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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
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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.
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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
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$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