15 Mar 1888
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Newspaper
La Verne News
Location
La Verne, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1888
Page
1
Entry appears as a damaged OCR notice with garbled names and terms. It references a postal matter with dates or durations but lacks clear facts. The readable elements include a name John Symes and mentions of years and months in a mailing or subscription context.
In July 1883 Dr. Allen and family journeyed through San Bernardino counties and were captivated by a cactus rich landscape near Indian Hill. He advised prospects after meeting a local resident, leading to October purchase of the Stowell Tract with San Dimas canyon water rights by a Pasadena syndicate. The trip is credited as the town’s origin though early plans favored a foothill settlement.
La Verne California declares itself a temperance town with a perpetual covenant running with the land. The city rejects liquor traffic and will remain saloon free regardless of future state laws or changes in legislation.
A compact description extols California as a self contained world with vast resources and beauty. The passage praises climate soil water and scenery while noting a Pacific optimism about growth and prosperity. It references public notices on local governance and industry, including sewer projects and land development.
An 1887 La Verne prospectus touts a speculative town development in Southern California. It markets stock, promises paved streets, parks, shade trees, and a streetcar, with water from San Dimas canyon and an emphasis on avoiding saloons. It lists early stock buyers and outlines eight to ten fruit crops for ten acres.
An explanation of miner’s inches as a water unit in California. The article defines a miner’s inch as 1728 cubic feet per day for a one inch square orifice under four inches head, notes practical proportions for larger openings, and cites Pasadena and La Verne water usages and capacities for context.
The San Francisco Bulletin notes strong belief that California's southern region will be fully developed with new rail links and wealth flooding in. It cites observer sentiment on rapid growth, banker money, and outsiders buying land to build living rather than farm.
The poem opens with Old Baldy waking from dreams and waking to a sunlit world. A white nightcap and drowsy gaze set the scene as he surveys a new sight beneath the Sierra Madre slope a tiny town built of thrift and hope forged in sunlit imagination.
The passage argues that contrasting regional climates within short distances cause conflicting itineraries and reports. It notes how local conditions depend on elevation and surroundings, making outsiders rely on personal impressions rather than official data. Weather reports by authorities reflect cold facts, not feelings.
January weather data from Ray Mqnp Hover PasaDENA at the Raymond station includes mean barometer 30.042 inches, high 30.319 on 17 at 11 p m, low 29.568 on 4 at 7 a m, mean temperature 48.1 F with high 70 on 25 and low 28 on 15, daily ranges varying from 8 to 30 degrees, mean daily dew point 87.4 and humidity 78 percent, prevailing wind E and SE later shifting, total wind travel 82.39 miles, total precipitation 6.55 inches, frost dates 17 and 6 9 10 15 16, ice formation on the 6th, solar halo on 4 and 5.
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