Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-21

only commenced. and for general
farming the opportunities n - te
excellent There Is good home mar
ket for their prod 1cts. walle Ianspor-
tauon, especially Dy water, Is compare
lively cheap.
stockton Is The county seat Of san
Joaquin county, and . place u great
commercial importance. IL ls = city o.
about 10000 population, located on 8
level PLAN, IA the center Of the county.
Is Is = well laid out, well built and
growing elty. IL looks ike city OF
homes ana city Of flowers. Ii las
the largest manufacturing interests OF
any city IN the state, III proportion 10
It's size. The beautiful churches, ma
sonic temple, insane asylum, agrlcul-
tursl and exhibition hall buildings,
beautiful residences, flne school build
lngs, It's new free library, the msgnlfl-
cent court house, sitting like proud
queen on her high throne, It's wide and
newly paved streets, l.s stone side
walks, are things of which the stock
ton people may well be proud.
The next important town in the
county Is Lodi, then come the follow
ing IN order as 10 size: Latnrop, Farm
lngton, Barta. Ellis, Holden. Peters,
Ripon, Clement, New Hope, Loektord
and Linden.
Rivers and Fruit
The northwestern portion OF the
country includes some of the foothills
of the Sierra Nevada range. A few
sections IN the coast range IN the south
western portian of the county the land
is level. The Mokelnmne river is an
important tributary TO the san Joaquin
and flows through the northern por-
ton of the county. lt 10 naylgable for
some distance from its intersection
with the San Joaquin. The Calayeras
river carries much water IN q e rainy
season and flows through the oeAter OF
the county. The San Joaquin river
pours It's large volume of water
through the county from south 10
the north throughout all seasons Of
the year.
The wheat ranches are from 100 to
5000 acres each. The farmer Is salts
fed TO clear from IS 10 SO per acre on
wheat, while the wlne-grower Will raise
from five TO fifteen tons Of grapes 10
the acre, which sell on al average Of
Sl5 per ton. II the producer makes
his own wine the gain f. simply I'M
mense.
With regard TO fruit values, We will
give the experience related by Mr..
Hale with a small orchard of Bartlett
pears. In the seven years the trees
have been bearing he has received an
average Of $500 per acre on them. The
Bartlett pear is said 10 be one OF the
best crops raised, although they claim
| that very early cherries have repeat
edlv Melted the owners as high as
| 81 900 per acre. We give figures as
received from the growers of these
fruits. They said that these figures
were correct and that they could
verify them to our entire satisfaction.
stocktons Homes.
Stockton is located on the Southern
Pacific railroad, 100 miles from San
| Francisco, Just about the right dis
lance for inland commercial purposes.
The residence portion 10 particularly
charming, the houses presenting very
handsome and picturesque appear
ance, surrounded as the most of them
are with most luxuriant shade trees
| and banks of flowers. These COSY
homes bespeak the intelligence and
culture OF any of the noted eastern
cities.
| stockton was born in mining
spasm, Graded IN q prairie schooner
and christened after Commodore Stock
ton. who commanded the United States
naval forces on the Pacific coast during
the war of Mexico. Ii has been nick
named "The City of Wind Mills" We
| were fold that thunder storms are hard
" ever erienced-bhzzards and
tornadoes never. We left Stockton on
the goth, passing through beautiful
country with sights of interest on both
sides of Us. We must close, ana hope
to write of Sacramento, the state CAPT
tai. and its surroundings, which are
peculiar TO themselves, and our lette:
will adjust itself to those peculiaritles.
| The word "change" was brought into
frequent use on our trip. {. G. 5.