The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 6, 1895, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 6, 1895. IN THE HEART OF THE SAN JOAQUIN. Rich Wheat Fields, Or-| chards, Vineyards and Cities. { HOME OF THE FARMER.| Modesto, Merced and Fresno Centers of Trade and Cities of Social Culture. A RICH HARVEST FOR ALL The Golden Wheat and the Golden | Poppies Blended—Products for the World. ¥ACTS ABOUT THE N VALLEY JOAQUIN Area of the San Joaquin Valley.. ..6,850,000 acres Population. 123,031 | Assessed valuation .. $152,000,000 1Its principal products are wheat, rais- ins and fruit. It is watered by the Kern, | Eaweah, Kings, San Joaquin, Merced, | Stanislaus and Tuolumne rivers. It has the largest stock ranches, the greatest vineyards, the biggest trees and highest mountain peaks in California. It needs capital and tillers of the soil. “Across the San Joaquin’s broad fields of wavy wheat.” There isnot only a surplus of resource but a trail of beauty from Stockton to Ba- and out further in the foothills, citrus fruits take the place of cereals. This year, however, there will be at least 200,000 tons of wheat to ship out of Stanis- laus County. Low freights and fair prices for its staple products would soon make | the farmers prosperous. The citizens of the county have not | neglected their children, and in both city C. 0. Nelson, Chairman Board of Super- visors, Merced, Cal. neat and commodious | school buildings. The schools are now | under the able supervision of J. A. Wagener, who was educated in the Mil- lersville State Normal School in Pennsyl- vania, and who has a splendid record asa teacher. He is full of honest enthusiasm and country are U\C.Mfrighr - James FPeck . FHShort™ Xersfield. desto, the blooming fruit trees at Mer the vineyards of Fresno, the oaks at Vi The green wheat fields at Mo- i salia and acres of alfalia at Bakersfield, set in a frame of golden poppies, make the San Joaquin Valley attractive at this sea- son of the year. It isrich in color. It is great in resources. In its population of 123,031 and its 6,850,000 acres it has the first requisites of an empire. The products | for his work. All departments of the | 2 ty and city government are economi- | cal and efficient. The city has an excel- | lent sewer em, and has given an ex- ample to other cities by owning its own ter works. It has a well-organized fire | department, and is well supplied with church and social organizations. All the trades and business houses are represented by enterprising men—D. & G. VIEW OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD TREES FRESNO, CAL. | [From a photograph.] IN ROTTERDAM COLONY, of the valley, the schools, the facilities for ( jrrigation, the successful experiments in | fruit-raising, the vast undeveloped re- | sources make the recital of the facts inter- esting. MODESTO. The city of Modesto and county of | Stanislaus have been important factors in | the history of the State. Stanislaus County hasa trinity of rivers,the Tuolumne, the San Joaquin and the Stanislaus. There are two great irrigation projects partly completed, the Modesto and Turlock. There are at present legal difficulties in the way of the completion of these sys- tems. But the people are hopeful that soon the vast sections of land about Mo- desto will be watered. In the meantime the farmers keep right on producing | wheat. In certain sections of the county, | however, attention is paid to diversified farming, including {fruit-raising. “The immediate remedy for hard times in the San Joaquin Valley,” says Professor E. W. Hilgard, “is diversity of crops, less atten- | tion to specialities, more to productions | that will supply the family, or find a local | market.” To this end 0. McHenry, the president of the First National Bank, has planted 17,000 trees—prunes, apricots and figs—77,- | 000 vines, and about 7000 acres in wheat | and corn. And over in Paradise gardens, ' |in lumber, Garrison, Turner & Son Plato in clofl\ing. etc., C. E. Marriott in | dry goods, B. Weil in groceries, etc., | Wood & Turner in hardware, C. R. Tillson ] in grain, the Ross House and Tyner in hotels, James A. Johnson in real eastate, the | 3000 people. | Merced are about $600 per | reap its share of any it offers legitimate inducements to the legitimate settler. MERCED. Merced is one of the best-advertised places in California. W. H. Mills, who has had charge of the Crocker estate in this county, is not only a shrewd but a liberal advertiser. The people have heard of the splendid canals, the fertile soil, the rapid growth and the adaptability of the irri- gated soil of Merced County for a great di- versity of proaucts. It is all true. The marvel is that honest settlers have not ac- cepted by thousands the advantages in the colonies about Merced. There are grain ranches of 100,000 acres in this county, and water enough in the Merced River to irrigate the dry lands. There is land and water enough’ for all. What1s wanted is people who will use the land and water. Merced County, through the popu- lar and earnest work of Mr. Wilson, won the first prize for the best exhibit at the Midwinter Fair. The Crocker Estate Company spends up- ward of $100,000 per year in improving and maintaining = its lands. Merced fruit is becoming noted for its fine flavor and the figs from the ranch of J. A. Mac- kenzie command the highest price in the market. Mr. Mackenzie Eas an orchard of thirty acres planted with Smyrna figs, prunes, appricots, pears and 400 orange trees. It is a model fruit farm and isa | good example of what can be done in Mer- ced County. Wherever you locate in the | San Joaquin County you will find schools and churches. The schools of Merced rank high in this State. The present year Fresno has exported 50,000,000 pounds of raisins. The assessment rolls of the county show that 50,000 acres are in Mus- ca;‘ vines. : e resno also exported in one year 1,500, gallons of wine and brandy. 6,700,000 pounds of dried fruitsand 12,600,000 pounds of green fruits. The mountains are rich in mineral wealth—gold, coal, iron, aspaalt, gypsum, etc., are_all susceptible of development. Fresno city isin tfne center of & country Fulton G. Berry, Fresno, Cal. that is destined to control a large trade, and firms !ike Wellman, Peck & Co., with such p_oEu]ar men in charge as Colonel G. B. Smith, have a wholesale trade from M desto to Bakerstield, Fresno is ambitious It is an honorable ambition to be the larg- warning to the jack rabbits that Fresno was to be a city. Another important enterprise is the Fresno Flouring-mills, of which Mr. Sher- wood is the popular manager. There isa fine electric-light plant and capital secured and corporation formed to bring enou, h electric power from the foothills to supply Fresno and all its manufacturing interests. It has excellent water works. Among its many manufacturing inter- ests may also bé mentioned A. eil- heimer, who is now erecting a handsome block to accommodate his lnrie manufac- tory of harness, saddles, ete. Ruschhaupt Bros. manufacture family, Jaundry and toilet soap. This firm manufactures onl pure soap. There is not an ounce of adul- teration in the works. T.S. Leslie manu- factures an excellent quality of brooms! with the well-known trademark *‘T. S. L.” J. A. Slater manufactures blankbooks of every description and binds books in the highest style of the art. Leo Reise manu- factures fine Havana and domestic cigars. Fresno is well represented in all lines of business. There are four banks noted for their enterprise. The firms of Kutner, Goldstein & Co., Louis Einstein Company, A. J. Weiner, the White House, Radin & Kamp, W. Parker Lyon, Barrett-Hicks Company, W.J. O'Neil & Co., M. Goth, W. J. Devlin, Norton & Schuttler, Sachs & Heringhi, S. Eveninger,” A. H. Schultz are well and favorably known to the peo- ple of the San Joaquin Valley. NOTES. The new high-school building now in course of construction will be an ornament to the city. Fulton G. Berry is always on the alert to give facts and figures to the prospective settler. The irrigating canals in Fresno are like the rivers of some countries. Alex Goldstein, vice-president and man- ager of the Farmers’ Bank, is president of the Chamber of Commerce. A number of new real estate firms have — MARIPOSA STREET, FRESNO CITY. i === g & bt Superintendent, 0. W. Grove, has had a | wide experience as an educator and is de- voting his talents to improving the schools. | Merced City has a population of about | It has a fine water system and is known as the Fountain City. 1t is well supplied with churches, stores, | newspapers, a fine flouring mill, hotels, | vyers, doctors and now two railroads and is for two more, the San Fran Joaquin Valley Railroad, and a_ spur out into the foothills toward the point where the present mining development is now in | progress. As a proof that it has patronage | it to bestow on a new road pride that the Southern Pa points with | erced is | in the heart of the valiey sure to benefits that will | come from increased activity in the devel- opment of the country. | il FRESNO. You may travel the State from the sands of the desert to the sands of the sea, and you will not find another city so young, | 50 thrifty, so hopeful as Fresno, in the | heart of the S8an Joaquin, into existence in the past ten years. It's | place in the commercial world is now a | fixed fact. It’s raisins are as familiar to 3 commerce as the wheat of Stanislaus. It's | | canals made the people of California "Bw.Er W N OVE © JAWARBENER | Herald and News in newspapers, and o | pause on almost without end. The business men are wide awake and they do not intend to let railroads or stage coaches pass them to one side while they sleep. The city of Modesto is full of enterprising people, and and think. During the past few years Fresno has followed the ‘advice of wise people and is now | producing a wide diversity of crops, cereals, fruits and vegetables to consume and to export. The railroad through Fresno is lined with great warehouses, and at seasons of the year are well filled. It is the great diversity of crops that add ic receipts at | 3 It has sprung | - est and most beautiful city in the interior of the State of California. It has wide, clean streets, paved with asphaltum, handsome business blocks, and the view up Mariposa street to the county’s | 1mposing courthouse is one of the finest | street scenes in the State. The courthouse, | with its brass dome_and massive pillars, | and the park environment would be a | cm{it toa civilization as old as Greece | itself. Fresno has started asa manufacturing | opened offices in Fresno. The firm of Campbell & Walker has organized the Cal- ifornia Homeseekers’ Immigration Asso- ciation, with extensive connections East as well as in this State. Fresno boasts of a lady physician, Dr. Laura Harris, who has been specially edu- cated in Europe, and since locating in Fresno has become very }\n[\u!ur. The new rooms of the Chamber of Com- merce have been neatly fitted up and will form quite an attraction for the tourist ) THE BIG DAM IN TEE TUOLU. [From a photograph.] MNE RIVER, 129} FEET HIGH. city. The Fresno Agricultural Works, of l which James Porteous was the founder and is the present proprietor, has patented and manufactured thousands of railroad scrapers and his patent raisin machines are sold throughout the world. ‘When Mr. Hughes, the father of Fresno, f!rst began to run excursion trains from San Francisco M. R. Madary established the pioneer planing-mill of the San Joaquin Valley. The whistle from his en- gine was the first to sound the note of materially to the wealth of Fresno County. A crop of some kind is almost continnalf’y ripening, and an income from some source is always assured. On the east side of the valley isthe noted Thermal belt that runs down to Por- terville in Tulare County—a warm belt that is adapted by nature for the growth of oranges and lemons. This industry is &‘nuc becoming known in the district. housands of young trees have been planted during the past few years, and the culture of the lemon and the orange will be both popular and profitable. Fresno County ranks third in the production of wheat, while cattle, sheep, swine and the wool industry are important factors in its industrial wealth. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are cov- ered with an almost inexhaustible supply of timber. This has led to the develop- ment of large lumber interests, and as a re- sult great flumes to carry the lumber from the mountains to the’valley have been built. Planing mills, sash and blind fac- tories, sawmills and box factories have been established, giving employment to hun- dr;‘l‘l]sdme::t industry, he e greatest industry, however, is the culture of the raisin grape. In a single and others interested in the productsof the county. Fresno has a fine opera house, seven good hotels, five churches, a popular pub- lic library, a_thrifty athletic club and a well-equipped fire department. The county schools of Fresno, under the able supervision of Thomas J. Kirk, are fully abreast of the times. Superintendent Kirk is not only a prominent educator but a shrewd business man, and he carries business methods into every branch of school work. The city schools are con- trolled by a board of trustees, with Profes- . City Water Works, Modesto, Cal. [From a photograph.] sor Heaton, a teacher of excellent ability and wide experience, as Superintendent. ey TURNED OUT UKDER ARMS Two Military Society Picnics at the Harbor View Parks. The Companles Intend to Get a License to Retain Their Rifles. EThe thirty-third anniversary of the battle of Pueblo was fittingly celebrated at the Seaside Gardens yesterday by the Juarez Guard of this City and the Mexican Ladies’ Circle. The Juarez Guard turned out in full strength in uniform and carry- ing arms. By an act of the last Legislature the car- rying of arms by organizations other than the militia is prohibited, but no attempt has so far been made to have the law en- forced, or in any way interfere with the old and established societies which turn out on gala occasions as military organ- izations. At the Germania Gardens was the Aus- trian Military and Benevolent Society, also a uniformed order, and the members of this organization turned out under arms. The officers of both societies say that if any attempt is made to enforce the law they will lay aside their rifles and comply with it without question, but the Jaw provides for the issuance of a permit | from the Governor, allowing the favored organizations to parade under arms. This permit they will try to secure, but whether it must be secured before each parade or is a permanent permission has not yet been decided. At the picnic of the Jnarez Guard Alex- ander K. Coney, Consul-General of Mexico in San Francisco, acted as president of the day. During the ceremonies of the cele- bration he had the guard lined us on the dancing floor, and he presented to the organization a new set of silk colors, an American flag and one of Mexico. The colors were received by A. dela Torre, ca&zmin of the guard. he Austrian picnic was the regular outing of the benevolent societK. The company turned out with full ranks, Cap- tain S. Raicevich in command and Lieu- tenants A. Thomasitch and A. Gararae in charge of the platoons. THE SHIP'S BARBER. His Berth on Board of a Man-of-War Keeps a Man Busy but Pays Well. “There’s lots of money in the barbering business on board of a man-of-war,” said a blue-jacket on whose cap was a black band, bearing in letters of gold the name of the hoodoo ship, Olympia, and who was ina barber-shop on Geary street yesterday, waiting for his turn. “How’s that?’ asked the man at the second chair who works on commission, and is always on the look out for an oppor- tunity to do better. “Why that’s easy,” answered the blue- jacket. “Take the Olympia, the ship I be- long to, she’s got 400 men on board, they all get shaved and have to have their hair cut—"' “But how can a ‘man get a job?"’ asked the man at the second chair. ‘He's got to have a pull, hasn’t he?” “But you need not pull the hair out by the roots,”” said the customer in the chair, it strikes me you've a pretty good pull already.” “All'you've got to do,” responded the bluejacket, *“is to ship as a landsman_for three years and be assigned to the barber- shop.” Your pay from the Government will be $36 a month and you will rank asa petty officer. Then you'll get $1 50 from every man on the ship every three months. That makes $450. Add to that $36 a month, which is $108 a quarter, and there you have $558 a quarter. That’s not bad for a barber.” ;i The man at the second chair, who was making an up-stroke on the customer’s face, af‘mostcm off a portion of his ear when he suddenly turned around to ask, “Washing thrown in?” “No, the barber gets another landsman to wash the towels and other fixins for §20 a month, but, I'll tell you what, the barber has to hustle.” ¥ 4 The man at the second chair, turning to the one at the first chair, said: “‘Boss, when I'quit _to-night, I'm going to look for a ship—$166 a month at sea is better than $18 a week on land.” — A WOMAN HERMIT. Her Only Companions Are Five Dogs and a Cow. At Lookout Pass, on the Oniqui Range, about 150 miles from Salt Lake City and thirty miles from the nearest ranch, where no one save a stray miner ever passes her cabin, lives Elizabeth Rockwell, widow of Horace Rockwell, a brother of Porter Rock- well, who achieved fame in leading Brig- ham Young’s band of Destroying Angels, or Danites. Aunt Lib isthe name by which she is known. Her only companions are a quintet of snarling cur dogs and'a lone- some cow. For nearly fifteen years the old woman has lived there. She is extremely averse to havingany one inside her door, refusing to furnish travelers with food and charging them with the water their cattle drink at the rate of 10 cents a drink, says the Sailrmw Courier-Herald. She is well- to-do, her husband having left her a com- fortable property. One story told of her is that on one oc- casion, when one of the pups was ill, she managed to get a message to a physician living eighty miles away that he was wanted at once. He came post-haste, thinking that it was herself who was ill, and was so disgusted when he learned that he had been called to prescribe for the dog that he cha;sed her §200. For this.act he never received her forgiveness, although she paid the bill. About ten days ago Aunt Lib had an ad- venture which’ plainly demonstrated her force of character to take care of herself, although about 75 years of age. The im- Ereuslgn bas prevailed that she has been oarding money somewhere about her cabin. Two would-be bandits endeavored to force the secret of her treasure from her about a week aso, and the result is that one was so badly wounded that it is a ten to0 one shot that be is ngw dead, MNOTHER HGHBINDER WAR The Chinese Tongs Are Busijy Preparing for Hos- tilities. FIGHTERS ARE INCORPORATING Under Cover of Protective and Benevolent Assoclations to Avold Arrest, _The highbinders in Chinatown are put- ting on their warpaint, and in consequence the district bounded by California, Kear- ney, Pacific and Stockton streets is in a ferment. Rival ngs have a grievance, and trouble is expected at any moment. The Chinatown squad was on the alert all of yesterday, and Sergeant Esola made two or tprce trips through the perturbed colony in order to as what was going on. 'A wleek ago some one delegated by the highbinders posted a notice to the effect that extortions, as practic ” in the employof the Six Companies not be tolerated. Chief Crowl town squad was labeled “white d and the circular assumed quite a bellig. ant tone. Since that time one of the funct highbinder companies has incerp ated under the laws of California as a y tective and benevolent society. The art- icles have been filed with the Cou Clerk, and the Sam Yup Society titled to as much protection as society of a like kind in the City Since its formation Chief Crowley’s “white devils,”” as Chinese call them, have been in a quandary. Raiding the head- quarters of a gang of highbinders ar breaking into the assembly-room of &n association incorporated under the laws of the State are quite different things, even though it is known to every one on the olice force that “protective and benevo- ent” is only another name for ‘‘high- binder.” It did not take the incorporated tong long to find out that the police did not care about interfering with it while its credentials from the County Clerk were on the walls of its headquarters. Action against the Chinese Six Com- panies’ police was accordingly taken, and it is confidently asserted that the | binders gained their point, and surveillance of sly opium dens and houses of bad repu- tation by Chinese has been discontinued. Emboldened by their success, the mem- bers of the ¢ protective and ben lent” society. stole a Chinese slave gir from a wealthy member of the Six Com- panies, who, with his friends, at once ap- F“m to another tong for assistance. The atter are now on the warpath. Wildcats have been cooked and eaten to give the warriors courage. Knives have been sharpened and revolvers loaded, so that two or three highbinders are liable at any time to occupy slabs in the Morgue. Sergeant Esola and the entire downtown police force are on the alert, however, and the first attempt at an outbreak art araid that will probably break up the “protective and benevolent society.” In speaking about the matter last night, aprominentattorney, well acquainted with the Chinese, said the whole trouble was got up simply to test the power of the new association. If it was shown that the po- lice were powerless to interfere with an incorfiorated society holding regular meet- ing, then every highbinder gang in the City would incorporate, and murders and shooting affrays would be of daily occur- rence in Chinatown, HE TOOK RAT POISON. Mike Stenson, a Farmer From Winters, Tired of Life. Mike Stenson, a farmer in Winters, has been stopping at 134 Fourth street for a few days. Yesterday morning he swal- lowed a dose of rat poison with suicidal intent. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where the usual remedies were applied, but it is doubtful if he can recover. He said there was a feeling of jealousy between him and his wife, and he thought it was better to die than to go on living as they had been. His wife is at present in Be- nicia, and he told Dr. Somers that he had $300 in bank, which he wished her to get if he should die. Stenson admitted he had been drinking heavily of late, owing to his family troubles and that helped to drive him to attempt his own life. Heisa man about fifty-four years of age. LOTTERY ADVERTISEMENTS, Resolutions by the San Francisco Re- ligious Press Association. The San Francisco Religious Press As- sociation at its last meeting adopted reso- lutions as follows upon the CaLvL’s attitude against lottery and other questionable ad- vertisements: Resolved, That the San Francisco Religious Press Association rejoices in the fact that the DAILY CALL of this City has taken strong grounds against the advertisement of the lot- tery business. Resolved, That we extend to Mr. Charles M. Shortridge our congratulations on his attitude in reference to this and other questionable ad- vertisements, and trust he will continue to push the battle for reform. W en- other igh- Beautiful? Yes! Mme. M. Yale has discovered the gecret by which every one may become pleasing and attractive. 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