Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-15
ANTELOPE VALLEY.
MANY NEW SETTLERS IMPROVING
THEIR PROPERTIES.
Progress Noted in All Directions = 4
Strong Plea for County Divisions.
Reasons why 1t Is
Desired.


RANCHO CATHERETA, Antelope Valley,
Sept. 10.-Our section of the country is
being visited by great many new
comers of late, and many of them are
finding lands to suit, and are now pre-
pairing to improve and build up homes.
Messrs. Day & Hollamby, of Los Ange.
les, have located several parties in town
ship north, IS west, who have all the
agricultural implements to begin active
operations at once.
One gentleman, VIM. Sydney Smith,
has all the sppurtenances for putting in
large acreage of wheat outside his
homestead land.
James Reid, another gentlemen of
| large experience in farming and horti.
culture, has also located in this vicinity,
and he too is preparing for an active
campaign in wheat raising and fitting
his moist lands for trees in the near fu-
ture.
They, Day & Hollamby, have also
located a number OF farmers in town
ship north, IA west, who are like
wise working in good shape.
Bayles & Brother have located one or
two prominent wheat raisers lately, be.
tween Rosamond and Willow Springs,
who bring their teams and farming out
| fits from about Whittier and Santa Fe
Springs, with their families to stay
Their success is only question of time,
as Antelope valley is rapidly coming to
the front as the great grain producing
section of Southern California.
The success of Glesser, Schrader,
Werth, Dearborn, Knight, Miller,
Washburn and others with fruit, olives,
nuts and vines, as well as small beryies
and garden products, has prompted
many to put in trees as fast as they can
get the raw land under good state of
cultivation.
A school district at either Willow
springs or Washburne's place, four
miles west, is being agitated just now,
with fair prospect of school house in
the near future.
star route mail service is also ex-
pected, from Rosamond over the county
road to intersect the mail route from
Lancaster to Germans station, at Nee
mach pos tofice, some 25 miles west of
the railroad at Rosamond. This route
would give us a postoffice at Willow
springs, one at this place, or at the
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most midway between here and Nee
mach, in one of the richest and most
productive portions of Antelope valley.
An active agitation of the new county
proposition is on for all it is worth, and
is no less popular here than it is in
Tehachipe or Lancaster country.
The proposed boundary would be,
commencing at township NJ, s. B. M,
and extending north eleven townships,
to township 80 S., NJ. D. M. This would
make county a fraction over eleven
townships wide, north and south, and
eleven townships east and west, en-
bracing the country between San Ber-
nardino and Ventura counties on the
south, and San Bernardino and San
Luis Obispo on the north.
By this boundary it would embrace
about one hundred miles of the South
ern Pacific railroad, and about forty
miles of the Atlantic and Pacific, or
Santa Fe road. 1t would also take in
about seventy miles of the proposed
route and final survey OF the
extension OF the Santa Fe from
Rogers to San Francisco, via the Tejon
and Bakersfield. 1t would also take in
the principal domain of Gen. E. F.
Beale, which includes La Liebre.
the Castac, Los Alamos Caliente and
the TETON grants, comprising some
100000 acres.
The taxes of General Beale and the
two railroads are enough to support a
county government. The population,
5000 in Antelope valley, 5000 in the
Tehachipe range, and 2500 in the noun
tains, valleys and caflons of the Vim
cente and San Fernando ranges, would
give us men enough to hold all the
Offices, and then have few left for jury
men and litigants, and perhaps enough
to spare one occasionally for a United
States senator, when the state has been
divided.
The grievances of our people, on the
Kern county eide, are about the same as
those of the long suffering settlers of
the south or Los Angeles side of the
valley.
| They kick at the action of the super
visors in their stingy appropriations for
our roads, and at the expense and remu-
neration when they are summarily
called to the county seat.
The average expense of the perman-
ent settler here, who is struggling with
all the drawbacks incident to the open
ling up of new country and hanging on
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mons of the courts than it takes to
clothe his young ones and pay his taxes.
II he tells the court he is poor man
and cannot afford to be detained, that
his actual expenses are more than his
fees and mileage amounts to, he is con-
sidered bum" and is coolly snubbed
until the next election.
We don't propose to stand any more
of it. We want new county, and we
want liberal slice from Los Angeles, as
we'll as Kern.
We are with you on the division OF the
state, and when we are as far along as
Orange and the prospective Pomona,
and when you have a consolidated city
and county government inaugurated in
the city hall, we will elect assemblymep
and senators to South California, and
will come down in person, and help in
augurate state government in the
beautiful court house building of your
city. Hasten the day.
REDONDO.