The morning call., 1890-11-26
NOTES FROM NILES.

| Social kvents-GoOd ROnds-Excelent
Fruir-Large-Sized Lemons.
| The weather the past two months has
| been perfect The summer months have
| been unusually cold, so these fall months,
| SO warm and clear, have been enjoyed to
| the utmost. Now for the last few days the
wind has been blowing gustly and whist
| ling around corners, the clouds are gather
ing force and the welcome rain will soon
| come. The roads, which are usually so line,
are Just now very uncomfortable TO travel
| on and very dusty. About twenty teams
are hauling gravel and dumping it in piles
| here and there, to be spread later. The
watering cart is not out aud the heavy wag-
| ons have cut the roads badly. Owners OF
| property ON the different avenues have grav-
eled them at their own expense, thereby
| adding much to their own and, l think,
| their visitors comfort Niles is particu-
| larry favored in being able to have flrst-claSs
roads. The Spring Valley Water Company
| owns the creek which flows through the val
| ley, and having damned it up about a mile
above town, taking nearly all the water,
which flows through an immense buried
pipe to San Francisco, they give the town
water to sprinkle the roads, and the water
| ing cart is Oft every day all summer long.
| Then, again, the same creek bottom below
| the town is one of the most valuable and in
| exhauStible gravel-pits in the State, and
| gravel of The finest quality Is hauled from 1t
| in immense quantities TO put upon the roads
| all over this township.
| An infant industry which was started last
| year bids fair to become prominent and
| Important business in Niles. Gentlemen
| from San Francisco have established what
might be called depots for shipping fruit
| trees. They buy their supplies unpacked
| from the different nurseries and pack and
ship them east. south or north. Lying as it
| does on the direct line east or south, and
within thirty. miles oil San Francisco, Niles
| has unusual facilities for handling goods of
| any kind for shipment. 1t is rather aston
| ishing that fruit men have not discovered
| its advantages Tor canning and drying es-
| adjustment. couple OF gentlemen, 1t is
| understood, have made arrangements to put
up q cannery next year. They leased ground
| last year, intending to put up buildings, but
| on account OF the high prices OF fruits OF ali
kinds the project was abandoned. 1t is to
| be hoped, no never, that it will be opened
and operated this coming season. Speaking
| of scarcity and high prices, the following
| statement is interesting: The labor bill for
| handling the almond crop IN this section last
year was $500; this year 500, and other
fruits, with the exception oil peaches and
| plums, in comparison. Almonds nave never
! Jailed here before, and they have be-
| grown i'll this valley for twenty years.
| The Ladies' Guild met last week with
| Mrs. ii. J. Tilden. A large number We're
| out, ami the ladies held a very animated dis
| booths to be opened at the bazaar. and, in
! deed, the number of parties, entertainments,
| baZaars and lunches on the tapis the next
| lew weeks will keep NilesiteS, young and
| old, in fever OF excitement until after
| Christmas.
| A splendid lunch was given Friday after
| noon by Mrs. X. Hum. About twenty
| ladies were present, aud with laughter, Jest
| and music q delightful afternoon was spent
The almonds and grapes have all been
| harvested, and now the only fruits left are
| a few stray figs, lemons and oranges. Neither
| OF these fruits from Niles, however, cut any
| figure in the San francisco markets. IL. A.
! Mayhem and James Shinn may send occa-
| sional lots OF oranges, and probably Will in
| the future, as their groves improve with
| age, send larger shipments. Figs do mar
| yelously well in all the valley, are not dis
| turbed by fIostS, bear two heavy crops each
| year. require very little attention, and it is
strange that more attention has not been
paid TO this industry here. Lemons grow TO
| an enormous size here, many measuring five
| and six inches III length, and are juicy aud
we'll favored.
ii. j. 1ilden is experimenting with his
| spraying. The leaves are hardly OFF the
trees, vet the first crop of scale $50 to speak,
are Matched, and the gentleman hopes that
| spraying so early may prove more beneficial
than later work. Ii So it will be an ad-
vantage in many ways, especially allowing
the farmer to get the diSagreeable task done
before the raius come and before the rush
of other work comes on. MIR. 1ilden is
using the same wash as last year-caustic
soda and caustic potash, each 9S per cent.
half pound of each dissolved In three gal
Ions of water.
The sickness in the neighborhood still
continues, but in no case has IL been serious,
and the general opinion is that it is form
OF la grippe. MRS. L. E. THANE.
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