Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-19

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GREATER CROPS FROM THE SLICK EMS COVERING.
February q, 1878 There is a silver
lining to every cloud While the present
damage has been great through the flooded
districts, the future benefits arising from the
orerfo,c will be great also. If the waters
have destroyed crops they will leave behind
them new material that tcM produce stu
greater crops. We learn from the Colnsa
San that the food has made numerous
acres of good land in that county and
added to the richness of others. And 50 Il
aeia be IA all Of the flooded districts
RICH DEPOSITS OF SEDIMENT WORTH MORE
THAN CROPS AND FENCES.
February %, 1875" When the break
occurred in the levee at Sutteryille. the
estimated loss, as telegraphed to the San
Francisco papers, was as high as
81 100000. The Bee made no estimate
OF the loss, because it was then and
is still doubtful whether the gain TO tie land
6y The rich sediment deposited thereon scW not
be an offset to the loss Of fences and crobs."
March 6, 1S7S.-In its regular article on
the condition of the State, it said "Mer-
rltt Island is still covered by water, and
the deposit IS very large and valuable
sliChENs As LAND TONIC.
March IL, 1873. = The Bee quotes this
from the FoothW Weekly Tidinqs.
a Colusa county man says that the fertilizinr
influence OF the sedimentary deposits left by the
flood will more than COMPENSATE for the tom
porary damage oecasioned by il in that comfy
BY the middle of next July most of ms will be
wondering that we ever complained of too much
rain.
After quoting the above the Bee adds:
ana so II may be through all the flooded
country. On the islands the farmers are
again hopeful and the majority of them
expect to raise heavy crop this year. The
Damage comes not so much on ranches as
on houses The taad cdn recuDerate aud be
stronger than erer. The land caa take care of
Itself: Il 0iU be richer ,cdea the uater Eeares Il
than has been bctore"
DAMAGES MORE THAN REPAID.
March Is, 1S7S.-"From all sections come
encouraging reports of the agricultural con-
dltlen OF the State. The farmer-the hard
est OF all human beings to please-is haDDv
and joyous now. The feeling of depression
which some had when the many oyerflows
took place, is over, and all look forward to
an abtH liant harvest. The Bee has al,cdys
maintained that these OretRoms do not so much
damage, and That whdt Hey tciU do acW be
more than repaid in a fer yeors ia the profits
from the SoH''
March %, ISIS" The adoption of the
mound system land letting the evees go1
will relieve Sacramento CITY of all posi-
bic danger from The Sacramento river. and
INSPIRE her people with renewed confidence
IN the perpetuily of the city" no fear of
slickens then
FAREWELL, BAYS - MAKE ALL LAND POSI-
BLE-MINERs CANNOT HASTEN MUCH.
May Is. lS78.-[In an editorial on filling
the baysl: This system of havs once ex-
tended throughout the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys and up the canyons of the
Slerras. Two forces have
contributed to this end in the past 1.-THE
ming OF the bays 1.-The gradual elevation
OF the Pacific side of the continent and the
debris from the mountains. The first
cause will in due time obliterate all the
harbors and bays on the Pacific Coast, and
the second cause only hastens the results of
the first. The final filling of these
bays might be delayed for a while by stop
ping the mines bit are are inclined to think
that the rdtue Of such az effort ,coeld be er.
eeedin9ty questionable. The fling process En-
isted before the days Of mining and Il wiU con-
tu,ue az spite OF all that man can do. The
rivers that drain the Sierras have always
been used by nature as fumes for the con-
veyance OF earth, and they will continue to
answer this purpose. And after all what
is the use of attempting 10 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 sufi-
Gent. We cannot even delay the filling of
the bays without an enormous outlay of
money, and 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. 8
IT WILL BE WELL TO LET NATURE TAKE HER
COURSE AND MAKE AS MUCH LAND AS SHE CAN.
ind The work Of all the mines in the .Sieryos
cannot hasten relN much his nak,naL l,rocess. y