Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-17
Items of Interest Gathered
Around Pomona.
The Fruit Crop Gives Many
Employment.
Notes and Personals Gathered at the
Sea-ShOre.
News from Redondo Beach-An Account
News from Redondo Beach-An Account
of the Doings at Santa Monica.
The Summer School.
Correspondence of the HERALD.

Correspondence of the HERALD.
Times are bright here in Pomona with
the fruit-growers and the workers, and
every one who is able to work can find
employment in the orchards and can
merry. They are paying good prices, and
employing only white labor, and many
adollar will find it's way to the home of the
laboring man. and many family will be
benefited by the firm of Cook & Langley,
as they have charge of the canning, and
are drying apricots as fast as they can
be prepared. They are running night
and day, and employ about 500 men,
women and children. There will be
about 1,2O0 tons OF aprioots harvested
here this year. Their pay roll the past
week amounted to $1,000, all of which
goes into the pockets of our home
people.
DR.. Johnson, south of town, has an
orchard that will average twenty boxes
to the tree and forty pounds to the box
He has already received 1,500 from it,
and has surplus to pay all expenses.
He has six acres of six-year-old trees.
Cook & Langley have this week
shipped four carloads of dried apricots,
and today four carloads of green fruit to
Cotton.
Pomona rejoices that she has the ex-
perimental station, and Prof. Hilgard
was in town Saturday with plans for the
building and they proceeded to locate
the plant, which is on the Chino adjoin-
ing Pomona townsite, slightly and
beautiful spot with fine soil and the
best water in Southern California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burrows of st. Paul's
church, left this morning for San Fran
cisco, where they will remain for some
time.
John w. Lorbeer returned Monday
from his old home in Iowa, where he
says the hot winds have swept over the
country leaving it burnt and brown as
our foothills. He thinks the emigration
to California will be greater the coming
winter than ever before.
The Vicksburg w. R. G. hold meet
ing tomorrow night, and will make ar
srangements to attend the encampment
at San Diego next month.
The Woman's Exchange that organized
lin March is doing finely, and has nearly
one hundred members.
Mrs. Proctor, wife of the late Prof.
Proctor, gave a lecture at the opera
house Saturday evening on "The Sum-
to small audience. The lecture was
excellent, and deserving a crowded
house. She handled her theme in a clear
and forcible manner, and is lady Of
grace and refinement on and off the plat
form.
Mr.. Ambrose, of Chicago, has beer
delivering several lectures for the w. c.
r. U. He is a pleasant speaker, and
draws a good house.
George Osgoodby (''Murchison") is
one of the delegates to the Republican
state convention from this county.
Pomona's yearly tax levy amounts tC
little over 900, and we have sur.
plus at present of $4,000
Prunes are sold for 2ls cents pound
and it is expected that pa cents will be
paid for them before the season is over
DR.. Johnson's eight-acre apricot or
.chard of six-year-old trees has yielded
seventy tons of fruit this year.
j. j. Lindesmith and Miss Lizzie
Rixie were married on last Saturday by
Rev. L. H. Frary, OF the Congregations
church, and go to housekeeping at once
Pomona. july 18th s. Mr. s