8EMT- TROPIC CALIFORNIA* 
SJiogwphtj. 
D£*0 SHOT TO GOPHERS iNO IQlMMEU. 
_ _ , l)f - LnTd MMtotfwn, of Pasadena, 
J. DB BARTH 8H0RB ; t"’*" 
, , | bon, and have. hewn higiilv »or. , 
I« a native of Mnryltnti. After lenin* Ml ,„ | T .. ,., 
St. Mary’s College of Emmitsburg, Mary-1?®* provide yourself with a small* »t: 
Utld, ho commenced the study of l,„ *;(), ; two thirds as large u the end m 
M« e.mtin, W. W. DdlM »r tl,. llB !” *"«7< * boul <"• •"<* 
cod attach, hy moan* of a thread or r 
piece of notion hatting «|„, u t the aim 
1 (nuBliew o 
Into George M. Dallas) which he continued 
for a abort time, and then engaged in 
active business of farming and nulling, and 
WM n successful man at the age of twenty- 
two years. He came to California in Jsi;t, 
and was anon after appointed assistant 
Superintendent of tin- Philadelphia and 
California Petroleum Company, a corpora* 
A. Scott’s creation. The 
until • 
whola length of the eotton, 
tbn upper end, »o that tba rt 
free and porous. Haring 
make a funnel out of any « 
paper, about right Inches In 
larger end one and a half in 
aforementioned stick intu 
tion of Col. T. 
company, after a large expenditure of*. . ■ 
money In developing the < tl interests, 
Proved unsuccessful. Mr. Shorb, haring • , "" V" ti ' 
invested in the enterprise, was ■ heavy ,n inw tunnel. I tv 
loser, whereupon he resigned his position 
and accepted a civil appointed in the En¬ 
gineer Corps, United Slates Army. He 
was ngiiin appointed Superintendent of the 
Philadelphia and California Petroleum 
Company, which office he held until they 
discontinued. He then commenced work 
in acquiring title to the Tenu-*c*I grain, 
known ns tlm San Teleciana placers and 
developing the water on same. While 
engaged in this work he married the eldest 
daughter of the late Hon. B. D. Wilson. 
Soon after his marriage he engaged in the 
wine business in company with other par 
ties, In 1870 they extended their bu»iuc>M 
to San Francisco, and soon 
established a branch house in 
They then attended their enterprise to for¬ 
eign countries, having correspondents m 
Australia, New Zealand, Chinn, Japan. 
Central America, England and Scotland 
Withdrawing from the firm, ha entered 
into partnership with bis father in-law, 
which continued until his (Mr. W*U n'»| 
death. He theo commenced improvement-- I" 
-» »p wU«.. 
merensmg tho vineyards and orange grove*, 
nnd also in developing the water «v*u-m 
Tho latter work was all done under Mr. 
Shorh’tj supervision, and is without duuM 
till* finest arranged water system to l„- 
foiiud in California. Mr. Shorb is Presi¬ 
dent of tho I.ahu Vineyard land and 
Water Association, which controls the | f "' 
finest lands in tlm San Gabriel valley, I ‘j, - 
President of tho Southern Cali (or ms llorti- 
cultural Society, is * member of the Stale at I 
Vitieultursl Commission, an*l h*« probably | '•* 
done more than any other one man In tlm JJ^’J 
State to advaricu her agricultural industries 
Mr. Shorb has been prominently men 1 
tionoil as candidate for Coogrrss, and if he ! 
would allow his name to bo used as such (>■ 
would be elected on any ticket on which 
lie might run, and if in (.ingress would give 
Southern California a hard worker in hsr 
internal. 
b fum 
forth and back . 
ig is the Doctor's 
mods of administering the poison. 
“Put tits poison into a bottle with a no*- 
sle just large enough to permit the Cotton 
boll to go in easily Push tbs cotton mto! 
the nos/.lr until it is even with the gim.* 
Then tip the bottle up and let the liquid 
•oak down through tlm cotton. When the 
cotton is saturated withdraw it from the 
nozzle, put in the cock, and draw the cotton 
down half way, more or leas, into t»w paper 
cone. Then push tha cone gently and corr- 
fully into the squirrel or gopher hole as far 1 
ax possible, put into the hols a mass of earth, 1 
a stone nr a bunch of gras* that nearly fil!* 
it. Wait half a minute or more and thru 
’ i, ‘' , s, ;t -II M- ■ 
V n „ v„i that seem te connect with tli» *«.•• vow 4P. 
" On* pound of the refined article will dr* f- r 
fifty or sitty holes, and if done thorough I v - 
nothing that breathe* will come out alive." 
7 Imm parties have experimented largely 
with this inclhi.nl of exterminatum, and find 
that it is more valuable than poisoned wheat 1 
or any other preparation found in the mar [ 
ket*. Wu hope that < 
Mr. 
M. Campbell has left a working uoxlel > 
the funnel and stick i 
- *l*u 
fSCTt WORTH REWEWtfRING. 
It ha* been ascertained that our wheat J 
crop of last year exceeds by ill«0,<>lXl tons ! of 
thnt of any previous year, ami the wincjl -'M 
and grapo crop more tfian double in value. {of d.’.l 
