PULSE OF THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY. 



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Courier says of it: " Under this contract 

 the company gets everything, the Terri- 

 tory nothing," and ventures the assertion 

 "that no such contract was ever made by 

 any corporation from the dawn of civiliza- 

 tion to the present day. Solitary and 

 alone, it stands a monument to corporate 

 greed and official rascality." 



CALIFORNIA. 



Fresno is developing rich oil resources, 

 and has recently shipped its first car load. 



Riverside people are agitating for the 

 establishment of a shoe manufactory in 

 that city. 



The yield of the Edward Cooper olive 

 groves, near Santa Barbara, is 40,000 bot- 

 tles this year. 



Judge Waymire has given notice to the 

 directors of the Turlock district that work 

 is soon to be resumed on the big dam. 



The Hermosa Water Company has run 

 its tunnel about 160 feet, and a new tun- 

 nel two miles further up the mountains 

 has been begun. 



The shortage of the deciduous fruit 

 crops, owing to late frosts, ranges from 

 25 to 75 per cent,, taking the State as a 

 whole. 



The Tulare and Kern irrigation dis- 

 trict, at Delano, is to be disorganized. 

 Almost all the residents of the district are 

 in favor of it. 



San Bernardino has been having its 

 first water famine. It is not generally 

 popular, and the people are inquiring as 

 to who is responsible. 



The raising of pampas plumes is grow- 

 ing into a considerable industry in the 

 southern part of the State. The market 

 for them is found in Europe. 



A lively excitement has resulted from 

 the discovery of oil prospects in the San 

 Timoteo and Reche canyons. Many stock 

 companies have been organized by Red- 

 lands people. 



The hay crop in the San Jacinto valley 

 will be unusually heavy this year, as 

 nearly all the barley fields in the valley 

 will be cut for hay. Only a very small 

 per cent, is sufficiently heavy for grain. 



The Citrograph predicts that many 

 orange growers will abandon the fruit ex- 

 change system next year, as it has not met 



expectations, and has not yielded so satis- 

 factory results as have the sales f. o. b. 



The California supply of olives, for 

 which the demand has increased mate- 

 rially, falls short of the present consump- 

 tion between 13,000,000 and $4,000,000 

 worth, without including the $7,000,000 

 that was spent for imported olive oil. 



Senator John Beard, of Alameda county, 

 planted an acre in locust trees ten years 

 ago. He sold last season all the trees 

 measuring six inches in diameter for ship 

 timber, making $648 by the transaction, 

 besides cutting thirty cords of wood for 

 use. 



One factory has been established in Los 

 Angeles, said to be the only one in the 

 State, for the manufacture of orange mar- 

 malade and it is proving decidedly suc- 

 cessful. The "culls" are used, which 

 have no value for shipping, and the 

 article produced is of high quality and 

 commands a ready sale. 



Mr. Scott of Covina, has been foremost 

 in demonstrating that lemon growing 

 properly conducted is an industry of lar- 

 gest importance to this country; but it will 

 not permit of slipshod methods. It is 

 distinctly a scientific business, and those 

 who will not study the requirements had 

 better let it alone. 



Mrs. Stanford has turned over to the 

 trustees of Stanford University the amount 

 of the Senator' s bequest to the University. 

 $2,500,000. The amount was in railroad 

 bonds, which pay a monthly interest of 

 $10,000. The balance required to 

 run the University will be given by 

 Mrs. Stanford from her private funds. 

 The great ranches which were given to 

 the University do not more than pay their 

 running expenses. 



The Southern California Railway Com- 

 pany has adopted a style of ticket which 

 might be copied to advantage in other lo- 

 calities and for other purposes. With it 

 tourists can take in all the points on their 

 system, in fact, ride all through and around 

 Southern California, in any direction, by 

 any of the routes, and at any time to suit 

 their convenience, within three months, 

 coupons being good in every direction. 



The Redlands Citrograph mentions that 

 oranges throughout the county are drop- 

 ping from the trees in greater quantity this 



