Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-30

one of the best sections of the valley
although the west side Vies with the
east in the production of fruit, hay
and other crops. 1t is simply matter
of choice, as nearly as l can ascertain
Charles Roberts, a young man from
New York, came out here three years
ago and bought 100 acres seven miles
east Of town. He went to work with
determination to Wrest a fortune
from the ground and is on the high
way to success at the present time. Mr..
Roberts put in ten acres of alfalfa as
soon as possible and has since been
reaping rich returns. Last year his
ten acres produced 100 tons of hay
which he disposed of at from $40 to 500
per ton. The hay that sold for SO
was hauled from the field by the pur-
chaser before it was even stacked.
This year Mr.. Roberts will have thirty
five acres to alfalfa He values his
land very highly and would not sell
it at any reasonable price.
Adjoining the Roberts place Sam
Fletcher has a piece of good land. He
sold better than ten tons of hay to the
acre from his land last season. He has
an artesian well and irrlgates without
trouble. The Fletcher. place is not for
sale.
In the same vicinity Dan Emmett, a
hustling young farmer, is making good.
He owns 100 acres and is getting
half of it under cultivation. He has
a fine home and outbuildings. He has
manufactured concrete pipes and
fumes the water to the different places
on his land where he wishes to irri-
gate. The pipes are buried beneath
the surface a few inches so as not to
interfere with the cutting of the crops.
Mr.. Emmett has great faith in the
future of the valley. Last year he put
in his land before getting it into prop
er shape for irrigation and had to do
a good deal of work over again. He
sees his error, however, and is go
ing ahead in the right way this year.
A. q. Wilson has 80 acres near En-
mett's. He is working hard to get his
land into a highly productive state
and will doubtless succeed. He has
twelve acres to alfalfa and is putting
in twenty more.
Lawyer Turned Farmer
N. B. Bachtel, an attorney, formerly
a resident of Denver, owns 800 acres
across the street from Emmett's. He
now has forty acres cleared and will
put in alfalfa this spring. He has the
walls completed for a concrete resi-
dence and will finish the structure this
spring. He will also put down a well
and install large pumping plant. Mr..
Bachtel has lived in the valley for
fifteen monthssand thinks that it is
the garden spot of the world. I believe
that he is about right.
Charles j. George of Los Angeles
owns more than 1000 acres on the east
side He has 320 in one piece seven
miles east, and there is no better land
to be found than his. He was intend
ing to sell part of 1t this year, but has
now taken it from the market. Mr.
George will sink a ten-inch well this
spring and install a fifteen horsepower
auto engine and modern pump. He
will put forty acres to alfalfa as rap
idly as he can get the work done.
Three miles east of Lancaster is the
once famous Sierra Madre rancho, in
the past one of the show places of the
valley. 1t was owned by a corpora
ton and was the headquarters for the
cattle men that tended the vast herds
browsing through the section to the
north and east. For some reason the
company disbanded and the ranch was
allowed to retrograde. Two months
ago Gibson brothers bought the ranch