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HOTEL PETaoL1A, SANTA PAULA

fruit ripening and vegetation is flaunt-
face of spring, ana 1nvita..o ---,------
giving stroll in the soothing sunshine.
Through bounteous natural and devel-
oped resources and business the
county furnishes a larger tonnage
traffic to the railroad than any other
county in Southern California excepting
Los Angeles.
Ventura county lies on the Pacific
ocean, between Los Angeles and Santa
Barbara counties, about 300 miles south
of San Francisco. 1t covers an area Of
about 1900 square miles, or nearly one
and a half million acres. 1t Is nearly
twice the size of Rhode Island and about
half the size of Connecticut. Its surface
is diversified by spurs of the coast range
OF mountains, and varies in elevation
from the level of the ocean, along its
southern border to a height Of 1000 feet.
About one-third Of its area is embraced
In broad and fertile valleys; another
third is foothills and mountain land, we'll
adapted for fruits and pasturage, and
the balance Is only valuable for wood
land, water storage or mineral deposits
The soil is commonly rich. sandy loan,
easily worked and of great fertility
Well borings in the Santa Clara valley
have proved 1t to be Of uniform character
to a depth Of $50 feet and even the
mountains are not barren and rocky bu
generally covered with a strong growth
of alfilaria and burr clover, which only
grow in good soil and supply the bes
feed for stock.
Ventura Is the best watered county II
Southern California. The Santa Clar,
river traverses It the entire length from
east to west, and is fed by the Piru
Sespe and Santa Paula creeks, all con
siderable and never-failing streams
Then, again, the Ventura river rises il
the mountains near the northern borde
of the county and flows south, emptyiCi
into the Pacific within six miles of tn
mouth of the Santa Clara. It's chic
tributary is the San Antonio creel
which drains the Ojai valley. All thes
streams abound In mountain trout, an
great sport is had in landing the speckle
beauties along their picturesque bank!
IDaddition to the living surface stream
artesian flowing wells are obtained
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equal of which is found in but few places

equal of which is found in but few places
on the coast.
The Ojai valley is a basin created by
nature, whose walls are mountains ris-
ing in all directions. Overlooking the
whole is Mount Topa Topa, rising to
height of 5000 feet. To drive from Ven
tura to Ojai is exceedingly pleasant,
along a beautiful stream abounding in
trout. In many places the road is arched
with sycamore, oak and other trees, fes-
tooned with hanging MOSES and vines.
In this valley, at an elevation OF 1000
feet above sea level, fourteen miles from
Ventura, is located the town of Nordhoff
which is now rea ched by two daily stages
from Ventura and Santa Barbara. 1t
ia popular health resort in winter and
has three hotels, the Ojai Inn, Gally's
Cottages and Knox Villa, all three sur
rounded by shade trees and pleasant
grounds. The long, bright days of South
ern California, with unclouded sky and
gentle winds, invite the invalid to live
in the open air. Especially is this so Of
Nordhoff, which is unvisited by harsh
winds which sometimes sweep inland.
or fogs whose chill is not too agreeable to
the invalid.
THE COUNTY SEAT
AS is natural, a large part of the trade
| of Ventura county gravitates to Ventura
its county seat. The whole surrounding
country adjacent to Ventura Is exceed
ingly rich and the abundance of the soils
productions is something at which te
marvel There are Individual farms II
Ventura that produce as high as $4,000
worth of beans in season. few day
ago one rancher sold his barley crop TO
this year for $27,50O. OF course this il
from some of the big ranches of tn
county, but the smaller places even yiel'
J better in proportion, because usuall
they are better titled.
, New Industries and manufactures ar
: constantly opening up in Ventura an
, adding to its business and to the numbe
t of workmen on the pay roll. Recently
E in addition to the establishment of tn
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ing OF which appears on this page, is one
of the most popular Southern California
hotels. Through the liberal policy pur-
sued by ite proprietor, Mr.. F. Hartman,
the city Of Ventura has received in years
past, and is still receiving, wide adver-
tising abroad, and it Is not too much
to say that to his policy is due. in con-
siderable measure, the high reputation
the town bears as most pleasant place
in which to spend few months, either
in summer or in winter. The Revere
house. under the management of S.
Tobey, is a place where one may find
lodging accommodation.
Ventura is fortunate in having some
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The Land of Barley and Beans, Luscious Fruits and
Fragrant Flowers

county enjoys semi-tropic climate,
tempered by daily ocean breezes and
modified by variety of altitude. The
ordinary limits of temperature along
the coast are from 40 to IS degrees.
Bananas, tomatoes tender plants and
frail flowers thrive, bloom ad bear fruit
and seed year after year without cessa-
ton. In the interior valleys the mer-
curry sometimes crawls up to 100 de-
grees, but the heat is not sultry or op-
pressive, and the nights are always re-
freshingly cool. Blankets are an in
dispensable part of the bedding, and
clothing of medium weight can be worn
comfortably all the year round. There
is IN fact, no winter or summer except
in the almanacs The average tempera-
ture at o'clock in the afternoon OF every
January day for the past eighteen years
has been about 81 degrees. and the aver
age for August during the same period
of time about 20. The mountain peaks
and high mesas are sometimes covered
with snow but frost has so seldom nip
ped the orange groves that 1t Is not con-
sidered, AN element Of danger. For in
valids, Ventura county possesses every
desirable modification of climate, from
cool, bracing breezes Of the coast to the
warm, rarefed atmosphere of the higher
attitudes Sunny skies may be depend
ed upon for three hundred days in the
year, and the most famous resorts in the
Mediterranean possess no natural ad-
vantages not equaled here.
The rainy season is not time of
gloom and discomfort. Rain sometimes
falls as early as October OF as late as
May, but most Of 1t comes in brisk show
ers in December, January and February.
The intervals between showers are as
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will grow almost anywhere, they must
have, in order to obtain the best results
strong, moist soil, with good under
drainage and some irrigation when the
annual rainfall is deficient. Ventura
county presents these conditions more
favorably, perhaps, than almost any
other locality. The Mission olive has
been grown in Ventura county for over
one hundred years, deriving its name
from the founders of the old Mission at
Ventura. Several old orchards produce
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many sections of the county at depth
Of from 40 to $50 feet. Water for do
mestic purposes is supplied by private
wells and in towns by pipe lines at
moderate prices. Irrigation is only
needed for citrus fruits, alfalfa and
vegetable gardens and costs from fifty
cents to five dollars an acre per annum.
With a southern outlook upon the
Pacific ocean, warmed by almost con-
tinuous sunshine, and shielded by noun
tain barriers on the north, Ventura
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thousand acres additional will be plant
ed to beets the coming season.
SATICOY
Saticoy is a live, progressive town Of
about 500 people and is one of the i'm
portant shipping and business points on
the railroad line in Ventura county. The
district Of which it is the center is one
of the richest agricultural and horticul-
tural sections of the state. The town
has good hotels, many business firms,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
The Redfis,d Eneamnman.

Col. E. E. Clough, of Dsadwood, pres
ident OF the board Of commissioners OF
the South Dakota Soldiers Home d.
Hot Springs, who returned home on
Tuesday from the annual meeting OF
the board, and the G. A. r. encamp-
ment, imparts the following information
in relation to the proceedings of the
latter to the Pionesf-Times tHA
The session Of the Grand Army en-
campmsnt that was held at Redfisid
last week was quite largely attended,
and was very interesting meeting.
Subjects germane to the Grand Army
were carefully considered and earnest
action taken. Among the matters that
awakened much interest was how to re-
lievs the old soldiers from the care and
labor incident to the observance Of
Memorial Day. A resolution was adopt
cd instructing the department. COM
mandsr to invite civil and municipal
authorities to accept the responsibility.
The death rate was exceedingly low for
the age Of the veterans.
The Woman's Relief Corps was in
session at the same time which added
to the attractivsnsss Of the occasion.
This order 10 prosperins and is gaining
. vigorous hold among the patriotic
women in the state.
The Sons Of Veterans had not made
much ofa growth until about encamp-
ment time. vixen six posts we're re-
ported ~ being about ready to muster.
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National Guard Encampmsnt

A Pierre special notes the following
order recently issued from the Adjutan!
Generals Office:
State of South Dakota, Adjutent Gen.
erals Office, Pierre, June IL, 1897
General Orders, No. 6: An encamp-
msnt OF the South Dakota National
Guard is authorized at Bryant, $. d.,
July 3 to ~ inclusive, provided the
members of the National Guard attend.
ing said encampment expressly waive
all claims upon the state for pay, allow
auces, transportation, and any personal
injuries received while in attendance at
or going to or returning from said en-.
campment. said waivers to be made in
writing and fled with the captains. who
will turn them over to the camp ad-
jutant.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
and the Chicago and Northwestern rail-
roads have granted rate Of cent Fer
mile TO members of the National Guard
in uniform and furnished with request
from the company commander con.
cerned.
Tents and camp equipage will be pro
yided at Bryant at the expense of the
state and the subsistence will be fur.
nished from fund subscribed by the
citizens of that town. Members OF the
Guard therefore need be under no ex.
pense except that Of transportation to
and from the camp.
Col, Mark w. Sheafs, First regiment,
is designated as commanding officer OF
the encampment. He will issue the
needful orders for its government. BY
command Of Gov. Lee.
II. A. HUMPHREY, Adjutant General.
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Cuba and Mckinley.

Geo. T. Angel, Of Boston, very perti-
nently illustrates President McKinley's
situation in the matter of deciding as to
what would be the most advisable
step to take in relation to Cuba, in the
following story:
Many years ago when our good friend
John j. Clarke was mayor of four then
Sister city"] Roxbury, the FIRE depart
ment of that city la very different one
from that which now exists since Rox-
bury became part of Boston1 sent in
to the mayor q demand for increased
pay. and he called in City Treasurer
dudley [whom lots OF the older citizens
of Boston well remember for consulta-
tion. Mr.. Dudley said in substance. at
can't be done-the citizens are taxed
now almost TO death and they won't
stand it," very well," said the mayor,
"then We won't grant it," "Well, 1
don't know about that" said Dudley,
IF we don't grant these firemen will be
raising Cain all over the city; they'll
be setting fires" "Wsll," said the
mavor, "then perhaps we must grant
it." NO. said Dudley, "it can't be
DONE" "Well. now, Mr.. Dudley" said
the mayor, what would you advise me
to do" "Well," replied Mr.. Dudley, "if
I were in your place I think / would
carefully consider the whole question
and then do the best could under the
circumstances And We think that is
just about the condition that President
Mckinley has been in in regard to
Cuba. 1t should be added to this story
that sometime afterwards Dudley, who
was bachelor and gotten to be quite
an elderly gentleman, concluded to get
married, and the city government pre-
sentsd him with some handsome token
OF their respect and appointed Mayor
Clarke to make the presentation. In
his address he expressed his deep regret
that Mr.. Dudley had postponed his
marriage SO long, but he hoped he "had
carefully considered the matter" and
would endsavor in every way to pro-
mote the happiness of his home by
doing the best he could under the cir
cumstances."
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State Board of Pharmacy.

The State Board of Pharmacy meets
at Deadwood. Thursday. June oath, for
the purpose of examining all Black Hills
applicants for registration as pharma-
cists. The board especially requests that
every person in the Black Hills. district
who ara not registered and are in any
manner connected with dispensing drugs
and poisons avail themselves of the op-
portunity to comply with the law, relat-
ing to the practice Of pharmacy, and the
board will be pleased to meet any Of the
Black Hills druggists at this meeting for
the purpose of discussing the pharma-
csutical intrests of the Black Hills,
Blank applications for examinations
may be had by applying to I. A. Keith,
secretary Of the board, Lake Preston, 8.
d. Applications should be fled bsfore
examination day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Butterine Knocked Ont

Butterine has been knocked out in
Illinois as result Of the signing of The
anti-butterine bill by Gov. Tanner, and
its manufacture will practically cease
July lst. -Four firms are engaged in the
business in Chicago, says late telegram
from that place, and thirty million
pounds of the imitation butter is turned
out every year on which an internal re-
venue tax Of 2 cents q pound. or $780,
600, ispaid. Armour & Co. and Swift &
Co.. both of which firms have plants in
Kansas City, will probably remove their
machinery to that city, while G. II.
Hammond 4 Co. and Braun & Fits are
expected to move to Hammond, Ind.
The closing of the establishments here
will throw several hundred men out OF
employment. 1t is estimated that the
operation Of the new law will put
$4,000, 900 yearly into the pockets of the
farmers.
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The gain in business continues, says
Dun's Review, not without factuation
and at the best moderate, but yet dis
tinct. 1t is still in quantities rather
than prices, although in some branches
an advance in prices appear, but On the
whole the number of hands employ ed,
the volume Of new orders, and tho
amount Of work done, are slowlv in
creasing. Prospect Of good crops Of
wheat and cotton help, growing dsme nd
1 from dealers whose stocks are gradually
gaining consumption depIete also helps,
and in the money and exchange market
large buying and American securities
has an influence. Foreign purchases Of
stocks exceeded sales for the week by
about $4,000 shares, and meanw bile
commercial bills against products TO be
moved hereafter are larger than the
market will take. The outgo of gold
means only that price sufficient to
cover loss by shipment is paid, and the
slackened call for commercial loans this
week is but evidence that preparations
to carry extraordinary stocks Of raw ma
terial against future operations nave
been completed by many large manu-
facturers. Money coming hither from
the west even as late az Jsne 10, with
great crops near at hand, indicate q
healthy condition at the west.
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1t now looks very probable that no
immediate action will be taken by the
government relating to Cuba. A Wash
ington special of recent date says: at
can be unequivocally stated as result
of today's cabinet meeting that no i'm
portant action relating to Cuba will be
taken till the new minister to Madrid
has been chosen and il ct his post.
This means some weeks must elapse
before any vital step can be taken in
the matter of the Cuban situation. The
president is apparently no nearer a
solution Of the problem of securing a
satisfactory man for the Spanish min
istry than heretofore. The delay is
somewhat vexatious to the admins
tration, which 10 anxious to begin ne
gotiations looking to the amslioration
Of the condition of affairs in Cuba as
speedily ~ possible"
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The Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
are wrought up, says late Oklahoma
dispatch, over the new law which goes
into effect July l relating to polygamy.
After that time each of the forty Chey-
enne Indians who has more than one
wife will have TO choose ohs Of two Of
the wives he has and the other wives
must go back to their relatives. The
interest between the squaws. who have
become enlightened to their situation,
has become intense. Every squaw who
wants to remain with her husband is
doing her best to please him, SO that
she will be the lucky wife. There are
forty of these polygamists, and in all
they have over 100 squaws.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Brown Wants to Die.

Charlie Brown, colored, whose very
name 10 repulsive to this community
by reason of his awful crime Of mur-
dering Mrs. Stone, says he is willing to
die on the gahows. He says be is
guilty and ought to be hanged. He
does not appear to fear death but is
calmly awaiting the day when his
earthly career will end. On Monday
he said TO his guard. "Well, this is the
l4th and month from today will be
the end Of ne. I'm better off than you
fellows, for / know when Eye got to
CO." Brown will talk all the time if be
has any one to talk with and be speaks
freely about his awful crime as though
it was matter of no great importance.
He eats and sleeps we'll and derives a
good deal Of comfort and satisfaction
from the frequent calls Of Father Burke,
his spiritual adviser.
II has been reported that Sheriff
Plnnkett has invited Col. Stone. hus-
band of Browns victim. to spring the
trap that shall drop the condemned
man into eternity, aud that Mr.. Stone
had consented to do so. Sheriff Punk
ct: informs the writer that he has not
extended such an invitation. He has
heard some talk upon the subject en-
anating from disinterested parties, but
that is all. He is not sure that he has
the power to do such thing and has
had no intimation from Mr.. Stone that
he would consent to do it. Sheriff
Plunkett is planning the scaffold and
enclosure and win probably put men at
work at it in a short time.-Pioneer-
Times.
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Just Like Mckinley.

An unexpected incident of President
McKinley's southern visit developed
this afternoon, says an Ashville North
Carolina, dispatch of the llth inst, when
it became known to the newspaper men
accompanying the party that tpermission
to enter Baltimore house, George w.
vanderbilt's splendid mansion, had
been refused to them, while extended
to other members Of the party. In the
absence Of both Mr.. Vanderbilt and his
representative the estate is governed by
E. ]. Harding. said to be An Englishman
by birth.
When waited ON by the local COM
mittee of arrangements day or two
ago for permission for the president and
party to enter Baltimore house he
objected strongly to receiving any mem-
bers other than the president and his
cabinet and the ladies with them. So
the matter rested till today, when the
president arrived, and J. addison Por-
ter, his secretary, was told Of the incid-
emf Mr.. Harding was called up on the
telephone by Mr.. Porter and asked If it
were true that newspaper men would
not be admitted to the mansion. Por-
ter was told that II was and he then in
formed Mr.. Harding that the president
considered that the Newspaper men
we're his invited guests on the trip and
that they were ~ much . contingent Of
the party - members Of the cabinet,
and further more that the psesident had
authorised him to say that ifths No W.
paper msn we're barred from the man
sion he would mot step bis foot insids
the estate. This brought things 10 :
crisis and Ar. Hardine capituIated with
the best grAse possible and shA news
paper men were admitted to the man
sion on the same footing - the prssl-
dent and his cabinet
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Salaries Changed

Changes in the salaries of postmaster
in Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska
with classification of a number
cities in each state, have been
nounced, TO take effect July lst. 1fs
following changes in the Black Hills are
noted: Deadwood, increased from
$1,000 to $4,000; Lead, increased from
si,7o0 to $500; Hot Springs, decreased
from $1,000 to $500; Rapid City, de-
creased from sl,700 to 81 900.
While vs. woulG baye been better
ple&Get to chronicle an increase in The
salary of the Custer postmaster, we are
nevertheless thankful that. under the
stress Of hard times. the Office has nobly
held its own.
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South Dakota Honnsss.

A recent Minneapolis special says:
Prof Otto Lugger, state entomoiogist,
has been asked to 60 to Aberdeen, s. d.,
to inspect several varieties Of grass
hoppers that have recently put in an
appearance there. He couldn't get
away at this time, so the Aberdeen peo-
pie sent him samples of the bugs. One
of the lot is dangerous, says Prof.
Lugger; the other two are not. The
one belongs to the Rocky mountain
family that devasted this country In
1873 and 1874, destroying all sorts Of
vegetation. He does not feel. however,
that there is any danger Of q plague this
wear.
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four inches long; three other knife
blades, ranging from one to three inches
In length; thirty-two eight and ten
penny fence nails and spikes; thirty
four sixpenny wire nails, sharp pointed;
twenty six shingle nails; sixteen carpet
tacks; three large screws, one horse.
shoe nail one barbed wire staple
three ounces of fine glass.
Whallen claims 10 have travelled
around the country for the past seven
teen years eating glass and other hard
substances in his vocation as human
ostrich. Up to two weeks ago his
peculiar diet had agreed with him per-
fectly. /. is believed he will recover.
A later dispatch announces the death
of Whallen sometime after the oper.
alton had been performed.
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While the advent of national n


While the advent of national pros
psrity is ardently hoped for by very
large majority of the masses, it is never
theless an apparent fact. that it is also
feared by certain calamity howlers in
oil parts OF the country. There is far
more truth than poetry in the following,
coin Journal: 'The happiest man in
the world in these times is the calamity
editor who finds q case Of genuine
distress among his constituents. It is
feared that the editor of the Omaha
World-Herald will perish of broken
heart unless something occurs TO check
the rise of the wave of prosperity in
Nebraska"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

The Brotherhood of South Sea COL
onists, that left San Francisco on board
the brig Percy Edwards some time ago
TO search the south seas for an adam
less Eden" are reported to have met
with Indifferent success. the glad hand
Of the natives Of the island visited being
persistently withheld. Their cruise
thus far 10 reported az having been q
most dismal failure, their early Utopian
dreams having been ruthlessly dispelled
BY most pronounced desire on the
part Of the isolated islanders to be let
alone-snd the "Adamless Eden" SO
fondly pictured, proves to be misty
mith. The disappointed would-bs
colonists viii dismiss all hope of the
establishment of q new empire, and re-
turn to civilization smothersd in Q sea
Of sadness but, doubtless. much wiser
than they were before they set sail for
the scene Of their mission amid the sun
lit islands Of the south seas.