Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-12


years ago for $4,000. He would not
sell it today for $4,000. He bought
Just as the boom was at its height. and
would not sellit now, at the end OF what
is usually regarded by misin(ormed peo-
pie as the collapse, for three times what
it cost.
In the same neighborhood is the 40
acre farm of John Tweedy, very much
like the others here described.
Turning back again, the road passed
the depot once more and led to the farm
and winery of J. H. Burke. He is an
old-timer, having settled near Downey
in 1852. He now lives here at Rivera
on the place once owned by Jim Barton,
whose tragic death while sheriff Of Los
Angeles, is part OF the history
of the section Mr.. Burke was
busy crushing grapes, as the vintage is
in full swing. He has fine plant in
the way of cellars, cooperage, pumps
and other belongings of a big winery.
He has 10000 gallons of fine Swear
old port in the cellar, angelica, claret,
white wine and orange wine, made out
of the "culs" of crop. To show what
can be done at Rivera, here is
story told by Mr.. Burke: Eight years
ago he bought 3l5 orange trees, five
years old, but badly neglected He
transplanted them onto three acres of
his ranch; and he has taken good care of
them ever since. In the eight years he
has gathered four crops. The first
brought him IS, the second $165, the
third 81 ,022, and the fourth. that of last
year, $602-total for four crops, 81 ,797.
He says he would not take 81 200 for the
crop now on the trees. If he gets that
much, the five crops will aggregate
$4,000. The crop this year. note, is
valued at $400 an acre. Match them in
any land outside semi-tropn California
There are 80 acres of seven-year-old
walnuts on the place, and there are
trees there that were set in 1852, when
jim Barton first settled there.
By the time the wines had been
Thoroughly sampled, noon was at hand,
and so Mr.. Isbell drove the party back
to Rivera for dinner. The hotel is kept
by A.. j. Garrison, with Mrs. Garrison
as his right bower. 1t is very COM
Portable little hostelry, and Thoroughly
we'll kept. AS it is the only hotel in the
place it is very well patronized.
After dinner, while the horses were
feeding, the town was looked over A
new store building has just been finished
and opened as a millinery store and
dress-making establishment. The lot
was sold for 5000. There are two
general stores, two blacksmith's shops,
a post office, several nice residences and
a livery stable in Rivera. The stable
is kept by Mr.. 4. A. Fish,
who came here from New York couple
of years ago. He keeps his place in good
style, has a number OF good teams and
does very good business. There are
also drug store and photograph gal
lery. There are also Presbyterian and
a Baptist church. The school is a good
building and is well conducted. There
are SO pupils in the upper grade.
Getting on the wing again, visit was
paid to the farm of O. P. Passions, IS
acres of which are set to twenty-year-old
walnut trees. Mr.. Passions has sold the
crop from these trees for $5 200 one year.
and never sold them for less than $3w0O
in seven years. Mr.. Passon's son-in-law,
j. M. Perkins, lives near by on nice
thirty-acre farm. Next comes his sons
place, Monroe Passon's, who has seven
teen acres of eleven-year-old trees, very
fine.
Across the road is the farm of T. r.
Passions, who has twenty acres OF fifteen
year-old walnuts in excellent condition.
There is a rose bush in the yard the
stem of which is twentythree inches
in circumference.
William Moss has fifty-six acre farm
near here, set in oranges and walnuts.
Mr.. Moss came to Rivera many years
ago, and rented piece of land to raise
corn. He saved some money and
bought the place where he now lives,
making small payment on it. He
does not owe dollar today, has
large orchard in full bloom, as fine an
orange grove as there is anywhere in
this section, and he ''dug it /: out of the
ground" to use his own expression.
E. Ii. Boyd comes next with seventy
acres, in walnuts, oranges and lines.
E. r. Stroud has fifty-fve acres and
7. L. Gooch has sixty-eight. Like Mr.
Moss, Goosh dug all his property out of
rented land here near Rivera.
Garrett Lynch has fifty acres OF fine
trees, and A. j. Mcclellan has forty
acres set to walnuts, oranges and grapes.
Mrs. Johnson, once Mrs. Dunlap, has
twenty acres, ten in fine grapes. She
bought this three years ago for $l2, 900,
and sold the crop ON the trees for 81, 800.
The Abbott Bros. have thirty acres
which they bought two years ago for
$4,000. There are seven acres set to
grapes.
w. Sedwell has eighteen acres of five
year old walnuts, fine trees and full of
fruit.
G.. w. MaXon has twenty-three acres
for which he paid $4,000 three years
ago.
A. H. Dunlap has seventy acres, forty
set to oranges and walnuts. And P. G..
McGaugh has thirty seven acres, all in
walnuts. Mrs. English has sixty acres,
seventeen in oranges and thirty in wal
nuts. The orange crop two years ago
sold for $1,000. Mr.. Orr has twelve acres
here, and George Bunch has twelve.
These places lie close to the Ranchito
school house, which is taught by Pro-
lessor w. f. Guthrie, assisted by Mrs.
Guthrie, who is daughter of Mr..
Montgomery.
Miss Ida Dunlap has forty-eight acres
north of the school. twelve of which are
set to fine walnuts.
Nearly across the road from this anew
house is being built for W. Cote, who
recently was married to Miss Jennie
Coffman, a niece of G. A. Coffman. The
young couple have a nice home with
thirty acres of excellent land.
Then comes the boss walnut grove OF
the section, $50 acres, the property OF
Bernard Guirado. Most of this grove
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