SZ.Vl-TROPtC CA £ tFOTUftA. 
)9t 
fur* our readers it statement of the actual > 
cash receipts of some twenty re farina ,, 
Riverside. For the present, therefore, we 
will pass from the consideration of tin- sub 
joet and take a drive down Arlington 
a Ktiwi* im>\an. 
A vain peering down tha 
fMuse for 
> the aristos-ratio thoroughfare „! thi« ! yard, where the 
firm settlement. 
ORKAT IItIUOATIJtrt 
(doetriw 
>*t grape 
hering I 
I pU. 
« ASAI, . 
The main artery of the settlement, mi! ns ’ 7iY. * i ’ *7 7"'! ’ 
the aventio for some distance and aerne “ 1 ■- 
r-arry an ample supply of the lift 
fluid. The main and hrauedt ditch's arc 
kept in perfect order, and the irrigating 
*y»tcm—that la the method of distributing 
the water—is one nf the best wn know of. 
Tim soil of Riverside, strung and w r|.• r 
fully productive as it i*, unquet . »i,|« 
needs an abundance of water; eidticainni 
may in a measure supply the pi.-- t j r 
rigation, hut water is needed in any event 
of the *un and dry atmosphere of Ui 
they anon at taut tb« shape and Har¬ 
well known rsratn of met re. 
proptietor ha* risen from bt« labor 
us we will take the opportunity to 
Interview him. 
Reporter. — How tong Kara 
in. Kiverside, er! 
Proprietor.—About five yet 
ffep —How oid is t 
Prop’s.— It is four years 
Th. track of the Cattforule Southern 
Railroad is fioiaher! a short «Mtoee f 
Kra^sCafSon. Over twenty miles art y . 
re»dy laid and the good work goes nn at 
th# rate of three quarters of « nu|« per day 
[ -ohon ts about to have a whotemle boot 
and shoe feot-iry Parties are new on the 
Cruond taking in the utntlvm mt h 
to that h tdrieaa Such a factory It net-led 
As tha 
t. tree. 
you 
levard’ 
*.* " ' ' ' ’" ' 1 * ' ill II'M 1-1. 
ami it i* gratifying to know that there i '" r " l ,: *' " 1 
itn abundance here. 
KI.Ki.tA.Vr u a s*tu_\*. 
Ami huuiblc hut neat-looking cottage* sp 
pear on either aide of the avenue *ur- 
rounded with blooming nnd bearing orange 
Orchards, vines loaded with grapes, flower 
gardens which arc ever in I doom, gm-s 1 . 
I»W..S where the..ml-Welng ,, .. „ , ., V M 
of the family can rejoice in croquet, tennis w -|| ( J r ,j jr 
* ground. 
Ftrp l>o y. >u irrigate the land fr« 
ly? 
I’rup’r.— I have had the water on 
twice the present 
Hep—What i« the average we< 
the grapes on each v 
Fruprr.- 
—lief ween twem 
Prop’r 
inter . 
and other games, and all beneath a sky nf 
the deepest hlue, which is rarely cloud. 1. 
slimmer or winter, The rainy 'arms-.a in I,.f r . 
IJm-r-i-l,. i, rain, ., (rut „ 
tlic rainfall lining considerably less tl. 
KT 
older vineyard you sr 
Lams 1,?*0 vines. The grv. 
that of the const valley*. Camlm 
, . b"»n r . , cc thia aeaaoo ceroaihitig over #800 to 
wtnpels u* to stain that 1’iw-rside ts m<t„ 
i Kempt from wind. At intervals during 
autumn and winter norther* sweep through !,, 
the Cajon Pass, and while these vu.Uns ( 
by no moans frequent, when a genuine «•».*• ( 
If*"**. M» .tmi.g.-. i. R.o.r.1!,. when, wraith, hi. ..... 
Willing to ,. 1 . 1 .,.,.. : , 
.ettler, male noth,,.* ,,I them. 11„. .'...I. ' „,,, ., .. 
A„a I u,,h.,..»„ ... I ..A,..-:.. .. .„... ....... 
0.1U".)', nn.l »ltli.".|ih ... 
that ill, I..., 11,y, wo I.. . 
h.-alth Iron, »«. other »». „|J., « , . ... 
A KlVKltHiOK ORriUBli. unheard of. A few mile* further and tbi 
As we pass down the avenue w* util .1 >p ‘"Ange grove* diminish m numb* t .v-.-l tin 
and take a look at one of these celebrated : "•«' h n,t •’ 
orchards, ami as it happen* that we find " >l1 ' 1 bjith.v *.n men aie l-uaiiy en 
ouraelvca in front of the place of our genu! in M F r "' w l » r "* < 
friend, Mr. l\ W. Cover, w will get him to • ‘^hard* ami . meyard*. ami »- retur.i 
pilot u* round, thus we can »oe tor our-1 Blverside villaj. satfto I wiih '» 
selves whether there i* any fonndalion m ! "*'*■ rvam-n. 
the statement, that Riverside land is adspted 
to orange culture. Mr. Cover lake* is 
•ir»l to bis pel navel orchard, Slid hr »..|. p . ( , • i,. , i •! 
e,.,,' I,. pm.,1 „[(,,, .h.... i, i„„„.. 
ilety of the golden apple ha* been pm |mt , 1(l|li 
notlliceil the finest of its specie* at every I 
fair ill which it has lu*en placed in r. mi..- 
t.tion. The tr.es are ... ..Id.,.. *n,| . . .v«m ''*• ' 1 ' ' ' •' ) 
from fit HI to IhMI oranges arw hanging m. \ . . th * 
each tree. The fruit will be ripe sb ut the *'»*''ge lakes the blue rib!. f-r rnaamg 
first of next March, and ev. n at thts esi’y *•**• ,M l »hipm« nt of new .*•» -isihisaes* m 
date give* promise of being of v.-ry g '»l. McPhcr* Pro's HMde a shipment last 
size. weak of I,<sV> boxes. 
Mr. Cover also IlM ten acres in lime*, hr* A Ibur noil l.»* been -Uit.-d at l'n». 
crop will ho large and is already co'iiifli ir'l j S«n Diego f.inuty, to handle the !s>g*- 
for at satisfactory pm i » by responsible par wln-at ero|> of tf.ai vumits 1< * alres lv 
tir*. The bushes, or rather trues, were some- ■ in running older 
cent* la the nut. Tka 
wit of my teu acr* iintrael will aver 
Knough for the raisin buaineaa aad we 
red onward through the beautiful groro* 
in Ntaiksni Caiif'-rni*. 
and lb* .*1. Tntirlrr 
**» »fcet -t was not b«dt 
yeave ago. 
or th* maturity nf eo» 
nties ie tha State* 
The rate in ( V.ivts* 
county i% #J :i,i „„ 
th* #100; San fWner.1. 
wo, #1 Alaurada, 
#1 *0; Sat nmrnb , »! ‘ 
Itg; Nap*. #3; V* 
San I.ui* t ihinpo. 
•2 A; Trinity. HAT; 
Ivw Ang.de.; #?m 
kod , imalu^um'Tthi 
*r>i .* 1 -. i**t week 
r M.ilnnent, and 
The Southern Calif - 
improveiaeau keep 
nan* has turned out ab 
..lit Nl.lMi 1-0.. 
tfcj. mar be ov hrt+ 
n -ipenise'ii.i year 
Their market h» Ibw 
rnr4his "al re*d 7*e- 
eermi Car hv»d lute • i 
tl (Jntrlly be shipped 
Eui N*,i , h „ c 
ably put up ,Si»>,iaro , 1 ^ 
tni-i in the way wilt be. 
** t'an they get the 
fru.t and vegetable* r* 
TW>r «ufbi..g m. 
par ty ia linn uwH«m 
Mr. L. J R w.owTh 
irsdar cl U. bed 
t Ui avidn 
Tltia est 
800THH&H OALLFO&NLA ITEH3. 
.elded 
•in. • ihat ton.-. Trsnis 1, 
; tor* «* • rr<v * ■ 
vhqm at i 
eV<k 
,h*if aiil* IB length m*v lw 
,r # the 
tlay wi.t.ag f-M a rhs..-> 
to unload 
at the 
SsUTA lltUttA CO 
. 
rai Pair to 
m iw me Santa h. 
bar a w tl 
. J(fih and 1 )th day* of So* 
it. We 
;ou, eiaur county. SenU 
Uarbara 
ma.iaa 
. n |t,„ai h', 
.0 will 
'eJ.we to this city uw Setoi 
. 
le Sams liar ba/e m i m 
l,, t tha rl| 
j-emug 
day, the Mkielo| Weis* 
*iiav, Nov 
ember 
!Hk Tin* »m (tun ought U 
» s ,J «p 11 
n-re in 
t'.Mre, wa owe it to -Santa Iwbara, it* 
n , ft.J, ii)ttai«vli'i Reside*, these friendly 
thei tv»ek; time spent at theaa gatiwrmgs 
will ht you to labor more inteiiigeaily ia 
the future. 
