The herald., 1896-08-30

eases, dyspepsia, la grippe, catarrh,
erysipelas and all blood diseases.
THE SANTA PAULA CHRONICLE,
r. A. Dague, editor and proprietor, is
highly creditable even to this bustling
town of intelligent and progressive
people. Mr. Dague deserves great cred
it for his faithful efforts to promote the
interests of Santa Paula
SHIPMENTS AND IMPORTS.
For the first six months of 1896 Santa
Paula station forwarded 10, 123. 100 lbs.
in carload lots and 526 45O lbs, merchan-
disc less carload lots.
One hundred and seventy-five cars
crude oil, so cars oranges, 4 cars lemons,
| II cars livestock, % cars beans and 10
cars OF lumber and Is of 9th ercommod
| tiles.
The imports show total of 162 car
loads, comprising lumber. flour and mill
stuffs.
FILLMORE AND BARDSDALE.
The present town sites of Fillmore
and Bardsdale We're, until a few years
ago, known as the "Sespe' country,
where sheep and cattle roamed at will
over the extensive pasture lands. Fill
more and Bardsdale are now thriving
settlements of farmers and fruit grow
ers, with good business center and
shipping point at Fillmore. The Sespe
Land and Water company has large
cOuy VI idHu huJOllllHS F1llI1lOTe, Wn1c0
was Subdivided some years ago into
small tracts and placed on the market.
increased and improved irrigation has
been In progress for some time past and
the unsold tracts will probably be all
sold the coming season. About three
miles from Fillmore is the celebrated
Sespe' brownstone quarry, which beau
ttful stone was used in the construction
OF many of California's finest buildings
including the San Francisco Chronicles
building. On the river bottom land be-
tween Fillmore and Bardsdale corn and
general farm produce is grown in large
quantities. Apricots, prunes and other
deciduouS fruits are extensively grown
IN Bardsdale district, and the success
OF citrus fruit culture is shown in Bur-
son Bros thriving S0-acre orange and
lemon tract
The foothills above Bardsdale furnish
petroleum of fine quality, with promise
of great development A new cement
water ditch has recently been completed
i'll this district. 5000 feet in length and
costing $4,000. Lands, with water right
sell for $165 per acre. Fillmore has sew,
eral good general merchandise stores.
which also handle general products of
this valley. X. j. B. Stephens. manager
of James Duncan's store, informed the
writer that they had just shipped one
car Of apricots to New York Smith
Bros. own their store building and car
fy on an extensive business. w. H. Frey
recently came from Los Angeles to open
saddlery and harness shop. The Cot
tage Home. owned and conducted by
Mrs. E. B. Turner, is a home-l like little
hotel.
The station agent at Fillmore reports
as follows: Fifty cars of oranges were
shipped last season; also 10 cars live
stock. OF dried fruits. of honey and 80
OF SeSpe building stone. Over 2 200 900
pounds of general merchandise were
received during the first six months of
this year. The coming crop of oranges
is estimated at so carloads at least.
HUENEME.
This Is the most important shippin-
point lin tonnage) in Ventura county.
Barley. wheat, corn, beans and wool ire
shipped from here by water in immense
quantities. Railway communication is
obtained by stage eight miles to Mon
talvo, first station east of Ventura. Tho
Hueneme Wharf and Lighter company
have warehouse capacity of 325. .O00
sacks. The town is compactly and we'll
built, and is the business center for a
large district. 1t has four-room school
building, cost s7O0O attendance 110. !,
Methodist church. cost $500; a Baptist
church. cost $1200 Presbyteria.,
church. cost $2500, and an Episcopal So
ciety, no building.
Following is report furnished by the
Hueneme Wharf company: Our grain
season begins June 1 Of each year. The
receipts for the season ending June 1.
1895. We're: Barley, 2n2, ,n35 sacks: wheat
14,7S6 sacks; corn, 17,09S sacks; beans.
1888 sacks: wool. 882 bales Snipiue,s IL
during the same season: Barley. 81. 10,
sacks; wheat, 13.461 sacks; corn. l7O61
sacks; beans, 12S,02S sacks; wool, SS3
bales.
MONTALVO.
Following is report kindly furnished
by j. l.. Churchman, superintendent of
the Southern Pacific Milling company's
warehouse at Montalvo: Shipments,
January to July l. 1896: Beans. Is, 75o