The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1909-02-05
Tobacco Notes

Tobacco Notes
VIM. S. Brill was called to New York
Monday by the serious illness of his
wife.
Rose & Wobbe of New York have
rented warehouse No. for asserting
the new crop. j. F. Goldman of Madi-
son has charge of the business of this
| firm in Wisconsin.
Fred Qually of Cottage Grove deliv-
cred acre crop to the United Cigar
Manufacturers Co. recently, which
brought him a check for $1,000, return
that is hard to beat this season.
M. 0. Flom and his shareman, Even
Evenson, of Christiana, sold their crop
of tobacco, consisting of is acres, to
w. S. Brill for 1O&2c The crop brought
S2122.50, or an average of $141.50 per
acre.
The advertisement of w. T. Pomeroy
& Co., announcing their famous Com
stock Spanish tobacco seed for sale, APP
pears in another column. This seed is
| raised and cleaned for market by the
firm, and that ought to be satisfactory
guarantee of its genuineness. The firm
is the oldest in the tobacco business in
the state.
John Dave Writes of California.
GOLETA, SANTA BARBARA Co., CAL,
January %, 1909.
WISCONSIN TOBACCO REPORTER, Ed
gerton, Wis.,.
Thinking few lines from this valley
might interest your readers, write.
The village of Goleta is located on the
| Southern Pacific r. r., eight miles
west of Santa Barbara city, near the
center of the valley of that name which
is about three miles in width by twelve
miles in length, of very rich land, the
home of the Santa Barbara walnut of
which the crop of 1908 is estimated at
So, 100000 for southern California, but
not all sold yet (price not so high as
| last year) but moving off slowly at
from 81 to lie per pound, which pays
| the grower very well. Last years
| prices were IL to 15c.
The valley lies between the Pacific
ocean and the Santa Ynez mountains.
The climate is fine, not subject to those
cold winds, being protected from west,
north and east by the mountains and
open to the south to the ocean and
Santa Barbara bay, a beautiful sheet
of water well sheltered by the noun
| tains and the islands lie in line outside
| the bay in which now lies the u. S.
monitor Cheyenne on her trial trip from
| San Pedro with oil as fuel, also the rev.
enue cutter McCullock is lying off the
port Besides walnuts there is grown
| lemons, oranges, grape fruit, in fact all
kinds of citrus fruits as well as all
kinds of garden truck, grow to perfec-
| tidn 1t looks good to see the gardens
| looking so nice in January with barley
and oats in the foot hills about four
| inches high with some ranchers sowing
when it does not rain. 1t has rained
nearly every day for the last two weeks
so the farmers are rejoicing as it in
sures them good crops the coming sea-
son, but it makes it bad travelling here
| in the country, it being level and the
roads of earth, but it dries up quickly
after the rains.
We expect to return to the city in
short time to stay until the rainy sea-
son is over. Santa Barbara is very
nice little city of 1900 people, with
| lots of wealth here, fine drives in the.
suburbs, lined with orange and lemon
groves and flowers everywhere you
look; also the grand old mission from
which you can get fine view OF the
city and bay. The merchants complain
that business is not SO good with them
as usual The tourist travel is late this
year, which some of the large stores
cater to-. The stores and hotels here are
certainly fine, also fine turnouts of
autos and carriages. The Potter hotel
| is one of the great hotels of the coast,
overlooking the bay. The city has good
street car service, fine public library
and school buildings. have not tried
| to scale the mountains yet but will try
soon and report it in my next letter.
With kind regards to all inquiring
friends, Respectfully yours,
JOHN DAVE.
P. S. We are feeling fine and enjoy
| ing ourselves first class. D.
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