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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24
Christmas eve.-S
A joyous Christmas to all.

Will the Republicans revise the tar
IL: Will the millennium arrive In our
day and generation?-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24

TERMS = Daily, 10 cents per week.
weekly. 81 per year In advance.
All communications of argumentatfve
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24

A little shiny drop of water fell on
Jack Winton's hand. He jumped up
and rubbed his eyes
Christmas is just the same" he
cried Its just the same. after ALL
It's all in fellows heart There must
be love and happiness and friends and
children at Christmas"
He grabbed his great coat. putting
IL on as he walked across the floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1894
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill tEn-
tered at the postomce a. second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-24

~ THE J. w. POTTER co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
THE IMPERIAL SECTION
OF SAN DIEGO COUNT

l.
The Imperial valley is adding mil
lions of wealth to the state, and 1t is
all in San Diego county.
In 1902 there were about $4,000
acres planted to crops, and wheat and
barley was tried for the first time.
Men who have learned how to SOW
and irr1gate wheat on the Imperial
valley lands say that it is an easy
matter to have a wheat crop produce
forty-five bushels to the acre, and
that such a yield can be depended
upon year after year; for while there
is no rain in the valley to speak Of
only about two inches a year-the
wheat ranchers can secure the best
of results by the application of the
right; amount Of water at the right
time from the irrigation system.
There is no doubt but that this
magnificent valley is destined to be
the center of the stock and dairy In
dustry Of the southwest.
Dairy Industry.
The dairy industry has shown a
wonderful growth in San Diego -coun-
ty. For instance, in 1902, the number
| of separators in the county and of
| persons who shipped cream to the
Hage creamery in this city was So. La
| 1903 the number grew to 1875.
There Is always a good market and
| the business is highly: profitable. It's
| development will be by leaps and
| bounds. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10

The city now has r. w =,
Twenty-three thousand tnhab-
itants. Es...... .gEl
Fifteen public schools. -.
High School. o. z @r
$4,000 state normal school, "
Twenty-four churches.
Three daily papers. = !: I'd. -.
Five banks - IL
Tourists, family and commercial
hotels. 49, - -.
: Several fine sanatoriums. -
y One of the largest and finest
tourist hotels in the. world. ::
100000 county hospital. III"
= S175,0OO opera-house.
$4,000 Carnegie public library.
100000 city hall.
| : Thirty-six miles Of cement sid e.
| walks. "&
| six miles paved streets. -:
| 4 Sixty-three miles Of graded
streets. ~ -. =.
o. Sixty-two miles motor roads.
| f.. One Of the finest equipped cleo
| 3tric street railway systems in the
united States, operating on
eighteen miles Of streets. Ia =. 4
$4,000 sewer system and per-
feet drainage. .,...
AZ. S65O,OOO city water system.
.$ Finely equipped fire depart
ment.-,s J.. -. - r.. ..-
Magnificent 1,4O0-acre park
AREA, owned by city. a.
Finest sea beaches in the world.
in city limits.
f. Most healthful and equitable
+ climate in the world. -
IT, The only harbor south Of San
l. Francisco.
The terminus of several steamer
lines. >..Frt ~
| Pacific terminus Of Santa Fe
railroad.
Terminus Of five local roads.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WORK FOR SAN DIEGO

The creating Of a prosperous county
and the building Of a great and beau
tiful city on the shores. on San Diego
bay are the objects ever kept In mind
by the Chamber Of Commerce, whose
board of directors is composed of men
thoroly unselfish and intensely loyal
to the interests they represent
During the year just passed, 10000
pieces Of literature We're distributed
by, mail and express, reaching, every
part of the United States as we'll as
many foreign countries. Thirty thou
sand additional pieces of advertising
matter were given out from the office
to inquirers in person. Some $500
letters were written and during the
same period fully $4,000 persons vis-
tied the exhibit rooms of the chamber.
The chamber maintains an extensive
exhibit of the county's horticultural,
agricultural and mineral products, and
operates an information bureau. The
secretary, H. p. Wood, will take pleas
ure in answering all Inquiries and for
warding free of cost illustrated liter
ature concerning San Diego city and
county.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
THE COMING PORT OF THE PACIFIC.

abundance in this county and in Lower
California will be handled. -,
-, Many Paying Properties.
The Hedges district, in the Cargo
Muchacho mountains, contains many
large paying mines, among which, of
greatest prominence, are; the Golden
Cross, Golden Crown and Golden
Queen. - - 81 Y t.zT :.
This: group. Of mines is provided
with a 100-stanp mill Of 1 ,000-peund
stamps and a 40-stamp mill of $50
l'pound stamps. A pipe line and pump
Ing plant conveys water to the mines
from the Colorado river. Owing. to
litigation this group Of mines has not
been operated since April. 1902. They
were in operation some eight years
prior, and over $4,000. 900 were taken
| out. aSs;s..s: &
r Lepidolite, containing lithia, exists
in San Diego county in greater guam
tity than in any other known deposit
/ In the world. It Is estimated that a
million and a half tons Of this lithia-
bearing ore are. uncovered in the
mines at Pala. +.
| Arrangements are being made for q
very interesting and elaborate exhibit
OF San Diego county minerals at the
! st. Louis Exposition.
: +, r -. o.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
The County Behind It.


San Diego county is larger than
the state of Massachusetts,. It
comprises $500 square miles.
Physically. it. is divided into three
parasitic coast, the mountains
and the desert. All kinds of CHI
mate are found within Its borders,
from snow-capped peaks to
snowless, frostless region. And
all manner of pursuits are carried
on, including agriculture, hort1-
culture, mining, manufacturing
and almost everything else. There
are still vast resources that have
not been touched and need only
/ capital to develop them.
The area of 'ttllable land In the
valleys and mesas is approximate
ly 100000 acres, a still much
larger area being suited to pasture
and grazing. The elevation of the
] mountain valleys varies from
2,500gto $500 feet. They are now
chiefly devoted to stock raising,
but in time with the improvement
of transportation facilities many
tfof them will be found we'll adapt
ed to the growing Of small fruits
and vegetables and to diversified
I farming.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10

"a lr, sy
best returns on bot tom lands It is
equally profitable wit the peach.
In pears, the Bart EFT takes the lead.
They are good bearers Of fine fruit
under proper treatment. The local
demand is limited and the surplus Is
dried Deep alluvial soils have proven
inuchathe 81 best for pears.
+, The. ounce is a productive fruit.
Another fine fruit grown In small
way is the Japanese persimn1on. With
proper varieties an abundance of fine
eating fruit can be had from Dec. i
to- April
A few orange trees. with an assert
ment of decfduous fruits give the
grower good eating fruit that, may be
picked every day .irl the year, fresh
and fine from theStree. an deaEcondi-
:tion for health and enjoyment in the
farmers life. -
Two Berry Crops In Year.
Many persons in the county are
making money growing small fruits
The land In the suburbs of San Diego
seems to be especially suited for this
couture. Two crops efs, blackberries
are harvested in a season, an abundant
first crop in June and July when the
second crop begins to ripen and con-
Istinues til November. and often till
lThanksgivin The strawberry is
even "a better yielder than the black
berry, being almost a. perpetuaI bearer
and bringing a fancy price for the
mid season ones. The guava is an.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10

mate here makes Unnecessary to have
fires only a small part of the time, and
a big fuel bill is thus saved.
Green groceries and fruits grown
here are the best in the world and are
always reasonable, even in the winter
San Diego grocery stores. can sup
ply almost every want and at reason
able figures. Meats are of excellent
quality, almost exclusively raised in
this county.
Furnished houses, according to size
and location, bring from SIS to 500
a month, both in San Diego and Cor
onado. UNFINISHED houses, flats and
cottages, rent from $50 to IS, accord
ing to size and location. Furnished and
unfurnished rooms for light house
keeping are plentiful, particularly the
latter and at fair price, one room,
furnished, froms$6 to SO. a month
being a conservative estimate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
A City Of Unrivalled
Opportunities.
Great Resources and ADVANTAGES
for HOmeSeekerS and
Investors.
Investors.

ICY, Of our government has overcome
the last obstacle and the building of
the much needed ocean gateway Is
assured. The great world movement
is toward the Pacific-its shores are
now witnessing. q development that
Every country against whose shores
surge the waters Of the Pacific will re-
ceive its share Of this mighty impetus.
Millions of dollars are spent annual
~ by the trans-continental railways
in shortening distances. reducing
curves and lessening grades, thereby
increasing the efficiency of the roads,
vet they cannot keep pace with the
development. Tho It is safe to say
within ten years time from three to
five additional railways will have
crossed the mountain barriers, the
trans-continental trade routes will
still be insufficient, particularly for
our bulky products which are seeking
a profitable eastern and European
market. To-day relief can come only
by a sea voyage Of $1,000 miles, which
| is impracticable for perishable prod
ucts, but with the building Of the Pan
ANA canal the last impeachment to the
DEVELOPMENT of the Pacific coast will
have been removed and tho the prog
ress to-day is satisfactory, by that
time this region. will be going forward
| by leaps and bounds.
HOW the Port Will Prosper.
! Probably no port on the Pacific will
receive greater benefit than San Diego
which is nearer to Panama than any
lother harbor on the Pacific coast OF
| the United States. It is also the first
port of call north from foreign terri
tory, and these facts taken in connec-
! ton with it's proximity to the great
| circle routes from the Orient to the
canal and to Salina Cruz, the Pacific
terminus Of the Tehuantepec railway
make the positionof this, nnrivallee
Iharbor one of great strategic a!
we'll as vast commercial Importance.
The combination of an easy ant
safe entrance at any stage Of the tide
for the largest ships; afloat, a good
anchorage ground with a ship channe
sufficiently wide to allow ample fair
way no matter how much tonnag'
there may be in port, a landlocket
harbor perfectly sheltered from VIC
lent winds and absolutely safe in al
kinds Of weather. constitute the idea
conditions for perfect harbor, an
tho seldom found truthfully describ
San Diego, the coming port Of the Pa
cific. ..-'
The government fully appreciate
) the value of San Diego .harbors an
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10


the past year. Practically all the
ratsin vineyards are on a-pay1ng oasis
and theirs is crop which never tails,
even In the dryest years. The crop
this season amounted to about l25i
carloads. 10 carloads OF which were
grown in the sEl ,Cajon valley. several
hundred acres OF new vineyard were
set out. during the year and more will
probably be planted the coming sea-
grapes to the eastern market have
proved q success and this branchso the
industry Will be developed.
a. 4hs cn,7nfTv 10 nv,,ed NV so1,thar
& Crosby Of Boston and is known as
the Boston ranch. It is in Ell Cajon
valley and comprises 500 acres. The
crop on this ranch. the past season
amounted tosabout 40 tons, or; sixteen
carloads. C, o. Nichols. the manager,
savs that the season has been q very
successful one and that money has
the past season. the shipment. o. mus US.
tah,s ,,sa with nnari1ed success.
Receints From 1wenty-one Acres.
INST "a illnstrate the profits in this
,n5Iustrv the success aof r. Allen, a
grower OF grapes, is mentioned here.
In q letter to H. p. Wood, secretary or
the Chamber OF COmmerceSHHe Sd1o.
''In regard to my own experience l
may say that last year, off my vine
sa ao1o =, no o ~ raisins which netted
me s2,714.2Ssat the packing house: AS
the price Of raisins this year Is high
err than year ago, I expect still better
results. L think the raisin industry
has a very bright future"
y. Where irrigation is p,ossible the crop
is largely increased by 1t, but most
Vineyards are grown without it and in
the Escondido district the results seem
to show that it Is not needed.
MS, ,d r,o,,,e,,,.o t ii i; Irving
ass a' ~ 80. a. =,
George. NJ. h "a aiifnnaia Rsisin
SaJoli s.a'ioh,, " ~ a,d hi,,,sa1f >
GroMers as so"sr 81 anu
suG 81 aa,,t ioo,vaf syythine that will
aom arsn nrio Nv "a eas des . and more Ger.
{aie 1;11 Inc The> Vines do not have tc
e. 60 lna1ad . ftar +t,al s.ubole. wear. AND
be.iGas fbe cro1,s'i 4never@a failure.
oe@ 'Hoe' -. So :.
- The Wine Crop.
~. The wine ,cron. in San Diego count,
! Tho ,,ast season has heen : Very gooc
ono p = n, o,1ntint, to over 100000 gal
Ions This county is one of the prin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
CLIMATE is FULL OF
HEALTH AND COMFORT

DR.. p. G.. Remondino, who has a, ma
tional reputation as a physician and
surgeon, says:
u have carefully studied and tested
our climate for thirty years, and how
ever badly 1t may have misbehaved at
making comparisons between 1t and
times, I have always been able, sson
other favorable and favored climates that
Il have known, to exclaim with that in
comparable exponent of optimistic philos-
ophy, the creation of the great Voltaire.
the .unquendable optimistic philosopher
Pangloss This Is the best of known
worlds, and of all the world, San Diego
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10

has the best climate, and is unquestion-
ably the best place to live in.''
I can conscientiously assert that the
climate Of San Diego Is without its peer
in the civilized world, as far as it regards
its general equability and its continuity
for the year throughout.
There is no region in the world as free
from any seasonal or accidental disease as
this. Even the diseases Of summer. SO
common among children in the east, are
here remarkable for their absence.
+ OF fevers, we have none. At, times !
have seen a sporadic case Of typhoid fever
due to local and artificially prepared
causes, but these never become either
endemic or epidemic, nor even occasional
OF liver or intestinal diseases, we have
none
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10

stones that have been taken out the
past year has been kept a secret, 1t is
generally conceded that a quarter of
a. million dollars Is a conservative esti-
mate. The production will increase,
from year to year, and will become a
very important factor In the mineral
production and wealth Of the region.
The kunzite gem is valuable one,
selling for about $25 q carat. Tiffany
Of New York, who has taken special
interest in the new stone, and practi-
cally controls the output. has sold
some of the gems for as much as $500.
San Diego county is producing the
finest tourmalines in the United States.
There are two big deposits, one at
Mesa Grande and the other at. Pala.
The crystals are of EXCEPTIONAL hard
oring, and when cut they form gem
stones of great beauty. The mines are
closely guarded and the output kept
a secret. r-
.- Production Since 1868.
The mineral wealth. of the county is
largely undeveloped, owing to lack Of
capital on the part of operators.
A reliable estimate Of the amount
county since 1868 is the significant
sum Of $2o,00o,000. Of this amount.
four and '>one-quarter millions were
produced from 1894 to 1902 inclusive,
| as shown by the official records of the
United States mint and California
State Mining Bureau, and Of this last
sum, $3,80O,0O0 came from gold mines
alone, the balance being values of le-
pidolite. silver, salt, granite, rubble.
mineral waters, brick clays and semi
! precious stones. ~.
Gold Is more generally distributed
| over the county Of San Diego than any
other metal. ~,
Building a Smelter. e.:..t.a2,- =
/ A new smelter is being erected il
this city to handle the ores of this
county and Lower California. Aeon.
contractor has been started at Encinitaf
to treat the great deposit Of copper a.
that place. At present the ore tribu'
tary to this region is sent as far cas-
4 as Ell Paso, Texas, and as far north al
i Puget sound. The new smelter viii
get not only the rock which is being
sent away, but also great deal tina
cannot be shipped out because of thu
almost prohibitive, railroad tariffs.
1 The new plant is the property of thi
National Smelling and; Refining com
! pany. Copper, lead, silver and golt
l. ores, all of which are found il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
HARBoR IMPROVEMENTS
WORK OF GOVERNMENT

San Diego bay is thirteen miles long
and the available anchorage is six
square miles. The channel has an
average width of 800 yards. Govern
ment harbor work complication In
progress is; summarized as follows:
Dredging bar to depth Of thirty feet at
low water. s se ii s. 80
Building 7,5oo-foot tetty at cost of
$500, 000-5, 600. feet already completed.
Building military post at Ballast Point
-s2s5, 900 expended the past year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
CULTURE OF ORANGES,
Z LEMONS AND OLIVES

During the past season the total cit
rus output of San Diego county has
approximated 500 cars. of which $50
were lemons, and who will hazard a
guess as to what the output would
have been had normal conditions pre-
vailed in this section.
AS Sicily is called the European
home of the lemon, SO Is San diego
county considered its home on the
Pacific coast.
The Chula Vista section Of San Die
go county has long been known as the
chief lemon belt of California. Hun
dreds of carloads are shipped to the
east each year. The California lemons
are considered to be superior to the
Mediterranean fruit.
The largest single lemon grove in
the county is that owned by the San
Diego Land and Town company, in
the Chula Vista section. It comprises
800 acres. From this grove 1O5 car
Eloads of lemons, or 32,750 boxes, were
shipped to outside points the past
year. This was in addition to a con-
sumption Of 100000 pounds. or 1873
cars, in the ,company's citric acid fac
Etory at National iCty.
| In addition to the lemons, the COM
lpany shipped sixty carloads Of Or
1902, and seven cars of walnuts, an in
I.crease of 1900 pounds.
| One: could instance one grove after
T another. where orchards which had
the best attention and care produced
|tlast season an extraordinary quantity
of merchantable fruit. One grove at
| Chula Vista, a 10-acre tract, produced
eighty tons of fruit in the last ten
months, one in another section at
4 i 81, I,a ci cd
$4,000 field boxes of lemons and this
coming season it bids fair to make it a
100000 production. Can any other
/ county show such increasing produc-
ton year after year?
| Its Olive Oil the Purest. -
1 A recent investigation made by the
4 United States agricultural department
I into the purity Of foreign and Ameri-
can olive oils showed that the olive oil
made in California was uniformly OF
\ the highest grade, while considera-
/ bic quantity of the French Oil and q
4 larger proportion of the Italian oils
i: was Of a lower grade, the poorest
qualities being found among those last
i named. San Diego county olive OF
4 has taken four gold medals at as man!
Il expositions in competition with oils
q from America and Europe. During
81 the past year, several, new mills anl
i picking factories have been started il
IL this county. The picking especial!
II has been commenced on an extensive
Il scale. ~ Olive growers in the count.
are making money. -"
An olive orchard, to be a CONNER
Il cial success should be set ont with Z
= view to supplying picking fruit, OF
:. olives being treated as by-product
i Canning Industry Success.
! The success Of the Olive canning in
81 dustry has been demonstrated by G. M
q Clifford, who has started a factory an
! before the end Of the season will tur,
81 out 100000 cans of picked olives
= His process is a new one, but has bee
e we'll tested and the flavor of his olive
ID is much better than those picked i
Ell barrels. For some time he has bee
: receiving a ton of olives a day at hi
II factory and has been making dali
sd 1000 cans of the picked fruit.
S This new market is of great benef
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent. ~.
San Diego, Cal, Feb. IA new mu-
nicipal star Of the first ma gnitude has
come out Of Callfornia-San Diego.
Backed by harbor which VIII make
it one of the most important ports on
the Pacific coast, and by a county that
is larger than the state of Massa-
'chusetts and has natural resources so
varied and rich that men Of all call
ings and pursuits are irresistiblely at
tracted, by climate which surpasses
that Of Italy and by q record Of ac-
,complishments even at this early; day
which almost exceeds belief, there. can
be no doubt of the future greatness of
this wonderful city of the, southwest.
The City in: a Nutshell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10

now that its plans for the ports de-
fence are rapidly nearing completion
the navy department can safely pro-.
coed to improve it's extensive bay
frontage, making OF, the place a great
naval rendezvous. The commercial de-
velopment Of the port will rapidly
follow, resulting in the building of a
great and beautiful city on the shores
of this magnificent bay. 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
The Silk Industry.

About 100 pounds Of cocoons We're
raised in 1903 by the. San Diego Silk
company, which owns the mulberry
grove at South San Diego. The CO
;coonery on Coronado Beach is under
the direct supervision Of Y. Nishioka,
Japanese expert. Steps have been
taken to secure silk loom, which
will be in running order before the end
Of this year, and then the silk business
here may be considered fairly started,
as the silk will be raised, reeled and
manufactured in this country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-10
BEsT~LOCATION FOR A
- - .a HOME IN THE U. S.

The city Of San. Diego is alert and
progressive. The value of building
permits in 1908 was over a million
dollars. The principal item was one
of $500, 700 for the Peters / otel, but a
large part of the total was , t into the
building of residences ranging in value
from $1,000 to $4,000.
l. Postoffice Receipts.
The business done by the postoffice
the past year showed a. larger gain
than at any time since the boom. The
gain over 1902 was $4,000. The fol-
| lowing figures tell the story: