Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-06
SCONDIDO TO
PLAY TIE HOST
GRAPE FESTIVAL WILL BE
KEPT WEDNESDAY
ANNIVERSARY OF BOND BURNING
TO RE OBSERVED
Special Trains VIII Convey Guests
and They VIII Be Loaded
Down with Districts
Main Product

TAscoNDIDo. Sept. 5.-Arrange-
III ments have been made for the
- entertainment of 500 people by
the city and valley ON the occasion of
the Grape Day Festival next Wednes-
day. Admission day, which is also the
third anniversary of the burning OF the
sg5O.0 irri CATION bonds That blaze
meant the Niping out of the indebted
ness on the municipal water plant at
4l1ss expense of an assessment on the
property owners of 43 per cent of the
assessed valuation.
M Since the fire, which was the most
notable happening in the history of the
valley, the Escondido country has been
forging ahead steadily. Having fully
recuperated from this serious drain
upon it's purse strings IT is now ready
to expand to the limit.
The district has invited the people of
Southern California and other sections
of the state to be its guests at this t1rst
Grape Day festival on Admission day,
which 1t is proposed to make an an
nual occurrence.
Special trains will convey the guests
70 the valley, where they will be met
with carriages and automobiles and
taken around to see what has been ac-
conplishe0 and given an idea OF what
IS contemplated for the future. Meals
will be served by the women of the
several churches, of which the city has
seven. Visitors will be allowed not
only to visit the vineyards, but to nick
as many of the grapes as they can eat.
Upon departure each guest will be
handed a two pound basket of !nuscats
appropriately inscribed and decorated.
Bands will render music and there will
be a balloon ascension, drills by the
uniform rank Knights of Pythias OF
San Diego and other entertainments.
In the past twenty years the muscat
~ xxrt., nd ny
until 1t now covers over 1900 acres of
the fertile, valley. Fully one-fourth OF
the grapes are muscatS, and nearly all
of them are marketed in Los Angeles,
the shipments during the busy season
being over a carload per day. The
rest of the crop is either made into
wine or dried for raisins. Nearly all
the vineyards are seven years old, and
almost at their maximum bearing peri
cd. It is claimed that a ten-acr vine-
yard will yield its owner a comfortable
living Hundreds of acres of land are
yet available for the culture OF grapes
which industry is rapidly expanding.
The crop this year is the largest in the
history of the valley.
other Rich Resources
Besides the grape industry the Es-
condido valley and tributary country is
rich In other resources. 1t has 400
acres devoted to lemons and 200 to or
anges, the shipments for the year being
IT'S carloads of lemons and go carloads
of oranges, and $4,000 sacks of grain
were raised this year, averaging the
farmer $1.50 per sack, and $500 tons of
hay. bringing the producer an average
Of $14 per ton. In dairy products the
sales for a wear amounted to 100000
the product of the San Pasqual valley
alone being $4,000. The poultry in
dustry for the year will represent close
to $4,000. The development of the
mineral resources is progressing very
rapidly.
Fifteen hundred acres have been set
aside for eucalyptus growing, 500 being |
already in bearing. The Pratt Euca-
lyptus association of Los Angeles is |
setting out 700 acres to trees
Over 100000 has been expended in |
the valley since the first of the year in
building enterprises, chiefly of houses. |
Bonds have been sold for the installa-
tiofi of a sewer system, electric light, |
7aeating and power plant, using the
water as it comes from the huge reser-
voir for the manufacture of the cleo
tricity.
The city has first class schools. ex-
cellent business facilities and much to
offer investors and homeseekers.