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CLIMATOLOGY. And Diseases of Southern California. - MORTALITY OF THE CITY. Valuable Facts Culled From Dr. H. S. Orrne's T>p-»rt tvrl S*nt.igties From tile Health Oilice. Dr. H. S. Orme, President of the State Board of Health, at the Ninth Biennial meeting of the State Board, presented a very valuable paper on the Climatology, and Dieeasea of Southern California, from whioh most of the facts contained in this article have bsen reproduced nearly verbatim. Its length only pre vented its entire reproduction in these columns. The statistics regarding the mortality und births in thia city have been taken partially from the yearly re port of Dr. Baker, Health Officer, Loa Angeles: TOVOHRAPAY. The territory to which thia inquiry is reatrieted, embraces the counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Ban Bernardino, and San Diego. It comprises an irregular outline ex tending about fromlatiiude32° 30' to 35' 40' and from longitude 37* to 43* 40. In the direotion of the parallel* its extreme width is 330 miles, and its extreme length 230 milea. Its coast lino following the indentions, measures about 330 milea. Four of the five counties have a wide exposure to the sea; and but one of the five, viz.: San Bernardino, ia entirely in land. Two-thirds of the coast line of Ban Bartara county, and about one-half of Los Angeles county preaentd a south erly expoaure. The remaining portion of the entire coast line faces westerly or southwesterly. Between the most east erly point of the coast and the most westerly, there is a distance of 215 miles. The western part of this region is traversed by low ranges of mountains, having an average altitude of 3500 to 6000 feet. A few of the highest peaks exceed 7000 feet in altitude; the culmi nating peak, Mount San Uernanlino, reaches to a height of 11,800 feet above sea level. These mountain ranges in close a number of small but fertile val leys, a few of which are settled. All of them are capable of supporting a popu lation of moderate density. The eastern portion consists of an nrid and tolerable level tract, usually called the Mojave Desert. A small portion of this in the extreme southern part of the State is known as the Colorado Desert. It is separated from the former by a few isolated ridges which form the southern remnant of the San Bernardino Moun tains. The western part of this arid region has an altitude of 2000 feet, tbe | central and eastern parts are nut :h lower and in several places are below the sea level. Two of these depressions, Death Valley, and the sink of the San Felipe river, are about 400 feet Del ow the sea. The lowest point on the Southern Pa cific roailroad through the Colorado desert is twenty-six miles east of ludio, or five miles west of Dor Palmas; this is two hundred and sixty-six feet below the sea level.*) From this point the ground falls off south, until reaching a point half a mile distant, the level bot tom of tbe desert in the form of a salt bed is found; this is two hundred and eighty feet bglaw the eea. Thia is where the i**lsFewljiverpool" salt company are a grating, aud have their works, j But by for the moat important part of ■ nthern California is the western slope oi the coast range of mountains, which, from a narrow t trip in the north, widens to a broad plain in the south. It area is materially increased also by the valleys of numeronaabort rivers which traverse the mountain rangea and flow towards the ocean. This region is possessed of wonderful fertility, and is ! oapable of supporting a denser popula-1 tion than any other part of California. The conditions of soil and climate are - such, that it will produce almost any crop that can be giown between the lat itudes of Lake Manitoba and Key West. It is this region which we shall chiefly consider in speaking of Southern Cali fornia. In Southern julUornia, as on the Pacific Coast generally, the rainfall oc curs almost wholly during the winter months. A few scattering showers oc our in November and December; heavier rains fall during tbe following three months, especially during February and March. There are occasional rains in April, and rarely in May. In the moun tains, however, there are at times heavy mists, and even dashes of rain. The average rainfall of the southern part of the State may be seen from the following table. Of the five stations mentioned, Santa Barbara and San Diego are on the coast; Los Angeles is about seventeen miles inland. San Bernar dino about aixty miles inland. Ymna is situated in the heart of the arid basin region, the town is juat over the line in Arizona (old Fort Yuma is in California ) Average station. Rainfall in Inches , Santa Barbara , IS-* Loa Angeles 1" ts Ban Diego I 10. a San Bernardino | !■>'•» Yuma I 2-a In general tbe ninfall of the western part of Southern California ia sufficient t j produce aa much as the soil will atand without "wearing out." This "on the average will hold good six years in seven. In the eastern region, wherever water can he obtained for irrigation, vegetation grows with wonderful luxuriance, aa may be seen in the case of the railway station at ludio, in the Colorado desert. 1 Without artificial irrigation, scarcely j anything beyond a few species of cactus 1 and agave will grow. * a From the preceding it will be seen -that the habitable portions of Southern receive but a trifle less of ~rawi than the lower Sacramento Valley, imd considerably more than the San Joaquin Valley. A more important factor than the rainfall, is the relative humidity of the air. This ia a matter eomewhat difficult to present, as the atmosphere may be extremely "moist" one day, and very "dry" on another, and yet in both cases | contain exactly tbe same amount of aqueous vapor. The cause, it is hardly necessary to state, is due to a difference in temperature. In the one case the air. > because of its low temperature, contains t nearly or quite all the vapor it can pos [ sibly hold. In the second case, while ! the air may contain the same amonut [. or even mare of moisture, the air seems dry, because its high temperature en ables it to hold three or four times as much vapor as it appears to contain. In Southern California the seasons of dry air and moist air are well marked. Aside from these there are belts of country especially liable to heavy foga. From the time of the first rains, the. plpelt of country ne*> to tbe coast is f>„lathed in an atmosphere which is tolera i r Jy moist. At a distance of a few miles ntfioos the relative humidity increases— i op™ because there is more moisture but , Mi ",cause the temperature it apt to range hnn arer ' Here/he fogs are heaviest aad depoaUica of dew the greatest. Beyond this belt, at tbe crest which separates the Paci.i* Slope for tbe (ireat Hi.- in, the air through ■o4 In* year is dry, pure, and invt. D 'ing the summer months tf >.timid ity is much less than in w.-l r. Tbe deposition oi dew ceases altogether, and the atmosphere becomes very dry. There is no decomposition of organic matter, becanse there are no summer rains. As a result, the atmosphere is so pure and free from organic germs, tbat meat ex posed to the air cures or "jerks," but does not putrify. Iv the Colorado Desert, and even in the high mesa lands west of the divide, culture fluids such as aro used in cultivating bacteria, if properly sterilized, often evaporate with out • 'breuking down." It must be borne in niiuil, however, tbat this condition, although a prevalcut one, is Its- no means universal. There arc many days during the rainy season when the atmos phere is damp, chilly, and depressing. There may also be occasioaal localities where on account of excessive irrigation and imperfect drainage, etc., the atmos phere is liable to be unwholesome, and malaria diseases might prevail. Damp and chilly days, however, are rare even in winter. Tbe prevailing winds of thia region are generally called "trade winds." This name may answer for want of a better one, but, as a matter of ta;t, the upper and prevailing currents of air have more the nature of monsoons than of trade winds. Dnring the winter months the prevailing winds are from the south and southwest; during the summer months from the north and northwest. Aa a general thing local winds assert them selves all over this part of the State, and in fact, throughout tbe Pacific Coast. Thus along tbe coast the land and sea breezes arc nearly always to be found. They arc very noticeable at Santa Bar bara, Santa Monica and San Pedro, per haps less so at San Diego. During very hot days in the interior, a stiff sea breeze all along the coast blows inland to replace the rising current of hot air. As a result, there isnotonly cool weath er along the coast, but the temperature of the inland belt is considerably modi fied. This is shown in comparing the temperature of the region we3t of the great divide with that east of it. Iv the former the temperature rarely reaches : 90' Fahrenheit, while in the latter itfre qu ntly ranges from 115 to 12V for days at v time. Another health giving, hut extremely disagreeable wind, is the ".Santa Ana," or "norther." This is a hot nnd very dry wind, usually confined to limited localities a few milea inland, but occa sionally sweeping over a broad belt of country. Daring the progress of thu wind ilia air as highly electrified. TEMPEUATCRE. The following table shows tbe mean temperature c I the principal localities of Southern California for a period cover ing four years. There would have been no material difference had the period been extended to ten years : Mean temp , ue&niemp.. Station- June, July. Dec. Jan'y and Aug. and Feb. Sauta Barbara 74.1 57 rt Los Angeles .. 56.1 SO 0 ' San Diego C 63 SSI San Bernardino. . ■■•>< -to 0 Yuma s 7 i n 1 In the weatern part of Southern Cali fornia, frosts are rare and are confine i to the river bottoms, and the higher mounta n altitudes. There are exten sive belts where th-y never occur. Tropical fruits aud exotic plants may suffer from drouth, but not from cold. It is also worthy of remark that, al though the summer days may be pleas antly warm, the nights are invariably cool. DISEASE!*. Rheumatism is reported as frequent in but three localities, and those are noted for their westerly exposure and damp sea breezes. Santa Maria and Los An geles are the only points where the acute form is especially noted. Dr. R. W. Hill, San Buenaventura, report* rheumatism common, due to exposure, irregular mode of life- and exhausted vitality. The various reports presented included a good many cases of the mus cular variety or myalgia. The distinc tion is that while acute rheunsatismjs of , rare occurance, myalgia is to bs noted at almost every point below the fog line nearly every rncnth in the. year, but more frequently during the rainy season. Neuralgias of the head are less frequent than myalgia, while sciatica is still leas frequent that the former. The malarial affections, so essentially depend upon local causes—intermittent and remittent fevers—are reported as frequent in but a single locality, the mining town cf Calico; while in the majority of twenty seven places re ported they are entirely unknown, or very rare. In regard to typo-malarial fever. Some deny its i \ i stance, while others of equal experience from the same localities re port its presence. With the almost total absence of strictly malarial fevers, it seems hardly reasonable that malarial complications should tie fonnd associated with typhoid symptoms. And yet, tbe personal observation cf tbe writer con firms the reports freni several points,that occasionally there is to be encountered a fever as distinctively typho malarial as that seen in camp during the late war, and so designated by Surgeon J. J. Woodward, U. S. A. A difference of opinion haa been noted as to the presence and prevalence of ty phoid fever, though the view is held that the disease is seldom or never seen in this reg'on. It is reported frequent in but two localities, viz : Compton and Calico; points remote from each other, and of widely different climatic pecu liarities. It might be supposed tbat intestinal affections wbuld prevail throughout this section by reason of the probable indis creet use of fruit, but such is not tne case. Diarrhoea is reported frequent at San Pedro, probably among tbe sailors, and at Calico, among the miners. Dysen tery is reported frequent at Calico, doubtless be can c of .the t iu»anitati,-n incident to mining communities. The only other part where it is reported fre quent is at Azusa, otherwise one of the most healthful sections of the state. The great danger to health are open ditches where decayed vegetation is al lowed to remain, and the water, though sparkling and bright, becomes infected and finds it way into cisterns. The only deleterious effects resulting from fruit are reported under the beat of infantile convulsion*, though it is a rare affection here, generally due to the ingestion of unripe cranges. Respiratory affections constitute the most powerful incentive to immigration to this section of the Pacific coast. There has been a misunderstanding aa to the differential diagnosis between in fluenza and catarrhal fever. By the for mer is meant inflammation of the upper air pissages, or common cold in the head; by the latter, superficial congestion of the lower air passages, stopping short of bronchitis, yet accompanied by cough, sometimes by a frothy mucus or slightly muco-purulent expectoration, and some elevation of temperature. Here, as elsewhere, these disturbances may exist separately or conjointly; and while oc curing most frequently dnring the rainy season, they may prevail in a slightly epidemic form, apparently independent of tbe weather. The mildness of these cases seldom demands medical treatment. It is noticeable tbat one or both of these affeotiens constitute no inconsiderable part of the progress of asWimaiiTslinti, which nearly all newcomers most under go. It is also worthy of remark that 'LOS ANGLES DAILY hIfiALD. 1887: Wi persistent negl'ge of care and proper treatment daring th; *c attack*, when severe, fre<|nently results in the estab liahment o: nasal or nsso-pharyngeal catarrh. This ia more particularly true of persons residing on damp lands, or in localities txpo-ed to the raw westerly sea breiz*. Newcomers require to be constantly reminded that this ia a cool rather than a warm country, and tbat it is veiy essential that the residents of this) region wear woollen garments next to the skin all the year, and thus proviie against tbe exigencies ef the colde t period of the twenty four hour*. The weight of the woollen may be varied aa between tbe wet and dry season, but it if really safsr to make the change in the weight of the outer garments. Croup and laryngismus are of infre quent occurrence. Bronchitis is reported frequent only at the seaport of ban Pedro. Pneumonia, the scourge of the nation, east of the mountains, irom the icy re gions of the north to the semi-torrid regions of the extreme south, ia almost a atranger here. An occasional ease of lobular pneumonia is reported, but the lobar variety ia rare. Asthma, whether of the bronchial or cardiac variety, aeldo-n originates in this section. Many case* come here for re lief, and demonstrate the obstinate and aa yet incomprehensible eccentricities of tbe affection. AU of them recover, if wilting to submit to the tyranny of the climate-hungry neurosis. Belief is not to be found in any one locality for all eases. Probably Nordhoff and Colton afford the environments demanded in the majority of instances. Hay fever, tha asthma of many aliases, haa never been known to originate here The nearest approach to it ia in two cases of conjunctivitis from rose pollen, reported in persons who in the east were victims of rose cold As a rule, persons who have suffered from this miserable affection, enjoy complete immunity from invasion in Southern California. The mortuary record*, whenever ac cessible, show a greater percentage of deaths from pulmonary ptathi.is than from any other. Bat the vast m?j artty of these deaths cc:ur among per»oi s who have come here already infected, in hope of restoration. Very few of them have resided here so long as oue yew. Tuberculous diseases are rare, arucu. the native white population but common among the Spani-h portion of residents, and this is ascribed to close intermar riage through a long series of years atd to change of habits since the cotn iojj a| the Anglo-Americans; the natives living more in their adobe houses and not so much out of doors ss formerly. They are poorer—perhaps uot well nourished; and in many waya are not hygienically so favorably si mat ed as in times past. Thirty or iorty years ago, tubercular disease was rare among them; now each year it becomes metre common. . With tbe general absence of the ac cepted climatic factors conducive to the development of phthisis, th? physical conditions afc - enumerated mast be recognized as the remote cause of tiie race deterioration in this epecilie direc tion. It is not probable that any arrest may be expected. The rapid increase of the white races has steadily placed Ihe Spanish at disadvantage. With the inevitable attendant evils of aa im poverished condition, the near fatsre will probably witness the extinct; nof these earlier occupants and phtbia will have not a little to do with the finale. In-ioor residence, light houses whether of adobe (mul) or wood, abandonment of walking and horseback exercise, must eventually do for tbe rich Ameri can what similar conduct is effecting for the poor Spaniard. The existence of the various cardiac affections is almost unknown except in the case of strangers. It is the ease with hepatic affections though disease.-, of the liver are to be met with, dne moat frequently to the abase of food and dram drinking. Nephritis idiopathic, another ter ror of ihe Cnited State*, north and east of the mountains, is not established here aa one of the prevailing disease*, and wherever heard of is traced to intem perance. Tne ordinary contagious affections are almost as infrequent as the non contagi ons. And tne general mildness of tbe attacks, and the aha race of sequels may here be mentioned. Under the caption "miscellaneous," t;.-nia alone is even occasional. Its pres ence is by no means infrequent; bat it is far from being as common as the charla tans would have their patients believe. Indeed it has been reported that sot a few specimens, said to have been re moved from willing victims, proved to be celluloid. From the foregoing, it may be inferred, that whatever may be the commer cial importance of Southern California, or its future as tbe center of the great industries which are even now develop ing in our midst, its excellence as a health resort car.not be exaggerate:!. Within a circle of 150 miles, one may rind spots below thi sea-level, or with au elevation 10,000 feet above it; spots that have nightly a heavy fog, and spots < that never know a fog; places swept by ai almost constant breeze, and others sheltered from all wind; the odors and gases from asphaltnm and petroleum springs, or the air of the annntain pineries; the scent of the orange blossom, or the balsamic odor of the plants ot the desert. Differences of elevation which elsewhere one travels a 1000 miles to kind, here are found in a radios of fifty miles. No epidemics have ever visited this part of the State, and contagions diseases which have been brought here have never obtained a foothold. It is, more over, a region of easy access by rati or steamer. Food of every variety is abundant, and all the delicacies and comforts required by individuals are readily found. TWM MORTALITY IS LOS ANi-CLES. From the report of Dr. Baker, Health Officer of the city during the year ISSS -1 t>M> much that the paper of Dr. Orme contains, w.U be found bone oat by the litest statistics. Tha Health Omecr says: "The enclosed tabalated state ment gives the number of deaths and tbe different causes. Mortality from con sumption was exceptionally large, doe exclusively to the vast number of con sumptives who come here,expecting to re cover, when they were already ia tne lsss stages of the disease, with recovery an impossioility an-i death tbe only possi ble result. Nevertheless there sre in our midst a very large namber of invalids aeffering from polmonary disesossl who have been benefited by the climate of this county and find their lives pro longed by miking Los Angeles their per manent borne. Tb ; s city has, with a very trifling exception, been fre from con tageoa* diseases.' The following mortality report shows the diseases in the city from XovesaJser, ISSS, to October, ISSB, inclusive. Coa sumption, 120; still births, 23; cereovo spinal meningitis, II; scarlet fever, 15 ; dentition, 16; pnso nsxiaia. 14; aneaasv eitis, 13; typhoid fever, 12; heart dis ease, 12 ; premature births, 12:oo:oner*j eases, not otherwise explained, I>; inanition, 10; croup, 9 : gastritis, S»: atd age, 9; congestion, of the brain. S: diph- dropsj%*o; cancer ot the stomach, gunshot wounds, paralyse*, v; toeing cough. "> eat* : pc*:rrerA fever, cancer, bronchitis, Bright* das case of tho sJtlaeys, convu' 11 tnm, est teritaa, valvnlsr dasanae of the heart, 4 each; oluihiiliaan. cholera rsfsartw. diarrfcu-t, peritonitis, 3 each; Tsoses* deaths, dysentery, erysipelas, typbo malariat fever, tyt bas fever, septicemia, hydrocephalus, rheumatism, hepatitis, softeoisg of the brain, pyaemia, tabes mesenterica, suicide, cystitis, 2 each; and of the following diseases one eacb: Cancer of uterus, scrofula, ocir. of py lorus, palatoairy abceos, remittent fever, intermittent ftve., 1 Detraction of the bowels, brain d sease, embolism cefe bram, hesnia, hemorrhage of tbe brain, Laryngitis, fracture of the spine, spine disease, uterine tumor, knife wounds, uramia, brain fever, natural causes, still birth, injury, metritis, necrosis. This shows a total of 454 deaths, dur ing the year, in a population variously estim -tei at from 30,000 by the con servative gueeaer, up to 45.000 by the sanguine. There figures and the charac ter of the diseases causing the casualties, show tatisf actti riiy than there is no part of the world where people are to free from diseases so this etmuty, and tbat if there are any deaths at ail recorded in this favorite region is Largely ascribed to the fact that everybody must die. The statistics of births are by no means saV&factory; this being due to Ihe incompleteness of the statutes regulating birth re turn*. Some physicians and mid wifes, though they are exceptions, do uot report secessions to the papula tion in the manner prescribed by lew, becaus* there is no punishment to en force the proper observation of the statute. * Thus, during the period em braced in the foregoing mortality report only 433 births were reported, when the number was at the very least one third larger. The Health Officer thinks that proper figures might easily be ob tained, but hss ha* not shown in his re port the way to this satisfactorily result, and it may here be stated that his en deavors to achieve such a desideratum have been of the weakest daring his term of offise, and if the real number of births iv Los Angeles during the year ISSS 86 is not potrively known, we have chiefly to thank him for it. LOS AXGELE.S POSTOFF1CE. Aa Eaorsaaas lacrease af Hosi er ss In 18SS. Following is the report of the business at the Los Angeles postoffice for the past year: first vfusrier $13,706.46 ■seeooc -i ii.--.-r 11.559.72 TBird Q isner 15 009.05 Fourth y aarter. . 17CJ3L99 Total 4C0.137.22 Ths amount of newspaper mail han dled has more than dcubled in the last year. And as tbe circulation in tbe county is free, no revenue is derived from fully one-half taudled in theeffiee. Tne mail to the States has grown to iv enormous proportion. For the past week more than 16,000 letters daily were seat on the two overland trains; while the paper 01' til tiuring the same time amounted to 260 -acks, running as high as 65 sacks Monday last. The average number of sacks of papers tent daily daring the year was 24. • Forty-nine regular pouches are des patched daily from ihe office. Nearly ail postoffices ia the county are receiving two mails per day, and as there are no regular pesUnice clerks on the local trvau, Los A:geles is obliged to pouch ; direct to them. Tbe c fSees beyond I i" , a"^ a Park, on the Los Acgeles and San Gabriel Valley railroad, are the oaly exceptions to this role. "The attention of the Department sniiqld be railed to this fact.*' The Sierra Madre, Monrovia, Duarte and offices beyond, receive three mails a week, while South Pasadena and Pasa dena, on the aatae line, receive twelve. The local city mail has nearly doubled within tbe last twelve months, the in crease b*"ng from $459 to $830. Tbe number of letters aad packages registered during the year was 14,499; the cumber delivered 1 , 15,220. The largest number registered in one dsy was 232, on Monday last. Tbe number cf money orders issued wss as follows: Deuaestte 17,8X7 Foreign- 1,414 PostsT Sots*. M*2 Total 25,9*3 rstwi Domestic. ..LLiM Foreign CS9 Postal Nun. 4£U Tetal 17.442 $345,696 was deposited by money or der effiee witn this office; $254,000 was remitted to San Francisco. The Highest number of money orders an I postal note* issued ia one day was Monday, December 20th, amounting to two hunare 1 for the day. Olive lultare-. Tbe Sonoma Index says: "General Vallejo, of this plant, whoa* authority is ac good no any, t-d.-ji s tii* f :ll'-»!:u method of setting out olive catting*: Take acutting about two feet inlength, of healthy growth and any thickness desirable; plant it care filly ia rich soil, well manured, leaving bat a few inches above soil, cut tne ex tcoed end squarely, split it cross-wise carefully and insert a small pebble in tha center. When well rooted, transplant. The Ueneral says the olive grows vary readdv in -Sonoma valley, requiring no protection oi special care, producing fruit at from five to six years old. He advises the planting of suckers as the ssost readily grown snd matured. T c aoiithnil of pi. king olives is very simple. Tbe Gene al fijs a barrel with pure fresh water, strongly impregnated with eotunon salt. Into this put dead-ripe olives, sfter making a lateral incision in tbe fruit with some sharp irj«truMnent, until the barrel is three-quarters filled. Let it staid, carefully calling oat tbe bad ones with s perforated ladle, until lbs brine becomes bitter, when the old may be drained off through a faucet and new brine substitated. This may be re peated until the fruit is suited to the sate, after which they are ready for ase. and may be put up to suit." The Petals jul Courier on the same saLjeci thos discourses: "As the tree- \ : anting season is now opoa as, we sd vise all our farmers iv this section, while settling oat other desirable Tarktiea, to not forget the olive. It will grow almost anywhere, and will, as soon a* the plum and other varieties produce a crop, when once in booi iog, with little cultivation, outlive generations of the human family. There is hardly a fqaare acre in Petals son or VaUejo to sua hi pa, mon rt tain or valley, where the olive wd! not grow to los fas I sua, and all it wants is attention aad a little care to ntake it a oouroa of great wealth to southern Sonoma county." Mr. Edward Cooper, t f Santa Barba ra has an olive grove of 6,000 trees, which yields him 50,000 battles of the rtaeatctl aaunsliy, worth $1 a bottle, or gl .OKI per acre. .1 s rim I • urr la 1 u tare. j The Tulare Zauns says: 'Tulare« large land bckltrs are evidently not oat swfilsng on a dry year; U ey are plowing and sesdsng the ground j ast as though tbe rains wars) bound to fall whether or no. it. S. Berry is patting in 4,000 acres. Join Toony is at work on his 3,000 or 1.000 acres, John A. Patterson haa a large a umber of teams plowing 6,000 acre, E. Jacob is putting ia ana lake IsnsTi. Dam Spongier is miking the dust fly on King's river, and so it noes ia every section af the county. There will be snore ground plowed and seeded to grain before the rains this year than %t any previofj* time is the history of Tulare county. REAL ESTATE. H. H. Wilcox, SPECIAL LIST. So. 1029—Dwelling, of 6 rooms, bath, cloce<e, porches, all In first class, modern style; fine view; near street ctrs; splendid location, ou an eleva tion; very desirable; lot 60x125 feet, $6300 No. 1028—Choice lot on the hill; east front; fine view; near eablecars; convenient to business 1000 No. 10S4—Dwelling, new, 6 rooms, bath and closets; splendid location, fine view; lot 60x120. 1500 No. IOW— Iwoacres one land; excel lent localieu; bouse of 4 rooms .large barn, windmill and tank; excellent water: desirable property 3500 No. 1020—Lot on Diamond street, near termi n us of Second-street cable road; suitable for business 2000 No. 1019—Fire acres on Doyle Haightt, only 6500 So. 1016—Ten lots in tbe Judson tract at from $1000 to $1500 per lot. No. 1014—Two acres, with good im provement, ou Hoover st.; desirable to subdivide 6000 One hundred acres very choice foot hill lands, free from frost; desirable for raising winter vegetables: requir ing no irrigation; the finest land In the State: improvements; will di vide It: 2 miles from city 'limits; on payments: per acre 800 This land la susceptible of a hlgn state of cultivation: will produce from two to four crops per snnum, owing to the variety planted, such as melons, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, peas, beans, cabbages, etc.; $100 per sere net profit ia but a fair estimate on each crop; this sum wss realised per sere tbe present season from thia winter vegetable land; winter toma toes will yield much more than $100 per sere uet,and melons and potatoes will average that amount; we plant tomatoes in August, potatoes in Octo ber, November A January, and then follow with melons, on the same f round, which will bring a return of .00 per acre net, without one drop of water; this soil will remain moist the ecllre year by proper cultiva tion: ten acres will make a nun wealthy in a few years if properly cultivated: must be seen and inves tigstsd to be appreciated Twenty acres on Pico street, at termi nus of the electric railroad; suitable to subdivide into lota; s bargain; per acre 1000 l my seven acres on Pico street, % ol a mile from terminus of electric rail road; an abundance of water; desir able to cut Into acre lots: for a snort time only, per acre 200 Twenty-three seres near Ellis Villa College; beautiful and elevated; very desirable to subdivide into city lots: the best bargain in Los Angeles; you eughtto see this; per sere 1000 Those fine University lots, 65x130 feet, flue soil, very desirable location, having the new University of Southern California, church, store, postoffice, two lines of street cars completed aud another line soon to be built: splendid residences, excellent socie ty snd the finest drive iv the city, at the very low price of $500 to $600 per lot; terms easy: if you see these lots you will purchase them. Nob Hill lots, none more deslrab lc, sell Ing rapidly centrally located, fne view, near cable cars, from $300 to $510 per lot Nies tract, on Adams street. These beau tiful lots have a variety of fine fruit trees, bearing, and are selling at the very low price of from $300 to $7CO per lot, on eaay terms; come and see them. We have s very large list of very desirable Kperty of all varieties, as cheap as any iv Angeles. Give us a call before purchas ing. We will gladly show you what we have for sale, and we will not knowingly misrepresent to any one. If you have de sirable property for sale st a fair price, leave it with us. We are Belling more prop erty now than ever before We are not re tiring nor are we tiring. We keep our office open and warm evenings for the accommo dation of workingmeu and strangers, aud to all who will give us s call we say, wel come. H. H. WILCOX, 34 N. Spring st. Citros and Other Fruit Lands FOB SALE BY EDWIN K. ALSIP at CO. Real Estate Agents, 1015 Focbth Bt Sacramento THE GBAND SUCCESS OF OUR CITRUS Fair, now being held, proves that the culture ot all tropical fruits in Central California Is a success beyond any ques tion of doubt. No. 171—45500—110 acres of fine grape and tree land in Placer county, 2 milea south of Auburn; 6 acres in vines, lOacrea in orchard, % acres in berries. 20 acres grain land, 8 seres in alfalfa, 80 acres cleared, all tillable, new dwelling of 5 rooms, new stable, one old Vara, 3 spring--, one good well, all can be Irrigated. No. 207—$1800—10 acrea of land in the fruit-growing belt 'A mile from Florin, Sac ramento county. No improvements ou the land, except a good fence. This price is low for such quality of land. No. 107—496(10—30 acres, 25 acres in vine yard and strawberries; all producing largely: the improvements consist of a good dwelling, barn and packing-house. '1 here is also s sleamp pump aud reservoir for ir rigatinr. This place is well worth the price asked, being only two miles from Brighton, Sacramento county. $12,000—120 acrea one mile from Brighton, and only four miles from Sacramento, Cal.; 50 acres in vineyard, X A acre strawberries, snd fruit trees, producing enough for family use: 2 dwellings, one of 6 rooms and one of 4 rooms: other buildings necessary for packing snd shipping grapes, and 3 good windmills. This is a bargain, as tbe vines are in excellent coaditi n snd 'produce largely. No. 163—85000—380 acres with good title. 300 more with possessory title; 90 acres of cleared land, 250 acre* tillable, all feuced iulo two fields; good dwelling of 8 rooms, 2 aood bams, small granary, 7 good springs, living water the year round, 8 miles from railroad station, Folsom, Sacramento county. No. 185—81250—5 acres of land aojoinlng tbe town of Florin, Sacramento county; 4 acres strawberries, good 5-rooui dwelling, 1 stable 10x20, and another 12x16, 3 windmills. No. 166—525 per acre—ss% acres of good land one mile from Folsom, Sacramento county: small dwelling, good barn, 20 acres cleared, 4 springs good water. No. 208—520 acres of land in Asaador county, near lone City, s thriving railroad town; 800 acres or more is tillable, 70 seres fenced, several acrea will produce alfalfa; dwelling of 6 rooms, good Lew barn 64x61, rood slaughter-house with necessary equip ments snd outbuildings, blacksmith shop and wagon shed, several good springs, 1 good wells; Jackson an Grizzly creeks run through the place, giv lg abundant water the year round for si ck. There are 25 horses and mutes, 25 he. I cattle 2to 7 years old, 25 bead hogs, 360 „>au (half-breeds), four-horse wagon, harness, 1 buggy. 1 spring wagon and harneas. 2 good saddles, black smith tools, all farming implements, includ ing a sulky rake snd Buckeye mower, that go with the place, the price of which la 815-50 per acre, including personal prop erty named. All the farming tools, etc., are in good order and everything ready for use. Thia is a splendid opening for a man with small capital to begin stock-raising. Send for a catalogue and map of California; it contains the largest list of lands of any is sued north of Rao Francisco. Remember, EDWIN K. ALSIP at CO., dlt'-lin Sacramento. For Sale. •tfiao-New bout ".of 8 rooms and bath, No. 11 Dak *iam street, running through tout ge street; a desira ble location a Ine view; five min utes' walk f rot tth street car line. as aoo— Lot 2, Dunnig -act, Pico street. Just off Figueroa is is a corn lot, and 62HX150 lev * ttSMMJ— For 112 feet on Grand avenue, one block south of Longstreet tract, on line proposed cable road. ateOOO— Lot 17, block 5, Angeleflo Heights; aye minutes' walk from Temple street cable car line. •OaO—Lot s, Dunnlgan tract; fronts Ne vada street, bssks ou Virginia street; only a few steps from electric roe tl, vow being completed. •30O—Lot 5, block 12, t'rmston tract; worth 8400. App'y to owner, F. W. KING, No*. 58,60 and 62, North Los Angeles atreet. dlo-lm |M for all on tne Installment Plan. ONLY f 100 FOR A BEAUTIFUL 60-FOOT lot, by paying $20 down; balance of $8 on the installment plan of $10 per mouth, without inte. est. Reservoir rights, besides a well is now being put down for domestlo purposes for each 10-acre tract. Thia choice tract of 20 seres has been subdivided into Large Lots 01 a 60-Foot Street, Just beyond the city limits st Boyle Heights. A street ear line now running near, and two electric roads soon to bo completed, will soon make these lota pay 600 per cent. HUMPHREYS A RIGGQt, mnetsi.i.AfttmvM. ,i«nnanriia» Ten Miles West of Los Angeles. v. Five Miles East of Santa Monica. "3 No Cold Weather in Winter. j M No Hot Weather in Summer. No Saloons at the Palm*^^/ Deeds contain a forfeiture clause prohibiting the tale of ipirltous liquor*, '.j THE PALMS has the most even temperature summer and winter of say w^*WMMMa Southern California. . &". jtwL. THE PAL MS tl only thirty minutes' drive by wagon rood and only tea ■foutnw* > ride by rail to the ■■ .-tqß tvreat Popular Seaside Resort an ta* Soataera Coasts THE SOIL is a ainay sediment and loam of great depth, and is the no*oral hsasjfe if the Bg, olive, lemon, lime, apricot and that class of fruit that brings two Itrajost afjEK] in the local market. . . R PIKE WATER Is taken from gravel bed i from SO to 100 feet In depth, snd is ssnvafA- J Into s cement reservoir of 1">0,000 gallons capacity, which la ooverod by a toot ta sssnsfcrfgansT the wster pure and cool for domestic purposes. i^SeW THE PALMS hts at present two daily trains each way. t; :Jsf SIZE OP TOWN LOTS ARE 50x150 TO A TWENTY-FOOT ALLEY. s£S}&*- SIZE OF VILLA LOTS FROM FIVE TO TEN ACRES EACH.. Trees will be act out in the Parks and on each side of every street . : (tsF'THE PALMS challenges a combination of the above advents*** ta say sWljpK& of tho world. » . Vfc OFFICE OF THE PALMS: ; lj2 CURTIS & SWEETSER, 25 Temple Street, Los AijLll#E dl 2 lm Tb-8o jjjSßlß porter Bros: & a>J WHOLESALE Green and Dried Fruitsi f HAVE BEIIOVED TO fl 324 326,328 and 330 Alameda St; J NEAR ALISO STREET. ill TELEPHONE 19. ;027 ImBuTh) P, O. BOX lit*. LINDLEYS* 'M REAL ESTATE DEALERS, I ajnaaannl Rooms 4,5 and 6,75 North Spring StreeuH As there are some persons who object to dealing; with ■BOOtp. I preferring to purchase direct of owners, we Submit a last mm prop ■ ertr we own. and upon which we can make prices aaa tsi ass lo> oult almost any one.' RESIDENCE PROPERTY. • •5500—0n Grand avenue, 80x157. M\m\»\ •TOOO—Large house aud 4 lots. Walnut avenue. •SOOO-One fourth interest iv 22 louou Grand avenue. \ Mt •tO.OOO— One-fourth iuterest in 112 acres on Temple street •30OO—House and lot, 60x165 on Beaudry avenue. •3100 5 acres in Monrov . •3000—5 acrea in Monrovia. •KOO—4 lot* in Monrovia. OJ^^H •609—1 lot on Twelfth street, 45x 5 •9000—2 lots on Adams, near Main, 0. JWjmJW. SISOO-l lot on Main, 4.'ix150. )jMM •4000—4 lots, and house on King, near Main,.l v) •OOOO—2 lots, 126x174, ou Seventh street, near Pearl. ''annual • 10,000—Hot, 100x162, corner Orange and Lumm a. l-—m\ •10,000— Large bouse and 4 lots on Jefferson street •1100-2 lots, 115x130, Dana tract . mW •55C#—6 lots. West Los Angele M^^^^M •4000—2 lots. Beaudry avenue, 110x150. •tOOO-l lot, Lummis street, 60x96. •4OOO—I lots, corner Urlffln avenue and Hawley street. . \ -^MM FARM PROPERTY. ! J 04000—10 acres, Sierra Madre. •OOOO—BO acres, live miles south of city; 40 acres In trees. j^^^H •4500—40 acres, seven miles south of city; 26 sores in alfalfa aeOOO— 40 acres In Cuoamonga. M^^^^M •13,000—160 acres, north of Pasadena. ■ •3000—10 acres, La Canyada. ' •1000-40 acres, five miles south of city; house and barn. »Hp MM •3000—20 acres, Cuoamonga. L^MuW BUSINESS PROPERTY. bbL 120,000—40x100; Spring street. M%H *1»,000—40x165; Spring street, with good house. lmi MtjM $10,000—30x143; Spring street, with good house. aant'^^annnni $10,000—30x145; Sprint; street, with good house. Lbw^**lsbi $12,500—50x165; Sprlug street, with good house. laniaL.Annnnnnl $17,000- liixl2o; Sixth street near Fort, houae of So rooms. InnastV ■ MB *Mm $12,000—41x120; Fort slreet, good house. IU.Wt HlllWl Fort street, good house. .tfEk 'm\\\\\\\ $10,000—61x160; Fort street. ' J^^MMMMm $8000—46x124; Fort wKbbbbbbbl $6000—60x165; Fort street. yW \m\wM%M $10,000—46x120; Main street, good house. ffkmnnnnnnnnn We Have a Large List of Other Property, Call and see Brjjjj LINDLEYB'. mMMM. REAL ESTATE DEALn