Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-04-06


as when first put away and much
drier. They intend to keep two thous-
and bushels of this years crop
through next winter.
Notable Owners of Orange Groves
The Chicago Record has a correspon-
dent at Ontario, forty miles east from
Los Angeles, who writes under date
of February II as follows:
Many famous Americans own Or
ange groves in Southern California,
and some of them have orange grove
investmentssrunn up to $4,000 and
even $35, 900. EX-Vice-President Stew
enson has beautiful grove in Pomona
valley. Richard Mansfield, the actor,
has ten-acre and very fruitful grove
in Redlands. Paderewski, the pianist,
bought superb grove at San Diego
when he was in Southern California
last year. United States Senator John
P. Jones Of Nevada, has over SIS, 900
invested in orange growing in Los An
geles county. The late Philip D. Ar
mour owned a large young grove in
the San Gabriel valley, and United
States Senator Elkins of West Virginia
has profitable orange growing prop
erty outside of Pasadena. The late
Charles Dudley Warner had a ten-acre
grove near Ontario. U. S. Grant, Jr.,
has the largest orange grove in San
Diego county. Ex-senator Edmunds OF
Vermont, has a small grove at Red
lands. The late C. P. Huntington
of New York, has a large grove near
Cucamonga, and Thomas A. Edison
has a lemon and orange grove in ST.
ezra Madre."
Mass Meeting Of Citrus Fruit Growers
The state board of agriculture esti-
mates the capital invested directly and
indirectly in the production of Califof.
mia oranges and lemons at $45, 900, 900
and finds that the citrus fruit industry
has raised the valuation of property il
Southern California alone more thar
500, 100000 in twelve years. The nor
NAL value of the crop of citrus fruit fol
1901 is conservatively placed at $1,000,
900; indeed, many who are well in
formed, estimate the orange crop alone
as worth that sum. The magnitude o
the citrus fruit industry and its impor
lance to the country at large from
San Diego to Seattle and Cape Nome
and from Los Angeles to New Yorl
and Quebec, cannot fail to impress ev
eryone. 1t is a grave matter whel
such an industry is put in peril from
lack of railway transportation.
While listening to the discussion
and taking the measure of the mel
assembled in mass meeting last Thurs
day at the Chamber of Commerce, t
devise some means for marketing thei
fruit, the farm editor of the Herald be
came convinced that men of the abilit.
and force of these citrus fruit growers
who calmly depressed deep feeling AM
patiently deliberated over an aggrava
| ting situation, will not stop short til
| they get cars for their fruit, if tn
thing can be done, and the men the,
choose to go on with the task will
not shrink nor fail to do their part
Los Angeles Herald.
Sugar Beet Crop Prizes
Prizes aggregating $4,000 are offeret
by the beet sugar factories of tn
United States to promote the develop
ment of the beet sugar industry an
insure the largest possible profits Q
sugar beet growers, according to tn
OXnard Courier. the recognized expo
nent of the beet sugar interests rep
| T6S0HItu Ill Tie Au10TlCdu b60I OuSd
company. We are told that the con
testants for prizes will embrace tw
classes. That in class one is open t
growers throughout the United States
and numerous prizes will be given TO
the record or statement which show
most clearly or accurately the method
pursued in growing one acre of suga
beets and the results obtained, but re
CARELESS of what the results may BIZ
the object in view in this contest be
ing to encourage beet farmers every
where to report their methods and tn
results.
In class two "many and generou
prizes are given for the crop of suga
beets grown on one acre that contain
the greatest amount of sugar." Onl
those who raise beets for the Chin
and Oxnard factories can compete i
class two in California.
"Thus the growers for these factor
les will simply have to compete BIZ
tween themselves instead of bein
forced to compete with those in othe
parts of the state, or in other section
where the conditions might be differ
ent"
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