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Show STANFORD'S MUNIFICENCE. The Vina, Grialey and Palo Alto Ranches to be lilven In Trust. There comes from Tehama county, bv way of the local papers, the following story : At the last session of the Board of Supervisors Super-visors of Tehama county, Creed Haymond made some interesting statements in regard to the disposition of Senator Stanford's property in that county. He declared that all the Senator's lands in .Tehama county and especially the vineyard, will be divided into forty-acre tracts and rented, the proceeds pro-ceeds gome to the university and anhnnia of Palo Alto. "When the Vina ranch and vineyard vine-yard is donated to the State, which will be in December, forty feet on the northern line of the ranch will be deeded to the county of Tehama for a road. Mr. Haymond said also that the twenty-five trustees who are to nave charge of the property of the university will be selected and installed in office by March 8, 1886. J Stanford's munificent gifts. Though not quite a, correct report of what did take place at that meeting, the above contains this much of truth : Creed Haymond did appear and suggest that the running of a road through the best, part of the Vina vineyard would injuriously injuri-ously affect property soon to be deeded in trust for Stanford's great educational endowment, and he also suggested, that.. as the trustees who would , soon be appointed ap-pointed might have some plans for subdividing sub-dividing the grant, it would be only proper to consult rwith them about the road-building or any changes affecting the property of the trust. To all inquirers Senator Stanford uniformly replies that he is not vet ready to make his plans public, but "the Post feels certain cer-tain that by next month at the latest there will be put on record the first portion por-tion of the. most magnificent act of self-abnegation self-abnegation the world has ever witnessed. Surveyors and engineers are busy preparing pre-paring the boundaries and descriptions of three magnificent estates to incorporate with the deed of grant to the trustees of the great Palo Alto educational institution? institu-tion? A PRINCELY DOMAIN. Senator Stanford has determined to set apart for the perpetual use of the Palo Alto University the Vina ranch, the Grid-ley Grid-ley ranch and the Palo Alto ranch. The Vina ranch is the largest of the three, and consists of 53,000 acres of the finest arable land in the northern part of the State. More than 3,000 acres are planted in the choicest varieties of vines, and more are being planted. There are thousands thou-sands of acres of alfalfa land so choice that five and six crops can be cut each season. The land is supplied with water from an irriiratinf? difah rottia fiftv-frmr miles in length, and the buildings are all of the most substantial character. The Gridley ranch contains about 25,000 acres of fine land, much of it unequaled for wheat and alfalfa. The Palo Alto ranch contains more than 7,000 acres, and the quality of the land can be estimated from the fact that a considerable part of it was purchased by Senator Stanford at a cost of from $400 to $500 per acre. The bare land in the Vina ranch is worth close on a million dollars, and the three ranches together represent a value of about three and a half millions and are constantly improving. A GRAND SCHEME. . It is plain that Senator Stanford's plans do not stop at the erection and endowment endow-ment of an ordinary college, and their scope and breadth can be partially gathered gath-ered from the "Endowment act" which was passed at the last session of the Legislature. Leg-islature. This would seem to, look towards to-wards the establishment of an institution which will rob all other colleges of their ablest professors, and will rank California Califor-nia first in the world as the home of art, science and learning. During his life Senator Stanford will not only give all his wealth, except a fair provision for his relatives, to this and other works of a benevolent character, but will give his own valuable time.. ' He will be an active, vigorous trustee himself, and will, if he lives, see his own estate administered adminis-tered in trust for the ; people of California. Cali-fornia. His magnificent scheme awakens almost Utopian visions for the future of this State and her people, and the mind becomes dazzled at the contemplation of the vast good that will be done. Through all, Senator Stanford's chief aim is to enable the future generations of the State which has so lavishly endowed him with the material things "of life to earn their own living by their own efforts. His aim is to furnish that instruction which is the most serviceable in fighting the battle of life. He deplores the state of dependence in which so many men live, and he seeks to furnish opportunities for those who will live after him to live on a higher plane of freedom. S. F. Post. |