Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1914-08-06
Venice, Cal.

state, | arrived here June 20 ana
am more than Glad to say am
walking the golden streets once
mere.
The weather is fine ont here. We
have 385 days Of sunshine. The
niah,s are always nice and cool.
The mercury registers 56 at night
time aud about go to 81 in the sun.
The first grapes 10 be shipped
from northern California were sent
out to-day from the Vacaville section
one quarter car Of Bafytoes, an early
variety. comprised the first shipment
msde about ten days earlier than
usual The grape crop this year
win be larger and the amount sent
east depends only on the markets
there Shipments have been es'i-
mated a, 5000 cars from northern
California. not speaking about the
cmp We have In the southern part oi
the state,
The best sugar crop in southern
California will snon he gathered. II
promises well In spite of the "siransle
bokt-' of the Underwood tariff law.
There were 3s.503 car lceds Of
citrus fruits shipped up to June ID.
asalns, $4,000 iaa year California
pr.ap,s.i In May close a. a,5moo
barrels III oil probably the saaSest
In It's history
At Riverside arrangements have
heru made by which the Pacific
cicvtrir company will extend Its
line To Corona
The fruit eannery at Port"rsilie
has made single s1le OF ten cars
of sprins peaches. at $4,000
II il said that tlse American peo-
plc will eat $4,000. 900 worth of Cali
lorna oranges this year An orange
ssuvc G 70 acres a, Charter oak
has bvn traded for a quarter s'esiotI
imcrpyesl farm in Illinois at a Vala-
alton IT Sna.0O1 fm the combined
iranSartiun
Yes was about To forget TO tell
YOU atsaut our aprtcut crop II is
the creates, ever grown in the state
and that means In the world The
crpo is estimated 10 run IN the whole
state To 20O, 900 600 cf fresh aprscoss
aud il Is thought that Tive shipment
ot drisSi apyicu,s will total in,oN.eoo
psursis The revenue for The state
will te nhou; $1,000 600 and there
will have been distributed Tor lahof,
for gathering rnd preparing fruit for
msskr, n matter of som~~ here be
tween $500 900 and ST50.0o0 This
sprscu crop Is peculiar To California,
That grown in other countries being
very small. comparatively. One OF
the lev California products one
finds in almost every large city In
the world IL the apricnls dried and
canned
IA Balkley has sold n seven-and-
a-half acre orange grove on Cypress
avenue and San Mates street toouy
|. Hunter for $4,000 The grove
is in full bearing and has excellent
water rights Mr.. balkley took rs
part payment a 5-acre grove at
Riverside valued at $4,000, receiving
$4,000 cash
In Los Adeeles $4,000 pies are
made and consumed daily. The
demand is increasing while the pie
eaters in Los Angeles may not be
consuming the capacity OF the pie
foundries here at least they are
Keeping them working nights to
supply the demand. therefore the
Los Angeles concern will never 30
into bankruptcy because Of decline
in the demand.
MIR. and Mrs Arthur Howell are
occupying Eldriee cottage al the
beach for the present month.
Ten machines a minute from Los
Angeles Ten automobiles a minute
TO Venice last Sunday for an hour.
An average Of 2si machines an hour
for six hours These figures give
some idea of the traffic problems on