Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-29
$4,000 is
PAID FOR
COVIlNA TRACT
ANOTHER C0VINA GROVE Is
HIGH PRICED
Ell MONTE RANCH BRINGS GOOD
FIGURE
100000 viii Be Expended In the
Improvement of Forty Acres
in San Antonio
Canyon

rhe Herald's fourth weekly report Of
ranch sales in Southern California fol-
lows:
One of the heaviest transfers noted
during December In the Covina real
estate market has been the sale OF the
George Reeg 20-acre orange grove on tho
east city limits, fronting on the car line.
for $4,000, the purchaser being D. L..
Peters of Pasadena.
The Hazard e. Welch company reports
the sale Of twenty acres Of oranges and
raw land owned by Henry Frey to A. j.
Warner of Los Angeles. Consideration.
$4,000. Long Beach property valued at
SIT 900 was taken in exchange.
Another big sale IL reported by Fairly
& Pollard, the 20-acre orange grove of A.
p. Kerckhoff, east of his home place on
Puente street, to George l. Lytle Of Los
Angeles, for $4,000. There Is no resi-
dence on the property at the present time
but the purchaser intends to build at an
early date and make 1t his home.
What is commonly known as the Hob
son place. consisting of a fraction less
than five acres in bearing orange trees
and a house, located on Fifth street, be-
tween Griswold and Maclay avenues. San
Fernando. and owned by Geo. e. Waite,
was sold this week to man by the name
of Jones, recent arrival from Massachu-
setts. The consideration is said to be
S500G
Charles r. Baynham has disposed of
his 4O-acre tract and camp near Hogs
back in San Antonio canyon to the San
Antonio Water company and will be, su-
perintendent of the consolidated property
which is to be made one of the finest
mountain resorts in Southern California
by the expenditure of about 100000
The Thomas Brosman poultry ranch at
the corner of Eleventh street and Hamil-
Tp<,o1 1Arnn
Mann of Nebraska, Mr.. Mann has large
holdings in Nebraska but contemplates
selling out and devoting his attention to
interests in Southern California, as he is
a believer in the splendid climate and re-
sources of this section. he will make his
home on the property. The sale was
made through the A. ]. Williams com"
pany.
This firm also sold the 14-acre tract of
"A. M Robertson to Mr.. Van Burkirk
of Nevada for $2500
The flve-acre orange ranch of M. T..
wilkinson of Lordsburg has been sold to
A. Shales of Northern California.
George, Conklin of Perris has added to
his holdings by the purchase of fourteen
and one-quarter acres of land adjoining
his beautiful orange grove on the east.
One of the largest deals in the past few
weeks was the sale of $50 acres east of
Ethanac by o. P. Guterson to l.. d.
Temple of Upland. The purchase price
was over $12, 900, and Mr.. Guterson is said
to have made good profit on the place,
which he only bought last spring, after
spending more than $1,000 in repairing the
ranch house and barn upon the place.
Mr. Temple is a wealthy orange grower
from Upland and will improve the place
next spring. The ranch is now being
seeded to grain, but forty acres will be
reserved for alfalfa and grading will be
started shortly.
Fred Kraft has sold to L. S. Mershon
his five acres west of Hemet for about
$500. The land is improved, and Mr.,
Mershon will build home.
NJ E. Savitz has bought ten acres on
Hemet and Berkeley streets in the same
place. The land is nnimproved. Mr..
Savitz will begin improvements at once
and will build home. Price about SloOO.
Bowen g. Lyman have sold to w. IL.
Wagar for C. E. Fowler 15-acre orange
and lemon grove for $4,000 at Corona.
The Union Trust and Realty company
of Los Angeles has sold to Robert M.
Wollitz through the Daniel Lord & Co.
realty firm, lot 6, block 81, on West Sixth
street. Corona. Consideration named.
about $1,000. The tract consists of ten
acres and adjoins another 10-acre piece
M. Wollitz owns on West Sixth street.
The two pieces are to be set to eucalyp-
tas trees.
D. NJ. Shanks and C. A. March sold to
w. j. Church a 20-acre orange grove at
Arlington station, Riverside county, for
S2O,0O0 The land is set to navel and
valencia trees. The sellers take as part
payment for their grove two siX-room
flats and five-room cottage on a lot 5Sx
N15O feet at 1929 to 1926 Arnold street, Los
angeles, at valuation of $4,000.
fAnother exchange of this nature was
eected by Charles II. Holmes and J. 3.
Aaffey. Mr.. Holmes turned in I. 24-acre
nut grove in the East Whittier dis
at a valuation of $21,600 and Mr..
lffey transfers a residence facing Hol-
lck park on which price of $4,000 is
land owned by Henry Frey to A. ].
IA seven-room house and pumping
y Davis has sold his 50-acre walnut
Two miles north of Ell Monte, to
AStone for a reported consideration
100 cash. This ranch is considered
the show places in El Monte dis
The trees are five years old, the
Il Us are all of a substantial charac-
200 inches of water have been
! ytd on the property. Mr.. Davis,
w1C-lives in Monrovia, bought the prop
ertv lasc January for $40 ono