Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-03

perature OF winter in Southern Califor-
MIA by its inhabitants, is a misleading
misnomer. In any other country our
winter weather would be considered de-
lightful.
DR.. Orme, formerly president Of the
state board of health, and great
authority on climatology, says:
son the coast [of LosIAngeles] the at
mospheric humidity varies from SO to 20
per cent during the winter months,
and from so to 6S during the summer
months. Twenty miles inland the
humidity is much diminished, and 100
miles from the coast the percentage va
ries from so to so. Foggy nights and
mornings occur during the change OF
seasons, the fog rolling in from the sea
through the passes and valleys, but sell
dom reaching ground elevated 1000 feet,
nor extending far from the coast. Like
marshy and malarial spots, these logs
may be avoided"
The official records in the government
weather bureau show that in the last
decade there were but thirteen days
when the temperature reached 100 de-
grees, twenty-seven when it was above
so and only eight days when it fell to 81
degrees or below. 1t those ten years the
temperature fell below 80 degrees only
once in each year, except during one
when this occurred three times, and the
coldest temperature reached on one OF
these occasions was % degrees.
THE YEARLY RAINFALL.
The seasons do not consist of winter,
spring, summer and fall as they do in
the east. Here we have dry season
which lasts generally from April to
November, and the rainy season, dur
ing which refreshing showers fall at
intervals from middle November until
April.
The annual rainfall from 1870 to 1889,
both inclusive, was as follows: 20. SO,
17.46, 1855. 5.52, 1914. 14.14, 40.39,
1880, 1920, 1927, 21.04, 12.69. This
gives good general idea OF the precipi-
tation year in and year out for Southern
California.
IRRIGATION.
For orchards, vineyards, small fruits,
and sometimes for cereals, irrigation is
necessary. Big dams have been built
in the rivers and caf1ons, by which
the waters of the winter rains and
the summer SHOWS are saved and take n
thence in bitches, fumes or pipes for
many miles and out on the land and
distributed evenly over the surface. By
means of irrigation the farmer here
raises two and three different crops on
the same land during the year. 1t is q
common sight to see barley and corn
raised in the same field, one after the
other, and that before the year is out.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
The value of property, according to
the county assessors figures of last year,
which are, OF course, very conservative,
was $62, ,594, ,545 for real estate and i'm
provements and 81 ,0S0 S12 for personal
property. The railroads and telegraph
lines were assessed as follows:
Mileage. Total.
san Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit
Los 30 Angeles and Pacific railroad.. 50 80 $500
Los Angeles Terminal railroad. IA 42.00o
Redondo Beach railroad ......... 16 49,oOO
Western Union Telegraph Co. lisa 2s,095
Pacific Postal Telegraph CO dIS 1850
Sunset Telephone-1elegraph Co. .23S 1880
Southern Pacific Railroad Tele-
Southern California railroad. 49,. 81 4,O75
Redondo Beach railroad. .......... as S35
Property on which mortgages are placed
is valued at $40, 1851 ,495, and the mort
cages and like instruments at 81 ,526, ,260.
The acreage for last years crop is fig
ured as follows:
Wheat, acres ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1922
oats ....................'.... a'z3I
Barley. ....... ......................... 2S,124
Corn .................s........ 1891
Number of growing trees .1,036, 1886