PULSE OF THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY. 



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hereafter be prescribed by the legislature 

 of the territory. Until the legislature acts 

 the governor, secretary of the territory and 

 territorial superintendent of public in- 

 struction shall constitute a board to lease 

 said land. Leases cannot be made for a 

 period to exceed five years. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Ontario wants a cannery establishment. 



Broom -corn raising is to be undertaken 

 at Whittier. 



A horse market has been established at 

 Los Angeles. 



The California Raisin Association has 

 been incorporated at Fresno. 



Since 1894 not less than 1,000,000 olive 

 trees have been set out in the state. 



The grain crop in Southern California is 

 not promising very large return this year. 



Redlands has shipped 725 carloads of 

 oranges this year, and has obtained very 

 satisfactory prices. 



Three hundred carloads of celery have 

 been shipped from one station in Orange 

 county this season. 



Five carloads of machinery and appli- 

 ances were recently received for the new 

 cannery establishment at Fresno. 



Since the opening of the new tourist 

 hotel at Redlands some dozen sales of real 

 estate have been made to its guests. 



The little city of Hemet is thriving. 

 They are making large sales of land under 

 its canals, and many public improvements. 



Redlands entertained twenty-four car- 

 loads of hotel men at an orange lunch on 

 the occasion of their recent visit to the 

 coast. 



Sale of the Alessandro town site prop- 

 erty was ordered off by the superior court. 

 The company was successful in opposing 

 the sale. 



The San Francisco and San Joaquin 

 valley road is nearing completion, and the 

 making of a freight tariff is receiving the 

 attention of its officers. 



An insect mite has appeared which bores 

 ragged holes in the back of the scale bugs, 

 and it clears the trees in an orchard of the 

 scale pest in a single season. 



The fruit exchanges are proving to be 

 the salvation of the orchardists. While 

 they may grow no better crops, they are 

 getting better prices for them. 



They are selling water at Hemet at from 

 two to three cents an inch, it is so plenty. 

 The News truly says that water at three 

 cents an inch is just like finding it. 



"White Hat" McCarty's fine horses 

 have been removed from Stanislaus county 

 to some choice pasturage near Fresno, 

 where they will have a permanent home. 



Another irrigation dam has been blown 

 out in Tulare county as the outcome of 

 antagonisms among the property owners. 

 It is rather an expensive method of vent- 

 ing spite. 



The earliest shipment of cherries ever 

 made from the State was sent from Suisun 

 to Chicago, April 3. The previous record 

 was April 27. The shipment was of fine 

 quality and size. 



An experiment is being tried in a damp 

 place in the Cajon Pass in cranberry rais- 

 ing. One hundred plants have been ob- 

 tained for trial. If they succeed it will 

 introduce a new industry on the coast. 



Land owners in the Alessandro valley 

 are developing water around the edge of 

 the valley by clearing the cienegas and 

 sinking wells. The exorbitant prices that 

 are being charged for water is compelling 

 them. 



A great public market is one of the new 

 things under discussion at San Francisco. 

 Railway and river transportation compan- 

 ies are favoring the plan, and a location on 

 one of the wharves is likely to be selected 

 for it. 



The Chino ranch has been sold to an 

 English company for $1,600,000. ' Mr. 

 Gird will retain a considerable interest in 

 the property and will still be a factor and 

 moving spirit in its management. This 

 does not include the beet-sugar plant. 



The Riverside Press says: "Growers 

 who have sold little lots of grape fruit this 

 winter at phenomenal figures are sorry 

 they had not planted this fruit in larger 

 quantity a few years ago. A carload at 

 $8 a box would foot up $2, 500 or more. 



Dr. R. D. Davidson, county veterinary 

 surgeon, is treating "blackleg" and "an- 

 thrax" successfully by inoculation. He 

 sent directly to the Pasteur institute in 

 Fraace for the virus used. The expense 

 is small and the treatment promises to be- 

 come general. 



Covina orchardists and berry men are 

 protesting against a proposition on the 



