Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-26
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In the town. A place OF this size IN Ca
ifornia would have at least twenty-five or
thirty such places. Many old Cahfornians
would not like this; they would feel as If
they had been deprived of their rights and
liberties, that they had no place to go,
where they could spend their evenings in
an enjoyable manner by investing their
limited capital in a way that would bring
them increased returns, for it is said, and |
believe very truthfully too, that by invest
ing in business-like way from fifteen to
thirty cents, men become suddenly pos
sessed of immense fortunes and wealth, in
their minds, and they would think it hard
to be deprived of this pleasure.
There are many other things that would
like to say something about, but have not
the time at present to do so. l will reit-
crate, however, what | said at the begin
ming, and | say it in all sincerity, that
feel l will be amply repaid and compensated
for all trouble and expense incurred IN
making this trip. | shall return fully sat
islied that California, with its varied eli
mate, and possessing as it does all the
requisites and resources of an empire or
great nation, rich not only In its mineral
but also in its agricultural and horticultural
productions, some Of which are lnexhaustl-
bic, its iron, lead, copper, cinnabar, silver
and gold, and other valuable minerals, its
vast corn, barley and wheat fields, together
with its great variety of fruit productions,
the quality of which is not surpassed by
any and equaled by but few countries
known to civilization, has everything to
make it one of the best countries to live in
in the world. l have all the time been
educated, or in some way permitted myself
to believe-and many others are of the
same mind-that we in California were
only in a semi-civilized condition, that we
were to degree barbalians, isolated, and
consequently deprived of the benefits usu-
ally enjoyed by the inferior from asso-
ciating and ningling with those who possess
more intelligence, refinement and Chris
tanned sentiments, all of which | find are
ERRONEOUS IDEAS,
And that to take the people of California
as mass, they will compare favorably
with the people of any other country or
nation. l was somewhat disappointed in
the condition of improvements here. | ex-
pected to see better and more costly resi-
dences, both in the towns and country, and
in the old settled, good agricult-
ural districts. Take the same character
of districts in California, and as a rule
they have better and more costly resi-
dences, while in the undeveloped districts,
as matter of course, we are behind, for
the reason that those who occupy the lands
have not been ON them long enough to make
such improvements as they would like to,
and as they will be able to do a
few years hence. At first I thought it
strange that it should be so, but when
little l could easily understand why it
was so. Here they all have good, cosy
comfortable homes, which, as rule, have
been built for long time, and now that
they have them they do not feel like de-
stroying them, in order to make an oppor-
tunity to build more costly ones. While
in California, those who made farm ing
their vocation were, as a general thing
when they went upon and occupied their
lands, too poor to build anything more
than a very plain, common house to live
in, until they became able to build more
comfortable and costly dwelling, and as
general thing they lived in their cheap and
rudely- CONSTRUCTED abodes until they be-
came amply able Ito build better ones,
which they do in the latest improved style,
without much regard to expense. have
also learned that
THE RECORD-UNION,"
As a newspaper-mind you, do not wish
to be understood as meaning in political
sense-is one of the best papers published
in the United States of America. Not
the fact that l have an OPP
pottunity Of reading the local daily papers,
including Chicago papers, and the RECORD
UNION is five days old when l get it, yet |
find news in it from different parts of the
world which is not in the others, and it
seems to me that it would be almost in
to residents of California who
are coming East, for it is certainly worth
forty frst-class correspondents in keeping
one posted in home affairs. leave here
to-day for Washington, but do not expect
to arrive there until Saturday, the oath.
as | intend to stop at one or two places
between here and there. Yours respect
fully, R. D. STEPHENS.