anaheim-gazette 1897-09-09

We have received a very interesting communication from Mr. J. C. Hays, uncle of Mr. Cargill, on the battle of El Molinos del Rey, which we shall present to our readers next week. Mr. Hays served during the Mexican war as Lieutenant of Company-H, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, attached to Pillow's division, and as such fought at the battle, and was at the subsequent capture of Chapultepec, and marched with the victorious American troops into the City of Mexico. Recent newspaper references to the battle have contained manifold inequalities as to the purpose of the assault, and it is to set these matters right, as much as to throw the light of historical truth upon events that we believe have never yet been narrated in print, that Mr. Hays has felt himself impelled to take up his pen and submit to the people an account of some of the inner occurrences of the time, in which he was so intimately associated, and of which he is so well qualified, by intimate association with conspicuous men participating in the conflict, to write. The ambition of Gen. Scott, as is well known, was to be President, and our contributor will show how his ill-timed armistice with Gen. Santa Anna deprived him of that high office. After Chapultepec the City of Mexico was at the mercy of the American arms, yet the commanding General, feeling that he had already attained sufficient military renown, and had effectually subjugated the Mexicans, sought to enact the role of the Great Pacificator, and extended an armistice to the Mexicans. This armistice came to naught and operated disadvantageously to the General's political ambitions, as it might have done to the army. Mr. Hays writes an interesting communication, and in his seventy-sixth year is possessed of as clear an intellect as many men a score of years his junior, and recalls incidents of Molinos del Rey and Chapultepec and other battles of the Mexican war as though they happened but yesterday. He is a brother to Lieut. Wm. Hays (afterward General Hays) of A CRACKERJACK SUGAR MILL. The Alamitos Sugar Factory Turning Out a Superior Grade of Sugar. Three to Four Hundred Tons of Beets Handled Daily, and Forty Tens of Prime Sugar the Output—Superior to Chino Sugar—a Well-Appointed and Successful Factory—A Perfect Hive of Industry—An Infinity of Noises Smite Upon the Ear—How an Unusual Sound in the Babel of Noise Attracted Mr. Dyer's Instant Attention—Mr. Clark a Very Pleasant Gentleman. An infinity of noises smiting upon the ear, ceaseless, never ending, repetitive; the hum of myriads of wheels, whirling with spokes indistinguishable; the song of belts gliding endlessly aloft, swinging from wheel to wheel; the noise of the beets, as churning and splashing through the water, they are inevitably drawn into the endless belt to be taken aloft and sliced; the rattle and whirr of a forest of machinery, and over and above all the dull monotonous chug-chug of the hot-water pumps, resounding throughout the factory; an occasional signal steam whistle, and signal bells never ending from one part of this hive of industrial activity to another—such are the sights and such the impressions one feels instinctively as he steps into the big Alamitos sugar factory, which has been for six weeks turning out sugar at the rate of about forty tons per day, almost at our very doors. As one enters he sees, displayed prominently over the main entrance, in large black letters, the admonition, "Positively no admittance;" but being armed with a permit from Surpt. Dyer, we boldly enter, staring the sign out of countenance. A stroll through the factory shows, at first sight, the dissimilarity of the works as compared with the mill at Chino—the there are not so many men employed, and the machinery seems to be less complex, more simple. There is a semblance of newness everywhere. And when it comes to the making of sugar, the superiority of the new factory is abundantly shown—the sugar is finer than that made at Chino; and full forty tons of it is being turned out daily. The number of men engaged at the factory, on both the day and night shifts is about 75. The hours are waste steam that comes off from the engine. Immediately pipes connect each evaporator with other, and the juice is conducted one to the other with other running on the other side, neath. One may see through which is placed in a position sponding to a glass placed with other side, the boiling mass juice as in a seething cauldron near the evaporators we eat Mike Reagan, the head carpenter works, encasing the last giant boilers with a covering lished ash. After leaving the evaporators liquid is conducted to tanks upper floor, where it is treated sulphurus acid. Thence it through mechanical filters, taken up to the vacuum pans fed into sugar. Here the liquids its name, and is known as Me consists of 75 per cent sugar and cent syrup. Later the Melada is dropped mixer, and is kept stirred to its solidifying. Here it has sistency and color of light Mr. Dyer draws from the mixture and places it upon a small glass used for them of holding the Melada up to in order to discern the crystal process. We see the crystals formed. The mass runs lazily glass which held up to the light the crystallizing process. We inform us the crystals may large or small, as desired. Here an incident occurs illustrates how an unusual source attracts the attention of one uclatter and roar of the factory noises are such as to be well-ening to a stranger. As from the mixer, Mr. Dyer denly his attention being at something on the floor below only Carpenter Regan hauling penter's "horse" across the flame near the evaporators, but their sound is quickly caught by ear trained to know that they is working all right with its noise, yet knowing that any usual in the noise also means break in some part of the machine. Mr. Dyer's eye catches that noise, and as he turns wit toward the scribe, observes that instant he thought something wrong. From the mixer the Melada off into the centrifugals, in 500 pounds each. Here she sits on its first appearance of When the Melada is drawn out centrifugals, it has the constrictions thick molasses. The centrifuge rate the sugar from the molasses revolve with great rapidity, being moistened occasionally cold water. Soon the molasses begins to disappear, and APROPOS of Admission Day, there is to be recorded a commendable act on the part of the members of Felicidad Parlor, of the Native Daughters, which should not be permitted to pass unnoticed. The parlor disorganized in March last, and had on hand in its treasury at the time of its disorganization $100. Of this amount the young ladies very patriotically determined to contribute one-half to the Landmarks club, which has taken up the praiseworthy task of preserving, as far as possible, the landmarks of Southern California—notably the old Missions. The donation was forwarded in May, and was responded to in the following very courteous letter from the President of the club. In explanation of the letter it should be stated that the Secretary of the parlor, Miss Frances E. Higgins, had written the club asking whether, in view of the impending disorganization of the parlor, the club would accept of a little donation from it, the same to be applied to the patriotic work the club has in hand. Receiving a favorable reply, a remittance of $50 was sent on. The answer from the President of the club is as follows: LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 5, 1897. Frances E. Higgins, Secretary Felicidad Parlor, 52, N.D. G.W., Anaheim, Cal.—Dear Madam: You have quite taken our breath! We were expecting "a few dollars," and lo! a robust and numerous fifty! That is a very substantial lift, and I can promise you the lively and lasting gratitude of the club. Would it be feasible for your parlor to unite in recommending two of its members as representatives to be given life membership in the Landmarks Club? As $50 would secure two such memberships if contributed by two persons, it seems to me we might acknowledge our indebtedness to Felicidad Parlor by giving room to two representatives chosen by it. If the parlor were to continue, we would make it a life member, but as it is going out of existence, the other alternative suggests itself to me. I sincerely echo your hope that other Nationals and Scouts may also join us. "Positively no admittance;" but being armed with a permit from Supt. Dyer, we boldly enter, staring the sign out of countenance. A stroll through the factory shows, at first sight, the dissimilarity of the works as compared with the mill at Chino—there are not so many men employed, and the machinery seems to be less complex, more simple. There is a semblance of newness everywhere. And when it comes to the making of sugar, the superiority of the new factory is abundantly shown—the sugar is finer than that made at Chino; and full forty tons of it is being turned out daily. The number of men engaged at the factory, on both the day and night shifts, is about 75. The hours are from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., each shift coming on morning and night; and once a fortnight the day and night shifts change places, by the former continuing on duty for 18 hours, and being succeeded by the next shift for the same length of time. At noon a half hour is taken for lunch. The factory is of from three to four hundred tons capacity—the highest run was 408 tons—yet next year the capacity will be doubled. At many points in the factory one sees where places have been made by the constructor of the building for the enlargement next year. Beets from 3500 acres are being used; next year the area will be increased to probably 7000 to 8000 acres. Already about 12,000 tons of beets have been used, and there remains in the fields probably 18,000 tons. The total tonnage to be used amounts to 30,000 tons, and about 300 pounds of sugar is extracted from a ton. In the neighborhood of 9,000,000 pounds of sugar will be made. In company of Supt. Dyer we start at the beet sheds, where the beets are brought in by the farmers and dumped in the bins; and we follow the course of the raw product until it issues, at the other end of the factory, refined sugar, ready to be sacked, weighed and wheeled into the warehouse for export. The bins are 42x200 feet. The tilting dump is used, and the beets are dumped from the wagon, either on one side or the other of the bins, upon an inclined floor, at the base of which runs a swift current of water in a conduit connecting the sheds with the factory. Beets are dumped into the bins in such quantities that they become clogged with hundreds upon hundreds of tons, and men are kept busy with rakes assisting them into the conduit, whence they dance along in the current to be taken into the factory. Once they reach the factory beets are taken up by a large wheel fitted with pans on the interior of the rim, and closed upon the further side, which revolves slowly at the end of the conduit, and into which the beets are carried; as these pans reach the apex, during the revolution of the wheel, they are precipitated into a bath, in which revolving spokes, scattering the beets indiscriminately in the water, give them their first real introduction to the treatment they are to be accorded on their journey through the factory. The bath is fitted with an apparatus that erupts the washed beets periodically into a hopper, to be born aloft, in an endless revolving device, to the silice. The beets toss and tumble over one another in the water; they fall back into the bath, seemingly in abhorrence of contact with the belt that moves unerringly with them to the slicer overhead. They recede into the bath, only to be brought to the surface again by the ever-recurring eruption; some of the more recalcitrant tumble out upon the floor; only to be thrown back again by the attendant. At last a particularly large fellow which we have watched as he fought savagely From the mixer the Melada off into the centrifugals, in one 500 pounds each. Here she sits on its first appearance of it. When the Melada is drawn out centrifugals, it has the constrict molasses. The centrifuge rate the sugar from the molase revolve with great rapidity, being moistened occasionally cold water. Soon the molasse begins to disappear, and then clinging to the inner sides of revolving centrifugals, grows whiter, until the molasses has precipitated, when each centrifuge is now sugar) is dropped through an elevator to the dryer. Her vestige of moisture is remain further along it issues from an awaiting for it. The molasses separated from sugar in the centrifugals go into tanks to be rebuilt. Wheat treatment and constant attention is soon ready for the centrifuge and is made into sugar. The dry granulated sugar in sacks, each weighing eight pounds, and five sacks are placed dray and again weighed on on the first weighing. It is then fed into the warehouse, a space ture 50x150 feet, and held orders for shipment. The main factory building feet, three stories high; for boiler and kiln rooms, 72x146 warehouse 30x60, and for shop, 25x50. Four artesian wells supply with an abundance of flour for ponderous machinery is a massive 200 horse-power enclosure. We have now traversed them from one end to another, seced into engine room hours of noon. The engineers bright little fellow of perhaps whistle cord, and the factile sends a resonant blast tothe building. The machine and a pall of stillness seem aboutthefactory.accentuatebythelapseofthenoisesseemswehavebutjustemerge. We go over and meet Mr Clark,the resident manager,findintheoffice,averygeorgeobligingman.MrClarkselectedmanya sugarperiodandWestcontainingextentthisjournalreferringtotheindustry,andinthecommChicagoPostupourrecountestothepricepaidforgrounds—hehesodispairaffectwiththeChicagoeditances.ThepricepaidforMrClarkinformsus,iis$32pere12percentbeets,and25percentforeachpercentoveraveragepricepaidforbeetsmonthofAugustwas$46—a percentageofsugarbetween18.MrClarkhasgoodfeelingcontentwithhislesatisfiedwithhimselfandalofmankind-forhis sugarcrackerjack;andifwewereofthetemeritytouseitsnetprofitsperday,bothbovetoplacethemennotfarbelow. The factory has cost $400,$amountofmoney—andtheabovebeputinbeforethenextseasonwillcostafortunemore. IntheofficewemeetA.theheadbookkeeper,and Would it be feasible for your parlor to unite in recommending two of its members as representatives to be given life membership in the Landmarks Club? As $50 would secure two such memberships if contributed by two persons, it seems to me we might acknowledge our indebtedness to Felicidad Parlor by giving room to two representatives chosen by it. If the parlor were to continue, we would make it a life member, but as it is going out of existence, the other alternative suggests itself to me. I sincerely echo your hope that other Native Daughters and Sons may become interested in a work which should appeal to all good Americans, and doubly to all good Californians. Perhaps the gallant example of Felicidad Parlor will stir them up. Thanking you all again, I am sincerely yours, CHAS. F. LUMMIS. It is doubtful if a more commendable act on the part of the Native Daughters could be recorded. That they voted to disorganize their parlor is to be regretted, but their last official act—the assistance given the Landmarks club in such a handsome manner—will serve to keep their organization green in the memory of hosts of people throughout the Sunny Southland. The promoters of beet sugar factories complain of the farmers organizing to protect their interests in raising beets, claiming that it tends to discourage capitalists from embarking in the manufacture of sugar. These farmers' clubs by their by-laws, make no demands, but expect the owners of the factories will meet their committee in a generous way and accord them a fair showing for the price of their beets the coming year. The beet raisers claim they have fully as much capital invested as the manufacturers, and are entitled to a fair compensation for raising the beets. We understand the general tone of the meeting at Buena Park last Saturday was that the farmers were willing the manufacturers should make 25 or even 50 per cent profit, but that the beet raisers, who take all the risk, must have a reasonable price for their product likewise. Monday was Labor day, and the bank and postoffice were closed, the day being a legal holiday. To-day is Admission day, the second legal holiday this week, and the bank and postoffice will be closed; but general business will probably not be suspended. The bath is fitted with an apparatus that erupts the washed beets periodically into a hopper, to be borne aloft, in an endless revolving device, to the slicer. The beets toss and tumble over one another in the water; they fall back into the bath, seemingly in abhorrence of contact with the belt that moves unerringly with them to the slicer overhead. They recede into the bath, only to be brought to the surface again by the ever-recurring eruption; some of the more recalcitrant tumble out upon the floor; only to be thrown back again by the attendant. At last a particularly large fellow which we have watched as he fought savagely against the fate awaiting him, falling back into the bath again and again, then bounding out petulantly upon the floor, only to be returned to his doom, disappears at last in the endless belt through the upper roof. Perhaps we shall have him to sweeten our coffee for breakfast this morning. The beets are next seen in the hopper upon the third floor. Here they are sliced with peculiarly made knives that have to be sharpened constantly. From the hopper they are precipitated into the diffusion battery, where they come in contact with their first heat since leaving the bins. The sliced beets are next seen, as we descend to the second floor, moving down from the upper floor in a flaky mass, gliding down the elevators slowly, and anon so choking up the way that men use a long rake to assist them on their journey. In the diffusion battery they are subjected to boiling, and after undergoing the usual process, the juice is conducted to the series of four large evaporators, called the quadruple effect, which Mr. Dyer points out as one of the features of the factory. When the juice reaches the first of the four evaporators it contains about 10 per cent of sugar; when it leaves the fourth it contains 50 per cent. The first evaporator is heated with steam from the engine's exhaust pipe—literally waste steam. The process is the invention of M. Rilleux, an American, and in the manufacture of the machinery by the Dyer Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, the evaporator idea has been improved upon and elaborated to a marked degree. From the first evaporator the steam engendered is forced by vacuum pressure into the second evaporator, where the juice is kept boiling at an intense heat. Here again the steam arising from the evaporation is conducted to the third evaporator, and the steam engendered by the boiling is in turn conducted to the fourth evaporator. Thus the entire work of this extraordinary quadruple effect is engendered by 12 per cent beets, and 25 cents for each percentage over average price paid for beets a month of August was $467—a percentage of sugar between 18. Mr. Clark has good feeling content with his love satisfied with himself and all of mankind—for his sugar for crackerjack; and if we were of the temerity to guess it net profits per day, should be placed them not far below this factory has cost $400,000 amount of money—and the ad put in before the next seasions will cost a fortune more. In the office we meet A. Clark, W.A. Clark of Butterfield R. Clark, and E.F. Dyer. T. Secretary of the corporate After luncheon, we pay and to the factory and go over floors of the establishment number of visitors are present them Jos. Backs and daughte Bickel and A.M.Williams. Four graphic charts are presented in the factory, each giving details of the progress of the mill. The first shows tensions of pulp and pulp wastes; the second proposes tonic acid gas; the fourth linity of the juice during another during the second carts; which are in plain view—the diagram resembling these charts, showing the high end temperature. The Supermarket can tell at a glance at these works in the factory is priced. The following is a list of pal employees of 'the factory intendent', E.F.Dyer; Chief G.M.Brodrick; Night Emw.W.Merrill and A.S.WForeman, J.M.Ingalls; Neman, George Bixby; Sugar H.Hensley and R.Shepherators, E.E.Miller Roush; Carbonators, Ray SmCrawford; Diffusion Batteries and F.Graham; Mechanical Berry and A.Stiner; Sulphur C.Sanders and H.Stephens Retiring From Business Selling Out Regardless Of Cost! In 10 Days We will Close our Doors and Quit Business in Santa Ana Our Entire Stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing Furnishing Goods, Hats and Caps, Trunks, Valises, Etc. Will be Sold at a Tremendous Sacrifice As we don't intend to move the Stock, we must discontinue everything in our Establishment, and to further our Goods are Now Being Slaughtered as never was known by us. We have a Good Assortment to select from. Get in and do your buying before you are too late. London Clothing Co. 116 WEST FOURTH ST., SANTA ANA FROM THE MIXER THE MELADA IS DRAWN OFF INTO THE CENTRIFUGALS, IN CHARGES OF 200 POUNDS EACH. HERE THE SUGAR TAKES ON ITS FIRST APPEarance OF WHITENESS. WHEN THE MELADA IS DRAWN OFF INTO THE CENTRIFUGALS, IT HAS THE CONSISTENCY OF WHICK MOLasses. THE CENTRIFUGALS SEPARATE THE SUGAR FROM THE MOLasses. THEY EVOLVE WITH GREAT RAPIDITY, THE SUGAR BEING MOISTENED Occasionally With Cold Water. SOON THE MOLasses Color Begins To Disappear, AND THE SUGAR, SILING TO THE INNER Sides OF THE SWIFT-REVOLVING CENTRIFUGALS, GROWS Gradually Whiter, UNTIL THE MOLasses Has All Been Precipitated, WHEN EACH CENTRIFUGAL IS STOPPED, AND THE MOISTENED SUGAR (FOR IT IS NOW SUGAR) IS DROPPED THROUGH THE ELEVATOR TO THE DRYER. HERE THE LAST TESTIGE OF MOISTURE IS REMOVED, AND FURTHER ALONG IT ISSUES FROM AN ELEVATOR READY TO BE RECEIVED INTO THE OPEN SACKS WAITING FOR IT. THE MOLasses separated from the Sugar in the Centrifugals Goes Back to The Tanks to be Reboiled. WITH CAREFUL TREATMENT AND CONSTANT ATTENTION IT IS SOON READY FOR THE CENTrifugals AGAIN AND IS MADE INTO SUGAR. THE DRY GRANULATED SUGAR IS PLACED IN SACKS, EACH WEIGHT EXACTLY 100 POUNDS, AND FIVE SACKS ARE PLACED UPON THE DRAY AND AGAIN WEighed, AS A CHECK ON THE FIRST WEIGHTING. IT IS THEN WHEELLED INTO THE WAREHOUSE, A SPACIOUS STRUCTURE 50X150 FEET, AND HELD AWAITING ORDERS FOR SHIPMENT. THE MAIN FACTORY BUILDING IS 66X260 FEET, THREE STORIES HIGH; THE ANNEX, BOILER AND KILN ROOMS, 72X146; THE SEEDWAREHOUSE 30X60, AND THE MACHINE SHOP, 25X50. FOUR ARTESIAN WELLS SUPPLY THE FACTORY WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER, AND THE PONDEROUS MACHINERY IS DRiven BY A MASSIVE 200 HORSE-POWER ENGINE. WE HAVE NOW TRAVERSED THE FACTORY FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, AND WE DESIGNED INTO THE ENGINE ROOM, JUST AT THE HOUR OF NOON. THE ENGINEER'S BODY, A BRIGHT LITTLE FOLLOW OF PERhaps 10, pulls THE WHISTLE CORD, AND THE FACTORY WHISLE Sends A RESONANT Blast Through The Building. THE MACHINERY STOPS, AND A PALL OF STILLNESS TO Hover About The Factory, ACCENTUATED AS IT WAS BY THE LAPSE OF THE NOISES WHENCE IT SEEMS WE HAVE BUT JUST EMERGED. WE GO OVER AND MEET MR. J. ROSS CLARK, THE RESIDENT MANAGER, WHO WE FIND IN THE OFFICE, A VERY GENTLEMANLY AND OBLIGING MAN. Mr. Clark has Collected Many A Sugar Periodical, East And West, Containing Extracts From This Journal Referring To The Beet sugar Industry, And In The Comment Of The Chicago Post Upon Our Recent References To The Price Paid For Beets, Has Grounds—Were He So Disposed To Find Fault With The Chicago Editor's Utterances. The Price Paid For Beets, Mr. Clark Informs Us, Is $3.25 Per Ton For 12 Per Cent Beets, And 25 cents Per Ton For Each percentage Over 12. The Average Price Paid For Beets During The Month Of August Was $4.67—Averaging A Percentage Of Sugar Between 17 and 18. Mr. Clark Has Good Reason For Feeling Content With His Lot—To Feel satisfied with Himself and all the rest of mankind—for his sugar factory is a crackerjack; and if we were possessed of the temerity to guess its probable net profits per day, should be tempted to place them not far below $1800. THE FACTORY HAS COST $400,000—a vast amount of money—and the additions to be put in before the next season's operations will cost a fortune more. In the office we meet A. W. Jones, the head bookkeeper, and our young We have a Good Assortment to Select from. Get in and do your buying before you are too late. London Clothing Co. 116 WEST FOURTH ST., SANTA ANA NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THE ADVANTAGE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION BY ATTENDING THE ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS COLLEGE. LOS ALAMITOS SUGAR ABSOLUTELY PURE. Quality Guaranteed. Will preserve fruit equal to refinery product. Ask your grocer for it. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS REVIEW. R. G. Dunn & Co.'s Monthly Report of Trade Conditions in Southern California. The volume of business, measured by actual payments through clearing houses, show a large gain, not only over the corresponding month of last year, but also over '92. Telegraphic reports from all parts of the country show both stock and produce markets still tending upwards. The greatest gain is for agricultural products. A large increasing demand is apparent in all the great industries. Manufacturers are rapidly increasing the output, and prices generally are expanding. The signs of prosperity are now too many and too emphatic to be longer denied by the most pessimistic. Our immediate district, while sharing in the great advance in wheat and other cereals, is just now particularly... 12 per cent beets, and 25 cents per ton for each percentage over 12. The average price paid for beets during the month of August was $4.87—averaging a percentage of sugar between 17 and 18. Mr. Clark has good reason for feeling content with his lot—to feel satisfied with himself and all the rest of mankind—for his sugar factory is a crackerjack; and if we were possessed of the temerity to guess its probable net profits per day, should be tempted to place them not far below $1800. The factory has cost $400,000—a vast amount of money—and the additions to be put in before the next season's operations will cost a fortune more. In the office we meet A. W. Jones, the head bookkeeper, and our young friend Gus Strodthoff, his assistant. In the office we see specimens of preserved fruit and jelly in glasses made with sugar manufactured at the factory. Nothing finer could be conceived, and the samples effectually disprove what has so often been said of other beet sugar, that it is worthless for preserving fruit. Certainly no more perfect specimens of preserved fruit or jelly could be produced. The owners of the factory are J. Ross Clark, W. A. Clark of Butte Mont., J. R. Clark, and E. F. Dyer. T. F. Miller is the Secretary of the corporation. After luncheon, we pay another visit to the factory and go over the three floors of the establishment again. A number of visitors are present, among them Jos, Backs and daughters, Miss Bickel and A. M. Williams. Four graphic charts are hung suspended in the factory, upon the second floor, each giving diagrams of the progress of the manufacture of the sugar running through the mill. The first shows the proportions of pulp and pulp water in the beets, the second the proportion of carbonic acid gas, the fourth the alkalinity of the juice, during the first, and another during the second carbonation. Tests of the beet juice are taken every fifteen minutes, and marked upon the charts, which are in plain view of all, the diagram resembling the weather charts, showing the high and low dips of the temperature. The Superintendent can tell at a glance at these charts how the work in the factory is progressing. The following is a list of the principal employees of the factory: Superintendent, E. F. Dyer; Chief Engineer, G. M. Brodrick; Night Engineer, A. W. Merrill; and A. S. Wade; Day Foreman, J. M. Ingalls; Night Foreman, George Bixby; Sugar Bollers, H. Hensley and R. Shephard; Evaporators, E. E. Miller and Oval Roush; Carbonators, Ray Smith and C. Crawford; Diffusion Batteries, J. Past and F. Graham; Mechanical Filters, R. Berry and A. Stiner; Sulphur Tanks, C. Sanders and H. Stephens; Retained THE DAILY AVERAGE. SUGAR PURITY. Tuesday, Aug. 31...16.0 Wednesday, Sept. 1...16.3 Thursday, Sept. 2...16.7 Friday, Sept. 3...16.2 Saturday, Sept. 4...14.7 The ladies of the M.E. Church announce an interesting entertainment at the Del Campo hotel for to-morrow (Friday) evening. It is the intention to have the parlors and grounds lighted, and refreshments consisting of ice cream and cake, coffee and sandwiches, candies, poporn and tamales will be served in booths on the veranda. The London Clothing Company, a leading Los Angeles business establishment, which has maintained a branch store at Santa Ana for some time, has concluded to withdraw from the field and will close up its business in that town within the next week. Mr. Diamond, the affable manager, has received instructions to clean out the stock, and the clearance sale is now in progress. Prices of everything in the clothing line are very low as the company desires to sell out all the stock and realizes that in order to do this special inducements must be offered buyers. Mr. Diamond has been a popular merchant at Santa Ana, and the people will be sorry to see his house discontinue its business. The withdrawal is due to the fact that a constantly increasing trade in Los Angeles demands the whole time and attention of the company. After selling the stock Mr. Diamond will go to Los Angeles, where he will continue in the employ of the establishment, Our immediate district, while sharing in the great advance in wheat and other cereals, is just now particularly interested in the dried fruit market. Owing to light eastern crops, an unusually heavy European demand, and the increased prosperity throughout the United States, the outlook for the grower is brighter than for years past. There is an activity and rising markets in all lines; even apricots, which are in larger supply than for several years past, are steady. The estimate of the raisin crop is 3300 to 3400 carloads, about 250 carloads more than last year. Some good grades have brought 3 cents in sweat box. There are plenty of buyers, but few are being sold. There is a heavy crop in Spain this year, and we have a 600 carload legacy left from last year's marketing. The Spanish can save enough in labor and freight to overcome our 1 cent duty. It might be well for growers who are disposed to hold both nuts-and-fruits, not to overestimate the tariff effect. Canneries are working full time; in some instances day and night, and paying good prices for green products. Crop of almonds fairly good. Walnut crop about two-thirds of that of last year. Prices will rule probably a trifle higher. Honey as yet has not shared in general advance. All fears growing out of the fact that there was an unusual falling of fruit when oranges were in formative state have subsided, and there is general satisfaction over prospects of the coming crop. The close of the beet harvest this year will probably be a little delayed. The acreage is heavy, but the yield is below normal, and the sugar percentage at Chino is reported disappointing. Money is easy and interest charges lower. Collections improving. Business locally is having the usual touch of mid-summer dullness. The mining and petroleum industries of this section still continue to expand. Signs are in evidence that now that prosperity begins to shake the tree of plenty; that Southern California has a position of advantage under the branches. Chas. H. Strauss to samie 2, Phelpa tract; $40. Orrin B. Hall, by Ferdinand s., his atty., to Wm.F., 16, block B, of Hall's adjoining Ana; $100. James W. Shanklin and S. Shanklin, to Emily S., 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, of Hazard of Shanklin tract; $10. A. B. Chapman to Chas., 10 acres in West Orange description in deed book Los Angeles county; $1. Susan G. Ott, widow deceased, to F. Harold G.of Santa Ana East, ex north side; $10. Gustave Stern to Agnes Lot 5, block 45, Fullerton E.J.Burlingham and Burlingham to Fannie 25 acres in N.E.'of S.T 5 SR 11 W.; $10. Johan Maylerleitner to Part of lot 44, of Anahale Rochester hotel; $1. George M. Stanley to Ranchos Company—Lot extension less than south Stearns Ranchos Company M.S坦ley—Part of lot extension; $10. Stearns Ranchos Company Souders—N.of SW'of SE'of Sec.20,T 5 S,R 10 W;20 acres; Anaheim Irrigation District A.Witte-In Kraemer acres in block H;$1. Edward M.Kraemer and Kraemer to William Federman and T.J.F.Boot 100 acres of block H;octract;$3,511. Maria C.Johnson her husband,todren—Lot 6,block C,Poole & Blee addition;$750. Joseph Souders to Jan N.of SW'of SW'of Se'10 W;20 acres;$1,000. R.T.Harris and wife,ris.to Ernest A.Harrison-of N,and north 100 feet Westminster;$1,000. F.Harold Ott to Mary STERN BROS. Leading Merchants and Shippers. FINEST ASSORTMENT OF Straw Hats ELEGANT LINE OF Ladies' Shoes AND Men's Shoes Latest Patterns OF Organdies, Dotted Swiss and Duck Suitings. Stern Bros. FAIRBANKS' WINDMILLS I am not selling Windmills at cost, but I am selling the best mill made and selling it cheap. Galvanized Stoel Towers, Tanks, Pipes, Cylinders, Fittings, Ete. All Guaranteed E. G. HUNTINGTON, Corner Third and Sycamore Streets, SANTA ANA, - - - CAL. sep9tf BROOKSHURST Ranch Company. ALL Woolens, Blankets, Laces and Fancy Articles Washed With "OUR OWN MAKE" WOOL SOAP. Entirely by Hand! A SPECIALTY OF WASHING AND PRESSING MEN'S SUITS. ... Entire Satisfaction Guaranteed..... Wagon calls for and delivers free to any part of town on Mondays and Fridays. Santa Ana Steam Laundry. F. NETZW. Agent CLOTHING CO. SANTA ANA, CAL. TIME Education ENDING THE UNTY BUSINESS LEGE. ITOS SUGAR. ELY PURE. I will preserve fruit equal to any grocer for it. HOME INDUSTRY REALESTATE TRANSFERS For The Week Ending Sept. 4, 1897. Furnished by the Orange County Title Company, Santa Ana. Wilna Cole and wife, Frances A. Cole, to H. D. Carr—Lot 12, block B, of Jameson tract; $300. Chas. H. Strauss to same—Lot 6, block 2, Phleps tract; $40. Orrin B. Hall, by Ferdinand A. Hasler, his atty, to Wm. F. Lutz Co.—Lot 16, block B, of Hall's addition to Santa Ana; $100. James W. Shanklin and wife, Adaline S. Shanklin, to Emily Slater—Lots 1, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, of Hazard's subdivision of Shanklin tract; $10. A. B. Chapman to Charles Clough—10 acres in West Orange, to correct description in deed book 85, page 443, Los Angeles county; $1. Susan G. Ott, widow of D. A. Ott, deceased, to F. Harold Ott—Block 13, of Santa Ana East, except 2 acres off north side; $10. Gustave Stern to Agnes Henderson—Galvanized Stoel Towers, Tanks, Pipes, Cylinders, Fittings, Etc. All Guaranteed E. G. HUNTINGTON, Corner Third and Sycamore Streets, SANTA ANA, - - - CAL. sep9tf BROOKSHURST Ranch Company. LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS—BROOKSHURST, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. NOTICE: There is delinquent upon the following described stock, on account of assessment levied on the 22d day of July, 1897, the several amounts set opposite the names of the respective shareholders, as follows: No. of Names. Mattida Ryan.....11 J. Erwin Boy.....12 Alice M. Brooks.....14 No. of Shares. Amount. $178.00 $6.00 $6.00 And in accordance with law and an order of the Board of Directors made on the 22d day of July, 1897, so many shares of each parcel of such stock as may be necessary will be sold at the office of the said Brookshurst Ranch Company, at Brookshurst, Orange County, California, on the 10th day of September, 1897, at 2 o'clock p.m. of such day, to pay delinquent assessments thereon, together with costs of advertising and expenses of sale. A. W. CARGILL, Secretary Brookshurst Ranch Company. Office at Brookshurst, Orange County, California. aug26-3t CITY TAXES Notice is hereby given that the Municipal Taxes of the City of Anaheim, for the fiscal year 1897-8, are now due and payable to me at my office, in the City Hall. All taxes remaining unpaid on the first Monday in November will be delinquent, and a penalty of 5 per cent will be added. Office hours: From 10 a.m. to 12 m., and from 2 to 4 p.m. N. F. STEADMAN. City Tax Collector. of block 13, Santa Ana East, except 2 acres off the north side; $10. A. G. Cook and wife, Bell W. Cook, to Thelismer O. Wightman—Lot in Garden Grove, 50x241 feet; $400. Arthur Leiter to Robert Squires—Ei of lot 2, block C, Heil tract; $80. Fred Straw and wife, Manerva C. Straw, to Mrs. C. E. Beringer—Lots 12 and 13, block A, vineyard lot D 3, Anaheim; $10. Stearns Ranchos Company to William Peckstein—Si of SE of SW of Sec. 10, T 4 S, R 11 W, 20 acres; $10. Fred Joehnck and wife, Anna C. Joehnck, to Laura N. Neil—Ei of SW of SE of Sec. 23, T 4 S, R 11 W, 5 acres; $260. Eliza A. R. Bates, administratrix of the estate of Arastus T. Bates, deceased, to William Woodroffe—24.76 acres northwest of Santa Ana; $1,500. DENVER, Col., Sept. 7. —There was consternation among the Democrats last night over the discovery that the State convention, which met here yesterday, had nominated a Cleveland Democrat as a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court. When the crisis in the convention was reached and it was apparent that the nomination was likely to go to Judge Gabbert, the nominee of the Populist Convention, a stampede was made to John Gordon of Trinidad. Many of the delegates who opposed Judge Gabbert did not seem to know who Gordon was, and in their anxiety to get away from Gab- FRED. PRESSEL Blacksmithing ...AND... Wagon-Making. Horse-Shoeing a Specialty. ...AGENT FOR... TULOL, (HOOFCOOL STUFFING.) Superior to anything for Stuffing house' feet. It keeps the frog soil and the hoof tough and draws fever from the foot. Guaranteed to prevent corns, fever in feet, brittle hoof, etc. 10 pound can; $1.25. Try it. Shop on Center Street, opposite Metropolitan Block With the Modern Appliances CHAS. H. Strauss to same—Lot 6, block 2, Phelps tract; $40. Orrin B. Hall, by Ferdinand A. Hasler, his atty., to Wm. F. Lutz Co.—Lot 16, block B, of Hall's addition to Santa Ana; $100. James W. Shanklin and wife, Adaline S. Shanklin, to Emily Slater—Lots 1, 11, 12, 20, 22, 23, of Hazard's subdivision of Shanklin tract; $10. A. B. Chapman to Charles Clough—10 acres in West Orange, to correct description in deed book 85, page 443, Los Angeles county; $1. Susan G. Ott, widow of D. A. Ott, deceased, to F. Harold Ott—Block 13, of Santa Ana East, except 2 acres off north side; $10. Gustave Stern to Agnes Henderson—Lot 5, block 45, Fullerton; $10. E. J. Burlingham and wife, Helen C. Burlingham, to Fannie E. McCarty—25 acres in N. E. of S. W. of Sec. 27 T 5 S R 11 W; $10. Johan Mayerleitner to Joseph Backs—Part of lot 44, of Anaheim extension; 1.03 acres; $10. Martin N. Gulick and wife, Annis C. Gulick, to Mary A. Vandermullen—Part of block D, of Stafford and Tustin tract; 7.2 acres; $5000. Lydia L. Dodge to William Dodge, her husband—West 50 acres of S of NW of Sec. 10, T 5 S, R 11 W; $1. Orrin L. Green and wife, Mabel Green, to John Detemple—S of N of SE of Sec. 20, T 4 S, R 10 W, 10 acres; $1,900. E. J. Swayne, assignee for benefit of creditors of California Mortgage, Loan & Trust Co., to Merchants National Bank of San Diego—Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, block A, Chubb's addition to Orange, Rochester hotel; $1. George M. Stanley to the Stearns Ranchos Company—Lot 11, of Anaheim extension, less the south 10 acres; $10. Stearns Ranchos Company to George M. Stanley—Part of lot 11, Anaheim extension; $10. Stearns Ranchos Company to Joseph Souders—N of SW of SW of Sec. 16, T 5 S, R 10 W, 20 acres; $10. Anaheim Irrigation District to Wm. A. Witte—In Kraemer tract, 164.23 acres in block H; $1. Edward M. Kraemer and wife, Emma Kraemer, to William Schulte, S. S. Federman and T.J.F. Boege—Westerly 100 acres of block H, of the Kraemer tract; $3,511. Maria C. Johnson and Arthur Johnson, her husband, to Helen Kalldren—Lot 6, block C, Porter, Spurgeon & Blee addition; $750. Joseph Souders to James Souders—N of SW of SW of Sec. 16, T 5 S, R 10 W; 20 acres; $1,000. R. T. Harris and wife, Maria L. Harris, to Ernest A. Harris—South 50 feet of N!, and north 100 feet of S of lot 11, Westminster; $1,000. F. Harold Ott to Mary Ross Ott—All DENVER, Col., Sept. 7. There was consternation among the Democrats last night over the discovery that the State convention, which met here yesterday, had nominated a Cleveland Democrat as a candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court. When the crisis in the convention was reached and it was apparent that the nomination was likely to go to Judge Gabbert, the nominee of the Populist State convention, a stampede was made to John Gordon of Trinidad. Many of the delegates who opposed Judge Gabbert did not seem to know who Gordon was, and in their anxiety to get away from Gabbert, did not stop to inquire until after the voting was over when they learned that their nominee was none other than John A. Gordon of Trinidad, who took such an active part in the Pueblo convention in 1892 and led the bolters from the convention that turned down Grover Cleveland on account of his position on the money question. Many of the delegates have no hesitancy in expressing their disgust at the hole their hasty action has landed them in. The annual celebration of the N. S. G.W. will be held at Avalon, Catalina Island, Sept. 9th to 12th. This will be preceded by an entertainment at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce building on the evening of Sept. 8th, and a grand parade at 9 a.m., Sept. 9th, under the auspices of the local parlors and other organizations. At 11 a.m. Sept. 9th, a special train will leave Arcade depot for San Pedro, connecting with the elegant steamer "Hermosa," for the island. Southern Pacific passengers from Anaheim will arrive in Los Angeles at 8:45 a.m., in time to take part in the parade if desired, and take the S.P.Co special at 11 a.m. Through tickets from Anaheim to Catalina and return, $435 good for 60 days Special rate tickets also to Santa Monica Long Beach and San Pedro Sept. 8th, 9th and 10th. Good to return Sept. 15th. The Orange County Business college opened its sixth annual session at Santa Ana on Monday morning with forty pupils, the greatest number ever recorded on an opening day. The work of transforming the old Hervey hall into a college room was completed on schedule time and every circumstance conspired to make the first days work a great success. Pupils are enrolled from Santa Ana Westminster Anaheim Olive El Modena Orange McPherson Garden Grove Tustin Newport Villa Park,and one from White Hills Arizona. RECORD OF THE TEMPERATURE. Maximum Minimum Average. Sept.-1...83 55 69.0 Sept.-2...76 51 63.5 Sept.-3...79 56 67.5 Sept.-4...80 50 65.0 Sept.-5...80 55 67.5 Sept.-6...78 58 68.8 Sept.-7...56