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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

been where the trumpet stirred the
blood but never where / was worked
up to more genuine enthusiasm. Each
of those 100000 young trees seemed toI
be on parade and to be alive with
horticultural enthusiasm.
We adjourned from an inspection of
this arboreal beauty to the mill. or
| factory, as you may elect to call it.
While the stamps were pressing out
the oil have inadvertently used al
mining term and thus mixed the
metaphor-we ate a capital lunch.
Notwithstanding the vigilance of
George Arnold, the secretary of the
syndicate, who is opposed to such dali
lance, a flask or two had been Snug
gled into the stock of refreshments.
and inspiration was high from aNY
sources.
Since the visit 1 have sketched, the
trees have kept on growing. the factory
has kept on expanding, and the
Stylmar olives and olive oil have been
more and more commencing them
selves to the good will of the public
Other horticulturists, like Judge r. M
Widney (once for while editor of The
schemes for developing the olive at
its best and can give mis- guests great
delights in exquisite developments Of
the pickle and the oil.
Accused of Extravaganza
Such of us Californians who think
that our magnificent state will some
day have population twice as large as
that of France when she conquered
Europe, under the republic and empire
and that our exquisite city of the Queen
of the Angels may some time reach the
metropolitan status of London, are
| accused of much extravaganza when VIC
sometimes give an expression of our ap-
probation Of the exceptional country In
which we live. The other day had q
heart conversation with an accom-
| plished newspaper man, who for several
years had occupied a position on The
Herald's editorial staff and who had
returned from years tour of Europe.
drew a picture of certain lovely
panoramas which embody the magnih-
cent horticultural accomplishments say
| in the line OF citrus Developments here
as compared to those in Europe His
answer was instant. as L had received
1t so many times before from others:
"There are no such places in Europe
| California is out of sight in all possible
contests in that line"
California has vineyards which can
be paralleled nowhere in extent like
| the Vina. Southern California has
Grange groves which cannot be rivaled
in any quarter of the earth. Los An-
geles county has not only the largest
and finest olive grove on the earth's
footstool but the state and the nation
are destined to reap incommensurable
results from the development Of the
olive in California.
There is no reason why the product
of the olive in Southern California;
under an intelligent system of horticul-
ture, should not rival the income de-
rived from our citrus fruits AS With
these, questions of land, location and
cultivation will be OF exigent import;
but. in the one case as in the other. sue
cess Is assured. The olive and the
orange make combination OF color
that will always emblazon California.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

In Ventura county there seems to
have been much injudicious planting,
with very little prospect of much pc
cuniary return. The Angelenos rode
for years through lanes in the Mission
San Gabriel with the fences over
hung with olive trees, which, year in
and year out, were as barren of all
pecuniary result as the abhorred fig
tree which Christ cursed. Taking "A
trolley ride to Santa Monica via Holly
wood one sees many acres of olive
trees which simply cumber the ground.
Such facts are no arraignment of the
wisdom of an intelligent olive exploita-
ton. They simply warn the sagaclous
horticulturist what not to do and
where not to go. Inquiry in all cases
of the olive plantations which are sub
jected to the alembic will show that
there has been a radical mistake some
where, and that something has been
done that should not have been done,
or that something has been omitted
that should not have been omitted.
One of the most remarkable horti-
cultural experiments ever made in the
worlds history was carried out in the
northern corner of the San Fernando
valley. I am aware that / am using
rather grandiose language, but the oc-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

casion calls for it. l am speaking of the
largest olive orchard in the world that
which turns out the Sylmar brand of
olive oil and pickles, and which lies
off to the right as you shoot into the
San Fernando tunnel, going up to San
Francisco.
Time was, and not so long ago, that
the region to the right of that tunnel
was a mass of ill-looking chapparel
and chemisal which, within less than
a generation ago, would not have sold
for 81 an acre. A lot of sagacious An.
gelenos got hold of big tract of land
out there. and presently the passen-
gers, coming and going between Los
Angeles and San Francisco, began ia
notice that the chapparal and chemisal
had disappeared, and that neatly set
out little plants began to appear in
symmetrical rows, and that they flour
ished bravely from year to year, and
that they grew apace.
These We're the one hundred and
twenty thousand young olive trees
which now present such a command
ing appearance, out at that end of the
San Fernando valley, and give the
passenger, to or from San Francisco
such a thrill of pleasure.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
Caught Them in the Act

John La Fargo. the painter, was
talking in his studio about witty wo-
men. LET me relate a young woman's
witticism that 1 heard of the other
day." he said. "There was a man who
loved a maid, and she returned his
passion; but there were reasons that
made secrecy desirable, and thus,
though the two We're betrothed, they
pretended to the world that they We're
good friends and nothing more.
zone evening, as the young man was
pressing his sweetheart to his breast,
her sister entered the room suddenly
THE lovers drew apart with great
haste, and the sister, with an excuse
me- turned to go.
But the young man deemed an ex-
planation necessary. He said:
Don't go. We have just been meas
uring to see which is the taller
THE intruder, standing by the door
looked at the lovers inttntly. Then a
delicate smile fitted over her pretty
face, and she said:
"'You are about the same height, but
l think sister is much the redder. y
New York Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

The syndicate men had very little
water and not a drop to waste. They
had made up their minds to make per-
feet cultivation exc out a scant water
supply.
1t was one of the greatest pleasures
of my life to attend picnic. designed
for a select number of guests, which
took place in the factory which makes
the Sylmar oil. Our party was pa
raded through the Sylmar groves.
Never have 1 seen, anywhere, such a
scene of minute and triumphant cul-
tivation. If you had had with you the
extraordinary microscope described by
the younger Weller, and even if en-
dowed with double heXtra power"
you could not for the life of you have
deserted a single weed. Under such cir
cumstances a minimum of water went
a great way.
The Trees Muster
The trees were answering muster for
their first brave show. They We're not
in full maturity, but they were all in
full bearing. They were fairly loaded
down and groaning, and many of them
had to be propped up. Never have !
seen more gala sight or one which
hailed with more enthusiasm. / have
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
cuPID's GAME

Love is a game of cards, at best
Kings, Queens and Knaves, and all the
rest
Are in the pack, but no one knows
What sort Of hand young Cupic
throws
Out to each sentimental guest.
Sibyl-har smiles proclaim her blest
Doris asserts with air dtstrest
She holds no trump, which clearly
shows
Love is a game.
Dick finds that Diamonds give zest;
While Charles for Clubs makes his re-
quest;
Spades terminate Myrtilla's woes;
But, when il comes to pleasing
Rose
Hearts, aiwaysi So. tbs manifest,
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
WANDER SONG

Faiths 1t was dawning OF yesterday,
And soft in the cool OF the sheets lay;
free,
When a little bird came and sang TO
me.
Short was tho song and of scanty art,
But it brought the red blood back 70
And Z was never hymn nor a true
But the song-the Song of the Dusty
Road.
I'VE bartered my sheets for star-lit
bed;
I've traded my meat for crust Of
bread;
i've changed my book for saplins
And I'm off to the end OF the world
--McClure's Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

TT ALL happened along O. Silas. The
Pukkinses, as you know well, air a
family without vanity. But wen 1
was a-comin' to NJ York for that long
promised visit 81 says to me, he says:
''Marier, do you go to one o. them
fancy fotograffers and get your picter
done to hang on the parler wall in
gold frame wen you be dead an gone"
an it want for me to go agin what
Silas said, tho it we're the first time
1 had set for a picter since ma had me
an Mary Eller done in our pantalettes.
So jest run in one day after I'd bin
a-shoppin' an ridin' up an down in the
cable cars to place / see as l was
passin' an tole the lady that was
a-standin' there beside a glass counter
that wanted picter to take home to
Jay Corners. She smiled very pleasant
like an said Imperial or carty visite?'
Or some sech jargon, and tole her re-
proVinly, mo, plain, without frills."
She showed me some specimens to
choose from an / mus say If the
wimmin folks to N York goes out that
AWAY to set for their picters it amt no
wonder there's all the pneumonia we
here tell about But at las / come
acrost decent female settin' with
folded hands, sober an properlike, III q
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
Parson and curate

A well-known Pennsylvania clergy
man recently received an invitation
to oficiate at the Sunday services of
Il church in a neighboring town, and
entrusted his new curate with the per-
formance of his own duties. When he
returned home that night he anxiously
asked his good wife what she thought
Of the curate's sermon.
ut was positively the worst / ever
heard" replied the ministerial help
meet. "There was absolutely nothing
in It,"
A little disappointed the Clergyman
sought the new curate and asked him
how he had made out during the day.
"Oh, very Well" was the rather
startling reply II didn't have time to
prepare anything myself, so 1 preached
one OF your old sermons."-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

that bearing trees We're pointed out to
him on the Mount of Olives that were
said to have been in bearing when
Christ was crucified.
However this apocryphal story may
approve itself to the reader, there is
no doubt of the accredited fact that
there are olive trees i'll full bearing
in portions of Spain and Italy that are
four and five hundred years old.
Laing also gives his testimony to the
fact that a single tree had been known
to produce eighty gallons of oil. What
tree to plant for ones posterity!
However hardy and long lived the
tree may be elsewhere, it was soon
found that such was not the case in
Southern California. AS with the
orange. lime and lemon. care must be
used, both in the selection of the soil
and in the bestowal of painstaking
work in the cultivation of the same.
There has been much ill-luck in the
setting out of extensive oil plantations
in various portions of Los Angeles
county. The late Andrew McNally,
Notwithstanding his illimitable means,
was unfortunate in the olive planta-
tions which he set out on a large scale
in this county. They suffered especial
ly from scale.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

"When you give me a proper inder-
veedwal to look on instead o. that
smirkin' Jezebel l will open 'em, but
no sooner" says I. He sorter sniggered
but that was to hide his shame, an he
ran up the likeness of a pretty child
instead an l opened my eyes straight
away an fixed em without blinkin' on
the face. 1 felt he had seen by that
time that the females out Jay Corners
way was virtuous an not to be trified
with.
"Wouldnt it be better to have the
hans outer sight-one anyway" he
suggests mex.
But L was ready with my reproof.
when l pays five dollars for a pic
ter L will have everythin' in L says,
severelike.
Hans never looks well,' he starts
to argufy.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

Couldn't you look a little pleasant
says the picter man.
Sir" | makes answer, "the females
of the Pukkins family air honest, but
not pleasant"
That sorter squelched him, but not
entirely, for he soon went on again.
Fix your eyes here" he says.
/ starts to do as he bids me, but
there on a movin' thing he had one O.
them picters l had seen downstairs of
"a pneumonia woman with the waist of
her dress all cut down to nowheres an
a smirk on her face such as Deakin
Elkins says is the snares of the evil
one. Seem this was the case I jest
shet my eyes as well as my mouth am
remained firm.
"Wot's the natter" he says. "You
don't want your picter took with your
eyes shet, do you?"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
Thanked the Lecturer

A Kansas City man came up to lee
turer in a hotel, saying with enthu-
slasm:
well, sir, enjoyed your lecture very
much last night"
II didn't see you there"
"Oh l wasn't there"
'Well, what do you mean by telling
me you enjoyed my lecture, and you
were not present?"
"Oh, 1 bought tickets for my girls
father and mother, and they both
went"
The lecturer felt that he had not
talked in Vain.-Chicago Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

know whether your call may come
afore mornin' an the neighbors runnin'
in could have their say if things was
untidy-
Don't you think" says the lady, still
pleasant, "that a little powder would
improve you? Lay the shine, so to
speak?"
MADAM" I says, with the naughty
air for which the Pukkinses was ever
famous good soap an water three
times week on any females face is
the only Improvement she needs, an as
for the shine-ef it pleased the Lord to
put it there, there it stays!" an with
that we shoots up in the elevator to
the galry in the attic. The light was
that bright 'twould have blinded you
and fortunate there wasn't no ingram
carpet on the floor or 'twould ha' bin
faded out in no time. I never hold with
no drawn blinds nohow, for the wax
flowers which have stood in our settin'
room since Granper Simmins died was
almost clean melted away by 81 drorin'
the blinds the day he lost his pocket
piece an was huntin' the house.
The fotograffer himself was there.
with a black shawl throwed over his
telescope to keep the sun out O. it, an
he asst If l wanted bust or three-quar-
ters, but as / don't hold wi no light
talk atween the sexes | made no an
swer but held myself with the proper
pride of the Pukkinses.
He was fer settin' me in a fancy
chair, with a vase of flowers at my side
an rose held kinder loose like be-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31

tween my fingers, but L declared agin
sech vanity
Sir L says, with the Pukkins man
ner. "the wimmin folk of Jay Corners
amt in the habit of settin' around with
roses in their hans. A thimble or a
rollin' pin is the implements they
uses!"
I'VE amt got none in the galry," he
makes answer, "an' eff we had | don
think as how they'd look well in a
picter."
l says no more, for 1 seen from the
first that he was fer maxim free So
jes' set down in the chair an folded
my hans in my lap an shet my mouth
tight to show that eff any one was fer
spendin $5 on vanity it warn't me, and
that l wasn't countenancin' it, on'y
obeyin'; an thinkin' always of the
effec' of the picter in the parlor on the
easel wen | was dead an gone.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
cARLoTTA MIA

Gius.eppe,, da Barber, ees greata for
He gotta da bigga, da blacka mustache,
Good clo'es an good styla an playnta
goot cash.
Whenever Giuseppe ees walk on da
Da peopla dey talka "how nobby! how
neat!
How sofia da hands, how smalla da
feet"
lie raisa hees hat an he shaka hees
An smila weeth teetha 50 shiny like
pearls;
o! many da heart of da silly young
girls
lie gotta,
Yes, playnta he gotta
But notta
Carlotta
Giuseppe, da Barber, he maka da eye,
An lilSa da steam engine puffa an sigh
For catcha Carlotta wen she eeS go by.
CarIotta she walka weeth nose in da
air,
An look through Giuseppe weeth far
AS eel She no see dere ees som'body
dere.
Giuseppe da Barber he gotta da cash,
He gotta da clo'es an da bigga mus
tache.
He gotta, aa silly young girls for do
But notta--
You bet my life. nctta--
Carlotta.
! GOttai
Catholic STANDARD.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
IWritten for The Herald by Joseph Z
Lynch.)

Undoubtedly the wonderfully rapid
growth of Los Angeles and Southern
California is largely due to the re-
markable range and value of her prod
ucts. The development of the citrus
fruits has rightly attracted most at
tention amongst our horticultural pro-
ducts and has been one of the marvels
of the day. Another interest is forging
to the front which is sure to grow to
great importance-the cultivation of the
olive.
The olive is u valued staple of the
storied lands of the Mediterranean. In
Italy, Spain and many other countries
of Europe a handful of olives, a hunk
of brown bread and pint of red wine
are looked upon as a most satisfactory
meal, and those who live upon such
fare, with the olive oil which is used
in all culinary operations, are said to
be amongst the strongest people on
earth Olive oil is not only a delicious
condiment, and an agreeable substitute
for butter and lard, but it is medicine
besides, having many of the effects Of
cod-liYer oil and castor oil, without any
of the nauseous aftermath of these pam
aceas.
To the Franciscan monks the people
of Southern California are indebted for
the introduction in this state of the
olive. They first planted the fruit
around the old mission at San Diego,
the orchard ranging along the river
bed of that name. 1t was generally
cultivated at all their missions, al
though not always with the same sue
cess.
Commercial Possibility
AS a commercial proposition the ex-
ploitation of the olive at this end of the
ssfa 10 &c fc IHt-ar L nd I'm
ball of National City. a few miles south
of San Diego. About forty years ago
these brothers hauled some stovewood
from the old mission orchard and the
idea occurred to them to stick some
oc the faggots into the ground and see
If they would grow. The result was
beyond their expectation, and the Kim
ball orchard was the result of the eX-
pertinent.
The brothers went into the business
on a large scale, and their oil and
picked olives came into extensive de-
mand, and no doubt much money ac-
crued TO the enterprising norticutu-
rists Their staples received great
commendation at state and national
fairs, and rose steadily in the estlma-
tion of the trade and public, and many
IN the extreme southern counties were
led to initiate their example
While the Kimball brothers were
cultivating the olive a few miles from
the Mexican line, Mr.. Ellwood Cooper
had done great things with the fruit
up in Santa Barbara county This
gentleman is fairly entitled to be called
the pioneer OF the olive industry of
California, at least as far as its com-
mercial side Is concerned. lie not only
made very fine article of olive oil,
but he succeeded i'm dispOsing OF ali
he could make at a higher figure thar
could be obtained for the best imported
oil
Sold to One Man
Although his product was large, for
long time a single customer in Chi
cago took all he could make. This
was a striking testimony to the value
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
whitcomb RiIey's Rye

James Whitcomb Riley was looking
over fence ON his farm at field of
rye when a neighbor who was driving
by stopped his horse and asked:
'Iiullo, Mr. Riley, how's your rye
doing?"
Fine, fine" replied the poet.
How much do you expect to clea.
to the acre?"
oh about four gallons" answered
MI. Riley, soberly.--Success.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
THE COW

The friendly COW all red and white
Down ON the meadow munches;
She gives me milk with all her might
TO make my whisky punches.
II in the rye Held she should roam,
Instead of meadow grass,
DO you suppose the punch would como
Without mixing glass?
Puck,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
Sold to One Man

Although his product was large, for
a long time "A single customer in Chi
cagO took all he could make. This
was a striking testimony to the value
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-10-27
TORNADO'S DEADLY WORK
Storm and cIoudburst Play Frightful
Havoc in Illinois Town-Four
Killed and Scores Hurt.

A tornado struck the village Of Sor-
rento, Ills, 32 miles northeast OF st.
Louis. Tuesday night, killing four per
sons, injurjng thirty five others, OF
whom three will probably die, and CO.
ing a great amount of damage to
property. Forty houses were blown to
atoms or carried far from their foun-
.dations. A complete swath was cut
through the town. Everything in the
track of the tornado was reduced to
debris or blown away.
Telegraph communication with Sor-
rento was cut off and details were OBJ
tainei over the long distance tele-
phone. The four killed were in their
homes in different parts of Sorrento.
All were badly crushed. The storm
approached from the southwes. and
the main residence portion of the
town. The work of the wind was done
quickly and then followed a heavy
downpour OF rain accompanied by
vivid lightning and deep thunder.
Those who escaped injury were for
the time panic stricken, but finally
rallied and set to work to rescue the
injured.
The storm also deluged Alton, H.,
a few miles south of Sorrento, in the
nature of cloudburst. and st. Louis
suffered the fury of terrific thunder
storm.
Near Alton no loss of life occurred,
but the streets were turned into tenn
porary rivers. Fourteen miles distant
the village of Grafton was deluged.
Ten miles north of Alton, Chicago,
Peoria and st. Ions freight train
struck washout and plunged down
an embankment containing six feet Of
water. Several tramps seen to swing
onto the train previously are believed
to have perished.
Engineer Frank Drew, Fireman H.
Ballard and Brakeman Albert Patton
were in the engine when it plunged
into the creek and all had to swim for
their lives.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-10-27
RUSSIANS GOING HOME.
Troops in Manchuria Ordered to Break
Camp and Vacate.


Camp and Vacate.
A special from Harbin, Manchuria.
says: Now that the ratification of the
peace treaty has been announced to
the army, permission has been given
by headquarters to telegraph the fact
that the troops are being demobilized.
All northbound trains from the POSI-
tions are loaded with troops and their
equipment. Half of all the native
buildings in the northern part of Ku
enchengtsu and vicinity have been
requisitioned for use preparatory to
this movement homeward, and many
OF the huts and buildings elsewhere
will be used by those troops which
the authorities will be unable to move
before winter.
Lieutenant General Linevitch, who
has been in Harbin since October Is,
contemplates a visit to Vladivostok
A prominent general has been APP
pointed to conduct the movement of
Russian prisoners from Nagasaki.
The Russo-C Chinese bank is prepar-
ing to reopen its former branches
along the line of the South Manchuria
railroad, and is arranging to estab-
lish agencies at Dalny, Port Arthur,
Yinkow. Mukden and Tie Pass.
The Amur railroad will be immedi-
ateiy extended to Blagovestchensk and
Kabarovsk.