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Show JUNKETERS RETURN. Members Utah Press Association in Love With California. Had the Time of Their Lives, nnd Were Royally Received by the Southern Callfornlnns. Tbo tnogunrd of tho Utah Press Association As-sociation oxourslou loft Los Augoles homeward bound Inst Monday ovoning v' tbo Snlt Lnko Route, nnd ero this all or noarly all tbo excursionists excursion-ists nre at homo. All express thom-selves thom-selves as bnving enjoyed tho timo of tholr lives. Tboir stay in southern .California was ono continuous ovation. kWhllo tbo articles thnt will appear tboso columns in relation to tho trip will uecossarlly bo bnsod upon the personal observations and opinions of tho reprosontatlvo of our papor who scoompanlod tho party, wo bolieve his vordiot in rolntlon to tbo biicccsi of tbo trip nnd tbo conditions thnt maintnln iu benutiful Cnlifomin nro largely shnrod by nil tho mom&orB that constituted tbo company. California is n bonutful country. Jts moit valuablo asset is itB climate. Thoro is ao littlo range between its "niiur nnu summor tompornturo, tbat it is nt onco n summor as woll was a winter resort. It is tho winter homo of thousands of millionaires aud wealthy pooplo who wUh to oscapo the rigors of tbo uorthorn winters, nnd at tho samo timo it is n plaoo of refuge in summor for pooplo who llvo in torrid climes. Tho perpetual stream of migration iusuros llbornl pntronago for transportation companies, com-panies, and the visitors bolng largely of tho wealthier class, all tho resorts offering real attractions uro orowdod. ' i ibis article wo will only attompt srtmiMtno gworal Idea nt tbo V' iYJiu!t articles' v& may nier nfot 1"" detallBud?ileBSrJbb various localities. GOOD RAILROAD SERVICE. Whllo tho San Pedro, Los Angeles & Rait Lake railway Is a comparatively npw roid und has boon playing in very hard luck for tho past fow mouthi, it is not oxcolled in tbo standard of its sorvioo by any of tbo oldor iinos. Tbo 'road bod is good, oxoept in a few localities wboro tbo recent floods took tho trnolc and temporary repairs have boon mado; it can i os standard aud tourist sleepers, sleep-ers, elegant day coachos und good dining oar accomodations, and tho odlolnls nro courteous nnd pleasant. You will make no mistnkowhon visit-lug visit-lug southorn California in choosing tho salt Lnko Route. A nRAiTTFIITr; flflUNTRV. Soutboru California is rightfully called a land of llowors. Ou ovory side tho band of man has tnkon tbo troublo to sow tbo seed nnd irrlguto tho soil, grow beautiful blossoms of nearly ovory kind aud hue. Plants whiob in our ollmato grow only in house windows aud roqulro most oarofu) nursing, flourish thoro out-of-doors, nnd nppoar to spring up spon-tanlously spon-tanlously in tho wnstoplnoes. Benutiful Benu-tiful roses, cnlla lilies, petunias, geraniums, carnations nnd n myriad other varieties aro to do soon. Hodges formod of blossoms nro oommon. Tho geranium seems to bo tho great decorative plant of soutboru California. Cali-fornia. It grows almost into n tree, and if thoro in nn unsightly wall, outbuilding or anything olso that it la prefornblo to bide, all ono hns to do is to plunt gornuiums in front of H. It is n country cnloulntod to in-splro in-splro tho soul with lovo of God nnd nature during life, nnd nuild tbo por-iurao por-iurao ht flowers nnd bonoutb bouutl-'nl bouutl-'nl blos'some, It Is an lilonl country In which to pnes tbu long unbroken leop nffer death hns wrought its change. ' WEALTH OF FRUIT. In Its oxtonslvo groves of ornnges, lemons, olives, grapo fruit nnd vino-yards, vino-yards, Ilea one of th grout sources of wealth in lower California. S'2,000, 000 was tho amount paid to tho pooplo poo-plo of ono oounty for tho ornngo crop tbo present Benson, and tho purchasers purchas-ers shipped it out nt their own oxponso. ox-ponso. Good ornngo groves ro worth from.8C00 to 52,000 per noro, and yleldrom two or tbreo hnndrod to hotter thnu n thousand dollars per yonr, dopoudlng upon tbo enro nnd cultivation tho laud receives. Noarly nil tho ground 1b Intonsoly cultlvntod. Not nil tho country Is suited to tho production of ornngos nud citrus fruits. Tho bouoh loud is bottor thuu tho lowor IqvoIs, for tho ronson that tbo fruit horo is loss llkoly to bo injured in-jured by frost. Tbo cold waves seotn to sottlo to tbo lowor altitudes. Tho subjoot of oruugo growing and marketing is nn extouslvo ono nud may bo oxplalned in a futuro article Tbo excursion visited tbo Coltou pnoklug bouso, ouo of tbo Inrgost nnd best equipped In California, und hud tbo wholo process of sorting nnd pnoklug pnok-lug tho fruit shown nnd explained to them. THRIFT AND INDUSTRY. A notloonblo foaturo of southorn California peoplo la tholr thrift and industry. Everybody Booms to bo busy nnd ulort. Thoro npponis to bo fow if uny oxtromoly poor pooplo thoro. Tboro is work for everybody who is willing to lnbor and thero is no oxcubo fortbooxistoncoof pnupors. Each town has its commercial organ-izntionu organ-izntionu and tbo form of n board of trade or chamber of commerce, which usually ombracos In its momkorship practically nil tho business mou nnd progressive citizens of tho placo. It is n power of strongth. Whon nnv kind of a publlo utility is proposed it Is considered by tho commercial club, whioh ropresonts tho mnjority, at lonst, of tbo taxable property, nnd if tho project rocoives favorablo nu tlnn, n committoo waits upon tbo city aounoil and it daro not refuso tho do-mund. do-mund. Whon visitors upon whom it is desirablo to mako a favorablo impression im-pression visit tbo town, thore is n committoo to extend courtosios audi I boo that tho strangers huvo ovory f a-olllty a-olllty for Booing and becoming no-quulntod no-quulntod with tho olty. Whon tho oommorclnl organizations deolde thut It If, Itffo-!hift " to iV trijMp ttii of intoxicants, prL(blJtlon carrhj That's why In a majority of southern Califbrnln townB thoro aro no Baloouo, nnd so littlo drunken nose. PULBIO IMPROVEMENTS. All tbo good sized towns or southorn south-orn California-nro provided with nil modern conveniences, such as waterworks, water-works, sowerogo, olectrio lights aud power, pnvod stroots nnd sidewalks, etreot cars, oxcollont country roada and olootno enr linos connecting them with each other nnd with Los Angoles, tbo metropolis. Tbo grounds nro beautifully kopt, and tbo skill of tho laudsoapo gnrdner is in evidence on ovory sido. Tho troes and shrubs nro bo distinctive, so sti Iking nnd uuiquo, thnt they nppoar to belong to a different world from ours. Tbo USO Of Crude notrolnum nnnn tbo country roads of California has boon tho moons of tevolutionizing trnUlo conditions. A well oiled rond is quito similar in nppearanco to an aspbult pavement, nnd differs from it prinoipnlly iu thnt it is a littlo moro spongy. It is bottor in sorro respects re-spects nnd a littlo inferior iu othors. Tbo clatter of tho horse's foot and tho rattlo of iron tired wheels Is lost ou Ub slightly spongy surface, which is n decided advantngo, but heavy londs drnw a littlo hordor. Tboro Is no dust, and no mud iu wot weather on tho nilod roads, and thoy wear level and smooth instoad of cutting into ruts as our roads do. Tho cost of oiling is nbout 8200 por milo, nnd n coating of oil will Inst from ono to Hvo yonrs. Euoh sucooodlug coat of oil becomes moro onduriug. South orn Calitoruin is n voritablo nutomo-blllst's nutomo-blllst's purndlso, and tho machines uro very much in ovldonoo. Boforo oiling, tho rouds nro carefully graded and proparod, oousidornblo quantity of gravel or crusbod rook outoring into in-to thoir construction, but whon onoo completed tboro is practically no moro work on tbom, except to ocon-slonnlly ocon-slonnlly apply anotbor ooat of oil. MAGNIFICENT HOMES. Bolng a favorlto roBort of wealthy pooplo, soutboru California is flllod with raagnifloont homes. Wenlth and nnturai advantages in tbo form of ollmato nud a productive soil havo combined to bring forth tho bost of wbloh tbo world Is capable. Lumbor is tbo favorite material for building, nud probably four-fifths of tho houses aro of frame These aro kept niooly (Continued on Dth pago.) JUNKETERS RETURN. i (Continued from first page.) painted for tho most part, and with tho bonutiful environments, nppoar very attractive. RESOURCES. Southern California's groatost resource re-source is its climate, on which almost al-most everything olso hinges. Of course, thoro nro vnlunblo mines but , these nro now a minor consideration. I Tho beautiful golden orango crop is a porpotunl sourco of wealth, which insures pormnuonoy to tho settlements settle-ments and justtQos improvements of n substantial nnturo, in striking contrast con-trast to tho mushroom growth whloh attaohos to the iloklo mining industry. indus-try. Then tho tourist trnillo, which also hinges on tho ollmato, is an undying un-dying sourco of revonuo; for whilo many peoplo may vUit the country but onco, thoro aro now generations constantly growing up who will wnnt to soo tho boautics of tho locality; whilo tho residences thoro of Humorous Humor-ous nilllibiiaires and wealthy people insures an nssesBod valuation on which it is onsy to raiso amplo revonuo 'for any needed improvements. RAPID GROWTH. A feature worthy of uotico is tho rapidity with which tho country is dovoloping and building. Millions of dollars aro oaoh year being invested in now buildings, and tho population in all tho towns is rapidly iuoroosiug. It is oonddontly oxpeotod by the resi dents of the locality that Los Angeles will shortly oxtoud until it embracos tho settlements on tbo const and most of tho suburban towns in on opposite dlreotiou. And judging from tbo growth of roeont years it does not nppear nt all impossible. The only obstnolo in tho way of tbo development of tho country is a Bhortago of water. Contrary to impressions im-pressions which appear to prevail quite generally, California has littlo if any moro rainfall than this country has, and without irrigation tbo wbolo country would bo a desort. There aro now plans nfoot, howovor, for greatly increasing tho supply of this vital fluid, nnd when this is dono n greater area of country will bo brought under cultivation. In a climate which plapes a value on irrigated liwd.of from 8500 to-$2,00Q poraoro. feata in 'engineering for tbo procuring procur-ing of water aro justified which would bo insurmountable obstaoles in less favored regions. California has a groat futuro boforo jt. |