1 t \ i % i/# 5 For fxirtKer information address REDLANDS BOARD OF TRADE, SAN BERNARDINO BOARD OF TRADE ONTARIO BOARD OF TRADE - -s INDEX San Bernardino County .... 3 Kedlands 9 Crafton 25 Men tone 25 San Bernardino ...... 27 Ontario ....... 39 Chino 45 Colton 47 Needles 51 Highland 55 Kialto ........ 61 Etiwanda ....... 61 Cucamong-a ....... bl Loma Linda ...... 61 photographs By Chase Thorn, Redlands etedles photographs by charles scot7 ENGRAVING AND PRINTING By Out West Co.. Los Angeles Ho " The Imperii.. County " of Southern California SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AN BERNARDINO COUNTY is "Imperial" in size, con- taining an area of 20,160 square miles. There are eight States in the Union each smaller than this single county of California. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Delaware and New Jersey together could be accommodated within its boundaries. The county is "Imperial" also in its resources. Em- bracing, as it does, a wide range of surface, soil and climate — lofty mountains, fertile foothills and mesa, highly culti- vated valleys, and vast desert areas which are the treasure- houses of untold mineral wealth — it furnishes a great variety of productions and gives promise of wonderful development in the near future. The chief industry is horticulture. In the production of citrus fruits San Bernardino County is the leading county in California. It is estimated that the shipments of citrus fruits from the county this season will exceed 9,000 car-loads. In addition, many hundred car- loads of dried fruits — raisins, apricots, peaches, figs and nectarines — are shipped every year. The finest apples, pears, plums and cherries are raised in the higher altitudes. Honey of choice quality is pro- duced. Berries of all kinds excel in size and flavor and form a profit- able crop for home con- sumption. Potatoes and other vegetables are raised in some local- ities. Large areas are devoted to alfalfa, wheat and barley. '"#1 1 '^■Uw:j : !^ « *' ' PH ■" i' ^^ |W' ^ -r- CAMPING OUT San Bernardino County COURT HOUSE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTV In mineral wealth, San Bernardino County stands third in the State. It leads in the production of borax, cement, lime- stone, marble and turquoise. Gold, silver and copper are the principal metals. Lead is also found. For many years the Desert district of the county has been recognized as a promising field for the prospector ; and numerous small claims, scattered over a wide extent of territory, have already yielded San Bernardino County abundant evidence of undeveloped re- sources, the possibilities of which are as yet unknown. The mining industry in this county is still in its infancy. It is only within the last decade that capital has been invested in the development of these small beginnings into productive mines. A conspicuous illustration is found in SNOW ON THB MOUNTAINS— OR ANGB8 IN THbIvALLBY Sar* Bernardino County 1 BEAK VALLEY DAM "Camp Rochester," where twenty-six contiguous claims, yielding- gold, silver and cop- per, have been bought up by the Bagdad-Chase Gold Min- ing Company, an association of capitalists, chiefly from Rochester, N. Y., and have been systematically developed during the past three years. There are now on the property eighteen shafts, ranging from forty to 300 feet in depth, besides numerous tunnels. The mine has been well A SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY PRODUCT San Bernardino Covinty Opened up and put into condition for easy and profitable operation. The company owns a fifty-stamp mill at Barstow, togfether with five Huntington mills and a cyanide plant, capable of handling 200 tons per day. They are also erecting a ten-stamp mill on the property, and have in con- templation the piping of water from Lavic Lake, nine miles distant, and the erection of a large plant on the ground for working the low-grade ores which will not admit of trans- A KEULANUS PATH portation to Barstow. The mine is yielding handsome returns, with promise of greater profit with increased facil- ities. Camp Rochester is located about eight miles south of Ludlow, a station on the line of the Santa Fe Railroad, and is reached by a branch line owned by the Companj-. The post-office is named Stagg, in honor of the general manager. Other camps, the names of which are familiar to the mining world, are Roosevelt, Newberry Mountain, Manvel. San Bernardino County Vanderbilt, Ivanpah, Searchlight, New York Mountain and Provi- dence. These, as well as many others, are productive and profitable. The Gold Road and Iceland mines, within a few miles of Needles, are constant shippers of gold bullion. New discoveries are continually being made in the Dale district, thirty-five miles southeast of Amboy ; and the present development of this region gives assurance of increasing value and importance in the future. Many properties are now being prospected, wells are being dug, shafts sunk and other preparations are being made in various localities for the working of the mines and for the installation of reduction plants. Near Daggett are the well-known Borax fields, said to be the richest deposits of the kind in the world. The annual production of refined borax is enormous, amounting to more than $2,000,000 annually, and the supply is practically inexhaustible. In the Solo district are two valuable turquoise mines, the Himalaya and the Crescent, both producing gems of fine quality, which are shipped to jewelers in New York. WHY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS PROSPEROUS Cities And tovons ranked According to Amount of tAXible property RIIDLANDS lyTHOUGH but seventeen j^ears have passed since the town was laid out, Redlands is now the wealthiest city in San Bernardino County, the property valuation for 1903 being $14,000,000. Its g-rowth has been steadily progressive. For the three years ending July 1, 1903, building improvements have averaged a million dollars a year, and the material development of the city is continually increasing. Beautifullj- situated, near the foot-hills at the head of the San Bernardino Valley, eighty miles from the ocean and sixty-six miles east of Ivos Angeles, Red- lands is jjustly cele- brated for its climate and scenery. The fact that this city was se- lected as the place where President Mc- Kinley received his ofifi- cial welcome to the State of California, on May 8, 1901, and that, two years later, the freedom of the State was here tendered to President Roosevelt, on his tour of the West, is conclusive evidence that the charms of Red- lands are recognized throughout the State. Redlands is known, the country over, as the home of the orange ; AT SMILSY HBIGHTS Redlands ^ J. H. FISHER RESIDENCK Redlands and the culture of citrus fruits is the leading industry of the place. In peculiarly con- genial soil, enjoying practical immunity from frost and scale, and protected from destructive winds by the high mountains, the orange here attains perfection in color- ing, substance, and flavor. No finer fruit enters the market than is shipped from the groves of Redlands and vicinity. Shipments have increased to 2,500 car-loads a year. AN OKCHAKIi There are fifteen packing-houses and a marmalade factory. The population is rapidly increasing. In May, 1903, the enumeration was 7,942, an in- crease of b7 per cent for the three years pre- ceding this date. Redlands is conceded to be a remarkably intelligent and cultivated com- munity. The high standards of civic, moral and intellectual life which are held by the citizens in general are recognized and acknowledged by visitors to the city. There are no saloons in the place. IV.ecllands SCENES IN PROSPECT PAKK All the religious denomi- aations are represented here, and eleven of these have modern church edifices. The Y. M. C. A. has attractive and commodious quarters in a building- owned by the Associ- ation and valued at $40,000. The schools are in all re- spects abreast of the times. There are eight school build- ings with modern equipments. Two grammar-school build- ings have been erected within the past year, and another will probably be built next year. The high school is now being remodeled, greatly en- larged and completely re- fitted, at an estimated cost of $75,000. Over fifty teachers are employed in the schools, and the enrollment of pupils is about two thousand. Certificates from graduates of the high school are accept- ed by all the leading colleges K.ecll*ncl9 SCENES IN SMll.KY HEIGHTS and universities, East and West. Clubs and fraternal or- ganizations are numerous and well sustained. The Univer- sity Club has recently com- pleted a club-house, costing $20,000. The Contemporary Club is a woman's club, with about two hundred members. The Spinet, a musical club, has also a large membership, of both men and women, with an associated students' class. The Fortnightly and The Cosmopolitan are intellectual clubs for men. The Country Club has golf links, tennis courts, and a fine club-house on Kedlands Heights. Many of the fraternal societies have handsomely •appointed lodge rooms. The A. K. Smiley Public Library is a fine brick building, containing about 8.500 volumes. The building IVecllands SMILEY LIBRARY MCKINLEY MONUMENT, IN LIBKAKY GROUNDS Redlands MT. SAN BERNARniNO BY MOONLIGHT and the beautiful park of eig-ht acres in which it stands are together valued at $60,000, and were the gift of Mr. Albert K. Smiley to the City of Redlands. The business houses, as a rule, are hand- some and substantial. The new post-office building cost $50,000. There are two com- mercial banks and one savings bank, with deposits aggregating about $1,500,000. The Board of Trade is an active organization, with a membership of nearly four hundred. An abundant supply of pure mountain water for domestic use and purposes of irri- gation, is piped from reservoirs more than five thousand feet above the sea. This makes it possible to raise lawns, fruits and flowers upon the heights surrounding the city on the south and west. Each year sees an increase in the number of handsome residences built Bk.ecllancl« CAJON STREET, SOUTH FROM FERN AVENUE OLIVE AVENUK, WKST FKOM GRANT STREET LIGHT RBSIDBNCB 16 R-edlands upon these once barren hills, which command magnificent views of the grand mountain peaks and of the broad and fertile valley at their feet. The streets of Redlands are broad and well kept. Those in the business district are paved with asphalt, and most of the others are oiled. Some of the drives about the city have a national reputation. The " McKin- ley" and " Edgemont "Drives, the drives throug-h Smiley Library Park, Prospect Park, and Cailon Crest Park, better known as "Smiley Heights," delight thousands of tourists every year. The following are a few of the comments which they have left on record concerning the beauties of Redlands : President McKini,ey : " May I express the great pleasure I have had in the drive today about your city, HOTEL CASA LOMA Redlantls FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH BAPTIST CHURCH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH EPISCOPAL CHURCH B-edlands HENRY fisher's RESIDENCE through its parks and avenues, and in my observation of your beautiful homes. * * * I don't wonder the people of Redlands are proud of their city." President Roosevelt : " This is glorious ! I never imagined such a sight." Gov. Savage, of Nebraska : "Your whole city is one grand, magnifi- cent park." Prof. Bailey, Cornell University: "I have twice visited Europe, and am familiar with Germany, Sardinia, Italy, and ?^*^" "'^■'% MMf- BURRAGE RESIPENCR Redlands I ^, HUBBARD RESIDENCE lovers' lane 20 I Redlatid s Switzerland ; yet I have never looked upon so beautiful a cit^' as Redlands." Makshali^ Firud : " We had a splendid drive. One taking- it can have but one thing- to say — that this is the most beautiful spot on earth." fM A PACKING HOUSE INTKRIOK The Dukk of NPCwcA.sTtR : "I am surprised and delig^hted with Ked- lands. I wish to spend more time here, and will return for a lonirer visit." Canadian Pkks.s Association : " If there is any spot on earth calculated Redlands BAILEY RESIDENCE A REDLANDS ROADWAY MRS. wells' RESIDENCE 3? Redlands i;kii;r residence to give an idea of the beauty of the Garden of Eden, surely it must be Redlands." Redlands has "all the inodern improvements" — electric light and gas throughout the cit^', two telephone systems, trolley cars to Smiley STKKl.ING KKSIDKNCE 23 R-edlands Heights, Prospect Park, Country Club, Urbita Hot Springs, Terracina, and to neighboring towns and cities. The electric power plant sup- plies lyos Angeles. There are two daily and two weekly newspapers. SMILEY RESIDENCES SMILEY HEIGHTS The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads pass through the city, furnishing ample facilities for travel and transportation. The Hotel Casa Loma has been recently remodeled, enlarged and refit- ted. It is one of the most popular tourist hotels in Cali- fornia. Redlands M rig's residence Crafton and Mentone are settlements situated a few miles east of Redlands, enjoy- ing the same climate and natural advantages. Men- tone is situated on the Kite- shaped Track of the Santa Fe railroad. It has an eleva- tion of 1,650 feet, and is well- known as a health resort. Crafton is the terminus of the Southern Pacific railroad, and is noted for its fine oranges. The Union Ice Company's factory here is said to be the next to the largest ice plant in the world. CENTUKY PLANT IN BLOOM Redlands VIEW ON HIGHLAND AVENUE MT. SAN BERNARDINO FROM RESERVOIR, REDLANDS ■■•^^Jil " Jhe Gate City " £-^ SAN BERNARDINO HE GATE CITY of the San Bernardino Valley, and the County Seat of San Bernardino County, is situated on a gentle slope, just before the mouth of Cajon Pass, the "gate" through which enters the Santa Fe Railroad, and also the projected route of the partially completed Salt Lake Road. It is therefore on the direct line of transcontinental railway travel over those two great systems, while three miles to the south passes the Southern Pacific Railroad, with a branch connecting this city with Colton. The population is 12,000. The city is regularly laid out, with broad, clean streets, well paved in the densest part of the city, with good cement sidewalks, and shaded by semi- tropical trees and shrubbery. San Bernardino has a magnificent Court House, constructed entirely of material found within the limits of the county. It has a fine new Carnegie Public Library. Its hotels and business blocks, churches, A., T. ,V S. F. K. R. SHOI'S San Bernardii iik;h school building 28 San Bernardino school houses and fraternal temples are of modern construction and artistic design. The public school system is one of the best in the country. Graduates from the high school are accredited to the universities of the State. The youth of the city have every opportunity to secure a free education preparing them for any occupation in life. The city possesses a water system, which, when completed in the coming sum- mer, will be a model of excellence, both in construction and operation. The sources of supply are the melted snow of the rugged mountain peaks and the infiltrated water of the artesian well. The city owns a constant How of 100 miner's inches of mountain stream water, and also twenty acres of artesian water-bearing land, upon which, from one well now completed, there is constantly being discharged an additional 100 inches, SMITH RRSIDENCE San Bernardino ARROWHEAD MOUNTAIN, SAN BERNAKDINO RANGE with unlimited quantities in reserve, stored in the vast saturated subterranean plain or reservoir, upon which the city lies. To conserve this flow of mountain and artesian water, the city has built a reservoir of one million gallons capacity, the mountain water flowing- into it by gravity, and the artesian water being pumped in by means of a powerful pumping plant, thus insuring a constant supply of pure water at all times, under an even pressure throughout all the mains and laterals of the system. Within the limits of the city are the general repair shops of the Santa Fe system for the Pacific Coast, employing over 1,500 men and officers, whose wages and salaries amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars San Bernardino MRS. Byrne's residence PUIil-IU I.IBKAKV, UMiKK CDN S r H lIC TION San Bernardino a year, expended or deposited within the city. The Southern P a c i fi c Company also has large hold- ings in the heart of the city, where passenger and freight depots are maintained, and where a new three-story passenger depot is about to be constructed. The Salt Lake route also passes through the city, and un- doubtedly that line also will invest extensively' in similar structures as soon as the road- way is completed. In addition to these steam railways, San Bernardino has an electric system on its principal streets ; and from this city as the headquarters and the hub, this electric system ex- tends northeast to Harlem MATK BUSINESS S ^* "'^irfN San Bernardino Springs and Highland, south- east to Redlands and south to Colton, with a projected line westward to Rialto. It is thus plainly seen that, as a railroad center, the city is of unbounded importance and possesses enviable advantages to the merchant and the pro- ducer. Beyond the range of mountains lying just north of the city is a vast mineral region, rich in precious metals and ores and other mineral products. In the development of that region, San Bernar- dino has an important part, for it is the natural center and outfitting point for all the mineral region. Among its many advan- tages, achieved by man and N BERNARDINO San Bernardino money, there are to be found others offered by nature ; for distributed around the borders of the city are hot and cold mineral springs, the curative properties of which are recog- nized the world over. To the north are the Arrowhead Hot Springs, located at the point of the magnificent figure of an Indian arrowhead, which lies upon the breast of the mountains. To the east are the Harlem Hot Springs, where a resort is maintained and where baths become a remedy for the sick and a delight for the well. To the south are the Urbita Springs, combining the tub and plunge FIRST M. E. CHURCH 34 San Bernardino HAKRIS KKSIUKNCK COOLEY RKSIDKNCE San Bernardino CARSON RESIDRNCE BAKTON RESIDENCE 36 San Bernardino A SHADY KOAD HARVKSTING O0TFIT B ernardino L ^« ■3pF^*2<*^ ::\V:W»-j.,„.r:,i^, liu m a " ' *1iS*^* '3^^B 1 .■^^-■'*£^ CURTIS RESIDENCE baths with a picnic resort, the attractiveness of the place being- in- creased by a beautiful lake, surrounded by trees and pleasure grounds. As a healthful and sanitary city, San Bernardino has no superior. Fortunately for the permanent residents, it has never been adver- tised as a sanitarium, nor devoted to that purpose, and the records of the Board of Health reveal a minimum of disease. It is a city of happy, prosperous, contented people, housed in comfortable cottages and beautiful homes, with plenty of work for the willing and plenty of money for business. San Bernardino is today, after its fifty years of municipal life, advancing in the march of progress with the energy and push of the young, but regulated and tempered by the calmness, experience and wisdom of the old. 38 ' ' The Model Colony ONTARIO HE MODEL COLONY, comprising Ontario, Upland and San Antonio Heights, lies forty miles east of Los Angeles, on a gradual slope at the base of the Sierra Madre Mountains. The elevation varies from 900 to 2,000 feet. The city of Ontario, with a population of about 1,200, occupies the lower portion of the colony, while Upland and San Antonio Heights lie nearer to the foot-hills. The area of the colony is thirty- six square miles. The entire population is 3,650. Ontario takes third rank in fruit shipments from South- ern California. Dried fruits, olives, canned goods, etc., to the value of $200,400, and citrus fruits amounting to $1,150,000 were shipped last year. Two transcontinental railways pass through the colony. Upland is on the line of the Santa Fe, and Ontario on the Southern Pacific. The projected Salt Lake Road has advanced far enough to connect Ontario PACKINO HOUSE, UPLAND (nOKTH ONTARIO) Ont€ with Ivos Ang-eles. Excellent facilities for travel and ship- ment of fruit are thus pro- vided. The light and water sys- tem is owned by the colony, ONTARIO COUNTRY CLUB and is one of the best in Southern California. The streets of Ontario are lighted by electricity, and there is a first-class electric railway. The water supply is reliable Onti ONTAKIO HOTEL PUBLIC SCHOOL Ontario STKERT SCBNE, UPLAND (NORTH ONTARIO) HIGH SCHOOL 42 Onti in quantity and excellent in quality. The twelve churches in the colony represent nearly all denominations. Ontario has six excellent public schools, with twenty-three teachers and 860 pupils. Graduates from the high school are fully I I - I I UNG NURSERIES accredited to all the colleges and universities iu the State. There are two public libraries. Five good hotels furnish accommodations, with rates to suit all requirements. There are thirty-five miles of fine hard oiled roads within the colony. Euclid Avenue, in Ontario, eight miles long 43 Ontario ON'TAKIO POWKK COMPANY OFFICES and two hundred feet wide, is one of the finest avenues in California. Ontario is a colony of good homes. It is a progressive community of industrious and prosperous people. The prevailing- sentiment favors prohibition, and the place has never had a saloon. SAN ANTONIO CANYON, ONTARIO POWER COMPANY CHINO HINO KANCH, in the center of which is the town of Chino, lies on the line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, about five miles south of Pomona and Ontario. Surrounding the prop- erty is the valley portion of the Chino ranch, about 22,000 acres lying north and east of the Chino creek. The water for the northern portion is derived from numerous artesian wells, located about four miles distant, in an artesian belt belonging to the property, and is conducted through a twenty-six inch pipe to a reservoir with a capacity of about one and one-quarter million gallons, and located on the northern portion of the ranch. The southern portion lies in the unbroken artesian belt, where there are numerous wells of many hundred inches flow in the aggregate. Chino is one of the best watered sections in Southern California. A large area of it is naturally moist land, on which the natural grasses grow luxuriantly and remain green late in the season. Crops are grown on this land without irrigation, beets yielding fifteen to thirty tons per acre, and alfalfa cutting four to five crops per season. Several thousand acres of the Chino lands are choice for the growth of alfalfa, one of the most profitable general farm crops in the State. The yield of alfalfa is something immense here, running from eight to sixteen tons to the acre annually. A broad belt of the land is also underlaid with an artesian belt. The Chino Valley Beet Sugar Factory is supplied with 7,000,000 gallons of water per day from fourteen artesian wells within half a mile of the works. Under a direct and special contract between Mr Gird and the Chino Valley Beet Sugar Company, a corporation which instituted and operates the beet sugar industry, they agreed to purchase from Mr. Gird or his successors, all the beets grown on the ranch, and a price is established that the factory will pay for the beets at maturity. Probably there is no other branch of industry where calculations for future results can be made so readily or so correctly, and returns realized in so short a time as in the cultivation of the sugar beet under such auspices. 45 ROSE TRKF, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY 46 COLTON EAR the center of the San Bernardino Valley lies the city of Colton. It is surrounded by a fertile region, producing- a variety of grains, and both citrus and deciduous fruits. Several hundred car-loads of oranges are shipped from the place each year, and the "Colton Terrace" oranges are classed among the rinest fruit in the market. Colton has exceptional transportation facilities. The main litie of the Southern Pacific system runs through the city, and branch lines connect Colton with San Bernardino and Redlands. The Santa Fe Railroad also traverses the city, and the San Pedro, Ivos Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad is being rapidly extended to this point. Manufacturing interests are steadily increasing. The Globe Mill- ing Company has a large and well equipped mill, with a daily capacity of 200 barrels of flour, 100 barrels of meal and 100 tons of rolled barley. Colton is so situated as to be at once a convenient receiving point for the grain fields that skirt the foothills of the San Bernardino and CAI.II-OKNIA POKTI.ANI) CUMKNT COMPANY'S WOKKS Colton EIGHTH STREKT GRAMMAR SCHOOL adjacent valleys, and a distributing- center for grain and mill products. The largest cement works in the State, those of the California Portland Cement Company, are located at the north side of Slover Mountain, just outside the city limits on the west. These works have been in opera- tion continuously for fifteen years, and now employ 300 men. Hydraulic cement of the best quality is manufactured here and the daily shipments are from 450 to 500 barrels. The marble works, on the south side of Slover Mountain, have also been in operation for years. They are now owned by the California Portland Cement Company, who Colton GLOBE MILLS expect to double the capacity of the works. A large amount of monumental and building marble, polished marble slabs, etc., is turned out annually. The company have four large lime kilns, and manufacture a superior quality of lime in large quantities. The city has its own electric light and power supply, and owns its water system of artesian wells and pumping plants. There is an electric street-car service. A large gas plant has recently been installed. All lines of business are represented. m"M-4 1 HIGH SCHOOL Colton HIBBARD RESIDENCE The population of Colton is 2,500. The mild and healthful climate contributes largely to the increase in the number of beautiful homes. There are two large graded schools and a new high school just completed at a cost of S20,000, There are five churches and eight fra- ternal societies. WILCOX RESIDENCE NEEDLES EEDLES is situated in the extreme eastern portion of the county, on the banks of the Colorado River, 250 miles from the city of San Bernardino. Its elevation is only 470 feet. It is situated in a wide and fertile valley, through which the Colorado River tiows. Little has yet been done in this valley along the lines of agriculture, although all intelligent attempts have met with success. The government engineers made an exhaustive survey of the valley during the year 1903, and their reports have resulted in withdrawing from the market several hun- dred thousand acres lying in this valley and subject to irri- gation under the plans of the government engineers. The Santa Fe Railroad passes through the city, with local shops employing about 500 men at the present time. The Mohave and Mill- town Railway connects with the Santa Fe, running north from Needles into valuable mining sections of country. There are also steamboats plying the river and doing a general transportation business to mining camps located north and south for a distance of two hundred miles. COLORADO KIVKK AND MOUNTAINS Needles ICE PLANT The population is 3,000. Needles has a complete and well developed water system and a very efficient fire de- partment. It has an ice fac- tory, with a capacity of sev- enty-five tons daily, and a machine shop doing general GROUP OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Needles INDIANS AT NBBDLBS repair work. A franchise has recently been granted for elec- tric light and power. The city is well laid out, with shaded streets, lined with business buildings and comfortable dwellings. The commercial interests of the place are steadily in- fMfXr^i^ -Jt';- •«-.'U»-' THE LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE N eedles creasing by reason of the growth of mineral production in the surrounding country. Needles is in the midst of a mining section which, al- though prospected for years, has only recently been devel- oped to any great extent. Be- cause of its central location and its natural transportation facilities, it will always be a distributing point for the eastern section of the county. BRIDGE AT NEEDLES HIGHLAND IXTY miles from Los Angeles, in the eastern and more ele- vated portion of the San Bernardino Valley, is a narrow strip of mesa with a mean elevation of 1350 feet, lying close to the southern base of the San Bernardino Mountains. This little strip of land contains about twenty square miles and is known as the Highland District, comprising Highland and East and West Highlands, with the village of Highland as the principal business and shipping point. It is preeminently an orange-growing district, possess- ing a fertile, well-drained soil, a southern exposure, and an SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE HOSPITAL elevation which renders it immune from damaging frosts. Nowhere do trees attain a greater size in a given number of years, or produce more boxes of fruit per tree. Wherever the "California Navel" is known commercially "Highland Oranges" are a standard of excel- lence ; and their reputation is a recognized factor in determining land values. The crop of 1902 aggregated 1,050 car-loads and brought to the growers approximately $450,000. The crop of 1903 will probably exceed this by 25 per cent. Water for irrigation is supplied from the Santa Ana River, City Creek and Plunge Creek, with Bear Valley reservoir in reserve to Hi^Hland maintain the volume required during the summer. Numerous pumping- plants owned by individuals and corporations have ma- terially assisted to fortify the place against serious injury from drought. An ample sup- ply of pumped v?ater is furnished, under 150- ORANGE AKD LEMON PACKING HOUSES foot pressure, by the Highland Domestic Water Company. The district is traversed by the Kite- shaped Track of the Santa Fe R. R., afford- ing excellent freight and passenger service. Ten packing houses with modern equipment are used in getting out the various brands of Hi^Hland !• J ». J I »} WKM -^*^ TRUE BUILDING fruit which have made this locality famous. The orange industry has attracted capi- tal, and although Highland is an unincor- porated settlement with a population of only 2500, it has three public school buildings, costing $25,000 ; two churches, Methodist PUBLIC SCHOOL Hig'Hland PEYTON KESIDENCK and Congregational, and a Public Library of over 600 vol- umes. There is hourly elec- tric railway service between Highland and San Bernar- dino, and within the coming ORCHARD (OKANGE AND "pAIR") Highland year a line will probably con- nect Highland with Redlands. Electric light and power are furnished and a telephone sys- tem reaches all parts of the settlement. The Southern California State Hospital was located here in 1893. Half a million dollars have been expended in grounds and buildings and a large appropriation is now available for additions and improvements. Nearly all lines of busi- ness are represented at the business center. Three things are conspicuous by their ab- sence — a bank, a tourist hotel and a saloon. The first ,INN RESIDENCE ANT> OKCI Hi^Hland has been arranged for, and within a short time a bank with $50,000 capital will open for business in a building of its own. The second is still an opportunity awaiting- en- terprise and capital. The third will never gain a foot- hold here. Local option pre- vents in all unincorporated villages and public sentiment is strongly against the saloon. In a word, Highland has nearly all the advantages and the conveniences of a city and but few of its vices. A BUSY DAY IN THE ORCHAKD RIALTO. ETIWANDA AND CUCAMONGA lALTO, Etiwanda and Cucamonga are smaller towns along the line of the Santa Fe R. R., between San Bernardino and Ontario. In all of these towns the chief interest is in the culture of citrus and deciduous fruits. Large quantities of grapes are produced in this region. Here is located the vineyard of the Italian Vineyard Company, containing 3,000 acres, the largest vineyard in Southern California. LOMA LINDA Loma Linda (from the Spanish, meaning "beautiful hill") is admitted by all the most famous travelers of Amer- ica and Europe to be one of the most charming and health-giving resorts in America. For grandeur of scenery and location amid beauti- ful orange groves, fruits and flowers, it is without equal, and has been LOMA LINDA Lotna Lindi A FOOTHILLS BROOK justly termed " a veritable Garden of Eden." At Loma Ivinda are an amusement pavilion, bowling, billiards, outdoor games, etc. AN OLD LANDMARK 62 Victorvill AT STRRLING RANCH CKKAMKRY, STKRLIN'i'. RANCH Victorville CATTLE AT STKRLING KANCH NEAR VICTORVILLK if.!^??^ OF CONGRESS liiiililli fill's .'!!!! !!'""'|| ""I nil 021 929 531 5