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8BM1- TROPIC CAL IFORNIA. 
BAKER BLOCK, Los Axgei.es, Cal. 
ajcmthcrn California. 
LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 
The Renciur/ r.a of CiilJ'ortiin in speaking 
of Southern California says: 
Thi* is the richest, most prolific and 
iroaperous county in Southern California, 
t has every variety of soil and climate to 
he found in this part 01 the State. Jt has 
1*0*11 well anil thoroughly written up dur- 
nig the last few year*—has attracted much 
attention in the East, and is now receiving 
a large immigration and consequently is 
increasing ii. wealth and population more 
than any other section of the State. 
On the southwest it is hounded by the 
Pacific Ocean with a const lino of nearly 
on© hundred miles. The larger portion of 
the county is a parallelogram, being about 
seventy miles (rotn cast to west. And si sty 
miles from north to south, leaving u Irian 
glo in the southeast portion, the northern 
line of which equal* severity miles and the 
eastern forty unit's. The county, therefore, 
cunt mm; about u t ijO0 suiiain iiiilns, or 'I, 
600,000 acres. 
KHODIinK 
Corn, badey, potatoes, wheat, rye, bean*, 
castor bean# and alfalfa, tobacco, flax, hemp 
and cotton have boon tested and prove a 
success. Of fruits, the grape, apple, pear, 
peach, plum, nectarine, cherry, apricot, fig, 
orange, lemon, lime, walnut and all tlm 
small fruits and berries grow luturlantly 
nod yield largely. This i* the great or u nge 
section of the State. 
Everywhere in .Southern California 
where oranges have matured, wn find the 
Old Sun Bernardino, Mission Sun Gabriel 
and Pasadena orange fur superior to all 
others. 
The raising of aheap, cattle, horses and 
hogs enters largely into the farm husbandry 
of Los Angeles county. Thu ben interest 
is also becoming very important especially 
along the foot-hills of the Sari Gabriel 
raugc of mountains. 
Las AXilKt.KS VALLEY, 
Is the most productive, probably, in the 
-State, and is destined at no distant day to 
teem with a dense population. It is 
bounded on the northeast by the foot-hills, 
dividing this county from Sun Bernardino 
and El Monte Valleys; < n the southwest 
by the ocean, and on the north vest by the 
ocean anil the foot hilU. 
This valley, in a north wcatcrly anil south¬ 
easterly direction, ia fully fifty miles in 
length and sonic twenty miles wide, so that 
it contains Onu thousand square miles, or 
040,000 Here*. UT this land 100,000 acres 
may be classed a* grafting, 100,1100 grape 
and semi-tropical fruit, mid 030,000 acres 
superior corn lands, equally adapted for 
barley, rye, oats, millet, potatoes, hops, etc. 
It is p>timated that at least fiiiO.OOO a.-res 
of this loud can be irrigated. It lies most 
favorable for purposes of Irrigation, being a 
b’vul plain with u fall of ten Ivet per mile 
in n Aoiitlwrly rtbeelion. The water can 
lie: deflected on either nidi from the river# 
that flow through it Many very lurge 
dltehna me already ournMriKt-d in tfii* vnl 
ley leading tlm water mini tlm rivers, nrid 
other* are being dug at tlm present time. 
The supply of artesian Water in this valley 
ia also ilm most prolific yet discovered in 
the Slate, flowing well# being obtained 
over an immense area at iltqitlm r.iuging 
from lorly tu two hundred feet. The anil, J 
as a rule, la a rich Bundy loam, easily worked 
and very productive. There me farina in 
this valley tl at have boon under constant 
culture for a century, and the yield i* ns 
bountiful to day a* whan tlm first crop was 
[limited. Irrigation seems to renew the 
soil and maintain its fertility. In noine 
portion* of the valby there is im excess of 
alkali, but thin can lie nliniiuntad by the j 
introduction of beets and other thing* 
which require a largo amount of pota«h. 
I For richness of soil, variety of pnwluc- 
I lions, favorable climate, location, and in 
many other respects this county is by far 
the richest county in Southern California, 
especially in the production of wroi-trop«cal 
fruit*. Jt is not extravagant to say that 
there are fine million orange trees in or¬ 
chard form in this county—old and young. 
The Orange settlement alone, 3* 3 miles, 
contains 135^200. 
(Hit CITY OK LQH A Xu ELKS 
Has surprised every one in the rapid pro 
gn-*« she has made for the last few yean*, 
fining now the fourth in the State, ranking 
next to Sacramento. She is steadily moving 
<m, notwithstanding the hard time*-- new 
buildings are going up, n<"» improvements 
are everywhere visible, and tho city is ex¬ 
tending in every direction, on the bills and 
out in tlia valley. 
lit*SO’ TtiEriN i-Ai.mi railroad company 
Have nmde great improvements in the vi¬ 
cinity of their new depot, in East La An¬ 
geles. This is the great railroad centre of 
Southern California. The Southern Pacific 
daily fr<un San Francisco, the Arixoiia. the 
Wilmington, thy Anaheim ami Santa Ana, 
and the Santa Monica railroad* all center 
here, giving splendid facilities for travelers 
and freights. 
Tlm climate is delightful. The surround¬ 
ing country forma a landscape of rare 
beauty. 
All the conveniences and opportunities 
afforded by a city are found here; and 
current expenses of living, ele., are as 
moderate in this city as in any other part 
of California. 
LOS ANGELES 
Land and Abstract Office, 
: NO 13 SPRING ST, 
