EVIDENCE OF EYE WITNESSES. 



A CHICAGO DOCTOR BUYS LAND. 



CHICAGO, February 13, 1895. 

 MESSRS. M. P. BORDEN & Co. 



Gentlemen : Replying to your recent favor, I would 

 say, that last year I went to Southern California and 

 made a personal investigation of a large number of 

 land propositions, particularly throughout the famous 

 San Gabriel valley. I did not at that time have the 

 opportunity to visit Hemet, although I heard it 

 spoken of very favorably indeed. A few days after 



Sm opened the Chicago office, in December, for the 

 emet Land Company and the Lake Hemet Water 

 Company, you will recollect, I called upon you, was 

 shown photographs of the substantial improvements 

 at Hemet, and had a long discussion with you regard- 

 ing your location, your soil and your water supply. 

 I desire to state now that, unbeknown to you, I had 

 my father, who is now in California, and who is, by 

 the way, a practical farmer, go to Hemet, make very 

 thorough investigation and report to me. I am now 

 in receipt of samples of the soil taken from different 

 parts of the Hemet tract, which I have subjected to 

 a chemical analysis. I find, after a rigid examination 

 and comparison with forty other varieties of South- 

 ern California soil, that it is of almost inexhaustible 

 richness, and particularly adapted to the cultivation 

 of fruit. In brief, I find it qual to all, and vastly su- 

 perior to most, of the soils examined, with two excep- 

 tions, and in those two instances the water supply of 

 the lands was inadequate and uncertain, and could 

 not, therefore, be considered. 



Our investigations led us to a number of other lo- 

 calities, but the conclusion reached was "that Hemet 

 was head and shoulders above them all." 



I write this letter because I feel that, as these inves- 

 tigations were made without your knowledge, proper 

 credit should be given you for the excellence of your 

 proposition. 



1 have wired my father to make the selection of 

 our land, and hope to have same planted this sea- 

 son. Wishing you success in your enterprise, 

 Very sincerely yours, 



(Signed) ELMER E. BABCOCK, M.D., 



3239 Indiana avenue. 



P. S. I should have stated that Mr. H. H. Amidon, 

 of Peoria, who accompanied my father to Hemet, has 

 purchased land and will make Hemet his home. 



NOTE. Dr. Babcock has purchased and planted 

 fifteen acres since above was written. 



FRUIT AND ALFALFA. 



HEMET, CAL., December 4, 1894. 

 MESSRS. M. P. BORDEN & Co. 



In regard to my little experience and success of 

 farming in the San Jacinto valley of California; I 

 have twenty acres; ten of it is set to fruit, ten sown 

 to alfalfa. My fruit trees have brought me in light 

 returns as yet; they are too young to bear much fruit. 

 Disposed of several tons of green fruit at a fair price 

 for this season. 



My trees have made a vigorous growth, and I ex- 

 pect a large yield next season. 



From what I have seen of other orchards similar 

 to mine, I expect an income next year of $100 per 

 acre, and an increase per acre for several years till 

 the trees are done growing. 



I have cut six crops of alfalfa that will average 

 one and a half tons per acre each cutting, or ninety 

 tons for the season on the ten-acre lot. I have dis- 

 posed of all of my hay at an average of $10 per ton. 

 This is the second season for my alfalfa. 



Yours truly, F. O. LEE. 



A BAPTIST MINISTER'S VIEWS. 



HEMET, CAL., February 7, 1895. 

 S. H. BLOOM, Adv. Mgr. Baptist Union. 



Dear Sir : Yours of January 31st, inquiring con- 

 cerning the Hemet Land Company, of which Mr. W. 

 F. Whittier is president and Col. E. L. Mayberry 

 vice-president, is received. The company undoubt- 

 edly has large capital, ample for all their land com- 

 pany and water company business here. They have a 

 large tract of land for sale. The land, I think, is excel- 

 lent, finely situated, with good soil. In my judgment 

 the climate is as good as any I have seen in Southern 

 California. Of course, I do not profess to be fully 

 informed as to the details of the title of the land, or of 

 the financial ability of the company, but I have lived 

 here about five months, and the company is here be- 

 lieved to have almost unlimited capital. The com- 

 pany is pushing things by way of improvements, 

 both in the town of Hemet and also in the valley, in 

 planting trees, sowing grain, etc. I am at present 

 living in one of Mr. Whittier's cottages in Hemet. 

 There has been great improvement both in Hemet 

 and in the sourrounding country in the five months I 

 have lived here. The Baptist church, of which I am 

 pastor, is the only church which has a house of wor- 

 ship here, and that is making good and rapid growth. 

 I would like to see Baptists settle here. 



(Signed) J. H. SAMPSON. 



CHEAPEST WATER RIGHT. 



CHICAGO, March 5, 1895. 

 MESSRS. M. P. BORDEN & Co., Chicago, 111. 



Gentlemen: In the winter of 1893-'94 I made a 

 trip to California to see what was there in the shape 

 of land. During my trip I visited nearly all of the 

 old and new places where fruit land was advertised 

 for sale, and in my wanderings visited Hemet. I 

 found there, in my opinion, the best land, considering 

 all things, that I saw anywhere. There land is of a 

 rich soil, being very smooth, and needs no grading or 

 clearing. As to their water right, they have the best and 

 cheapest that I saw, without exception. It is owned 

 and controlled by a company of undoubted .standing, 

 and the purchaser of land can be assured of a con- 

 stant and unfailing supply of water, and cheaper 

 than any place I saw. 



I visited Whittier, Pomona, Ontario, Riverside, 

 Glendora, Escondido, Moreno, Lake View, Peris and 

 several other places around Los Angeles. 



Yours truly, J. C. AUSTIN. 



HEMET(Cal.)LAND COMPANY 



M.P. BORDEN & Co., 



GENERAL EASTERN AGENTS, 

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