Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-20
California
Date and Eucalyptus
Company

was willing to distribute date seeds
to prospective planters, only the
best and most satisfactory results
could be obtained by getting the
trees direct from their native heath,
Africa, and that as this was a too
expensive process for the Individual
planter, it was only reasonable to
assume that the date industry in
the valley would be confined to the
operations of such large companies
as the California Date Farm and
Eucalyptus company.
Probably all of our readers are
fully aware of the coming hardwood
timber famine in this country, and
all Californians know that the euca-
lyptus tree will in a short time be
practically the only source of hard
wood supply in this country.
1t is said that recent experiments
made in the valley prove that the
conditions here are as favorable, If
not more favorable for the profitable
growing of eucalyptus than any
other spot in the STATE. This COM
pany expects to plant hundreds of
acres to the best varieties of this
tree, from which it should derive
enormous profits, as practically
every industry in the world is de-
pendent upon timber to a greater
or less degree, and the available
planting area is limited not only to
the state. of California, but to
comparatively small portion of the
state.
Experiments made in this valley
show that eucalyptus trees grow
here in five years to the same size
that it takes seven years elsewhere,
thus giving the valley two years
advantage over other points.
Cattle, horses and hogs thrive ex-
ceedingly well in the valley, and the
company will undoubtedly reap
large profits from this one source
alone.
The company will undoubtedly
prove great benefit to the valley,
as it's plans, including as they do
the raising of every profitable farm
product on a large scale, must ul-
timately create for the economical
handling of its production large
factories, such as fruit canneries,
sawmills, cotton gins, packing
plants, furniture factories, etc. Mr..
Stanley expects to select a townsite
where the company may erect it's
own factories and power buildings.
This, naturally, will call for the ex-
penditure of a large amount of
money and the active pushing of
this enterprise will not only ac-
cunulate profits for its stockholders,
but will furnish employment for
hundreds and possibly thousands of
men.
The company will not confine its
operations to one point, nor will it
endeaVor to secure only large pieces
of land. On the contrary, 1t will
secure land wherever suitable for its
purposes and at reasonable valua-
lions, in tracts large enough to pay
to keep a crew of men at work, and
such tracts will naturally be scat
tered from one end of the valley to
the other.
The extensive plans of the COM
pany will take years to work out,
but Mr.. Stanley says he can see no
reason why the company cannot in
a year or two be in a position to
pay a reasonably large dividend to
its stockholders.
Those who are acquainted with
the wonderful and immense possi-
bilities of the Imperial valley feel
that this company will not only
prove big success, but it will also
make for larger Improvement of the
valley.
The fiscal agent of the company
is the well known Stanley DeBlois
company, pioneer in the real estate
business In Brawley, Imperial
county, California. This latter
company has recently opened per-
mament offices in Los Angeles on
the sixth floor Of the San Fernando
building.