Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
SANTA ANA MEN BUY
CHERRY VALLEY LANDS
CHERRY CROP EXCEEDS $500
AN ACRE
Beaumont Foothills Attract Attention
of Bee Men-Irrigaton System
Is Forced to Increase
Its Capacity

Sales of irrigated acreage in the
Cherry Valley tract to residents OF
Santa Ana and other nearby agrlcul-
tural districts aggregating $1,000 are re-
ported for the week by the Beaumont
Land and Water company. Cherry
valley has been named after the Ia
nous cherry orchards that encompass
it, and recent purchasers are preparing
TO set out over forty acres OF cherry
trees at planting time next fall. Beau-
mont will ship this seaon over $2O,0OO
worth of cherries and the crop is SAID
to run in excess of 5000 an acre.
The foothill land at Beaumont is
beginning to attract the attention of
bee culturists, and sales amounting TO
forty acres in the foothills north of the
! town are in process. From an apiary
of 120 hives owned by F. l.. Grigsby
over IL, 900 pounds of honey were taken
last season. The bees feed on wild
buckwheat and the blossoms of the
scrub oak, which are plentiful in the
foothills of Beaumont.
| AS a result of the growth of the pop
ulation of the Beaumont valley 1t has
| been found necessary by Engineer Ger
vaise Purcell, in charge of the Beau
mont water system, to add to- past
estimates over 10000 feet of irrigation
| lines. varying in size from four TO
eight inches. This has resulted in the
company putting forty extra men -
work. and it is reported that the
monthly pay roll of Beaumont's water
development alone amounts to over
$4,000. Every man and boy in the town
is at work. Teams are scarce, ani as
threshing season is at hand there
Dor
Building Contracts Are Signed
Builders in Beaumont have signed
!
new dwellings for r.. Chabry former
| ly of Hollywood, who will build on
Eighth and Veile streets, and Robert
Curler who viii have handsome
home on Egan and F streets, of con-
crete construction.
The remainder of the machinery and
apparatus for the new gas works, con-
| sisting of generators, washers, oil
tanks and other fixtures, arrived on
Tuesday, and the main building of the
plant Is nearing completion. The price
of gas has been set and delivery Is
promised in sixty days.
The Beaumont bank has bought the
corner of Fifth and California streets,
20 by 70 feet, for the erection of a
substantial and ornamental building.
The institution will have $4,000 paid
up capital stock and viii stand in with
deposits exceeding that amount,
John Waldo Ellis, field superinten-
dent of the Children's Home society,
has established a branch at Beaumont
with the following members on the
local advisory board: j. j. Mccoy,
chairman; ]. w. Elder and John r.
Hallman
]. H. Mosher, formerly Of Covina
has entered the shoe business, and
Bryant & Moss of Riverside have Sc
cured a business location on Egan
avenue and will open up a millinery
business.
Operations by the San Gorgorno
Water company have stopped on its
shaft on section 10, owing to the influx
of water. the shaft, 6 by s feet was
down eleven feet, when it overhowed,
forcing the workmen out until an en-
gine and pump can be installed to sink
deeper Double the quantity of water
expected has been disclosed by this
operation.