Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-09

but in Riverside they have been real
ICED at times for a whole acre. The
late Mr.. Garcelon Of that place told me
that he declined to tell the correspond
ent Of the New York Herald how much
he made an acre from his thin skinned
lemons for two reasons; the first be-
cause he was afraid of being accused
of lying and the second that he did not
wish to start inexperienced people pel1
nell into a business for which they
were perhaps unadapted. There can be
no doubt that much money was made
by our early orange and lemon grow
ers and that much is being made now
by those who understand their busl-
ness.
Don Mateo's Land
In its great spread the city of Los
Angeles has taken in the vineyard and
which used to lie to the south of Ala
media street, Don Mateo was one of
the most notable men of the early
American settlers Of Los Angeles,
though l believe he was an Irishman
by birth. He was a man of great in
dustry and accomplishments and had
been much over the world and spoke
many languages. When he died he
left large fortune, part Of which was
the Malibu ranch, which Mr.. Frederick
Rindge bought from his son, and which
stretches well towards the Ventura
county line Young Keller is, believe,
one of the fish commissioners of Cali
fornia, or was when 1 last heard of
him, and has been a most efficient one,
as he is a thorough sportsman.
Another Of the old ranch portions of
Los Angeles was the jeff White place,
which is now surrounded by manufac
tories, near the river bank, and which
was noted for it's beautiful walnut
avenue. This place, for time, was
the home of DR.. White of st. Louis,
who left it to his son, Jeff, who died
great deal of the gaiety that went on
In Los Angeles. Mrs. e. j. Kewer was
sister of DR.. White and was one of
the most liberal entertainers ever
known in Southern California. Jeff
left a son, who is a nephew of Mrs. A.
B. Hotchkiss, whose possession of val
liable properties on Spring and Main
and other streets has made her a very
wealthy woman, which will probably
put the young man pretty thoroughly
on Easy street in the course Of nature.
Another famous space in Los An
geles was the old Boyle ranch or vine
yard across the river, made productive
by the enterprise and industry of An
drew Boyle, whose famous old vineyard
is rapidly being built upon and con-
verted into a solid part Of the city. It
was in the Boyle homestead that
our Uncle" Billy Workman found u
bride. He still resides there; the old
ranch house is still in good state of
preservation, though an elegant man
sion, in which the ex-mayor and his
family reside, has been erected nearby.
There is tradition that some tuns
of the old Boyle wine are still housed
in the old Boyle dwellings, strong con-
tributions of which, as in the late ex-
cursion to Salt Lake, still find their
way to appreciative palates. The old
vineyard, opposite the Santa Fe and
Salt Lake depots, is said to have
borne loads of juicy grapes for up
ward of sixty years without showing
the least sign of deterioration in yield
or quality.
BriswaIter's Orchard
| Another famous place was the old
walnut orchard of Don Andreas Bris-
walter, certain of whose peculiarities as
patron of restaurants were referred
to in a previous paper. Briswalter was
an Alsatian and, although his German
accent was as pronounced as that of
Hessian, he was as enthusiastic a
French sympathizer as Marshal Kleber
himself. A great sympathy existed be-
tween him and his fellow Alsatian, old
Louis Mesmer, the proprietor of the
United States hotel. Although a man
of enormous wealth Briswalter never
did anything without consulting his
friend Mesmer in whom, to him, the
sun seemed to rise and set. He lived
In very primitive manner. consorting
mainly with Indians. When he came to
die he left, among other things, his
immense walnut grove to Mesmer's
daughter.
| This Is the lady whom Griffith j.
Griffith married and for the shooting of
whom he is now spending term at
San Quentin. know not what romantic
matters may have entered into their
courtship but that there was a bus
mess element in 1t on the part of the
groom was shown by the fact that he