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Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
COAST TOWNS ADD NEWS OF RETURNING PROSPERITY

thirty miles from Phoenix, the water
released from the dam through i'm
mense gates will flow down the Salt
river. At Granite Reef q diversion
dam has been completed, and from
there the precious fluid will be dis
tributed among the farms by means OF
cemented canals and laterals.
Railroad Facilities
Phoenix is reached by means of two
railroads, the Santa Fe, Prescott &
Phoenix, leaving the Santa Fe main
line at Ash Fork, and the Maricopa "
Phoenix, branching from the Southern
Pacific main line at Maricopa. Re
Gently the general freight agents of the
two systems were in Phoenix to meet
with the farmers, and as a result of a
friendly conference the Salt river vail
ley was promised better rates in and
out of Phoenix.
Hundreds of thousand acres of rich,
fertile land that await nothing but the
plow and the irrigating ditch now lie
idle in the Salt river valley, ready to
shake off their long slumber and spring
into productivity under the guiding
hand of the progressive farmer.
If those of the overcrowded cities, the
long eastern winters, cramped lives
within four stuffy walls and the count
less other ills to be found on the other
side OF the mississippi could come mere
they would then appreciate the oppor-
tunities of the Salt river valley.
While the rest of the country was
testing its banks, fortunes tumbling
and confidence gradually oozing out at
the finger ends, Phoenix and Maricopa
county stood the test. In fact the peo-
pie here have never believed there was
any financial panic. Phoenix banks did
not issue one dollars worth of scrip.
Nothing more need be said about the
absence of hard times in this section.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

in routine mine development, there are
plans for several projects that will IN
volve very considerable expenditures.
The Nevada Wonder Mining company,
for example. is preparing to erect a
75-stamp mill, and will have, when TINS
mill Is in operation, pay roll of sew
eral hundred dollars day In the
Fairview district, which is adjacent to
this one, the Nevada Hills Mining COM
pany is also planning a mill, and will
lay pipe line from Bench creek, near
Wonder, across about eighteen miles
of hills and flats to its property. A
considerably larger enterprise which is
In contemplation involves the erection
at Chalk mountain, half way between
Wonder and Fairview, of a station for
the transforming and distribution of
electric power for machinery and light
ing through these and surrounding dis
tricts. The electricity will be generated
by water power near the headwaters of
Carson river, and will be conveyed to
the station by wires reaching dis
tance of over 100 miles. 1t is estimated
that this project in which several
prominent capitalists of Nevada are
about 100000.
Several of the mining companies OF
Wonder and the Fairview district have
recently ordered gasoline engines, hoists
and other machinery for deep mining.
and are in general preparing for more
vigorous and extensive development
work and mineral production than this
section of Nevada has yet seen.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
TROPICAL MEXICO:
RICH IN SUGAR
PRODUCT IS SOURCE OF IMMENSE
WEALTH
Finest Soil In the World for the Pro-
duction of Sugar Cane-Terri.
tory Tributary to Los
Angeles

More than passing mention should
be made of the great sugar industry
which has sprung up in our sister re-
public. Mexico. This industry is of
special interest to Los Angeles ana
throughout the Pacific coast region.
Statistics show that the consumption
of sugar has steadily increased
throughout the civilized world during
the last century. So rapid has that
increase become during the past two
decades that the cane-sugar product
has been supplemented oy a large pro-
duction OF beet sugar.
The tropics of Mexico contain virgin
soils, the richest in the world, lying
alongside of navigable rivers where
conditions are most favorable to trans
portation and to the abundant and
cheap use of water for irrigation.
Tropical Mexico is today, from every
point of view, the most inviting field
for The production of cane suger, the
most profitable agricultural crop in the
world.
Consul General w. w. Canada, sta
toned at Vera Cruz, in a recent report
says: In view of the fact that the
Louisiana sugar planter is making
money, after q care that amounts al
most to hothouse cultivation, pays his
labor and expenses In gold and gets
3k cents to 4 cents a pound for his
sugar, and his molasses runs into the
ditch, the American planter should do
better in tropical Mexico. under tho
natural favorable conditions existing
which produce crops in great abund-
ance at a nominal expense, and the
labor land expenses are paid in silver
while'he gets from cents to 10 cents
per pound for his sugar, and about $75
per acre for lie molasses product
(aguardiente), by using up-to-date
sugar-house methods"
The editor of the Hacendado Mexi-
cano, the official paper of the sugar
industry in Mexico, gives the following
figures on the production of sugar: On
the basis of 1000 acres of sugar cane.
at the low average of forty tons to the
acre, and 1S0 pounds of sugar to the
ton, with the molasses distilled and
made into aguardiente, a plantation
would give a revenue at the end of the
third year of $666,000. The disburse-
ment for the three years in expenses
of an up-to-date sugar MILL with all
the necessary horses and implements,
salaries, animals, clearing and plant
ing the land, as per the usual manage
ment in sugar plantation, amounts TO
$4,000, which leaves net revenue at
the end of the third year of $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

the room, and this fact may have had
much to do with the preservation OF
the painting for the old. tightly closed
churches of Mexico are always damp
and moldy.
few capable judges T. art and style
who have seen the Titan agree without
dissenting voice that 1t Is at least
worthy of the master. In further sub
sanitation of the claim that 1t is
Titan, we are told by biographers that
the artist went to Spain about the
middle of the sixteenth century and
was highly honored by the king. Just
at that time a powerful effort was
being made to strengthen the bishopric
of Michoacan, the principality of which
Tzintzuntzan was then the capital. One
of the most influential bishops of the
times in Mexico was Quirogo of the
Church of San Francisco, in the capital,
and head of the see of Michoacan
What could be more probable than that
Charles V sent one of the paintings
of Titan then in the royal palace at
Madrid to aid his appointee In an i'm
portant bishopric in Mexico?
Part Of Frame Gone
1t is altogether possible that In one
of the many compartments of the old
chest of drawers that stretches across
the entire width of the room below the
painting iiiiSht Do lOuIiu d priceless
document that would tell the story of
the wondrous picture. These drawers
were doubtless once filled with rich
vestments that have long since disap-
peared. But faded documents are light
ly valued by ignorant people, and the
Church of San Francisco has been in
the keeping of many hands since the
days of its pride and glory.
The top section of the great carved
frame is missing from the painting
There was room but for three sides of
1t In the space above the drawers In
the sacristy, so the upper portion was
never put in place and was long ago
lost. The gliding that once covered the
heavy frame has also disappeared, but
the painting is luminous with Titan
esque glow and purity.
The Murillo at Guadalajara Is we'll
authenticated. 1t was presented to
the cathedral at that place by King
Carlos ~, in acknowledgment of a
large sum of money sent to Spain to
aid in the defense of the country
When the French invaded Mexico
emissaries of that nation sought to
obtain this picture by fair means or
foul, as trophy to bring back TO
France. But throughout Maximilian's
brief reign offers of bribes failed to
discover 1t. The church authorities at
Guadalajara had wisely concealed 1t
and faithfully guarded the trust. 1t
Is hung high in a poor light in the
sacristy of the cathedral, where no
adequate conception can be obtained of
its beauty. Able critics who have seen
THE Assumption" by Murillo in the
Louvre pronounce the one at Guadala-
jara to be fully its equal in draWin
coloring and spirituality,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
NATIONAL PLAYGROUND
AT VARIOUS BEACHES

All Southern California offers count
less delights and allurements Tor the
pleasure seeker, and the scenery or
the mountains and the coast region Is
matchless. The principal coast resorts
include Santa Monica. Ocean Park,
Venice, Redondo Beach, Long Beach,
Terminal Island and Catalina island.
Santa Monica is reached by steam and
electric cars. Ocean Park, lying south
of Santa Monicc. is progressive city,
and Venice is a most unique and at
tractive resort. Redondo is COM
mercial port an, a resort or great
beauty. Hermosa and Manhattan,
north of Redondo, have fine beaches
and are much frequented. Point Fir
min overlooks the more southern beach
resorts, Long Beach, Terminal island,
Alamitos bay, Naples. Huntington
Beach, Bay City and Newport Beach.
MANY beautiful cities and towns lie
near Los Angeles, notably Pasadena,
HOLLYWOOD, Garvanza, Gardena, Tropi-
co. Alhambra, Huntington Park, Alta
dena and others. Included in the popu-
lar mountain resorts are Mt. Wilson
and Mt. Lowe.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
CALIFORNIA
RIVERSIDE

Permanent improvements in River
side progress rapidly. The monthly
building permit totals for october, No
yember and December We're the high
est for the year 1907, exceeding by more
than so per cent in every instance the
monthly average for the year preced-
ing.
Never in the history of the city have
so many buildings of consequence been
under way or in immediate prospect
The Masonic temple and the woman
Club building, both nearing completion.
are costing nearly 100000 each. A $50OU
library is building in the Arlington dis
trict. The Riverside city library is to
receive at once an $4,000 addition. Prom
inent business blocks are being remod-
eled at large expense. Among the
churches of the city over $50,OOO is now
being expended for enlargements or re-
building. Thirty thousand dollars Will
shortly be voted for the erection OF a
city hall, while Uncle Sam adds to the
merriment by an appropriation of $110,-
600 for a federal building complete IN
every detail.
No building project of recent years
has so thoroughly stirred the city as
the Y. M. c. A. $65,000 campaign, now at
its height and progressing rapidly un-
der the direction of the leading busl-
ness men of the city.
Prize Navel Oranges
The navel oranges, Riverside's pride,
nave all been marketed, bringing hand
some profits to the thousand odd orch
ardists owning groves in this valley.
The Valencia groves, in which the pick
ing has scarcely begun, are loaded to
breaking with perfect fruit and viii
probably add 1900 carloads to the sea-
sons present total of 45O0 cars,
Most of the grain lands adjacent to
Riverside produced excellent returns.
The prevailing good prices will pro-
vide a substantial bank balance for the
farmer folks.
Business conditions are in the main
most satisfactory, merchants are cheer
full and active, and the general tone or
the business district all that could be
desired.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
PHOENIX

From cactus to cantaloupe, from arid
waste to alfalfa, from obscurity 70
oranges. that's what has been done In
the Salt river valley of Arizona, ol
which Phoenix, the county seat or Mar
icopa, is the center The strides WIN
which this transition has occurred are
hardly equaled by any other agrlcul-
tural district in the west.
Heavy and profitable yields are not
confined to cantaloupes, alfalfa anu
oranges alone. Farmers are growing
rich from acres planted to sugar beets
strawberries, fruits, grapes, garden
truck and such other products as Il
warm climate and plenty of water are
certain to bring forth.
Maricopa county now has a popula-
ton of nearly 10000, and with the ex-
ception of those in official and profess
sional life the large majority are earn
ing their daily bread on the farm, rails
ing cattle or dairying.
Not until the past two years have the
orange, cantaloupe and dairy industries
become such factors as to warrant at
tracing more than local attention. For
twenty years many CT the old~timers
have been waiting for all this to come
to pass.
Orange Shipments
With the shipment last season of 200
cars of oranges to the eastern markets,
those with citrus fruit land awoke to
the possibilities that lie in that direc-
ton, and this year more acres are being
planted to oranges than the total
planted in all the previous years. Like
wise cantaloupes, to which 1900 acres
are planted this season, have just be-
come the means of giving many en-
ployment and will bring to the salt
river valley not less than 100000 this
year -
When Roosevelt dam is completed.
and Secretary of Interior. Garfield says
1t will be completed in 1911, there VIII
be $50, 200 acres in the Salt river valley,
every acre of which will be profitable
for orange culture, cantaloupe raising,
dairying, alfalfa or any OF the other
crops which can be grown here.
Ninety miles away, In the nigh
mountains, hundreds of men are rush
ing the Roosevelt dam to completion,
and it Is confidently believed that this
giant aid to the arid desert will be
ready to impound water at least year
before completed by the government
and turned over to the farmers, who
have it to pay for by annual tax on
every acre of land brought into the
reservoir system.
From Roosevelt to Granite Reef.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
ARIZONA
DOUGLAS

Nesting in the broad bosom of the
Sulphur Springs valley on the bound
ary line between Arizona and Sonora
lies Douglas, smelter city of the south
west. Seven years ago it's site was a
wilderness of mesquit and cactus, and
the only inhabitants jackrabbits, coyo-
tes and stray cattle. Today it is a
modern city of over 10000 souls, rank
ing as second city in the world in the
smelling of copper and is destined in
the near future to take premier posi-
ton in that industry. Here are the
great reduction plants of the Copper
Queen and Calumet and Arizona COM
panies, and here is building a third
smelter by the Shattuck company.
When the increases in capacity now
under way shall have been completed
Douglas will be able to smelt more
copper than any other city of the world.
The city is at the junction of the Ell
Paso & Southwestern and Nacozari
railroads and on the line under con-
struction by the Southern Pacific from
Pearce to Guaymas and GuadalaJara,
thus connecting with Mexico City, and
Is surrounded by the richest mineral
lied sections in the knowledge of the
world-for to the west is the great
Warren district, to the south wonderful
Sonora, and to north and east rich but
yet undeveloped sections.
During the late depression there was
no panic here, not a bank failure and
no shutdown at the reduction works.
While all production ceased under the
Amalgamated company in Montana,
and while Cananea shut down, the
Douglas smelters not only continued
production but made increases in ca
pacity, completing plans heretofore
made and making still greater plans for
the future, and it was decided to erect
the third smelter.
Big Copper Output
The greatest output from the Ana
conda smelters in any one year has
been 200, 900 pounds, while with the
completion of the present enlargements
Douglas will have a capacity of 2O6,-
600, 900 pounds of copper, and lead the
world.
But this is not the only sign of Doug
las progress and prosperity. A road is
planned to connect with the E. p. & s.
w. from Benson with San Diego. The
C. R. Y. & p will connect with Quay
mas, and work progresses steadily on
this improvement, thus giving Douglas
two ocean outlets for its products.
There are twenty brick and stone
office and store buildings, With three
more in course of construction, car re-
pair shops, the finest hotel to be found
from ST. Louis to Los Angeles, churches
of all denominations, seven schools, in
Guiding a high school, twenty-five be-
neyolent societies, two theaters, two
daily newspapers, three banks, a city
electric road maintaining twenty-min-
ute service over twelve miles of stand
ard track and two companies just or
ganized to connect the city by electric
road with Bisbee, twenty-four miles
distant. A chamber of commerce was
organized in February with 25O mem
bers, and a country club, FORMED IN
June last, completed a $4,000 home in
November and on June 1 had assets of
$500 in excess of liabilities and but
fifteen vacancies before reaching its
membership limitation. The chamber of
commerce has elegantly equipped quar-
ters in the 100000 Gadsden hotel, main
tains paid secretary and does excel
lent work.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
SAN BERNARDINO

| ''AMAZING." is, in ordinary phrase
ology, startling word, but it fits in
some relationships that are grown
commonplace by reason of familiarity.
In country that is growing rich,
vastly increasing wealth may not ex-
cite much comment, but it may be
| amazing" by comparison with other
| decades that have witnessed slower
material development. Significant in
| this growing power of Southern Cali
| fornia is the increasing self-reliance
and initiative, its prospective capacity
for working out its own domestic
| problems of development and it's abil-
| ity to weather any stress that may
arise.
| The progress of the San Bernardino
| valley, OF which San Bernardino city
| is the hub, is sending its industries
ahead a. a truly remarkable pace.
Past achievements are forgotten in
the rush of future attanments. Nor
is this city, which nestles as a gem in
a rose-gold setting, without her laurels,
for San Bernardino is now known far
and wide as one of the very few to
| bear up under the late depression with
out the use of even semblance of
the clearing house certificate. What
| answer could have been more satisfy
ing to the people of the state, or more
convincing to the speculative swash-
| bucklers of the east? The enormous
| productivity of the valley and the reg
ularity with which returns come back
from every judicious investment are
the real powers that spell permanent
prosperity to this region.
A building record for the first five
months of 1907 of $10G, ,595-a building
record for a corresponding period dur
ing 1908 of 1924 9l6-this during a time
of national business depression, is a
record gain to which every citizen can
we'll point with pride, for what city
in the United States can measure fav-
orably?
Business is Active
Nor has the progress been lacking
in consistency nor in permanency. In
her growth no other city in the south
land (and this with no intention of
making any comparison that would ap-
pear invidious) has such a steady and
WELL balanced rate that the accounts
are always financially square. In
other words, from a sage-brush begin
ming today there is a city of $4,000 souls
and there is not a business house to
rent and there is not desirable dwell
ing unoccupied.
All this spells prosperity, spells
trade Commerce, in other words,
transportation, obeys the laws of ma
ture and unequivocally the topograph-
ical features of a district are the all
important consideration in the deter
mination of these lines, and the point
of conveyance of such arteries estab-
fishes as a natural sequence the COM
mercial center of that district. San
Bernardino is the hub of three of these
world-ribbing spokes-the Salt Lake
route Southern Pacific and the Santa
Fe Here are located the largest Santa
F'e shops in the west, having yearly
payroll of almost $1.500,000.
San Bernardino, appropriately called
the "City of Roses" is only sixty miles
east of Los Angeles, studding a flowery
slope which gradually rises to the foot
hills north of the city, eliminating, in
turn, in a rugged range towering
10000 feet into the azure sky. Con-
sequently San Bernardino has land
scape, in fact, she has the scenic real
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
PETALUMA

Nearly one-half of the poultry
product of California comes from Peta-
luna and vicinity. Inasmuch as eggs
sell strictly for cash, and the fact that
there is not a sufficient supply of fresh
eggs to meet the usual market, this
section OF the state was not materially
affected by the recent depression, at
least it's effect was felt at q later
period, and the recovery likewise set In
earlier. Apart from an anomalous
market condition which existed for a
number of weeks, in which the price of
feed was abnormally high, the produc-
tion of eggs under the average and
prices for poultry products low. the
poultryman has not suffered seriously.
With the return of good times, which
has already been heralded by reviving
confidence and industrial activity, a
higher tide of prosperity is in sight.
Our merchants are in good condition
with no failures recorded, and our
financial institutions are solidly en-
trenched.
PeSaIuma's Prosperity
Petaluma, with her twenty-three fac
tories, is a considerable manufacturing
center All of these have been in
continuous operation, though several
worked on partial time for brief
period At the present time all are
working normally with good outlook
for the future.
Pelaluma is thirty-six miles north of
San Francisco and lies in a section
known as the North of Bay counties,
being situate Immediately north of San
Francisco bay. This section is marvel
ously rich in natural resources and
everything grows without artificial irri-
CATION. The Northwestern Pacific rail-
road, which serves these counties, re-
ports passenger traffic far above the
average at the present time. New con-
struction work on this road from Will
lifts to Eureka is now in progress.
These are significant signs of healthy
and hopeful condition.
1t is worthy of note that there are
live chambers of commerce in every
town having 1000 inhabitants, and all
these organizations have maintained
promotion activities interrupted during
the past six months. The North of Bay
Counties association combines fourteen
of these chambers, and all are working
along the lines of increased confidence
and prosperity.
The Petaluma chamber of commerce
is dedicated to the upbuilding of busi-
ness conditions, and especially looks
out for manufacturing interests. Sew
eral new enterprises are being encour-
aged which will result in the employ
ment of considerable labor 1t is the
SplIll VI lIiS community " ooSlSb SfCi
movement which will develop the
matchless resources of our golden state
and make prosperity permanent
order.
Robert Newton Lynch. secretary of
the North of Bay Counties association.
reports that the five counties north of
San Francisco bay are rapidly return
ing to normal business conditions. Few
of the factories in this section ever
ceased operation and they are now run
ming as usual. Financial institutions
are in splendid condition. Railroad
traffic to this section is above the
average at the present time.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21

tiles of distant Ind and far Cathay.
She also has pure air and all that goes
with it--climate like that of the famous
Riviera of western Italy. She has the
hidden wealth of a principality and
the resources of an ancient empire
She has more besdes-she has the
proper men behind her standards. San
Bernardino has just held the most sue
cessful celebration of Southern Cali
fornia's history. San Bernardino has
just voted $4,000 for the finest sys-
tenn of streets in the southern part OF
the state. The whole district is aflame
with progress. And, to revert to the
old, familiar "In Hoe Signo Vinces'-
lie is by this sign we conquer.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
MARYSVILLE

At no time in the history Of Marys-
vile and Yuba county have the pros
poets been brighter than at present.
This city and county have enjoyed
three years of unprecedented prosper
ity and now that the Western Pacific
railway is almost completed to our
doors the prospect is growing still
brighter.
The Great Western Power company,
one of the largest electric power prop
ositions in the world, is erecting huge
130-foot towers on which to string it's
transmission wires to San Francisco
and other points. These steel towers
will traverse this county for several
miles and our people will have the ad-