The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-08-14

| outnumber the others three to one. The
French have already sent forward seve-
raj thousand dollars, but how much |
have not learned. The Germans have
collected upwards of S20, 900 and expect
to increase il TO $50, 600 or S75 1000 in
this city, and from $50, 600 to 500. 900
in the State. The ladies of the sweet
accent are busy in all parts of the city
making collections, and the butchers
are very willing to como down with the
dust. 1t said the fund will be swelled to
81, 900, 900 in the United States; which
will show a feeling for the Fatherland
very commendable in humanity. In
these collections we will probably see
the largest sums sent from the Pacific
Coast, as was the case during The re-
bellion.
PoMOLoGICAL FAIR.
The Mechanics Institute not desiring
to hold a regular fair this year, having
had several on successive years, will fill
the intermission by a Pathological, Hor-
ticultural and Agricultural Exhibition at
their Pavilion, to commence on the 29th
inst. The Fair is not very extensively
advertised, and it is quite probable that
such economy will be found most ex-
pensive, and the receipts on a par with
it. The Agricultural editors of the East,
now here, will mostly remain to see the
show, and also, it is so timed as to give
Governor Seward the opportunity to wit
ness the samples of our gathered pro-
ducts as he is making his journey around
the world. As General Grant has ex-
a-1n.a1 Lta :nAortsou ~ utask,po kha pa
cifc Coast, it is quite probable he will
be another of the distinguished visitors
to the Fair, and they are some pump
kins.' The exhibition will be of interest
on their account, at least. 1t is the in
tention to make it very interesting, and
a good exhibit of California in a dry
season. The Mechanics have obtained
the lease of Union Square, on which
their Pavilion stands, for another year.,
and in 1871 propose to have the grandest
Fair ever held in California-inviting all
the Pacific Coast, islands and elsewhere,
to take part. Preparations are beginning
a year in advance.
II AGRICULTURAL EDITORS.
Considerable interest is manifested in
the party of editors of the agricultural
papers of the East, and hopes are enter
tanned of favorable reports on the capaci-
ties of our country. 1t is very probable
that such reports are important; but they
should not be. The Pacific Coast is so
different In its soil, features, and seasons,
that one coming from the East is i'm
pressed ~unfavorably and enormously.
California was regarded by the first gold
seekers as a great desert, except in a few
localities that could be irrigated; and
these returning home most decidedly
condemned the country, as unfit for ag-
ri~culture, and forever dependent on the
Sandwich Islands, Chill, or the States
for its vegetables and breadstuffs. Horace
Greeley, too, made the visit for the pur-
pose of observation, protesting to be a
close observer. He is an agriculturist,
and has written a book upon the subject,
and although he advises pulling turnips
instead of shaking the tree, and makes
other good suggestions, | do MT believe
in swearing by his opinions. l recollect
his wish that the Rocky Mountains and
Sierra Nevada might come together and
obliterate the useless and barren waste
of the Great Basin from the earth. One
hundred and fifty millions of treasure
have been taken from the region he would
so summarily dispose of, and countless
millions more lie buried IN its hills;
while its surface is the best grazing coun-
try of America. | do not believe in
taking as gospel the reports of any such
flying travellers. The local newspaper,
if intelligently edited, is the best reporter
on a country, giving the actual products,
the manner in which work is carried On,
and geographical descriptions of the
country. Papers that take such a course
deserve the support of the State. A.