. History of Pomona Valley, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the valley who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present .. . s unaware, at that time,he would some day own. Now Mr. Vejar has eleven acres, a part of the old home ranch,and this he has de\-eloped into a walnut orchard, principally buddedwalnuts. They are all doing finely, and help to make the little rancha show place of the neighborhood. Mr. Vejar also owns a walnut grove of six acres, three acres ofwhich are eleven-year-old trees, and gives his orch
. History of Pomona Valley, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the valley who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present .. . s unaware, at that time,he would some day own. Now Mr. Vejar has eleven acres, a part of the old home ranch,and this he has de\-eloped into a walnut orchard, principally buddedwalnuts. They are all doing finely, and help to make the little rancha show place of the neighborhood. Mr. Vejar also owns a walnut grove of six acres, three acres ofwhich are eleven-year-old trees, and gives his orchard such good carethat they yielded in 1918 two tons of nuts, while the other three acresare in new trees. Having the advantage, perhaps, of much that isworth knowing to the citrus and other ranchers handed down in theVejar family as so much certified tradition, Mr. Vejar has been ableeasier to arrive at the best results, and in many cases has succeededwhere others round about are still experimenting. Not long ago Mr. Vejar erected a fine, modern California bunga-low on his home property, and there, after the manner of his princelyprogenitors, he offers an old-time hospitality to friend and stranger. W(TT~^J~^^^^ , HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY 551 alike. In Pomona, he married Miss Nellie Salzar, a native daughterborn in San Bernardino and educated in the convent in Los Angeles;her death occurred in 1914. Mr. Vejar is a member of the RomanCatholic Church and also of the Knights of Columbus. It would be strange if one so happily connected through familyties with the historic past could not tell many a yarn worth the hearing;and, when in talkative mood, Mr. Vejar has many good anecdotes ofpioneer days. He likes to tell especially of the old horse races, heldin Spadra when he was a small boy; they were for half a mile, straight-away, and when the race was over, the whole crowd usually rode downto Pomona, where they all talked over the happy recollection of thepast races, the satisfactory
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