| Show I i H I i iJ J THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA I t r r r L r r r r r r r r i f r r r r r t t Luc r r r r r r TT attractions a u has bu been well nigh Hut But not on one Is III u Interesting as 81 her oil big trees In are age mall many ot of the English yews tur pass pall the sequoia the Australian Ill eura often attains a greater height but bul taking Into consideration the Joint features of thickness height and gran doer duer there la II no tree known which ap approaches the tree treel ot of California The Th Big Tree I Is extremely limited In It its ran range even ven more so than Its Ita broth brother er r HIe t e red wood The former being belli el ex elusively a growth of oC tt the Roth species are peculiarly Californian The bl big trees occur only In groves or scat scattered over limited areas areu never In 1100 so latr d groups There are arp eight I h tr h 1 p or grm es of hi big trees The I that first the Cal grave found In the spring of oC oft t 1 52 h tV T nn Doe iI 1 a hunter huntr and other 11 tine s wert soon loon made by J M the Yosemite pioneer and nth r eaily settlers The rr muta le III never found In company com compa pa pany n with the r re cod but while It I le lerra that hll tha h Rig Ria nee la II not 11 h ho east 1 range where the red wand WoM fit und ti WIll grow If to In ulti 1 loafed thither and tM the two tWit Om I and do o grow ow alongside The nl I I I him of its own not read readI 1 I XI hrh serve to make I In 11 tt t an n eccentric growth ei t I 1 In It its disdain or of oft orI t a I n itS groves white while this 10 I t quite quit u uI i I n d I Ii te Again I I I 1 1 tre t r an and thrives ti soil and expo sed II t rp Rn o uprooted by br In Int t I I ts i and its Ita groves aret are I t In many mn It stags f we t tr l II due to the Ule In Iran to set act u a fIta I r r I I ot tile the theo o of 01 young OlIn tr h 1 t I o f rK 0 In the Mariposa I 91 rem I tiny tin lit she of at oft atI t I a a n n 11 also 1110 I I I t T OF fwD r t nf n of OM bait OMI as asI I i th h ITI it th the most ar al alj arr r t V j h rove to toI be 1 I I I to tage from m Milton The M f os rove If w I h lIn an be visited rn n r tt It 11 t the eon eo tab u tt II 1 t tr tree The age of t th 11 r pins t is III from IJo 1500 tn la I IY Y rf They lit stand and as high as AI as feet teet and nC he girth I le 11 t feet t The Them m rt adequate Ides ot of their great cret size t can n be obtained only hr 1 inspection ot of prostrate trees Th The Size of 0 the erect t ones la II not readily appreciated Bat Bul Site realises that It I 1 a respectable sort tf of tree that require a ladder to lImb climb its Ita J prostrate form torm sad lid In walking along which great cN can must be taken III as a I Ian fail be 1 t u se disastrous At as a drop 1 J t tI r from th the root roof ot of a t house Only think ot of the ignominy ot of breaking ones one n neck k L by falling ort oft a log An idea o of the height ot of these thelle trees is III ob tanned by walking along a trunk for tor a hundred feet or more before the first branch and that a limb tully fully six feet flet In large a as the trunks of nr the largest larrelt sine ot of the Con valley allf that Dr hll has made famous In the Grove are arl from ninety to one hundred trees ot of huge hUil size It is III estimated that the Father ot of the Forest now fallen Callen was feet high and 24 In diameter Ile He stump tump was squared oft oIT six feel teet the ground and nd on It was wal built a pa p Ilion wherein thirty two people at once danced R a musicians and spectators spec Increasing the occupants to On top ot of the fallen Callen trunk there was for tor a time It a tenpin aile alley feet teet long and with two al ai side by side Into one hollow hollo prostrate tree three horsemen can ride abreast The tunnel through the liv livIng lag Ing tree Wawona le Ie ten feet teet hIgh and antl from six III to tn ten wide so 10 that the lOAded stage coach passes through It In transit tree le II feet teet through Old ot of the Tuolumne Grove Groe charred almost to death by forest tire he hu but 17 feet teet ot of heIght standing but the magnificent old stump II feet around The Giant largest of at the lower grove Is II feet teet j 7 Inches In circumference l For or another tree In a grove rove less leu well known Is claimed a circumference or of feet 6 Inches Near Santa Cruz and nd reached by II the Southern PacifIc nu nar narrow row gauge aue railroad is II a beautiful grove ot of redwood bl big trees which will wll wI well employ a da days visit The largest tree Is II 60 50 feet teet In circumference at al the h hand base and 27 feet teet high FOREST But wood 1001 forests are rt not the only forests that California hu has Within a afew few tew mile ot of Is II the forest discovered In 1879 It H loss hal Row lIow ever but one hundred trees which are aU all lying In the same me general direction having fallen rallen from north to south The largest larrelt the Pride or of the Forest measures feet Ceel tang lonK b by twelve feet In diameter IAK LAKES S AND AD California haa ha nearly It If not quite a thousand lakes Ikel perhaps moro more A Southern Pacific brochure writer says that no map maker has haa yet t been able to designate them all U From the sum lum summit mit ot of Mount alone about t twenty en enty ty are at one once visible and from Crom one point In the Sierra Nevada near the railroad at station on the Central P Pacific railroad ma may be seen en nearly hearly thirty All over oer the State tate the thelie they lie from the highest on the poser Shute feet teet above sea level down clown to Salton three hundred feet teet be below below low the level In man many parts paris ot of the silk r State are groups uC of lovely lakes lake 11 and anu so 10 dosu Ih the can 1411 several In on am tin most moat Inter sating ot of them all Is I Iak lahUt flits la I distant titan Dan Aan UJ mites 1 a trip to IU make mak by rail with illin ut 01 at th the finish ut this 1111 vast mountain lake to ta to lo Nevada This Inland sea lea suspended In the Sierra is III grandly by many or of u the lesser glant ut u th the high Sierra range on the wet west Is II a rugged Inu snow title where many small taxes de 1111 In clusters shining like mint mini Murll ut of th the greater un one Theft there WI ate un on th the eastern side td other snowy no crests where II time cloud affects are NI must UI and gorgeous The lh outlines of oC these snow packs shown in against the blue blu Ik sky gulden clouds the cloud the ld water shading In n their depths to tunes the mirrored sublime scenery lie exquisite U of the Ihl said laid tu to be seen In only hers in all Si Uh Rh all tit richness till die played in Alpine regions till the Interest Ill nj sight to be seen wt met th the Ing 1111 lumber camps all au contribute to retake Tahoe II a resort that charms all allwoo woo who visit It The sportsman too finds abundant for tor his hla especial In retests are r numerous also alao and one great grul In the earth has hall been canyon canoll 1 It is II described ss at an 11 unc uncanny place tilled with strange trang bUbbling groaning grumbling noises hot stern steam and seth seeth mg and gases The deep red gulches that scar It from Crom base bale to Slim hilt actually emoke like volcanoes tram Crum Man maI an ashen heap or hollow hullow ani and the all air III b charged with sulphurous huge boulders or of sandstone amt granite and great blocks or of con conglomerate obstruct the channel of oC tho th creek rh rime whole district seems Ilk like the cruet over a bulking struggling cat drum or 01 the focus ur of Internal lire not yet cooled oft off In the process of at earths earth II and It appears flint tho Cho COil contents tell II IU are making desperate efforts to lo escape from their quarters Tine The whole canyon I is to In stale a ot of ebUllition alII and one can call hardly banish time the thought that should these mighty steam vents become clogged the whole region Ion would be blown skyhigh These TheM truly grand and awe InspirinG disturbances have such lIuch unsacred I names as s the Witches Caldron I Gristmill Devils Inkstand and Devils Laboratory In fact from the surroundings and the nomen one might justly Imagine that hi his Satanic majesty maJest was the IKI ed monarch ot of all that he surveyed In Inthis this section of oC the Golden Gate State Slate A AN The actual returns from an orange orchard visited at for last I season were as II follows The rhe trees are I ten In year old There are ara five acre with 11 trees to the acre planted 20 tt feet apart One man did all the work or of cultivating the orchard and picking the fruit The trees yielded fromn Crum Ii 6 tu to 8 pickers boxes each or of which holds 17 11 pounds pound to about tour Cour packing which hold 70 pounds The lh totAl yield of oC oranges brought broush t rr par acre and the cost COlt for Cur labor Irrigation tion water fertilizers etc was leer ller acre Crt showing a net nel gain ot of per acre As AI the trees treel gala gain anyway until tuy are fifteen years earll old this orchard f II typical or of the beet It guys a goal on the land valued at 1000 per acre amid may bt be depended upon to du do so 10 for tor years yeara to 10 come cOllie IJNAr RAILWAY HALWAY PEOPLE ImPIE The fhe or of the Terminal Hall Hallway way now taken over u by the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt lake railway has do done lie much to maIntain In good 1 repute time the fine lIo property rt which has now been brin transferred Under the general management or of Ir r l eld I K Rule Itule time Imes to the mountains to the harbor have hae been en kepi In excellent service A precIse active thorough and most capable railway man le II Mr Ir Itule anti and a gentleman that It Is II a pleasure to meet Public spirit spirited etl ed he Is II with wish every lid advance ance In the city lit he Is chairman ot of the pUblic library board and antl or of com ot of limo tho chamber or of commerce ny fly hll hie habits he has de developed d a capacity fur Cor work that seems to 10 Ue be boundless and that pre qualifies quail tit him fur tor time the larger held that the new road has brought to 10 him himIn In III the operating Supt SUI Jeup Jessup use haa proved himself one olle or of the mot most capable a as he is II one ot of the most Interesting omen connected with the road ruI and the auditor Mr Ir McKee Is also allO a genial gentleman whose ac acquaintance l is tu to be and highly valued The selection of at Mr Ir Hawgood as chief and of at Mr Ir McCartney as al tile hll assistant wits with headquarters at Salt Lake gives great general satin faction and antl Is II evidence ot of time hIgh appreciation ap Mr Ir J Haiti Ito Clark has or of orthe the In the great lilt that Is III before the new company compan These Theae are all as line Ilene ill as can be found In America and they will locate locale and construct the line between the two cities with clear and thor thorough ough skill The rhe California alfalfa does well In southern California especially it Ir It Is grown from the Utah sell seed which has come to be known as the most rell reli reliable able ahle The sugar beet also Is better when grown tram from the tho Utah seed I The California products of oC all sorts I will no doubt be much Improved when whon i the practice more generally obtains or of liming to the alles ot of the Moun for tor the generic principle the orange would not but at Its best belt It Is seedless anyway LONG The favorite home seaside resort near Los Angeles is II Long Iong Beach reached b by bythe the San Pedro Los LOl Angeles and antl Salt Lake railway formerly time the Terminal railway and b by the Southern This Is Ie beautifully situated upon a hard sand beach extending for tor four Cour miles It hout a break In the shore line 1 It hu has man many line homes a hank bank and good hotel and man signs sign signur ur of thrift This Thill Is II the home or of the CIrcle where Its summer sessions are held The semi tropical plants plant like the balm and yucca Ulla a and the beautiful pepper tree contrast pleasantly with the sand nd dunes upon which time the town is II built Long Lang math and Terminal Island together af aC afford ford a length of oC sea aea shore hore that I to the making or of summer homes humel equal to that ot of an any l each beach In i alt all Lakers who already be begin gin to contemplate taking the train out outon un on I Friday evening to spend Saturday night and Sunday at their seaside homes homI would do well to select their building lot lots now before thy they are all gone Think ot of It dwellen ot of the everlasting nl a night and a ata aday day ta to the nl a day and night to 10 the winter WHERE HERF I OIL FLOWS LIKE 1 WATER y y Sire January 1 1900 1100 over 6 ot of oil companies have been filed with the county count clerk There are over companies In the State Slate companies cover nearl nearly every foot Coot of the oil country countr In Southern Cal Their capital stock ranges all the wy way from rom to One aile must mut lie be clever Indeed to din dis discriminate criminate and nd invest In the right place There are man many safe te Investments to be made Excellent companies pa paying dividends are selling stock at fair Clr prices other excellent companies hay hav ing prospects u as good as 11 others were thAt have hae turned turne out well ell are selling l treasury stock for tor funds with which to develop Careful Inquiry and judicious I i t r I I I t f t II I HI 1 1 u J J fl V V J Jj e f j V V ea s II J V 1 r t r 1 4 1 I J I Il l t t j jj j 1 y f I i K fo J t oJ t J Jy JI r I y j jI jI I I I y I y r C CL CI f I II Iy Y I l I L i 1 T Ty TI y I 1 Y Yr r J 1 1 1 1 4 t r I 1 t V to toy m y I Ij V f fet et ett j y r ry y r r r rr X r rI I Y YI j t I f fy r I t u v r l I II tier In y r r I r rI I I t r I II I f 1 f r i 1 OF AVALON BEACH AND ANE ATAI IN INA 11 AND ANE t r i 1 1 r t r I H i i i 1 i i P r i ii 1 11 I II H 1 H f S t Iff j 1 I t 1 UW 10 to t 41 iI J f 1 l J j tr tiJi i t iF l L Lf f f I L t 1 rh rW II r f r 1 f I t 1 r 1 I r r r 0 lJ t 1 l If I j fro 1 i t 1 Ji 1 I 1 r 1 I Pt f r 1 r I r r I II X 1 F V I I r 4 I f 4 i k tr X IPG P n 1 t J I It y y j T f if i Y T Y T T X T I Iy y y y 1 J y t a 4 i if it I F 1 f I f r f t art W u 1 r t r a e t T t Y T X I 9 I II t X I I Ij 1 j f fLOS fI I LOS ANGELUS S COUNTY COURT 1 x r The Los Angeles County Count Court House Is a most moat beautiful Imposing n a structure all as one might Ih to seer Ite Ills It Is built buill of oC stone t r 1 or of three dIstinct colors a tact that contributes much to Its uniqueness and beauty It II COlt cat a vast It sum and is II strikingly located III W Ll Investments In these theae often oCton leads to fortune Still other companies have taken laken over lArge acreage tram from Indi Individual vidual owners They are arc developing part ot of this anti and selling part making such Much sales Aale on conditions calculated to Insure the development or of territory contiguous to that which they still re retain reo tain stock In Some ot of these thele companies otter offer excellent Investment and from some or of them the very ver Lest beet lands upon which to form Corm other companies I le to tobI tobe bI be obtained The long time holdings or of U S Senator Bard which he has bILl kept out ot of the market for Cor years arl has been en recently sold to such luch n a company and part ot of III it lands land wll wIli be sold Gen Oen General eras eral Matthews and Mr Ir Valentine of at ficera or of this company com pan are reliable gen gentlemen gentlemen who can help prospective In Investors In to select valuable sites for tor de development development In known fields or of great val value value ue in hI a recent speech President Crane ot of the Petroleum Miners lIner gave v out the following rims value or of time the petroleum Industry to the State ot of California 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