River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-04-01

tract O1 0,UUU acres Oh InOuHUdlH-
Gus land.
The school facilities Of Los
Angeles are excellent. including, in
addition to it's public schools.
great variety of private institu-
tions. All religious denominations
are literally represented.
Los Angeles is the center Of
rich agricultural section. Her
manufacturing interests are grow
ing rapidly. She is in the center
of the oil-producing section Of
California. She is casting her
eyes across the Pacific and down
the west coast toward the COM
merce which viii surely come to
her through her harbor at San
Pedro.
Just outside the limits of L Q s
Angeles, intimately connected by
railway or street car lines, is Pa
sadena, thriving, modern city OF
10000 inhabitants. For the orig
in of the name you may choose
between the Indian, "Crown of the
Valley" and a corruption of the
Spanish "Paso de Eden" (Thresh-
old Of Eden.l The city is, at any
event the crown of that Eden, the
San Gabriel Valley, which nestles
warmly in it's groves ID 70 e
bowers below lofty mountain bull
warks tipped with snow. Every
fruit and flower and every orna-
mental tree and shrub known to
Southern California is represented
in the elaborate grounds OF this
little realm. 1t is playground of
wealth, a Mob Hill Of Paradise, a
blessed home of happy men, wom-
en- and children who much prefer
this to vaunted foreign | a n d S .
Orange Grove avenue is one Of the
most beautiful residence thorough
Cares in the United States, or in
any other country. Fifty million
aires i've on this avenue. The mag
nificent Raymond Hotel on t h e
hill is a prominent landmark, Wis
ible for many miles around. The
Hotel Green is a fine specimen of
California architecture.
Pasadena is noted, too, for the
number and beauty Of it's church
edifices, and also for it's fine edu-
cational institutions. On Mt. Will
son, near by, is a great astrOnOmi-
cal observatory which has world
wide renown, and boasts the larg-
est telescope on earth. Then, too,
there is Mt. Lowe, which worthily
holds conspicuous place.
The most interesting trip for a
stranger in California is that over
the "Kite-Shaped Track" 1t is
possible to make the trip between
breakfast and dinner for an inspec-
ton Of Riverside and Redlands.
The track is in the shape Of tw o
loops, the larger one extending
from Los Angeles to San Bernar-
dino, and the smaller, from San
Bernardino to Redlands. Especial
ly wonderful is this trip in winter,
when oranges are ripening in the
valley below and al is covered with
a mantle of green, while in h e
background are the majestic Sierre
Madre. pine-fringed and snow clad.
East Of Pasadena the track runs
for several miles through the s.
O00-,acre Santi Anita ranch Of the
famous "Lucky" Baldwin.
A dozen flourishing towns are
scattered along the fifty miles be-
tween Pasadena and San Bernar-
dino, the most important of which
are Ramona, Upland and Ontario.
At Ramona a speciality is made of
olive culture. Ontario and Upland
are celebrated for their lemons.
In the vicinity of Cucamonga are
10000 acres of vineyards.
An electric car runs from On
tario, through Upland, to the Can
yon at the head of Euclid avenue,
a wide shaded thoroughfare. On
either side nestle homes, embower-
ed in orange and lemon groves.
Ontario was founded by h e
Chaffey brothers more than TWEEN
ty years ago. They are now de-
veloping the settlement Of imper-
ial. near Yuma.
At San Bernardino commences the
smaller loop of the Kite-Shaped
Track, which runs around the up
per end of the Santa Ana Valley.
Here in the foothills, overlooking
magnificent panorama of noun
tains and valleys, lies Redlands, a
beautiful city. Redlands people
claim that the finest oranges in
California-or in the world-are
raised there. Canyon Crest Park,
and Smiley Heights, are always
omen tO VISITORS Rack IN, tho hiIIC