Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-04
ORANGE COUNTY NEWS.
EXTENSIVE DRAINAGE WORKS IN
THE PEAT LANDS.
large Crops of Corn This Year-New
Bridge at Upper Santa Ana-A
Beet Sugar Factory
Projected.


day, and found 40 men and 16 teams at
work completing the drainage ditch.
Six miles OF the main ditch has already
been accepted by the board of super
vjsors, and the entire work, which has
cost about SIS, 900, will be finished in
two weeks. This ditch drains about
10000 acres of the peat lands, the
most productive soil in the Santa Ana
valley, and will add much to the wealth
and prosperity of Santa Ana.
BY thorough system of drainage,
such as is now being done, all the land
west OF the Santa Ana river can be cul-
tivated. The supervisors are alive to
the necessity. of having drainage bitches
built. and will do so as rapidly as practi-
cable.
The corn crop in the peat lands this
season is enormous and in many fields
will easily average 100 bushels to the
acre. Farmers are in the midst of gath
ering the crop and large shipments OF
corn are being made daily.
Blackberries are still being gathered
in the patches on these peat lands. and
Mr.. Garner, who has berry patch here,
Gays that he will market blackberries
al through the month of November.
Probably 10000 acres OF land west of
the Santa Ana river, in this county, will
be brought under cultivation the coming
season through the ditch work being
done by the county and private individ-
nails.
SUPERVISORS MEETING.
The supervisors met today and trans
acted the usual routine of business. A
bridge being necessity over the Santa
Ana at Yorba, notice inviting bids for
the construction of same was ordered.
will be required.
Election officers for the coming elec-
tion were appointed.
BEET SUGAR FACTORY.
The energy with which Anaheim
farmers took hold of the beet sugar fac
tory project has set Santa Anans to
thinking that this city would make an
excellent site for sugar factory. With
this end in view a delegation of leading
citizens will visit the Chino sugar fac
tory Thursday, with view to getting an
idea of the workings of a factory, and
the expense attached to its establish
ment. There is but little doubt that a
beet sugar factory will be built here,
and at once, too, for interest in this mat
tar is thoroughly aroused. With beet
sugar factory a certainty, and fruit
cannery possibility, Santa Ana's pros
pect for future prosperity is becoming
brighter every day.
SANTA ANA BREvITIEs.
J. Willets left for Los Angeles today
with Silkwood. He will not enter any
of his other horses in the races there.
It does a Democrat good to see the
anxious expressions which the Republi
cans are wearing in this city as they
figure out the probable results of the
election. The Republican party will
mot be sin it" this year in this county,
and Republican leaders realize this fact.
Ed Waite is the happy father of a
baby girl; the little stranger arrived
last Saturday.
A special excursion train will be run
over the Southern Pacific Wednesday to
Los Angeles, and fully 1000 Santa Anans
win be on board to see the great free
for-all pace.
J. G. Jolpin exhibited 1000 jars OF
fruit at the pavilion during the fair.
Miss Florence Brown has returned to
her home in Santa Ana after pleasant
visit with friends here.
J. G. Galloway and Miss Mary E.
Lindley we're united in marriage today
by Rev. j. @. Hopkins, at the residence
of w. S. Bartlett of Tustip.
MIA i.d, October 3, 1892, at Orange,
by the Rev. W. B. Burrows, Llewellyp.
seventh son of the late Thomas Wade of
England, and grandson Of the late Capt.
Z Alexander, R. NJ, to Elizabeth Alice,
second daughter of the late James Lord
of Hamilton, Canada. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wade left by the noon train for Los An
geles, en- route to the coast.
Not single arrest was made by our
city authorities during fair week.
The following delegates were elected
to represent the First Baptist church at
the annual Baptist association, to be
held at San Bernardino October IL, II,
and 10: Rev. G. E. Dye, Rev. Dexter
p. Smith, D. D., A. S. Dunham, Mes
DANES Il. B. Van Alstyne, G. E. French,
T. N. Wells, and r. E. Hewitt. u. B.
West was elected as Sunday school del
egate, Frank Moodey as Y. p. S. @. E.
representative, and Miss Elsie Smith as
representative of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society. Miss Gertie French
was elected to the office OF correspond
ing secretary of the Y. 2. S. @. E. for an
indefinite period.
M. Stambaugh fell from a scaffolding
today and broke his arm.
REDoNDo.
Nuvphar Of Vesse1s rriva and