Southern California; . s on the topmostridge of the San Bernar-dino Range, overlookingthe vast expanse of moun-tain and vallej below club building is a log house with a great roughstone fireplace, and, surrounding it among the pines, aresmaller log cabins, the summer homes of the members,whither they repair during the hot months to enjoy thepeace of nature and the balm of the pine woods. Every-thing about the club has been left in a state of architecture is singularly in keeping with the spot,and much taste has been shown in the designing of theartistic cottages which blend s
Southern California; . s on the topmostridge of the San Bernar-dino Range, overlookingthe vast expanse of moun-tain and vallej below club building is a log house with a great roughstone fireplace, and, surrounding it among the pines, aresmaller log cabins, the summer homes of the members,whither they repair during the hot months to enjoy thepeace of nature and the balm of the pine woods. Every-thing about the club has been left in a state of architecture is singularly in keeping with the spot,and much taste has been shown in the designing of theartistic cottages which blend so perfectly with their sur-roundings. The Arrowhead Reservoir Company is mak-ing preparations to ac- _j ^ _^ . ^,..-cumulate and distribute Biusr-water on an immensescale throughout thisregion. Looking at the valleyin the springtime whenthe ground is carpetedwith flowers and the airis warm and soothing, itis hard to realize that adrive of two or threehours would take thetraveler into dense for-ests of pine, with snow. perhaps several feet iu depth; but such is the case, anda winter among these mountains is not unlike one inCanada, even to the snowshoes or skees, which are indis-pensable to locomotion. Such is Southern California!A titan might make snowballs among these mountainsand hurl them down upon the heavily laden orange treesgrowing at their base. Nine miles southeast of San Bernardino lies the townof Redlands in the midst of one of the great citrus beltsof Southern California. The growth of this district has been phenomenal. Ten years ago the small village ofLugonia, adjacent to the present site of Redlands, gavescarcely a hint of the resources of the country so soon tobe realized. At that time a number of Chicago menorganized a company for the purpose of forming a set-tlement in California, and the district about Lugoniawas chosen for their prospective town. Others weresoon attracted to the spot, and a village, almost a city,was built in an incredibly short space of tim
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