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Title: Highways and byways of the Pacific coast
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company London, macmillan and co., limited
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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,doorways and windows were built in as the walls werein process of erection. Eight miles from Old Town, up a neighboring valley,is the remains of an ancient Spanish Mission which Idecided to see. The valley is wide, and its basin ismostly cultivated. Much of it was growing to barley,oats and other grains, then knee high, and there wasIndian corn well started, and melons just coming up,and an abundance of garden truck of all sorts readyfor market. The finest tract was farmed by a China-man. He had many acres as level as a floor and hiscrops were thriving admirably; but his home buildingswere dilapidated, and even the house a mere shack.The litter of work and carelessness was dubiouslyevident all about, and the premises were so odorous thatit was no joke to get to leeward of them. Judging from the Chinamans success, I imagined hewould have rather a rosy opinion of the region, butsome of the other dwellers in the valley were decidedlypessimistic. California is overrated, said one of them
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Early spring On the Borders of Mexico 35 to me. Every farm in the state is for sale. You needmoney to enjoy this country, and it takes a good bigpurseful to run a farm and get it into shape to beprofitable. A poor man, or a man of moderate meanshas no chance. He travels up hill all the time and oftenin the end has to sell out for a song. Lots of peoplehave an idea theres money in fruit, but Ive noticedour fruit growlers usually make a profit one season andlose the next nine. The man did not appear very energetic, and his landdid not look as if he worked it with much vigor orjudgment. No doubt he painted the country in tintsout of his own experience. Another man I talked withwas a grizzled old fellow of a different type. He wascarrying a post on his shoulder, and when I accostedhim he dropped the butt end to the ground. Everyfew minutes he shifted the post up to his shoulder asif about to go on, but the conversation would take afresh start and down would go the post once more.He did no

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