The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-05

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San Jose is pronounced as II spelled San
On. You dare not Anglic.Z the spelling
OF Spanish names out here. For instance,
San Joaquin Is pronounced as II spelled
San WauSesne. like the Spanish names
rs mementoes OF the early history cf Cali.
fornia, asd am glad they are not ioistipg
lot Of meaningless English names into
the nomenclature o! the S!ate.
SANTA CLARA VALLEY.
This Santa Clara Valley reminds me Of
the flmous Willamette Valley in Oregon.
Like that Valleyit wal seized upon by the
early settlers and devoted to wheat raising.
1t has been whoa. crop upon wheat crop
hero for full genention-in fact much
further back, for the Jesuit padre, Of 1770
put the Christiau'zsd Indians to work rais-
ing more or less wheat from the start. 1t
has raised immense wheat crops in its day,
and as in Oregon you hear great deal OF
It's fifty, seventy-Gve and even one hundred
bushels TO the acre. Asa matter OF fact,
however, the average crop Of tho valley,
take one year with another. is not twenty
bushels, and this yield at SOC to ST 90 per
bushel does not pay. Hence, there has
been change going on for years pasta
change from wheat TO fruit and vines
Some OF TIE land is OF such pronounced
adobe character that 1t must still be de-
voted 10 wheat or barley, but all Of the
sandy loan land is being changed over as
rapidly Us possible to fruits and viues. =.
San jose Is the centre Of large and i'm
portant fruit and grape business. BY fruit
! 7 nnulnd n!nOQ pDrirntQ
prunes and cherries, and also almonds
AppIes can hardly be considered success
| in California, although there are enough OF
them, such as they are. Eastern raised
people admit that they are inferior 10
Eastern apples. The chiet fruit crops are
apricots, plums, pearp, prunesan and cherries:
These are produced in large quantities and
are said to yield almost incredible profits
per acre. 1 hesitate to estima g what is the
real truth in regard to these prS6t", but |
am not permitted TO doubt that 80 much as
5000 per acre has been realized. In
trip that made into the country to-day
with Dr.. Thorne-a very intelligent gentle
mani was shown twelve acres for which
the owner paid s. 600 some five years ago,
lin the rougb) off Hhich he sold S9,5C9
worth Of fruit this Yer: lie would not
take s., ,0C0 per acre fdrhis place, and even
thinks it would net pay him to sell for
81 ,25O per acre. l Iwss shown u number OF
other places which vera held at 81 900 per
acre. l. would be difficult, II not impossi:
bic, to get really desirable orchard, in full
bearing, within half d zen miles OF San
Jose for $500 per acre.
FRUIT CANNING ESTABLISHMENTS.
There are three fruit canning establish.
ments in this place, where apricots, plums.
pears, prunes aad cherries arc put up III
large quantities for the States, and even for
foreign export. They employ several hun
dred people during about half Of the year,
for the lrnit season here is much more ex
tensively scattered through the year than
with us. There is succeElion Of crops,
commencing with strawberries in April,
cherries in May, some kinds oil apples in
July, apricots and plums in August,
peaches and pears in September apples
and grapes in October, all OF which keep
the packing and canning industries In ma.
terial for ak months OF the year.
From this one place there were shipped
Ess., during the month Of September, this
year, by rail, 2,G64 $40 pounds Of canned
goods, l 100000 pounds Of green trnit,
81 O35 pounds OF dried fruit, and l4O.Ti0
cases OF canned fruit. Also 10.ll0 pounds
OF wine. These in addition 10 other pro:
duc,e, such as wool, barley, leather and
quicksilver.
This is not more than drop in the buck
et az compared with what was shipped
from the whole State For instance, Los
Angeles shipped $4,000 pounds Of green
fruit, G7, 800 pounds OF canned goods, 43 $50
pounds OF brandy, q l,040 pounds ot honey,
377 03O pounds OF wine, 69,l20 pounds nt
wool, 4,l95 ,2lO pounds OF wheat, l99 go
pounds of borax, 40,a30 pounds OF hides,
and 100000 pounds OF sheep.
The ghipments east OF all through freight,
nv The Central and Southern Pacific roads,
from JaBua y lat to October lat, amounted
10 l0I O2o tons, requiring 10, ,492 cara. From
This You can SEQ that California, cut up
though 1t is into valleys, with not half OF
its area tillable in any way, is still heavy
exporter Of products.
THE WOOL INDUSTRY.
Wool is declining industry in Califor-
mia on account OF frequent drouths and the
scarcity Of feed stuff for sheep at reasonable
price. In twenty years there have been
seven drouths, more or less severe. This
renders sheep raising precarlous and dis
couraging business, There is but little
grass and no haying season in the summer:
time. Such hay es they have iS wheat and
oats cut green and put up in bales. 1t sells
now at $40 per ton. Nevertheless Cali;
iornis produced 10000 OGo pounds Of wool
last year, which was about ono seventh ol
Inc Clip Of the country. II she had sum-
mer rain fall It would be hard to conjeCt'
ure either as 10 what or what amount she
would produce. AS 1t Is abe produces, q
GROWS such tropical fruitsa3 oranges, olives
il0s lemons and almonds, and al! the fruits
Of ihe Northern latiIudeE. She also growf
ali tho grains except rice; althouGh b she Ii
not much Of corn State, tho crop lsst yeai
only amounting 10 less than 1900. eco bush