Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-28

which / carried, one. in each hand. On
the trip across the country I had to
spend 10 cents, so arrived in Los An
geles with but So cents. :
Got Work at Once
"The morning. after Dur arrival
started out to hunt work and soon Sc
cured job to work for William Niles
on his ranch at Norwalk l did not
have time to loaf around as Orcutt
seems to have done and got my job
before l had had any breakfast. J.
worked for Niles for some time and
became foreman of his ranch.
After awhile l secured slightly
better position on ranch near Pasa-
dena. The chances for man to secure
work are much better at the present
time than they were then, for when
we had been in Southern California
about six months the great boom
broke and the people here were pretty
hard up.
ut was not always so easy to get
permanent jobs, but by taking what
CNCi NOoil SCI L always hSPt OooS.
Wages went down and work was hard
er for while. worked three months
on ranch where had to get up
every morning at o'clock and milk
twenty-four cows, then go out and
work ON the ranch until in the
cows to milk again before supper. For
all this received $35 month and a
little shack to live in, but had to
board myself. The great trouble with
many of the people who come here
from the east pretending to look for
work is that they are looking for
soft place to do nothing in.
Buy Claim
my wife helped me great deal and
together we managed to save a little
money and fourteen years ago we
bought the REIMBURSEMENT of a 160-
acre claim in the San Fernando val
ley. The claim was not worth much
at the time, but as l could get the
money together we improved it and
finally put up a good house on it and
started TO raising DeeS.
1T took years to get a good start
and we did not live much of the time
on the ranch, as had to work around
wherever l could find something to do
in order to make both ends meet. For
twelve years 1 worked off and on at
the carpenters trade and never found
1t hard to get employment.
FINALLY 1 bought a house here in
Los Angeles on the installment plan
and gave good COW as the first in
stallment. 1t took time of course TO
pay for the place, but we paid as we
could and one day made the last pay
ment A couple of weeks ago 1 traded
the old place In on this one, as we liked
this neighborhood better.
Ranch Is Profitable
During the last few years my ranch
has been yielding honey by the car
load, and 1 have been going east with
ii to the markets. l came from Iowa
originally; went from there to Mis-
souri,, where 1 married my wife, so 1
was acquainted in that section and
started in to drum up honey trade.
For four years now | have Travelled
through that section, covering 10000
miles on each trip. l can now sell in
Missouri, Southern Iowa and Kansas
all the honey / can raise. Indeed,
there are firms there who engage their
consignments year ahead. The
present season is unusually good for
honey and 1 am expecting to harvest
thirty tons.
II have a man living on the ranch
all the time-that is, when 1 can get
one-and pay him $45 month. be-
sides furnishing him with good house,
Horse, cow. hay, chickens eggs. etc.
/ want to keep a man there all ithe
year around, but can't do It, When
ever want man l go to the employ
ment agencies and receive a number
of applications, but most of them are
from men who have just come from
the east, and they are looking for a
soft place TO drop; in fact, don't be-
lieve some of them would be satisfied
II l furnished somebody else TO do the
work and all they had TO do was to-
watch.