The herald., 1895-11-11
! CHINO RANCH INDUSTRIES
Forty-one Thousand Acres
of Choice Land
bALMY CLIMATE md WILLING SOIL
Every Tropical and Semi-Trop-
ical Product Grown
NO IRRIGATION REQUIRED
The Sugar Beet Industry and Its I'm.
pOrtance Discussed
Largest Sugar Factory In the World Upon
the Ranch
rive Years Ago this Ranch Was Pasture
Land-This Year 67oo Acres Of
Beets Alone Were Raised
The Sugar Beet Industry and Its I'm.
portance Discussed
Largest Sugar Factory In the World Upon
the Ranch
Land-This Year 67oo Acres OF
Beets Alone Were Raised

About thirty-five miles east from the
city of Los Angeles, hemmed in on the
north BY the purple barrier of the Sierra
Madres and on the south by the high hills
of the coast range, extending in an lr-
regular course from southeast to north
wesr lies one OF the most picturesque,
most fertile and most romantic areas OF
the state of California. Its early identity
is associated with an ancient Spanish
grant and its history is part of the leg
end. myth and reality which has been
associated with the evolution of the
state. 1t is valley twenty-five miles in
width and about forty mics in length,
fiat as the surface of the sea, dotted over
with groves OF native trees, travefsed by
an abundant watercourse, watered by
subtsrranesn flows, clad in natures per-
snnial green from spring till fall and fall
till spring again, the site OF one OF the
greatest industrial institutions of Amer
lea and the home of multitude OF
haspv, progressive and prosperous bus
bandmen and m echa nics. Scattered along
its center anc eastern rim score OF busy
towns nre nestled IN the foothills. while
church spires and school house belfIles
attest the sentiment of moral and ethical
living. A climate as balmy as Cashmere,
q soil as prolihc as Paradise, history
rich in song and story, and fnture
which promises unlimited possibilities in
moral, mental and material standards
such is the justly famous Chino valley.
Many years ago wide area. verita
BILE princely realm, comprising 81. 600 acres
of the best lands of the valley, was carved
off the western and southern border and
bestowed upon favored SpaniaFd in the
terms of formal grant. With the de-
termination of Spanish ownership OF the
territory the tract passed under the own
ership of several proprietors and SO re-
manned until Its purchase, within COLL
parative recent years, by Mr.. Richard
Grid. Under the lattar proprietorship the
lands we're used mainly for pasturage,
though many experiments were made in
the culture of various products. 1t was
under this management that the sugar
bset was introduced and its possibilities
upon the generous soil demonstrated.
Mr.. Grid remained in proprietorship OF
the ranch for many years aud erected
princely dwelling place, where he still
lives, surrounded by all the luxury OF
an oriental potentate. His historic home
is adorned by parks and gardens, with
asphalt walks and drives fountains.
artesian wells and baobling brooks, such
as only the refined lover of nature could
conceive and only the wealthy carry out.
One year ago the ranch became the
properly OF Mr.. G. H. Phillips. Califor-
MAS foremost land developer. AT once
that marvellous transition which marks
the advent of genius ensued. man of
unlimited energy. of keen perception and
wide knowledge Of affairs now had con-
troll. The willing soil was made to yield
abundantly and an industry was devleop-
ed which has become the pride OF CALI
fornia and the wonder of the continent.
MIR. Phillips at once organized the Chino
Ranch 90 m pany Tor the development and
sale of the property, and established an
Office at the city of Los Angeles. Today
the Chino ranch is the home of hundreds
OF happy and prosperou. farmers and me-
chanics. a town, named from the ranch,
having population of 1000 has come
into being, and an era of progress has
been inauguratsd which assures for the
future continued prosperity. The town
of Chino has schools, churches. rewspa-
pers, railway facilities and hotels, be-
sides the location within Its limits of
the plant of the Chino Valley Beet
Sugar COM any, which gives employment
to $50 men.