GAGE, EARL D. -- A successful, home-loving
rancher, who attributes much of his success
to his clever, devoted wife, and who has, as
a Republican advocating the prohibition of
alcohol, lived to see many of his dreams and
wishes realized, is Earl D. Gage, of Fullerton,
who was born in Nemaha County, Kans., the
only son of Charles Gage, a farmer, who had
married Mary Walker and they now make
their home at Fullerton. Earl attended the
public schools of his home district; but his
education was more or less interfered with by the hard work of the farm, for his father's farm of eighty acres along the military road between East and West Kansas was devoted mostly to the raising of corn, and the crop had to be attended to with religious punctuality.
In 1890, Mr. Gage came west to Fullerton, and for a while was employed at horticultural and orchard work. A year later, he was instrumental in assisting his parents to dispose of their holdings in Kansas, and to bring them out to the sunnier conditions of Southern California. After working for other folks for eight or ten years, Mr. Gage in 1900 purchased thirty acres of Edward Atherton, at one time the caretaker of the California Ostrich Farm, which he set out to citrus trees. He had his own nursery; but he also sold many buds and trees. He planted three and a half acres of avocados, and as they are practically in the frostless belt, they are doing very well. He joined the Placentia Orange Growers Association, and in 1916 he erected a fine residence on his ranch. He also took stock in the Anaheim Union Water Company.
On January 11, 1909, Mr. Gage was married to Miss Mayme Clark, a native daughter of California, who was born in Los Angeles. Two children, Lydia and Mildred, blessed their union, and attend, with their parents, the First Baptist Church where Mr. Gage is a member of the board of trustees. During the recent war, Mr. and Mrs. Gage liberally supported all the loan and Red Cross drives, and they are ever ready to assist in all that makes for the upbuilding and improvement of the community.
