The Newtown bee., 1904-07-15

birds broke out from one corral and in the morning it was found that one
 large male bird had caught one leg in such way that death came by hang
 ing. We were told we must by all means go through the Baldwin ranch of 64, 900 acres. We did, and it was
 both . disappointment and pleasure. expecting to be driven through an i'm
 mense we'll gro0med park ranch, where everything insthe line of what money
 could do under the direction of skilled
 horticultural artisans would be
 brought out in most lavish scenic and artistic beauty. Of course in 8 two
 hours drive 1t was impossible to cover . ranch of 64, 600 acres in area, but we saw enough to get general idea of the ranch aS whole, relying upon a
 folder placed in our hands to refer to on the way, and to give an idea of the area of some crops and the size of some
 herds, we quote the figures: This ranch was once desert land. Of course water must come first. There are IA artesian wells, over 100 miles of water hundred miles of beautifully laid out roads and drives, miles of eucalyptus, palm and pepper trees. On the ranch are 20, GOO sheep, 5000 cattle, 500 work mules, 500 draught and carriage horses and 260 thorOughbfeds. Twenty-Five thoussnd, acres are devoted to corn, hay and small grains, 20O0 acres of vegetables, 500 acres of deciduOus fruits; apples, apricOts, peaches, plums, figs, almonds and English wal nuts; 500 acres of grapes, 100 acres of olives, 100 acres of grape fruit (pomo- los), loo acres of lemons, and 700 acres of oranges. Ranch hands live in quar- ters on different parts of the ranch, and the amount of hands employed depends upon the condition and area of crops Sometimes, we were told, as many As 500 men were under pay. There is large winery on the place where the wine is manufactured from the vine is stored. We were told no visttQr could afford to return home without placing his order for some of these rare old wines. But.We failed to follow out the injunction, for which we hope our friends in the East will excuse us on ouf return. The owner of the ranch is now past 30 years, and though still he shows much vigor, the weakening of the master mind and hand cannot help to be seen in the s'n0t doing, Of many little details that naturally come along. It was 9 hot, burning sun under which we rode, al- thosieh we were driven through many shady stretches of we'll oiled road, for they even have an oil we'll on the ranch. The main line of the Santa Fe railroad run8 through the ranch, and the station is called Arcadia. Pro- mOters are trying to turn the attention of Gpeculat0fR 10 the ranch now, as 1t Is offered for sale. and 8 city in em-' bryo supposed to be in evidence. It was
 THE LARGEST STOCK RANCH
 I had been on, and to see work on such large scale so successfully carried on, was interesting to me, though l did not envy the owner. After leaving Raldwin's ranch we took the observa- tion car that took us to Los Angeles by what Is called the short line or "Or- ange Grove route, :" for there are large orange groves nearly all the way, y,Lwith occasional stretches of pasture, dotted with live oak trees with cattle grazing in their shade. We crossed the Los Angeles river, which is as dry as salt codfish, and will be until next Decem- Der.
 i We had been invited to take dinner 1AN opeAo CAc SSSAAHk W1tA NIB Johnson g old-time friend, Esther Flaw ley of girlhood days, now widow of Rev '. F. Goodhue, once successful teach CT in Newtown Academy. She has been spending the past winter and spring with her daughter, Marion, now the wife of the Rev Stephen F. Sherman, rector of an Episcopal church. We found the place and the day's happenings were we'll rounded out with our pleasant visit there. Los Angeles seems an easy place to get about in, when one once gets his bear ings, and though we were in strange finding our way back to our hotel. Through all the business and residen- tial parts of the city we traversed, we commented upon the
 ORDERLY AND HELPFUL WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE MOVED ABOUT.
 Although the side and cross walks
 were full of people there was very lit tie occasion to call upon 8 policeman. In fact they were so scarce 1 once asked 6 man on the sidewalk "Where do you keep your policemen?" He re- piled, 'The people are all SO busy mihding their own business we do not need many" And it did look much
 that way. The petroleum industry in Southern California outranks all
 mining industries, and Los Angeles
 county produces One.fourth of the total product of the state. In the northern part of Los Angeles city there is well
 defined belt, and oil wells are so thick in the belt as to crowd out all families
 whOake able to give uptheir homes fol
 other localities. Before the oil devel' Opment, what is now the oil belt was the most desirable land in the city fol
 building lots, so we have been told.
 The oil is of 8 heavier grade than Eastern oil, with an asphaltum base
 and is used almost exclusively fol
 fuel and oiling roads, though much of
 it Is used in the manufacture of as phalt. A careful test shows that oil at S1 barrel for fuel is equal to coal at e4 ton. The city is we'll supplied
 with railroad communication. In ad. ditiOn to the Southern Pacific and
 Santa Fe, 2 new road has just been completed called the San Pedro, Los
 Angeles and Salt Lake railroad, fur
 nishing direct transportation from
 Salt Lake City to the Pacific coast at
 San Pedro via Los Angeles, and will
 be AIS miles shorter than the old way
 by San Francisco, over the Central Pacific, making the distance from the City of Zion to the City ot the Angels
 750 miles, and the time less than 24