Southern California; . Orange is a lovely valley with the willow-friuged streamhemmed in by gracefully rising mountain ranges, and incharming contrast to the great areas of orange grovesand the intervening patches of unreclaimed mesa THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FROM Sau Bernardino to Los Angeles the railroadtraverses a succession of valleys which in effectconstitute one great basin, with the San Bernar-dino and Sierra Madre Mountains hemming it in to theeastward, and an irregular range of hills and mountainson the westward, now expanding and again contractingthe expanse of the level and fert


Southern California; . Orange is a lovely valley with the willow-friuged streamhemmed in by gracefully rising mountain ranges, and incharming contrast to the great areas of orange grovesand the intervening patches of unreclaimed mesa THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FROM Sau Bernardino to Los Angeles the railroadtraverses a succession of valleys which in effectconstitute one great basin, with the San Bernar-dino and Sierra Madre Mountains hemming it in to theeastward, and an irregular range of hills and mountainson the westward, now expanding and again contractingthe expanse of the level and fertile plain. The boun-daries of the various sections of this great valley are notvery sharplj- defined, but in general the eastern divisionis termed the San Bernardino Valley, the western sectionthe San Gabriel Valley, while the inhabitants of Pomona,between these two, are proud to name all the laud insight after their fair town. Four miles from San Bernardino on the road to LosAngeles is the town of Rialto, devoted to fruit culture,and near by are great fields of canaigre, a species of dockwhich is used extensively in the tanning of , the next stopping point, is famed for itsvinejards and for the choice wines which a


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