The morning call., 1890-10-19

full" and which might appropriately be ap-
pied to the whole Valley, j. h. Wheeler,
formerly connected with the Viticnltural
Commission. has his winery, with the family
residence on the opposite side of the track.
Mr.. Wheeler has lately added considerable
old vineyard to his place. At Vimeland Sta
tion is the winery ard residence of JOfn
Thomann, and beyond, on the west Of the
Cranes Park, which DR.. Cranes residence
adjoins, and in few minutes ST. Helena is
passed.
Then comes the Berringer Bros winery
and distillery on the left and through the
same window is seen the immense winery of
w. b. Bourn, the San Francisco capitalist,
who owns seven vineyards in the valley
The building is $50 feet long and has the
distinction of being the largest surface wine
cellar in the world. Opposite Mr. Bourn's.
some distance off. is the place of the famous
wine-maker, Charles Krug. At Barro Sta
ton is Y0rk's winery, and few steps north
is the Cooperative DiStillery COmpany's
building = the enterprise including wine
growers whose business will not warrant in
dividual plants. Then out in the direction
of Howell Mountain, to the east, E. six-story
building is noticed. 1t is the Crystal Springs
Rural Health Retreat of the Seventh-day
Adventists. Howell Mountain, which is dis
tinguished by single stately pine tree on
the highest ridge to be seen to the eastward.
Is plateau containing some 10000 acres,
Wu6Tt JOlu 1uOulduD, Judge daStlHSS, w.
c. Aiken, W. S. Keyes, Brun & Chalk OF
Oakville, the Wells-Fargo Bank and Edward
Hast of the Bank of California have made
extensive improvements.
All this mountain, which is in fact, but
high plateau, averaging 1900 to $500 feet
altitude, was once the property of the pio-
neer Yount, who came TO California in 1896
A granddaughter Of his, Mrs. Rutherford,
lives near the site Of her gTandfather's old
home. She grows indignant when she
speaks of the absurdity of the name
Howell clinging to the mountain. Howell
was the Lame of a hired man who worked
for Yount on the mountain and was anything
but an agreeable citizen. General Vallejo
granted Yount title to the mountain, the
10000 acres being known as the La Jota
Rancho, because cunt erected the first mill
in the valley. The mountain now should
rot be known in history as Howell OF
Angwin, as the postoffice is wrongly named,
but either Mount cunt or La JOta. The
creek which flows from the mountain and
one private place, that of Mrs. A. G. Aiken,
both retain the historic name of La Jota.
Mrs. Rutherford remembers aifectionately
Rev. DR.. Yer Mehr, elsewhere referred to,
and TO him she is largely indebted for her
early education.
Then comes Larkmead. west Of which in
the foothills is located the famous place Of
Jacob Schram, the pioneer wine-maker of
the valley, comprising 100 acres of vineyard,
and whose hillside tunnels have a storage
capacity of 100000 gallons. While one Won
derS how many more surprises await, Calls
toga, the terminus of the road, is announced,
and our guide hurrieS us Off to the baths to
enjoy an immersion in the hot sulphur
water which has made the place famous
before lunch is partaken Of Sam Bfannan's
ideal place is perfect wreck, but much re-
mains TO remind the visitor of the time when
the Calistoga Hot Sulphur Springs was the
resort for many of the most prominent
nf tho State Tho nu In1G * hiph
planted in front of each of the twenty-one
cottages. besides being scattered about the
grounds, have attained size which makes
them curiosity-thirty feet high and seven
and halt feet in circumference was one l
measured. 1t is thought the present owners
will at no distant day build hotel and
new cottages. and that the place will be
made model terminal resort for
the Napa Valley Railroad. AS the
city OF San Francisco multiplleS its
population the demand for such, re-
sort increases. Within easy riding distance
of the metropolis through one of the prettiest
valleys on the Coast, with frst-class accom-
modaticns the baths could not fail to attract
a liberal patronage. Even now the proper
thing when visiting Calistoga is to take the
Major johnson, who kept the Springs"
after they fell into the hands of the bank,
still resides in Calistoga. Mrs. Sarah
Winans has country residence here, while
her brother. Alexander Bad am, has one
about twelve miles north on the road which
crosses st. Helena Mountain into Lake
County. The late Virgil Williams place
out on the Geyser road is now owned by
Adam Schwedt of San Francisco. Robert
Louis Stevenson, the novelist, some years
ago camped in the mountains north, but
made Calistoga his headquarters. lie wrote
story in which this section played prin-
cipal part, which he called The Silverado
Squatter." Two ponies he used in his ex-
cursons about the country are still here
and though quite aged are valued on account
of their services to Mr.. Stevenson and their
connection with his story.
Napa Valley, besides being one of tho
leading wine-producng sections of the State,
which it maintains Notwithstanding the
ravages of the philloxera, contains the sum-
mer homes of many San Franciscans not
already mentioned. who have built fine
country houses and surrounded them with
gardens OF surprising beauty. Among these
are Mrs. Howard Colt, A. l.. Tubbs. Tiburcio
PARROT, Hon NJ. NJ. Estee, I. G. Grant, FIR.
III. Rosenbaum, W. Frank Fuller, Colonel
j. +. Fry and Mrs. A }. Pope. AS sana-
tarium the northern portion, and especially
the pine-clad foothills woch surround it.
has long been recognized as among the most
noted in California, and visitors to the State
have not seen it all who return home with
out visiting Napa Valley.
JOSIAH LIGHTHEART.