Show IN THE SIERRA MADRE NOTHING TO BE BUT TOG FOG AND WATER romer homer views the present scans the past and concludes that it is best to enjoy while wo we can correspondence tribune Trl bunel sierra madre mountains sunday nov 3 the annual deluge has begun in this occidental part pait of 0 uncle sams prodigious domain and looking out ot of tile tho wind window 0 w in search ot of an idea with which to surprise your mind so eo unaccustomed cus tomed to such euch a phenomenon nothing Is to be seen acen but log fog and water and a amwel orange in a state ol of starvation giving little promise romle ot or being what it will bye and byo bye become the fruit of 0 superlative charm in the elie great markets of the world As upon n a clear day the eye sweeps the horizon from its 10 vantage point upon one of the grand elevations of this mountain range ranee it encompasses one of the noblest valleys on the face of the globe not even excepting that of the th city of mexico or of 0 the great salt lake san gabriel valley with its sum ot of edens original list of luxuries inviting i ith fib room enough and to spare a population equal to the city of chicago Is the bribing wonder of 0 the southern halt half of the tha state of california and the same has been written up and boomed and heralded ter 11 to the corners of 0 the earth by press prem which were well prepared to do it ja bastice stice so it will be well premised that this particular pen can write nothing nev about it but may add one other word woid in tribute to the romantic history and marvelous prospects lor of this fair sunset land presided over by y hills which hold in their hollows the pearls of great price tho the transforming waters fit at the will of man pouting thern them over the blanket of soil sell still of their own ov n bestowing for it is the granite walls of 0 their own bodies broken and ground down by the rolling of the tide ot of ages which has composed the 0 structure truc ture ot of this soli boll so prolific ot of natures richest fruits and flowers and the stock of the soil boll Is being ever restored by the disintegration of 0 the granite heads which strew the foothills of these southern sierras to see a gigant fc lo granite frequent in a state of decay falling into dust Is to feel that NATURE HAS GROWN OLD but the she soon shows that rejuvenation la 14 within her bell cycle and that what looks like chaos come again Is only metamorphosis and the promise of 0 renewed beauty ond and gladness in this you may observe that nature Is the new woman with a finer accentuation stamp hev hen down and blot her out but you have only ramie made her ready to reappear with a smile aud and L new bouquet and a new thought tho new thought which n nature here materializes Is to raise grapes peaches api apricots scots and prunes with not a drop ot of water more than she provides lit in the winter rains she teaches beaches thorn them riot not jo ask for a drink from april until harvest time september or october tor for the grapes and july or august for the peaches and prunes they do absorb it from the ground but otherwise grow and perfect the choicest of fruits without the help of a drop of witter water indeed when nhen the harvest la is approaching a storm ot of rain la Is con considered s a calamity lit in causing tile the grape to burst and spill its vinous blood and thus the mountains ins have poured their ric riches hes over tile ilia plain for these mesas be have ve the figure ot of swollen streams reaching from the heir lita like front from a mans mails hand and the spaces between are the ar oro gos goo deet deep and cool which the farmers fruits are lading finding fertile fertile for n many lany small As aa for the romance of this enchanting land site one only needs the imagination following the eye which sees the sun bull go to rest real by tho the side of the pamilo main to invent scenes of asplen dar when the montezuma and his nobles of 0 the golden cast their warlike emblems tit at the feet 0 f the dusky aztec maidens who because be th 11 sun had kissed them and tho the waves oi 0 the tropic ocean had loved their checks could wean from froin nor yet be borne away to the spaniards ahen conquering mexico were swift to spy rpy out this bonanza valley and with their characteristic te greed tor for rich domain in the new world to enforce possession selon of it til tile namos which they bestowed upon tho the land continue the STRAIN or OF romanticism mingled now with tile the c hanting chanting ot of and the blows of the quarryman as aa ho he reared the alie temples and ohp cloisters for the devoted franciscan fathers who came to hallow ballow tile the conquests of tho the xing king of spain by conquering the natives again by a message of peace from the king icing of rings and the virgin mary thus saints and ad angels were laid under tribute when loki loa Ang Angel elps rn san ban pedro santa cats cata hn llna son sam diego santa pants monica sierra madre aladro san bernardin bernardino san gabria were christened at and the fruits of tile the toll and devotion of those priests of a church w c aich never yet tolerated a bialt hearted service have not been swept away by the ism of the new american era the present dir de prent end lants ants of 0 the ancient people keep the ancient faith and ray bay their prayers in the ancient church churchful notably the mission san gabriel and mission santa darbara barbara us as well as at many lesser abrines Ehrl neo cherp prayers and as cendra n d e d from humblest lips it will be bei but t a day before the worlds highway ot of uteri will choul hout from this fair to 11 dl t to 0 alie lie other valley which anu and tn I 1 1 love ove tetter still and that will lie L the day of more abounding properly ty for far the city in the clouds mid and the city by the sea present prospects much discussed would take too much of your able space beaco today but ton amny Y he dwelt upon in a future note to the TrI tribunes bunei in closing a very casual glanca nt at tills wonderland wonder land it Is to remember linw derton berton der ton bancroft Han croft and webster anid that Colum columbia bla would not be at unity with herself until tb the stars stara and strives floated over ever california which held tho the koy key of the he orient as england had oven even then pr carved ved then upon the frodden shores aall nr now in nl she eted joint and arof atlon inicis rho ho adroitly the whole Tv holc the rile party of 1 the republic was equal to the then an and 1 I so I 1 it t will be today england Is riot not too ton old neither Is 1 columbia too young to komorn i her ber monterey Mon ROSIER ROMER |