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The speaker concluded by saying that barbecues were, in his opivion, more for the purpose of frulic and dance than lung speeches, and ex- horted ull to practice nity in their plensure as in their work, when success and happiness would attend them.
Mr. Pia Duvila next ande an address in Spanish, The old gentle- man is quite an orator, graceful in gesticulation and distinct ia utter- ance. At the close of his speech M. L. Wicks, Exq., was introduced by Mr. MeFadden as one of the seven who originated the Cajon Irrigutiou Company. Mr. Wicks disclaimed any intention of making a speech ; it would ill became him-one of the committee on literary exercises - to do so. Nevertheless, he made a few pointed and pithy remarks. which were very well received. He paid a graceful compliment to the ludies, and said that tu them was due no small amount of praise for the encouragement they had bestowed on the enterprise over which they were now rejoicing. The speaker boldly declared himself in favor of woman suffrage, and believed that the future greatness and prosperity of our country greatly depends on the speedy enfranchisemient of women. Ile urged his paint with grent earnestness and force, and if he made no converts to las peculiar notion he at least impressed his beurers with the conviction that be meant what he said.
This chased the literary exercises, and about 2:00 r. M. the platform was cleared for dancing, which was kept up until the drooping sun gave warning of approaching darkness. Not a single unpleasant inci- dent occurred to maur the general harmony, and the stream of eujuy- ment seemed to rua as smoothly and pleasantly as did the "saving waters" in the Hume above the merry-making throng.
STEARNS' RANCttoS.
The property known as Stearns' Ranchus, comprises the original ranchos of hos Coyotes, La Habra, San JInan Cajon de Santa Ana, Los Bolsas y Parades, La Bolsa Chico, an I at one time Los Alamitos was also inclu led This immense body uf lait was bought up by Abel Stearns from time to time, at
merely nominal prices, and was by him 'about the year Istis sold to a company composed of the following gentlemen, the individual interest of each bring set opposite his name .
Elward F. Nurtham. Three-eighths
Edward Martin . . .One-fourth.
(. B. Polhetnus. . Our-eighth.
George H Howard. One-sixteenth.
A. W. Bowman. .
One-sixteenth.
Abel Stearns.
. One-eighth.
hi 1868 these ranches were all surveyed, and since that time have been offered for sale in small tracts. So far about sixty thousand acres have been sold, leaving eighty thousand acres within Los Angeles county yel to sell. Mr. William R. Olen is agent for this land, and resiles at Anaheim
CROPS.
Hitherto the grain crops of Anaheitu township have been harley and corn, but this year 1580, the farmers have nearly all junt in wheat. The variety grown here is the Odessa wheat, but it has been rebaptized, and is known all through the south- ern portion of the county as Anaheim whent. We chip the following from the Anaheim Gusette of February -, 1880 :
The following statement of the amount of wheat sown. in this viciu- ity was compiled for the Gazette by Mr. 11. 1 :. Miles, and will be found ns accurate as it is possible for such a compilation to be. Except when otherwise noted, the wheat sown is of the Odessa variety.
AURES.
Evey Brothers 200
B. F. E. Kellogg.
J. W. Brackett 25
George Greeley 120
Sidney Holmaa 10
B. F. Fribert
91)
Dr. l. S. Gardiuer
60
Mrs. Browning 41)
Mr. Gnodhue (Ohleu Ranch) 150
Mr. Goodhue (Sonora whent)
Mr. Sitten (Bancroft Rauch)
William Schulte 80
W. J. Smith.
10
Mr. McCannnu (Metcalf Ranch)
50
S. L. Chilson
35
1. Gardiner
B. F. l'urter.
35
E. A. & A. J. Mead
Gwia & Hargrave (D. E. Miles Ranch)
Dr. Harden .
Jas. Huntingdon . 36
There are al some young groves not yet waring.
There are some small orchards of walnuts part bearing.
Almonds do not lear here; cherries are a failure; apples do well; also peaches, phims, pears, figs. Almost every family grow enough for home use of these, but not for sale.
We chip the following notices of Anaheim fruit from the las Angeles Journal, of the dates indicated :
J. C. Meyerholtz.
W. Heterbriuk 11
O. des Giranges. 20
J. K. Tutfree
Mc Fadden
Goodsuan & Rimpau Watson Ranela1.
Mr. Campbell ( Hanna', Ranch) . Ingram's Ranch ( siberian wheat) J. J. Huinn Fina
- Tumbes.
-
--
Total
Mr. A. Guy smith has, as in preceding years, sowu several varieties of wheat for experimental purquees. He has men altogether this year seven acres, and has taken extra care in preparing the mal ans 10 give the grain every chance lo nyert itself. The varieties of wheat sown are the seutch Fife, Allerton's, Payue's Detiance, Golden Drup, And Haller's vienealogical. some of these varieties were sown lant year and did very well, notaldy the Scotch Fife. Mr. Smith obtamed the Fife seed from the Deparlisent of Agriculture, and he and other were disappointed in its appearance. Int from this seed the product last year was of a very superior quality, being large and white, whereas The seed as it came from the Department was small nud dark. Mr. smith is also experimenting with surprise und Halless outs, and the now fanns C'uzco cera.
Mr. C. S. Crone has kindly furnished the dia .the with the following statement of the number of acres of Anaheim wheat sown in C'entralin District :-
N'JIEN.
E. I'. Foster
1 :. W. Porter
(. N. Crane
Frederick l'pon
John Goddell .
J. (. 11 11
Total
Fitt Ir
Oranges, limes and lemons, are the fruits par rarellence of Anaheim township: but as a rule the orchards are quite young.
The Southern California Semi-tropienl Fruit Company have one hundred and six acres -sixty acres in oranges and lines. fifteen aeres in English walnuts. This is the first wilson of shipment, as the trees are just coming into hearing. l'outil this season no water has been used on this ranch for irrigation. Though now supplied by the Anaheim Ditch Company, Mr. R. H. Gihnan, the superintendent, does not intend to irrigate his fruit except in the winter
The other principal orange-growers in the township al
S. Shellich 40 arres, hearing
A. Langenberger 20)
.1. B. Stone.
Mr. Springer
15
N. J. Wałby
40
F. Blackmau
15
H. Burhot]'
10
C. S. Miles Ranch
180
Charles Hansen
P. Hansen 25
W. Halliday
25
J. B. Pierce 250
Frank Floyd. 40
FEBRUARY 29, 1880)-The last number of the Anaheim Hatte con- tains au article in reference to the manufacture of lime-juice and çitri" acid, and suggests that the tropical fruit belt of southern California
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could produce limes enough from which to make all the citric acid need in the I'nited States. Enough limes are grown in Los Angeles county and left to rot upon the ground, to supply a small factory, and if it pays to import citric acid from Europe, it should surely prove renner- ative to manufacture it here where the fruit is so abumlant aml cheap. This reminds us that about two years ago a gentleman versed in the manner of preparing these articles from the fruit, male an investigation as to The cost of limes, with a view of engaging in the business if it conld be made profitable, He found that the fruit was held at so high a figure that there was absolutely nothing in it more than that-the production of a hundred barrels would not pay the cost. Limes at thal time were rotting on the ground by thousands, yel when a purchase was spoken of, a round prire was asked, a prohibitory figure in fact that stopped all negotiation, At that time limes could be purchased in the San Francisco market much cheaper than here where they were grown. Things doubtless have changed since that time, and the price of sneh fruit changed also; we hope it has and that enterprise of this sort enn be established in this county to use up a product which would other- wise largely go to waste.
Armi 17, 1880-The AAnaheim Gazfor of to-day says: Among the probable future industries of this part of southern California is the making of orange wine, or, as it is termed in France, wany umore. The taste of this wine is said to he delieions, and its more general use is only interdieted by the high price which it commands. When the produc- tion of oranges largely exceeds the demand (a state of affairs which some people contend will be witnessed in a few years), the surplus fruit enn be utilized in making this wine. Having thus discovered a way to utilize our surplus oranges, as well as our surplus lemons and limes (the two list mimed in the manufacture of citric acid), our advice is to keep on planting citrus trees.
Among the chemicals of American manufacture which have super- seded foreign articles may be mentioned tartaric acid, the importation of which last year reached only one hundred and eighty-thrce ponnda, ngainst five hundred thousand not long ago. Of citric acid twenty-seven thousand and eighteen pounds were imported, against a previous aunnal importation of two hundred and fifty thousand. The lime juice from which the acid is made is still imported, on account of the small growth of limes and lemons in the United States. Ifsouthern agriculturists gave attention to these fruits, a new industry, iu extract- ing the juice, could be developed. Last year but three thousand four hundred and ninety-two pounds of borax were imported, owing to the working of new borax mines, Formerly from six hundred thousand to one million pounds were annually received, Of cream tartar, none was received in 1878 from abroad. About six years ago the receipts were nine million pounds annually,-New York Sun.
It is time that the importation of lime juice into the United States should conse. There is no question that in the tropical fruit belt of southern California, enough limes could be produced from which to make all the citric acid used in the United States. Enough lines are grown in Los Angeles county and left to rot upon the ground, to supply a small factory, and if it pays to import citric acid from Europe, il. shoubl surely prove remunerative to manufacture it here where the fruit is so abundant nad cheap.
The Eneyelopedia says of the manufacture and use of citric acid: " It is made on a large scale from lime or lemon juice, chiefly in the months of November and December. The juice is fermented for some time to free it from mneilage, then boiled and filtered and neutralized with powdered chalk and a little milk of lime: the precipitate of cal- cium citrate so obtained is decomposed with dilute sulphuric acid, and the resulting solution of citric acid is separated by filtration, evaporated to remove calcium sulphite, and concentrated. The concentration is best effected in vacuum pans. * * * About twenty gallons of lemon-jnice should yield abont ten pounds of crystallized citric acid. * * Citric neid is used in calico printing, also in the preparation of effervescing draughts, and occasionally as a refrigerant and anti- scorbutic, instead of fresh lemon-juice, to which, however, it is thera- peutically inferior. In the form of lime juice it hus long been known as an antidote for seurvy, mil several of the citrates are much employed in medicine,“
The orchard of the Sunthern California Semi-Tropical Fruit Company. near Anaheim, will soon begin to yield a revenue to the stockholders. The superintendent. Mr. R. H. Gilman, has shipped large quantities of limes, and a few oranges and lemous, to San Francisco this year, aud in
another twelve months the sales of citrus fruit from this orchard will be considerable. The size. vigor and general thriftiness of the trees is remarkable when the fact is taken into consideration that they were grown ahnod wholly without water. Mr. Gilman doesn't believe mnich in irrigation anyhow, and announces his determination to practice it very seldom. A little jindicions watering, however, is of value. He has noticed, for instance, that the result of irrigating his lime orchard Inte in the spring is to make the fruit much larger than it would be if irrigation was omitted.
GRAPES AND WINK.
Of her many imlustries, the growth of grapes, and the mann- facture of wines, are Anaheim's proudest boast. We liml the following in late Los Angeles correspondence of the Belford Indiana! Stor:
Anaheim, a German town abont thirty miles from here, was laid out into twenty-acre vineyards and a lot for dwelling, but the Dutch were not satisfied with such small vineyards, They have enlarged. One man has one hundred and seventy thousand vines, another fifty thousand, another thirty-eight thousand, another thirty four thousand. another thirty thonsand, besides about twenty-five small vineyards with from eight thousand to twenty-five thousand vines cach. I could give you the names of the parties, but it would only take up room and not interest you. Anaheim has now nine hundred and fourteen thousand vines and this winter they are planting four hundred thousand more. San Gabriel is a good way abead of Anaheim now, but it won't be so long, for they have more room near the sea than they have on the foot-hills.
To illustrate the steady growth of this interest, we copy the following notes from the various daily papers, year by year :-
APRIL S, 1858-At Anaheim they have one thousand two hundred acres surrounded by a live feuce, and have in about three hundred thousand vines,
APRIL 21, 1870-The Anaheim Wine Company have shipped about one hundred thousand gallons to their agency in ('hicago,
NOVEMBER 19, 1870-Estimates place the wine product of Anaheim at seven hundred thousand gallons this season.
APRIL 12, 1872-A heavy frost visited Anaheim on the night of April 10th, The grape vines suffered fearfully, the leaves and buds turning black. It is fexred that they have been so much injured as to destroy at least two-thirds of the prospective crop.
DECEMBER 11, 1877-Internal Revenue Collector Hall swooped dowu on an illicit distillery at Anaheim one day last week, and captured the still and one thousand gallons of grape brandy spirits.
From San Francisco Chronicle December 19, 1879 ;- .
The planting of vines has proceeded with but little interruption except during the depression of the wine-interest in 1876, 1877 und 1878. The largest grape-grower at Anaheim is B. Dreyfus, who has one hundred and seventy thousand vines, A. Langenberger appears next with fifty thousand vines; F. Kroeger has thirty-eight thousand; F. A. Korn, thirty-four thousand; and D. Schottot], thirty thousand. About twenty-five smaller vineyards contain from eight thousand to twenty-five thousand vines cach. Within the boundaries and suburbs of Anaheim are now nine hundred aud fourteen thousand vines, and preparations are being made for planting four hundred thousand more this winter.
During the last vintage season, Mr. Theodore Reiser bought a large quantity of Berger and Muscat grapes, which he weighed carefully with a view to ascertaining precisely the number of pounds of grapes it required to make a gallon of wine. As a result of his investigations, he reports that it required fifteen pounds of the grapes mentioned to make a gallon of clear wine-that is, wine that had gone through the different stages of fermentation and evaporation and emerged clear. pure wine. It does not follow, of course, that it always requires the same quantity of grapes to make a gallon of wine; the condition of the grapes has a great deal to do with it. Mr. F. A. Korn ha- mmle a gal-
lorn of clear wine from twelve pounds of Berger grapes. Mr. A. Lan- genberger estimates that one ton of Mission grapes will make one hua- dred and fifty gallons of wine, Estimating three tons of grapes to the Here (the field is sometimes much more and sometimes less, but Mr. Dreyfus gives it as his judgment that three tons is a fair average), the result wanld be four hundred and fifty gellons of clear wine, worth twenty ceuts per gallon, giving to the vineyardist a gross return of ninety dollars per acre. Some of them do better than that. Mr. Himpau hns gathered five tons of grapes to the acre, which would bring the income up to one hundred and fifty dollars per acre.
It takes from four and a half to five gallons of wine to make one gal- lon of brandy. If an acre of vines yiebls four hundred and fifty gallons of wine (a low estimate) that would equal ninety gallons of brandy, allowing live gallons to be used in making one of brandy, This brandy, if kept three years, will bring three dollars per gallon at the least. Deducting the duty (ninety rents per gallon), the result is one hundred and eighty-nine dollars' worth of brandy from an acre of grapes. Thexe figures will give an idea of the pruhit attending the culture of the vine for wine making, and will explain why it is that so many people have set but vineyards in this county this season. The profits of raisin- making we will allude to hereafter when we get some required statis- tics .- (.Inheim Gazette.)
From interviews with the principal wine-growers of' Los Angeles township, we obtain the following information :-
B. Dreyfus & Co. have two hundred and forty aeres under grapes, principally the Mission, Black Malvoise, Zinfandel, Fontenac (Berger), Muscat and Riesling. They manufacture bath wines and brandies, also buy grapes and wines, and bran- lies. They have depots in San Francisco and New York. They have also about five thousand olive trees, a few only hearing. all are doing well. This company made one hundred and eighty-seven thousand gallons wine and fifteen thousand gal- lons brandy in 1879. They have about nine thousand acres vineyard land in the neighborhood of Los Angeles for sale. At present it is used for pasturage only.
Mr. John P. Zyn has thirty acres umler grapes, principally of the Mission variety, also some Zinfandel and Black Molvacie. The last four years have been very hard years for wine mann- facture on account of frost. He has male (from sixteen acres) from three thousand to fourteen thousand gallons of wine yearly. The average price is about twenty cents per gallon. He makes some brandy, but not much. He has about three hun Ired orange trees-one humIred of which are bearing.
Mr. Henry Kroeger has forty acres under vines (thirty-two acres Mission, eight acres Museat ).
He manufactures his grapes into wine upon the premises. In 1879 he male: twenty thousand gallons and sold it all at the vineyard. at an average price of twenty cents per gallon.
Mr. F. A. Cohen has thirty-six acres under grapes. These are principally of the Mission variety, but he also has spine Berger vines, which do well. He makes from twenty thou- sand to thirty thousand gallons of wine per season, averaging twenty cents per gallon, wholesale. He is also manufacturing branly quite extensively.
The remaining principal vineyardists of the township are :-- Theodore Reiser-Twenty acres; principally Mission grapes
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PUBLISHED BY THOMPSON & WEST.
ORANGE GROVE A HOME OF D.G. CHILSON, 3 MILES FROM ANAHEIM, LOS ANGELES Cº CAL.
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Manufactures both wine and brandy. One quarter of the grapes are Zinfandel and some Muscatel.
August Langenberger Seventy aeres; principaly Moralel ail Zinfandel grapes, som: Mission. Mannfaetnies both wine andl bramly.
Theodore Rimpan -Twenty nores; principally Mission grapas. Does not manufacture ; sells his grapes.
Amlrus Bitner Twenty-four acres; all Mission grapes. Mannfactures wine and brandy.
Freil, Hartung- - Forty-live acres; principally Mission grapes. Mainfactures wine and brandy
Hammond Weder-Twenty neres: all Mission grapes. Manufactures wine and brandy.
S. Sheffield-Porty acres; all Mission grapes. Manufactures wine and brandy.
Kraemer-Thirty acres; principally Mission grapes. Manufactures wine and brandy.
"There are about twenty others growing from five to twenty acres each of grapes.
STOCK.
There nie a great many shrop in Anaheim township, and these are apportionel as follows:
Th. Kimpan hout 3,000
Chas. Wagner 3,000
Domingo Bastonehuri 12,000
Alex. Ferguson = 4,000
Joseph Jordan 6,000
4,000
Chas. Hiller :
Alex. Penny 2.000 ..
Davis & Bro. ,500
Ino. Meredith 2.500
Other owners
50,000
The town of Anaheim boasts of the handsomest selund buildl- ing, and the largest school in the county, outside of Los Angeles City. It is now some live years since the question of erecting a school building in keeping with the growing importance of the colony was first agitatel, the building at that tium in use being wholly inadequate.
i'he Legislature was petitioned to allow the issuance of ten thousand dollars in bomls by the town for this object. A bill was iluly passed, and became law March 12. 1878. The bonds Were negotiated at par. In the meantime, a plan had been agreed upon, and the contract was let to a Los Angeles firm for nine thousand one hundred dollars. The trustees at this time were Messrs. Th. Rimpan, Heury Kroeger, and Fred. W Athrarn, and to their enterprise is largely due the successful carrying out of the projret. During ISTS the building was
erecto! It stands in the center of a two-acre lot plant I with pepper and pine trees, and he lal with express. Bill ant with the grounds, save thirteen thousand dollar It is of frame two stories high with projection- giving a fronten will all four sides The extreme dimensions are, sixty-two by wenty-two feet on the ground. forty-two feet from the ground to the main onnice fifty-three fret to the creating of the main roof, and seventy tive fet six inches to that of the tower From the centre of the roof rive a clock tower ton fort square at the law and nearly twenty-live feet in height. On each side is a four-font lial The fondation of the build ing is of brick-work.
The interior of the building is divuled into four compart ments primary, intermediate, grammar, and high school . march maler a single teacher There is a school library of tive Imudrel volumes, miscellaneons and juvenile. The school dis- trirt riubraces abont eight square miles, containing within it- limits about three hundred and litty chiblren between the istes of live and seventeen years. The average aggregate atten- auer is two hundred. The whob building is under the charge D' Alr. J. M. Guinn, who has been the principal over siner the ervetion of the present huibling, and for eleven years continu- masly in this district.
Tlm other school-districts of Anaheim township are:
Placencia . .average attendauer, 15
Orangethorpe
Fairview
C'entralia
L'EXTRALLA
About four miles westerly from Analgin, the owners of the Stearns' Ranchos ; Los Angeles and San Bernardino Land Com. pany, have laid out. four hnu lred and eighty acres of land in town lots, It is the intention of the company to sell this tract to a colony, and here organize a town. This trait and the surrounding country is known as C'entralia, and here are located many fine farms, principally devoted to wheat and other small grains. l'eaches, mange, and grapes are also ling grown here quite extensively. Wine is anticipated to be the erup of the future for this portionl.
ORANGETHORPE.
Orangethorpe is properly a suburb of Ana'.im, and here al. many fine ranches planted in vins and oranges.
FAIRVIEW
Fairview is a suburban settlement lying south-west from Anaheim, having a school-house and school-district.
March 25, 1857. we read in Mr H D Barrows' correspond- chce to the San Francisco Bulletin
There is talk of planting out, by a company, a large vineyard of five hundred acres, esther at santa Ana of on the Sau tiabriel. It will be wimethinz of an enterpris, and wou' donltiro eventually pay The company. I believe, consiste month of German from the upper country, who wish to invest a moderate auront una in real estate, with reference particularly to acquiring for themselves s fulle vin. yard home, to which, after a few years, they propose to retire and live permanently. the whale vineyard in the meantime, till reared, tu be under the management of the company or their agent".
In September of that year work was commence I, and in the 19th we read in the S.
LUG ANDFLES VINEYARD CHUT VAS
The company is under the direction of a Board of Trustees, In Man Francisco. President, Dtmar C'aler. Vier. President, ti. C'huis, hohler Treasurer. Dagens Bestbir: Secretary, Joka Ficher In Im Ange les the allain are carried out under the direction of an Auditing l'on mittee, composed of the following gentlemen. Meare Jdin Frohding. R. Emerson, and Jayensky. nb- Treasurer, Fchy Barhman
January 1. 155, the San Francisco Alta has the follow ing
The stockholders of the Los Angeles Vieryard society lodd a meet ing on the evening of January 13th, at Leuigen's Whirl, Montgomery stret. They resolved to give the number of Anabring to their vineyard in the Suuda Ana valley. in los Angeles county, The society ulan determined. by an informal lost avuminous vate, to Inerraw the stock tu fifty thousand dollars as soon as the Legislature shall have midemled the Incorporation Net. so as to favor companies for agricultural pur.
January 30, 1855, the Los Angeles Star contains this edi torial:
ANAHEIM -THE ESTATE OF THE: 108 ANGELIS VISEVARIE DMPANS.
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