SEMI- TROPIC CALIFORNIA . 
SEMI-TROPIC 
CALIFORNIA, 
— AN — 
ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY. 
lietvtnl /« Atjilculhirr, IhfrUcullvrf, am! th‘ Deed- 
opment of Stwthern Califnrnw. 
Terum: SI.HO per Annum. In Atlmnee. 
Office, Moons !> a 10 , Daker Rmxk. 
A .litres, CH AS. OOIiKMAN, JK., !*• Cal. 
(Has niLKMAN, Jn. - Editor am. Ponr’t 
OFFICIAL PAPEB 
Naulhe.ru 1 itli/aml" Uarfieultiiral hoe'n 
okfick, room «ii, w, hakku kiawk. 
CEO. MCE, Secretary. 
Foit nearly two years wc have andwmir- 
cil to fill the editorial chair of the Skmi- 
Tnot-tc Cai.ifokkia and believe we hasp 
done <>ur duty, judging from the generous 
support of tin- public. The pitying sub¬ 
scription list hns been increased until it is 
thirty limes what it whs when wc awnmpd 
control of the paper. We really arc a little 
vain of our success, and arc thankful to the 
public in helping us to tniike n success of a 
paper that is truly their own. In stopping 
down and out wc art* gratified to have mi. 
place filled by so able and practical a gm. 
tinman as Mr. Chas. Coleman, Jr., who will 
hereafter conduct the paper as editor and 
proprietor. Under his able management 
we expect to see the £k\ii Tkoi-ic L'ai.i- 
KORNIA grow and flourish, and we bespeak 
for him the name kind support that has 
been given us. GlW. Itr.E. 
With this number we become sole pub¬ 
lisher and proprietor of the Bavti-T im* me 
Cai.ikoiima. Wii will surely miss lie- ma¬ 
ture judgment and able emu*. I of our lute 
associate, Mr. Geo. Ifice, and fully ftp- 
preeiate the gravity or tie- position to 
which we ascend. However, we briefly 
outline our course in saying that, it will he 
our aim to make this journal practical in 
every se.iau of the word, and to that end 
we have secured tin- nasi slang# of several 
of our mo»l ( a peril-need growers in ngricul 
lure, horticulture, viiienlture, ami nihor de¬ 
partments. Reside*, w« solicit eonmil- 
mice touching upon any and nvcrv thing 
withm the scope of this journal, an J 
if our readers will acrid in their expe 
1 ienc*-, any little minor error of cou»iruc 
lion will be eorre.ned, ( rive us the faots, 
ami if the article needs any finishing 
touches we Will arid them Will 01,1 read j he 
eis consider that this is their journal, und " 
assist us Ur make it a. cmml to non© <,'f 
It occupies a distinct 
GARFIELD. 
Hulled. And we pride ourselves that in no 
rwi.i.„t, w. o„ 
advice. \N n insert advertisements for the 
ah- of lands, at, nur regular rates, and know 
where.,f we apeak when wc say no bettor 
rnedmm for sitrli ads. ean ho found 011 thin 
coa-i than in tint columns of the Skiii- 
* norrt ('Af.mntxiA. 
n *".| in .... w»y . .. i„ „„„ 
tire 1 egul.tr daily a „d weekly tiBtnampei* of 
Southern California; it hvh.i.gs tot he- 'ilb-rs 
r> «*•«'» J < 0 „ 
sliall look for tlm same geneivus support 
that ha* been accorded to «>ur wofthy ore 
dooia«,r. Ulus. C.itiu./jJ. ' 
fluid of hat Me, eloquent in the halls ol l 
gress, promising grand reaulis as I'rcai.h-nl 
if the United Staten, and noble and kind 
n the family circle, has been taken from us 
Had lie lived until (he MM. of November 
■xl lit- would Iwtve hecn fifty years of age, 
1 age ripe with experience which fitted 
him for the high position to which he luul 
been culled. Hi* brief executive life hud 
von lit him Mu- highest respect and liillcst 
•onfidi-m e of all. lasses, regardless of party 
•rmn north to south, from eiiat to west, a 
fcelmg ,,f sadness goes forth « U plt as our 
Nation has never known. 
Pure, nnbfo soul, thy work is dime, the 
void- of sympathy come*, even from beyond 
Mm wAt.-i-, while thy nniiit- finds a home m 
Ill*»l*rtw -,r fifty millions of out people 
Farewell | friend of the pnnr ami |,, M | V 
•hamj.ion of right and justice ' |„ ,|,e 
years that are yd to c.iui., thy name will 
In- revered by tlm coining millions, and of 
• II tin- names that shall appear in „u r 
lion's history none will td.me more hrightlv 
than that ot JAMKS A OAHFIUf.l) ’ 
hi s paper IS in 1,0 way interested m 
the sale of any J*ihIs, does not and will not 
receive any eommiuiona on any sales, but 
-■ » tli.t bill 
crimt'ia, but 
Snot.I D anybody w.mtlor why this „urn- 
I" ' >» purely a l air number, wc would any 
1,11,1 l *"‘ demand came from bur readers, 
v onseipiently we hn\n laid away aevuriil 
valuable communication*, which will n ti* 
|eiir next month under their appropriate 
dcparffiuJiiU, It ia our aim to make this 
journal practical in every sense or the 
..’ M ' | l "" would ceriiiiolv mistake our 
I' ii.i- e.i, t„ 
. . . * »■'« ... 
I"iti, 11 s n, 111111 tv ..ml its grand vucecss were 
Mun solely 10 l|,U journal and Ms in.lo- 
“ , «' ,| d'- ■ d.lors. especially Mr I.W Sc,-to 
"Him I lor.lunal Society. ' 
1Ski " L’ai.imiiisia will he 
n o any address cast of the Rocky 
MounUtnw, for one ypnr , „ . „ j ' 
ufotiod.JUr This ofler dL not incbl 
I;..' 
salt-a have been rna.io l«TneToimm'''bu! " l ' |°''" iil ' V,IU '<• make their 
wl.at the advice of this office Im* boon con- | tnko odvanjlta “f thboffiT "'" y 
