SEMI-1 ROPIC CALIFORNIA. 
TC tc. tfd and mon**_y can force it. Two large deep- grotting their folly. A gentleman by the 
water ships, besides seva.*al smaller craft are name of Quill, who resides near Downey, 
now unlondinir railroad material, and in mid- followed a different course from that of 
SAN DIEGO, 
This city ha; passed through many trying 
vicissitudes and at last is shout to acquire 
the standing to which her advantages and 
resources entitle her The railroad has he 
come an established fart, and from thin or 
her growth and prosperity will he per 
mnnont and lasting. San Diego liaa cvei 
had our kindest wishes, and it i* with great 
pleasure that we are now able to write of 
her bright future. The city is of all other 
sea-port towns, the must desirable as a place 
of residence. All tlmt has ever been iaid 
ns regalda hay and vlinmft, rillier in a 
friendly spirit or sfuritigly by the various 
journals of this coast, we most emphatically 
indorse ns true. We hecatna wedded to 
the place during a residence there some 
year* ago, and although we are not per¬ 
mitted to enjoy her great fortune directly, 
wc feci that indirectly we are greatly bene¬ 
fited. h 3 
Whoever seek* n residence in San Diego 
will find a society much above the general 
average, ull the orthodox religious denoin 
inations are represented, and school facili¬ 
ties, though some what inadequate in the 
past, an- now taking a decided Alep forward 
in the creel ion of h fine, large school-house 
nnJ other general improvements in the 
educational department, The oily i« lighted 
nill. gas, enjoy* the telephone, a ml street 
railway building is now on the tapis. Gun- 
oral activity is manifesting itself in every 
quarter, and all thtt OOnvanienije* found in 
the old nettled ICaslcnr cities will *oon be 
lolly represented in this city liy the »ra. 
Its resources which have been grossly mis- 
represented, probably through ignorance 
,- v ®® r “ 1 ln pittie*, arc beyond our present 
time and space 
I water ships, hftsides seve.ai smaller crau an-1 iianiv in yum, who resiucs near irowney, 
now unloading railroad material, and in mid- followed a dilferent course from that of 
ocean freighted with steel rails and mu- most of his neighbors, and, though only 
chircry a 9mall fleet is heading toward San | running twenty acres, netted last year from 
Diego. May the cloud of adversity never his orchard and vineyard the neat little 
again linp-r over our sister city! rum of #1400. Others who have followed 
r sister city! 
LOS NIETOS 
EtUTOR Shui Tltoric:—Since my visit a 
year vinoe to the Los Nietos Valley the 
status nf matters and things in that portion 
of I .ns Angeles county has not changed 
materially. 
This section doe* not claim to grow the 
semi-tropical fruits to perfection, but is 
the great corn valley of Southern Califor- 
and produces some of the finest speci- 
mioii* fruits, apples, pears, 
poaches and apricots to be found in Cali¬ 
fornia. 
CUAPK IIOOXI 
Has 
In homy it lauds the world in quality 
and quantity, it* exports of hides, wool, 
sheep, hugs, etc., arc very large, and in 
wheat,it i» a fact not gem-rally known, that 
lw ," or ^ lf e« years past Sun 
Die;-, county has produced more wheat 
tiian all the rest or Southern California. 
1 he area of the county i- vast and probable 
mud, of it not well adapted in general 
fanning, but ,te pfodue.m- wdley. ranging 
fium twenty thousand acre* to one thousand 
acres, and oven down to unu hundred acre* 
can he counted by the score. 
IV . . tm 
^ b " ,J ‘ »nd . .life. Wood .„i| 
»»l.r llumgl, *M>t it, 1.,,.. , 
Tr.rf » It' 1 " V * *" 
rLL? , •" 1,1 1 "* cb >•»«. u, 
stream of water, ami aitesiau wells which 
have now becalm, a fact „,. r lU cily 8 ™ 
iso to satisfy all demands in the w aU . r line. 
1 ho tide or travel that way is |* rjr<) .„«! 
Stas:® ** 
« il Z Colion 
-,ili teiulkm IV, i,o. b 
8 l» sow* on „ rapidly „ 
..... reached the Los Nieta9 Vallpy, and 
many thousands uf vines have been planted 
the present season. The vineyards already 
in bearing appear thrifty and encourage 
growers to hope that in a few yearn their 
grape? will yield a larger profit than their 
com field*. Practical men who have been 
watching the wine market and present 
grape crop inform us that prices will, in ull 
probability, rule much higher Ibis year 
than hint, so that it is quite likely that the 
area devoted to vines will continue to ex- 
ptnd. 
I Li lain making, except in the foot-hills 
bordering the Ranchito settlement, will 
hardly prove a success in tl,o Los Nieto* 
' alley, as llio occasional fogs, so beneficial 
to thu cereal*, prevent the grapes from 
drying as speedily a* is desirable. The 
leading grape growers propose io erect a 
wintry next year, somewhere between 
Downey ami Ranchito. and make both wine 
and brandy Mr. J. 1C. Burke is the prime 
mover in the matter, and will have the 
Hearty oo-uperation of his neighbor*. 
CAaTOtt oil. 
Dr Umover, un enterprising gentleman 
residing at Downey, in putting up p „.** 
and will shortly be prepared to n.anul'ao 
• ure pure cus.or oil. The bean grow* | U *. 
urmntly in all portions of 11„> vall.y, a „d 
the new enterprise will encourage the farm 
era to go extensively into iU cultivation. 
the aNiiuxii vi’ar.ntrr. 
w localities in Southern California are 
• well adapted to the cultivation of the 
English walnut ns Lo* Nietos Valley. The 
crop is almost sure, ami in fmm t(| t| , 
ten years from planting, each tree wVll av¬ 
erage annual profit of from 415 to *2U. 
walnut belt is oven more |j ((l j, e( j than 
the orange belt, and grower* hav., f,. af 
of glutting the market. 
pbokit tar piiuit. 
Onjh.nl. rail cullivat,,,] „, J „,„ d (ur 
.ro vary profit,!,lr, t,„, . „.rol„„ "f 
JVI'* "'■* “ *7* dl»wroMli; 
C.IC of tkinulva, mthout ou | ti ,„ lon | r . 
ngitloa or pruning, „„„ bllUr , r " 
rum iii fjtw, Ullirra wuu nave iiiiioivnl 
his course will do equally well tin- present 
season. 
the ttAJsmtirn, 
Twelve miles from I.oa Angeles, is the 
most progressive portion of Los Nietos vnl- 
ley.nt present. The Ranchito (Spanish for 
little ranch) is a magnificent tract of agri¬ 
cultural land, well watered and adapted to 
every kind of grain and fruit. 1 was sur¬ 
prised at the exceedingly thrifty looking 
farms of :his section. The principal own¬ 
ers are Messrs. Tyler, Dunlap, Boyd, Par¬ 
sons, Burke, Lb-cquette, Tweedy, Standifer, 
Hu»*oll, Phelan, Montgomery mid Cate. 
Every farmer seems well satisfied with his 
lot, and we arc confident that the products 
of this section will in quality and quantity 
find no successful rivals in C'aliforuia. 
sfttw-LOMEna, 
New new comers are at present settling 
the Los Nietos Valley. The advantages 
of this section have not been so persistently 
set forth as some other portions of our 
county, and consequently the Ranchito 
and Downey sattlements have been over¬ 
looked for the past four or live years. Dr. 
Kendrick recently purchased tie Frazee 
pule.* Min) is making extensive improve¬ 
ments. Mr. S. Huntly ia also improving 
- fact of Kj acres near Downuy. Mr. G. 
S. Brodie also recently purehaseu an un¬ 
improved farm and proposes to devote it 
to fruit, 
The exports from the Downey depot dur- 
o.g the paat year considerably exceeded 
.i.fOO.UOO pounds. Though the fruit crop 
this year will ho sborl, we believe the 
present season promises to he a profitable 
one for the Lob Nietos Valley. 
J. C. P. 
THE DUABTE. 
A ,1,011 lime .i„o.„ it „„ our „| t , 1H „ ro |0 
t tl,I, .Wightrully looted ,Ml|„ ra „,„ 
nnd although we had formed a favorable 
"pinion of the country from the report* of 
others we must cOiife«a that wo had our 
expectations more than realized on .m r fi,*t 
> iMt. We were the guest of Mr. f». K. 
\ uung, 
ami i 
*, ••*, are under obligations t,j 
, In. si.t.r Murv, Mi, |„ H 
St."I- .. mijnvul.lu. 
Our fri.,,,1 p. K. lu bitelijlli. i,,„. 
« «•* »«• I'l.i'r* „„ ,U ,, ■ 
," ,. l,„n .Ute „f cultivation, nlanlcul win, 
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livuira „„| | iu , Mi j 
dooiduout frutu, li..|,J, fur 
run, >1 alb, ulc. A ne.I o„tl., K .., 
»l,»l, .tend. II,u u„„,„i„ s * ' f " ' 
|.r.lt, l.nmu, , Rr .„j „|j li v „“,^„ ’ 
.vorgwn linanthe. ' 
Mr. I,. Uam.a’ plncu i, a (.ir aa.njds nt 
