Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-25
SELLS LAND IN
OLD DISTRICT
COMPANY MARKETS LIST OF
MEXICAN GRANT
PROPERTY AT EscoNDIDo NOW
OPEN TO SETTLEMENT
Subdivlclne Of Mccoy Ranch Makes
Opportunity for Small Farmer
to Enter Garden Spot of
Southland

Escondldo one of the old farming
districts of Southern California, Is at
| the present time receiving wide atten-
| ton through the organization OF conf
| pany, with headquarters in Los An
| geles, for the purpose of marketing a
| part of a Mexican grant long held IN
one family. The part in question. Is
| known as the Mccoy ranch. Most or IL
is under cultivation and has been for
many years. Across the fence are
orange and lemon groves, and all other
| citrus and deCiduous fruits, berries,
| grain and alfalfa, in fact, everything
which grows in Southern California.
These products of the soil have long
| since reached high state of cultiva-
ton in the Escondido valley. which is
acknowledged TO be one of the very
richest farming communities in the en-
| tire world
The subdividing of the Mccoy ranch
by the Escondido Valley Land d Plant
ing company opens to the small in
weston and farmer opportunities not
yet fully enjoyed in that region.
| One prime advantage of the Escon-
dido valley is that the pioneering is all
done. The new settler finds there, in
stead OF barren tracts, the best schools,
| churches, water facilities, stores, banks
and other modern conveniences. Being
essentially a mountain country, the
wide valley and contiguous valleys
possess charming scenery and health
giving air and the watersheds of the
mountains supply every need for prof1t-
able farming. Another valuable asset
of the Escondido country is its close
proximity to the ocean, physical con-
dtion which affords cool summers and
balmy winters
The new company has opened offices
at SCI South Spring street, where per-
manent display of the various products
of the Escondido valley has been ar
ranged.
Products OF the Valley
The chamber OF commerce of the city
of Esconddo has this to say of the
Escondido valley:
THE valley contains $4,000 acres or
land and is located thirty-flve miles
north of San Diego. 100 miles south
of Los Angeles and fourteen miles from
the seacoast at an elevation of 700
feet above sea level
This 1900 acres is level valley and
foothill land. The soil Is principally
decomposed granite and vegetable
mold, is verv rich and of good depth.
especially so in the valleys where 1t
has been washed from the mountains in
the past centuries, forming rich, loose,
alluvial soil.
"Escondido has developed a water
system second to none in the state, at
cost OF HoDU,uUU. lie water IL wi
lected from a watershed of 210 square
niles and the San Luis Rey river 1t
is diverted from the river at point
about twenty-five miles distant from
Escondido, and is conducted for dis
lance of about twenty miles around
the mountains, over canyons and across
ravines. by a system of fumes, tun-
nels and cement bitches, to the stor-
age reservoir which is located about
six miles northeast of the city. This
fine storage reservoir is a triumph OF
engineering construction and is stu
ated at a height of over 500 feet above
the level of Escondido valley, offering
great opportunities for water power
and electrical transmission. The ca
pacity of this reservoir when filled to
the eighty-foot contour is approximate
ly 1900, 000,0 900 gallons of water.
From here this water is conveyed 20
the city and valley for domestic and ir-
rlgation purposes through a distribut-
ing system whose main pipes and
laterals reach in all directions.
sustans School Standard
"Callfornia has a reputation of hav-
ing good schools. Escondido helps her
sustain this reputation by keeping them
on a high standard. The grammar
school building is a two-story brick
costing $4,000. The high school has
fine structure costing $4,000, both of
which are we'll equipped with school
appliances and up-to-date methods, as
we'll as having a complete and efficient
corps of teachers. There are no out
side school bonds.
"Escondldo is we'll endowed with
churches, being represented by seven
denominations, all owning their own
places of worship and all but one are
fine large brick structures.
'Escondido fruits for fine flavor and
quality have quite a reputation, not
only at home, but in the east. The
soil of the foothills is well adapted to
oranges and lemons. This together
with the freedom from frost and the
benefit from irrigation. made possible
by our fine irrigation system, makes
the Escondido valley an admirable
place for orange and lemon growing.
"Deciduous fruits also do we'll here,
are thrifty and bear we'll. The apricot,
peach, plum, pear, fig, nectarine, prune,
apple, ounce and pomegranate are
most thrifty growers.
This valley produces a very fine
grape, both raisin and wine. G. NJ.
Heckle the government expert viticul-
turst, says of the Escondido raisin:
I freely admit that have never seen
better raisins grown anywhere than
in the Escondido district The Escon-
dido Land and Town company received
the first award for raisins of the
worlds fair at Chicago. A great
many people have vineyards of wine
grapes and great many more are put
ting them out. The foothills in this
and surrounding valleys are we'll
adapted to the wine grape.
English WaInuts Abound
English walnuts, almonds and pea
nuts all do we'll here. Nut culture is
as yet a comparatively new industry
In the valley but it will be quite an
important factor some day, as the soil
and climatic conditions are very favor
able to successful nut culture.
1.-THE receipts from shipments of
poultry and eggs from EscondiGo
amount to 100000 per annum.
"Escondido and surrounding valleys
produce yearly hundreds of carloads of
hay for export as we'll as supplying
pasturage for thousands of head OF
cattle and other stock, and dairying,
therefore, forms a substantial part of
the farming interests of our valley.
Escondido has a large creamery and
supplies a ready market for all milk
produced in the valley. The tribu-
tary valleys are also supplied with
creameries and large quantities of but
ter of unsurpassed quality are annually
exported from here"