Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-06
WHAT THEY SAY.
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GOSSIP ABOUT THE COUNTY
Breezy Notes Gathered by the News
papers in the Surround
ing Towns.

is a fine raisin crop this season in the
East San Bernardino valley, and that at
the lowest estimate, his raisin orchard
will net him $3.50 to the acre. Mr.. Graft
SAYS sensibly, that this land is not for
saie at 81 900 per acre. Why should
it be-? How could he invest the money
as profitably and as safely? Eighteen
Der cent. with the capital in absolute
safety is surely splendid Investment
(Sau Bernardino Courier.
Colonel E. N. Robinson, of San Fran
cisco, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
B. B. Halsey, OF Prescott, Arizona, ar
rived in town Saturday evening. They
left again the first of the week for San
Francisco. Colonel Robinson was here
for the purpose of seeing about some
work that is being done at the Temescal
tin mines. The mines are being pumped
out and put in shape go they can be ex-
amined by an expert from England, who
will be here in q short time to examine
them for wealthy English syndicate
who propose purchasing them If every
thing is satisfactory.-[South Riverside
Bee.
Governor Waterman has bonded his
famous gold mine, the "Stonewall," for
$2,5OO,0 900. Two new veins have re-
Gently been discovered, which are very
rich. The parties who have bonded this
great mine are apparently in great luck.
Since the finding Of the two additional
rich veins the mine is, of course, more
valuable than ever. Two millions and a
half seems a large sum for even gold
mine, but, if experts are to be believed,
the Governor will be gamer rather than
Q loser, should the men who have the
bond fail to come to time. 1t is not at
all probable that they will, however, for
such mines are rare, even at such figures
-[San Bernardino Courier.
Orc Grande promises to wear the
champion belt as the premier mining
district within short time, if she con-
tinues to keep up her surprises much
longer. Henry We'll is just in from that
district with a lot of rock from the mine
he recently became owner OF there. An
assay made by Mr.. Craig gives a return
Of $75S 0s to the ton. Mr.. We'll has
plenty of specimens of the ore at his
place of business and fine looking rock it
is. There can be little doubt that this is
another valuable claim. The assay is
very high, but there is the rock to show
for itself, and there is the official assay
made by Mr.. Craig, one of the safest and
most exact assayers in California. Orc
Grande district is vast treasure bed
[San Bernardino Courier.
The two-year-old boy of Mr.. Charles
Tibbot, of Rialto, was playing in front OF
the family residence, yesterday morning
about 8 o'clock, when it was bitten by a
small rattlesnake. The reptile was evil
IDENTIFY young one, as it had but one
rattle. The wound was inflicted on the
arm, which Immediately commenced tc
swell. DR.. Hazlett was sent for at once
and did everything which skill and sci
ence could suggest to ease and save the
little sufferer. The child suffered terri.
bly,, however. Its arm was swollen TO a
monstrous size. and fever, of course, was
superinduced. At last accounts the doc
tor could not say whether the child would
live or not. It is lamentable accident.
The child is twin, and very bright,
winsome and intelligent. Mr.. Tibbot
has many San Bernardino friends who
will sympathize with him in his Attic
tion.-[San Bernardino Courier.
The managers Of the San Joaquin
Rancho are starting a nursery, from
which they intend to stock the ranch
with trees. Already thousands OF
the nursery preparatory to being planted
next spring and the year following.
This is wise step for them to take.
It will increase the value of the land
tenfold above the money spent in 80 i'm
proving it. If that ranch, which contains
some of the best land in California, we're
dotted over with orchards and vineyards,
separated by ornamental and shade
trees, it would add to it an immense
value which it does not now possess.
1t would give to it an actual as well as a
speculative value. At present it has
only value as grain raising and grazing
territory. If it were demonstrated from
actual experiment that fruit trees and
vineyards could be pro6tably grown
there, it would have q valuation equal
10 other land of that character.-[Santa
Ana Blade.
"Speaking of vine disease, 1 have q
theory on the cause and cure which be-
lieve to be correct" said Captain @. @.
Watson. we'll known horticulturist of
Poway, to a Union reporter yesterday.
Captain Watson explained that he had
been observing wipe culture for many
years, and had twenty acres in grapes on
his place at Poway. Talking one day
with William Woltskill, who had an ex-
tensive acreage of vines in the northern
part of the State, about vine diseases,
that gentleman said he had tried the ex.
pertinent of tearing out every alternate
vine, giving the remaining vines double
the space, and the result was the total
of the disease.
Captain Watson's theory is that in the
course Of few years the soil becomes
impoverished and exhausted, and the
vine is 80 much weakened that it is sus-
ceptible to the slightest attacks of the in
sects that are supposed to destroy the
vines, and by removing half the num-
Der, the remainder have double the
space from which to draw nutriment. 1t
is estimated that about ten tons in fruit
and wood are taken from an acre of
vines, and nothing is returned to the
land. It is therefore inevitable that inn
poverishment will result.-[San Diego
Union.
Nearly every issue we publish some
fact relative to the products of the coun-
try about Hanford, and this week Mr.. Fl.
P. Gray, whose ranch is eight miles west
of town, brings US the figures regarding
his French prunes this year. He shipped
. carload of dried prunes to G. ]. John
SON, of Chicago, last Friday, and the
shipment amounted to 81 ,625 pounds.
This fruit was produced from less than
three acres of fve.year old trees, this
being their third year Of bearing. Be.