WILL RESERVE
OLD MISSIONS
OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—For the
restoration of the historic missions
of California a movement is now on
foot. Its aim is to rescue those of
the old buildings which are crumbling
to decay and to preserve in their
original condition those that have
* survived the hundred years that have
elapsed since these missions formed
the background of one of the romantic
chapters of the settlement of North
America.
About the time the colonies on the
eastern coast were seething with the
fires of revolution, the padres, pene
trating the country along the coast
of Upper California, founded the first
these missions and pioneered the
way for civilization on the western
coast.
In the course of the years between
1769 and 1823 there were established
a string of twenty-one missions rang
ing from San Diego to San Rafael
and San Francisco de Solano, the
latter two being north of the city of
San Francisco.
The distinctive type of the mission
'buildings, with colonades and red tiled
roofs which has been the inspiration
t)i architects not only in California
but in other parts of the country,
and the sweet-toned mission bells,
are charastics of these settlements
that are generally known.
1 So well did the padres build with
the help of their Indian neophytes
that many of the buildings are in a
goo^ state of preservation despite
the century they have been standing.
Others that have been abandoned,
however, are falling to decay and are
inhabited by bats and spiders.
Junipero Serra, Spanish priest, fill
ed with zeal for the conversion of the
Indians, was the guiding spirit of the
mission founders. When the king of
Spain sought to extend his dominion
and check foreign powers who were
then eyeing California, he ordered
his representative in New Spain,
Jose de Galvez, to send expeditions
to found settlements and build forts
at San Diego and Monterey. Galvez
summoned Junipero Serra to aid in
the venture, and so, * long after the
king’s original purpose was fulfilled
the work of the padres continued.
Backed by the Pius Fund, which
was raised for missionary work among
the Indians by Jesuits and turned over
to t%e Order of St. Francis in 1767,
the padres directed by Junipero Ser
ra continued their work until the chain
of missione was established and flour
ishing. Always on foot, and generally
two by two, the padres made their
way from mission to mission. The
Indians became devoted to them ,and
toiled for them not only in building
but in cultivating the soil, planting
orchards and doing various kinds of
^work. Some even developed into art
ists, specimens of their work remain
ing to this day. The padres had
grain fields, herds of cattle and were
the pioneers of the fruit industry of
California. Many of the missions be
came wealthy, and some engaged in
export trade.
The missions continued to thrive
tmtil 1833 when the Mexican govern
ment confirmed the mandate issued by
Spain some years before. Under this
the padres were compelled to leave,
and each Indian was to become his
own master, free from control of the
church, and to have his own land
Many of the Indians, however, even
tually drifted back to the wild life,
Snd some of the missions were desert
ed entirely.
The missions and the years of their
foundation are: San Diego, 1769; San
Carlos, at Monterey, 1770; San Gab
riel, near Los Angeles, 1771; San An
tonio, 1771; San Luis Obispo, 1772;
San Francisco Dolores, (at the site of
the present city of San Francisco),
•1776; San Juan Barbara, 1786; La
Purisima, 1787; Santa Cruz, 1791;
Soledad, 1791; San Jose, 1797; San Ba
tista, 1797; San Miguel, 1797; San
Fernando, 1797; San Luis Rey, 1798;
Santa Nnez, 1804; San Rafael, 1817;
San Francisco de Solano, 1823.
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| | No husband now asks of his wife Then we iron the flat pieces- 1 I
I | anything that he would not do ^ ^ Unens ^ tablecloths> \ |
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