The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-02-03
DOING THINGS

recent NEhH 70 is'f@ AhE'tfHr ! asft"i
mia famed as onr OF fhe garden spots
ot the world. says
We cannot say that the Lord has
dor. au, mere for California than HE
has lor Louisiana. bu man has done
very srry much more Every possible
thing that can bo done 20 make Los
Angeles aud ils hundreds ct suburban
iuaus hpaurlfut is done aud is being
done aud the result ia that thousands
Of people are SETTLING ia aud around
these plarrf Electric car lines, and
electric lights and Eas follow right
along these elegant concrete drives Tot
miles and miles out into outlying dis.
frtrts. su thar To live 80 miles from
los Angeles means the same luNufles
and cunycnicuces that are had right in
the hcarI " The city
"Aad those hong drives Can You
Imagine getting into car ia the early
morning aud driving untiI dark over
takes you al night Nay out In the foo'
hills IN q spatsely settled country aud
never getting on concrete and grayeled
roads and never seeing a mud hole ?
Well that Is southern ralffornia around
los Angeles,
The worst back alley that We saw
I IN and around Lass Angeles and her
suburban towns MAS tar cleaner than
/ Main street tn Hammond sorry 10
say 1t. but il is true There was not an
|uusightly thing 20 be found ANY, here
+ even trash cans and garhaEs cans were
I kept aut ct sight Beauty and clean
illness we're emphasized every where.
/ lust IA il should be 90 attract the
stranger and make place desirable
( IN witch so live And this attracts the
mau uf wealth ahu wants aud can
afford to live Ia beautiful locations and
/ Il willing to pay the price
/ Go Opt ~ any direction from Los
Angeles for 81 nr ~ miles and ash the
price on uncm'leatcd acres aud they
will promptly tell yea tlone per Why
/ because of tn" good roads over which
/ The small ranCher wtth from one acre
/ 80 can haul his produce to Los Angeles
\ Ford ear will haul tons of cabbage,
heets. pumpkins. celery IN fact II will
haul all sou cau load ua a truck body
And believe me. The Ford ear Is the
popular rar fuf uil purposes around
/ Los Angeles Il hauIs truck and Il also
hauls the millionaire
The suil In southprn California Is
bat little If any better than that IN
NTaugIpahoa parish The price Is better
say about loco per cent, and man made
It sn All lands have 10 b. irrigated
but very few people have wells because
Of the cost So most Of them buy
water which eomes from the owen
river. about LIS miles distant Hat
i4h,y do fhtags 10 and around t.o'
Angeles. and the enterprise aud pust
and the cpmfort and pleasure Of lttns
I tn progressive country among pro
81, ssivc people is most desirable, ane
gnu lose sight entirely VI the cost al
though since 50 many people have Eon'
there because ol these favorable con
Iditluus the taxes have been reduced
almopt as lov as In this section
with Tho same amount Of energy
nd money expended IN this State ~
could have this SANE class Of people
and Just rs many ~ them. for tht
climate aud go.l are Iast az eaod II no
better With our rains and pure artesiaI
sater. aud oar cattle grazing the YEA
around while not u spear of Wild gfas
viii he seen there after the dry seasol
opens ard fnf months thereafter. au
beautlfh natural shade trees, oar owl
ilaiural flowers which grow Ia th,
Woodlands. our mockiug birds, an'
other snnEstcrs and eur ability 10 grow
from two Is four crops year Htih1u
aus more fertilization than there, sure
" eompets as to SAY that California ha
nothing over Louisiana
These words from a particularly oh
serving. shrcwd and practical womat
As Mrs Barnard is should be Fcal
IhoughtnlIr and heedfnly
First b. II noted that she says cal
, fornta has nothing over Louisiana an
that she considers the soil IN solther
California bt little II aRy better tina
10 Tapglpahoa parish Nv Hike Fea
, rouiug. fhe soil Of the FrHeiagas mus
equal. il not actually sWpass that q
california. in ratio - they. - Il
|Eonrrally conceded sgrpass Tangip,
hoa parish When added 10 this on
, uoles the abundant rainfall numefou
,,.t.f. ,.,,str.., aud has. emma hIs Epagfsu,