will soon be
on hand, as the leaves have continu-
ed green.
E We have had more than the usual
amount of rain up to this time of
the year and there has been a few
cloud bursts and land slides up in
mountain canons; but have heard
OF but little damage comparatively
in San Bernardino valley anywhere. ,
We have no terrible floods, cyclone
billiards. DOR any other terrible calami-
ty so far, not even slight earth
quake; the last quake we had and it
was called the heaviest one for 12
years, was coming from down town
two years ago this coming summer
and didn't know of the quake until
told of it afterward.
Yes there may be Just as nice place
to i've in as Cotton. tho none are
nicer, II Is one of the healthiest
places. for we have our own artesian
wells for our domestic use and other
towns are not SO fortunate, and the
iColtonites mostly take pride in beau
ufying their homes.
Then to give you some idea Of Col
tons industries, will state a few
following facts: First, will mention
that during 1909 there were shipped
from Cotton 800 cars of oranges and
lemons, $50 cars of canned fruit and
so cars of raisins. OF course that is
not counting what was disposed Of
here in Cotton.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany are just finishing the largest
icing plant in the world here in Col
ton. and the Santa Fe are building
another large icing plant about / 1-2
miles north of Cotton.
Another industry lately started up
here in Cotton is the california
Fruit and Produce company"
The fruit packing, canning and dry
ing buainess has enlarged several
times its former capacity, which en-
ploys from 100 to 800 hands according
to the time Of year and the fruit sea-
son.
The cement works are doing vast
amount of business. There are sew
eral other industries that l might
mention, but it would take up too
much space in your valuable paper
SO I will close by saying it seems to
all of us that we could never again
live in SO cold a country as back east
Respectfully,
Mary NJ. Young.
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