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C L Bittinger and R R Carroll

Editors and Publishers-

C L BITTINGER Editor-

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R CARROLL Business Manager

RIVERSIDE AND SURROUNDINGS-

Grand Junction Calif Aug 12Ir-we were to attempt to write of every-

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we saw in the beautiful andwonderful town of Riverside Calif-we would simply exhaust ourselves andthe columns of the Star and as theobject of these letters is to give a mereglimpse and passing impression of theplaces we saw we shall proceed in a

matter of fact way

Riverside Is not an old city as time j

Is reckoned say 30 years since It firstv began to grow It moved steadily but

got up a genuine boom In 1890 whichlasted up to the panic of 1S93 when itreceived a serious set back in a coldsnap that wrecked its orange crop andthis was followed by a big bank fail-

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that sent Drlces tumbling Thenthe town boasted of a population of7000 It has long since recoveredfrom its misfortunes and since has had-

a steady and substantial growth itst population now numbering 15000 andIts Improvements along all lines havekept pace with the growth othetown p

Riverside has a splendid sewerageand watT system paved streets beau ¬

tiful homes lovely lawns avenueslined with palms and pepper trees and

F a cultivated and refined people wholove their homes and knov how to-

t make them attractive-The town has no citizens of great

wealth but all are public spirited andcooperative and get together and dothings for the public good It is ahighly moral and religious place Nosaloons are permitted either in thetown or county and the people are

xdelighted with the conditions

I The town has the mission spirit andIt t all the public buildings are built on

this plan of architecture It has aj 1

magnificent courthouse costing way

into the hundred thousands of dollarsj

which occupies two blocks beautiful-ly

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rgrassed and bedecked with flowers

j It is only one story high It has a fineo

Na Masonic temple and womans clubWlDU librarJ building which

rMr Carnegie donated 25000 and therr town the rest and a 15000 addition-

to tilt building is being added to meetthe demands of the fast growing pop-

ulation jWo were surprised to find somanS rjradcrsJn its Well kept roomsThe lotion whiCh this model building-

s atitlxillgf S7000-

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very creditable Yj j 1 O t this liuHding too hasIb

4come too small and tn new building

Is under roof that when completedwill coijjOiriOOOO Its public schoolbuildings and parks are in keepingwith all the other public utilities ofthe place the white park containing-one of the finest collections of captiin the country while at the large parkwhich is thrown open to everybody

land is a great pleasure ground for thepeople vtsitors come to enjoy its at ¬

tractions and split a little wood boiltheir coffee or tea cook their food andenjoy their outing

One of the most unique buildings inthe town is the Glenwobd Inn builtafter the manner of the old missionbuildings It is entirely differentfrom the usual hotel style of architec-ture

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and it 7oaves an impress on thosawho tarry within its large and rambl ¬

ing court vines flowers plants andbells and comforts of furniture tomatch that is never forgotten alwaysremembered and spoken of to othersuntil it is the most noted hostelry inall the golden state of California

It remained for the manager MrFrank Miller to dream out the de-

sign put it on paper and build it ItIs run by a corporation run right andhas been a phenomerlal success andwhile the building covers an entire

t square its patronage has outrun itscapacity and a large addition is to beadded The Glenwood is conducted byMr Miller has been gone of the bigassets of the town and has addedscores of well to do residents to theplace who charmed by the quaintness-and restfulness of the place fell inlove with the community purchasedhomes there and now live in beautifulRiverside

One of the show places of Riversideis its Mount Rubidoux Huntingtondrive so named after the great rail-road

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magnate who became so impress-ed

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with the magnificent amphitheaterof rugged hills and mountains thatsurround the beautiful and fertile val-ley

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r I in which the town Js a brilliantsetting that he contributed 35000 to ¬

wards building five miles of the finestmountain roads on earth to the apexof this glorious lookout where the eyecan drink in a scene that is difficult

k to duplicate anywhere No one hasseen Riverside who has not taken awalk or drive to the pinnacle of MountRubidoux and at the foot of the crosswhich marks Us highest elevation andis thankful a Huntington lived to as-

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the people of Riverside to createthis inspiring driveway The town

i contributed about an equal sum tocomplete this mountain drive and-

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thousands of visitors during the sea¬

son seek Its heights tol drink in theinspiration that comes from its warmsunlight and scenic beauty-

We had a good opportunity to In ¬

spect Its thousands of acres of orangegroves said to be some 20000 of themand note their perfect system of irri ¬

gation and the beauty of its treesmany of them gilded with the goldenfruit that still illuminates the olive fo-

liage¬

of the setting These oranges-are now ripe for market and generallybring remunerative prices

The Sherman Indian school located-at Arlington a suburb of Riverside-was shown us with its dozen or moreof magnificent buildings which housesome SOO Indian boys and girls rep ¬

resenting 4S tribesXot must we forget to mention the

magnificent orange grove of the sec-

retary¬

of the National Biscuit Cowhose home is in Pittsburg Pa butwho never fails to spend his winters-in this charming spot It Is a thing-

of beauty for not only has he leveledthe apex of a mountain to which he

I constructed a fine auto rood but linedmiles of driveways over his domainwith lovely roses and beautiful flower-ing

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plants and has a rare collection ofJapanese dwarf trees some of them3000 years old and no higher thanyour knee to all of which the publicis welcome

We also had a look at a model or¬

ange packing establishment such aswas shown the Florida orange grow ¬

ers who visited this place last May tostudy California fruit exchange meth-

ods

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that has enabled them to dispose-

of with a profit six times the amount-of oranges Florida grows The plantwas the Alta Cresta Packing Houseover which Mr Erquart is the capablemanager and who remembered MrStant Borland and Mr Heitman of FtMyers ns part of that Florida delega ¬

tion and made inquiries about themAs most of the readers of the Star

are aware the California system wasfound so much superior to that ofFlorida in gathering packing and dis-

tributing¬

the fruit that it was adopted-

a Florida fruit exchange organizedwith headquarters at Tampa Whilethe writer was in Riverside 15000

worth of orange packing machinery-was shipped to that city

For the pleasure of the auto drivesthat enabled me to see Riverside andher productiveness which of courseincludes r Its vast irrigation systemfounded by a Mr Evans now deadand reinforced by a Mr Gage I desire-to return my sincere appreciation andthanks to Mr John Woodman whoseaim in life Is to confer favors andblessings on others Mr W has lived-

In Riverside for more than 20 yearshas seen it develop from a village toa model city whose ideal charms allwho visit it and one of Mr Ws pleas ¬

ures is to take strangers and visitors-to his city in his luxurious auto andshow them its pleasing and captivatingfeatures Mr Woodman In connection-with all of his fellow citizens believesin publicity and does his share in pro-

moting¬

sameAt this season of the year Riverside-

is said to be dull because the wintertourist has flown elsewhere and itsown people of means are enjoying thedelights of the seashore only 75 to SO

miles away but as we had the pleas-ure

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to witness a presentation of theMerry Widow at the splendid opera

house with a grand stage and gor-

geous¬

scenery the brilliant audienceof 1500 people which packed everynook and corner of the building leads-us to believe the word dull has no ap-

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to Riverside and its peopleI even at this season of the yearI A word about vineyards one of thebig Riverside valley industries andthis letter must come to a close Incoming to Riverside from Los Angeles75 miles distant who should we meet-on the train but O H Kelsey a for ¬

mer Marion county jboy son of theVeteran R A Kelsey of Stanton whoof course made us promise to drop inand SIC him and he would show us athing or two He did He and his In-

teresting¬

family wife and four child ¬

ren live at Pedley eight miles from-I Riverside He Is grove overseer forthe Sparr Fruit Co 50 acres in lem ¬

ons and 50 cars of fruit was shipped-to market this season at a good priceThe grove Is one recently purchasedand rehabilitated and promises greatthings for the owners Mr Kelsey isan expert at the business making ithis business In Florida with fouryears in Cuba but says of the lastnamed country the United States hasnothing to fear in orange culture-

Mr Kelsey took us to the CharlesStearns Ss Sons vineyard consisting

Belle Meade Sweets

Sugar Fruit and Chocolate

THATS ALL

These delicious candies can behad only at

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NICK CARTERS DOUBLE

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Doors Upen at 730 p m

H W TUCKER PROPRIETOR

of 5000 acres of vines and coveringseven acres of ground and from whichtwo million gallons of wine and brandy-was made last season Its a sight tosee the vast plant with its hundreds ofvats one row of 32 holding 10000 gal ¬

lons each and another row of 14 vatsholding 25000 gallons each and so on

with smaller ones The vines at theclose of the season are cut off nearthe ground the new growth of woodbearing the juicy grape An aero pro ¬

duces four tons of grapes which inthe field are worth 5950 a ton and thecost of harvesting them for the presses-is 250 a ton The bunches of grapes-are cut and placed in baskets and in

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turn thrown into watertight wagonI

beds drawn to the crusher where bigpronged forks are used in throwing

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them into the crushers where the pulp-

is pumped into other vats and the skinand seeds separated the juice drawn-off and loft to settle and put throughnumerous other processes before it Is I

clarified and ready for the casks I

Adjoining the Stearns vineyard is I

another similar in size and known as I

the Italian Through these vines tramroads are constructed over which iron I

hopper cars are operated to gather the I

crop One of the things to marvel atis the immense and ponderous machin-ery

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and boilers used in these factories-to

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distil brandy In our travels that I

day behind Mr Kelseys spankingteam we passed a tract of a thousandacres being planted in orange trees bysome big syndicate also saw another700acre orchard not yet bearing allslowing the people of Riverside valley I

have faith in growing the golden fruitIn our drive that day we saw immense I

fields of bariley and alfalTa a great I

crop in many parts of California-As a matter of interest to our read-

ers will say that Mr Will Sparr aIformer Marion county orange grower-

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Sparr which place was named after j

his father is now at the head of acorporation that owns and operates-over a thousand acres of oranges andlemons and do a tremendous business-in handling other fruits fresh and ina dried state They are succeedingsplendidly Mr Will Sparr Is the gen ¬

eral manager and one of the leadingcitizens of Los Angeles and he stands I

very high socially commercially and-

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a man whose character and citizen ¬

ship is greatly admired-In the trip from Riverside to Los

Angeles on the Salt Lake railroad aremany extensivewalnut orchards andthey are said to be very profitable tosay nothing of thousands of acres ofpeaches plums apricots prunes andolives To see the vast acreage andbountiful yield of fruits one wondershow It all can be utilized but seemingly it is and more is to follow

Riverside shipped over 6000 cars oforanges the past season but the priceswere not as good as the year previous-

C L Bittinger

BABY MORPHINE FIENDS-are made by all soothing syrups andbaby medicines that contain opiumand narcotics McGees Baby Elixircontains no injurious or narcoticdrugs of any kind A sure and safecure for disordered stomachs bowelsand fretfulnesssplendid for teethinginfants Sold by all druggists-

FAN BARGAINS-An eightinch Westinghouse electric-

fan that is positively guaranteed toburn only three cents worth of elec ¬

tricity in ten hours steady runnin-gSe them at once H W Tucker theelectrical supply man

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KENTUCKY HuRSES FOR SALE-

I will have a car of choice Kentucky-bred horses at my place at EvinstoriFla for sale after Aug 20th I havespent two months around my old home-at Lexington Ky selecting this stockfrom the farms This stock has beencarefully selected and bought for spotcash direct from the stock raisers Iam in position to save money to pur ¬

chasers of good horses Address LH Willis Jr Evinston Fla

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New York Packer Man Testifies to theAttractions and Advantages of

Our City

Mr Walseman correspondent for theNew York Packer who Is now operat ¬

ing in this territory writes the follow-ing

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interesting letter to his paper j

Ocala Fla Aug l1When one en-

ters a county like old Marion for thepurpose of writing up its agricultural-

and horticultural industries and ithappens to be the rainy season onenaturally spends more time than Is al ¬

lowed or allotted to natural businessduties However rain is what makesbusiness possible in Florida and Mar-

ion

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county is one of the first and finestcounties to be benefited and Ocala

the metropolis to reside in I

While it Is raining the streets herei are fine and when the shower Is overone can go out and not get wet feetThe Dr J M Thompson house where

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the writes makes his home while here-

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Fort King avenue Is one of the best-

in the city and the room consigned tothe Packer man is paragon

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Among the other subscribers hereare some of note in the business as

I well as nature world The John DozierI Co commission merchants and merch-

ant brokers are doing much to benefitthe farmers of this section by buying-

all the corn they can produce on theIcob already shucked and by having-

its own shelling machine makes cleancorn for market purposes This willsave having corn shipped from thewest or other northern sections whichhas been the practice of Florida farm-ers

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for yearsI Florida can grow as fine corn andfrom 25 to 50 bushels to the acre as

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any state In the Union but it has justj awakened to this fact There Is nocounty In the state that can do thisbetter than Marion The writer hasbeen In Florida a little over four yearsand at the time of his arrival here theaverage farmer was importing from theNorth all of his grain and most of hishay for his stock Today he is grow ¬

ing as a rule his beggar weed andcrab grass hay and his corn and oatsThis Is progressive Florida and allwithin four years

Florida has always produced the fin-

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of citrus fruits but she has alwaysbeen weak on self support materials-and as a result the state has boughtnearly as much food products as shehas sold in her own farm and fruitproducts However as shown abovebeautiful Florida has awakened to thefact that there Is nothing that she can ¬

not grow except wheat Oats is oneof the finest productive crops in thestate corn is always a good crop andcan be grown after all high priced veg-

etables¬

for the northern markets havebeen shipped

Florida land will produce three orfour crops in one year Northernlands produce one If Florida land hadthe same amount of natural fertilizerthat New York or New England landgets every year the Florida farmerwould not be able to gather his cropsWhy Climate Florida climate for theproduction of that which Is necessary-to human wants is absolutely perfect-ion

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It rains down here during a fewmonths of the year but the more itrains the more healthy the people andthe larger the next years productionof fruits and vegetables

Thomas Needham is one of Ocalas

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progressive growers In the way ofspecialties Mr Needham Is from oldEngland and is one of the mechanical

Iexperts of this city but owing to hisnature imbued English disposition hehas a country home and lives there bypreference where he can grow fruitpecans and other farm productsx In covering Marion county one hasto drive somewhat but the drives aregenerally pleasant It has been diffi-

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to get the proper kind of driverthis season and the result was muchdelay Yet the writer at last foundone at J D McDuffys livery-

J D McDuffy Is one of the largestmelon and cantaloupe growers in thissection and constantly reads thePacker

The result of this livery find enabled-

the writer to go to Sparr Fla sometwelve miles from Ocala and visit oneof the fine farming sections of Marioncounty Sparr is supreme in Its landand some of its producers who are asfollows

L G Young who grows cantaloupes-and tomatoes as principal crops butwill grow squash and lettuce for fallcrops Mr Young is one of the lead-

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growers here He reads the Pack-

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and always pays for it two or threemonths before it is due Mr Young

said The season as a whole hasbeen good Prices were low but wedid not expect them to be high con ¬

sidering conditions-

W Luffman Bros are generalmerchants and have the postoffice intheir storeJ W Huffman is the gen-

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mercantile and postoffice man ¬

ager while W Luffman is the out¬

door manager and as a result the realproducer W +Luffmlan k tiros have110 acres in cantaloupes this seasonOf course this is one crop other cropsfollow on this same land and theLuff mans are leading In beans as well

Ias the production of that which a per-

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climate can produceFlorida is supreme not only on ac ¬

count of some of its fine lands butprincipally on account of Its superiorclimate Those wnb are capable of

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seeing these points always succeed inFlorida The man who comes herefrom the North and looks for rich landsuch as the northern states possessinvariably goes back and reports thatFlorida land is poor and will not pro ¬

duce bit this same person never didconsider climate Why Ignorance ofnature Ignorance in this country Is

I superfluous Once study nature In Itsentirety and you will not only be agood Christian but a good farmer andyou will appreciate beautiful Florida-

its climate and its land values in connection with Its climate The man whodoes not study nature is but a poorfarmer in Florida One can farm In

the North and leave nature out of thegame but the successful man in Flor ¬

ida is the one who knows his bustness There are all kinds of farmershere but the successful man here isthe man of brains-

J W Johnson grows cantaloupes asa general crop but also grows otherproducts in season Mr Johnson is oneof the leaders here and is much inter ¬

ested in the Farmers Union of Sparrwhich numbers many members allwhite people-

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D Souter Is one of the valuedPacker readers of this old fruit andvegetable town of Sparr Mr Souter j

is last on the list but not least It waslong after dark before the writer wasable to call on Mr Souter and then hadtwelve miles to drive back to Ocala forsomething to eat and a sleep Mr Sou ¬

ter makes a specialty of lettuce andtomatoes for fall crops

There is lots of cheap land in Flor-

ida

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anywhere from 5 per acre up ¬

ward Marion county is the soliditycounty of Florida One can grow any-

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here from fruits to vegetables-

and cotton Corn Is one of the stapleshere and oats is more than a staple-

as some of the farmers grow 5000 to7000 bushels during the season

WASHINGTON ONCE GAVE UPto three doctors was kept in bed forfive weeks Blood poisoned from aspiders bite caused large deep sores-

to cover his leg The doctors failedthen Bucklens Arnica Salve com-

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cured me writes John Wash ¬

ington of Bosquesville Tex Foreczema bolls burns and piles Its su ¬

preme 25c at all druggists

HARNESS MENDED

Harness of all kinds mended tIr separts made where desired Also sawfiling done Apply to J T SimmonsTompkins Cobbs stables

WESTON LOVES TO WALKi

Will Try to Make Another Long TripAcross the Continent Next Year tI if

New York Aug 17 Edward Payston Weston who walked from NewYork to San Francisco In 105 daysfailing to make the trip In the sched-uled

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time of one hundred days ani itnounccd on his arrival here that he trwould make another attempt early j

next year Though he will be seventy > t-

one it is declared he will surely walk 1ft f

the distance in 100 days the next time hJ5

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