Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-26

A drive OF ffty miles TO the Azusa
and back. on a day like Yesterday, is
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tn'nk o. oaon pressure "a hhN,-D
representative enjoyed yesterday. An
early start was secured and away we
h,,sloa ,,,ronah +ha c;,v ao~o.s ,ha
covered Drioee' past 'he county nome
the Fivo-Mile House, the Alhambra,
Mission, lei Monte, San Gabriel river,
Covina c;trps N McNloh,s store Ex.
o",,;nn tLaa ,ys IA no, rs,racs onr 60
~ cov;na the re.nrn was made aver
,2a .oma route Tho dav was nerssot
10 M a., c,,,s;,a the ba5 road. a.
III ,s.,,nn.,nant that raLss the,, had
aa a ,ha ,sv;na 81 tsvas which doa. na.
- roads he er;ovn,s,,t bad hssr nor.
fect 'S 's''
Revond Tho river the wine orowers
l.ve Ross,a c,nsher In f.lI Mat cru.h
;no Tho v;ntaos Tba LEASING Of this a..
ta6lisbmant for nom;nsl ann Ia one ~
,he roostlihsral ~ Mi he lihsrsl ac,s ri
NJ. 49,. ,,sae,,i l;ss A. ....,
along tbo rad great wagon loads If
cranes yera Encountered en their vay
r. ihs w;nerias Ali The wav ont and
back on ali aides. the Observer Ia deenlv
;mnrassed with The fact that he area ~
vi9evards hns baaa greatly increased n
,he 1ast fow years and IA. tbe vorna
v;n,s ars do;na worry we'll Wbars e
abort ,;me aimee tba nlain IN santembar
was brown ami nninyitina now ali i a
livi,o oreen wbara tho v;nes streteb
ovay manv acres Another nIeasino fact
mado III imnression in The large Increase
If tree njant;no along Che road
and in waste CORNERS of she fencea Ths
encalvn,ns "a the fsvorite INF man.
nenncrs and groyolias are noted,
A. the non;es footed n faetIy o1ona
the duatv roads. all along The foo,h;lls
ami mesas the emoke curl I'd mn from tie
several wineries where the vintage "a
beino crpsbed Near bv in lie Vine.
vsrds gangs of mixers we're to he sssn
gotherino Tho pur,,ls buncbas II tha
bask,ts In ono vinevard a man and
fonr womsp were sean catherine ora,,as
TIC wo,nan orc 4 na,y denar,9rs -
ohouts
I,,smarvelous IN bsbold tho lurpr;.
ant beauty of tho AlbamIra posadana
Covina and The Aznsa in fact of
neorlv tho wboIa arsat Gar Csh,;si
voIIey Tbere ara n;ll;ons nf ,hr,ft,,
v;na: aud ,hassaaJs n,an ~ IL
arrange and dsc;Jnous sr,;t tra.s In
sevcraI places there are nsw houses he.
inc Lu;jt some If wb;,h will Cost from
5000 Co s750O each Many If coursa
Are less pretentions homes II, The honest
orcbardist or vioneron II a,l ,hara arc
n hundred sucb of ali sivas and s,y,es
in sight from tho road trava,saJ no. ~
scr;bs yaaterday
Al ssn Cahr,'i Tho ola a;toh "a n;naa
th,ougb tho v;llaaa from 49, tha
IA Asbland nlsoa ~ tha IA udward
ranch II Il a o,eat ;mnrovamsnt IN
the bottom along bslaw The Monte
tbere are Ieaoues n,op laaonss Of corr,
readv 10 be Gathered Then on ali s;das
liz great beens Of sacLs mi of wheat
and harley waiting to ha banlad 20 tbs
warehouses. One sees MYRIAD signs Of
the prosperity Of a very rich eonntrv
at every turn The scribe nurloined At
Coyina A few eara of ten.raw rod a nj
corn. which were each foot lono and
moi a kernel missing from the base To the
tip. They were perfect and were picked
at bar hazard.
In the Phillip,s water svstem bes;des
the main bitches there arc tbraa lateral
branches of several miles in length
Stimulated bv the examnle of this cor.
poration the people along the publie
ditch are taking stens Ia nine their aus.
fem with cement nina similar In Raid.
wins entornrisa on The sa,t.
Anita. II IA IN be boned tbev
NAV in some wav succeed In doing
away with tho miserable mud di,cbes
that waste half the water. The Azusa
is perhaps the best waterei district. all
things considered. The Duarte has 500
inches. the Azusa has 1900 inches. Phil.
Inns has a very great deal of water in
his system. When one looks at other
places and sees what il done with n few
inches of water. he must realize that
there is enough water ut the Duarte.
Azusa oountrv to irrioate tbe whole val.
lev. All the people nave 10 do there IA
to agree among themselves. give each
man his lust due. and 90 avoid lawsuits
aud sauabbl s, and thew are
on the high road to nrosneritv.