SEMI TROPIC CALI FOR SI A. 
iwi*t attractive 
re'I light of the setting sun. He had in- j «AN7 A BARBARA, 
tended to settle near die Hay;! 
hut after a thorough inspection of the! Barbara, 
eonntrv, and an extended visit north tnl *"'• delightful town* in the world 
Santa Clara aod Sacramento he returned 1 * balmy climate and the ad 
to San Gabriel and east his lot here, and r4nl *g'* , t *>/ *.'■ •°d society, i« located o< 
rma is distant about thirlr miles «aat 
I Angelo*, directly on the railroad. 
has never had cause to regret his choice. j 
300 miles south of San Fra 
He has been otto of the leading *pint~ in 1 m 'le» northwest nf lv<* Angela*. The 
the development and advancement of l.i» " :r '' ,f:T y ' n the vicinity of ih- town is very 
particular locality, and has boon called to a MClureeque- The city .« sKat tf 
prominent place in the horticultural and-,' ,m co *^ ■'"* disagreeable wind- by » 
viticulture) tnteresta of tint State > ^'gh range of mountains, and invalids >\r,,| 
Rit is a member of the Staia Agriont- the mild, even atm--phere very bench, . 
tural Society, being n director of that ' "i pulmonary di- 
Board. Rb is also one of the Vilicutlursl 
Her, C F. I.oop , 
urn thi« awttlemern 
I -omr# (iw Large m 
holt 
thermometer averages tboat #0 
Fahrenheit the yaar round; it 
reaches HU degrees even tn 
weather of Bummer, and the 
wars flool and comfortable. 
The town boasts of one of the best hotel- 
in the Stats, outside nf Sn Prniriv • 
The Arlington has a Urge list of rwgnU 
Rastem visitors who paa* their winters 
Santa Barbara, and find 
Commimioiiors of the State, and coitfrib 
utod largely to tlm amount of valuable 
information contained in the Annual lt«.> 
port of that Commission. 
Through his instrumentality a bill has 
been prepared, endorsed by the Icgi-lature 
of tiip state, and petitions signed recom¬ 
mending Congress to pass a law “ To pro- 
bust the manufacturer* of pure grape bran 
dies, by prohibiting its mixture or adulter- ! •PP" l, 'b';l 1 ' •* u -.n-•,t ' - • 
ation by the wholesale dealer; requiring the ! !'' n * hotel. I h-r. is a fin- II.-bin; I 
packages to be sold by the wholesale dealer; i,l K Wlth ‘ * 4r F ' '" r l" »f t-v. b. r«. « . 
as they arc delivered from the distiller*, borarv and rending >• -nn, ‘-cr.oal b > b 
except under certain specified pnndiiiniM.” v " ,wl tj '' goudrmanly v 1 ' -, h"t *ulfo...r 
Mr. Rose has boon favorably and prmui-' »P r, "F" ,n t, "‘ ... "• . 
m>fitly mentioned as a candidate for Con- 1 " r ,,lval| d- -ulJ.-nnj p .1 
grew, in l had he been n 
generally belli ved, would h - 
by n large majority, irrespective of p ,r| y. | e * 11 * 1111 '■ ' 4 ’‘th . f t. I"»m, - 1 ' 
We believe that the people of Southern rr *‘ fruit b ' ! ' "* .. 
California will, at the next election, !•> U ' r '‘ *■* rJ » f i - no n *1 fro 
aside politics for the time, and unit, on a er>wn tfl perfecicn, as well as decide 
camlidate who is thoroughly identified with fr " i,, 40,1 **f«**hl. *. 
the interests of the district, and is a prunli ‘ '* ' 1 ■'-hghtfiil »•••(> :,i 
cal, competent, honest man. Mr, Roae i. | w “h anrirailml dnuaie and #. e .ery. 
authority OH llll subjact* upon win- b l„- IS a le.npVMiore eoh.oy ... the 
expresses mi opinion, for his jmlg.n. Mix are, ,lfir,h '' rn I’''' 1 "" of ..>...ry, h«vn „ 
formed only alter thorongh invest.g^tton ' * bo,lt wr hundm! and fifty famili. . -vh.- 
»nd good water 
'• exhibitor 
Iraplay consisting 
g "range*. grown 
tr»e». This n- 
entinn, and it j s 
• avsdlings were 
i exhibited at the 
i pleasant little » 
nd experiment. 
No man in the State has given more 
valuable instruction to the vineyard!*!, and 
none has done more to stimulato in.prxive- 
mont and growth in this pr. filabU ln.ltft.tr\ 
of our statu than L. J. Hose. 
SAN FERNANDO. 
j are making comfortable homes for 
selves in a fertile and easily cultivated 
j volley. 
The Santa Barbara exhibit st the Citrus ; 
I Fair occupied very nearly the center of the j 
I Pavilion, and w** ui rhaig" of Mr. Kel» 
Ksq., Vioe-Prewdent of the Santa IWbsra 
Horticultural Society, and Mr*. N. W 
Win ton, Secretary, whiwe letter* oc«**."t. 
Sun Fernando is known U a wheat and »PP rJlr ,n the Satir-T aoi'h 
honey Ouuntry; but few people are aware' Buh 
that it is well adapted to fruits arid early i "** ’* *‘"1 d 
vegetables. The foothill* bordering ^ ; fomled notice th«» our .pace wiH t «-rmii. 
valley for eight or ti<u mile*, have a (oft j Col. Hollister, the propriety of the well 
riuh, easily-worked soil, on which fruit. I hnown »nd beautiful ranch wb-h he has 
and vegetables mature very earl*, and I "• T ’ , "d Anuic. had a larg- display of 
thrive with liot little water. A p >. man i f r "ii* and nut*. Ot!.. r <■.r.■ t..i -rw w-r.- 
can secure one hundred acres of the . Messr.. Cooper, Heath. Sultoo, Stowe 
eat land almost anywhere along tl.eM- hill*! , .' v * n * Sr*«'.n, Shethi ld. Uighr, Bond, 
for about one-twentieth the cost ol Undi 
- merit aatrsfirsi ci.e writer that it 
in on* of 
i lis Angeles county. t*r»h 
unde/ the shadow of ih« m a,esti 
»d right 
M*dre Range no aerioa* w,i,,|» 
' tuber aiimatie svila sru*.,* die o.h 
1 tee# mdea due east of !...* iVngele*. and is 
i oo.-jpind by forty families. The water 
"'PW ** hnt might be improved by 
in .uint of land Could he brought 
i .turn. Messrs. Wilton % Hutu 
! Ire V Wallace, L. Hsroes, A Son. 
into .-nf- 
: U. on, N. Bwanlslre, W. >ronh, O. 
Weyse, 
oihere have well cultivated ami pleasant 
*rmi tropical and deviduuns fruits. 
The Duarte exhibit at the ¥ 
'air was 
' . _ nnn isaiaing, neon. 
1 . rchant presont »ls«»d that they « 
sere the 
rTtd tfo* mr. W " " * U "* " 
GOOD WORDS FM CAUFORNIA WINES. 
Tha Sim, in an eijtnwial on ' alifor 
men, nukIuiIm that a (nol I'slifor 
urn is tar better than a vast deal <>l 
nf told for iniwiM wine, and wtr 
, glad t 
fruit and fl*>r«l display it *"d prtwpei 
* * 1 S#. If California wine-n 
wing *• rapidly m the 
•duct, the phylloxera, ah 
xt in their vineyard*, « 
i»e and etficisnt euem 
v will have to contend. 
rds u 
quality • 
eedy U 
1 Dinar 
ad a 1 
___ Harper. A. IVhaol 
i such RBttlsftumta as I'asadena and Uiv. r i ' "" exhilolion, vtvlrd tt-■■ ••u* 
side. Tho land inuxt cleared and u*i,-, •* Apple* which i* *»id U. be •- •>> d- 
dcvclnped, but skill and mdu.tryw.il pro ' »’* ih-wc who ha*s «e.t. .| it I h 
vitlu a home far cheaper than in our Nal display of tb.wers i.y Mrs. N '> '' " 
bn*. Some of the taril.at fruit and v«g«- j »»* “ {,hp «•«'" Mature*.-f the exhibit 
Mol"' Conte to market from the foothills of! 
tho Sun Fernando Valley. 
Tun pr 
T|u* Imo ii 
if there are t 
tho season. 
■ hot, blasting 
;.xi 
The first westward-bwund train over tb<• 
Southern Trans- eon U nen tal Railroad armed 
in l.oa Augales March 21. t i*uors from 
the Ka»t are now arming daily in our CUT 
and our hotaU, for the tiros being, are well 
patronised. 
r to Kiorn 
» paving « 
frost sample of cotton gr 
I'abforma *Atublei at 
Fair next (rail. 
