Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-28
NO res FROM NoRwALK.
A Flourishing Agricultural Settleme
of Los Angeles County.

of Los Angeles County.
.NoRwALK, July 26.-Norwalk is six
teen miles southeast OF Los Angeles, on
the Santa Ana branch OF the Southern
Pacific, and was started in 1875, when the
Southern Pacific built into Southern
California. 1t is in the center of one of
the most fertile farming sections in
Southern California, overfowing with
artesian wells. Almost anything will
grow in the soil around Norwalk. Both
citrus and deciduous fruits thrive here,
and some OF the finest corn in the coun-
try is grown withour irrigation, but the
| principal industry is dairying. Two
large cheese factories and creameries use
up all the milk the farmers can raise
and they pay good price for it.
The California Condensed Milk and
Coffee factory is only four miles south
east of Norwalk.
The Norwalk ostrich farm is half a
mile east of Norwalk, and is one of the
largest ostrich farms in the country. 1t
contains sixty full grown birds.
Mr.. w. B. Raymond, the Well-Fargo
express agent at Norwslk, also has a
dozen baby ostriches in a corral near the
depot.
Norwalk lie town OF about 400 inhab-
itants and has two churches. Methodist
and Christian, a good school, a hotel,
stores and shops of all kinds, and one of
the finest public halls outside of Los
| Angeles.
Paul and w. Whitaker are farming
one of the finest places in this vicinity.
| The place is owned by Mr.. Todhunter
of San Francisco.
j. G. Denman owns the next place on
the road. lie has 120 acres; fifty acres
are in fruit, the balance is in corn, al
falfa and pasture.
Joel Clanton owns one of the finest
forty-acre farms in California. His
| place is three quarters of mile south
! of the ostrich farm. He has twenty
| acres in alfalfa, eight acres in corn, one
acre in gum grove, and the balance is in
| orchard and vines. Mr.. Clanton has
refused 5000 an acre for his place.
W. r. Lawrence, the pastor of the
Christian church, has dairy half a
mile south of the ostrich farm.
E. Nottingham has lao acres 20 acres
in pasture, 10 acres in corn and the bal
ance in barley and fruit.
d. D. Johnson has one of the finest
farms and residences around Norwalk.
His place is near the school house.
M. @. Hungerford, the Democratic
war-horse and champion pumpkin
roller of Los Angeles county, has forty
acres two and one-half mile southeast OF
Norwalk. He cuts his alfalfa six times
year. Last year he sold over seventy
tons of alfalfa on the field.
Norwalk is one of the best places to
raise poultry in California.
@. w. Clanton has twenty acres near
Mr.. Hungeford's place.
Morton & Emery have sixty acres on
the Los Angeles road, between Norwalk
and New River.
H. M. Hatch has ten acres one mile
southwest of Norwalk. He has it set
out to apple, pear, fig and lemon trees,
corn, wheat and barley.
The Norwalk Building association is
building fine brick block, to cost $4,000.
1t will contain two stores, and hall
above. When completed the stores will
be used as hardware and general
merchandise store, and the hall will be
used by the Masons. The association
was incorporated last spring. The
officers are James Elliott John Baker
D. D. johnson, w. B. Pendleton and S
G. Baker.
Independent Order of Foresters. The
officers of the lodge are d. A. Dewitt, c.
R.; L. w. Dewitt, r. S. Bernard Maier
F. s.; Jacob Schweigart, treasurer; J
R. Haddock, J. W.; Jefferson Sproul
S. W.; H. Courm, S. B.; George Nordon
J. R. The court physicians are Drs
Groover and Merchant.
Mrs. w. H. Settle keeps the hotel
This estimable lady has been in th'
Norwalk vicinity for over twenty years
and has seen it grow from barren plain
with only sheepherder or two between
Downey and Anaheim, to what it il
now.
James Dilley & Son are the proprietor
of one of the large general merchandise
stores at Norwalk. They are among th
oldest settlers in the Norwalk country
Jacob Schweigart conducts genera
merchandise store in Norwalk and doe
a fourishing trade.
Harvey Bass lie the blacksmith, Jane
j Bowers the barber, Ernest Foster tn
ieweler, and Mrs. Jas. Dilley conducts
millinery store. Thos. Lombard is tn
, proprietor of the cheese factory, an,
Haddock & Smith of the creamery.
Mr.. Pyron conducts the undertaking
parlors.
DIR. l.. IL. SWartWout, tne QenJl6C
l 127 West First street, Los Angeles. Wis
it's Norwalk the first three days of th
: second week of each month. He als
r visits Downey the first three days in tn
! fret and third weeks of each month, an
: Compton the first three days of th
fourth week.
The officers of Norwalk are M. G. Sci
t tie, justice OF peace, and James Hayes
: constable.
w. w. Orr owns 200-acre stoc
( ranch a mile and half north Of MOI
walk. In few years this large 20O-acr
| stock ranch will be cut up into fifty-foo
: lots. Norwalk will be city of 5000 in
: habitants, lighted by electricity, wit
: all her manufacturing lumber mills
iron works. paper mills, pipe works
/ shoe factories and high schools in opera
r ton. street cars will run between Orr
( addition to Norwalk and Norwalk ever
. fifteen minutes. Then the real-estat
men will hire brass bands to travt
4 around the streets of Los Angeles i
!. circus wagons and advertise free lunche
Q and lots in Orr's addition to Norwal
a will be given away for $500 apiece, q
was done elsewhere in the good old day