The herald., 1897-12-11
KERN COUNTY.
BAKERsFIELD

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BAKERSFIELD. Dec. 7.-(Special
Correspondence.) The principal topics
Of conversation here are the capture of
Ysabel Molina, who murdered Amelia
Ramos last Thursday, and the Davidson
murder trial. Molina was captured on
Monday afternoon, fifty miles south
west Of Bakersfield, without attempt at
resistance. He confessed to the killing
Of Ramos today, but claimed that 1t was
done in self-defense. There is a we'll
defined rumor on the streets that q
lynching bee is contemplated. as the
frequency of murders in Kern county
has become well nigh intOlerable.
In the Davidson murder trial 1t IL
evident that the line Of defense Is hered-
itary insanity, and expert testimony is
now being introduced in that direction.
Assistant District Attorney Emmons
sharply cross-examined DIR. Helm Of
this city on Monday, some questions
eliciting strenuous objections on the part
of Attorneys H. T. Gage and John T..
Jones. counsel for the defense.
Harry" Gage Is very highly compli-
mented for the able manner in which he
Is conducting the defense. The Cali
| AOELAdA NASiAOSAASiC 0aAiy oH0 WCShiyJ,
referring to Mr. Cages rumored aspira-
ton to become the Republican candidate
for the United States senatorship from
California. says: 'If the fates ordaln
that Mr.. White shall be succeeded by a
Republican. Southern California is GER
tainly entitled to the honor. and We
know Of no more capable and acceptable
man than Henry T. Gage. He is the
only Republican south of Tehachapi big
enough to I'LL Whites place."
The old Warrington mine near Havi-
lah, which was one Of the big producers
In the fifties and from which $4,000. 900
has been taken up to the present year.
was bonded by c. c. Mathews Of Te-
hachapi last May and since re-bonded
by Los Angeles capitalists. It has a
9-foot vein from wall to wall and the
ore is being reduced In a 10-stamp mill
on the ground.
Charles Offer, formerly of Oakland,
Cal, now n resident Of Bakersfield. is
putting In Byron Jackson centrifugal
pump Of fifty-horse power and gasoline
engine on his half-section two miles east
of Bakersfield. He has two 12-inch wells
105 feet in depth. from which, with res
ervoir. he will irrigate the entire half
section. The improvements will cost
about $4,000.
| There Is a movement on foot to in
augurate a series Of low-rate excursions
| from Los Angeles to Bakersfield as an
| inducement to eastern visitors to inves-
tigate the resources of this section of
Kern county. Similar excursions from
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. Ventura,
Santa Paula, Redlands, Ontario, River
side, San Bernardino and many other
towns, few years ago, achieved great
results in the settlement Of lands in their
vicinity. When the fact Is considered
| that $500 eastern visitors arrive In Los
Angeles during the month of October
and 4000 in November, 1t Is certainly an
experiment worth trying to invite those
people to a fertile section of country
comparatively close to Los Angeles, and
yet Is but little known. The metropolis
| of the south has also a direct interest in
promoting this movement as the busi
ness Of Kern county should be tributary
to Los Angeles and Is slowly but surely
becoming so. 1t would be good invest
ment for the large land owners Of Kern
county and business men Of Bakersfield
| to cooperate In the movement by furn-
ishing desirable excursionists with
hotel accommodations and teams to
visit the farming and fruit growing dis
tricts around Bakersfield. North and
southbound eastern excursionists might
also be induced to stop over at Bakers
field on above terms, provided the rail-
road companies will allow such privi-
lege.
This county is practically part of
| Iv,nv sod
extensively as a component part there
Of, its vast extent Of unoccupied but
! fertile farming and fruit growing lands
will be settled with desirable class Of
eastern people ere many years have
passed.
| The opportunities afforded by the
Kern County Land company for sue
cessful colonies are probably unsur-
passed anywhere on the Pacific coast.
This company owns 400, 900 acres Of won
derfully fertile land. large proportion
Of which is irrigated by the most COM
plete canal system in the United States,
and which will produce abundantly all
the cereals and fruits Of the temperate
zone, and in sheltered spots citrus fruits.
The company Is now offering its lands in
large and small tracts at such low prices
and on such easy terms as cannot fail
to secure their speedy settlement. With
the advent Of the San Joaquin Valley
railroad, an important and completing
line of railway that will soon traverse
the county from north to south and
thence to Los Angeles, the prospects
are indeed excellent.
| F. Eugene Gladwin, who owns some
valuable mining property in the Keyes-
vile district, has been in Bakersfield for
| a. week and will return to the mines
| Wednesday night
| Mrs w. ]. Bennett has gone to San
Francisco to visit her sister.
1t rained in Bakersfield for few min
utes this evening. Rain would be well
coined by farmers and all other resi-
dents Of this section at present.
| j. H. Banks, agent Of The Herald, Is
removing his newsstand to Chester ave-
nue., opposite the Arlington hotel. where
subscriptions for delivery Of the paper
anywhere In Bakersfield will be re-
ceived and copies will be sold.
A new system of deciding the char
acter Of lands has been adopted by Com
missioner Herman at Washington, D.
lC., and Is Of local Importance, inasmuch
as much of the land on the dry but fer
tile weed patch comes within the scope
of the homestead laws and not, as for
merly held by the department, under
the desert land act Heretofore land
has been classified upon the arbitrary
standard Of twenty inches Of rainfall per