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Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-07-25

omy," "Trigonometry," "Botany,"
and such things. The Legislature
made the usual appropriation for it.
Governor Vardaman vetoed the bill
and mashed the life out of it; had
it turned into State Agricultural
Experiment Station which shows the
farmers of the hill section how large
ly to increase their returns from
their poor lands.
The great lumber trust had long
cherished scheme. It wanted per-
mission for every corporation to be
allowed to hold ten million dollars
worth of land. The lumber trust is
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peting line, giving the people the
benfit of competing rates. Needless
to say, disappointed lot of rail-
road maSnates and hirelings are do
ing what they can to compass his
defeat.
The Legislature met again. The
Governor again tried to get them to
divide the school fund as he desired.
They would not do it. But today
every candidate for Governor is
standing right ON the platform Yard
aman originated.
He employed agents and uncov-
cred an astonishing amount of graft
and corruption and penitentiary af-
fairs. That was put an end to.
The Blind Institute was enlarged;
the Deaf and Dumb Institute was
trebled in capacity; the Insane Asy-
lum was enlarged and a new hospital
erected; the consumptives were seq
ASShOCU al CdI COC nOSP1Gdl anu
the treatment Of all the inmates inn
proved; the Girls school at Colum-
bus was enlarged and improved as
was the A. & M. at Starkville, and
the negro A. & M. school at Alcorn
was turned into an agricultural
school.
Not bit of graft; honesty, open
and above board dealing in all things,
wise economy and good common
horse sense have characterized the
administration Of James K. Varda-
man.
He has been the Governor. Nei-
ther friend nor foe could sway or
swerve him. He has used his own
judgment, as he did when a lad on
the poor hills of old Yalobusha.
And he will make better Senator
than he was GOVERNOR is rip
ened, matured, experienced and broad
ened in every way.
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ants was killed. That was the turn
ing point in the fight, and law, order
and prohibition were victorious,
largely through his efforts.
Soon after he was elected by a
grateful people to the legislature,
where he served with distinction.
He was reelected and became Speak
er Of the House, making one of the
best the State ever had. Twice he
was presidential elector. In the war
with Spain, which he had advocated
In his paper, he backed up what he
said by enlisting as a private and
shouldered his gun with the rest of
the boys. He was elected captain of
his company and Governor McLau-
rim refused to commission him unless
he apologized for some severe cri
clsms he had made in his paper of
McLaurin. He refused to apologize.
and was deprived Of fighting under
the flag Of Mississippi. Determined
to go to the front, however, he en-
listed IN the 5th Immunes, and was
sent TO Cuba, where he saw service
and was promoted rapidly until he
reached the rank Of Major. He re-
turned home after hostilities ceased
and made the race for Governor, but
was defeated by political combina-
ton. Four years later he again
made the race and was elected over
great odds and has made good every
pledge. He recommended in his in
augural message the change in the
distribution Of the school fund. The
Legislature, not in sympathy with
him on that question, refused to act.
Meanwhile he cleaned out the peni-
tentiary, stopped the leasing of COM
victs to work the princely plantations
of pets Of former administrations
put the convicts on the State farms,
so the State gets the benefit of their
labor.
He appointed an incorruptible
School Book Commission, and broke
the back of the American Book
Company, a trust which has made
more high priced lobbyists in the
State of Mississippi, and has robbed
the plain people out of more money
on the price Of school books than
can be we'll calculated. And some of
the loudest defamers and howlers
against Vardaman are these now job
less lobbyists and agents, who have
been separated from their tairtod
trust money for shady work, and find
themselves with their occupation
gone.
Up at Holly Springs there was a
negro estate Normal School"
where negro teachers were taught
Pedagogy" "Ethics," "Interna-
tional Law and Civics," "Astron-
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WANTED-Young men and young wo.
men to prepare for positions paying
from $50 to $3.50 per month. Posi-
tions guaranteed; railroad fare paid.
WHEELER BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Birmingham, Ala.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

inadequate and an elevated railroad into
the building will be built in order to les
sen the congestion OF travel. A Lew
line to Covina was opened this year and
an extension to Glendora will be in opera
tion by the first of the year. 1t is
probable that Mr.. Huntington will build
to Riverside.
The Redondo electric line, also owned
by Mr.. Huntington, runs to Redondo a
flourishing seaport city. and taps several
fiourishing towns lying between.
The Los Angeles-Pacific system COM
prises several lines running SOUTH west,
southwest and northwest, reaching Hol-
lywood, Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean
Park, Playa del Rey, Redondo and other
towns.
This system is controlled by p. H. Har-
riman and great improvements are pro-
jected for it. Several tunnels will be con-
structed near Los Angeles to shorten the
routes, the track will be standardized
and many new cars put into service.
Lana has been acquired on Hill street
on which to erect ten-story depot and
office building.
Two private gas corporations supply
gas for heating and lighting purposes.
and a third will be in operation shortly
after the first of the year. Two COM
panies retail electric light to consumers.
and there are several very strong light
and power companies which transmit
energy in some cases for hundreds of
miles.
There are more telephones in use per
capita in Los Angeles than in any other
city in the country. There are two COM
panies with a total of something like
10000 subscribers, and with adequate long
distance systems.
1t Is expected that the Owens river
project will supply an enormous amount
of electrical energy, which will, of course,
be owned by the city and which will be
made source of large revenue.
Gas costs so cents per 1000 feet; electri-
city II cents per kilowatt per hour;
petroleum 81 a barrel.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
CIT Y NEEDS
WELL FILLED
PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE ALL UP
TO DATE
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM is
BIG SUCCESS
Transportation and Lighting Facilities
Are Credit to Los Angeles
and Are Steadily Im-
proving

It so happens that the one public util-
ity in Los Angeles which is under NUM-
cipal ownership is the city's especial
pride. For five years or more the city
has owned it's own water. system, con-
trolled and managed by a commission
appointed by the mayor and confirmed by
the council.
Not only has the system been improved
and enlarged, but it has produced a
large revenue over the cost of operation,
achieving SO great a measure OF success
that 1t is the chosen exponent of muni-
cipal ownership under the best condi-
tions.
The success of municipal ownership of
the water system undoubtedly had much
to do with the courageous act of the
people in voting $230OO,OO0 to bring an
adequate water supply from the Owens
river, In Inyo county 243 miles away.
That enterprise, however, is entitled to
a chapter by itself.
There Is probably no city of its class
in the country which has an urban and
interurban trolley system equal to that
enjoyed by Los Angeles. All the city
lines are the property of the Los Ange-
les Railway company, which is owned
chiefly by Henry e. Huntington, the
street railway and interurban railway
magnate of the west. This system has
400 miles of track and operates over 400
cars. Thirty miles of new track were
placed in operation this year, the chief
extensions being in the northwestern
and southwestern parts of the city. The
line into Eagle Rock valley Is also new.
A three-minute service Is maintained on
some of the lines.
Mr. Huntington also controls the Pacific
Electric and Interurban systems, COM
prising 500 miles of track and connect
ing Los Angeles with all the leading cities
and towns within radius of fifty miles.
The cars of these lines leave from the
Pacific Electric building at Sixth and
Main streets, an enormous many-storied
building covering thirteen acres of floor
space. All the lines are double tracked
and one-that to Watts-has four tracks.
Even this great building has proved
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
OUR FRUIT
INDUSTRY
DISTINCTIVE ELEMENT IN OUR
PROGRESS
land, It Has Helped to Make
This Section Rich and
Famous


When one speaks of Southern Califor-
MAS fruit industry the mind instnctively
turns to citrus fruits-the orange and the
lemon-for these more than any other
have helped to make this section famous.
But while the orange is indeed the great
est factor in our fruit industry, olives,
grapes and the deciduous fruits must
not be forgotten.
The citrus fruit industry of Southern
California comprises approximately 80 per
cent of oranges and 10 per cent of lem
ons The output for the season of 1907-S
will approximate $1,000 cars of oranges
and lemons, valued to the growers at
nearly $25. 900, 000 Last years output was
27,700 cars valued at S20,O00,0O0. Prices
were good last year. but this season they
have been better STILL so the profit to
the growers will be very large, despite
the heavy freight rates.
The citrus fruit industry of Southern
California is no longer conducted in a
haphazard manner. 1t has been demon
strated that it takes scientific farming
and hard work to make orange and lemon
raising profitable. In the infancy of the
industry the trees were set out anywhere
and everywhere, without regard to the
character of the soil and the liability to
frost; irrigation was not as well under
stood then as now; the market was not
SO good and transportation facilities were
comparatively imperfect The markets
were not supplied intelligently.
All this has been changed, the citrus
belts are clearly Defined proper methods
of cultivation are better understood The
water supply is more consistently devel-
oped and more intelligently applied. Frost
has almost lost it's terrors. Transporta-
ton and marketing are conducted on a
businesslike basis, and the largest and
surest profits possible are realized To
live in ones own orange grove and to
realize an income from the golden fruit
is, and has been, the dream of thousands.
Some have been disappointed because of
ignorance and misplaced energies, but the
mistakes of twenty years ago are prac-
tically impossible now. The orange in
dustry of Southern California is on a
basis which requires some capital, and
lots of hard work. but when these condi-
tions are met there are few industries
more congenial or more profitable.
More than 55 per cent of the citrus crop
of California is handled by the California
Fruit Growers exchange which is COM
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
AN OLD FRIEND

Adequate review of the separate ele-
ments that underlie our states develop
ment would be incomplete without a men
tion of those firms whose introduction of
q superior class of necessary goods has
added materially to our industrial per-
fection and wealth. We are pleased to
place in this class the George Russell
Reed company, dealers in photo-engrav-
ing supplies, whose Pacific coast Office is
at 645 to 65S Battery street, San Francisco.
Mr. Reed made a flying trip to our city
recently and announced his intention of
becoming an active contender in this field
for business in his line.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
VIEW LOOKING UP BROADWAY IN 1907

The walnut growers have had good
crops, good markets and good prices. An
average crop is half a ton to the acre,
and the growers will realize this year II
cents a pound. The total acreage in
Southern California is about 100000 AS
other crops are grown between the trees,
the land produces an exceptionally large
profit.
The olive and olive oil industries are
at last on solid, pro1t-making basis,
and the oldest industry in California is
entitled to so much recognition.
There is an average annual pack of
100000 gallons of picked olives. 1t
is expected that about 100000 gallons
of olive oil will be manufactured this
year; last year the season was COM
paratively poor. The excellence and
purity of California olive oil has been
established, and the operation of the
pure food law has helped to secure a
good market.
There are about 10000 acres of olive
orchards in Southern California.
Grapes
Last year Southern California ship
ped 1000 carloads of grapes, while the
wine and brandy product is valued at
over s1,O00,0O0. A very large proper
tion of the crop goes to the wineries,
though the market in other directions
Is increasing. One Coachella valley
grower sold the product of one acre
of Malaga grapes for $1,000. the net
profit being $500. This is of course ex-
ceptional. The Coachella valley is be-
low sea level and the grapes were
first in the market. The average net
profit per acre runs from $50 to 500:
The eastern shipments for the season
just closed will amount to $500 car
loads against 1900 cars three years ago.
Berries and Vegetables
Small farming has become a great
industry in Southern California, par
ticularly in the sections around Los
Angeles. Many truck farmers close to
this city have made comfortable for
tunes from the increase in the values
of their land, consequent upon the
needs of real estate men and home
builders.
Following is an estimate of the crop
values for the seven counties: Beans,
$750.O0O; celery 1000 carloads, $3.50, 900;
potatoes, $175,OOO; honey, $150.OO0; cauli-
flower, s1500O0; cabbage, s175,000; to-
matoes, $160,000; melons, 100000, and
so on. Strawberries, raspberries,
loganberries, ETC., are large and very
profitable crops.
There is a growing trade in green
vegetables with the middle west fol-
lowing improved transportation facili-
ties, and as capital is enlisted there Is
q marked increase in the number of
canneries and preserve factories.
About a million and quarter dollars
worth of canned goods will be produced
this year.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

bination of district exchanges for the
handling and marketing of the citrus
fruit. There are more than eighty associ-
atoms covering every citrus district in the
state and packing nearly 200 brands of
oranges and lemons. The following table
covering twelve years shows the total
number of boxes of citrus fruits shipped
each year from California, together with
the total number of boxes shipped by the
exchange. and the percentage:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
Goino to Waste

A recent novel says: The kiss he
gave her was a concentration of all
the kisses he had withheld when he
worshiped her from afar"
A man with such powers of concen-
tration should be in better business
than idly drifting through the pages
of a sentimental work of felton,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
ciation

More than 800 firms and business men
constitute the membership of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
which stimulates the commercial and In
dustrial growth OF the city and does ex-
cellent work In protecting business In
terests from impositions and takers. Un-
der the direction OF Secretary r. ]. Zee
handelaar, the association especially pro-
notes the Fiestas, which have been such
a. notable feature of entertainment In
Los Angeles and which have spread the
fame of the southland far and wide.
Secretary zeehande.aar reports that this
years business of the retail merchants
slightly exceeds that of 1906 and consid-
ering the latter was an increase of 80
per cent over the preceding year, the
showing is a very good one indeed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

The net amount received Dy tne eX-
change last season was over $l2, 100000.
Eighty-fve per cent of the entire citrus
fruit crop of Southern California is
handled from the packing houses to job
bers throughout the world by the Los
Angeles fruit agencies ard association.
The shipping season begins In Novem-
Der and closes June l. In the height OF
the season hundreds of cars leave daily,
which must be watched over and diverted
to the city where the demand is greatest
and prices the best. Marketing is no
longer done in a haphazard manner.
During the year 1900 citrus fruits marketed in
this country were: Southern California oranges,
16 1862 carloads California lemons. 1447 carloads;
F1oridas. 1850 car oads; foreign oranges, 2I45
carloads; foreign lemons, 640S carloads. making
a total of 2S,3l2
in this country were: Southern California or
unges, 25,b53 carloads; California lemons, 1885
carloads; Northern California oranges, 1885
carloads; floridas. 1900 carloads; foreign or
anges. 1900 carloads; foreign lemons, 1000 car
loads; making a total of 44,724.
1t will be seen that the citrus fruit
product of Southern California for the
season of 1867 was greater by 5000 cars
than the entire product of citrus fruits
domestic and foreign-marketed in the
United States in the year 1900, and about
two-thirds the entire product marketed in
the United states In 1910. WINE the con-
sumption of citrus fruits In the east has
Increased something like 60 per cent in
five years prices have been better than
ever before. The status of Southern CAL
ifornia citrus fruits is favorably and
firmly fixed.
Deciduous Fruits
Under the general heading of deciduous
fruits may be Included apricots, peaches,
apples, olives, nuts, etc. More than $5,-
OOO, 900 worth of fruits and vegetables
raised in Southern California are con-
sumed annually here at home. The an
nual product of dried fruits and raisins
is valued at more than $2000,000; Olives
and olive oil, more tnan a million and a
half; canned fruits more than a million;
the apricot alone brings In revenue of
more than 100000 annually; nuts fof all
varieties $2,0OO0O0.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

Algy-Why, my dear fellah, how can
you say that the prices of necessities are
getting higher? Why, personally, know
OF a touring car that costs $1,000 less than
II did a. year ago.-Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-22

Patience-which do you think tAe more tire
some-golf or ssatingg
Patrice-oh, golf A person sits down more
while skating.-Yo Yonkers Statesman
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se-en in the parlor on an air-tight stove. bat
when the mason came he drove me into snug
dark quarters till the plas.erisg dried. He
gcve every room III the house but enc small
chamber ash of his mortar. and I have had
HARD task washing up after him.
But we are gaining now, End shall soon be
in a new old home 1t seems like beginning
housekeeping anew; makes us feel young.
planning for new furniture and where to put
things. John cannot yet find chance for a
lounge in the living room, there are SO many
doors. but shall have such cosy kitchen
where people win net have 10 pass through it
to get into the house. / shall keep clean
apron handy to put on when see callers
coming, at lest. and we have two piazzas
now. Aren't we grand:
Now, Aunt Maria, you ought 10 come and
see ne this winter after we get settled. for
your impression from your last fan visit
mus. he tina. we are awful poor for furniture.
But then we had q good time. shall have
the painters soon, then must look OUT. Am
walking a plank to-day. as John oiled the
living room foor by lamp light last evening,
hoping it would dry Sunday, but II is SO wet
and rainy fear it viii not be dry.
You would all laugh 20 see me work. clean
a spot here and there as it needs it most as
the men want to put the finish on. then run
out doors and pick up old shingles and laths
and lime, but the old boards that arc too
heavy will have to wait for more time from
stronger hands. But we are happy all the
way through. DELL.
Yes, and think how fine you will look
when this condition of things is over.
AUNT MADGE.
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sEAcrRr. SOUTH DEER ISLE.


Seagirt grange met November 2, with
thirty members present. In the absence
Of the master and lecturer, Overscer Hattie
Bray and Blanche Bye filled the chairs.
The following officers were elected:
Hattie Smith, master; Anna Tracy. over
seer; Ida Pert, lecturer; Nina Pert, stew
ard; Hattie Bray, assistant steward; Katie
Stanley, chaplain; Blanche Bye, treasurer;
Fannie Stinson, secretary; Hazel Stinson,
gatekeeper; Kate McCauley, Ceres; Ber-
nice Weed, Pomona; Josie Stanley, Flora;
Cassie Stinson, lady assistant steward.
Three candidates were instructed in the
third and fourth degrees. The lecturer
presented . programme Of reading, sing
ing, conundrums and recitations. A treat
was served by Sisters Pert and Bye and
Brother Colby.
Next Saturday evening will be ladies'
night.
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Many sidednes. Of Christian Erd.avc-


marvel sometimes at the many 81
edness CT our Christian Endeavo:
work. Born in large part out of ar
idea that the best Christian develop
ment is brought about through exer-
else. Christian Endeavor has come
stand for much that may properly be
termed unusual in our church life. In
very many Instances it has seen an
unusual opportunity not strictly with
In its sphere and yet a task that need
ed doing True to its best, it has put
itself to doing the particular thing
and by the power of its example has
opened the eyes Of those who ought to
have seen the duty. Then it has been
Christian Endeavor's good sense, after
having put the proper forces to work
to leave this duty in the hands where
It rightfully belonged and itself pas
ON to other pioneer work for the good
Of humanity and the glory of the
Christ. John r. Clements in Christian
Endeayor World.