The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-08-07

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their lives. This tremendous OUT
go virtually drains the banks to their
utmost capacity. This present drain
age upon our Golfers as the saying is.
is only pebble on the beach,
compared withwhat the near future will
be. judging from the present increas-
ing immigration from these undesir-
able countries.
On New Years night there was a
jack frost. which didn't wilt the
flowers, which seemed strange. On
the following morning men were
shivering in their overcoaIs, while
women is sleeveless gowns we're try
ing to up hold Southern California's re-
putation as the frostless climate of
the universe. The same day we Wis
tied the annual flower parade at Pas
adena in the beautiful charmed valley
of San Gabriel. where gardens
perennial bloom. The floats were all
decorated with flowers and roses cost
ing thousands of dollars. Pasadena
has thirty-two millionaires and no
saloons and the fnet hotel in the west.
the Green, where $1,000 meals are
served to those who have the price.
Los Angeles the small marketable
oranges which retail at 20 cents per
dozen. were quoted at Manila at Is
cents. apples to 10 cents pound.
best creamery butter as cents. eggs
so cents dozen. We complain about
81. so coal. but there its $500 per ton.
Hamburger the largest store employs
900 clerks.
My brother being employed in the
oil fields, we naturally drifted
thither. There wells are about 1900
feet deep with the OIL constantly
diminishing in quality. 1t requires
engines to pump the OIL. Being in
termingled with water the product is
pumped into large tank. The water
finds its exist at the bottom. while
the oil flows from the top into another
tank. The crude oil fed engines,
pump for several wells at once with
perfect strokes. My brother has been
at numerous oil fields, also at Beau
mont Texas. where the scouting
geyser. blew out the drill weighing
several thousand pounds high in air
suffocating or drowning the drillers.
This without warning. That field is
now nearly entirely extinct. Bakers
field. California has spouting we'll
that belches forth 1000 gallons per
hour. California is considered the
worst place to drill. as the rocks are
slanting and hollow. 1t is. therefore
almost impossible to drill a straight
hole. This generally prevents smooth
work in sinking the casing. The
driller not infrequently works for six
months in going an inch. Just ina
CINE spending $4,000 and not obtaining
a drop of oil in one we'll. Most peo-
pie believe that j. D. Rockefeller
owns the wells. nevertheless contrary
to the opinion. this isn't true. Like
farming it costs more to produce than
the products are worth. vn gigantic
scale. The Standard Oil Co.. only
rehnes the crude oil. and manufact-
ures scores Of by-products of the
same.
Southern CALIFORNIA; pride and
main stay is her ora ng e
and lemon industry to which $4,000
acres is devoted. Of these Two thirds
are in full bearing. Nearly 10000
car loads were exported last year.
! There are 385 boxes in carload. these
netred the growers 81. 50 per box ate,
deducting the freigh. and packing
charges. The top notch price of $1,000
per acre was recently paid for ter
acre orange grove without buildings.
Even the tropical banana is produced
on commercial basis though the 10.
cal fruit does not equal the product
of the tropicals in texture and flavor
California bananas are large, short
and stubby, some lunches containing
one hundred project ones. the color
being reddish yellow. My brothe,
says it affords pretty view to walk
through banana orchards in summer
when the giant purple blossoms ar,
opening and dropping their petals.
The hottest agricultural crop is thu
Chile pepper. Doubtless MANY
thousands of Americans. particularil,
in the east, scarcely know VITA
Chile peppers are, but California pro
duces hundreds of tons of thes
pungent pouches each year. Part ar
sold as red peppers and some are use'
in making green chile preserves. 1
portion is sold to vegetable dealer
who have bushels in their show win
dows. with prices of 10 cents pound