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I. W. HELLMAN. 
The engraving on this page in a faithful 
picture of the elegant nnil beautiful home' 
of our follow townsman, Ionian W. Hell-: 
roan. 
The residence in said to be one of the 
finest and most complete in the State, out-1 
side of .Sun Francisco. It is situated on 
the south-west, corner of Main and Fourth 
Streets, and is truly an ornament to our 
beautiful city. 
Tts faithful reproduction on paper will ! 
give our Eastern renders a more tangible 
idea of our progress than whole pages nfi 
written description. 
Mr. Heilman is one of our representative 
men. Ho came to Los Angeles from 
Bavaria when a boy of fifteen, served an a 
immense burglar nod fire-proof vault wth 
every precaution used for the *«f«t» ,,f 
depositors, The Directors are among the 
most substantial dtir-ns of Us* oountv 
Isoiae \V. Heilman, O. W Child* L C 
Goodwin, Phil. Gaiaier. John S. Onffln. 
C. h Thom, A Olanell, Dorn. Amevtov, 
and Jorf Mtracarel. 
L C. Goodwin, Vice-Prc-idcnt of th« 
banners' and Merchant-' Bank, has lived 
rn L«s Angeles since WHO,* retired mer¬ 
chant of large wealth, and -me of the most 
respected of our oitueue. 
John Milner, the Secretary, has been 
with the bank during the last eight yean 
and is fa rural.ly known in financial circles! 
In addition to Mr Heilman - banking 
interest*, lie has always been one of our 
building will soon 1*- erected thereon and 
ready for occupancy. 
Mr Heilman haa apparently only en¬ 
tered n n a really useful and profitable life 
being now but thirty-seven years old. 
Mr L J Bow ywtarday fought twalvo 
thousand gallon* at wine for which he paid 
fifty cent* u gallon. Thr* u. one of the 
gratifying notes of nor vineyard develop¬ 
ment One year ago an announcement of 
-uch a purchase at thirty cents a gallon 
would have earned joy to tile heart of the 
local riaiicrrm,—if#r,iw. 
Tlie Sun- raortr t * t ir, mcm i for one year 
and our large Premium Map for f 1 30, 
clerk in tbo drygoods house of I, M. llrll- 
man for live years, when he want into the 
Hunio line of busincsH fur himself. This 
ho enrriad on aucceaiiAilly tmlii IBtiH, when 
he entoiad tlm bunking business a* senior 
partner In the firm of Heilman, Temple 
* Co, This partnership only continued 
about three years, Mi. Hallman I lieu with 
drawing from the firm and orgHunting tbo 
Farmera' and McrchnnU' Bank, and i« 
now its I’roaldent, Thu Fanners' ind 
Mcrohftiitn' Bank is ouo of tho strongest 
financial houses in the Slatu the first in 
oorporated, and the oldest bank in Los 
Angeles. 
Mr. Heilman is known as a very careful 
and prudent financier, never entering into 
nuy of the speculations that have proved a 
mm to so many concerns and individuals. 
The I’amien*' and Merchant- Bunk now 
occupies n commodious building em ti-d; 
OxpoM*ly for tho business, containing uu j 
RrsiPtsi r or 1. \V HixuiiX, Los A> ru' 
foremost public-spirited citirom#, and haa 
proven hie fnith in Southern California 
and Los Angeles by building many of lh* 
, finest business block* aud residences iu 
! the place, and in r»tabluhing gas and 
water winks, twing a director and stock- 
holder iu both companies 
A large owiu-r in the famous Curaruongw 
liniyinl, lie doc* much to advance the 
win* interests of this country, Ilia v*u>»-» 
of this i tne\aid being well known tlmmgh 
nut lira Fid led Kute- aud Europe, and 
•tlwayti commanding a high price. 
Mr Heilman also owns several flocks of 
film shicp, and devotes sow* a! leu turn lo 
improving lira stock of Southern Cali¬ 
fornia. 
He. together with Gov. Downs* an.I 
O. \\ Childs, IlKS ik'Rtlul A tWi'i of laud 
on which to build a I'mwisitj in 1 a»* 
AngcIcM, and, we an* glad to stut* in 
another port of lids paper, that the first 
The theory that Urn Filbert will not do 
well in Southern California seems likely to 
b* exploded, that is if **• may judge fioai 
lb® appearance of nmuiy a hundred throe 
i wars old bushes on the ranch of W illiain 
S'U-son Washingioa Stiest rlow* bushes 
ara about uiua feet id height, b***a.uus* 
(Phage uf a beautiful light graeo aud gv»c 
premia* of a good i'id pro tils hi* wp. kVa 
would br glad to learn the iikxsis of auy 
otheis who hav* bssM iijenoMBtiiig with 
th* Piltwrt ta this secLiou 
Ci *1 I-Ki# oil peach tree* (til 1" 
died by plowing sir and siuuiig 
tbs hark, and pulling Ui* Itsos of ifaa 
irt-e that are curled or *ff«rial. W« would 
Ilk* postal cards tlx.an every OB* who haa 
Lned tki-M or other nsswliw, tWi txMeon* 
fur the blight, and auy uiforiuatioa Uisy 
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