The herald., 1897-03-05
POMONA
Activity Among Orange Deaiers-Some Dizzy
Pomelo Figures


POMONA, March 4.-There has been
quite active operations in packing and
shipping oranges here for the past week
or ten days. The association and also
the various firms in the business have
been kept busy filling orders. The Seth
Richards packing house, at North Po
mona, has been the scene of busy op-
erations, handling the fruit from that ia
nous orchard, in which there are now
in round numbers 25000 navel orange
trees in bearing 1t is thought this
grove will have an output this season
of between fifty and sixty carloads of
as fine navel oranges as can be found in
the valley. The prices are reported as
very good.
A calculation made on the one lone
pomelo, or grape fruit tree. owned by
John D. Cason, upon the present years
crop actually startles one. From this
tree, the only one on his ranch, eighteen
loose boxes making fifteen packed box
es, were gathered, and the price per box
now quoted in the New York market is
$40. Now deducting, say, S1.25 for get
ting the fruit to market, and there would
be $S.75 per box net. No use in attempt
ing to figure on ten-acre ranch.
This is the way the Progress, one of
Pomona's oldest and best known news
papers, puts it in speaking of repre-
sentative of The Herald in its issue of
today: IL. NJ Holt, the veteran news
paper editor, who was a resident of Po-
mona in the early days of the town, and
whose name Holt avenue bears, paid
the Progress office a call yesterday. He
is now connected with the Los Angeles
Herald under its new management, and
has charge of the field work of that pa
per- He hopes to build up it's outside
,lr. .-fN
of any paper in Southern California.
The Herald has alredy taken several
long strides in that direction. Mr.. Holt
can recount many "reminiscences of early
days in Southern California, and as he
looked up and down Second street yes
terday he recalled the time when he
sold lot in the heart of the city for
$S5, and the purchaser afterward wanted
to throw up the deal"
1t is now announced that an engage
ment through Wint b. Ross has been
secured for three engagements to be
given in Pomona under the auspices of
the Fruit and Flower mission girls
which, by the way, is one of the best
charity and benevolent organizations
in town-for their benefit and in such
a manner as to relieve them from any
risk as to loss. The price decided upon
for the series is only 81 for the three en-
tertainments.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church will hold it's
regular monthly social in the parlors
of the church tomorrow (Friday) even
ing.
There is to be Loyal legion contest
held in the Methodist church of this
city Saturday evening.
Sunday next will be foreign mission
day at the Christian church, and Prof.
F. NJ. Dowlirg's morning discourse will
be along this line, on Medical Mis-
sions" In the evening he will deliver
his third sermon in the series on "Our
Homes"
At st. Paul's church, on Wednesdays
in Lent, at o'clock evening prayer, vis-
iting clergy will give addresses as fol-
lows: aMrch 10, Rev. Henderson Judd
of the Bishops chapel, Garvanza; March
II, Rev John Gray, rector of st. Paups
church, Los Angeles; March "a, Rev.
M. c. Dotten, Phi. D., rector oil All Saints
church, Riverside; March 81, Rev. B. w.
r. Tayier. rector of st. Johns Episcopal
ohruch, Los Angeles; April Z, Rev. A. G.
L. Trew, d. D., rector of Church of the
Epiphany. Los Angeles.
AT the drill contest in Armory hall
last evening. Corporal Alba HURT won
the gold medal prize, known as the
Winters medal. and Privates Lee Beck
ett and Will Thurman carried off the
honors in the handball tournament con-
test
Sam De Lapp. the present engineer
of the Pomona-North Pomona motor
line, is authority for the statement that
Manley A. Thayer, the laundry engineer
killed in Los Angeles, an account of
which appears in this morning s. Herald,
was formerly in Pomona, and was engi-
neer on this same motor line.
DR.. T. c. Kernahan has so far recov-
cred from his severe illness as to be
able to ride out in carriage.