Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-07

their alluvial soil. and nothing but Il
gravel piles were left The man of to-da
levels down the gravel piles, and, darnmin
them up supplies the place of the alluri;
with the "sickenS" from the mining ditc
and plants there his garden, and behold til
wondrous product he causes it to bring fortl
But of course that is in small way, bt
/ did not get up to talk particularly {
slickens therefore, | will not affiict 70
longer with that subject but, if that wa
J the theme, | might go on and expatiatt
| and in my feeble way demonstrate to yo
that what has been done there in a SINAI
way could be done with proportionate capi
! tai on a large scale.
But we are talking about the press: an
the press of the interior. and as | under
stand, the press of the foothills. | an
| happy to say that, barring one or two oil
| papers among which I will include TIL
! Placer Herald, the foot-hill press is, as
| rule, able. and seems 10 be alive TO the i'm
portance of the development of the countr-
in which it is located And, my friends
some of you perhaps have not had the op
portunity to observe the wonderful capacit,
of that particular region OF our State. And
as people are interested in the progress o
Our State, you no doubt are pleased 10 b.
informed that some sections of it have
capacity far exceeding previous expecta
tons.
Since my residence in the foothills, dating
back fifteen years, | have proven by OBJ
servation and experience to my entire sat.
isfaction, that the vine and the fruit trees
are indigenous TO the soil and climate oil
the foothiil regions; and particularly so,
because here in the valleys you are dis
posed TO, and in fact do, select the alluvial
bottoms for your best fruit growths; we
find, in the red and apparently barren soil
of our regions say apparently" be-
cause it suggests itself that way to q
stranger-the same phenomenal growth OF
vines and trees that are observed on the
rich bottom lands of the valley Why it
is so cannot tell, but it is so. We know
it from repeated experience, and we are
happy in the fact.
And while We are talking of immigra-
ton and of educating the people in regard
to our State, | say to you that there is Il
work to do here with the intelligent people
of California--to educate our own people in
regard to the real intrinsic merits of the
State in which we live. [Applause.l 1t is
not surprising to find an old settler of
twenty or thirty years in this State living
upon land the capacity of which he is com
paratively ignorant Of and never discover
ing it until he has sold it to some prudent
neighbor who bas experimental success
fully with his own land.
And now, my friends, ii is for these rea-
sons that | say l believe the small but
thrifty, beautiful and healthy little town in
which | live, Auburn, will some day. and
not far iii the future, be the center of q
thrifty, vigorous and populous community.
l believe it will be the mart to which the
fruit merchants of the coast, and indeed of
the world, will send for our products.
/ look back ten years, and | remember
that persons then had but few boxes of
apples or few pounds of grapes, and they
sent them in small consignments to per-
sonal acquaintance or friends, or fed them
to the hogs, or allowed them to rot Now,
at one small station in my county, there
are four large establishments. we'll con-
each occupied by manager and
two or three clerks, or half dozen at
taches. engaged in the one work Of ship
ping the fruit that grows within reach of
that particular station. And what is true
of that station is true of many others even
now within my county, and new establish
ments are continually being instituted
and to-day they extend from Rocklin to
Colfax, within the county which have the
honor to represent.
1t does not require any great strength of
to foresee the time when the
whole slope Of the Sicrras will be one vast
orchard and vineyard, sending forth its
products to all portions of the world. APP
llauSe.
To accomplish this is a wish in which
We can all heartily engage. From the ex-
1erience we have had we know our coun- |
ry is capable of such development, and |
would like to see the entire press of the |
state united in the grand endeuyor to teach |
,ur own people the capacity of our own |
and to hasten the day when the |
oothill regions of our State as well as our |
alleys, shall send forth the most vigorous |
PERSONS and the most brilliant intellectS |
hat have yet enlightened the world. ZAP
'lause.l Mr.. Filcher said he would now |
ctaliate upon Judge Curtis, by calling upon
he latter to tell them something of Sacra-
lcnto, and of the lady in whose honor the
festival Of the day had been ar
anged.
SPEECH OF JUDGE CURTIS.
Judge Curtis arose and made one of his
'itty characteristic speeches, Astounding
4 personal hits, anecdotes. etc. He said
Gentlemen, could tell you but little of Sac
lmento in the time at my command. Tell
on Of Sacramento ON, who. after what
re have seen to-day, can tell you Of Sacra-
lento-who can tell you of her beautiful
ONES, her princely mansions and resi-
encos, her little home-like cottages, her
Intelligent, honest, thrifty, fair-dealing
lerchants; who can tell You of her work
lgmen and mechanics, her manufactures |
er churches, her laborers. and her sur
Oundings, with all the flowers and every
Iing that can make home on this earth ?
Il
Iento to go anywhere else on the face of
re earth. | hope | Will stay here forever.
Gu have seen to-day an evidence of what
acramento can do. | thank you, sirs, for
le compliment you have paid us to-day
here is no other such exhibition this Nav
1 the world. This May has witnessed in
acramentO what, | believe, has never been
zen or known in any other State or in any
Their commonwealth. We have manufac-
,ries, we have mechanics, We have work
lgmen, we have merchants, we have
borcrs, we have churches, we have school
0uses, and | could tell you all about these
asses of men here, because have lived
18th them.
Sacramento. No man can do it Justice.
is a grand city it is the City of the
lalns; the city here in the valleys that
,quette with the sea and daily with the |
OuntalnS- IafuOH me lOr what say
,out Sacramento. | love it; it is my |
)me; it has been my home for thirty-fiYe
,ars. | have lived here from choice, be- :
use | would rather live here than i'll any
her place in the world. I like to 90 |
,wn 10 San Francisco once in 9 while l
c many things down there that admire.
am treated well there the editors are
nd to me; the lawyers are kind 10 me; ,,
II ! always come back with a feeling of
lief, and thank God that live in Sacra-
ento.
have been asked to say something
out that glorious and beautiful character, !
Is. Crocker. LGreat applause Modest,
assuming, yiItuous, kind-hearled, noble, !
nerous woman. We have lived with I
a here for more than twenty-five years
e have known her always rs pattern,
example 10 our men and women-a :
,d-fearing. noble, loving woman. But |
ere is something better and beyond,
nifed in his demonstration. 1t is an I
nor not only TO her, but to Humanity it q
e5 down into the human heart, and takes d
I'D OF the very divinity implanted in us. u
lat woman, without ostcntation, without i
ne of Self-aggTan liypuicDt has syjYen Il