Show ABOUT california miss mar pratt cues the record sonic ebs of californi Califor nn information its soil climate and the tonn m central home 1 acts about one of alie towns of alit lokich state miss mary pratt who 3 well known in park city and who his a wide circle of friends returned from a four months visit to the golden on the evening of tie ast 1st and is well stocked with information concerning loncer ning that country and clime she visited numerous parts of the bbate but spent most of her time at riverside as that town peculiarly 1 er wit hits natural beauty and she sings it praises with much enthusiasm fc he says it 1 as been the custom of writers in tl e past to invariably refer to this country it alie time of its settlement as a desert and to magnify tl ose tea tures which t in a measure justify its being so clisset fins is not war ranted by t e facts the bare appear ance of the lands tl ere is in no sense due to any lack of fertility but to the liht winter which is mature cereal crois in deed alie application of tl e water art bially to the red soil of riverside so thoroughly proved its superiority for orange aid lemon grow lie that complete success had crowned it e work of tl e aloi aers by bringing to them from a V orld s fair all alie gold medals for the superior appearance and quality loftt air fruit alte this greit interior villey of alie to inta ani is as a whole somewhat colder in winter and warmer in sum mer than the section on tl e seaward side of the coast ranee the climate Is remarkably line and in miny respects even superior to that of the more equable and also more humid climate found directly upon the coast it is undeniably better as regards those characteristics sought by people with a tendency to lung troubles the albl tude and the dryness of the atmosphere proving especially beneficial for asah matic III 18 6 the first extensive planting of orange trees took place as a result of alie successful fruiting of ane earlier orchards in that year magnolia avenue was laid out and it is now un q one of the fai est drives in the w ald it is feet wide with a row of m pepper trees in tl e center and bordered on baili sides its entire length with pepper eucalyptus balm and otter trees A drive down this smooth shady and well sprinkled avenue through ands of acres of orange grooves is a treat no er on earth can offer I 1 it this tl is only one of many beautiful streets which this city of homes possesses during alie last year still anoil er 1 as been laid out to be known as victoria avenue which I 1 parallels arall els tl e older avenue at a greater altitude nearly its entera lentil and en tl e city proper over a bridge ne irly COO feet in length and CO feet in heigl t across tl e ante arroo liere a solitary jungr aided school of a dozen years ago gave gioi s ajr ill the ct ildren of the settle ment twenty eigl t teachers are re q ailred to serve in thoroughly graded acl 0 la the educational wants of over children of school age few cities of seven thousand t ints can bo of as fine hotels as can its public schools are tl 1 ride of tl e entire population As a community riverside la a rich one tl e i of the soil has ere abed such hat the town is acied cited by bradstreet with 1 the greatest wealth i er capita of any town in tl e union town 1 as not one cent of indebtedness even the most excellent sewer system the many arte si in wells and cemented alks be ii g paid for as constructed the arri gation facilities ficili ties as regards supply and distribution are among the best in the bbate and cost of dollars to brine tl em to their present state of perfection the domestic water Is sup plied by the artesian wells under a pros sure ample for ire purposes and its 1 arity and excellence contributes un questionably to the exceedingly low deith ante ri for transportation through tl e bilky in which the town Is located comprised three horse car lines and one motor irhe and trains are run hourly n ere are some valuable gold and silver mines near the town and they ire being developed not for specula lion but for tt e rich or bodies known to exist and several properties are now producing handsomely besides the gold and silver mines the great demea cat tin mine is i ear and is being extensively worked by an 1 ag lish company rhe town la located about sixty milea cist from los angeles with which city it is connected by three lines of railroad running six train eadi tt ly daily ban diego Is about miles to the southward and can be readied from by two trains each day over the banta 1 e rhe of 11 town has been a steady one from its foundation because t sed u i on realities and its future is even brighter than its past hie flies for tl e united states V ivy armade at tl e brooklyn lavy aard J he work is done under the ire 0 mr alio llio foreman of the ment and is fertl er examined once a week by commandant gibson tl e bunting used in these digs is boegl t in large quantities tice a year from lowell alcisa it must weigh five pounds to every forty yards and must stand the test in weight of seventy pounds to two square inches fo set the color it is steeped in salt for six hours and must then stand exposure to the sun for the same length of time be fore beine used the red and white bunting are then placed together and six stripes are cut at once with an im mense pair of shears alie stars are cut from bleach ed muslin a mal let and chisel thirty st irs being cut at one time the stars must be turned down to a size determined by i p ste bo ird model it must then be placed in its proper position hemmed down and blut must be far from easy of achieve another sewed directly at its back for the plan work of sewing the strides women are paid by the yard but on more dih cult work they are paid according to time mo imper feet stitches are allowed the canvas binding is sewed on by sailors the foreign lags carried by our ships and used in saluting vessels of oil er na eions are also made in this very inter 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