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| water should be sold by irrigating COM
panies. This new law gave rise to an
| irrepre ssi ible conflict between the water
company and the consumers and users
| Of water.
| The people finally became afraid OF the
board of supervisors. fearing that they
would yield too much to powerful cor
poration. and desirous OF getting mat
ters in their own hands more securely,
! they proposed in 1888 to incorporate the
city of Riverside and thus elect their
| own board of city trustees who would
thereafter fix the water rates for the
| people who elected them. The question
of incorporation was fought through on
| this basis, and for this reason the boun-
daries of the proposed city were eX-
tended so as to include all the lands un-
der the flow of the canals from two miles
above the town proper to the Temescal
wash, a distance of about eighteen
miles. The people mostly fought for in
corporation and the water company
fought against it, but the city was in
corporated. and the supreme court said
| the work was we'll done.
In 1886 the Citizens Water company
i was incorporated for the purpose of op-
posing the further spread of water down
! the valley to unimproved lands until the
| company should obtain more water and
| improve the system so as to save the
then scant supply. This company was
| compoe ed of the leading and most influ-
entail citizens of the valley, including
| such men as H. b. Everest, George
| Crawford o. T. Dyer, T. II. 3. Chamblin
| and others. This move eliminated in
compromise between the people and the
| ans-Felton water company whereby
| the water rights and canals and half
| interest in all the unirrigated lands were
sold to new company to be formed,
the stock of which company should be
purchased by the people at the rate of
$40 per share, with two shares per acre.
| Bonds of the company were to be is
sued to the extent of $3.50, 900. A portion
| of these bonds was to go to Evans q
FELTON, for their interest in the water
/ and land, and a portion was to be sold
| for money with which to improve the
canals and develop more water. Water
was not to be spread over the unirri
gated lands until the people said there
was enough to spare for that purpose.
The water controversy being settled,
unparalleled prosperity followed. The
! water system mas Deen lInproNeu untll
it is one of the very finest in the state.
| A piped system of pure artesian water,
under heavy pressure furnishes domes
tic water to the people of the valley,
enabling them to cultivate lawns and
| erect fountains. The canals have been
| cemented to a great extent, and to
large portion of the valley the water
has been conveyed in pipes from the ca
| lot wi Of
the unsightly and unhealthy open
bitches.
In doing this work the company has
incurred heavy bonded debt, amount
ing to about 100000. The interest on
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ORANGE COUNTY

Originally Orange county was a por-
ton Of Los Angeles county. but during
the legislative session of 1889 bill was
passed creating the new county OF
Orange, which Included within it's limits
all that southeast portion of Los An
geles county located to the southeas.
of Coyote creek.
INCREASE OF POPULATION
In 1880 the territory now included in
Orange county had population of 5575.
In 1890, the year after the formation of
the county, the federal census showed
a population Of 13,60O, an increase of
PA per cent. The school census of
1896 shows Orange county % have a
population Of 21,547 an increase in six
years of IS per cent. But one other coun-
ty in the state-Ventura--has grown In
population more rapidly during the past
six years than has Orange.
EARLY CIVILIZATION
The old San Juan Capistrano mission
was founded in ITS, but It was not final-
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this debt and the running expenses oil
the system must be met annually to the
extent of about $4,000. and to meet this
expense the company has recently fixed
the water rates at 10 cents per inch, with
an additional charge of $3.50 per acre.
They took this course instead of levy
ing an assessment on the stock of the
company, which they might have done.
Some of the people propose to take this
question into the courts, whereas an
assessment on the stock of the company
would not have been subject to such an
attack.
The company has sold but little of Its
/ unimproved land. If times should i'm
prove so as to bring the price OF this
land I'D to where 1t was nine years ago,
they could sell their 5000 acres for $3.50
per acre. and nearly pay their bonded
debt. but they do not expect to see prices
reach that point again, because it is now
known that most of these unsold lands
are too cold for citrus fruit culture.
But who knows what the future has in
store for us? Many people who are in
the habit of looking on the dark side Of
pictures will be pleasantly surprised be-
fore the close of the century.
There are now about 5000 acres of land
under cultivation, mostly to fruits, un-
der the flow of the Riverside canal sys-
TEN.
The business portion of the city of
Riverside has rapidly developed. Sew
eral of the principal streets have been
substantially paved and cement side
walks are extended out from the busi-
ness center in every direction.
a;t ic Iiob cd hx ~ac = nd plpCfrir-
ity-electric lights being placed at short
intervals all along the thickly settled
portion of Magnolia avenue. also along
some of the other principal streets of the
city. The city owns its own electric
plant so far as the distribution of the
light is concerned. but it buys its cleo
tricity from the Redlands Electric Light
and Power company.
Riverside is now the county seat OF
Riverside county.
THE GAGE CANAL
In 1883 Matthew Gage inaugurated
work on what has since been known as
the Gage canal system. He had no
money but he had energy and his kind
of energy seemed to be legal tender
He contracted for the purchase of
large tract of water-bearing lands on
the Santa Ana river. between San Ber-
nardino and Redlancs. He purchased
some small water rights ard developed
a large amount of water by means of
artesian wells He surveyed a canal line
extending along the foothills, covering
about 1000 acres of choice land on the
plains east of Riverside. This land was
government domain. occupied by home
steaders mostly. Mr. Gage took up one
section under the desert act, 500 acres of
which lay below his canal survey.
Mr.. Gage then contracted with the
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ty-five boxes of oranges in single sea-
son that sold for 81 per box on the tree.
A hundred such trees to the acre would
support family and 100 such acres
would be all a man would want
The celebrated Washington navel was
introduced into Riverside in 1872, and the
first fruit of this variety was exhibited
in 1878 al little gathering of neighbors
at the residence of G. w. Garcelon.
This fruit created a sensation in the
spring of 1879 when the Southern Califor-
mia Horticultural society, under the pres
idency of the late Hon. ]. de Barth
Shorb. held the first citrus fair ever
held in the United States at Odd Fell
lows hall in Riverside. Today two
thirds of the orange crop of California
is of this variety. The navel sells for
$500 to 5000 car this season, while 9TH
er varieties are bringing from $3.50 to
$500 per car.
1t was not known what varieties of
fruit would do best in Riverside and
hence all kinds were tried and one va
. riety after another was abandoned Wal
| nuts and almonds were planted and dug
up after years of trial and after the raj
sin grape had been tried and found prof
| liable for season II too became unprof-
table and the vines-many of them at
least-were dug up to make room for
the more profitable citrus fruits. In the
lower lands the apricot and peach have
proved profitable and there is a large
acreage under the Riverside canals
where deciduous fruits will prove more
profitable one year with another than
the more tender citrus fruits, because
of the cold winters.
Mot ~; FIN tel baJ 10 ;,.
rigators at the extremely low price of 4
flow. and a steady domestic stream was
furnished by the year at much lower
rate. This price was afterwards ad-
vanced to cents per inch and again to
7ls cents per inch.
The theory of the original land and
water company was to sell the land
with the water right at a low figure
and then make their money from the
perpetual sale of water.
In 1874 Mr. S. c. Evans and ]. W. Say
ward purchased the Hartshorn tract,
now known as Arlington. They COM
menced the construction of an indepen-
dent canal on a lower level. but after
wards bought out the old company and
consolidated the two systems, which had
the disadvantage af giving the valley
two long canals to construct and main
tain, whereas one canal would have
served just as well at one-half the ex-
pense.
In 1879 the new company. then owned
by S. c. Evans and Hon. c. n. FELTON,,
purchased another tract of land from the
tin mine company, thus extending their
interests to the Temescal wash.
In the meantime the laws of the state
had been so amended that boards of SUI
pervisors could fix the rates at which |
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| acres of orange and lemon orchard un-
| der that canal which are now coming
| into bearing, and which in five years
! more will furnish as many thousand cars
of oranges and lemons annually to the
market-a reliable crop that will never
be damaged by frost.
The orchards under the Riverside ca
nal will swell this output to from TO-
900 to $4,000 carloads, as good orchard
ought to furnish carload of fruit to the
acre, and many orchards are yielding at
that rate during this season OF light
crops.
ITS NEWSPAPERS
The newspapers of Riverside have kept
pace with other developments. The
Press was established in 1878 by J. II.
Roe as a weekly. In 1880 II was pur-
chased by l.. M. Holt and changed to
the Press and Horticulturist. A little
later a tf-weekly was published, and
then daily. Mr. Holt sold out in Sep
tember. 1883. since time several
changes have taken place in the
ownership of the paper but Hon.
E. w. Holmes has been the edi-
tor most of the time until re-
Gently. The paper is now owned by the
0idTht NitI - 4 ~AeAA 49, 49,
editor.
The Enterprise was established by
Mark Plaisted in 1890 as daily, and has
ever since been under his vigorous busi-
ness management as Democratic
sheet. Mark learned the printing busi-
ness in the Press office. and is proving to
be a live newspaper man.
Several years ago the Reflex, bright
newsy weekly, was established by Mr..
Baumgartner. and is credit to the val
ley. The Reflex and Press are Repub-
lican In politics.
INCREASE OF THE ORANGE CROP
The development of the orange indus
try is represented by the shipments OF
fruit from Riverside for the past sew
enteen years. which have been in car
load lots, as follows:
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town was Incorporated recently under
the name Of Corona. by which name 1t
is now generally known. 1t has good
hotel-the Temescal house-kept by O..
A. Smith, and the Corona Courier pub
lished by Herb c. Foster, Is live local
newspaper.
SAN JACINTO VALLEY
To the east OF Riverside. just over the
range of hills, lies the San Jacinto val
ley. comprising about 100000 acres of
land. In the east end OF this valley is
found the town of San Jaclnto, Wig
orous little business center. A G. Mum
publishes the local paper here-the Reg
lister. This town Is the present terminus
of the San Jacinto branch of the Santa
Fe system.
A little further south is the town of
Hemet, also on the railroad. This is the
business center for the Hemet tract Of
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land, which is watered by the Hemet
reservoir-an artificial lake constructed
on the headwaters of the south branch
Of the San Jacinto river. The News Is
published at Hemet by Joe p. Kerr.
The San Jacinto and Pleasant Valley
irrigation district was formed In 1891 out
of the country lying to the west of Hem
ct and extending nearly to Perris. The
district contained 19.70O acres. and it gets
its water from the San Jacinto river
and from the percolating water devel-
opments of the cienegas to the south
east of San Jacinto The system and dis
trict has proved very successful The
town of Winchester is the business GEN.
ter of this section. The local paper
the Recorder-is very successfully con-
Quoted by lady-Miss S. NJ. Case.
In 1891 the Alessandro and Perris ir-
rigation districts were formed. and con-
tracted with the Bear Valley Irrigation
company for water. The company de-
livered to the Alessandro irrigation dis
trict two class B water certificates for
each acre of land in the district-25, 500
acres in exchange for s725.OO0 in bonds
of the district. This was supposed to
give the lands in the district a water
TlSnt equal W Ollt " iooi oNiNt
The annual payment per acre on this
water right was to be s556. The Perris
district also contracted for 5000 acre
water right certificates-one to the acre
paying therefor in bonds at the rate
Of SIS per acre, with an annual payment
OF s2.7S per acre.
Under this program the town OF Mo-
reno was laid out and nicely started
and a large acreage of the Alessandro
district was put under cultivation. The
Bear Valley company put in pipe line
to convey about 500 inches Of water to
the Alessandro district and about 25O
inches to Perris. The company soon af-
ter went into the hands of a receiver,
having been irretrievably wrecked. The
water Is still delivered. but the amount
contracted for will probably never be
forthcoming and now the courts are de-
claring the bonds issued by the district
Illegal
Perris has a weekly newspaper-the
New Era-published by Allen c. Keith.
Elsinore was established on the east
bank of the Elsinore lake in 1883, and has
grown into very nice town and settle
ment To the north OF this town are ex-
tensive coal deposits also clay for very
fine pottery works.
GRAIN ACREAGE
This year the acreage sown to grain in
nj
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ly completed until 1906. 1t is the Oldest
settlement in the county. This mission
was destroyed by an earthquake on De-
cember 8. 1912, at which time services
were being held in the mission AMI
forty-nine dead bodies were taken from
the ruins The population of that sec
ton at that time was 1361-mostly Mex
leans and Indians.
THE MOTHER COLONY
Anaheim is the oldest town in ths
county. having been settled by the Ger
mans in 1868. The colony took up and
occupied 1100 acres of land and placed
a family on each 20-acre tract Ana
helm has the honor of being called the
Mother Colony" Of Southern California.
The colony built a ditch to take water
for irrigation purposes from the Santa
Ana river. The ditch was cheaply con-
structed through the sandy river bot
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This year the acreage sown to grain II
Riverside county Is given as follows:
Total .........'..'...... ''.'.'o'o" oi'7"i
INCREASE OF POPULATION

In 1890 the counties of San Bernardino
and San Diego contained population
of 6O,4S4 In 1896 the population had in
creased to 81, 739-a gain of 21, 2555. Dur
ing this period Riverside was formed
from these two counties, and in 1896
Riverside county had a population of
1889. Riverside enjoyed its proportion
of this increase. which in six years was
greater than the population Of this
county
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Total for seventeen years..........l9.S $50
1t has been generally believed through
out the state that the orange crop of
Southern California was this year very
light, and that Riverside would not mar
ket over one-third or one-half OF a crop.
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY

The legislature of California during its
session of 1898 passed the bill which pro-
vided for the formation of Riverside
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11
Mortgage Sale.

Notice is hereby given, that default having
been made in the payment of the promissory
note and debt secured by mortgage made
to me, the Undersigned by Herbert L. Nc
Cornell, on the Goth day of June, A. D., 1889,
which was filed for record. in the office Of
the probate judge, of jefferson county, state
: OF Alabama on the I'D day of June, 1889,
and recorded in vol. 12b on pages 553, 554 and
555, on 18th day of July, 1899; and the COW
,enants Ia said mortgage not having been
/, w u. Boyd the mortgage, in said
mortgage, by virtue of the authority by the
power of sale therein conferred, will on the
4TH DAY OF MARCH, s-....e--,
next, sell at public cutlery, before the court
house of jefferson county, in the city of
Birmingham, state of Alabama, for cash,
the property or real estate covered and IN
cluded in said mortgage, and described as
follows, to-wt =.
"That certain real estate known and de-
scribed as follows: Lot numbered GCD one
hundred and four, north side of 4th avenue
north, as laid down in the original plan of
the city of Birmingham, -but known and des,,
ignated according TO the present plan of said
city and of the property of the Elyton Land
company as lot No. QO fifteen in block No.
$50 fifty-nine, etc." w. Il. BOYD,
2-9-16-23su Mortgage.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11
Chicago ,Change.


Chicago Feb 10.-The wheat market was
bulled on sentiment during the morning
hours of todays session and after noon it
broke on news and the snow storm. Local
traders were willing and anxious for prices
to advance and, with that desire actuating
them, bought in excess of their ability to
carry Finding that beyond a certain point
prices would not rise. they undertook TO
realize such action precipitatng a break
of NC from the outside. May wheat OPP
ened from 76a4c to 1850, sold between 77Ssc
and 7e1s@7GAc, closing at 76ssc-7sc under
yesterday Cash wheat was irregular,
Corn was not greaeiy affected by the early
strength of wheat. The popular form of
trading in this market during the morning
was to buy and sell at the same price, SO
that scapers found their operations not I'M
profitable, If they were not proftable. The
weakness of wheat. near the close caused
corn TO drop in price. May corn opened
at a. sold between 241241sc and 235sc,' clos
ing at the inside-Ss@ 1sc under yesterday.
Cash corn sold at steady prices. but the
break in futures after cash trading was con-
cluded resulted in an easier feeling.
The same conditions which prevailed in
the corn market were present in that of
oats. Trading was of a very light order
and consisted mainly of insignificant scalp
ing transactions in which the loss or gain,
great. Oats were weakened with the other
grains later In the day. May oats closed
&c lower than yesterday. Cash oats were
weak and 1d1sc lower.
ProYisons-A very listless action was not
ed in provisions.l The hog market was de-
with it provisions declined. May pork
closed 71ac lower, May lard sc lower and
May ribs 5G71ac lower.
Leading futures ranged as Follows:
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11
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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11

loaf, $40; standard granulated. 1897; con-
fectioners' "a" $3.S5.
Molasses quiet; open kettle. SQ1sc CEN
trifugal. according TO grade, 5qlOc; syrup,
Rice. steady; fancy. 5&a6c; fair. 4q4Ac;
common nominal.
Flour, patents. S4s5d49O; extra fancy.
S4.40G450 A.
Corn. No, mixed s2q33e; do. white sacked
and yellow,-3 Sc.
Oats, No. 2, western, 25lR426c; choice, &c.
Hay. prime, Si2.5od44 50; choice, s155Oa1e
Pork, $3.50. sF-
Dry salt shoulders. s465; short clear, 40
49sc; short rib sides, 4ssc.
Bacon shoulders, 55sq5&lc; short clear and
short rib sides, sac.
Hams, 915QI1Qc.
Coffee, Rio. fair. 14Ac; good ordinary 111ze;
common, 10c: Mexieans good, 1T1bc; fair, lIc.
Cotton seed oilsstrictly prime, crude in
bulk, 16@l6lsc; in barrels, 1712@1Sc; refined,
22lac. :
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11

New York, Feb 10.-Prices were again
lower in the cotton market today. A
decline in Liverpool and full receipts were
the chief features this morning and our
market opened points lower in the alb
sence Of news to inflilence the trading,
the market was inactive during most of
the day but in the last hour there was
considerable selling out of long cotton
and prices broke sharply. May opened
at $50, the highest price of the day, de-
cllned to $50, and closed at 6.91@6.92, with
the market steady at the decline. A
prominent German bear was a large buy
er at the close. We think the short in
terest has been much increased of late
and do not favor selling.
RIORDAN & co.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11
Notice.

The stockholders of the Birmingham Roll
ing Mill company are hereby notified that a
meeting of the stockholders of said COM
pany is hereby called, said. meeting, to be
of Birmingham, Ala, -on Friday, the 18th
day of March, 1897, at the hour of II O'Clock.
is for the stockholders of said corporation
to consider whether or not they will author
ize an issue of $4,000 Of preferred stock of
also to elect a board of directors. for the
ensuing year, and for such other business
as may come before said meeting.
Dated Feb. s, 1897.
Birmingham Rolling Mill Company,
By JAS. G. CALDWELL,
Attest: President.
W. w. HITE, Acting Secretary
2-q-oaw-4W
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FOR SALE.

S2650-2-story s-room residence; fronts east.
25th ST., near 9Th ave. N. All modern con-
Yenienees; liberal terms. =
S16.0O0-N. 10th St, well in splendid invest
ment; rents for 81, 800. 81 @4
S900o-Handsome brick residence on 9Th ave.
N. near 18th St, and very desirable in ev-
cry way; rents $3.50 persannum. Good home
or investment. - ~
$2759-South Highlands home. Elegant in
every way; all modern conveniences. A
rare bargain now as an Investment
S2650-Buys cottages on lot on Ave e;
rent for 1913. rs per month to good white ten
ants Owner must realize on this property.
S7500-One Of the most beautiful and de-
sirable places on 9Th ave. n. must be sold.
Two cottages to rent; also stores, offices
and sleeping rooms.
Glad to have anyone call at our office
for Information of any kind regarding prop
erty or values.
ROSCOE MCCONNELL & CO.,
Tel. 61S. 202ils First ave.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-11
For SALE.

s450-s10O cash, balance $40 per month for
lot 50x165 with nice cottage, at East Wood
lawn, on car line. -
k$f500-Lot on 4th ave-. near 10Th t.,AwIth
two houses, 500 cash, balance on easy and
long time.
SS00-Lot 100x100 it., with-4-room house, ath
ave, between 10th and 18th sts., $500 cash,
balance long time.
se00-14 acres of land. one and half miles
northeast of East Lake. A good bargain.
$S00-1(0x100 IT., beautiful corner lot, Ave
nue. +. and Goth st. Smith Stillman.
1z01s 18th st.