The herald., 1894-02-02
FULLERTON In A HURRY.
A "HERALD" REPORTERS VISIT
TO A THRIFTY LOCALITY.
The FrostIess Belt Along the Santa
Ana Wash How Jack Frost
Treated That Re-
gion.

John Frohling and Charles Kobler
were two San Francisco musicians who,
up to 1856, drew the long bow and
fingered the soul-inspiring cornet for
balls and parties in the Bay city.
About that time they began to look
about them for Investments that would
make them rich in time when they
should no longer care to pull the long
trombone or draw the hair OF the
horse across the desiccated viscera OF
the libidinous John Thomas Cat. 30
they came to what WAS then Los Angeles
county and founded colony to which
they gave the name of Anaheim. This
was settled up principally by Germans
at first, while they made viticulture
their principal industry, they sleo de-
voted considerable tina to other agri-
cultural work. AS early as 1858, San
Francisco grocer advertised Pure Cali
fornia corn meal, warranted made from
Anaheim corn"
The two genial old musicians have
long since passed on to the higher life,
but their good works abide and endure
after them. The town of Anaheim grew
in fair proportion to its tributary coun-
try and has never had any boom. But
in 1885 came the big rush for Southern
California, and on the north side of the
big sandwash modest little town came
into view called Fullerton. A ditch
called the North Santa Ana
canal had already been dug,
and one of the most comfort
able homes and beat cultivated orchards
in that vicinity is still owned by
William Crowther, the old blacksmith
who made the picks for the laborers who
dug that.ditch.
During the past FIVE weeks while the
cries OF damage by frost have been fill
ing the papers published in the foothill
towns between here and the Colorado
river, there has been but little damage
by frost in the country tributary to Full
lerton; and what there was restricted
itself to the nurseries where there were
trees less than 2 years old. Tie or
chards containing trees old enough to
bear fruit were entirely exempt from
damage OF any sort. This ia mainly due
to the system OF low pruning which pre-
walls in that vicinity, as their oranges
grow upon bushes rather than on trees.
This system has its twofold advantages.
First, it keeps the ground damper in the
summer months; and in the second
place, it gives more limbs for oranges TO
grow upon.
that neighborhood over the working of
the Wright Irrigation law, but all that
is now happily at rest. A new board Of
directors has been elected by the Ana
helm Union Water company, which
practically controls the water on both
sides of the big sand wash; and instead
of having 40 per cent OF the water 60
ing to waste, as has been the case in
former years, there will be saving OF
water effected, first by the cementing OF
the canal wherever it runs through q
sand belt and also q great increase OF
water by storage on both sides OF the
wash.
One of these reservoir sites Is on the
land of David Yorbs, who lives on the
south side OF the big wash. lie offered
the land to the company in December
at price so low that they cannot fail to
accept it. On the north side another
reservoir site, and the most natural one
the reporter had seen in years, is can-
on on the La Habra ranch, three sides
of which are already built by nature.
The lower end will require dam of ce-
ment or granite (the latter to be pre-.
ferred) about II feet in height. about %
feet wide on the base and 10 feet wide
on top. This would impound at least
5000, 900 gallons of water at oil times,
alter digging out all the springs in that
neighborhood for summer supply.
These two reservoirs and the cement
ing of such portions of the canal system
as run through sandy soil. will give the
company water enough to irrigate over
10000 acres when this work is COM
pleted. The stock of the company,
based upon one share to the acre,
covers trihe in excess of 1000 acres
but, last year, some shrewd and thrifty
fellows rented out their stock to nom
shareholders, so that over $4,000 acres
were watered in all. That was what led
up to the famous injunction suit decided
against the irrigation dietrict at Santa
Ana on the 18th inst. by Judge Tonner.
What an object lesson it ia to 60
through that region after having made
a trip through some OF the northern
counties of the state. In the section
about Chico there are Al 900 acres Of
land owned by five men; and on the OPP
poHite side of the Sacramento river, in
Coluss county, the vast possessions of
1)OkEo1 4AaSOi, 1i0nA hAu AtAOhtkQhiOAJ
contain more land than many German
principalities. On the other hand. the
country about Fullerton, Anaheim and
the little towns OF Orange county, ia cut
up into small holdings OF from 20 to 100
acres, and all cultivated to their utmost
capacity.
You see farming done there on princi-
pies that indicate the presence OF brains.
A man will have an orchard OF walnut
trees set "a feet apart. In between the
rows OF trees he will plant in April
crop of green peas or summer squash.
These are off the ground before August,
when the nuts demand all the nutri-
ment there is in the soil. Then in Sep
TENDER, as soon as the nuts are harvest
ed, he will set out rows of celery, which
begins to ripen about Christmas. In
this way some of the Orange county
farmers get from S475 to 5000 per acre
every year off their lands; and while
the best walnut lands are to be found
south Of Anaheim and about the county
seat, yet tine whole country about there
has good, thrifty look, snd invites the
enterprieing and energetic young men
from all the older states. Orange county
has future, in the belief OF
HIDALGo.
NEW YEARS HERALD.