The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-05-10
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Los Angeles. Cal. May 2. 1912.


Los Angeles. Cal. May 2, 1912.
The city OF Los Angeles IL one Of tn
Oldest In Southern California. and wa
settled first by the Spanish. One hun
dred years ago II was a little Spanish
town with narrow streets and adobe hut
Now II Is one of the great cities o
America. BY far the greater part o
this marvellous growth has been mad
within the past forty years. and 1t hai
more than doubled In the past twent,
years. You ask the cause Of this won
derful immigration to this city by tn,
Cost, and there Is only one answer
climate. Here the temperature rarely
goes below forty or above ninety. THINK
of It! No long zero Winters. with still
tables al the year round. No matter how
warm the sun may shine. 1t Is always
pleasant In the shade. A gentle breeze
at night from the mountains. make Il
comfortable TO sleep under cover. and IN
the day time the order Is reversed. and
the gentle breeze comes back from the
ocean. Hence, this Is veritabIe garden
spot for those who may be sick.an for
still more who want to avoid getting
sick. As the regions compassed by ideal
climate conditions is necessarily small,
the time Is coming when the populati On
IN all this country viii be enormous.
Indeed, It Is expected that this city will.
within the next twenty five years. be
larger than the present Greater New
York. 1t Is eighteen miles to the near
est point on the ocean, and In thi.
direction II Is almost continuous city
Long Beach. Santa Monica. Venice. ami
San Pedro are some OF the beach resorts
~ three miles away. Is already IA part
of Los Angeles and under the city gov
ernment.
THE CITIZENSHIP.
Every country has its disadvantages
as well as good points and this is no
exception. Here there are many kinds
OF people. The old spaniard still lin
gers and is an influential element in
society The Chinaman and the Jap"
are ever presenty-~vhile the Mexican. In
dian. Italian. and Negro also contribute
TO the population. OF course in hundreds
of cases all these race bloods are more
or less commng.ed. The race problem
Is a most Irritating one. and-will some
day cause no end of trouble on this
point to acute trouble. A few evenings
ago a relative told US that he had &C.
casion to visit his school at the adjourn
ing hour not long ago to bring his
boy home. He stood and watched the
children as they filed down the steps
leading from the building. 1t was
motley crowd which he beheld. OF oours
the Caucasian predominated. but inter-
spersed. sandwtched as 1t were, were
coal black Negroes. Japs. Chinese. In
dians, Mexicans and In fact, represent
atives Of every known people on the
earth. Bringing up the rear was a dog,
which he said he presumed was thrown
In to complete the variety. So there you
have 1t. This same gentleman told me
that he had found his little boy play
ing with Negro boy about the same
age. and had demonstrated with him
for II, and was met with this response,
"Father. he may be black. but he is
much whittier than some white boys with
whom l play
STREETS AND LIGHTS.
No one can visit this city/without be-
ing impressed with Its fine streets. boule-
wards, and driveways extending for miles
and miles In every direction. They are
well kept and weil lighted. In fact the
lights are just as numerous and just
as good five miles from the center of
the city as In the business section. on
the road question the people here not
only believe In big things. but they do
them. The city Is now engaged In
enterprise which. for Los An
geles is as great a feat as the build
Ing of the Panama Canal Is for Uncle
Sam. s2O.OO0.OO0 have been voted to bring
a water supply from Owens River Lake.
high In the mountains 3s7 miles away.
This great supply of pure mountain wa
ter from the clouds In Its decent to Los