Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-20
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Our neighbor across the way went off
haif-cocked the other evening, when it
said:
The assertion that the Bee ever cried for sickens
or that 1t ever declared slickens to be needed to
tdtte TIE land ofthe pdttey, is lie. Our eontem
porary has made the assertion before, and was
challenged TO prove it. Once more We call upon
the reckless and mendaeious sheet to give quo
tations and dates il support of its declarations
or else retract the falsehood
Now, in answer to this rather pointed sug-
gestion of our genial neighbor, and with
the most commendable spirit upon the
part of the RECORD UNION to accommodate
1t republished yesterday morning a column
of extracts from editorials of the Bee, each
OF which fully satisfied the somewhat i'm
perious, but unintentional, demand for quo
tatlons and dates. Among them were these ::
SIGNING FOR sLrcKENs.
Bee, February ., 1873" Sacramento
ought to sit in the midst of the best agri-
cultural district in the State. and she will
one day be sitting in just such a place, but
If the tule lands on the west were allowed
to be enriched by the sediment that 1oouId be de
posted thereon, if a large portion of the Sac
ramento river was allowed to revel over
them IN flood time for few years, that
suspicious day would be much hastened y
bSef -, iCl-.- L OF lIlG present
it might be sufficient to let the surplus
waters II the Feather and Sacramento
rivers Though the west bank of the LITTER
stream into the tule lands of Yolo. to fill
up and Jerti1ize Uih their rich jreiqIt those
cold and reproductive bottoms"
sLIcKEf7s NEEDED TO FATTEN THE LAND.
Bee, February 6, 1873 flood wear is
always fat year in California, and with
out the Sacramento river being high there
can be n,tfiood, nor fitness either. The land
needs recnperation, not by rest but bv
manure, and tbs food l0iW so fatten Il as to
keep ii rich through another decade. The
farmels houses are above the flood. their
live stocksare safe, and, altogether, the good
that will be done by the flood IN fUi,ag an
to,e places and FATTENING THE SOIL geieTalfv
will SO far overweight the injuries done.
that 1t is got hazardous to say that before
eight Months passes nearly every land
owner in the district will admit that he has
been more benefited by the flood than he
has been Injured by it."
LET THE sLIcKEss COME AND MAKE an
LAND POSSIBLE
Bee, My Is, 1S7S.-" The final filling of
the bays might be delayed for a while nv
stopping the mines; but are are inclined TO
tstik that tte tGll,e Of such an effort iro,tId be
ereeedingly questionable The fHina process
| crisscd before the days Of mining, and e rim
continue IL spite Of al that man can do. The
rivers that drain the Sierras have ALWAYS
been usetEby nature as fumes for the CON
veyance q earth, and they will continue to
answer this purpose. Ard after all, what
is the use Of attempting to prevent the fill
ing OF these bays? The rivers will always
make their way to the sea, and so preserve
our water-courses, and this will be suffi-
Gent. We cannot even delay the filling of
the bays without an enormous ouflay of
money, anc it is doubtful whether this can
be done as long as the mountain sides re-
main unbroken. The old mines will fur
nish material for filling long after actual
mining has ceased to exist. =
1T WILL BE WELL TO LET NATURE TAKE HER
COURSE AND MAKE AS MUCH LAsp AssHEcA
4nd The srork Of az The mines Ia he Sierras
cannot hasten uegy much this natural 1,rasess