Show t I I I COlD DEVASTATES I i CITRUS ORCHARDS I IN CAliFORNIA Loss on Orange and Lemon Crops Estimated From Upward I ILO T Ol Jan 7 From From Son San I LOS LO n rn to Ios Tos Angeles every I acre nere of or oranges nn anti ami lemons has been heen 1 frozen This Thi was the slat statement th that came tonight from Pomona center of one ono of the tho heaviest producing sections of or orthe the tho citrus fruit belt Only a fifth firth of or the tile crop may 1113 be bo salvaged It was as as asI as- as I sorted If this is true truc the total loss losson losson on JC OOOO acres ICI R o of fruit trull will amount I close to Moro Ioro conservative estimates however howo figured the total I malt damages at Between 5 of oC this sum willbe will willbe willbe be tho the lo loss s to lo railroads s In curtailed freight receipts J In tho face of ot this situation fruit growers groters worn out b by forty eight hours' hours I I hattie battle 1 an almost I Is visitation of r rf f frost t l rc received l ed listlessly a warning to get out their pots again tonight With the time warning tho tIle weather bureau Issued If a bulletin stating that tho time worst of ot tho timo cold wave wa had passed lint hut oven even this prediction prediction prediction tion of or warmer weather brought with ft t some flome apprehension and uncertainty According to growers rowers a sudden re return ro- ro turn mien to the warmth of or normal winter sinter conditions would damage fruit which might bo still In such condition that a R gradual rico of temperature would leave lea It In marketable shape This ad additional ad- ad IO loss lose would woul mean practically practical the tho complete ruin of ot tho the citrus crop the tile value alue of or which has been placed place at l De of Smudging Smudging operations were aga again n In pr progress ress In many sections of tho citrus I belt tonight ht The outlay for tor this added to the amount expended luring during the last lal I two tt days das for tor labor and smudge fuel Cuel will bring the tho total frost fighting fl ex expense ex- ex pence pense up tip to more than half a million dollars Tho The cost of oC fighting righting tho the frost frostI has been approximately estimated at 1 1 25 5 an acre por per night Already tread there them I hn have been two nights of oC smudging on nearly nearl o cr every one of or time tilt l OOOO acres acre I I which compi the citrus fruit one sone of or orI I southern California i Growers and l' l representatives of or fruit I I I I buying and shipping concerns tonight ht that an nn inspection of or the time entire entire en- en I tire citrus countr country showed sho great Kreal de tie tie- The Tho cold coM was HO so Intense and so BO sustained In all s sections that today the tho orange and lemon foliage Collage appeared shriveled and dr dry maintain maintain main main- tam tain however r that tho the matured trees tree were not damaged though they admit that frost killed much nursery stock While Pomona reported report a damage of ot otSO SO per cent of ot the crop San Bernardino county count appeared today toda to be the tho heaviest heaviest hen 1 est sufferer San SILIl Bernardino Includes the large Redlands orange section adJoining adJoining adjoining ad- ad Joining Riverside and It was declared that 90 pcr per cent of ot the crop was Irretrievably irretrievably Irre Irre- ruined In this county atone alone it was assorted growers would lose from to Managers of ot tho the orange groves c centering centering cen cen- n- n around Pomona held a meeting today r and anno announced that no fruit which showed signs Igns of oC having ha been frozen would bo bl received In tho packing packinghouses packinghouses houses which prepare tho the oranges An and lemons for tor shipment to market Tho The weather moderated l considerably today In Los An Angeles tho the temperature was wa 16 46 at noon and slightly hl higher her at 3 1 p. p m. m In other places s tho the lers recorded temperatures as high or higher But the mercury began to drop at sundown and It was as expected that by ml midnight the tho fruit growers would be In the tue midst of ot what the weather bureau pre predicted as final killing tro frost l of tho present cold snap Weather C Expected i tJ l Today San I Jan Tan 7 Tomorrow 7 Tomorrow morning will Ben ace tho the end nd of ot the devastating devastating de tic- col cold r has held heM California California California Cali Cali- fornia In iii Its grasp for tor tho the last three e edas eda's days das according to Alexander G. G McAdie Mc- Mc Adle Adie director of or tho the government gO weather bureau In San Francisco California Burel will m Northern surely net et etrain rain while a n rising temperature will como come to the aid of tho the stricken citrus belt bell In tho the south Tho The lowest temperature r reported at lIAS Los Angeles tod today was as 28 8 de degrees rees above o zero which also atso was tho the lowest mark marlc reached rache I In n San Dle Diego o At other points In iii the south however howe the tho mercury mercur dipped da as low an as 16 degrees In San Francisco the tile maximum was CC 26 G. G Huddled behind a pile of or frozen refuse Tames James Clark a stableman 26 years year ear old was found foun dead ead today from cold and antI exposure ur No similar death I Is recorded In the tho history of or San Fran Fran- cisco Clark 11 was out of work thinly clad and homeless He lie had crept into a vacant lot last night nl to lo sloop sleep |