The San Francisco call., 1906-12-19
States Progress
Notedby Press

T what think YOU OF cooperative trrt-
Sation7 Yet that is about what Mo-
/ desto and Turlock irrigation dlStrlcls
are. virtually. The people built he I'M
mense dam at La Grange, the tunheiS.
/ fumes. canals. etc. The wnoie system
belongs as absolutely to the people aS
does a courthouse. schoolhouse or
nublic road When the bonds are paid
of they will have no expense but 'hat
which is incident to keeping the sys-
tenn in repair. And that VIII make Nei!
cheap water No DIVIDENDS are paid
to shareholders or corporation no
easements can be made without vote OF
the neopIe. Incidentally, we may say
/ that the Transformation or sunny
StanisIaus' as they call the county, IL
marvellous The immense grain
fields are giving way to great num-
Der of small holdings. with aiIalIs
4 fields. orchards vineyards ana COM
Portable residences. There Is great
future before Stanislaus County. Inc
soil Is good and the location desiraoie'
| II is well watered and drained oy tne
Tuolumne, Stanislaus and san JOAQUIN
rivers 1t Is but little over 100 miles
from San Francisco. thirty from tide
water at stockton and ninety from the
state capital. The Southern Pacinc ana
Santa Fe railroads pass through ~ ana
electric lines will inevitably follow
Oakland Cooperative Journal
| An investment in our local land. the
raising of crops with q judictous care
and industry, Is one Of the most pront-
\ ahle and safest outlays for capital
Lands. too, which are now worth from
| 5000 to 5000 an acre when improved
are worth double the amount 1ne
high improvements of small farms adds
/ to wealth and valuation. With the com
ling of an overland railroad through our
/ IF ali
as feeders, land nov worth $500 or $500
an acre will then be valued at ana De
really worth from $3.50 to $1,000 an
acre We mention these facts TO show
/ the real reason for keeping up with
the etimes.-Healdsburg Enterprise.
| II would be dificuIt TO overstate the
benefits that will result to this part OF
the valley from the bridging of the
bay at Dumbarton Point An
other important feature Is that rail-
roads along the bay will open all the
west shore for the location OF manu-
factories. There Is deep water at Dunn
barton Point and south past Cooleys
Landing, which will make that section
ideally located for manufacturing pur-
poses. as 1T will give both water and
/ rail transportation All the big manu-
| featuring enterprises now located IN
San Francisco and which will in future
take advantage of these conditions
Then all the large warehouses will be
/ located along the bay. since wholesale
houses with Offices in the city can NIL
/ orders direct from such warehouses at
less expense of handling goods.
1t does not seem too optimistic. in view
of these facts. to predict a remarka-
| BILE growth for this section during 1907
The bay-shore cutoff will be in opera
ton in a short time and work Is already
in progress on the Dumbarton bridge.
with the expectation that 1t will be
completed in six months. The Western
Pacific is rushing work on it's lines as
fast as men and money can do IL. and
1t is probable that the Santa Fe will
not be dilatory In pushing its interests
to the front--Palo Alto Tribuns.
with the nling OF the deeds In the
\ Recorders office last week one OF the
| biggest land deals IN Fresno County
was consummated. IL was the official
requirement by the Summit Lake In
Evestment Company Of 100 acres of land
in what Is generally known as the Lake
j Land Investment Company. The total
consideration was a trihe under $780,
900. The Laguna Lands. Lin
tied. sold to this company the north
westerly 70s5 acres of the Laguna de
Tache grant for 100000. In round
figures. This land lies entirely with
in Fresno County. and on the south is
within eight miles Of Lemoore. In ad-
dition to this 10000 contiguous acres
have been put In the new corporation.
IL Mr.. Mares stated yesterday
that surveyors are at present at work
on the tract running lines and levels.
preparatory to the big work of recla-
nation The building of levees to pro-
tect the land from overflow will be be-
gun in time TO keep out the Hood
| waters Of next spring and summer. and
II is estimated that this work will cost
i 100000 When the land Is once re-
/ claimed IL Is the intention to divide
it up and sell Ii to actual settlers in
small tracts. The same policy used in
putting the grant upon the market will
be followed Extensive advertising will
be done in the East During the eight
years that the grant has been on the
market Mr.. Mares states that over
s1,000,000 worth OF property has been
sold. and there are now 5000 people on
the land. which before was one vast
grazing range. The new tract for set
Element will be tributary to Fresno.
and one of the possibilities OF the not
distant future is electric line to
tap the country. With their heavy In
terest in this proposition and their
ownership of the Bank OF California
tract, the so-called Huntington inter
ests are going heavily into Fresno
County land--Fresno Republican.
A land transaction that Is of the
greatest Importance to MADEIRA County
has just been negotiated. 1t consists
\ of the purchase of some 1900 acres OF
land in the Eastin settlement by Los
Angeles capital. the object being to
form colony, cut the land up into
! twenty and forty acre tracts and put
1T all under irrigation with pumping
plants - The project promises great
things for the development of that To-
cality. Where are now thousands OF
acres devoted to grain farming and a
dozen or so homes, In a short time
will be few hundred homes on small
tracts devoted to the highest type OF
farming. Such improvements can only
lead to others of a similar nature ana
the change from a farming section to
a thickly settled community will be a
wonderful stride in the progress and
development OF the country. The en-
terprise will require the expenditure
of no less than a half million dolIarz