Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-27
LETTER FROM NIETOS.
Ene E.nnd Sale wheat 49, Irrigation
Schools -sEOtcI-Stila FiOurissiing

EDITOR HERALD: AT the public sale
of town lots held in Nietos on Tuesday,
the ODD inst, twenty-eight lots were
sold, at prices ranging from $50 to
5000 each. The sale was then ad-
journed to Tuesday, Oct. 18th, when it
will be resumed in Los Angeles.
Many choice lots yet remain unsold.
Those who want them should not fail
to attend the sale, and thus obtain ELI
gible lots in the thriving young city
of Nietos at reasonable rates.
WHEAT.
"A sample of wheat raised by Mr..
Ramirez on mesa land at Old Los Me
tos has for several days been on ex-
hibition at the depot. The wheat is
of the Sonora variety, the grain small,
clean and full, and the yield about 20
bushels to the acre. The experiment
of Mr.. Ramirez has been eminently
successful and goes to show that the
mesa land in Ourvicinity is admirably
adapted to wheat raising, which will
hereafter become an important branch
of industry in Los Angeles county.
IRRIGATION.
The subject of irrigation is one of
the most troublesome and vexatious
with which farmers and fruit-raisers
have had to contend the present
season. Owing to the want of system
that has prevailed heretofore, the
bitches were not properly cleaned out
and repaired in the Spring and conse-
quently the greater part of the water
has been suffered to run to waste in
the river. The crops in some localities
have been very materially injured and
thousands of young fruit trees have
been kept alive only by the slow and
laborious process of watering them by
hand.
SCHOOLS.
One of the most satisfactory evil
dences of progress in our vicinity is
the construction of a neat, commodi-
Gus and we'll furnished school-house,
in Alameda School District. Such a
building has long been needed, and the
one Just completed is an enduring evil
dence of the liberality of the citizens
as well as the energy and public spirit
of the Trustees of that District. The
building is fifty-two feet long, thirty
feet wide and siXtten feet high in the
clear. Two ante-rooms are attached
to the sides, each 10x12 feet. The
main building is divided into two
apartments by folding partition, and
on public occasions can easily be
thrown into one large room. The
walls are wainscotted to the height of
four feet, and the remainder of the
space, together with the tops of the
rooms, is hard finished throughout.
The Trustees have procured forty
double desks of the most approved
modern school furniture fer use in the
school, and design that when the
building is fully completed it shall be
one of the most convenient and ele-
gantly furnished public school houses
in the county.
The school in Silver District is in a
flourishing condition, under the in
struction of Mr.. Butterfield and Miss
Stockton. The average attendance is
about one hundred. The school is
graded, and the course of instruction
thorough and practical.
HOTEL.
The foundation of new hotel has
been laid at Nietos. and we are as
sured that n superstructure worthy of
the place will be erected as soon as
possible.
The town is rapidly increasing in
extent and population, and the pros
poets of the Los Nietos settlement
were never more favorable than at the
present CLEANER.
Nietos, September Goth.