Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-14
AUBURN AND VICINITY.
An Interesting Chapter OF News from
Sister CITY.

Sister City.
Ems. RBcoRD-UNIoS In most countries
the conventional time for good resolves is
New Years day. Most people with bad
habits swear off on that day. Ii is also
generally the time, or the few weeks fol-
lowing, when plans are made for the COM
ing ycar-the business man and the farmer
map out their year S work. In this State
1t seems TO be a changeable time-like
some church holidays-before or after a
full moon.
IN my experience it is in this part of
the country during or Immediately follow
ing our first heavy autumn rain 1t is
then seasons work is considered to end
and new one to begin. What was doubt
fui before. after a heavy rain in the fall
seems to be clear. 4 farmer generally SAYS
i will do thus and So provided provided
and the proyisO il, if we have a long
soaking rain. one that mOistens the ground
deep enough to pillow and dig; a warm one
that starts the grass for feed one tia brings
snow on the mountains enough to insure
bountiful supply of water for mining
and last, but not least rain that efFectu-
ally lays the summers dust such a rain
we have had at Auburn and throughout
the county. 1t began on the evening of
the I'd, and continued till the It'll. The Sth
and 9th it was cloudy. Last night and to-
day more rain has fallen. Over two inches
must have fallen. A present writing il is
quite clear. The hills begin to look green
already.
his has given an impetus to our COM
munity. Flowing is under way in the
valley near Lincoln and Sheridan. The
business tone is much better than if was
two weeks ago. A good season seems to be
IN store for us. About Auburn the fruit
interest is receiving more attention than a
few years back. Boardmau & Co. started
frult-shlpping business last season. and by
strict attention to the wants of customers.
and by shipping none but the choicest fruit,
the company has worked up business that
Will warrant il IN charging its operations
next year. Mr.. Boardman, with an expe-
rienced partner, will conduct a frst-class
nursery business this winter at Auburn.
With fine fruit country below us, at New
castle, Penyrn and LOOMS, and as fine
above at Coltax, our people of this middle
section are asking the question, why have
we not equally as good? We surely have,
but till recently the fact has not been dem
onstrated
Our County immigration Society moves
slowly, but 1t don't propose to pass in its
checks till it induces some of those Los
Angeles excursIonists to visit this county.
We hope to have some printed matter de-
Scnpuve OF the county in circulation soon.
and few of the faithful are quietly at
work on county exhibit for next year at
the State Fair. Those Los Angeles folks.
with little printers ink, have a Wav of
inducing visitors to come among them, but
can they keep them with land selling at
$lpO to $500 per acre? They cannot if we
HI northern California can place before
them the fact that equally as good land can
be had this way and near Auburn for $50
to $50 per acre
The years building for the town consists
OF one brick Storeroom complete, one small
orick room enlarged, on the plaza, to a
Storeroom 80 feet in depth. Wells, Fargo
y 70. is building branch or distributing
Office at the railroad depot; also, some
seven dwelllng-houscs, not counting new
barns, fences, etc, and a general freshening
up with new paint.
The matrimonial market mas been Quite
BRISK OF late, three weddings having taken
place IN rs many weeks, three prosperous
business men in the town having married
as many Of our fair Young ladies. This
does not exhaust the list, for We have fiftv
or sixty charming young girls left
Our college, the Sierra Normal" is
meeting with deserved success. due mainly
to the thorough instruction impaired, and
also to the heaithtul, home-like surround
ings a student enjoys while stopping among
US. Three years ago one of our most
rocky and uninyiting chaparral-covered
bilis was a calf pasture. To-day it is a fair
college campus, covered with imposing
buildings, trees flowers and walks.
As an indication of the improvements and
settlement going On IN this county
IN general, and the middle portion
in particular, it may be stated that
a few years back our Board Of
Supervisors could dispose of all
road matters coming before them at each
notwithstanding petitions, testimony. re-
ports OF viewers, etc.-in from one to three
days. Now these same matters occupy
from one to three weeks at regular sessions.
A few years back main roads running to
Folsom, Sacramento, Lincoln, Sheridan,
ColfaN, Dutch Flat and up the divides
seemed to answer all purposes, now COM
munitieS are demanding cross roads and
the shortest outlets to the railroad and to
markets. H
November 10 1895