The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-31
BLESSED SHOWERS
VALUE OF RAINS FOR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Battling With the Scale Commences
Tomorrow-A New Democratic
Paper-Personal Notes

SAN BERNARDINO. Aug. so.-The
shortage of water in this section IL begin
ming to be thing Of the past. for while
there is as ye4no rainfall in the valley.
the desert and mountain range have been
blessed with O bountiful supply-altogether
too much al one time to suit the railroad.
for 1t has suffered on desert and In the
pass quite severely. The rains commenced
Saturday night and for twenty-four hours
came down, at times assuming the appear
ance OF a cloudburst. At Bear valley the
reservoir had been depleted Of nearly its
entire supply of water; the upper lake has
been filled nearly to the brifn. All the
mountain streams have revived and the ar
tesian underground lake has commenced to
fill so much so that wells already. within
forty-eight hours of the rain, forty miles
away, begn to flow more freely. According
to Indian signs, this early downpour pre-
sages q wet winter, a contamination most
devoutly to be wished.
Horticultural Notes
A communication has been received BY
Horticultural Commissioner 8. A. Pease
from Antonio Berlese, n. Scou1A Superiore
di Agriculture, Porticl. Italy, asking for
samples Of the Icerya PURCHASE or cottony
cushion scale for study and investigation.
He asks for from thirty to fifty twigs
covered with the scale to be fumigated
killing the scale. and sent by mail The or
der will be filled. in part at least, as this
scale is not az plentiful as formerly.
According to the horticultural almanac,
the scale on the orange tree is ripe about the
f1rst of septernber and tomorrow work will
be commenced gathering In, the harvest.
The plan Is very simple-a large tent IL
thrown over the tree, a vessel con. aiming
the chemicals IL showed under the tent and
In a short time the fumes have killed every
particle Of animal life there II within the
tent. Birds and bugs 20 with the scale II
caught there. The commission has 16C
tents Of thirty to each crew. the whole I'M
der the SUPERVISION Of j. g. Fink Of Ontario,
who has appointed as his foremen A. L.
Dean. Caspar Conner Frank Haasis. II. r.
n. Mytton and John Mitchell. each TO have
charge Of a act Of tents and funiea Tim
crew. Each foreman Will have three men
men under him. EXCEPT the crew that han
3les the large sheet tents for the extra
large trees. which will have an extra man.
Work will be commenced Thursday, the
commission having over 1000 acres booked
for fumipat,on already.
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