The morning call., 1893-08-18
BERKELEY.

DR.. GraZar, who was recently elected
Health Officer, invest igated the Chinese
laundry Oh Addison street yesterday, with
interesting results. The sewer outlet lad
been completely choked. and for months
the sewage had been allowed 10 collect I'M
der the house and seen in the trench in the
vicinity. The well of Mr.. johnson re-
eeived some OF tie seepage, and a micro
scopical examination of its waters dis
closed quantities of disease germs. Mr.
Johnson states that for long time some
member of his home has been i'll most of
he time. The Health Officer will recon-
mend the extirpation of the washhouse,
as it is a nuisance to the neighborhood's
health and no effort is made to care for its
Fl 18th. In the main the city's health is
good, two cases Of scarlet fever and one of
diphtheria only being reported.
Fresno Colonizing.
w. d. Parkhurst, who lives ON Claiming
way and Dana street when he is at home
is I'D from his Fresno orchards and vine
yards tn secure laborers TO pick and cure
MS raisins Mr.. Parkhurst for the past
nve years has been testing a plan OF practi-
Cal philanthropy, winch, he says. is work
ing very well. lie has purchased tracts of
land In and around tairiesn different
towns. and as he finds heads OF families
DESTROYS of it he eIects for them q house,
deeds them a small farm aud takes q mort
gage on il. He then manages to furnish
The man work on his own large fruit
ranches the most of the year, and part
If the year the wife and children.
In this way they are able 10 pay for
their home in few years; one
family is earning 500 month during the
busy season. Two sizes of boxes oil cut
fruit are paid at the rate of 7-and 9 cents,
,.le L., . 10
at this. Thus the girls at home are en-
ablsd 10 pay the interest on the little farm
mortgage, while the father works Oft the
principal. Mr.. Parkhurst has high expee-
tatiOnS of the success OF his colOnlZlng
plans. and says il he had $500 free cash
he would al once build homes with it.
This morning he meets applicants for
fruit-pckIng in San Francisco, as he will
take back q large number OF hands
TO handle his rasns in Fresno. He ex-
poets among the rest to take seven or eight
deaf mutes who are anxious to try the
work. The sugar in the grape. he SAYS,
will be at the right stage in about ten
days, when, to make the best raisins, the
crop should be handled ut once and re-
quires a very large force To do it. After
the raisin-curing men find work on the
wine grapes until near the end OF the year.
BY bridging a short time they then have
planting, suckering. pruning. cultivatng.
etc. occupying nearly all the time until
the fruit season again arrives.
Well and asWfpdmiil.
Judge Campbell OF the San Francisco
! Police Court lives in South Berkeley, and
some time ago agreed with John Boehrer
that if the latter would dig well he would
erect windmill To furnish the two FAM
lies with water. The mill was erected /;
and now the Boenrers refuse to furnish
the Judge with water and he has entered
suit against them for $500 damages.
a Demolished Home.
Mr.. Olberg, living on Bay street, was
! raising his little cottage Wednesday with
view of constructing basement When
some six feet up misadjustment caused
the structure to fall crashing TO the ground,
| demolisning the house and most of the fur
niture within il. AS the family is poor
| the wrecked home is serious loss.