Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-11
SHE WILL BUILD.
A MODEL RANCH
FOR S10,000,O00
Property of "Lucky Baldwin" To
Be Restored to Its SpIendor
by Daughter.

Los ANGELES, Jan. 10.-Mrs.
Anita Baldwin McClaughry, one of
the Baldwin heiresses and mistress of
an estate valued at $10000,000, will
make a model ranch of the Santa
Anita rancho.
An agreement has been reached be-
tween Mrs McClaughry and Mrs.
Clara Baldwin Stocker, her sister,
through which the ranch properties
of the estate are partitioned and Mrs.
McClaughry assumes full control of
the home property of the late r. J.
tLuCky) Baldwin, between Pasadena
and Monrovia.
II want to restore to Santa Anita
rancho" said Mrs. McClaughry. Its
old time prestige. | hope to give it
again the fame it used to have for
blooded stock and to add to that fame
all that has been made possible in
the way Of scientific, intensive farm
ing and stock raising since the days
of my father.
Il am a pretty good farmer and
know lot about such things, and
love the life. Fine stock splendid
trees, growing things-to be among
these in life.
Expects II to Pay.
1T will be my ambition to make the
ranch pay, to run it on a scale and
by methods that will make it a
model, that will give ideal employ
ment for my help and ideal condi-
tiOns for horses and cattle and pigs
and that will produce only the very
best and at the same time will be a
paying proposition.
In a sense it Is to be an expert
mental farm, and | hope to make it
lead in agricultural development so
that it will have a direct practical
value to all of Southern California
for / can afford to try out many
things that the average ranchcr can
not undertake.
For the present / shall raise polo
ponies and light saddle horses May
be the day will come, after California
has got over being so goody-good,
when we will have racing again. and
If that time comes | will raise thor
ouShbreds. | am not in favor of rae
ing as it was conducted in California
curing later years, when it was
gamblers game, but racing as a gen
tlemans sport does appeal to me-
my forenoons will be given over to
the ranch and my afteroons to bust
ness
"One of the sad features of the
ranch as it exists now is the type of
men employed and their surround
ings. They have been housed like
pigs and treated like brutes While
the estate has been in ne courts the
ranch has run down badly. One of
my first endeavors will be to improve
the conditions of the men employed
and attract to my employment a high
type of ranch laborers.
Plans Model clubhouse.
"A model 'bunkhouse' is the first
thing | will build. 1t will be of CON
crete, and will have a separate room
for each man, ten by ten feet in size.
There will be a large, airy dining
room, a Longing and reading room.
with billiard and pool tables, lava
tories and tub and shower baths. The
plans are almost completed for this
building"
James NJ. Taylor, the superinten-
dent Mrs. McClaughry has placed in
charge of the undertaking, is conf
dent she is starting upon plans that
will give the new Santa Anita rancho
national fame.
Mrs. MCClaughry and Mrs Stocker
have agreed that the old Baldwin
home, familiar to tourists of earlier
days, shall be preserved as it is, with
It's park of eight acres. Outside of
that the rancho of some 5000 acres
will be rapidly transformed. Mrs.
MCClaughry's new home with its six
| teen acres, adjoins the rancho on the
north. Santa Anita will be the ship
| ping point. Arcadia will be left by
| Mrs. McClaughry in the zone of Mrs.
| Suckers activities.