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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-22
". T. DENNETTS

On 18th street, Everything
Fresh.
Best Elgin Buffers
Raisins, Currants,
Almonds,
Farina, Tapioka, Citrens.
Self-raising Buckwheat,
0at-hakes, Oatmeal, Maizana,
California Fruits, dried and canned) J.,
Ounce, Pear and Strawberry preserves.
Cufraht and other jeliies,
Pickles in barrel,
Corned beef, Piekled Pork:
IigS-Fe ct, Saur Kraps,
Boneless and Holl24d Herring,
Mackefel,
China and Glassware.
OF Tinware complete assortment.
A pleasure To show goods. Articles
purchased delivered free. All are cor
daily invited E., call.
BENNETT,
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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1897-01-22
Gladness Comes


w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to q constipated condi-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt
ly removes. That is why It is the only
remedy with millions Of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. It's beneficial
effects are due TO the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction
The herald., 1897-08-15
ITS DIVERSIFIED ATTRACTIONS
CITIES AND VILLAGES By NOUN
TAIN AND SEASHoRE
Fertile Soil and Genial Climate Are
Combined-Vast Ranches, Or
chards and Grazing Ranges.
Asphaltum and Oil

In picturesque beauty and grandeur
Of scenery Ventura county is excelled by
no other section OF California. In ira
versing the county from boundary to
boundary one may enjoy an ever chang
Ing scene Of valley, hills, never failing
streams. mountains and seashore, in
such variety and charm that the dullest
intellect is interested and fascinated by
its beauty. The climate, too. is perfect
Any sudden change Of temperature is
absolutely impossible, owing to the
prevalence of the warm air currents of
the Pacific, on whose shores the county
borders. Ten or twelve degrees ex-
presses the variations of temperature in
the valleys, the warmest day of summer
and the coldest day Of winter; and while
the snow and frost and biting winds hold
court on the elevated mountain ranges
within plain view. flowers are blooming,
The herald., 1897-08-15

From here oats, peas, beans and barley
are shipped to all parts Of the civilized
world.
However, the vast shipments from
Hueneme do not represent the i'm
mense productions OF the immediate
country adjacent to the town. One must
remember that the Southern Pacific
railroad traverses the county of Ven
tura and that its receipts annually of
beans alone from the county reaches
on an average of about 1900 carloads.
Then comes wheat barley, oats, hay,
corn, potatoes, sugar beets, ETC., to be
added to the export stuffs of the county.
No wonder 1t is regarded as one of the
very richest sections in the state. AS
indicating the volume of business done
in grain shipments at the Hueneme
wharves we give as the receipts last week
Of grain taken from the books of the
Wharf company. 1t reaches the total of
81 ,403 sacks. And thus 1t goes on from
week to week during the shipping sea-
son.
The ranches in the tributary country to
Hueneme require but little irrigation.
Some none at all. The rain fall for the
last Il years has averaged IL inches an
nually, sufficiency of downpour to in
sure the very best of crops. The climate
is of an all-round nature, the tenn
perature having but slight change in
winter and summer. The town possess
es an excellent public school system, and
many church organizations. Together
with its fine hotels, mercantile houses,
business blocks, public halls, ETC., 1t pre-
sents the liveliest little town in Southern
California.
The Hueneme light house Is situated
one and a half miles west of the town.
1t is most beautiful structure, a combi-
nation of the Swiss and Elizabethan
style, and contains ten rooms, with clos
cts, offices, etc, being designed to ac-
commodate two families. The revolving
light is one of the fourth order, a white
flash, with French prisms and concen-
traitors. Those who are of a sporting
nature may find near here abundance
of game, such as bear, California lion,
deer, wild cats, coyotes, rabbits, duck,
quail, ETC., and the fishing off the
wharves and out on the bay is not sur
passed in variety Nf catch and quantity
anywhere along the coast. The lead
ing hotel of Hueneme is the Hotel Sea-
side. at which all commercial travellers
and tourists stop, and where accommo-
dations are Of the best An illustration
of this popular house Is presented, on
this page. On the 2Sth of this month
The herald., 1897-08-15

Citrus and deciduous fruits grow here
to perfection; our soil is marvelously
rich, needing little irrigation to raise all
cereals and farm products, our noun
talns are filled with asphaltum, oil and
money; our water is pure and abundant;
our supply OF valuable building stone in
exhaustible; timber is plentiful near by,
and fuel is cheap; our climate is not ex-
celled IN America; our prospects for be-
coming manufacturing community are
excellent; our schools are we'll conduct
ed; ours is the banner church town in
the state considering it's size; the NOR
ality and intelligence of the people are
of high order, and nothing but some
cataclysm of nature not anticipated or
feared, can prevent this part of this fa-
Irrigation is seldom needed for corn,
barley, beans, potatoes, and other farm
products, including all deciduous fruits,
and all these are produced in great
abundance Oranges, lemons and alfalfa
require irrigation. N. w. Blanchard,
the most successful lemon raiser in Cali
fornia, resides in Santa Paula, and his
magnificent fruit farm is evidence that
this Is fine citrus fruit region.
statistics show that Ventura coun-
ty, in natural and acquired advantages,
is not excelled by any county in the
state. At the worlds fair this county
was awarded more premiums than any
other county in California. We have the
greatest bean fields in America We
can raise more corn to. the acre than can
be produced in Iowa and Illinois. Our
mountains are full of bees, and Santa
Paula honey raisers produce honey by
the scores of tons. Our lemons and or
anges compare favorably with those Of
the most favored localities
Unlike some other portions Of the
state, Santa Paula and this county never
had an unhealthy boom. We have been
on branch railroad and to one side
somewhat. Within the past few years
IN the near future tIIIs iovalty VIII ue
known far and near as section possess
vored land of Southern California from
becoming good place to come to if you
are not already here"
AS indica ting the business done in
this locality it may be stated that the
pay roll of the Union Oil company alone
is $50, 900 per month.
The herald., 1897-08-15

Not only is the town supplied with an
adequate amount of good, pure water,
fresh from the mountain springs, but
there is enough for irrigation purposes
for many miles around. The Santa Paula
Chronicle, in a recent ISSUE ably. and
truthfully sets forth the advantages OF
this favored locality, as follows:
"Our distance from the coast insures
us a fine, healthful climate. The fogs
seldom reach us, while 1t is neither too
hot in the summer nor too cold in the
winter to be unpleasant Santa Paula
is destined to become residence town,
where the wealthy and those with i'm
paired health will locate, feeling that no
place on the coast possesses more de-
sira BILE features than this. Already San
ia Paula has gained the name of being q
model community We have imposing
school houses and churches on the hill
top and but two saloons in the valley.
We have a high school building that
cost $1,000, and two common school
buildings costing about $4,000, well fur
nished and creditable to a town Of this
size.
There are several strong religious or
ganiZations. The Presbyterians have a
beautiful church edifice which cost about
14000. and is one of the largest and
finest church buildings in Ventura
county. The Methodists have a strong
working society and own a handsome
church. which, with the lot, cost about
$4,000. The Universalists have a splendid
brick church which cost $4,000, being
one of the finest church edifices in this
part of the state. The Catholics have a
neat church that cost them about $4,000.
The Baptists own church costing from
$4,000 to $4,000 The Episcopal society and
Holiness organization each occupies it's
own meeting house. The secret and be-
nevolent societies are we'll represented
here. There are good, thrifty lodges of
Masons, Odd Fellows, Grand Army of
Of the Golden West and Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Company e
of the Seventh regiment, N. G. c., also
has it's headquarters here.
.'It is doubtless known that Santa
Paula is headquarters for California pc
troleum. Here are located the oil wells
of the Union and other we'll known COM
panies The output Of crude oil in this
The herald., 1897-08-15

asphaltum company's plant, which EN-
ploys a large number of men, there has
been established the Ventura Oil COM
pany. This company manufactures
what is now known as the Green Seal
oils. The successful operation of this in
dustry dates from February last and
their manufacture embraces gasoline,
Illuminating oil, stove distillate, neutral
gine distillate, gas distillate. neutral
oils, machine oils, engine oils, cylinder
and dynamo oils, axle grease, asphaltum,
etc. They fully suppl ythe Ventura coun-
ty market.
In the manufacture of cigars Ventura
can boast of factory that is producing
goods of excellent quality. The Wilson
& McGonigle company is turning out
goods that hold the trade wherever they
have been introduced.
Ventura is noted for it's good hotels.
The Rose and the Hotel Anacapa are
the leading first-class hostelries of the
The herald., 1897-08-15
DISTRICT

ally the apiarist rents piece Of ground
adjacent to the foothills, which are COW
cred with sage and other wild flowers
upon which the bees feed. L. E. Mercer,
an apiarist OF many years experience,
estimates the expenses and profits Of
bee keeping as follows: Three hundred
colonies and the outfit cost $1,000; rent
of land. $50; one mans wages. four
months, $3.50; cans and cases. $40; in
terest on investment, 500; total, $780,
The three hundred colonies will yield
rs pounds each-22, 500 pounds-which at
the average price of 51a cents will bring
$1237.50.
Asphaltum has been an export from
Ventura for more than forty years. Ths
asphaltum which laid the first COM
posite sidewalks In San Francisco was
from material quarried in this county.
This industry is now receiving great at
tention from strong companies. with am
Pile means for pushing developments IN
this line, and the product is being ship
ped to all parts Of the world. The As
phaltum company of California, Limit
ed, has recently established extensive
works at Ventura, and it's operations
have given a great impetus to this in
dustry and largely increased the output
of the asphalt mines.
A PROJECTED RAILROAD
Ventura is the county seat Of Ventura
county, and is a thriving, progressive
city Of about 1000 inha bitants. The city
is well built up with good business
blocks, fine hotels. splendid school
houses, handsome church edifices, beau
tiful homes, large wharves for shipping.
and Is in every respect city pleasan.
in which to sojourn and attractive IL
promises of future large expansion Of
business and commercial growth. Just
at present there are possibilities Of quite
little boom in Ventura.
For q number of years the idea Of
Ojai valley has been before the people of
this section In one way or another The
project has at last taken definite shape
and a company has been formed for
pushing the road to completion. suff1-
cient bonus has been raised by the peo-
pie of Ventura to warrant the railroad
builders to go ahead with the enterprise,
and it is expected that all rights of way
and other necessary preliminaries will
soon be acquired and active work on the
road commenced this summer. This road
will open up rich country whose trade
Is tributary to Ventura and also greatly
better the facilities for reaching one
of natures great summer resorts, the
The herald., 1897-08-15

representing all lines Of trade, splendid
school facilities, immense warehouses,
and Is a place that is bound to continue
to grow and prosper as the vast re-
sources of it's tributary country are de-
veloped.
SANTA PAULA
One Of the big towns of Ventura coun-
ty Is Santa Paula. 1t is on the Southern
Pacific line to Santa Barbara, 65 miles
northwestward from Los Angeles. This
is the center of the great oil region of
Ventura county. The output of one com
pany, the Union Oil company, from this
locality is upwards of $4,000 barrels per
month. There are numerous other COM
panies operating in the district, which
brings the annual output up into the
hundreds of thousands of barrels. San
ia Paula has popula tion of about 1900
people. Its Inhabitants can justly claim
that 1t possesses several superior ad-
vantages. among which may be men,
toned its great abundance of good water
from Santa Paula creek, which comes
plunging down from the near mountains.
The herald., 1897-08-15

occurs one of the big horse sales of the
county. at which some 200 head of horses
and the chance to pick up come bargains
in work and driving horses will be excei-
lent.
Hueneme is off the line of the coast
line of the Southern Pacific some eight
miles to the southwest. An excei-
lent stage service to and from
the railroad to the town is rendered by
Chambers & Glenn Bros. They also
maintain at Hueneme splenololV
equipped livery stable, where they turn
out the finest rigs for all parties wishing
to visit different parts of the valley
Mr.. Chambers, of the firm, also operates
a fully equipped we'll boring apparatus
and has bored artesian wells on almost
eyery ranch in the valley. Among the
leading firms of Hueneme are: Wolfl
& Lehman, general merchandise; Mrs
J. A. Fulton, fine millinery; H M. Her
ring. hardware; ]. D. Shipman, cigars
fruits and confectionery; u. L.
Myers, ornamental painter; F. W.. Ger
berding, real estate agent and notary
public; j. Diefenbach, merchant tailor;
w. Dellschafft barber shop and bath
house; Chambers & Whitman. well bor-
ers; A. Levy, dealer and shipper In wool
and grain, beans and barley, etc. In
the Hueneme Herald the town has an
able expoEent-a paper that Is doing
much to advance the interests of the
county and Hueneme in particular. The
Herald has wide circulation in Its
field, and is considered one of the fac
tors in the upbuilding of the business
Interests of the community.
MONTALVO
Montalvo, town of about 300 inhabit-
ants, lie, one Of the big shipping points on
the Southern Pacific railroad in Ventura
county, Situated in the midst of one OF
the most fertile portions of the county
it receives a large part of the trade and
traffic growing out of the shipments
made from the locality. The largest
warehouse on the line for the storage
and shipment of grain, beans, ETC., is
located at Montalvo. The town has fine
school houses, churches and stores rep
, resenting the different lines of trade
and is rapidly building up. 1t is towr
, that will grow steadily and continue II
, increase in volume of business because
! | 1t has one of the richest sections o.
Southern California tributary to it. II
the vicinity of Montalvo about 1400 acre.
. of sugar beets were planted this season
all of which will be ehipped to the Chin
, factory. 1t is expected that severa
The herald., 1897-08-15
HOTEL ANACAPA, VENTURA

good live newspapers to represent her
interests These are four in number, the,
IyJ, IHuepunucnt Nv~oer1J, ~---
Press (weekIy). These papers have done
and are still doing noble work in herald
ing abroad the name and fame of Ven
tura and educating the people far and
wide as to the advantages possessed by
the city and county of Ventura, and
wherever their circulation extends are
a constant reminder to non-residents
that the county possesses attractions
for investment and home building sec
ond to none on the American continent
John McGonigle, editor and proprietor
of the Democrat, recently issued SOU
venir number of his paper, which, in
artistic workmanship and valuable let
The herald., 1897-08-15
BEAUTIFUL ANDPROSPEROUS VENTURA COUNTY

large quaint titles, which are picked and
sold at from so cents to 81 gallon. Hun
dreds of acres have been recently plant
ed to olives. and in a few years time
there will be an immense output. and
many thousands Of gallons of olive oil
In the production Of honey, Ventura
county stands at the head. The honey
crop varies considerably in amount, yet
the business is very profitable, since 1t
requires attention during only four
months of the year, and leaves the bee
keeper free to follow some other pur.
suit during the other eight months. No
feed is cultivated for the bees, and one
man can take care of 800 colonies. Usu-
The herald., 1897-08-15

locality is over 500 barrels per day, or
about 200, 900 barrels annually. The vail
ue of the oil wells and other property
of one company is estimated at two and
one half million dollars. Great quanti-
ties of the best quality of asphaltum ex-
ist near here, and it is shipped to all
parts of the country at good prices.
Valuable rock quarries are being worked
in this county, and stone from them goes
into the finest buildings of Los Angeles
and San Francisco.
Though our valley is narrow and rug
ged mountains rise up on two sides OF
us, from two to ten miles apart, yet
there is a; large amount of good tillable
land within a radius of fifteen miles.
ing more real merit and undeveloped
wealth than any place of like extent on
the Pacific coast. The finishing Of the
coast railroad will have the effect to ac-
quaint the outside people with our un-
surpassed advantages, and it will not be
many years until our towns will be
cities, and this beautiful Santa Clara
valley of the south will be densely pop
ulatedi by prosperous, happy people.
The herald., 1897-08-15

bright and cheerful as the ideal May
Of the eastern states. The average an
and is ample to produce good crops. The
population of the county is upwards
of 10000.
The principal exports are barley.
beans, corn, dried fruits, lemons,
oranges, nuts, wheat, potatoes, petro-
leum, asphaltum, sugar beets, brown
stone and many other articles Of minor
Importance. These are shipped to mar
ket by water from Ventura or Hueneme,
and by the Southern Pacific or by the
Santa Fe road, which has an agency at
Ventura. The principal towns and'cities
of the county are Ventura. the county
seat, Hueneme, Nordhoff, Saticoy,
Montalvo, Ell Rio, Santa Paula, Fill
more, Springville, Piru, Camulos and
Somis, all thriving, prosperous towns
| destined to continuous growth as the
natural resources OF the county are de-
veloped.
| PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL
Ventura county ranks sixth in the
state as to quantity Of citrus fruits pro
duced, and the quality is not excelled
by any grown elsewhere in the state
1 OltTuS ITullS uO uOI lONG lAC SOoS
breezes, but thousands Of acres in thu
interior valleys or the frostless belt O.
the foothills, now used for raising bar
ley or covered with cage brush, are wei
adapted for these most profitable prod
ucts. In these froetless belts Of Ventura
; county is the natural home of the Orange
and here it attains perfection o
growth and flavor not surpassed on th
! coast. 1t has been demonstrated of lat
! years that the lemon Is also a mos
, profitable crop in Ventura county, ant
those who have orchards of this frui
. are all we'll satisfied with the results
] Apricots, oranges and lemons are no
r the only fruits that show dazzling re
J suits however. Prunes, pears apples
: peaches and raisins are produced on
( large scale and bring returns that woul,
, seem fabulous to one not accustomed t
e the prolific yield of soil and climat
such as Ventura Is blessed with. In th
d Ojai valley they consider prune orch
> ard not properly managed If it does no
,, return from $500 to $3.50 per acre.
n While almonds and English walnut
The herald., 1897-08-15

ter press regarding the resources Of this
section of the state, has never been sur
passed by any weekly paper on the
coast. In the matter of the distribution
of outside papers, Frank M. Fulstone,
the popular bookseller and newedealer
takes the Lead, and is The Herald circu-
lator for Ventura.
HUENEME
Hueneme, with population of 300 pro-
gressive people, is situated on projec-
ton OF the Colonia rancho, point run
ming into the sea. 1t lies twelve miles
solth of Ventura and about the same
distance north of Point Magu. 1t is one
Of the most prosperous and beautifully
located towns in the county, and is right
in the heart of the great grain and bean
producing country Of California.
Hueneme pronounced Y-ne-me) is the
largest shipping point south of San Fran
cisco on the seacoast. The writer in
ton with Mrs. Perkins, the man
ager of the Hueneme Wharf company,
learned that the shipments this bean
and grain season will aggregate 100000
sacks of barley, $4,000 sacks Of wheat;
! 60, 900 sacks of corn and 100, 900 sacks Of
beans. In addition to this is the ship
ments of hides, wool, dried fruits, pota-
toes, oranges, lemons, etc., which brings
/ the tonnage up to an enormous amount
considering it is village of only about
900 inhabitants. Mr.. Perkins is not
boomer and while he wished to give the
truth as near as possible as regards the
shipments from this port is more inclined
to underestimate than overrate the bust
ness transacted in Hueneme. One o.
the illustrations on this page gives 6
Photographic view of the approaches t.
the wharf where the six and ten hors
and mule teams of the farmers are linet
up waiting their turn to drive on to tn
. scales and to the warehouse where the,
will receive their receipts for weigh
: and order for the coin for their valuabl
load To accommodate this traffic
. wharf 1000 feet long has been constructed