The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-16
IRRIGATION

is the only certain thing for crops any
where in the State. That makes crops
absolutely certain, and not only certain
but wonderfully profitable. When n
man buys farm in California, it is the
wafer, not the land, that he buys. Land
can bc had cheap enough anywhere, but
to get land that water can be put Oh is
the point. The country must be irriga-
ted in some way to make production
certain. In some sections artesian wells
answer the purpose, well and cheaply.
The water is raised by means of wind
mills, and distributed in the usual way.
But aTiesian wells eanDot be had every
where, and then other means must he
resOrted to. The San joaquin Valley,
one of the largest and richest IN the
State, needs water more than almost any
other portion of the State. 70 do it it
is proposed to make
CANAL 300 HIILFs LONG
from lake Tulare, bringing the waters
OF that little sea down the whole length
of the valley. To utilize the water to
the fullest extent, it is proposed to make
the canal navigable, so as to not only
furnish water for the crops, but to fur
nish cheap transit for the crops after
they are produced. The work will be
enormously expensive, but it will pay.
The valley isl rich as the Nile country,
and in wet seasons will produce the
crops with certainty. Two years crops
would pay for the canal. This project,
with n dozen others, will be urged upon
the State Legislature this winter, and
in some shape will be carried. 1t has
been found necessary to make
IRRIGATION a STATE MATTER
1t is impossible for individuals to make
bitches of sufficient capacity to water so
vast an extent of country, and if eorpo-
rations were to do it, the monopoly
would squeeze the life out Of the people.
The State will do it, aud when done
California viii be a. great a. an agrieul-
tural State as she is now n mineral.
TIE TOWNS AND CITIES
Of California are, as a rule, prosperous.
San Francisco is growing very rapidly,
and there are scores of new towns spring
ing into existence in all parts Of the
State, and they are going forward rapid
Is. Sacramento is dead, for its business
was taken away when the Central Pacific
road was extended to San Francisco, but
Sacramento it an exception. But
DON'T EMIGRATE IF YOU ARE POOR.
California Is no place for a man with
ont means. The idea of gold brought to
the shores thousands upon thousands Of
poor men, who were disappointed in
their hopes, and who consequently are
compelled to work for just what they
can get; aud besides, John Chinaman,
who can live ON nothing a day is here,
and terrible competitor in the labor
market he Is The delicious climate has
brought thousands more, all of whom
want something to do, and the result Is
almost everything except farming Is
overdone. Lawyers are thicker than
bIackberries in Northern Pennsylvania.
Doctors. bless you, there are ten for
every patient, particularly as delirium
tremens is about the only disease they
have here, and there are mechanics Of
all kinds in plenty.
Book keepers, clerks, salesmen, all OF
that sort of people, swarm through the
land like bees. So don't come without
money, expecting something to turn up.