Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-14

For about four years tho HER.
AID had gained an unexampled
credit for Its weather provisions.
Any man who has q morbid Curl
osity on the subject can go over
eur files, and he will fad that, dur-
ing that whole long period. the
Weather Prophet of this jour
nal did not miss In single one OF
his outgivings. He struck the
opening rains OF the current season
In splendid style, but he missed
the mid-winter presage. With q
cruelty, for which we have en-
dured agoniss Of conscience since,
on this single failure. and that
merely Of a few days, we had him
led out to the hills behind the city
and summarily shot. II we had
granted him the reprieve of sim
Rle week be would have come out
all right. In ordering him to his
death we committed some such
mistake rs the First Napoleon was
guilty of when he ordered the
Duke D'Enghien to execution, on
the verdict of q packed Court Mar
tiAl Of his military tools. Though
the HERALD was abashed by its
single failure, there are on its staff
people who were not discouraged
By the fate of it's Weather Prophet
par e3cellence. Thus, In Its Issue
Of Friday, March 10th, appeared
the following editorial paragraph:
Though We have had nipping
blast from the north at intervals,
nevertheless both the grass and
grain had such q start that com.
paratively little mischief has been
done. There are strong indica.
lions Of IN approaching rain; and,
with one good, thorough down.
pour, crops are assured.
For weeks following the tragic
execution of Its principal weather
seer, the HERALD rang all the
changes on the proposition that we
were going to have q late but new
ertheless . reliable season. 1t was
to be dilatory but satisfactory.
From that key -nots we have never
departed, and the splendid rains OF
Sunday and yesterday have con-
Armed our Judgment beyond per-
adventure.
The fact lie that, as respects this
county. we are obliged to chroni.
Gle, thus far, splendid though de.
laysd season. While we have lost
SEINE sheep, whose numbers have
been grossly exaggerated, we have
to-day, in the spontaneous, natural
grasses Of this region, ten times
the amount OF feed which our
flocks could consume. Through o
wise provision of nature, mainly
applicable to Southern California,
every particle Of the alflsrilla and
burr clover which will be uncon.
summed this year will be thrown
over to the next season, as q re-
serve fund. Happily, in Southern
California, not only does the grass
cure itself into bay, on the ground,
but the seed itself remains in In.
calculable quantity, and it is the
most nutritious Of all food for beth
shsep and cattle.
Diminishing our flocks, which we
hope to see soon reduced to the
hundred or so of sheep which each
individual farmer maintains, and
takes care Of, as an incident of
farming on the Eastern plan, the
fact is that grass, hay and grain
are already assured. There is NO
longer any perad venture about the
matter. We challenge anybody,
fer Instance, to ride from Los An.
geles to Florence, and come back
without cordially admitting that,
In no year since Los Angeles coun-
" has been q grain producer, has
the barley ever looked better. In
addition, the tremendous area
sewn In wheat, in this county,
pfomlses . most abundant harvest.
In fact, We have net only an as
eurnnce Of grass and grain, the lat
ter comprising all the cereals In de.
MAnd In the commerce of the
world, and including an unsxam-
pied corn crop, but the present
bsneficent season guarantees US at
least two million dollars worth of
wines and braHdies and an unsur.
passed crop Of the citrus fruits. 1t
does more than that. 1t assures
tide Of immigration to Los Angeles
county which has never heretofore
been known in her history. Even
with the probable drawback Of a
Bad season, the stream Of immigra-
tion kept steadily up. although
4 had already taxed the capacity
u our hotels, and made 1t very
lifncult, indeed. to obtain lodgings
IN Los Angeles. Notwithstanding
the fact that houses are being
built at an unheard Of rate, in Los
Angeles, there is not to-day an slig-
lblo house to let In our wide Pu-
obIo. Many OF our people have
what, In real estate cir
olos, Is known rs q "boom." We
re compelled to say, to these con-