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OFFICE, ROOM No. 9, TIA1CRR 1110 
GEO. RICE, Secretary. 
Mn. Chas.Coi.bman, Jr., a practical hor¬ 
ticulturist and a newspaper man of known 
ability, has beon admitted to a partnership 
with me in the publication of the Srmi- 
Tkopic Cai.ifokmia. Mr Coleman will for 
the most part (ill the editorial chair, giving 
us what we have long desired, time ntul op¬ 
portunity to visit every orchard and vine- 
rd, overy town and farmer in Southern 
lifnniin, in the interest of this paper and | 
the general welfare of hortioultu 
uthern Californi 
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. 
The card of Mr. MoMcnomy, the plumber, 
appears in this issue. Mr. McMenomy con¬ 
trols the largest share of the plumbing bus¬ 
iness in this city, and has the best facilities 
for doing work promptly and cheaply. 
Messrs. Fox & Ivoster, the enterprising 
merchants on Spring street, have found it 
necessary to again move into mure exten¬ 
sive quarter*, and will bo found lieroaftri 
interests tWLI ,] uor> SO uth of their old stand. Their 
f - stock of ladies* and gents'furnishing-goods 
Mdh the help nf a pract.cal, vigorous ig llie Urgrst and ,f nest Southern Call- 
worker in Mr. Coleman, we propose to 
make the Smu-Troi'ic C’.u.ifoRnia the 
paper for tlm farmer, orchardiat, vineyard- 
ist, gardener and stock raiser. We asa the 
hearty co-operation of every friend of 
agricultural progress in Southern Califor¬ 
nia, and agree to do our part. 
Gko. flic*. 
Tiik Skmi-Tuoph? California is now 
four years old and in n good, healthy cun- 
Wr mail every subserifur u noj/y if th< 
Fair Catalog i 
number. Our Aiujutl issue will contWi/i jit will 
wi-mcA valuable information to nil e.i?df>- Moond 
itor*, wnl will be mailed ft 
address. 
Tine Horticultural Fair and Centennial 
Exposition, Sept. 6 10, will excel any pre¬ 
vious effort ever made in Southern Oalifor- 
Send for 
August number 
particulars. 
catalog 
if the Skui-Tk 
Tiik State Fair at 8neromr>nto will com¬ 
mence September 10f|) and continue six 
day*. The premium list is large and em¬ 
braces everything for which premiums 
enuld be offered, We ft*k e, erv person in- 
terested in making an exhibit nt the State 
lair to meet in the Secretary'a office at tlm 
Pavilion, during our Fair, on Friday at. 11 
o’clock, to make arrangements for a proper 
exhibit at the State Fair. 
The proprietor of this paper will pay all 
expenses, and bike the exhibits to Sacra¬ 
ment u uml make the. exhibit if the people 
will furnish the fruit at Los Angeles, 
The sixteenth Imlustri.il Exposition or 
tlm Mechanics of San Franoisto will opIM 
Tuesday, August 2, ami continue Jour 
weeks. The management have taken active 
steps In inako tins exposition excel any 
previous one. A special effort will be 
made tine year to worthily exhibit tlm fruits 
and wines of California. We hope our 
fruit grower* and wine maker* of Southern 
California will be properly represented. 
I I- proper exhibit ol our fruit* anil witter, 
at this exposition would be worth hundreds 
of dollar* to this Motion as an advertise- 
mei.t of what we can ami are duing. We 
would be glad to hear from any parties 
who will make an exhibit, and if enough 
can be secured to make a creditable exhibit 
we will undertake to make u 
fur its proper care and exhibit. 
ty 
tli the people, judging as we do from the , 
" rujiphment. to I large subscription list which it enjoys, and * lrei * *' 
. .''""'it »;il l.« our greatest endeavor to make it 
no other journal of its class pub¬ 
lished III the United Stales. It will bn run 
in the general interest of tint whole of 
Southern California, not in the interest of 
any one particular place or section. It is 
in no way either directly or indirectly con 
nreted with any laud scheme or specula¬ 
tion, any more than it ib interested in the 
general settling up of tlm whole of this 
southern country. In noticing tlm general 
dustries, possibilities and probabilities of 
■‘•'cliori we will hew to tho mark, let 
plinteis fly where they may, believing 
that the plain, unc-dored truth will 
the end, though it may make norm- enemies 
at lirgt. Wn invite correspondem e from 
very quarter, but ill no way will we be 
eapoiiml.lc far the opinions of our con¬ 
tributors. Our pages are npe.i, to friendly 
nqniry and criticism oa regards all subjects 
Mining within the scope of our journal. 
May we hear early and often from the 
tillers of the soil. 
farnia. 
J. A. V'ahlor also moves along with Mr. 
Fox and will occupy the rear rooms in tho 
now and elegant store room* just built for 
their use. Mr. Valder will continue to 
carry a complete stock of pictures, frames, 
mouldings, etc., and is making preparation 
to import several noted paintings for exhi¬ 
bition at the coming Fair. 
t his s 
rangemvnta 
Tlm Southern California Packing Co. 
communed work the 22.1 ult., everything 
throughout the entire establishment work- 
U, K "k 6 11 ' harm. Kiu-h department has an 
ixpurnnn-d superintendent at it* head, 
iml with the ample capital, lirat class fucil- 
lit-s and the choice fruits, vegetables and 
,1K establishment will acrid out to tlm 
world canned good* and drmd fruit, that 
II not be second to any. The fruit raisers 
ol tlm county will always find a good 
muikrt for tl.mr best (run* and vngi.-tublw. 
ami the gentlemen who have given us this 
homo enterprise deserve tho gratitude of 
every citizen interested in the welfare of 
Los Angeles county. 
Tmc Centennial of Los Augde« will bo 
duly celebrated on Pavilion hill, will, (i r „ 
works, grander (ban ever Been in Southern 
11. Siegel, corner Main and Commercial 
bus succeeded in building up a 
large trndo by his strict attention to busi 
n«5*«. urbane treatment of his customers, 
his uniformly low prices, and large stock to 
select from. Ho has just, received n largo 
stock of white and colored shirts which he 
is selling at prices lower than ever before 
offered in this city. 
Mr. IL F. Coulter has just returned from 
the city, where he has bought a full supply 
new goods to recruit up h ; s immense 
stork. Mr. Coulter's method of dealing 
with each and every customer with strict 
honesty lids made his house a favorite with 
the public. Everybody begins to under¬ 
stand that when lie advertises u reduction 
lie means it, ami that every article so an¬ 
nounced ib marked down just a* bo or any 
of his clerks stale. No clerk can retain a 
plarc in his employ who is known to make 
any misrepresentations. 
Uai-iuki. & Co., on Main street, opposite 
the United States Hotel, whose advertise¬ 
ment appears in another column, carry a 
full lino of painters' and artists’ goods. 
Raphael k Co. make a specialty of painting 
farm-house*, barne, school-bon'scs, etc,, and 
m ll,o i-.uinl,, -.1,1,ih B „„.,ll„„ K 
their line would <J„ well to examine their 
prices nnd stock before cloning a bargain 
elsewhere. We tnko pleasure in reeom- 
mending this firm to thu public, because wo 
know from personal knowledge that Ihrtr 
work ia number one, nnd that i|,ei 
as low as tlm little* will allow. 
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CORRECTION. 
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bearing that title' ilisToTvcd" pK'rihin’n vem 
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