Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-19
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~ IyyGrasC YIELD Of 1SpCsIks
It's part Of the history OF AL new
.o.,ntriea that the available resources
thereof are, in the outset, but poorly
urderstood and impertectly compre'
hended. Caiifornia, in its early days
vas considered good for nothing but
<,c,A and erspes. The fertile heids,
vaioh now smile with abundant bar
vests. the broad acres upon which the
orange. the lemon, the he, the pome-
eranats and all the fruits and berries OF
the temperate zone bring wealth 70 tne'r
owners, we're regarded as the natural
stamping grounds Of cattle when
u;oht he valuable for their hides, horns,
boots and tallow, and. practically. as OF
no further value.
II would only be to impeach the IL
teliicence Of the average reader 70 en-
plov words 70 tell how all this 10 changed.
Relatively, the Same 10 true Of tho vast
domain which today bears the narns Of
Washington Territory, and this, TOO
after more than a quarter Of q century
Of occupation by the same race wnicn
has effected 90 wonderful a transfozma-
ton in the physical aspect and produc-
~ HN.Ia
tive capacity Of the great State OF Calf
fOrnis.
Over all this broad realm, this great
n ,rthvestern outpost Of the great he
public. rotation has workedits uncanay
snall. and vast areas, the l.atural homo
az the fruit tree, the grasses, the Rraina
and the vegetables which create and re-
produce tho wealth Of nations, and she
support of peoples, are uninhabitsd, o'
slse unimpfoved.
The barriers which have separated n
from the rest Of the world are being
broken down, and the day Is at hand
vhsn thousands Of men and women can
BE- counted, where there are soant hum
dreds now.
What ws have limited At Is common
srrer and Q common story on the Pa
ei6s slope. We submit one illustration
A few years ago, while travelling
through ono OF the southern countis of
California in the capacity Of . newspa-
Dor correspondent, We accompanied the
AGENT Of one Of those vast forty thou
eand acre tracts Of land, which In that
country are held BY individuals, in a
ride over the grand estate. Observation
and sxperisnce had taught ~ the value
Of lands, and 10 said then to our CON-
usujon, .Hs would b wise man who
vould secure 100 or $40 acres Of this
land, aink artesian wells, ssed the whole
tract he owned in. alfalfa, plant porta-
bic fences, aud devote himself to the
raising Of either marketable mutton or
fat cattle. The day il not far distant
whom these vast ranges will be homes OF
thousands Of men and wsmen, and beef
cattle will mot pick up their living on
thsss plsins."
Our prediction has boon fulfilled
soousr than W expected, for today the
Los Angeles papers arc complaining
that the markets Of the cities and towns
In that county arc to . great extent do
pendent upon outside ranges for their
BEST supply. We And this subject dis
cursed In the San Francisco Bulletin Of
. late date. That journal refers to tho
fast ths& in tho crowded osntsrs Of pop
ulation at the East, but for the fact that
Chicago and othsr Western marts are
able to send best and mutton in great
quantities in refrigerator cars, tho poor
q classes in Baltimore, and other East
esn cities, would mot be able to have
mast ON their tables moro than once or
twice week. The journal alluded to
notes the decreasing supply and increas-
Ing prices Of fresh beef and mutton in
The markets Of California. ItoonRratu.
latss itself upon the fast that with the
railroad at hand, the Northwest viii b
q ven able 70 prevent any corner in
beof or mutton in San Francisco a. In
baltimore. At the same time the Buils-
tn sungsets and asDsrts that there will
soon b . reaction in California In favor