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Show I LOVELY CALIFORNIA. Dr. Geo. W. Middletou Gives His Impressions Im-pressions of Country. Was rtembcr of Utah Press Excur-5lon Excur-5lon Which Recently Visited That Region. Dr. Goorgo W. Middletou, who was n member of tho Utah Proas As-soulatiou As-soulatiou excursion, representing tho Southern Utah Publishing and Printing Print-ing Co., writes his improaalons of Southern California in the following artlolo : After a long, dreary desert rldo from our Utah valloys to tho PaoQio slopo ono approoiates fully thoobnugo in tho aspect of things that a fow miles of rapid travel down tho einu-oub, einu-oub, westward mountain doUIos brings about. A veritable paradlso of per-. per-. petual springtlmo, and ovor blooming I flowers, with a ohromatio play of the greon and bronzo acoordiug to tho wet or dry soapon, strntohos its undulating un-dulating surfneo toward tbo great Pucflio. So many things of beauty ' and interest present themselves in j so small a compass that one"' is at n loss to know whoro to begin in his jo description. II It is significant of tbo impression I that Oalifornia must bavo mado upon 1 1 tbo minds of tbo Jesuit oxplOrors that I thoyhamod tbo prinoipal places after 1 saintaand angola; and ono boos rondi- I ly tbo qptnoBs of their nomenclature. I Flowersj&iaost beautiful and radiant 5 abound feverywhoro. The goranium I which wo.'iSve iu this part literally K. to drag oiit' the earth, grows almost JmA ppontaueojuaiy, there and assumes V almost JfaS dimensions of a tree. B Rom buj grow In tho hodgos whoro ,1 t2Vf5n planted years a.go, and jK ,eTj!ljPtBto'owH shift with only 8Uon jH. ftieeSfca' as they jo&d appropriate CJP53. -nMCftbe"oJghborin Grange groves. ,11 v vTjpBrka aro adorned with steely V palms ,and'cactl ot all Bbapes and , dimensions aro abundant Tho cy- j prosa and tho magnolia aro prinoipal In among oruamontal trees, and tho jjj ucalyptua uud tho popper trops aro II "' grown for uso moro than for oruu-ft' oruu-ft' mentation. 1 Oraugo growing is tho highest typo I of horticulture in tho world. The boat ornuge groves are worth two It thousand dollars un nbro and in good if seasons produoo 20 per cent profit I w on tho vuluatlon. Easily can one Jtif " . imagine thatdu a more poetic nge than -I this the bonutlful fruit was thooriglu ? I of tho story of tho goldon apples of 1 Ilosporidos, nud tho Iobs romantlo I historian Informs us that Buch is f literally tho genesis of tho ploaslng legend. Tho ' principal rf crop is harvested during the winter months I but ono Boes blossoms and ripouod imU m. tim onino tree, and 'different " variotios nio roady for market tlio year i round. Tho method of sorting aud 7j packing, douo mostly by maohluory, I is a novel sight to us who havo seen H oranges only In tbo small quantities 1 of retail stores, and hnvo paid prioos n for them that plaaod them on the list of only occasional luxuries. Tbo lomon aud tho olivo treo scum m to thrivo best in tho moro southern j& altitudes; although npt bo imposing B from au uosthotio standpoint as the lH oraugo tro those crops aro very ,ft profitable m Tho wator whloh is tho llfo blood jR ' of California Is husbanrlod with a care that is a good'worront of the thrift of H tho pooplo. It is oonveyed in pipes Jm and distributed iu ooment ditobos, so tCT that not a drop is lost by seepugo or GMT evaporation, a good lesson tp us I mi who bavo witnessed such profligate m wasto of this lluld So vital to tho H prosperity of all arid regions. Ono Sfi is porfootlv safo in tho assertion that jE r0 per cent of our irrigation water iu fm Utah is absolutely lost by our orudo 11 motbods of storage aud distribution. I$ Fertilization is douo with real soion- tiflo precision, A load of tho ordi- mi nary burn yard rnfuao whloh wo aro WL willing to pay here to havo carted K.S uway, is sold tboro fir from 80 to 88 MS per load. Tho wiudfall ornn?0H are Kb left on tho ground and turned uudor " B with tbo plow for the purposo of fertilization. (To bo continued,) |