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id: 15526
author: Stoddard, John L. (John Lawson)
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  [Illustration: LOOKING BACK AT THE MOUNTAINS.] [Illustration: LOOKING DOWN ON THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.] eight thousand feet in height, rising abruptly from the plain like watered land will grow like interest, day and night, summer and lands like Southern California, however, where flowers fill the air The old town of San Diego, four miles north of the present city, is [Illustration: "A SEA-BIRD FASHIONED BY MAN''S HAND."] [Illustration: CHIEF OF A TRIBE OF MISSION INDIANS.] [Illustration: RAIN WATER BASIN, ÁCOMA.] thousand six hundred feet--not by a narrow gorge, like other cañons, ranges, thousands of feet in height, which the Grand Cañon''s walls [Illustration: MONSTER CLIFFS, AND A NOTCH IN THE CAÑON WALL.] [Illustration: MILES OF INTRA-CAÑONS.] water, precisely as it comes from active geysers in the Park to-day. [Illustration: MAN AND NATURE.] [Illustration: THE CAÑON FROM A DISTANCE.] [Illustration: THE CAÑON FROM GRAND POINT.] [Illustration: DOWN THE CAÑON FROM INSPIRATION POINT.] [Illustration: MILES OF COLORED CLIFFS.]

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  John L. Stoddard''s Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Cañon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park


id: 28506
title: Our Italy
author: Warner, Charles Dudley
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  of Southern California, and the mountain ranges from Point Conception east divide the State of California into two climatic regions, the whole coast from Santa Barbara to San Diego to be an agreeable place of the regions best known for fruit are watered by irrigating ditches and eight counties that form Southern California--San Luis Obispo, Santa Southern California, and in great quantities in the hot valley of San temperature of the fruit lands and gardens from San Bernardino to Los olives, and vines, but the San Diego region generally lies in the sun mountain regions of San Diego County are specially adapted to the apple. at Riverside is that one inch of water will irrigate five acres of fruit on irrigation six months of the year, the farmer in Southern California holding water enough to irrigate 20,000 acres of land. Not irrigated; 26 inches rain; 1 acre of trees 16 years old, 2


id: 17349
title: Frank among the Rancheros
author: Castlemon, Harry
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  Frank and Archie never grew tired of hearing Uncle James tell the story "Give it to me, Pierre," said Frank; "Marmion don''t like to be fed by As Frank asked himself this question, he turned suddenly, and saw Pierre Although Frank was suspicious of every thing Pierre said or did, he Frank shuddered as the Ranchero said this, and, for the first time, he As Frank passed through the court, he picked up his rifle, which Mr. Winters had thrown down after taking that flying shot at Pierre. "But, Pierre," said Frank, now beginning to be really frightened, "I Johnny, having by this time saddled his horse, he and Frank returned to "That must have been exciting," said Frank, while Johnny looked over his way, Johnny came next, and Frank and Archie brought up the rear. Frank turned and looked at Arthur. "You''re sure, now," said Pierre, as Frank handed him the letter, after


id: 28022
title: El Diablo
author: Norton, Brayton
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  "Is that one of the Lang boats?" he heard Gregory ask. Gregory looked up to meet Mascola''s dark eyes regarding him intently. Mascola''s dark eyes, shining with anger, flashed over Gregory''s shoulder Gregory said nothing, but waited for the girl to finish: Leading the way she took Gregory aboard a small fishing vessel which Gregory remembered Dickie Lang''s words concerning alien interference. Gregory looked the girl full in the eyes for a moment. Gregory looked hard at McCoy''s flushed face and snapping gray eyes. Gregory turned quickly to McCoy and said earnestly: "It''s a big idea, To Gregory''s mind recurred his plan of manning the girl''s boats. rocks, Gregory considered the girl''s words about keeping in closer But when the cannery fleet got fish while the Italian''s boats came in Mascola''s passenger looked up quickly at Gregory''s words, and the light As Gregory and Mascola fell to the water, Dickie Lang drew her automatic


id: 17901
title: The Smiling Hill-Top, and Other California Sketches
author: Sloane, Julia M.
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  We came for a year and, like many another family, sometimes come home and hear what sounds like a cosy tea-kettle in the People who know California and love it, I hope may enjoy comparing notes business is a good deal like conducting a love affair--it blows hot and feeling like the princess in the fairy tale, who lived on a glass hill Many people come over to the Smiling hills, some think it is not Smiling Hill-Top" were everything it seems on a blue and green day like temperamental high-school boy who came to drive the motor and water the things here as you are in New York, and the _Times_ is five days old May. After years of illness and worry, it was good to feel life coming come to love a rain in its proper time and place, if it isn''t too


id: 11517
title: Out of Doors—California and Oregon
author: Graves, J. A. (Jackson Alpheus)
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  Springs, over good meadow roads, arriving there before 7 o''clock p. The following day we passed in bathing in the hot mineral waters, the valley a few miles, and then cut straight across to a point near About 11 o''clock we saw a great band of antelope going to water. Nine miles down stream, the Sprague River comes in from the left. After sitting down a couple of times in water two feet deep, I concluded Perris Valley, a run of seventy-six miles, in two hours and twenty life in the open, the trees, the flowers, the birds and the wild animals On my trip to the grounds of the Quail Valley Land Company, some thirty cool days the birds run or get up and fly a half mile at a time. of land in the San Joaquin valley, miles below. looked up the Valley to the great Half Dome, to Glacier Point, from


id: 10432
title: Aunt Jane''s Nieces out West
author: Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
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  "Of course we saw only a bit of the picture," said Patsy Doyle. "Thank you, Arthur," said Patsy, making a face at him. "Arthur Weldon used to know the Montroses," said Beth, "and be believed "Looking at it in that light," said Patsy, "the moving picture man saved "However," said Patsy Doyle, "I''m glad he recovered, and I''m sure Maud "My dear," said Uncle John, gently chiding her, "we must give Mr. Jones "Oh, yes; it stands for _a_ Jones," said the boy, making a wry face. Mr. Jones," he said, turning to the young man, "are always doing some "Le Drieux will be here presently," said Uncle John to young Weldon. "This pearl, sir," said Uncle John stiffly, "is not the one you refer Said Uncle John, in a casual way: "Those are remarkably fine pearls, to "Well," said Arthur, "I think Jones is in good hands.


id: 34848
title: Mammals of the San Gabriel Mountains of California
author: Vaughan, Terry A.
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  at the mouth of San Antonio Canyon on the Pacific slope contrasts with traps were set on slopes in San Antonio Canyon below 4000 feet one association, on the desert slope of the San Gabriels pinyons and 1952, at mouth of San Antonio Canyon, 1800 feet elevation.] TABLE 8.--YIELD OF 500 TRAP-NIGHTS IN MESCAL WASH (DESERT SLOPE). A female was taken in lower San Antonio Canyon, 2800 feet elevation, on lower San Antonio Canyon this bat was observed repeatedly as it foraged were taken in the chaparral association in San Antonio Canyon, near 3200 feet in San Antonio Canyon, on the coastal slope, and in Mescal In Mescal Wash on the desert slope of the San Gabriels, this mouse was growths of scrub oak and bay trees in San Antonio Canyon, at 4300 feet coastal sagebrush at the mouth of San Antonio Canyon, at 1800 feet


id: 42680
title: Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark
author: Newmark, Harris
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  ALAMEDA STREET DEPOT AND TRAIN, LOS ANGELES & SAN days later in Los Angeles, so San Francisco was filled with saloons continued and approached Los Angeles by San Pedro Street, which was a broken in spirit, Drown on landing at San Pedro came to Los Angeles room of a small wooden house on Los Angeles Street, near the corral of returned to San Francisco and was back in Los Angeles some time before Don Pio Pico, and came to Los Angeles; but the following year, Mrs. Warner died. company at that time building its line between San Francisco and Los in lively San Francisco, he came to Los Angeles and took hold of the with gas, organized the Los Angeles City Gas Company, five years later 14th of the preceding year, opened a hat store on Los Angeles Street H. Newmark & Company, left Los Angeles, in 1879, for San Francisco,


id: 42579
title: Scenic Mount Lowe and Its Wonderful Railway
author: James, George Wharton
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  [Illustration: Alpine Scenery in Winter on Shoulders of Mount Lowe.] the Snow near Echo Mountain, Mount Lowe Railway.] [Illustration: Scene near Maple Springs, Mount Lowe Railway.] [Illustration: In Glen Canyon, near Echo Mountain, Mount Lowe.] [Illustration: Great Cable Incline, Mount Lowe.] and Mount Lowe, with towering mountains and abysmal canyons, affords a [Illustration: Echo Mountain Chalet and White Chariot on Great Cable On the crest of Echo Mountain Professor Lowe placed two hotels, one Mountain, Mount Lowe Railway, after a Snow Fall.] [Illustration: Leontine Falls, near Echo Mountain, Mount Lowe Railway.] making the complete ride to the summit of Mount Lowe from Echo Mountain The Phantom Sea As Seen from Echo Mountain and Mount Lowe. [Illustration: In Glen Canyon, Five Minutes from Echo Mountain House.] [Illustration: On Grade of Mount Lowe Railway, near Alpine Tavern, Castle Canyon, near Echo Mountain House, Mount Lowe.] "Mount Lowe Eight," and viewing the sunset from Echo Mountain.


id: 60443
title: Eddie
author: Riley, Frank
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  than that of Dr. John O''Hara Smith, an electronics research engineer. _For a period of more than a year, the case of Dr. John O''Hara Smith Amos Busch promptly called Major General David Sanders, commander of General Sanders scratched his tanned bald head, and said, The FBI went to work with a thoroughness that made John O''Hara Smith''s O''Hara Smith''s work record, FBI agent Frank Cowles inquired: "Does Eddie solve any problems closer to our own time, Dr. Smith?" "Now, Dr. Smith," said Cowles, "let''s get back to the explosion.... Dr. John O''Hara Smith closed his eyes. story of Dr. John O''Hara Smith''s mysterious disappearance from General "General," Smith replied acidly, "do you know any better way of When John O''Hara Smith phoned that afternoon, the General said promptly: "Everything you know about the X-15," Dr. Smith agreed, "but Eddie Dr. John O''Hara Smith, and Eddie, the educatable computer.


