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SUPEKIOR COUHT OF OEANGE COUNTY. 



Santa Ana, California, 



October I2th, 1892. 



To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : 



Being advised that Mr. Dwiglit Whiting intends to colonize 

 a portion of his Ranche, I cheerfully certify that it is well and 

 popularly known as a tract where successful farming and fruit- 

 raising is carried on, and in my judgment merits high praise. 



As to its orchards, buildings, live-stock, and soil, there are 

 none better. It is convenient to markets, and to the Southern 

 California Railway, and also near the Ocean, and these make the 

 location desirable to those who would make pleasant homes in 

 successful pursuits. 



J. W. Towner, 

 Judge of the Superior Court. 



ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 



Santa Ana, 



October nth, 1892. 

 To Investors and to whom it may Concern: 



I have but recently made a visit to the home Ranche of 

 Mr, Dwight Whiting, situated at El Toro in the Los Alisos Valley 

 in this county, and it is with pleasure that I can testify as to its 

 appearance and promise. The place shows the best of care, and 

 the soil appears to be the most fertile. The orchard of prunes, 

 pears, and apricots, is in the best of order, with no weeds visible, 

 nor do I know of a better pruned or cultivated orchard in 

 Southern California, or one of greater promise. It would be 

 very hard to estimate its present or future value in dollars, and 

 if I were the owner of it I would be loth to part with it at any 

 price. 



The orchard can be enlarged to many times its present size, 

 as there are plenty of acres of the same quality of soil about it. 



The houses, barns and buildings upon the place are convenient 

 and comfortable, a characteristic not always seen on Ranches in 

 Western America; while the climate which pervades all this 

 section is the best that the world affords. Nor do I hesitate for 

 a moment in recommending the Ranche of Mr. Whiting for 



