SEMI- TROPIC CA LIFORX / I. 
Pwfr-Pankmg in the Orange flmw Oily. 
* TAI.rABl.tE ISJ’USTRV IN HAST U* A NOK- 
LIK. 
T HERE has boon a notion prevalent that 
the business of pork-packing cannot 
bo tuioersafully carried on in » climate miM 
enough to »dmit of orange rnltur*. 1 ntij 
a very reoetil period, California imported 
nearly sit her bacon, hams, lard, and other 
hog product# from Chicago and Cincinnati, 
ami! few people would bare btnm bold 
enough ten years agu to predict that Dos 
Angeles Valley could evei ivmiwte sue- 
wssfully with those citirs, wliinlt have so 
long held a monopoly of this lute of trade 
on the Pacific Const. Rut the cold I not is 
before us that our own city is tO-day not 
only supplying, iu a satisfactory utunner, 
the home demand, but also commands the 
market in Arizona, and shipment* are fre- 
J thirty or forty, soon brought about a desir¬ 
able change, and now new houses am going 
up every day, and the old ones rented at 
high figures. We could detect no offensive 
odor about the factory, and we believe 
that, the arrangements of the firm are at 
present so effective that there ought to 
he no woll-fouitdod masons for complaint, 
qui ltr OF TH* UOOUS »l UnrPArVtTAKK. 
We claim that the bacon and hams cured 
by this linn «re fully equal to the Eastern 
article and are much cheaper besides. They 
arc free from the heavy, yellow wrapper, 
weighing three pounds or over, which [’an¬ 
nul Iio eaten, and no tri-'hinci infest* ihn 
meats, which cat mot bn said of the Cincin¬ 
nati and Chicago article. The bacon furn¬ 
ished by Speedy A Oy. is vary popular 
everywhere, and the demand for their lard 
keeps a hardware establishment busv con 
ing the business of the establishment as far 
as the iron road extends. It i® to bo hoped 
that ihe city government, of Dos Angeles 
will throw no obstacles in the way of this 
important industry, but will lend a helping 
hand to this and all similar enterprises tend¬ 
ing to build up and enrich our city. 
“ Rktikk pay tho cook than the Doctor” 
is the way the’ old adage put* it, but Un¬ 
fortunately fur tin- human race not only tho 
doctor but the druggist have become most 
mmevuiry adjuncts of our civilization. Ad¬ 
joining the Post Office i* located the CBtllb- 
liehrm nt of Dr. .1. U. Frick, Druggist and 
Apothecary- Owing to the central location 
and the pure quality of drugs and medi¬ 
cines kept, it lias become a favorite pur¬ 
chasing place for those in ana roll of such 
articles. Prices are very reasonable, and 
prescriptions carefully compounded. 
THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 
HUTOI], ni.il. to northern i attenie, ami .t.ntlj m.liing nan. and c«.l.li,». Tho lard I How to Gum* Ti.K On.wne.—The Preaa 
even to aNevauA. 1 "is dvatrablo state ,if i>, pur* and very while and is put tin it, 1 , , „ . 
atTa.rs is due to the enterprise r,f th- attractive and convenient manner. Horticultuifot. of Riverside, will coni- 
Jmrnoe the publication* early in Kobruary, 
of a actios of articles on Citrus Fruit Cul¬ 
ture in California,by its editor, L. M. Unit, 
who was for three years Secretary uf the 
Southern California Horticultural Sunnily. 
UK* AM.EJ KK I'ACK I.V*I CO At!'An V, 
Who, during the paM few veara, Hm • built 
up a trade in the pork packing || n , which 
is highly creditable to our city. The cm!, 
bailment of this firm wa* fur a lime lovau-d 
on Abao avenue; but the rapid growth of 
the business lead t>. the construction of » 
large edifice on Hoff street, in K*-.t I 
Angetea, whera there is sufficient apace to 
aouMamodato the want* t ,f * bak n ,e** ■>[ 
such propal^otw. Up to the tiro* uf the 
erect,on of the pork-packing establish,,,-,,, 
tbe quiet, and pleasant little r(l 
Los Angela* had been rather depress 
«d, so forts the valuo of real MU te 
ounoemed. Houses wain unfent-d and 
uneatable. But the wapW-* of 
. Speedy Sc Co,, numbering aouiu 
ilt'eve that very few person* in thii 
’ any idea what a lari'" business it 
jn by this firm. They have mm 
sLa ally tin hand *V»,Q00 worth of goods and 
»t lime u »lu<;k valued at KUio.OOo, ym 
they sre frequently unable to supply the 
demand. Tin. firm c.nusUta of practical, 
business men. Mr. Speedy has for several 
years been a resident of I .os Angola*. Mr. 
Dodawurth cornea to us from tin 
of tlte .Slate, wher. 
i* upper por 
i publication, tho “ Morti- 
, bn 
and editor , 
aulttii 
This Kurina will review tho wholo C|iios- 
liori from a practical atandpuint, anil tu any 
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paper lor the year, which i* #2.fill, or ♦1.25 
for six months in advance. Tile Pre** <md 
. ‘""ff been ff„rliGulturi»t has a well-earned reputation 
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-> sUii What limy unit to the I u doitur a ermut urn.t, i.i, tl, n 
prosperityof I,ns Angeles. Sisson, W, iliac 
& Co., the railroad supply contractor*, ar 
alao member* of lb« firm, and aro 
•» doing a good work for tho State, 
bank numbers cannot bo supplied lo any 
gr*-at extol,i, -nbscriptiona should bo for- 
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