J.C. Daly

J. C. Daly (1846–1932) was a lawyer, a California politician and a farmer in Ventura County, California. He was an authority on water rights and agricultural laws.

Personal Daly was born in Rochester, New York, on May 13, 1846, and was educated at Niagara College, New York. He was married to Mary Ann Burke in Utica, New York; she died about 1932. They had three children, Joseph B. of San Fernando, California, William F. of Ventura, California, and Kate (Mrs. T.J. Donovan).

The family came to California in 1883 and settled in Los Angeles in 1887, then moved to Ventura County in 1889. In 1896 he served as justice of the peace in Ventura County. and later a Democrat.

He was for many years an associate counsel for the Southern Pacific Railroad. Daly was also an authority on water rights and farming laws.

As president of the Fruit Growers Association, in February 1908 he addressed a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson supporting the use of sulphurization in preserving fruit. He wrote:

Governments exercising paternal supervision, such as Germany, have attempted to limit the amount of sulphur dioxide in our dried fruits, which legislation, we have contended, was to prevent the light, beautiful and appetizing California dried fruits coming in competition with the dark-colored and poor-tasting fruit produced and sold in that country.

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