with a l)iirr(i f rc nn Denver to San iM'anci^cn. v^lie had had lu- 

 liercnlosi^. Init was entirely well, ami had L;a.ineil firt\ i)(itnids in 

 her three nidiitlis" tri]). 



It is an al)M )rl)in,L'; (lecni)ation tn take virgin land — nt)t the 

 rich, hlack, loani}' sort, InU san.dy, rocky and ap])arently hnpe- 

 le^s — and make it hlossom and frnctifw With a definite winter 

 season of cold, such as does not (jccnr on the c<_)ast side of the 

 monntains. the Li'rowin"' season is nui continnons, and the re- 

 suits are not so alnmdant. iUit there is and will l)e a market 

 for all the ])roducts that shall l)e raised in the region, and it 

 does not take a ver_\' keen imagination to foresee in the next 

 generation or two, a ])Oiailation of tens of thousands cultivating 

 this so-called Desert, and increasing and llouri,-hing in the dry, 

 wholesome altitude. An astronomer will find here almost jjer- 

 fect conditions for studv, as the cloudless, almost windless 

 nights and ahsence of hunnidit)' afiford an uninterrui)tcd view 

 of the whole Ixiwl of heaven. 



If Dr. \'an Dvke had known, the Alojave River X'alley, he 

 might have closed his description (d" America as 

 "'idle l)lessed land of Room Enough l^eyond the ocean bars, 

 \Miere the air is full of sunshine, and the skv is full of stars." 



iKnriutit rt Inter nltm mnniutiiiir ;nitalnt. 



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