Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-05-08
LETTER FROM ANAHEIM.

Formation of Water Ditch-SuG.es.
TONS on WOODEN MilIs-TailS Of n
Beet Sugar Factory--A Gaze where the
Thief did not See AN Officer iii Bush.
EDITOR HERALD II see by your
paper, of Tuesday, that some cores
pondent has written up the Changers
MayDay picnic, so l shall pass by
that grand event without further COM
ment.
PETITIONS
Are being circulated, asking for the
formation of water district north
and northeast OF Anaheim, in accord
ance with the provisions of the Bush
Irrigation Law. Various attempts
have been made in past years to inau-
gurate ditch in this district, but,
from one cause or another, all failed.
Should the present one prove success
full, we will owe debt of gratitude to
the author of the bill. 1t is proposed
to take the water out OF the river at
the Bed Rock crossing, fourteen miles
above Anaheim, and, by conducting it
along the base of the foothills, cover
all that portion of the valley north and
east of Anaheim. This district EN-
braces all the fruit and vine-iand in
the valley.
THE CONSTRUCTION
OF q large irrigating canal upon the
line of this proposed ditch would at
ford us a vast water power There is
water enough in the river, and fall
sufficient, where the ditch would e.
ter the head of the valley, to give
water power enough to propel a dozen
WOODEN mills of equal capacity to the
Sacriste Mill of Los Angeles; and
there is wool enough grown in the
county to keep them all runnin,.
From the ports of Wilmington ana
Anaheim there were shipped, last
year, 4,Sl5,5S9 pounds of wool. Sup
pose we were to manufacture about
5000, 900 pounds of this, and instead
of the raw material (half the value of
which goes to pay for it's transportati
and handling), we were to ship the
manufactured product, would we OF
make money by so doing? We
have the water-power, if utilized, to
run, and the raw material to supply,
the factories, if we only had the money
to build them. "Aye, there's the ruo.'
THERE Is A RUMoR
That we are to have beet sugar fac
tory located a short distance from
Anaheim. Hope it may prove true.
While | am in the rumor business, |
may as we'll finish upinthatline. Our
peaceful community was startled from
its usual equanimity, the other day,
by wild rumor that the rObber Vas
quez was in our midst; that he hid
"gOne though a victim in our sub
urbs. The rumor, when "panned OUT
showed color of truth-no more. 1t
seems to have originated thusly:
That famous champion of the "dear
people, A. l.. Bush, who aspired to a
seat in the Legislature last Fall, but
was defeated by the RAILROAD subsi-
dedee,n being in town, and meeting
with number of his boon compan-
ions and political admirers, it became
necessary
TO REVIVE OLD MEMORIES,
And renew pledges of friendship and
fealty in the cup that cheers, but
sometimes inebriates. Having made
q day of it, he started for home. jog
ging along, as the twilight shadows
were thickening, he fell into reverie,
or something of that sort, from which,
at that hour when ghosts are said to
take pdssear, he was rudely awak-
ened by some one trying to stand him
upon his head to shake the dinerO out
of his pockets. The bold bandit of the
plains, Vasquez, had figuratively 'gOne
through him." had stolen his wagon
from beneath him, and left him pros
tratc and penniless by the roadside,
where good Samaritan found him
BUSH, and brought him to the inn.
Whether the Samaritan stood treat,
like Samaritans of the olden time were
accustomed to do, deponent saith not.
MOLINERO.
ANAHEIM, Nav 7, 1874.