The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-04
ONE HUNDRED CARLOADS
INCREASE IN THE ORANGE SHIP
MENTs AT FULLERTON
A Walnut Expert Offers Encouraging
Facts and Figures for
This Year

FULLERTON. July 2-During the past
week oranges were shipped from Fullerton
as follows: Placentia association, four car
loads; George B. Key, four carloads Earl
Fruit company, one carload; Golden Belt
Fruit company, one carload; Chapman
Bros, four carloads total, for the week,
fourteen carloads; to date. 40i carloads. Up
to the present time there is an increase Of
over 100 carloads over any previous years
shipments.
Miss Leila Pfeninger has been elected
substitute teacher in the public schools Of
Los Angeles.
o. des Oranges, ST., who died a few days
ago at his home in Placentia. at the age Of
SO years. had resided in Southern California
for twenty eight years.
During the past four years the patriotic
people of Fullerton have celebrated :hs
Fourth of July at home, but most of them
will pass the day this year In Los Angeles
Mrs. ]. S. Garnes, who has been here dur
ing the past month visiting the family Of l..
p Drake and family and Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Barrows departed Thursday for her home
in Muscatine, Iowa.
A. Davids of Los Angeles shipped two car
loads Of potatoes from Fullerton this eek.
DR.. A. w. Worm of Los Angeles, who was
here this week looking after his walnut
grove. in an interview with your CORE
spondent regarding the walnut outlook for
the coming crop, says there is no reason
why this growers should not receive from
to 10 cents pound for the entire seasons
output if they will only stand together and
manage the associations wisely. He also
says there Is an average of 1000 tons of wal
nuts sold in the United States annually and
that California last year produced 1850 tons.
about half Of the walnuts consumed In this
country throughout the year. and that after
having travelled through .le principal wal
nut sections of Southern California and OBJ
tanned estimates from reliable sources dur
ing the past few weeks, he believes the
seasons output this year will reach 1900
TONS an increase Of $50 tons over last year.
The doctor also says considering the fact
that the foreign walnut growers have to
wait from fourteen to sixteen years for their
trees to bear and the many disadvantages
they meet in laying the foreign product
down In this country, they cannot compete
with the walnut growers of California
There are about fifty or sixty carloads Of
oranges yet to ship from this point, princi-
pally late Valencias and ST. Michaels, and 1t
will take most Of August to finish up the
years business. Nine months is good
long time to pick and ship an orange crop,
and the new crop will be halt grown before
the old one is all off.
The high school board met Wednesday
and employed Charles E. Haas Of Los An
gees to teach Latin, German, Spanish and
stenography in the high school, He Is a
graduate of Stanford university. Mr.. Haas
will receive a salary of SSb month.
A summer series Of tho farmers institute
will be held In Fullerto.. August 4th and
9TH.
The brick and carpenter work of the new
high school building Is now well under way.
A telegram was received Wednesday
morning announcing the critical illness of
Thomas B. Johnson of Company l., Seventh
regiment, from Fullerton.
With one eption-Santa Apa-Fu;lev-
ton leads the list of contributors to the bat
tleship fund, giving almost double the
amount of ANY town outside Of the county
seat.
]. E. Ford and A. S. Bradford will repre-
sent the I. o. F. of Fullerton at the high
court which meets in Santa Barbara.
During the past two weeks twenty-five ap-
plications have been filed with the Fullerton
A. o. U. w. for membership.
Fullerton's 12S-foot fiagpole was raised
this morning with appropriate cerem jnies
Nearly 500 people were in attendance. At
noon a grand oldtime clambake was given
by the residents of the town and about
fifteen sacks of clans were baked by Ca
terer William Schumacher and served to
the large crowd with other eatables. At
p. m. the Fullerton band, followed by the
home guard, marched from the center of
town to the park near the depot. and few
minutes later Old Glory was floating on top
of the tall pole. Next on the program was
very appropriate patriotic address by
Judge Ballard of Santa Ana, after which
the crowd left for the BAH ground 10 witness
game by home teams