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In 1863s, he went out. €f sheep rai s <br /> ings in "whi.dh he had been: therstpfDre heavily <br /> engaged# and, going to Mexicol obtained control of some valuable mining nt rast <br /> there, The French invasion under MaJdMi i,an9 howaver, so disarranged affair � in o <br /> neR ghboring republic that neo enterprise could be successf 1y arosecuted and h <br /> ew <br /> returned to his hin this counter to resume charge of his ranch interests. Fbir a <br /> U20, also, he operated the Canada mine, in Amador Getty, and still, has some <br /> valuable mining propertys notably in Arizona. <br /> Though his interests lie in many varied directions cti ons his main effortshave been in <br /> agriculture.the direction of It was On this account that he assaciateci .him"lf with <br /> other metro of ule alth and enterprise to Mace the necOssarY capital- at the back of the <br /> efforts to make the canjbineeA har'ester sucCessf .. ung one of the larges wheat <br /> grom;ers, he eVOri ed -much difficulty in fteuring men when waxyuted to harvest tis <br /> Large props, i-.ch satisfied him that the machiner ., a .est be xadicallir ii r eci <br /> i f seat-raisar�g was to re in a pig iri ses He entered enthusiastically into <br /> t:as task} , as:ch s a acot�lished.throng r the a.RMI the to�c�n Ccmbined <br /> - producing time final and ��� sucaso�edge`of mac���ries�•�rar�d �; <br /> a �e� �ssi�txnce <br /> and A�°ig=altural �i?crrl�pani- hia`_'Chpraug�i kn <br /> g ss. has: been a director of the compahy <br /> since its organi satidh* <br /> InB` m <br /> seeing ttid:lot must have o er fim industry than: that of <br /> raising wheatp inn order-to rem 4t prestlgs9 Camm need ging bis attention: to <br /> E fruit rrt w-isng; and he has pu a c3_tKa aub,�ect w-;th h:is usual intelligerr"s t aci <br /> until he now easi17 takes rams gas the foremost mm in. thiWQ,0=ty in the encouragement <br /> of fruit cultar M.. H9 indUa0d SOFM Of.the gest fx'At .men in Galifornia to take hold <br /> on his landvit, the Msult that. ..'20acres'2°e already in the- best,orchard trees, <br /> d all promising splendid saocess,, Beddes.thlsq he has hins'5U set Crat 390 acre <br /> Of fruit, his orchard being pronolmed one of tij0 f nest in the county,, its treer� <br /> are p aeras, °cats, pa;� nes ani. roc naso efforts in that directi on will prDvej, <br /> —in fac% have .ahead, done so, at .*al to t c tMLit3'a for 1ahich he hss <br /> heretofore clone muche. He established the B c of Lodi,, and is its president. lie 'vas <br /> also bran of alae prime' <br /> rovers and pr'e eipal. vers of time � joapAin Siorm £qevada <br /> i ail.raadq and still retains his inVt rest in the road, such is now a part of the <br /> Sauthes-sa PacIflc sYY)t-_Mm <br /> Mr. Langford has sewed fog terms in the State Senate of Cal fomil s, having been <br /> first elected. in 18799 and has made a splendid record in the halls of Ugislati on. <br /> He has not tried ibere to build ti-p a reputation by the oom on method of the introduction <br /> of.new measures, hang done .so ph3y a lmn the interests of tiara State Aeananded t.��em. <br /> -fit f s ..a-faithful watcher...ar the. peopl;ets interests- he-hs been a 'constant thorn in <br /> the sial® 4f dishonest schcnwrs and jabbers,- o ajWay�3 colunt on his opposition to their � <br /> meamwes. In his figat aPinst monopolies he has not adopted "he blind Measwes of <br /> reformers workng for rep'Atati on9 but has consistently held to the udddl e Sine of <br /> iF Justice bete the publ Ic and corporaticns, on],V attacking Tlien V4ialine hes b-a"en ' <br /> deviated frr=, In comm ittees he has been: especdally active# believing tlmmt the ­e is <br /> utere a mm can best represent Us ca stituents. �$ozrte of the battles vill- ch he has <br /> Fought in:defense of the ri.ghte of the people have become me matters of :Mate hi!3toMs <br /> among which my be mentioned his leadershtp of tha fight against the brush doi s7stm., ' <br /> Another memorable.contest in Tftich his able 10.4ersUp Vas MIL displace Baas that in <br /> *hied he opposed the scheme to XegaUzo the.claims of those uho had appropriate. <br /> extensive water rights* thus robbing of water these: 'ahe had a natural claim upon: it. <br /> Men with vast h01d1m9s of desert lamds had turned from itsnatmral course the vater cf <br /> i <br /> iMortant. stremas, letting it out uzacmn large stretches of s3ndy plalsi, while those Vho <br /> had impraved small. Holdings latfer dove on these. water coursesp notably along Kern <br /> river, were thf us deprived of the mans of =king, a living, and despoiled of that Which <br /> was already theirs. A great lobby fund was bbhind: the c urse of the land Wings,; but <br /> ' Senator Langford.*a streng=s opposition to the; schmn9 was one of the leading rea, t"Ona <br /> for his ultimite defeat.. <br />