The herald., 1894-01-01

Bernardino, for which franchise has
heen granted and company formed, will
undou otedly be 4 iavorite place of resi-
dence for merchants and others doing
business in that city. To prospective
c0lonist who considers q saloon an in
dispensable or desirable accompaniment
prosperity, the place will seem de.
ticient. We have none, and public
sentiment is go strong and well nigh
unanimous, that it seems : improbable
we ever will have.
Even the charge OF illicit sales by
druggists or others is never made.
OF course but small part OF this
great tract has yet been brought under
cultivation. General farming occupies
but small place in our list OF in
duetries. being confined almost exclu-
sively to what hay is necessary for home
use and few minor products not OF
great Importance. Fruit growing is
plainly indicated as our specially by all
the conditions of our soil, climate and
location, and with the minute subdi-
vision Of the land into 5, 10 and 20 acre
tracts, and the intensive cultivation nec-
essary in horticulture, it will take a
population several times larger than we
now have to occupy all these 1000
fertile acres.
Something over 1000 acres, however,
have been planted to orchards and
raisin vineyards, nearly 1900 of which
were put out during the past season.
The acreage OF the different fruits is as
follows:
Oranges. i35 a
Lemons. ......................... zo3
olives. IN,
Deciduous. .......................... ...... 796
Raisins. ........................ IUoo
The tendency the past season mas
been and will, no doubt be for some
years in the future, to plant moro largely
of lemons, olives and deciduous fruits
than heretofore. Thelemon, especially,
seems to be coming into favor. This is
because of the fact that we seem 20 have
more complete exemption from danger
by frost than other localities. Net even
the tender shoots of the most delicate
flowers have ever suffe,ed here, even
during the memorable cold snap OF De-
cember, 1891, when damage to tho
orange crop Of Southern California was
80 general. Further encourage ment is
derived from the growing knowledge OF
methods of curing and preparing the
lemon for competition with the foreign
products in the markets OF the world
The olive is likewise coming into favor
rapidly and preparations are aireauy IN
progress for planting large area to this
fruit the coming season.
A few words as to the water system by
which these lands are irrigated may be
interesting to the general reader as we'll
as to those more directly interested in
the subiect OF fruit raising. AS re-
marked before. the water supply comes
from Lytle creek and from artesian
wells, and description of one will an
swer for both. Lytle creek is next TO
the Santa Ana river in thu quantity of
it's flow, and having it's head and source
OF supply in the perpetual snow and
perennial springs of Old Baldy mountain,
can be relied on to pour its refreshing
foods over the broad felds below with
unfailing regularity during the summer
months. At the mouth OF the csiian
this waters are received into a great rock
lined and cemented canal, which carries
them for a distance of FIVE miles
to the head OF the irrigation system
proper. This. 80 far as has been COM
pleted, consists of IL miles of main pine
! lines, all of hydraulic cement and 30
inches ineide diameter, and Z miles of
| lO-inch lateral pipes. also OF cement,
which distribute the water to each
irrigator. A stand-pipe with gates and
turnout enables the zaDjero to deliver