Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
BIG DEALS IN
| COUNTY LANDS
STRIP NEAR BLOOMINGTON IS
SOLD Fol. $4,000
CITY REALTY is TRADED FOR a
147o-AcRE RANcH
Thirty-Acre Orange Grove Nets
3o,oo0-Rancho del Paso Is Sold
for ,ooo-Buyer to
Subdivide

season for realty some OF tne Adj SSSI
deals in ranch lands in years nave
been closed. Throughout Southern
California are reported large and rec
ord making transactions.
The heaviest transfer at Covina IN
wears has been made during the past
few days, 1470 acres of the Chapman
Heights ranch, the property OF COL
Fl. M. Chapman, hill land extending
south and east of town to the Spadra
valley, being traded to w. IL. opear,
an extensive real estate operator IN
Los Angeles The transfer was In the
nature of trade for Los Angeles real
ty, situated on Sixth and Central ave-
nue., a manufacturing property, vaiued
at $130,000, with 100000 incumbrance
Chapman still retains lao acres on the
west of his large hill ranch.
Seth Hartley, Cotton speculator
and promoter, has just closed an OPP
ton on 1900 acres of land west or
Bloomington, the purchase price to be
S6S 900, or little more than $40 per
acre. He will subdivide the land into
small tracts after securing a water
supply from land already available.
The water supply. he believes, can be
put on the land for about $SO,OOo:
The thirty-acre orange grove on East
Cotton avenue, Redlands, belonging TO
r. E. McGinness and w. L. LaRue,
was sold to Mrs. Della Fl. Cochrane
through the agency of the Redlands
Real Estate company, for about S3O,-
900.
The ranch is one of the groves that
are Just coming into full bearing ana
is considered we'll worth the price paid.
1t was secured by the men who nave
lust sold 1t a few months ago, and the
crop taken from 1t this year amounted
to several thousand boxes.
At $500 an Acre
r. M. Howland of Redlands has pur-
chased the Plummer grove on west
Cotton avenue from ]. H. Strait. Tne
deal, which was made through the
agency of the Williams-Curtis COM
pany. is the largest reported in several
weeks, the price paid for the twenty
acres said to be about $500 an acre,
and 1t is considered a good buy at tnat.
Howland recently moved to Redlands
from Marion county, Tenn. he de-
cided to make his home In that CITY,
and upon looking around with the view
of making an investment concluded
there was nothing more paying for
the amount of capital required than
orange property.
strait purchased the C. e. Plummer
ranch a year ago, and this season TOOK
from it 5000 boxes of fruit. There are
no buildings on the ranch, but 1t car
rieS double water rights, tnere DelilS
on 1t fine pumping plant.
At Eagle Rock a 53-acre tract known
as the Rancho del Paso, cornering at
Colorado and Central avenues, was
sold by Mary E. and H. ]. Backus to
a syndicate that will subdivide and i'm
prove the place at once. The price re-
ported was $4S,0O0. The land is along
the line of the proposed electric road
between Pasadena and Glendale.
ID nff ontt Inn
Lotus & Burnham company, has pur-
chased a 320-acre tract, mostly In
grapes, near Cucamonga, at reported
price of $4,000. 1t is said the company
contemplates putting in some special
varieties of grapes and to make ex-
tensive improvements in the water
plant.
At Cotton John Bennett has pur-
chased of c. j. Mansfield four-acre
orange grove containing five-room
cottage, the price being $4,000. The
sale was made through A. M. Browery
real estate dealer.
Trades Ranch for Hotel
1t is reported that a sale was made
last week of the Hotel La Pintoresca In
Pasadena by D. M. Painter to Howland
& Sons of Los Angeles. The deal is part
trade, 2700-acre ranch near Tehachapi
being included. Consideration not re-
ported, but it is said that the ranch was
recently valued at $50,OOO.
H. c. Grove has sold to s. c. Ormsby,
recently from Emmetsburg, Ia, 25-
acre orange grove at Fillmore, without
buildings, at stated price of $4,000.
There are eighteen acres of 10-year-old
trees and the rest of the tract Is in
grain. OFmsby will move on to the
ranch and spend considerable money In
improvements.
N
Co., reports a deal whereby DR.. e. d.
Stoddard trades fifteen acres in bearing
oranges at Riverside to Andrew Briggs
for 100 acres at Wineville, 140 acres OF
which are In 5-year-old vineyard and
ten arces in deciduous fruit. The or
ange grove is valued at $4,000. Stod-
dard turns in the grove clear of incum-
brance and pays $1,000. j. A. King OF
Riverside represented Briggs.
Among recent sales at Anaheim were
a six-acre walnut grove by H. Fuhlage
to A. Custer of Kansas for $4,000. A
five-acre tract west of town by l..
Schultheis to Joseph Clayes for $4,000. A
five-acre place on Santa Ana street by
Chris Koelke to d. F. Staley of Los
south of Anaheim by William Mauer-
han to Mrs. Mary Wiley for $2700-the
buyer to build a residence at once.
C. e. Harvey of New Mexico has sold
16O acres of land. known as the Dickey
ranch, to ]. ]. O'Brien of Elsinore. the
consideration named being $1400 A
water right Is included in the purchase
and a small dwelling house.
Sales at Covina
The following sales were made at Co
vina:
Austin Warner reports the sale of
fourteen acres, formerly owned by H.
d, Blanchard, on Grand avenue, to F..
c. Lamberson of Pasadena. Considera-
ton $4,000. The place is planted to ma
vels and Valencias.
Pollard & Hutchinson report the sale
to H. r. Seats of a vacant residence lot
on Center street, property of Miss Liz
zie r. Christie, for $1,000.
B. Miller has purchased the III. r..
Seats fve-acre orange grove near the
Irwindale packing house. Considera-
ton $4,000 without the buildings Seats
will move the buildings onto the prop
erty he has purchased on Center street,
Covina.
Clark & Douglas report the sale for
A. w. Rhodes of twenty-five and half
acres of the Ruddock ranch on Puente
street, set to young Valencias. to f..
w. Gail of saltwater, MINI. Price $20,-
000