The herald., 1896-01-06
RIVERSIDE FRUlTGROWERS
Meet to Discuss Picking and Packing
of Oranges
A Resolution Adopted Condemnng the Ship
ping OF Green Fruit-The Clerks Union
Want Evenings OF

RIVERSIDE, Jan. 5.-At the meeting of
The Eas side Horticultural club at he
home of James Boyd riday evening there
was a good attendance. These meetings
are always we'll attended and full of inter-
est. Mrs E. l. ICY is the new president and
presided wi h dignity.
Pro essor Zombro presented an able pa
per upon rhe structure of the Orange Rnd
The loss of fruit between the grove and the
consumer, said Mr.. Zombro, is es imated
at 8 per cent, and the better condi ion of
small fancy lots shipped to frie ,ds in the
east indicates one important cause of this
difference, in the more or less careful
handling of the fruit. If only per cent of
the years shipments from Riverside, of say
5000 carloads. could be saved by better
handling, would mean saving of not
less than $4,000 annua ly. Decay of the
fruit is always occasioned by mcro-organ-
lsIns, against which nature has interposed
he most effective protection possible Air
is, OF course, necessary to life in the inte-
ror of the fruit, and there are cells for the
purpose, as breathing pores, which open
and smut as required. When the natural
channels are broken the way for the ene-
fnlrs of the fut 10 enter is left unguarded.
: he rind is m st tender, and suscep ible o
The Tree. He recommended tin cans for
picking instead of racks, as the fruit was
less liable to ne bruised from pressure.
Mr.. Boyd produced new pattern OF Or
ange clippers which. upon examination,
was pronounced excellent as preventing IN
jury to the fruit in picking.
1t was voted to request the packing
houses to each send out a carload of fruit
picked with the greatest possible care and
TO follow it for resul S.
resolution condemning in strong lam
guage the shipping of green oranges to
market WAS uuan molIsly adopted.
The next meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Atwater, 2S2 East Seventh street.
visit to number of the exchange
packing houses yesterday within the CEN
tral portion of town found them filled with
oranges. and as many men as could work
were preparing them for market. The
fruit was exceptionally fine looking and
must certainly bring good price when it
reaches the eastern market. Much care is
beng taken in making a good market for
the pack. There is little doubt that most
of the crop will bring good price.
EARLY CLOSING
A communication has been received from
the Clerks union calling attention to the
agreement that was lately reached by
which all the merchants of the city save
one agreed to the early closing movemen Z,
and that this one, while not signing the
contract, agreed to close after January l :,
1896 at 6 o'clock pm. 1t also charges
that this merchant has not kept his word,
aS he now announces that he will keep his
place of business open un il S o'clock in the
evening. The grievance Is tn at this com
pels other merchants to keep their places
of business open until the same hour,
against ther wishes, and deprives all the
clerks of he city of their evenings with
their families.
NOTES AND PERSONALS.
w. W. Phelps, deputy grand master 1.
o. o. f., accompanied by E. H. Gruwell,
makes an official visit to the South River
side lodge this evening.
Colonel II. A. Plimpton of Perris and
daueh er are in the ci v today. The
colonel is one of the solid men of that burg.
o. d. Rolfe is representing Temescal at
the county seat today.
Three more mining locations were filed
with the county recorder today, one in the
Pacific mining district by V. G.. Reche,
H. M. Barton. G. d Dickey, D. Il. Dickey
and :. G. Huff. The other two are eight
mites northerly from the Cottonwood
springs, and are located by r. w. Ellis,
A. j. Wood, w. E. NoLle and j. Ii. Gran
dali.
&. S. Strait the geutlemanly assis ant in
the uptown Santa Fe office, is the proud
IDSSrsSpI VI Il biuSittAs inC PlOstltatlOl
having been made yesterday.
w. NJ. Jenkins, representing the Tufts
Lyon Arms company, Los Angeles, is in
the city establishing an agency.
The county board of education on Satur-
day granted to Mary L. Thomas a special
certificate to teach Latin and literature.
Karl Gross and Miss May Smith, both of
San laclnto, were married in this city Sat
urolay,
Justice Mills also united in wedlock
Jason E b ,rton or Riverside and Mrs.
Mary E. Grlffis of Hanford. Cal.
ID f. Myers. on last Saturday, filed a
case in the superior court against the
Aessand.o Irrigation district, in which
the validity of the efendant corporation
is attacked. He asks that the court en-
join and restrain the Alessaudro Irrgat-
ing district from assessing taxes upon
the lands of the l4intiif or other
lands within said district for the
purpose of paying interest or principal up
on $765, 900 of bonds issued and sold by
the rrigating district, and that the bonds
of said corporation be declared null and
void and The district itself be judged