Southern California; . and of free, open-handed hos-pitality. They were the dajs when the saints controlledthe destinies of high and low. Great herds of cattleroamed the mesas, and bands of sheep cropped theherbage started into life bythe winter rains. Then came Fremont andStockton. There was aclash of arms, a conqueringand settling of the land, andthe Mexican life vanished like a dream. Imperceptiblyit shrank away before the host of invaders who havemade the Golden West of today. Now there is a clang-ing of electric car bells where once the clumsy old two-wheeled ox cart rumbled with its load
Southern California; . and of free, open-handed hos-pitality. They were the dajs when the saints controlledthe destinies of high and low. Great herds of cattleroamed the mesas, and bands of sheep cropped theherbage started into life bythe winter rains. Then came Fremont andStockton. There was aclash of arms, a conqueringand settling of the land, andthe Mexican life vanished like a dream. Imperceptiblyit shrank away before the host of invaders who havemade the Golden West of today. Now there is a clang-ing of electric car bells where once the clumsy old two-wheeled ox cart rumbled with its load of hides, andpolished carriages roll smoothly over the asphalt streetswhere once the Spanish rider proudly cantered down thedusty road. The adobe houses have crumbled and thetiled roofs are scattered to the winds, replaced by themore comfortable and convenient, but less simple andpicturesque homes of the American. It is all very diflFerent, this era of progress. Itbrought with it the boom, an extravagant, unreasonable.
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