Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-03-23

lated. He has q brother in San
Francisco and the papers of tn at
city would do charity by giving
this item publicity.
Mr.. B. Chandler came In from
the Puente Oil region yesterday.
He informed US that the second
well is now down 270 feet and that
the oil is improving in quality the
deeper he borss. On Tuesday about
twenty barrels of very fine grade
of oil were pumped out. He is
confident that the Puente district
will prove one of the most relia-
BILE, both as to production and
quality, of the petroleum districts
of this State.
We learn that the nsideration
for the lease of the Laguna ranch
for the period of eight years and
six months is nineteen thousand
dollars O year. payable semi-an-
nually. This means the comforta.
BILE little sum of $l61, 500, after
which the property reverts to its
owner. The lessees are bankers
and other men of wealth, who see
In this employment of their cash o
much larger return than can be
realized from Investments in gov.
ernments or other securities.
We received a call last evening
from George T. Hanly, of the San
Francisco Star, a monthly trade
circular published by the firm of
George T. Hanly & Co., spice and
coffee dealers of that city. Mr..
Hanly, who has been here for
about week, informed US that he
has purchased lot at the corner
Of San Fernando and Railroad
streets, and yesterday let the con-
tract for the erection OF o building
for a spice mill which his firm are
about to establish in this city. We
welcome Mr.. Hanly to Los Ange.
les and hope his enterprise will
meeU with success.
About dusk yesterday evening q
horse ridden oy one of the demi-
monde ran away on Main street.
The rider, instead of trying to re-
strain the frightened animal,
dropped the reins and com m enced
screaming. AS the runaway neared
the corner of Moran's Lane couple
Of mounted Californians caught the
flying steed by the bride and
stopped 1t. The sudden stop threw
the woman off and in the fall she
was seriously bruised about the
head, shoulder and left arm. She
was picked up by couple of gem
tlemen who happened to be pass
ing and taken into o house near
by, where her injuries received at
tention, after which she was sent
home in a hack.
During his visit to Los Angeles
yesterday Mr.. D. G.. Scofield, of
Scofield & Tevis, leased a ware.
house from Mr.. I. w. Hellmau, on
Los Angeles street. 1t will here.
after be the headquarters of their
oil interests In California, and will
be supplied with q heavy stock of
refined oils and other staples in
that line of business. Yesterday
afternoon the Messrs. Scofield IL
Tevis went up to the star oil
works at Newhall, where they will
remain several days, after which
they will visit Santa Paula and
the Ventura oil regions and return
to San Francisco. Mr.. Edwards
will be at the head Of the Los An.
geles house OF 5cofield & Tevis.
The Scott party, having ex-
pressed wish to see rodeo, as to
which they had read SO much. Col.
r. s. Baker and Mr.. D. Freeman
set about providing them with one,
Don Marco Forster kindly lending
his aid. The exhibition will come
of this afternoon, at Santa Mon
lea, in front Of Col. Bakers resi-.
dence at that place. Some famous
vaqueros have been summ moned,
and the display will doubtle.s be
novel and entertaining, our East.
ern visitors having few oppOrtuni-
ties of seeing such things. This is
not the season of the year for a
rodeo proper, but unquestionably
some fine feats of hOrsemanship o
and some very skillful handling
OF the lasso will be witnessed.
Col. r, s. Baker has proposed to
solve the question of opening Los
Angeles street himself. He an.
nounces it to be his purpose 10
erect, on the large lot on Main
street which Is generally used for
circus purposes. a number of cheap
and convenient residences, and to
attract all the Cinnamon there by
exceptionally low rents. Having
thus brought about the dessrtion
Of Chinatown, the Colonel thinks
that the opening of Los Angeles
street wilt follow very shortly.
Col. Bfker is positive as to this be-
ing his unalterable determination
but we are inclined to think that
the remedy would be worse than
tho disease. OF one thing we may
be assured, and that is that a great
many other citizens agree with the
Colonel In thinking that the nui-
sance of Chinatown should be abol-
ished.
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