Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-07-07

etrated and the orange belt reached,
the heat at times is oppressive,
This too, in spite OF the fact that
snow-capped mountains sarround
the valleys in plain sight. A. San
Francisco, during thres days
stay, it was raw, cloudy and daasp,
and the writer, like quite nulrber
of others in the party, spent much
of the time about the hotel for
comfort. 1t is not impossible Dat
the weather during our WISH kas
"phenomenal-the worst IN snenty
years, ;" but we found it as sts4eri b.
ed. There were, of course, cep-
tional days.
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One of the most delightful: kI;ices
visited was San Jose. Thif j. a
handsome city of 5000 iFhabit-
ants situated in the great decidu-
Gus fruit (that whose treef shed
their leaves) belt of the state Here
are the greatest cannerieaip ne
world, and San Jose pears, rapeg
and cherries can be fl To-
day on the shelves at yeral
of our home stores. This Is the
great prune producing conn-
t.y Santa Clara) and h aIsolnoted
for its cherries. One tree near; Che
city yielded last year s7s @r{ ef
fruit, we were told, and noSh
emigration agent either. BIT
neighbor of the owner of Il tree.
Our informant has sixty tcres in1
cherry and prune trees wiich he
estimates will yield s11, ,0O worth
of fruit this season and hjt the
expense of the orchard iTll be
50, 500.
***
The interior mercantile al man.
ufacturing center of the %te is,
and undoubtedly will coathue to
be, Stockton. once the .caphl; sit
uated fifty miles from Sss Fran
cisco, it is easily Accessibility rail
and steamer, and is the wheat
market of a large section { coun-
try. There are also some four or
five establishments here where
there are manufactured tie COM
bined harvester, thresl,r and
sacker, and in year or wo it is
suggested they will add to the
machine plow and seede for put
ting in the next crop.
***
The hope of southern california
lies in irrigation and i. govern
ment aid to make it thorough |
success. Hundreds of thousands |
of arid acres have been reclaimed |
from the desert by the application
of water from the mountain SHOWS,
but millions. are yet heldwitnin its
grasp which can be watered from
the same source. Private jpdiyid-
uals and compap;es havN4accon-
prrsneu wonderful results;e state
and federal governments sezld
work almost miracles. And some
day thorough system Of irriga-
ton will be extended over most of
the great southwest from Kansas
to the Pacific, and south To the
Rio Grande.
**s
One of the chief industries of
California is the grape culture. In
the vicinity. of Fresno. raisin. in
great quantities are produced lsim-
ply dried grapes(. while over
great area of the state.wine is man.
Ii is Of all kinds and
qualities and there is a joke that
the makers cannot afford to adul-
terate it because it is cheaper than
water. The price ranges, by the
barrel, from Is cents to $3.50 per
gallon. If you will. take cider vim
egar, reduce it one-third with wa
ter and put in s or 8 per cent. of
alcohol you will have very good
imitation of the favorite vine of
this country. Much of the wine Of
certain varieties, is made into
brandy and at the El Pine Winery,
we were shown the larg-
est brandy still in the world, the
product of which has a great rep
utation.
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