Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-13
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
What is Being Done to Boom the
Whole Country.

What is Being Done to Boom the
Whole Country.
There have recently been placed on
exhibition in the chamber of commerce
some pictures, giving every evidence OF
strong artistic feeling, fine conception
and good execution. Probably the most
striking is the handsome flower piece of
the California white poppy, which in
richness of tone, and coloring, is as fine
a piece of flower painting as one rarely
sees. The arrangement of the flow
ers, the foliage and the back
ground shows rare good taste, and
| Judgment, and reflects great credit upon
the artist. Besides this there are sew
eral bits OF flower and fruit painting, de-
picting to the life the rich and luscious
appearance that is so strongly character
istic of fruit grown under genial Cali
fornia sun. There are also portraits and
landscapes splendidly finished, studies
of the human face and human hand, all
showing perfection of line, perspective
and coloring, which are refreshing and
pleasing to the eye, after being accus-
toned to seeing so much of the potboiler
style of work in many of our art stores
and studios. We understand that
most of this work has been
done by the students of Mrs.
Garden-M Macleod during their vacation
days, the school not opening until the
first of October. The skill shown in
these pictures gives ample evidence that
strong artistic atmosphere is being
nurtured in Southern California.
1t goes without saying that no section
of the United States presents so many
beautiful vistas of hill and dale, noun
tain over valley, coupled with the broad
expanse of the ocean tapping it's shores,
as ours, and one which is bound to call
forth the best artistic spirit of our
people.
The returns being made by the farm
ers of their crops are of the most inter-
esting character.
E. P. Naylor, of Pomona, has raised
149 tons of prunes on fifteen acres
which brought him net profit of $6,923.
The land was irrigated-one inch OF
water to every ten acres of land.
Ernest Dewey, of the same place,
reports that from ten acre orchard of
peach trees of seven years growth he
reaped golden harvest Of $4,556.30 and
used no irrigation. From six acres Of
prunes he cleared the snug sum of
1874, irrigating one inch to ten acres.
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foothills, cleared SO, 700 from II acres of
prunes, which produced II tons. From
3 acres of pears his net profit was ST.
035.66.
A letter has been received by Secre-
tary Hanchette from T. H. Goodman,
requesting historical and present statis-
tical information about Los Angeles, for
use in an article to be prepared for Har
per's Weekly by Clarence Pullen.
Cyrus Brown and Prof. Baker, of
Downey, have sent in such large exhib-
it of fruits that the Downey table has
overhowed and a trellis above it is hung
with clusters of grapes, pears, oranges
and lemons with their leaves. The table
Immediately in front of the exhibit has
also been appropriated to contain the
products of this ambitious little colony.
The chamber succeeded in getting
thirteen packages off to California on
Wheels yesterday containing:
Oranges from Henry Elms.
Lemons from DIR. B. B. Briggs.
Apples from w. H. Barker, Cyrus
Brown and William Gamble.
Pears and ounces, Mrs. William F.
Grosser.
Pomegranates, Mrs. Skidmore.
Crook neck squash, G. E. Smith.
120b squash, William Morrison.
Pampas plumes, Mrs. G. E. Strong.
Corn, A. L. Spencer.
Contributions to the exhibit were re-
ported as follows:
Amos Wright, Cahuenga, apples.
Downey made liberal donations from
the following:
G. E. Smith, figs, lemons, and crook
neck squash weighing forty-two pounds
each.
Rev. John Green, pears.
Mrs. A. G. Skidmore, pomegranates
Cyrus Brown, six varieties OF apples,
grapes and ounces.
Prof. w. H. Baker six varieties OF
apples, pears, peaches and plums.
T. J. Kerns, pomegranates.
E. T. Nolan, oranges representing two
crops on same branch.
Mrs. r. B. Harris, tomatoes two
pounds each.
w. A. Templeton, Compton, rose O.
Peru grapes.
H. Reynolds, fam tokay.
Ludwi'k and Widner, apples.
/. E. Parrish, San Fernando, Cal.
sugar beets.
Henry Elms, Pasadena Highlands
box of oranges, first of the season.
S. r. Thorpe, Los Angeles, sugar
beets.
Mrs. G.. E. Strong, Whittier, nampas
plumes for Chicago exhibit.
H. H. McCutchan, Los Angeles, black
berries.
Mrs. John Henrietta, flowers.
A. H. Miller, lemon within a lemon.
Mrs. Bluett, flowers.
Miss Fargo and Mrs. Grebe, flowers.
Joseph Kee, San Gabriel, one pounC
pippin apples.
Mrs. Mamie Catching, city, oil paint
ing. oranges.
VIM. Gamble, Artesia, apples, ounces
and pears.
! G. f. Haines, Whittier, pears.
VIM. Morrison, 120 pound squash.
VIM. G. Frye, Cahuenga, sugar beets
G. Fred Bean, Alhambra, pippin ap
Piles and fine specimen Flemish beaut.
pears.
The state department at Washington
has sent to SecretaryHanchette for lis
of the members of the chamber.
A BUSINESS COLLEGE ROW.
The Scholars Have an Opportunity fo
Practical Experience.