anaheim-gazette 1909-07-08

DRYING FRUIT ARTIFICIALLY SUPERIOR RESULTS PRODUCED BY MODERN METHODS Furnace Heat Ahead of the Good Old Way—Comparison With Sun Drying—Some Difficulties to be Avoided and Results of Experience Noted It seems to be generally supposed that the only profitable way to cure fruit is by sunshine; that artificial heat is too costly and limited in its range to be of practical use where sunshine can be used. A careful examination of the subject will show that the sun has not such a prepondering advantage as is supposed. There are sections of California where the air is so cool and damp that evaporators become a necessity. In Santa Cruz and Sonoma counties, for instance, large quantities of apples are cured by means of evaporators, and in northern California and in Oregon this is the only way to cure prunes. As there is still a possibility that the Government may prohibit the use of sulphur in fruit drying, it may become necessary to use evaporators, for cut fruit, dried in the sun without sulphur, will not sell at a profitable figure, and would hardly be fit for human food, being apt to be infested with insects and their eggs, and yielding partly decayed or mouldy fruit where bruised or over-ripe. For the purpose of making a comparison between the two methods, let us take an evaporator capable of holding five tons of fruit at a time and drying that amount every twenty-four hours. There are certain physical conditions that make it impracticable to build evaporators beyond a certain limit in size. A machine holding about 300 wire trays, 3 by 8 feet in size, with capacity for 10 tons, is as large as the writer would venture to build. dry hot air through it, and so dry it by the wholesale. But there are certain physical limitations which cannot be entirely overcome. A cubic foot of heated air in passing through a mass of fruit absorbs vapor and looses heat. As it cools it condenses and its capacity for holding vapor is reduced one-half for every 30 degrees of temperature lost. If the air is heated too high at the start it scorches the fruit. If the air is carried too far in the fruit chamber it gets so cool and saturated it cannot do any drying, but instead condenses its vapor and deposits it on the fruit, thus wetting instead of drying it. These conditions limit the amount of work any certain quantity of air can do. One way to meet this difficulty is to force the air through the drying chamber at a high speed, by means of a blower and an engine. This means greater expense for machinery, larger heaters and more fuel to operate it; but, worst of all, the strong blast dries the outer surface of the fruit faster than the moisture inside of it can pass out and keep the crust from hardening, which makes inferior work. Another way is to arrange the fruit trays in small compartments, giving each a separate supply of fresh air. The principal objection to this is the extra amount of labor required to watch and keep track of so many places, which in a large machine would be a serious expense. Another way is to hang the trays on the spokes of a large double wheel, and pass the fruit through the air by revolving the wheel. This has its merits, but is expensive, and is faulty in that it passes the fruit repeatedly through the hottest place and often scorches it. Many driers have been built on the upright plan: the hot air passes from the heater below up through the stack of trays, finding its way as best it may between the pieces of fruit to ber from the floor is warmed it, and in the fruit above it the fruit changes horizontally to the trays of ber. Then, instead of tilator on top near the bottom ber and passing in the ventilator by the thence drawn smokestack closed in the rewarm the ar ward draft suction out. This method to flow down in the fruit during test by tray is as was there is no need in drying. The horizontal flue Rural Press. Articles of filed here by station Associates sentatives o erside and On pose is to sp gravel beds age keep it who waste water flow regarded cuted. The Garstin of Red San Bernardino Rae of Rialto nardino county O. Rickard ad of Riverside, county; Willi heim, M. Niss Santa Ana, county. For the purpose of making a comparison between the two methods, let us take an evaporator capable of holding five tons of fruit at a time and drying that amount every twenty-four hours. There are certain physical conditions that make it impracticable to build evaporators beyond a certain limit in size. A machine holding about 300 wire trays, 3 by 8 feet in size, with capacity for 10 tons, is as large as the writer would venture to build. The cost for labor to cut and spread the fruit on the trays, place trays on drying ground or in an evaporator, sorting and taking the dried fruit off the trays, would be the same by either method. The little extra labor of caring for the fire is offset by the convenience of not having to run all over a five-acre lot in handling the sun trays. This leaves the cost of fuel, wear and tear of machine, interest on investment, and insurance, to be considered. The cost of fuel varies according to kind and price of fuel, kind and size of evaporator, kind of fruit, climate, etc. Under fair average conditions it would range from fifty cents to a dollar per ton of green fruit. Let us say that the five-ton evaporator costs at the outside $1500. Beginning with apricots and ending with late apples, the season might be five months long; but call it 100 days, at 5 tons a day; we could handle at least 500 tons. With proper care the machine ought to last 15 years; but call it ten, making the wear and tear about $150 per year; dividing this into 500 tons, we get 30 cents per ton, the cost per ton for wear and tear. Lumping interest and insurance (at 10 per cent upon the $1500) maker $150, or 30 cents per ton. This gives a total of 60 cents per ton for fixed charges. For sun drying, estimate ten times as many trays, making 1500 wooden trays, 3 by 8 feet, costing 50 cents each, and we have $750. Tracks, cars turntable, etc., would cost about $150—a total of $900. Estimating the fixed charges the same as for the evaporator, we have 20 per cent of $900, making $180. But the season for sun drying would be considerably shorter, and so less work could be done, making the fixed charges probably about the same per ton either way. The cost of a few acres of drying ground need not be reckoned, as it another way is to hang the trays on the spokes of a large double wheel, and pass the fruit through the air by revolving the wheel. This has its merits, but is expensive, and is faulty in that it passes the fruit repeatedly through the hottest place and often scorches it. Many driers have been built on the upright plan: the hot air passes from the heater below up through the stack of trays, finding its way as best it may between the pieces of fruit to the ventilators on top. This seems simple, but has some serious defects. If each tray is placed in its position to dry until done, they dry very irregularly, the bottom tray drying in perhaps half the time the top one does, and each tray between taking its own go-as-you please gait. When there several hundreds trays to be looked at, each through a separate door, to be opened and shut perhaps twenty times, the operator gets all mixed up, not knowing when or where the next tray will be ready to come out. The bottom trays are liable to be scorched, and the top ones, receiving all the vapor from the fruit below, dries as easily as a woman's wash does on a foggy day. Some machines have a hoisting apparatus, so that the trays can be raised gradually, thus putting all the fresh fruit in below and taking it out at the top; but frequently the top tray is so slow in drying that the bottom one is scorched or overdried while waiting for its turn to move up, and the top tray often has to be taken out before it is done, to let the lower ones move up a peg, to save the bottom one by placing a fresh tray under it. Probably the best way of all is to pass the heated air horizontally through between the trays of fruit, from one end of the drying chamber to the other, thus drying the upper and lower surface of the fruit evenly. But here we find another difficulty. Hot air rises. When it enters the fruit chamber at one end, it works its way upward toward the ceiling as it passes along, thus flowing over and above much of the fruit at the farther end, and the bottom trays drying much slower than the top ones, for the difference in temperature between the upper and lower trays is from 40 to 60 degrees in a chamber five of six feet high. This may be corrected by introducing five or six floors into the fruit who waste was flow regarded cured. The Garstin of Red San Bernardino Rae of Rialto nardino county. William heim, M. Nissan Santa Ana, county. The city gave a contract Los Angeles plans for an School and an manual truck & Farwell of nish architecture grade schools. A deed trawl in the duck-lake Gun Club was it bears the grantor is the Land and Watersideation name. Miss Beull eighteenth day, came into unable pieces Ana. One piece ner of Third site the City H deeded her by Clay, on Mar been held in Mrs. Amy E. M. An interlocu was given Fri a well-known Alice Pope. Des Property interest court. Willie Brookk of Mrs. Virginia is suffering w and forehead a fourth celebr playmate, Satu boys had some old muzzle-load was snapped w his face close burns are sew will not be pern County Asses completed footme ments. The co $1,946,295 over total being $19,G.W.Moore ange County turntable, etc., would cost about $150—a total of $900. Estimating the fixed charges the same as for the evaporator, we have 20 per cent of $900, making $180. But the season for sun drying would be considerably shorter, and so less work could be done, making the fixed charges probably about the same per ton either way. The cost of a few acres of drying ground need not be reckoned, as it can usually be cropped for enough to pay interest on its cost; wear and tear and insurance are not usually chargeable to land. So finally we have only the item of fuel to charge against the evaporator. It takes about five pounds of cut, unpeeled fruit to make one pound dried. Five times 75 cents makes $3.75, or less than two mills per pound of dried fruit, as the cost of fuel. For prunes the cost would be about one mill per pound dried. The quality of the product would be superior by the evaporator, for it would be free from dust and insects and in case no sulphur is used to cover up defective, bruised or overripe fruit, the consumer could see that he was getting only sound, wholesome food. Other things may be said on both sides of the question, but no one need fear that the fruit curing business is going to be ruined, either way. Fruit Evaporators The handling of the immense fruit crops in California calls for equipment capable of doing business on a large scale. To dry fruit one would naturally expect to pile up hundreds of thousands of trays of fruit in a big room and force a current of hot air rises. When it enters the fruit chamber at one end, it works its way upward toward the ceiling as it passes along, thus flowing over and above much of the fruit at the farther end, and the bottom trays drying much slower than the top ones, for the difference in temperature between the upper and lower trays is from 40 to 60 degrees in a chamber five of six feet high. This may be corrected by introducing five or six floors into the fruit chamber, making it as many stories high, through which separate currents of air pass, being held to their work by the floors above, so reaching every tray. These are some of the most successful methods, and there are others. They nearly all have their merits and can do good work in the hands of a skilled operator; but not one can be called entirely satisfactory on a large scale. The best method this writer knows of is embodied in several driers he built, on a moderate scale, a few years ago, which have given their owners great satisfaction and are declared to be a perfect success and surprisingly economical in fuel. The largest one holds about a ton, but there is every reason to believe that the same principle would work satisfactorily in a machine five times as large. It is a horizontal machine. The lower chamber has brick walls and contains the furnace and flues for heating the air that enters at one end near the ground, passes through to the other end, being heated, and then passes through an opening into the fruit chamber above. A sheet-iron floor separates the heating cham- ANÁHEIM GAZETTE so dry it are cerch cannot in passing corbs vapor is it conder holding for every host. high at the If the air fruit chamturated it usethad conssits it on read of drylimit the quantity fifficulty is the drying means of this means dry, larger operate it; long blast of the fruit side of it the crust es inferior in the fruit its, giving fresh air. This is the required to many plane would the trays are double through feel. This sive, and the fruit nest place It on the passes from the stack is best it fruit to ber from the fruit chamber. This iron floor is warmed by the furnace under it, and in turn helps to warm the fruit above it. The hot air entering the fruit chamber at one end passes horizontally through, over and under the trays of fruit to the other end. Then, instead of going up to the ventilator on top, it is drawn down to near the bottom of the fruit chamber and passes out through an opening in the side of the drier, into the ventilator or exhaust flue standing by the side of the drier, and is thence drawn up to the outer air. The smokestack from the furnace is enclosed in this ventilator, serving to rewarm the air and increasing the upward draft, thus drawing the air by suction out of the drier. This method compels the warm air to flow downward instead of upward in the fruit chamber, and thus by actual test by thermometer the bottom tray is as warm as the top tray, and there is no difference between them in drying. This does away with the horizontal flues.—L. W. Parsons, in Rural Press. SANTA ANA Articles of incorporation have been filed here by the Water Conservation Association, made up of Representatives of San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties. The purpose is to spread storm waters over gravel beds and by underground storage keep it for summer use. Those who waste water by allowing wells to flow regardless of use will be prosecuted. The incorporators are H. H. Garstin of Redlands, G. M. Cooley of San Bernardino, and Kenneth MacRae of Rialto, representing San Bernardino county; W. G. Fraser, E. O. Rickard and Francis Cuttle, all of Riverside, representing Riverside county; William McLauchlin of Anaheim, M. Nisson and E. E. Keech of Santa Ana, representing Orange county. rendered unfit to grow crops. Judgment is asked in the sum of $2800. A foreclosure suit in which lot 9, Westminster, is concerned has been begun in the Superior Court by J. J. and Flora M. Pyle against O. B. and Theda R. Conway. The note on which suit is brought was for $1500, signed Aug. 27, 1908. C. E. Dresser, F. Hesse and G. C. Abbott are named as defendants, having some interest in the land mortgaged. H. C. Head is attorney for the plaintiffs. William H. Luntsford of Bolsa and Sylvester Summers of El Modena traded sisters on Saturday, Luntsford, aged 21, gave his sister, Marguerite, aged 17, to Summers, aged 21, to be Summer’s wife, and Summers gave his sister, Jessie, aged 17, to Luntsford, to be Luntsford’s wife. The double wedding occurred at the Luntsford home at Bolsa Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. S. R. Summers gave his consent to the issuance of the license in which his daughter was concerned, and E. B. Luntsford consented to the one in which his daughter was named, the two girls being under 18. Bennett Wray of Newport Beach, charged with battery by Elmer Mefford, pleaded not guilty in Justice Smithwick’s court on Friday, and his trial was set for today. Wray is known at the beach as “Shorty,” his height being 7 feet 1 inch. Mefford is ready to testify that “Shorty” is good with his mits and long in the reach. The county treasury was enriched Saturday morning by the sum of seventy five thousand dollars, being the sum voted for school bonds for the Santa Ana city schools at the recent election, $50,000 of which was purchased by the First National Bank of Santa Ana and $25,000 by Jas. H. Adams & Co., of Los Angeles. On the fifty thousand dollar issue, there was a premium of $1,573.50 and accrued interest $22.00, and on the twenty-five thousand dollar issue away leaving the ground as bare floor. The seeds of this plant have been carried from California, into the wool of migrating sheep, into the adjoining states, but while it grows at high altitudes, it does not reach any great height above an elevation of 3,000 feet. The first obstacle the Government experts ran against was the impossibility of obtaining seed in the open markets that would germinate. The seed commands a high price and hard to obtain but of samples purchased from various seed houses to germinating power was never higher than thirteen per cent and the average of several samples was about eight per cent. In order to determine if possible where the fault lay, in the non-generating power of the seeds purchased by the Forest Service sent one of the plant experts, Arthur W. Sampson, to the field in southern California where alfilaria was known to be more abundant, with orders to gather seeds of this plant and make a careful study of the conditions governing its growth. This has been done and it is very evident that if the seed can be gathered at the proper time and under proper conditions, it will have a high germinating power. Samples of this seed gathered by Mr. Sampson showed a germination of over ninety-one per cent which is certainly high enough to be satisfactory to any purchaser. Mr. Sampson has been able to outline a method of gathering this seed by which one man can gather very large amounts with very little trouble. Enough of the seed can be easily secured with a high germinating power with which to make experimental plantings on several of these National Forests where this plant would make an admirable addition to the local forage supply. Alfilaria under normal conditions seems to be best in a soil composed mostly of decomposed granite but it is hollowed on the trays through steel. This is sensitive, and the fruit best place. It on the passes from the stack is best it to fruit seems defects. Position very irrigating in top one can taking it. When it to be separate perhaps gets all for where to come available to receive fruit below woman's. The city school board last night gave a contract to J. C. Austin of Los Angeles for preparing architect's plans for an addition to the High School and a new domestic science and manual training school. Dennis & Farwell of Los Angeles will furnish architect's plans for two new grade schools of eight rooms each. A deed transferring twenty acres in the duck-lands to the Los Patos Gun Club was recorded on Saturday. It bears the date of June 2. The grantor is the Sunset Developing Land and Water Company. The consideration named is $4000. Miss Beullah McClay, by her eighteenth birthday on last Tuesday, came into possession of two valuable pieces of property in Santa Ana. One piece is the northeast corner of Third and Main streets, opposite the City Hall. The property was deeded her by her father, W. C. McClay, on March 22, 1902, and has been held in trust by her mother, Mrs. Amy E. Lucey. An interlocutory decree of divorce was given Friday to John H. Pope, a well-known Talbert farmer, from Alice Pope. Desertion was the charge. Property interests were settled out of court. Willie Brookbank, 12 years old, son of Mrs. Virginia Brookbank of Tustin, is suffering with badly burned eyes and forehead as the result of a pre-fourth celebration by himself and a playmate, Saturday afternoon. The boys had some loose powder in an old muzzle-loading shotgun. A cap was snapped while Willie stood with his face close to the muzzle. His burns are severe, but his eyesight will not be permanently impaired. County Assessor Scott on Saturday completed footing the year's assessments. The county made a gain of $1,946,295 over last year this year's total being $19,508,575. G. W. Moore, manager of the Orange County Celery Growers' Association treasury was enriched Saturday morning by the sum of seventy five thousand dollars, being the sum voted for school bonds for the Santa Ana city schools at the recent election, $50,000 of which was purchased by the First National Bank of Santa Ana and $25,000 by Jas. H. Adams & Co., of Los Angeles. On the fifty thousand dollar issue, there was a premium of $1,573.50 and accrued interest $22.00, and on the twenty-five thousand dollar issue there was paid $802.00 premium and accrued interest $99.75, making in all paid into the treasury $77,675.25. HUNTINGTON BEACH H. G. Stean, principal last year of the high school at San Jacinto, last Friday notified the board of trustees of the Huntington Beach high school of his acceptance of the position of principal of that institution at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars a year. He has been for fourteen years engaged in educational work in Colorado as principal of schools and as sup erintendent and comes highly commended as a capable instructor and school executive. Mr. Stean will at once assume his new duties and familiarize himself with the needs of the local high school, preparatory to taking charge of it when the next term begins, in September. Of last year's instructors, only Prof. S. S. Twombly and Miss Dora Stoker will remain next year. Miss Margaret Crum of Compton has been selected for and has accepted a position in the faculty. Two places still remain to be filled—the chair of art and of mathematics (commercial course). Negotiations are now pending for the filling of these places and it is expected that the faculty will be completed next week. A minimum compensation of one thousand dollars a year has been fixed for new teachers in the high school here. The salaries of the hold-over members have been increased. What ever friction may have heretofore existed between school board, faculty or students has been altogether eliminated and the coming scholastic term at the high school will open under exceptionally favorable conditions. GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS WITH ALFILARIA SEED The rapid growth of cities in Oregon and Washington has caused great demand in these States for structural materials of all kinds, and although some of these materials are locally abundant and satisfactory, others have to be brought from great distances. Common bricks, which form the principal components of most buildings, are made in the vicinity of all the cities, even within the city limits, and the supply of loam suitable for making these is very great. Gravel and sand for concrete and sand for mortar are obtained in large quantities in the immediate vicinity of the cities. Cement, however, which is so extensively used in concrete, is produced at only one place in the two States and most of that used is brought from distant points, much of it being imported from England, Germany, Belgium, and Japan. Building stones are hauled many miles, especially the kinds used for interior decorations, most of which are shipped across the continent. High class brick, terra cotta, lime, plaster, and many other building materials used in this region are produced at distant parts. Yet the cost of most supplies that are now brought from distant places can be reduced by utilizing the local resources of Washington and Oregon. GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS WITH ALFILARIA SEED In connection with the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service has been carrying on a series of experiments relative to the reseeding of over grazed areas upon the National Forests in the West. Among other important forage plants selected for experimental work is the common alfilaria (Erodium cicutarium) of the southwest desert country. This splendid forage plant grows all over the deserts of southern California, Arizona and New Mexico and furnishes one of the best plants for fattening live stock, especially sheep, known to the stockmen. It grows in the early spring when green feed is most desirable and in a few weeks will cover the desert with a rich green blanket until it looks almost like an alfalfa field. The plant generally reaches a maximum height of from eight to ten inches inside of six weeks and in six weeks imported from England, Germany, Belgium, and Japan. Building stones are hauled many miles, especially the kinds used for interior decorations, most of which are shipped across the continent. High class brick, terra cotta, lime, plaster, and many other building materials used in this region are produced at distant parts. Yet the cost of most supplies that are now brought from distant places can be reduced by utilizing the local resources of Washington and Oregon. Limestone is available in ample supply for cement manufacture; building stones, even to the finest marbles, exist in some of the mountains, and extensive deposits of clay,sands, and other building materials occur at many localities near the coast. An investigation intended mainly to ascertain the local resources of the gravel, sand, and crushed rock used in concrete in Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma has recently been made by N.H. Darton of the United States Geological Survey, and a report on the work, published by the Survey as Bulletin 387, is available for free distribution. Representative samples of the structural materials were obtained to be tested in the St. Louis laboratories of the survey, and considerable attention was given to the occurrence of limestone suitable for the manufacture of cement, many localities being visited in that connection. The Canning Season is now here. Get your Fruit Jars and other Canning Supplies of Us. We have All Kinds of Jars—Mason, Sure Seal, Premium and others, at the Right Prices. Call and inspect our new Large Mouth Premium Jar before making purchases. Don’t forget we have the Best 25c Coffee on the market. Fresh Vegetables Received Daily J. W. Wallop. Telephones: - Main, 1571; Home, 1381. This is the season for the Children’s Photos Studio OUR SPECIALTY Santa Ana San Francisco, July 6.—Ordinarily lumber companies give more thought to the cutting of timber from their lands than to the question of reforestation, but an exception to this rule has developed in the case of a prominent lumber company in Southern California which owns large tracts of timber land in the San Bernardino Mountains. While in the lumber business, and therefore compelled to cut the mature timber on their property, yet they billion dollars. The Dry Farming Congress teaches farmers how to conserve moisture by intelligent cultivation, educates them in soil culture and seed selection and guides inexperienced settlers in methods that bring them their share of the harvest profit. It extends the limit of producing area to the limit of acreage in arid and semi-arid regions and, therefore, is the keystone upon which the future prosperity of the great west is established. method of gathering this which one man can gather a small amount with very little enough of the seed can be used with a high germination with which to make experiments on several of the forests where this plant is an admirable addition to forage supply. Alfilaria, natural conditions, seems to be well composed mostly of denanite, but it is believed Irish in most sandy soils and is sufficient moisture in spring to start the growth. The Forest Service has to gather the seeds there but that the local seed will themselves of the extent that in future the grade by seed men will be of other germinative strength. NURAL MATERIALS Cities of Northwest Cre Demand for Them growth of cities in Or Washington has caused a need in these States for materials of all kinds, and one of these materials are plant and satisfactory, oth- be brought from great Common bricks, which principal components of logs, are made in the vicinity of the cities, even within its, and the supply of ore for making these is Gravel and sand for con- and for mortar are ob- large quantities in the im- mity of the cities. Cem- which is so extensive concrete, is produced at once in the two States and used is brought from its, much of it being im- England, Germany, Belgian. Building stones are 20 miles, especially the for interior decorations, which are shipped across the High class brick, terra plaster, and many other materials used in this reg-aced at distant parts. Most of most supplies that might from distant places used by utilizing the local lumber companies give more thought to the cutting of timber from their lands than to the question of reforestation, but an exception to this rule has developed in the case of a prominent lumber company in Southern California which owns large tracts of timber land in the San Bernardino Mountains. While in the lumber business, and therefore compelled to cut the mature timber on their property, yet they have carried out forestry principles in the conduct of their business. Several years ago this company started a nursery for the purpose of raising seedlings to be used in reforesting certain portions of their cut-over land. Part of the trees raised were used to provide shade for the stage road from the valley to Fredalba, near the crest of the mountains. A novel plan was devised to assure proper irrigation for the trees set out along this road where the natural moisture in the ground was not sufficient to warrant the trees getting a good start. A number of tin cans were secured one of which was placed beside each tree, a small hole having first been made in the bottom, which allowed a gradual escape of water placed in the receptacle. These cans are frequently replenished, and by this method practically all of the trees planted are kept in a healthy and flourishing condition. The great bulk of the seedlings raised, however, were transplanted to favorable situations on the mountain side, and left to the care of nature, and of the latter class more than forty per cent have successfully battled against drought and predatory enemies, and bid fair to grow into sturdy young trees. DRY FARMING CONGRESS Matters of Interest to Be Discussed at Billings Meeting The Fourth Dry Farming Congress will meet at Billings, Mont., October 26, 27 and 28, 1909. The International Exposition of Dry Farm Products will be held during Congress week at Billings. Thirteen Western States and territories, two Canadian provinces, Mexico and Russia will send exhibits. Seventeen states and ten foreign countries will have delegates at this Congress. In the west 200,000,000 acres of arable land awaits development by billion dollars. The Dry Farming Congress teaches farmers how to conserve moisture by intelligent cultivation, educates them in soil culture and seed selection and guides inexperienced settlers in methods that bring them their share of the harvest profit. It extends the limit of producing area to the limit of acreage in arid and semi-arid regions and, therefore, is the keystone upon which the future prosperity of the great west is established. FULLERTON A grand Fourth of July celebration was given here on Saturday, it being the first annual tournament of the Fullerton Military Band, which was assisted by outside talent. The celebration was a great success, the attendance being at least 2000. In the forenoon there was the firing of 100 guns, cannons anvils; band concert and raising of flag; parade, bi cycle, auto and horse races, and a successful balloon ascension by Miss Effie Hill. In the afternoon there were drill and contest by the Fullerton fire department; patriotic address by May or Coulter; band concert, fire works and social hop. During the day there were also a number of other attractions, such as live wire performers, in a large tent, under auspices of the band. At noon a barbecue was given by the business men. HUNTINGTON BEACH The largest Fourth of July celebration ever held in Orange county took place on Monday at Huntington Beach. The occasion also marked the opening of the Pacific Electric railroad between Huntington Beach and Santa Ana. More than 5000 tickets were sold in the latter city. Double trains were operated all day between the two cities and an extra police force was needed to handle the large crowds at the beach city. Patriotic exercises were held at the pavilion, Judge Bludsoe, of San Bernardino and H. S. Hadsell delivering addresses. Athletic sports were the order of the afternoon, resulting as follows: Swimming contest, won by George Reynolds of Huntington Beach. The Fourth Dry Farming Congress will meet at Billings, Mont., October 26, 27 and 28, 1909. The International Exposition of Dry Farm Products will be held during Congress week at Billings. Thirteen Western States and territories, two Canadian provinces, Mexico and Russia will send exhibits. Seventeen states and ten foreign countries will have delegates at this Congress. In the west 200,000,000 acres of arable land awaits development by Dry Farming methods. Texas has 25,000,000; Montana, Colorado and Wyoming, 50,000,000; New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Idaho and Arizona, over 60,000,000. Experts estimate that in ten years every drop of water available for irrigation will be utilized. For every acre irrigated there will be 50 acres of dry farm land when irrigation possibilities are exhausted. Experience shows that non-irrigable land yields crops averaging 50 per cent the quantity reaped under irrigation. To this land the future homeseeker must come. In 1900 dry farm land in the west averaged fifty cents to $1.50 an acre. Increased valuation where Dry Farming has been demonstrated shows that within ten years this 200,000,000 acres will be held at $10 to $50 an acre. Dry Farming means an increase in western land values, at a conservative estimate, of approximately five Swimming contest, won by George Reynolds of Huntington Beach. Free for all men's race, won by Lew Dickson of Newport Beach. Girls' race, won by Inez Brown of Huntington Beach. Boys' race, won by Marvin House of Riverside. Three-legged race, won by Lew Dickson of Newport Beach and M. Kischner of Santa Ana. Automobile race, machines under $200, won by G. P. Thompson of Bear Canyon, driving a Reo; Herbert S. Hazelton of Huntington Beach second in a Duro car; Tom Talbot of Huntington Beach third, driving a Duro car. Pony race, won by John Welch. Chariot race, won by E Livingood of Santa Ana. For Sale Cheap—Two houses. Apply to F. J. Nemetz, 2nd Hand Store, Anaheim, Cal. Free—a fountain pen on 10 days trial. Heying Bros. Druggists.