Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1888, Page 15

THE SAN CABRIEL VALLEY, Drawbacks of One of the Loveliest Localities in the World. TRAIL OF THE LAND SPECULATOR Righ Prices for Land—Grapes Rotting the Vines-Villages on the Down Grade — Half-Cul- tivated Ranches, on ¥Faot ive. Fancy. Lo ANGELES, Cal,, Dec eial Correspondence of Tue Bek.]—I ool ive to-day out through Gar- 2 na, Bald ranch, old Alhambra and other beautiful Gabriel 16.—[Spe- vanza, Pasade in's Bun points valloy. The day was as balmy In Omaha; the sky was clear oranges are fast shadin g to their ripe color; the lawns were green, flo fragrant and abundant: hedgoes and eve 1 shrubs In the neightof their valley, fertile as any on earth, stretched in all its quict and varied beauty through its thirty and forty miles of ex- tent tho green of an eastern spring time. A closer view the autumnal coloring and disappearance the leaves of the deciduous plants y, but the farmors were sowing fiolds, and others were Gabriel, in the San May the rich, the the and trees and the as one in colors, disclosed grain in some alrondy carpeted with the that which sowed ear vineyardists were pruning their grapes; the florists arranging their flowers; tho nurserymen planting their trees and the orange growers plowing and culti- vating. In this remarkable kuow when 1t is spring or autumn. Our peaches and apricots, s and pears, our walnuts and and even our pomegrs come and gone. It was region we never strawberry we h v for lemons and oranges. but lomons are ripening and oranges will begin to be marketable in a”week or two. The 1d Baldey fifty and San Bernardino, ninety it and Jacinto some- thing over one hundred miles from our point of observation, and these three l’lun\ sentinels complete the picture of the beantiful San Gabriel valley, with its score of cosy villages, and its thou- sands of acres of fertile lands. ’I'hi~ is all very enjoyable. In fact T theve is no drive in the country (‘nll\pv ablo with the one which [ have alken to-day, for the fourth time. It yrehends all that 1s beautiful in the copics: fall that is remarkable in illusteation of the growth of the coun- try; all that is g in the extent of vine ranch. Tt pre- sonts 1 Mexican set- tle dred \(nnwull mountain tems of |)||u~~my|'|" for ir i The finest sce ery, both vale and mountain, the w erics, the stables and ranch of Miilion- nives Baldwin, Rose and Shorb, and not Teast of all the ruthiess destruction of the town-lot speculator and his unex- ampled enterprise in pushing his town Bite are to be seen on this drive. Land in this vulley anywl called cheap at $200 to $1,000 ver acre, depending upon the cha ractor of the goil, the neighborhood, and the im- provements. 1 overheard an old Trish- woman ask per, yard and or t water, in a hm. in which lxm home. :Illn\\:n.su 3 ¢ J. wud others, take up a very la the oicest lands of this valle Divided up into tracts, three of these immense fi would support at least )) families. They hot divided, but held and cultivatod nml\ in part by their owners. Sevoral once promising villages hang on their outs i e e into inanition because no small furmers are near to keep them alive. Even at 8500 per acre the lmld would £oon be oc- cupied and used, if the owners were willing to make um\' terms of sale to small purchasers. They are not, and y inall California is d by a few rich men, the men of smuller menns no opportunity to obtain and improve it. But if they could obtain it, and were obliged to depend upon grapes, and fruits other than oranges. or on wheat and barle Yy in the present condition of aflairs they could not make interest on their investments. apes on thou- sands of acres have dricd on the vines for want of a market in which w sell them, and apricots and peaches wore havdly profitable to the producer. The middie man took the profits. Nuts pay immenscly, but they s ow growth. Fuglish walnuts do not 1 10 he pro- )Mo until cight yeavs from planting Oranges are usually a good investment and since the Chicago market has been opened by auction sales, they are much more saleable than before. Oranges do not rotor waste. They hang on the s from Japuary until December, if There is no haste i (B picking, and after the an orange orchard yields an indome. General fruit farming depends upon s and canners. These are and with one process and another will soon be ablo to use every peach, apricot, pear and prune, cannot be profitable for brandies until the Californ ymes popular 1 the east, and in Furope. Raisin grapes are in demand and make the farmer x-nmu money. Lemons and limes are readily disposed of. Figs are more orlessudrag. Melons and vegetables are profitable only to the Chinese gurdener, Wheat and barley caunot be profitable grown on land worth now more than $100 ver acre. And here, too, the town-lot fiend and grasping speculator has laid his despoiling hund, Stakes are set through utiful orange and deciduous fruit rehards, among vines and smml fruit dens, in fact everywhere. Going from Los Angel vin Pasadena to Monrovia, a tanee of seventy mwiles, one passes through ono town site after another, and knows that u very inrge portion of the land not ineluded in the large ranches is cut up into 50 foot lots. Ivery mile or two, n hig hotel, a depot, a avenue of trees, and the stakes give evidence of the revailod a year ago and two years ago. ustead of putting cash into schemes for consuming the products of the country, and stimulating 1ts waterial dovelopment, eapital, enterprise and eredit have all upited in the business of speculating in renl estate. Every man, woman and child owns or par- tiaully owns a town Lot or & town site,and éu-l now it makes no difference which, jor neither is valuable, If it be a town site the owner reflects that the hotel cost anywhere from $5,000 to $15),000; the coment walk from 81,000 to $10,000; the shaded aveuue, tho survey au ~ading another large sum; the wata re is ol THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: plped to cve est on the monthly 1 or other fool st another dr very town sit to-day re and many a ma this city is very of the pos the inter- and th 11 more; balance sssion tern man southern the d it pro return of ment. right these evils and tha ifornia is about to enter upon more profitable growth, to among its people an_ in which will be permanently upbuilding its material inte that the country offers unriva tages to the producer ard the manufaue- r, who will intelligently apply his and ca catly await the country’s of depression tion, rn (¢ caus wl utiful and ver rose nired so od after o Jewett, In Union- ccomplished actress, who t l;ulv b fame, and yet was a |x\\|< hoas to be still femembe q,. > of to Sura the sses of the M.u the: which is now being slowly rebuilt ufter a destructive fire, Miss Jewett played conspicuous parts. She was leading actross (m five seasons in the Palmer comy wing the heroines to the late ( Thorne s heroos. ginuted, so far ae \|n--| J rned, what has ¢ to be e ropressed emotion Thorne had been a robustious and actor, but under strict and guidance he moderated his vim, and me one of the most quict of stage without losing was a under caro- herself to have v vaH management to tind a sat- 1 in Miss asion- Jowott played in oth 1 the ally, but has never in opolis. Her | wgement was for > Boston Muscurn, she was to © become the leading actross of the any: but it was found a little Whilo bofore tho tims for hor Boston debut that she was quite incapacitated. The sertion W published " that she had become a vietim of the opium habit. Zealous friends denied this and took ntage of the publicity benefit performance for her., unable to take t in the ment, a matter of fact medi lum at the time. s pride w solute effort to r control 1f. Thereafter she sank out of sight and into silence. Miss Jewett has now ate hospital situated on Juy, where her maintcnanee chased by * fund. mental and phy hor from the bl Uuthl\ll\ that she been sent to a 2w York She is acquired the mor- ad always putation; heiso- ati0ns had beon ohiolly With poo- le unconnected with theatets, and she had recommended herself to cultured people by writing many pretty and mer itorious poems. In short, she was in private life as complotely a lady as she scemed to be on the stage. But un- luckily she fell in love with an actor who could not marry her, and nerves gave way under the stres sentimental sorrow. A physician gave her doses of morph'ne to make her sleep, and those dangerous potions gradually became o necessity, Her sad blight is no long subjeet for deuial, and condition ’ thu hope remains reuc v glimmer of 11 recover. A Boy in St. Louis Globe-Demo Kate Boss, 11\u|g with a Lpps t: __ Mrs. Mrs. Wilson wed in Chief oftice, and, with told a sad story of old son, Michuel was being held bill by Mrs. Lucy A lives at 116 Spruce stroet, Louis. The griel- sken mother said she was compelled 'n her own livin, working in s, und, therefore, could not keep the child with her and give it proper Accordingly she had entered into an agreement with Mrs. Meyers to board it at therate of # a month, and that up to the present time sho was in- debted to her for board to the amount #3. She had no money to pay the . but she missed her little son and wanted to have him in her company again. She went to the house of Mvs. Myers and kindly asked for her boy, promising to pay the amount due her as soon as she could get it. Mra. Myers would not listen to this provosition, and told hor B T get her boy until the money was forthcoming., Mrs, Bons eried and pleaded for her boy, but with- out avail. The mother left the house, sobbing and crying, and came to the police. Officer McMullen was det: 10 go with the woman and get het but he also met with the same re as the mother. Offfcer Hammett was next detailod by Captain Joyce to get hoy. When the officer knocked at the door of Mrs, Myers she refused to open it. The officer demanded that the door be opened, and thad the child be given up. The woman laughed, and, looking over the tr: som of the door, eurvied on the e versation with the ofticer, but still re- fused to0 open the door or give up the the child,saying that her husband had told her to keep the child, Officer Huammett reported his exy Captain Joyce, and upon instructions from the captain, applicd to Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dierkes for a warraut to compel Mrs, Meyers to give np the child, v a case of kidnaping wa was refused, and the poor mother bad made no furthor progress to aring her child than when sho wrted out, But while the mother was heartsick in her quandary over how to get her Attorney Joe Furlong cume to o, and kindly offered to as- sist her in obtaining her boy without Attorney Furlong at ounce ap- d to the judge of the court of cor- rection for & writ of habeas corpus, which was issued. Tis next move was to obtain a deputy sheriff to serve the writ. The attorney aud a doputy sheriff went to the house of Mrs. Meyors last evening to serve the writ, Sh fused them admittance, and when the deputy sheriff told ber that he had a writ from the court to serye on her, she made no reply. After lingering about the door for some time, the deputy sheriff be- cane tived, and securing a tack in the neighborhood, he picked up & rock and weked the writ on the door. Be! »fore he left, however, he told Mrs. Meyers that the 'paper was on the door. The writ is returnable on Friday next. ari, board w ho A TRAMP'S CHRISTMAS. am again, lo, Jack," came the response from a numberof telegraph operators standing in a group in the operating room of the Western Union offic The lo of the sounded on in iments overy sido t not with such ear- ting intensity were not rushing off commerc sa for comn it hefore the mid [ y of day. v though, but th in a little knot and 1d when the evidently not of mon gathe Chr on duty rathered rod in an natal vhody was »ones had were « animat scussion on sporting matters He the g newcomer entered was a stranger, g 1 ar 1 him and each one shook his hand warmly and uttered a cheery greoting. Only or two held back and did not spenak, but they were young men, from some country town in the effete east. They did not even seem bo cs to make the stranger's acquaintance. His ance did not ite their fact, it was repulsive [is eyes were bloodshot. His face had the unwashed look produced by tho lack of a shave His shirt and collar wero with dirt and tobacco, His cont was out at the elbows. his pants we badly i d, and the low shoes he wore wore dingy with mud and out with walking. His breath smelled of vile whis But, in spite of all, there about the man that interested one. carried his head erect, if not with pride. He looked hke one who ex- pected to he received with open arms and knew that he deserved to be. His manner was not strained, He was no hegar en 1f his clothes so indicated. His conve tion was free and e The hoys plied him with que When ‘ll\l he get in? Oh, 'd j rived. onc recently worn was an air ons. On the ecircuit, “Broke, as usunl.” s an old story to all those present. The same questions had been ask time. For How often he | 3 hoys an made up for his bene- even he could nn\, remember, nor \ 1id memory r how often his departure had en celebrated by in- dulgence in the flowing bowl. All the operator 1 wis o good fello o and an excel rraphe heea *‘on the ‘50 long that when the boys bogan to feel in theiv pockets for a nickle to 3 lllvi not look confused or cod. I was not charity simply a return for p | had done the same for time It was almost the boys felt liberal. than a dollar in the **pot.” J hankful and so expressed hims ‘I'm \'nnw out and u-l\-!u “Uvo been » but I'll have a 'l drink for all of you.’ “*Be back before Ne in_a day.”said one of the mn “But I haven't gone yet,” tort. ['ve got to send a me: guess [ can have the use of a minute.” Yes, ald. No one objected. He seated himself before au instrument and opened the koy. In a brief moment ho had called up the office he wanted and sont the address It was tined for New g n s mothe ator near him vhat he would send. The swiftly aud ticked olf Jack., He romancer He had many an old: ¢ Christias s and put s worked l( (lllln t take two |nlnu[n~ but rose with a sell-satisfied air, like a man who had performed his last duty and left the operating room. “Ho don't look as Bif Christmas,” remar he'd have a lked a youthful ed down she “PBut he will,” responded an old-tim- to whom the remark was addressed. “I' guess you don’t know Jack. You'll know him, though, if you stuy in these parts long, for+although he's a wan- dever he never goes oast of Chicugo, and always turns up here oncs or twice ayear, ‘How long have I known him? Why, we were boys together, brought up in the same town in old Allegany county, W York. But that was a great-many y ago—it must bo thirty since we Started out to earn our living. Juck was a good boy those days, a trifle wild, but he wasn't bad. Ho “used o tell me that he couldn’t afford to be, for he had his mother to support, and Jack loved his mother. We both learned our trade in the Kri i York cit and worked o sther for f] yeu Then Jack secured a situaticn us station agent and operator at u livtle town near where his mother lived, IHe did it o please the *‘old lady,” as he called her, although she wasn't very old, didn’t see him o . but one day, s pieco of new ator Was to Blame. About u terrible kk on the and how three men w killed wise the operator had goue to sl and failed to obey ovdors to flag a pas- senger train. Jack was the operator, He was arrested, but the laws were not s0 strict in those days and he got off without a sentence, STt was acouple of yea eame to Omaha, mnl when [ ved the first old friend I met was Jack. I hardly knew him, though, It was casy to see thut u great chunge had come over him, He told me all about his troublas, *'moatittle more reckless than I uck *You know again and I ave hbr to SUpOPt md 50 I'vo no one in the world to care for. **He said it with a sort of dare-devil dash, but it w. y to see he felt it more than he d to own. Before he left me he was almost ready to ery, and offered a half-apology for his ‘attack of the blues,’ as he called it. I did not see him the next day, nor the day after, and then I was told “that he was *drunk and had gone out of town.” In about six months he came back, staid nearly two months, and left again as befor Andsohe has kept it up ever since staying sometimes longer and some- times shorter, But he always remains on this ‘circuit,” and twice a year he dru!n down on Omaha, t was just o yoar ago to-day I had a long talk with him. 1e had another attack of ‘blues,’ talked ahout the old and home. He couldn't bear to let his mother know the life he was living, He hadu’t seeu her in headed, *The l} before T and times SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6’11 oodman Drug Co, N wmilton, 15! Omana Drug Ce 1110 1 1 arnam and fdrn on whn & Co., 124 Cutherts or, Hol e, 2ith and Lakoe sts 5] . 1 Blags, Towa braska PRCKE BAOS. 10, S0i8 AGENTfi Any dealer purchasing 1,000 of the above cigar can have his name 23, 1885 ~-SIXTEEN PAGES. FOR THE BEST CLEAR HAVANA CIGAR for 5 Cents. CALL ON NS neil Binfis & Mothrock, lied Cloud, Neb Arlington, Nebrask Fon, Neb: nskn nders and Lake 1, 1860 S 10th 1417 Donglas rih 16th Vinton and Lak 3 1 Lake street Nebrask. I and Grace L North viat North 16th 8t s and Saunders S 10th St vmmm‘l am, 505 North 16th t 1l Cloar Wat \ Oxford, Neb. I( UPRILDS Naliih Mullynaux,Sutto H Zimmer Feo 1 lom, Alblon, Nob. bin, Sterling, Colorado ()MAHA, NE in the this advertisement ASK FOR THE NcW JERSEY R Arctics, bermen, High button Gaiters, Heel and Spr Sandals, heel and Spring heel, UBBER SHOE C0.'§ Rubber Boots, Lum- ng heel, Gerater Croguet Alaskasheel and spring heel, pure gum light weight | mystic sandals; fine cloth back buckle avctics for ladies and gentlemen, in fact a full and general line of Rubbor Boote and Shoes. The NEW JERSEY CO., makes the hest line of goods known to the trade, and each pair will have “NEW JERSEY RUBBER SHOE CO.” Stamped in the sole. None enuine without above stamp. I am Western Agent forthe New Jersey Co., and sell the goods to dealers at same prices they will have to pay in Chicago or Boston. money sent east helps the east. My men and business help to advertise Omaha; I do not retail any goods. I do not sell Leather Goods of any kind but I do Wholesale Rubber Clothing And FELT BOOTS in a large way. When you buy New Jersey Rubber Goods you indirectly help Omaha. 2 T LINDSEY, Sole Agent for New Jerssy Rubber Co. 11 HARNEY ST, - rs. but he loved k Jxm the He often ) } I rihe iy Linvaling. company,’ o every Cl mas he I ke up qu"h moncy to send little remem- brance. It was always after doing this that the desive for drink and change of ] ame on him strongest, and so on Christi hie was in the same con- dition as you saw him to-night. He'll spend a royal Christinas to-morrow in a oon _or station hov wid he'tl nov e which, But he always has his senses Christmas eve. A year from to- 1, if he lives, he will come into the Omaha or some other oftico on this cir- cuit, and send the same message that he has sent to his mother evory Christ- mas eve for twelve years: “A merry Christmas, S Jack.” A Natural Proauct of California, It is only foutid in Butte county, Cal ifornin, und-in no other part of the world, Werefer to the trce that pro- duces the houling and pencteating gum used in that plénsant and effectivo cure for consumptio asthma, bronchitis, and coughs, SANTA ABIL, the King of Consumption. Goodman Drug Co. un.l sells it for $1.00 a bot- use of CALL- ) symptoms of catarrh are dispelled, aud the dis- onsed nasal passage is specdily to a healthy condition. #1.00 a pa By mail $1.10, Circulars free. age. The Mogul Engines a Fail 3 Globe-Democrat: The experiment of running mogul engines on the vesti- bule trains of the Wabash system tween St Louis and Toledo is not pr ning out sucee sfull, Saturday morn- engine 130 \pulfmg train lost y an hour between Tilton and An- and returning on train 43 Satur- 3 ho again lost time steadily. The drivers are so small that the pistons are compelled to move so swiftly the steam can not follow them, and when a certain speed is reached the engine works against herself. The locomotives also steam very badly. During the win ter it is probable that the trains men- tioned, which ave frequently compos of ten cars, will be run in two scctions. - OMAIIA, NED., The' LUBLOW SHOE' [ns obtained a reputation wherever in- rduced for “CORRECT STY LE 'ER- FECT FIT,” SCOMFORT AND DURABIL- 11y, They have no superiors in Hand Turns, Hand Welts, Goodyear Welts, and Machine Sewed. Ladies, usk for the SLUpLow” Stok. Try them, and you will Inx\‘ no other. Lo g LOMBARD INVESTMENTE[]. Boston, Mass.; Kansas City, Mo, Capilal & Surplus, 91,500,000 | This company las openca an Omaha office and ts propared to furnish money promply proved city wud fari property, No applicacion: sent a Loaus closed ud b JHN e % South Bith Uruet, First Nattonat hank sk WEAI( -nllrmulrr-mlh et early - .k.n ulars oy i o rovfi"‘n. Moouus, Gonn, 'da Uable ut a Warm Welcome to One and All at 1522 Douglas St.,where may Be Found a Large and Beautiful Assortment of Binles, Prayer Books and Hymnals, (Single and in sets.) Dictionaries and Holders and an elegant line of Plush Sets, Gold Pens, Pencils and Silver Match Safes, Ladies’ and Gents’ Pocketbooks and Purses, Portfolios, Lap Tablets, Writing Des| Photo, Auto and Scrap Albums, Gift Books from the Little Gems Lo the Elegant Etchings, Childrens’ Books & Games, and in fact everything to please yourself and friends. A competent set of sales= m en ready and pleased to show goods. H. M. &, S. W.JONES, 1622 Douglas Street, near Corner 16th Street. PAID UP CAPITAL, $300,000. SURPLUS $40.000. AMERICAN LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, AVINGS BANK 8% DEPARTMENT: UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK BUILDIN \ Interest on deposits, compounded semi-annually, Savings Certificates with Interest coupons attaohed. DEBENTURE BONDS in Denominations of $200, $300, 8500, o] and $1000, based upon First Mortgage Real Estate Securities deposited with, and bonds certifled by the Union Trust Company of New York. Drafts drawn on the principal cities of Europ: A. C. POWELL., casHiEn. 0. M. CARTER, Pres, 3, ), BROWN. ALVIN SAUNDERS. =DIRECTORS D. D, COOLEY, V.-Pres. C. S, MONTCOMERV. PHILIP_POTTER, Sec, i FRED ROGERS. FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS THERE IS NOTHING MORE APPROPRIATE THAN A FINE Gas or Oil Lamp. We have a Beautiful Selection of Genuine Imported (-fl nan W 1 IFor the Holiday Trade GAS FIXTURES B flllll French unps, Siiver and Brass Piano L nnp ((-ul:-. K J We have three separal . EEI‘II It Table Lamps, Poriable Stands Bra rooms for our THE HUSSEY & DAY (‘OMPANY 409-411 South I5th Street. % Ol Trnk Factory, J. S CAHILL & C0,, Props, 4 Branch of the largest manufactory in the U, S. 14th St., open at 220 S, Now near Paxton carrying Hotel, the largest line of ’l‘l(U\'l\'S’ VALISES, HAND SATCIE LS, POCKET- BOOKS, efc., ever shown in Omaha, pay for ihcm Work to order. lh-p‘ Goods sold at what our competitors ing a specialty. DEWEY & STONE, FURNITURE. A magnificent display of everything useful and ornamenta in the furniture maker's State Line. To Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool From New York Every Tuesdav, Cabin passage #35 and 830, according to location OF state room. Exeursion 465 10 §, Steerage to und from Europe at Lowest Rutes, AUSTIN BALDWIN & €O, Gen'l Agents, ) Hronaway, New York, JOHN BL a1l Woster Aot 164 Kandolph st., HARRY K. MOORES, Agent, Ouaha. Reduced Cabin Itates to. Glusgow Ex- bibition. Chieago. art, at reasonable prices. 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