New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-14
FROM ORANGES TO PEAS.
SOME IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE FARM
ING OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
FINDING THAT POTATOES PAY ENORMOUSLY ~

ING OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
FINDING THAT POTATOES PAY ENORMOUSLY ~
CASH WHERE THE ONLY RETURN FROM
VINEYARD FOR YEARS IS ONE OF
SENTIMENT TWO COURAGEOUS
woMEN-sAN DIEGO TO HAVE
AN ASTRONOMER.
FROM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rNbrSEi
los Angeles. Nov 1I.-For two years southern
California has only been growing as other PAGES
do by slow development For two year' be-
fore chat period. it advanced at rate rarely
coualcd It was the period OF " the BOOM Evey.
tning however indicates The approach % ne"
ORR NJ uuexanplea prosperity which it Is TO be hopo
will not be merged in 1nInc.al deli''nm'
After the boor.o which was confined almost en-
,i,clv TO speculation in lots in paper to"h'' INC
neonIe had 10 come DOM from CONDITION Of imaNn'
arv wealth 70 one Of practical poverty For two
wears money has been tight. people have rao 20
work a, never before and the result is that row tho
rcturos ar~, coming in. and they are wonderful. as
almost everything Is in this country. In former years.
the vine and the orange were the Only culture that
newcomers would undertake. Inc "tehdero't "s'
afflicted with a mania to own vineyard or an othss
crovc other things could be raised anywhere. lack
East they could grow potatoes ana onions ana eao-
bayos
st,r = vineyard or an orange grove.
ond ,b., the pcrlod # hard fines came, be-
Ginning ubout the spring Of l-r- many people ionnc
thcusoye, owners Of more or l'>' l"ad. lI''e VINO
had money set out their orchard, ana Vih';"'' tGI
many Others could only follow TIE 'Haawahs ex'
annie and raise vegetables. Well ne r'"I'' "onh
make a Kansas or an Illinois farmer chN''I' ana
drive a New England farmer crazy IpH'e' INe
yielded from 800 to - 800 acre. and 80 on With
o.. a H.
shipped peas and lettuce and string beans ana 'u.a
,hinrs East received such large prices tlt II would
be useless 10 write the figures down h'l Won" DIV
lie smiled al Is detail, Of a F''' '"""'Na
-, p,t tbo., thing, are written about and
talked o. and the consequence IS H"' c''''""'s
indicates an Unparalleled amount % im -l'.o" ~
| linton vnon John writes barA 10 l.- old iIas
that hi, last strawberry or green pc" crop '''""cp
hin, $1,000 lo, Of trunks VII Dc pecAei ~ once %
] ,ap. IN. tourney - the sunset Land Tor = Ye@f
| .ho farmers If southern california have enjoyed
wonderful prosperity. ard the re'a.; D. 'ha' Us
Angelo, +, to-day the busiest cy oi ~ size u tAe
! codutr;.
californian, are always Inducing fad Just ~"
! II * telescopes. ~ The completion "i ''e s''@'
/ Lick instrument banker Of Ills CITY To- , rp"u
r,yo ,he University Of southern california suHlen'
endowment 10 have a larCor glass n de Than the
ara b., rho Ticl, Observatory. and now the ceIeu@'ed
! t,r,v-nch len, i being worked On by A'h O@iAe
f., his shop i'm Cambridge. Mas ms IS 'He pls'
! which Flamrari0n the astronomer. re'eh0N p'eu'|
| ed would settle the question whether N'' VS.
| neoped or not. Now san Diego wants Il" ''''',
! ,torv and the widow # Richard y. FrV'"r "S
,,der,,kcu the task Of building a. Ms Proctor,
,rho il an accomplished astronomer. has selected
81, Nir,ol near the Mexican boundary. l' IAN
| Doro Comfy as the site. and having ho'us"P
,es.ed The atmospheric conditions finds them perez.
sb. wishes 10 build N, observatory ~ He'l lA'
o., her husband. 10 be called by his name. S'e mas
enlisted the Interests of the people 30 San Diego "i'
tho chances are tina; -ho viii accomplish TIE TASK
The American woman is bound 70 Gei ahe'd % 'Ho'
-.,,,,g Inc only person more. cn erpr 'n- j. mo
American man porhap. but few nv would nave VIC
,oura-e and ability 10 engage IN the occupation i''
lowed BIZ a mother and daughter poinjen out !" N''
~ocently while / wa, in Saa Diego. lN'e>''H"'0'
their history and found the story told ne ''''e,"
.rb, women are Mrs VI \. Cock and MIS- Co9heHa
Cock O, san Quentin. Lower California lheS III
roarlv lived in Fort Worth. Tex. san quentin = :"
,ra,enace on the west coast of the Peninsula "ho -
,nsdo mn OF A general store conducted by the W."
women mentioned. two saloons ana uttIe ei9e' i"'
women do most Of their bushes, Win the >'H
and Rosario Indians. who trade beans cor" anu 80
du,t for goods. There are only TWO OF 'Are" -'"''
can, i'm the locality and few M'Nicans. the nam
incubation being indian Tie mother ana ''u-'''t
t,d conn, IA an Dies, - sell their gold du-'' il vas
,l.d il, o,l;., from some large bird and wa u *.
r.ptoual purity. The two women are o'"- W."
financially taking care II themselves, ara q" h'' -
70 think that they doing anything ON OK ''e ''1i
mar, m t,liu- up their abode 30 va country a"o"E
,en,l savage people But As 'A''' ''v' ''S-
in Texas. . Ella, n,
pt,ture,aue figure on the streets WAS tha' /"
r,,,l r,i,r : Mo,hy who has been >ti'lnt h'fe lo'
several days on hs way 70 NeM'99, .si'n. a,
ar:ader- en- =" fyc PEN inmates. ,1l BAN, ,d
lottery drawing and NE Ms "l' '.' ,1 :, h.,
md FAIRLY hv maAt- Substantial ad+lu'" ~ "
income by his services 10 NcAl.' LINT. ,r,, Non.ca
The Colonel on sunday vent - ,i'., Home II
,,tI,b i. within "a few miles 81 IN" 9'.iico u '',o :.
is Tie f,vortc sct-de resort oi 'o'-b ei vera
1@ WAS approached by grHld old solder iIon r,sr r
Homo. who introduced himself a. ~ POI r.nii. !.
Hodge. II appears tNAi ';tr o', , r1',, a ,ci.,a
stewards tan wa sent VAN me- NaS captured
D., troop OF Federal cavalry under , IA
Command Of A.. .lp Va co~WorlI mod.c, TIN
corporal and the colonel dlS7esaIed inc ''1vv er y
r,luA when they met AZ santa N'-", , mi a, ,ml
/ ai'r. tionate a, old soldiers can BE- al" I"l' "a ~
charlie, NordhoF. the veteran new ,p~per' ,b nj n
general writer. he, settled for the Wlu,er WIN ,r
. tamil, a tn. Coronado Hotel, M an l.r-o -,
Nrs N1gdhof. Ms, No9dhot ana Viz h'rH ICES
nos hly on hi, continent /, not big enouFh ios ~
Nogdhod. 50 he has ,ented W"r MI . vrlshop IN
mont room the gentleman ha> seleccd a. hl> Gen az
I'm II he has empticd al the literary acc
inr his memoranda Classifying his letters; and pei
lap, In arranging the material Tor N9lunie - $50
~ r,mninscrnce. Miss Evelyn NoidhoH nas t"N
another room a. her book hndery az ART u WIN ~
is an amateur Of high ability. While IN Lonr"n. nv
studied under Golden >ander>on and Mss MOTIF -,
room j. Altered" styo friend % the Nou"s lf1,
with All sort, IL book binding apparatus - WV -
hooks I'm all degrees Of dress and undir>s VT a., -
wall are numbers Of designs Tor wallpaper Mn,
NorhoH considers those two lines ot Hdu'U|T =.
ulrtculary suitable to worker, ~ her sen ana u.l
G Some Tine To be- influential in making the occupa'"n
caster studied and learned than Is "a present possO
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