The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 8, 1895, Page 11

. i THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1895. 11 ‘LATEST OAKLAND - NEWS, Police Officers Are on Guard at All the Lottery Agencies. PATRONS ARE DISCONSOLATE. Alameda and San Joaquin Rallroad Incorporated—Taylor’s Bunkers. In consequence of the instructions of Mayor Davie and of the exposure in the CaLy of his inefficiency, Chief of Police affer has concluded to try to do his and p stop to the Chinese lottery business, which has flourished in Qakland ever since he became the head of the Police Depa The stream of clerks and laborers which has been seen for years past going in and out of the agencies at certain hours of the day has ceased for the time being, and all because in front of the dens are stationed officers in uniform, whose presence warns both agents and players that the game is up for the present at least. In front of the agency at 419 Tenth street Officer Clark wa d his pro: nent. imity to the den cal er » gambler to turn aside wi lisappointed look on his face and k some other agency to play his money. 1f he repaired > to 47 inst Detec- agencies were mnot so 'd play was slow. most every store is were not stationed at would not be The lookouts vigilant, however, Chinese were allowed to where the play is st, the Chinese looked s when requested to allow tickets be marked and said, ‘‘Not now, bime- ad ever heard of lotteries land. T d in Og A New Railroad Enterprise. fied copies of the articles of inco for the Alameda and San Jos ave been filed with pital stock being ,000 has actually ors are John Treadwell, E. B. Pond, J. Dalzell, , M. Bradford, each of The road n from a point_near the San Francisco and San Joaguin Coal Com- pany’s mines in Township 3, Alameda of San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties to a point on the San Joagnin River. The e will be thirty miles long. The com- pany intends to do a general freight and passenger busine: operate ferries and freight vessels on all the navigable waters adjacent to the bay and on the ocean. While the company incorporates to do a general business, it is understood that the main object of the road is to transport the h the corporation intends to mine ive scale, to San Francisco by he road and the waters of the in River and the bay. This coal t, which John and James Treadwell purchased several years ago, has been de- | veloped to such an’extent as to show that | it is of immense value, and the company | ing to San Francisco without | rrent railroad rates, to be able to | ch arate as to compete success- | fully with the coal now imported from other States or from abroad. Taylor's Bunkers Will Stay. An effort was made in the City Council evening to force James P. , to remove his 1 v wharf, but the plan fell to the ground and Mr. Taylor can carry on his business in peace, at least for Council passed an ordinance D Taylor the privilege of erect- 1z bunkers, which he proceeded to do at X The new officials who ince the last election eve that the bunkers ather blocking competition by occu- a large space on the city’s limited room and an ordinance was pre- ; har] sented ity of the new Council, who o members of the old body, stood \eir previous action, however, and de- 1 the rescinding ordinance by a vote Attorneys Were Surprised. The counsel employed by the city to rep- resent the municipality in the suit of the State of California against the Southern Pacific Company to quiet title to certain portions of Oak ’s water front are very surprised e action of Councilman in preseniing resolutions before uncil touching on the matter before consulting them. These resolutions were handed in on Monday evening and read as WaEeeas, The State of California in the r term of 1893 commenced an original 1 in the Supreme Court of the United States against the Southern Pacific Company, s ration chartered by the Legislature of the of Kentucky, to quiet the title to seven inct tracts of land forming a portion of the water front of this city; and whereas, this city med an interest in said property, and by der of said court it had leave to introduce, did in factintroduce, 1n evidence such docu- and maps illustrative of its alleged title g of the Atto the State of California_ the testir nesses suggested by the counsel of said was taken by him in said action; and whereas, the counsel of said city were allowed by the said court to file printed briefs in behalf of said city and make oral arguments before said cou ity's title to si seneral and whereas, it has v the counsel of the was fully and fairly tried, portant facts were fully pre: ise; and whereas, it may be ore another action can be of error or eppeel before and Supreme Court of the United e it resolved: norable Snpreme Court of the t te the judgment of dis- y said court in the original ite of California against the v, and the eity of ats and respectfully ask fuch action upon the said_court to dec merits. That the couns [] 1 to immediately and during the p of said court pre- pare and file a petition in the Supreme Court asking said court to vacate the judgment of dismissal entered in said action, and render a judgment upon the merits, and that a copy of ibis preamble and resolutions be anwged thereto, 3 That the City Clerk is hereby directed to immediately prepare a copy of this preamble and resolutions and auly certify the same under the municipal seal and deliver it to the City Attorney. resent ,"" said one of the at- torneys, ‘‘and we came to the conclusion that the City could not afford to reopen the case, but that another course could be taken to speed the case to a termination. *“This course is to have the State and the railroad come by common consent into the case of the city vs. the Water-front Com- pany, which involves the same issnes. Let each put in whatever evidence it desires or is- admissible and push the action to a s were in | Others indignantly denied that they | L inty, near Livermore, through portions | construct wharves, | to the Council rescinding the pre- | eemed proper to offer; and whereas, | i Oakiand hereby respect- | ployed by the city of | matter how itis decided, and the desired result will be attained. “‘If the matter had not been beaten in the Council we would not have signed the petition anyway, as it reduced the city toa mere cipher in the litigation, and that is just what we don’t want.”’ Fabiola in High Favor. As the day for the Fabiola carnival ap- proaches it becomes more and more cer- tain that it will be a big success. The encouragement extended to the commit- tee does not merely consist of advice and moral suspun‘ It takes the shape of liberal orders for ticketsand in many in- stances checks are donated for the pur- pose of meeting the preliminary expenses, which are very heavy. As regards the decorated carriage parade the entries will close to-morrow evening for those who intend competing for the prizes, but any one can participate as far as the pageant is concerned, even though the arrival come at the eleventh hour. At the rate they are pouring in now even the second estimate oyaoo being in line will be pAssed, and it looks as if there will be fully 400 vehicles awaiting the order of the grand marshal on Saturday next. The latest addition to the roll is from the Oak- land Oratorio Society, which will be repre- sented by a mammoth vehicle decorated with flowers and emble; The work is sure to be well done, for it is in the hands of the following well-known ladies: Mrs. G. Albrecht, Mrs. E. R. Alden, Mrs. M. D, Baxter, Mrs. A. M. Ben- E. J. Boyes, Mrs. 8, s. A. A. Deming, ott, Mrs. M. H. A. N. Hatha- Mrs. 5. A, D A. Kummer, {rs. J. D. M . Wren, R. Batchelder, M M. Campbell, Mr: | Crabtree, Mrs.'J. M. French, Mrs. K. P. ) frs. M. P. Hus, Mrs. F. A. Kendal rkiand, Mrs. C. E. Lloyd, Mrs. Mrs. L. C. Nicholson, Miss G. O. San- , Mrs, L. . H. G. Thomas, Miss M. Crabtree, Hebbard, Miss H. Higgins, Miss B. Hu . Edelen, Miss M. Barrington, Mrs. A. tewart, Mrs. Van Buskirk, Miss P. Noble, Miss |3 | Randall, Miss J. Keith, Miss M. Noble, Miss B. 3. R, George Carroll, Mrs. W.de | Fremer: . Murphy. | Mayor Dayie will turn out on Saturday | with a four-in-hand. 1t isto be drawn by | four spanking black horses and will be & | mass of flowers and decorations, for he | has given instructions to the florists to | spare no expense in its embellishment. | With the Mayor will ride Ben Morgan, “0ld Pard” Bassett and Eugene Hough, | the labor leader. Congressman 8. G. Hilborn is going to make the others go a lively, pace to keep | up with him. He and his #amily will be on a huge wagonette gorgeously trimmed | with golden chains of acacia and carna- tions.” It will be drawn by a pair of black horses decorated with fetching floral | blankets. The indications for the horse meet are more promising than ever. All the events outlined for Monday will be given in full and a couple of additional scratch races are being figured on. The gentlemen’s dash will be more satisfactory because the animals bave had a longer time to train and will be able to make a better race. | Allthe bicycle races will be given ac- | cording to scheduled programme, for as under the rules of the Wheelmen's League all entries must close seven days before the events to be decided, it was de- cided not to reopen the lists. The handi- caps, etc., will therefore be as announced for last Wednesday, and the officials of the day will be the same. They have all | notified the secretary that they will be in attendance. | Suicide of a Druggist. | . J- Jones, a drugeist, who kept a store on Seventh and Market streets, committed suicide last evening by taking carbolic | acid while laboring under a fit of tempor- | ary insanity. Four years ago Mr. Jones | suffered severely from la grippe and since that time has been weak physically and | mentally. Within the past few weeks his | mind was comrletely unbalanced through business troubles, and he frequently spoke | of suicide. Physizians were summoned when it was found that he had taken oison but could do nothing for him. De- ceased, who was 53 years old, formerly lived in Gold Hill, Nevada, where he con- ducted a drug business for thirty years. He leaves a wife and fam Professor Herron Will Speak. Professor Herron will speak before the | woman’s congress, which meets this after- noon at 3 o'clock in the chapel of the First Congregational Chur: Mr. Herron’s ad- dress will be appropriate to the sex of his audience and a large meeting is antici- pated. BERKELEY, The Board of Town Trustees held their regular weekly meeting on last Monday evening. This was the final meeting of | the present board, as a new council of seven City Fathers will be chosen at the municipal election to be held next Mon- day, the 13th inst. A protest, made by property-owners on Fourth street against the laying of a sewer along certain portions of that street was sustained. A petition to have Ellsworth street, from Allston way to Bancroft way, graded and macadamized to the official line and grade was granted. A petition to have Cedar street, from Shattuck avenue to Oxford street, graded and macadamized, a distance of 676 feet, was granted. and curbing of Ashby avenue, from the | railroad to_ Telegraph avenue, and for | macadamizing the same were adopted. ‘ It was ordered that Shattuck avenue, from the center of Parkerstreet to the cen- | ter of Beake street, be sewered. Bills to | the amount of $293 35 were allowed on the general fund, and on the road fund to the | amount of $13968. Flower Show. Active preparations are being made by the ladies of the Unitarian church for the flower show to be given under their direc- tion at Stiles Hall on Thursday and Fri- | day of this week. The exhibition is to | consist largely in the display of roses, car- nations and pelargoniums.” Wild flowers from the Berkeley hills are to have a cor- | ner to themselves. | The exhibition wlll be open from 10 A. . | till 10 ». 3., and each evening a musical | programme will be rendered under the di- 1| rection of W. W. Davis. | Lecture on Single Tax. Hon. James G. Maguire will give a free | lecture to-night at Pythian Hall, on the | single tax question. Judging from present | indications the house will be crowded to | overflowing. | ALAMEDA, Three ordinances were introduced at the meeting of the City Trustees Monday even- i ing. One provides that the emission of dense smoke from the smokestack of any i locomotive or from the chimney of any fac- tory in the city limits is declared a public nuisance, and the engineer or fireman, as well as the owner, is liable to arrest on a charge of misdemeanor. The second provides that it shall be the duty of every person or corporation own- ing or operating 2 railway in Alameda to sprinkle with water, at least once every day, excepting holidays, from the firstda in June to the first day in October of euci year, all of the graveled or macadamized Streets oi the city lying between and two feet on either side of the rails. The ordi- nance applies to electric as well as to steam roads. Another relates to the protection of public parks. VETERANS TO BANQUET. Annual Meeting and Dinner of the Veteran National Guard of California. The annual meeting and banquet of the Veterans National Guard of California will be held at the armory, at 815 Ellis street, Resolutions ordering the work of grading | “w n NERVQU3SNESS . INDIGESTION SLEEPLESSNESS STOMACH,LIVER AND KIDNEY TROUBLES a grand scale, and it is evident that it will be a brilliant affair. The chief interest in the meeting is cen- tered in_the election of a vice-commander. Under the law of the organization the vice- commander invariably succeeds the com- mander. in office. In this manner Com- mander H. J. Burns, will, during the evening, yield up his office to Vice-Com- mander A. D. Grimwood, and this will be followed by the election of a successor to Major Grimwood, treasurer, recorder, finan- cier and finance committee. In a circular addressed to the veterans, Commander H. J. Burns announces that the receipts from dues during the year have paid all expenses and there is a sur- plus. The [reserve fund on hand amounts to §1554 22, HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. Mrs A C Helnrich, Minn J Heinrich, Minn G Miss M Mueller, Minn I Benicia b; H S Spencer, Cal A 1 Begbie, Nevada City Mrs Rikert, Pina Blanco mine W R Hall, Vallejo MrsT Thomas,Milwankee © M Wallack, Ukiah mine R Granger, National City J Frye & w, Somerset F Mills, San Bernardino Mrs W P L Winham,Cal E L Reese, Bochi A H Parsons, CI © M Beckwit J Maguire & | F H Folson | B¥ Hawes G A Low, H Winham & w, Cal P A Buell, Stockton J McAlpine, Wis 3 D Bancroft, Chicago H Watkins,w,0Owens Ldg S Wilkinson, Galesburg S Stickle, Angels J Raggio, San Andreas L Faucher, Merced ¥ Fischer & w, Chicago J Thomas, St Helena Sverett an Andreas n Rafael 1 Bird, Merced T J Woldon, Ukiah W C Revan'& w,Cal W L Pritchard, Sacto 3 0'Neil, Sacramento Dr i Hermessey, Napa H E Yardley & w, Sacto W Stembeck, Hollister H E Adams, Stockton Mrs O Dolling & d,Angels NEW WESTERN HOTEL. E E Mrs Launton T McQuade, N Y CE Angel Isl A K Johnsant, Cal City J W Elliote, Chicago D B Stunt, Boston D C Cunningham, Boston Miss M Stuart, Chicago J Lobin, Conn D C Cummings, Boston C H Runyen, BrooklyR C J Fallen, Philadelphia W ¥ Sperry, Seattle J B Nansice, Pt Townsnd B Delott, Chicago T Mason, Brooklyn M J I Baynes. Angel Island J W E Osworth, St Louls G A Webster, St Panl S Keating, Mo J B Brennen, N Y C C Cranner, Seattle Annle Wilkinson, What- J Sullivan, Los Angeles com J Martin, San Jose W Curtis, N Y J ¥ Folkins, N RUSS HOUSE. R Lang, Vacaville I R Nebe, Ukiah Miss A R Hincker, Mich W H Dewey, Healdsburg J W Thompson, Alaska W H James, Kennett W A Moore & son, Ukiah P W Kingman, Layton A Waddell, Santa Craz Mrs C Ciark, Sacto Miss Gallagher, N Y~ EHI, N Y Chas Berry, N ¥ J R Shanley, N Y E Burk, N Y 1 W Comns, Clarksburg B F Bodwell, Or. G F Tivis, Tiburon C K Stubbs, Laramie F F Jaynes, Tex E A Lyle & son, Oakland 3 Jones, Oakland Mrs M Kirsch. Portland J A Moore, Cal Mrs Ferguson, Sacto T H Cummings, Pomona T Dinsmore, Sta Cruz J E: Rakes. Alturas S Yookam, Hartford J E Morkom, Cal T A House, Cal H Whisle, Reno J J Grinfell, Red Bluft C D Heywood, Woodland C § Dalie, Woodland C,Fredricks, Los Angeles PALACE HOTEL. M Churchlll, Oblo Mrs C F Harrington, Cal Mrs M L Pratt, Ohfo MrsSanbora, San Gahriel ‘A Wright, Calcutta ¥ G Bryan & w, Boston G Deas, Calcutta J ¥ Harrington, Yreka A'B Conrtney, N Y TD Frawley, N Y Dr H H Lemen, Il Miss Kirk, Chicago F W Kimble &w, La _ Miss Wickham, Chicago W Waterman, Southport H W Austin, Boston D Williams, London R Carter, N Y J L Gow, London & Pruverman, Pa G'E Baffum, St Louis J H Hughes, Ralt Lake F H Emery, Boston Mrs F I Emery, Boston Mr&Mrs Meynard,France W Prosser, Davenport Lieut C McDonal, India A LE C K Bull, China , Philadelphia C Tavanit, China Miss Gross, Philapelphia W Bullard, Shanghal W H Aldrich, U8 N Dt Kindelberger, U SN Mrs D D Smiih, England W M Harrington, Colusa H C Ballard, Dénver R A Rainey, Cleveland Mrs Weld, B Miss Goddard, Boston Miss Gould, G Dunbar & w. St Joseph Miss D Smith, C B Scoville, Chicago Mrs Scoville, Chicago G Farrell, Treland S H Smith, N Y Mrs C ¥ Moore, N ¥ BALDWIN HOTEL. D Livingston, San Jose A Dowadell, St Helena J C Lynch, Cucamonga ¥ Prince, U 8 S Olympic J Stacey, Cleveland G J Koelng, w & 8, Ohio § Capdevild, N ¥ E A Coburn, Phila M O Whaler, Chicago _ Mrs Stordee, San Pablo W Cartwright & w, Aub Mrs A Barker, San Jose Mrs M Mabbel, Phil Mrs Bucller, San Jose Miss St Clair, London C Trwin & w, Placerville Miss Childs, San Jose W Calisher, Goodthingvil LICK HOUSE. J Miller & w, Wint Grov D Richie & w, Ruthertord Mrs Schneider, Col Park Louis Van Ness, Visalia J L Delano, Rockiin D B mall, Merced S Cheineman, Los Ang N Longyear & 1, Mich Miller & w, Seattle R Henderson, Seattie than McKay, Angels L Morehouse,Sn Leandro D Spencer, Napa Sngland Miss L Smith, England speedy conclusion. "Of course the matter will be taken to the Supreme Gourt, no ’ on Wednesday evening next. The prepa- rations for the event are being pushed on e ———— Chopin’s mother was as delicate as him- self. | | §'A Fenner, Clarksburg | or. | | PACIIC COST ~ FARMS, The Australian Salt Bush as a Forage Plant for Sheep. Methods of Destroying Frult Tree Pests Which Have Proved Practicable. Dr. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau of Ani- mal Industry of the Agricultural Depart- ment at Washington, I. C., speaking of the report that a large horse slaughtering and packing industry had been started in Portland, Or., says there is no law com- | pelling such meats to be labeled. as in the case of oleomargarine when sold as butter. The buyers of beef can distinguish this kind of meat, as Government inspection of slaughtered cattle is made, and a Govern- ment stamp is placed on each quarter of beef. Dr. Salmon says that the depart- ment has endeavored to secure legislation similar to the oleomargarine law, which will compel dealers in horse meat to have it labeled so that consumers need not be deceived. ~ At Fort Williams, the storage point for Manitoba, the rate of storage for wheat is as follows: Elevating, in- cluding twenty days, storage, 14 cents per bushel or 41} cents per ton on wheat, or 50 cents per ton on barley; stor- age for each succeeding fifteen days or part thereof, 3 cent per bushel or 16}4 cents per ton on wheat and 20cents per ton on barley. Grain on storage for winter takes the win- ter rate only after November 15, and is charged at the regular rates until it ac- crues to 40 cents per bushel or $1 33 1-3 per ton on wheat and $1 3624 Pcr ton on barley, | after which there is no further charge up to June 1, and after the latter date the charge is }5 cent per bushel or 6} cents er ton on wheat and 20 cents per ton on arley for each fifteen days thereof. cla 1 of storage at Fort Williams is excessive as, it is about the same as charged at Chicago and Duluth. To carry wheat in elevator from, say July 1 to June 1 following, costs §2 60 per ton, to carry barley about 25 cents per ton more. Mr. Forror, foreman of the Tulare cul- ture station, has just sent to Berkeley for the purpose of analysis a single plant of the Australia salt bush that was three feet across and weighed four pounds. This was a single plant from a single rootand would make a good dinner for a sheep. We have tens of thousands of acres of land in this county that is not now worth paying taxes on that could be rendered valuable for pas- turage at little cost if the owner had en- terprise enough to get a few handfuls of the seed and scatter it in dusty places. It does not want to be plowed in or covered up much, for if it is the seed is apt to rot. AYI it requires is to get into the soil, when it will take root and prosper where nothing else will. By putting a paper under a plant and shaking it vigorously the seed will be deposited on the paper, and enough for a starter can be obtained in a few moments. —Tulare Register. Louis Harris of Yakima, Wash., has fifty squaws employed in sorting potatoes on his ranch. He finds that squaws, when given instructions, do exactly as they are told, don’t jaw back, nor do they have any theories of their own to advance. Here is a new way to keep grapes fresh. Meehan's Monthly says grapes are kept in European countries in the following man- ner: Place long racks in the fruit houses made to sustain bottles of water; the grapes are cut with portions of branches attached and these branches placed in the bottles. The water prevents, of course, the evaporation of the juices of the fruit, and if care is taken to wuard against mold. € or part | It is not claimed that the rate | | branches have been taken from the vine. | ol | | | they can be had many months after the The great beauty of a bunch of grupesl when it appears on an English dinner table isin lEe waxy bloom which covers the grape, and by this method of presery- ing bunches this bloom can be preserved intact. The handlers of Western beef in Phila- delphia and other Eastern cities are be- coming alarmed at the prospeet of a meat famine before the summer is at its height This state of affairs is attributed to the scarcity of good live cattle in the West, | owing to the failure of the corn crop as' well as to the unusually heavy exporta- | tions made recently. On Wednesday of ! last week in Chicago live cattle sold for | $6 75 per hundred. The price one year ago | was $4 25. The advance of $250 on live ! weight means an advance of almost five | cents per pound on dressed beef. ! | One Pendleton (Or.) firm has just fin- | ished shearine 9000 sheep, which they have | been feeding this winter, and will ship them to Chicago in about a month. Dur- | ing the winter to these 9000 sheep there was fed in round numbers 18,000 bushels | of wheat and 500 loa<s of straw, besides a small amount of hay. Tt is queer that so little is known about | this fruit in the United States, for it is really one of the oldest plants known to | mankind. The banana is known to botan- | ists as the Musa sapientum, but the plan- i tain as Musa Paradisica, or the apple of | Paradise. The Spaniards call it the plan- | tano on account of its broad spreading | leaf, deriving the name from the Latin | word from which we have taken our word Lvhun. The delicious, seedless fruit is nown in all tropical countries. It wasa favorite with the Greeks and Romans. ! Pliny grew elated over the plantano and | Alexander declared them a boon to his | soldiers. ! The plant %rows wild in Siam and Cey- lon_and in the Philippine Islands, but was evidently brought to the western hemis- phere by the Portuguese, as there isno | native name for it in all the native lan- ! ruages in this continent. It is said by nnelly that the plantain originated in | Atlantis, the mysterious continent that | took a McGinty dive into the depths be- tween Spain and the West Indies, taking the Garden of Eden down with it. Be that as it may, it is & curious truth | that its scientific name embalms the fact that all the Orient legends call this fruit either the apple of Paradise or Adam’s fig, | the identical fruit with which Eve tempted | Adam. Every one who is acquainted with | this luscious fruit will at once admit that this temptation was tenfold greater than | anything in the Ben Davis or russet line | could possibly have been. 1f Eve simply | ate her fruit first and threw the peelings | on the ground, where Adam stepped on | them, no wonder be fell, for the big plan- | tain peeling has many advantages over its | relative—the banana—in seeing that sin- ners do not stagd on slippery places. | The average fruit-buyer does not know whether bananas or plantains grow on trees as high as a pine or run as a yine on | the ground like the pumpkin. Itisdifficult | at first to tell either the fruit or the tree of | the banana from the plantain. The banana is quite small compared jth its older relative, and there is no re- mblance whatever in taste. The banana is best raw.- The plantain is unfit to eat ! unless cooked. To eat it raw would be as bad as eating pumpkin raw. When ripe it looks like a banana, but is twice as large. The cross-section, t0o, is more triangular, the pulp firmer in texture and not so mealy. In nourishment the accumula- tion of starch and sugar in the golden, ob- long pulp makes it equal, if not superior, gomfid for pound, to our best Dakota wheat read. The tree is the queen of the tropics, start- ing from the soil like a calla, from a tuberous root, Several stalks are sent up from this root nine or ten months after planting. When the first stalk is ripening others are three-quarters grown, so that from three to five bunches are obtained from each plant every year. It requires less labor than the banana to raise, and bears for twenty years. It grows so lux- uriantly that the ground which will pro-| i ounds of plantain. and spoil as easily as the banana. It may | be gathered every day in the year, like the | manna of Israel, fresh every morning, but | does not spoil like the heavenly food that | fell in Arabia. It must be cooked thor- | oughly. It may be boiled or fried, but the | best way 1s to roast, bake or stew.—Los Angeles Times. Along the line of experimental work it ! has been shown that a heavy dressing of | bone and potash given to trees in the | springtime improves the fruit and causes larger returns. This high fertilization is | now in use in New Jersey. J. H. Demise, a good Eastern authority on the subject, says: The cheapen production and raise the quality should interest the fruit- | grower. 1 find thatground bone and potash give the best returns for a given money outlay. If muriateis used, give about 400 gounds of potash and 800 pounds of ground | one per acre, one-half applied in the fall, | the remainder after plowing in the spring: | sow with crimson clover in August, and | the clover will furnish the needed nitro- | gen. Repeat this process vearly. It is| being recognized by practical fruit-growers | | that the free use of potash is essential to | success. It not only makes a vigorous tree | or plant, but gives fruit of the highest | quality. | As to the different forms of potash, the | higher graded are the pest for clay soils, | while the salts in their natural state as kainit are used for sandy soils. | If the farmers whose orchards are in- [ fected with cut worms will tie a small band | of cotton batten around their trees the worms, to a considerable extent, will be prevented from getting into the tree, says | the Escondido Advocate. Bran mixed | with paris green and spread close to the trunk of the tree will also destroy thous- ands of them. Where the moths are still depositing eggs a torch lighted and set in the orchards at night will attract many of them and will singe them. A shallow pan made of tin with the edges slightly turned up with enough oil to cover the bottom set under the torch will catch them when they fall and a match applied in the morning will effectually destroy every moth so caught. Constant cultivation close to the tree will also have a beneficial effect in checking the | depredations of the pest. The Moreno Indicator thus speaks of the | oldest orange trees in the great valley of | the Upper Santa Ana: The oldest orange | trees in San Bernardino County were planted by Mrs. Patience Van Leuven, at | Old San Bernardino, in 1863. Mrs. Van | Leuven relates that her father purchased | some oranges—the first she had ever seen— | in Los Angeles, and she planted the seeds and cared for the trees until they came ! into bearing. The ranch on which the | trees were grown is now owned by Anson | Van Leuven, a short distance west of Mrs. | Van Leuven’s ranch, where she livesin a | picturesque adobe house, one of the first | substantial buildings erected in San Ber- nardino County. The valley was a vast sunflower field when the family moved there from Salt Lake. | T | The cherry crop promises to be fully up to the average, but if we are to have a su- perb growth the trees must receive more | or less irrigation, says the Lompoc (Santa Barbara Co.) Record. The young trees will do fairly well without the aid of more moisture, but those of twelve or fifteen | years’ gmwth proved last year the neces- sity of more moisture than the average rainfall of this section. The first indica- tion of a lack of moisture will be shown by a failure of the trees to throw out leaves or bloom at the remote parts of the tree and in the decreased size of the fruit. ‘Without moisture the trees in this condi- tion soon show signs of decay. We there fore conclude that in order to make cherry culture pay here they must be irrigitatel at times. 4 The peach tree is in New Mexico the | most rapid growing of all trees. At six or | seven years old it will cover a space of ! ground twenty-one to twenty-four feet in ' 1t is better adapted | will prevent further growth. e r transportation, as it does not decay | fore self-evident that if a peach orchard is | California, as 1t is_there- to arrive at its highest state of develop- ment the trees must not be set out less than twenty-one feet apart, and it will be well to leave not less than twenty-four feet between the rows.—Las Cruces Farm and Orchard. In the future of this State the olive oil industry bids fair to be an important means of profit to a very large number of people. Many new olive orchards are being planted. Ten yearsago there was hardly any olive oil made in the State. To-day it is being made in every fruit-growing coun- 1 the oil at present is pressed comparatively primitive methods and at aces of production. Only a !imited quan tity is exported, as the home consumption has thus far been equal to the supply. In fact olive oil is not yet made here in com- mercial quantities. L. P. Rixford, who has had considerable experience in olive-growing in Sonoma County, states that at the lowest estimate from $50 to $100 an acre can be made off an olive orchard. A large quantity of so- called olive oil is imported into this coun- try. Itis pertinent here to mention the fact that in Italy there is an ormous mar- ket for American cotton-seed oil. This is mixed with olive oil and shipped back to the country as ‘‘genuine’’ olive oil. No adulteration is practiced in California, and the olive oil made here can be depended on as the pure article. Olive trees pay a profit in this country at the early age of four years, while in Europe the time is_extended a couple of years. The olive tree will thrive wherever the temperature does not go as low as 10 degrees above zero. It is remarkable that at the Paris Exposition only two medals | were awarded to United States producers of olive oil, and those two bronze medals were both awarded to Sonoma Count orchardists—L. P. Rixford and G. W. Hooper. It was the opinion of several orchardists spoken to on this subj that the final outcome of the olive oil industry will be that the olive-growers will sell their pick to big manufacturers, who will engage ex- clusively in this olive oil industry. 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