The herald., 1896-11-02
EFFECT OF THE RAINS
Bright Prospects for the Coming Winter
Season
Effects of Completion of Railroad to
Covina--The Beet Sugar PRODUCE
ton at Chino.


| happy, and the farmer and fruit grower
feel jublant. The water supply, both
for irrigation and domestic purposes,
had been very scarce during the summer,
but the reservoirs are now we'll supplied.
The ground is wet down two feet in
many places, and plowing has actively
commenced.
j. w. Harvey, publisher Of the Monro-
via Messenger, recently purchased a
house and lot, and after enlarging the
house has moved into 1t.
The Monroe mansion and adjoining
building, built by the late e. F. Spence
for a young ladies seminary, have been
leased by w. S. Crank and opened as a
tourist hotel, called Live Oak villa. The
two buildings contain thirty-six rooms,
and will be connected by covered plat
form. The ten-acre orchard surround
ing the villa, will make delightful pleas
ure grounds, and the elevated position
OF the villa and grounds commands a
charming vista of the city and valley
below.
The corner stone of All Saints Episco-
pal church, Duarte, will be laid next
Sunday.
AzUSA.
The "old Azusa" district was an i'm
portant settlement twenty years age,
when the foothill country between Pasa-
dena and Pomona was but sparsely set
tied. Possessing a soil of unsurpassed
fertility and excellent irrigation facil-
tiles, it became one of the most prosper.
Gus settlements of Southern California
many years ago, and the thriving, en-
terprising town of Azusa, established
by j. S. Slauson and others April l.
1887, was natural outgrowth of the fer
tile and well-developed country sur
rounding it, supplemented by its charm
ing climate.
AS shipping point. Azusa is the most
important between Los Angeles and San
Bernardino on the Santa Fe railroad,
its products comprising oranges, lemons,
deciduous fruits of all kinds, small ami
dried fruits, grain, hay vegetables and
nuts. The entire district is supplied by
the Azusa Irrigation company with a
bountiful supply of water, which is pipe
to every orchard, and the town is also
plentifully supplied with pure mountain
water. The streets are wide, and have
excellent cement sidewalks, and the
business buildings, hotels and school
houses are equal to those of many larg-
er and more pretentious towns of South
ern California.
One mile north of Azusa the celebrate /
san Gabriel canyon commences its wind
ing course toward and into the heart of
the Sierra Madre range. AS the Azusa
Pomotropic aptly said, this charming
| canyon lis at once a scenic gorge. a
health resort. hunting ground, fish
| ing place, mining region and a cool.
shady retreat from the heat and sultri-
| ness of the city SUM-" J. w Jeffries ed :
itor of the Pomotropic, deserves great
credit for publishing such a handsome
ana enterprising newspaper
The Hotel Brunjes, Azusa, is centrally
located and first-class house in every
respect 1t is within two blocks of the
depot, and the general accommodations
are e1nlnently satisfactory. The dining
room is spacious and convenient, and the
board is all that the most fastidious
would desire in town of this size Mrs
j. brunJes, the propretress, aims to
make her guests feel at home, and she
IS; consequently, deservedly popular.
me following is a close and reliable
estimate of the vote on the national tick
cts at Azusa: Bryan 116, Mckinley "a
doubtful II, total vote 2e1. ''
FROM AZUSA TO COVINA
accompanied by S. Judd, the agent of
The Herald at Azusa and Covina. the
writer took ride through one of tine
prettiest sections of country in Southern
Saiiiornla' where the vista of valley,
foothills and snow-clad mountains is
unsurpassed anywhere. the diversified
follage of the citrus and deciduous fruit
trees adding charm to the landscape
that thrills the visitor and even old SET
tiers with delight. On the way to Glen
dora (two miles from Azusa) we passed
the immense orchard of James SIauson.
thirty acres of which is In seven-year-
old lemon trees. Within the mast thraa
months 2S1S loose boxes of lemons We're
taken Off the trees. In this vicinity
Messrs. Mcneil and Vossburg have.
| Jointly, 5O0-acre orchard, of which e5
acres of lemons and 35 of oranges are in
bearing. w. j. Cox has a twenty-acre
orchard, sixteen of which is in and 10
year old oranges, pne acre in 1-year-old
| aprlcots and three in lemons, not bear
ing. Mr. Cox cleared $1,000 from his Or
| chard the last two seasons For the
| above orchard and his house that cost
| $1,000 MIR. Cox refused $4,000 cash two
| months ago.
| S. Judd, The Herald agent. has fif-
teen-acre orange and lemon orchard
near the last mentioned, eight acres of
which is in bearing. Delightfully."- stu
ated, on bench of the foothills north of
| Glendora is the charming residence and
forty-acre orange and lemon orchard
of c. L. Kregelo (of Kregelo & Bresee.
Los Angeles) The trees are Just COM
ing into bearing. Near Glendora is the
twenty-acre vineyard of w. b. Cullen,
| ex-county treasurer; also eight acres of
| bearing oranges and twelve of citrus
| ana deciduouS fruits, not bearing. Mr..
| Cullen has winery on his vineyard and
converts all his grapes into wine.
| A great improvement in the roads of
this district is very perceptible to those
| who have not visited it for some time.
| The road over the San Gabriel river be-
tween Azusa and Duarte is now being
graded preparatory to laying a thick
| surface of clay, which packs hard and
/ makes an excellent roadway.
| Passing through Covina district there
was evidence of recent heavy rains and
| it was learned that over four inches of
rain had fallen during the preceding
| thirty-six hours commencing Monday
night. Many farmers and orchardists
were busy plowing and seemed jubilant
at the seasons prospects. Clarence
Menifee's choice twenty-acre orchard
of orange trees just coming into bearing
was passed, and opposite H. e. Chees-
bros ten-acre orange and ten-acre lem
on orchards, both 4 years old. Mr..
Cheesbro is secretary of the Covna
! Citrus association. South of the above
is Chas Ruddick's 120-acre orchard and
| S15. 600 residence. This place is princi-
naIlv In oranges and has reservoir on
1 the hill from which the entire orchard
is easily irrigated. J. r. King has ten
acres half way from Azusa to Covina,
| three and half in 1-year-old orange
| and lemon nursery stock, or $4,000 trees,
four acres in oranges, half an acre in
lemons and two acres unimproved.