The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-07
DAYTON DOtting-.

hNiFNs
| Dayton DOttings.
The fishing season Is beginning to pu
in an appearance, and numerous admlrer
of the sport are lining the banks OF thu
river A few fish are being caught but m
game fish yet.
The election passed off with some littl,
excitement, mainly on account OF the cleo
ton of road commissioner. About la
votes were polled, which Is quite large
vote for a spring election. The vote stoot
AZ follows:
Supervisor Basil Green, 81; l.. n Hess
| 81.
Assessor w. Trumbo, 100; Geo De
bolt, 80.
Collector. F. Lighthall, 70; Jesse
Green, "a, scattering, :.
Town Clerk-A. w. Lsdd, l4G; Minis
Van Zandt Spies, /; Frank Trumbo, |.
Highway Commissioner Smith
IS; W. 4. Bowers, 20.
Constable-F A. Springstead, 6S; Thos
Hippard, l2; scattering, 10.
For proposition TO borrow money "
build bridge, 1902; against, %.
The Easter concert by the Sunday school
last Sunday was grand success, the little
ones acquittlng themselves very creditably
A full house greeted them.
The young folks will give an entertain
tainment at the schoOlhuuse Friday even.
ing for the benefit of the sidewalks In this
village. The temperance play, "On the
Brink" is on the programme.
John Rhoads has secured employment
at the Pioneer Works, and has moved his
family 10 Ottawa.
The tiles works got started up last week,
and are expecting to do good business
during the coming season.
The vote on the new bridge across
Indian creek at the ford above Wedron
was carried by Il good majority.
For the benefit of our friends who are
interested the glorious climate of Califor-
MIA, the blizzardless state, we give the fol-
lowing extracts from private letter from
Sacramento: "Good fruit lands 25 or 30
miles from the city range all the way
from $25 to $50 per acre. There is no
Government land to be located unless tar
removed from railroad communication and
then 1t is mostly valuable for timber pur-
poses Wood is worth SO per cord, coal "a
per ton, coal dust or screenings S3 per ton
for milling purposes. Last fall grapes
brought from 2 to cents per pound In
boxes, and from $50 to $50 per ton. Orang.
es now retail from 10 cents to 10 cents per
dozen. Strawberries last year brought
from ; cents To ID cents per pound black
berries from 3 cents TO 10 per pound. Veg
etables bring good prices and are in the
market every month In the year. The
business of growing vegetables is mostly
In the hands OF Italian and Chinese gard
eners and consequently beyond competition
with ordinary laborers.
"The past winter has been the coolest
for the past 80 years, the thermometer
being down to about Is degrees above zero
We had one or two days sufficient to freeze
In this valley. The fruit trees were not
injured by cold to any great extent, except
perhaps very young trees In exposed places ,
on the other hand, the cold spell has re-
tarded the development of fruit pests that
more than offsets the damage. There Is
no comparison to be made with southern
California In fruit growing. Deciduous
fruits do not thrive In that section, and the
orange grows successfully only In favored
localities, or, 10 use their own terms, in
pockets In Central and Northern Califor
MIA we raise anything and everything you
put Into the ground. Apples, peaches
pears, prunes. neCtarines cherries, straw
berries, blackberries, almonds, walnuts,
olives, and all kinds of grapes grow and
produce proliiically. Cherries have netted
$4l7 per acre, and one tree has produced
$500 worth Of fruit In our section. Grapes
have netted 5000 per acre 10 miles from
Sacramento In the past year, while last
year the grape crop in Los Angeles county
was left 10 rot on the vines because the
late rains and fog spoiled the grapes with
mildew, while we were selling at from $50
to $50 per ton. Our section of the State
Is not malaria-infested section. There
are always few persons predisposed TO
malarial influences, but this section is as
free from such condition as any country
In the world.
There always Is profit In dairying In
California. Butter has brought from 45
cents to 80 cents per pound all winter. and
seldom gets below from IS cents to 40
cents.
ain all countries where fruit raising Is
carried on extensively are fruit pests. We
have TO fight them continually; We have
them under control In our section, but In
Southern California they have paid more
attention To selling land than 10 fighting
pests, and many Of their orange groves are
about ruined now by the black scale. Most
of the fruit put upon the market from our
section has been grown without irrigation
II is grown on bottom lands that dc not re-
quire II. but as the acreage of fruit land Ii
Increased, a great deal of land is now being
put under cultivation for fruits that will
require irrigation to q small extent. Ample
provision Is being made by water ditche.
and reservoirs to supply all our foothil
farms with all the water they require. The
expense of irrigation, including water ant
attendance will range from, say IS TO $2'
per acre" OCCASIONAL.