Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-16


was who once advised the young men of the
ole er States to go West. And when the young
man comes West he should come to Butte or some
other county in Central California. In the last
thirteen years there had been an increase in the
taxab wealth OF that county of ten mil ion
dollars. Where can anyone find a place with
better promise? Where can money be invested
at better interest than in land? Since the Citrus
Fair last year, at which Butte made an excel
lent showing, the
RATE OF INCREASE
Has been most noticeable And perhaps in
like proportion the effect of that fair has been
TO enhance values in other counties. In Butte
there are now growing no less than $1,000
orange trees and many thousand olive trees, a
large proportion of which were planted during
the past year and like progress, as we all
know, is being made in other counties. In re-
laton to the resources and possibilities Of north
ern California, prominent citizen of San Fran
cisco had said to the speaker that day that he
had lived in san Francisco almost from his in
fancy, but ne must candidly admit that he was
absolutely Ignorant of the possibilities-and
even OF the extent of the actual industries-of
this portion OF the State until he entered this
hall and witnessed the dazzling display of citrus
and other fruits spread out before him There
are, Judge Freer said, plenty more people in
San Francisco who do not know the capabilities
of this grand portion of California. Merchants
there have admitted that much of the trade of
southern California has passed from their
hands, and his advice to them has been and is,
that they should join hands with the people Of
the northern half of the State, who are doing
so much toward its development, and help
along
THE GOOD WORK
By opening their banks to this section and let
ting some of their surplus capital get out among
the people at low interest. The DEVELOPMENT
of northern California, as now contemplated by
the building of short local lines ofrailroads and
the extension of the main line northWard, will
bring business to San Francisco, and it is to the
interests of the merchants and capitalists of
that city to help along the good work that they
have so long neglected. The people of northern
California have not, he said, the slightest i'll
feeling toward their neighbors down among the
orange groves of the southern section The
latter are entitled to the grand success that
has crowned their efforts, and all
it. They have labored very hard
for it, and should have it. They have taught
us much Of which we stood in need They have
taught lis that we can't sit idly down, while
they are at work, and then hope to succeed in
like proportion to them. 1t IS, unfortunately,
true that some parties in southern California
have been
TRYING TO DETRAcr
From the reputation of this section in favor OF
their own. They are operating on a mistaken
policy. We are not jealous of our southern
neighbors at all. We don't Want their glory but
we do want fair play aud fair treatment in our
laudable efforts to promote the welfare of our
section of the State
IN CONCLUSION,
The speaker said: But with all our good feel
ing and wishes, the treatment this section OF the
State has received at the hands of some of our
neighbors puts me in mind of little story
which viii repeat at the risk of treSpassing
upon your time. An indulgent parent had a
hopeful son, who. unknown to his father, be-
came possessed of one of those uniEviting ca
mines commonly known as a bull pup. The
father, passing by where the pup was chained
was made aware OF the dogs presence by being
cuddeDlv cpizqd nv tho 1aO Tpnrn 1faf. 81
old gent set up great hue, cry and howl which
attracted the attention of his favorite son. The
boy, enjoying the fun. said TO his parent Keep
still old man Don't make so much noise I
know it hurts you like the ID, but it will be
the making of the pupp SO we may say that
our Citrus Fairs are like the pup-that they
have got their teeth into the old man South
and he is making great noise and we know it
hurts. But it will do no good, for these fairs
have come to abide, and will make citrus
growing in Central and northern California q
full-blown bull dog"
ADDRESS OF W. S. GREEN.
The next speaker was Hon. w. S. Green,
editor of the ColuSa Sun. He said he was
accustomed TO speak only with his pen.
He wrote essays, but he never ventured to
read them to audiences. He had prepared
a paper for the occasion, and was glad to be
assured he was not expected to read it, as
the newspapers, true TO their duty and en-
terprise. would print all speeches for the
Citrus Fair. With few pleasant remarks
he referred~his hearers for his speech to the
press.
A few days ago I received a letter from DR.
Latham stating that was 10 read a paper on
Wednesday evening, December 18th, on the
subject of the west side of the Sacramento val
ley, above Yolo. This letter found me in the
midst of as much business as it has been my
misfortune, or good fortune-whicheyer wav
TpOplp m hp minded N hat f1act ff bov
thrown on my hands at one time. l have been
somewhat in the habit of writing papers, but
never Of reading them. and the very thought of
getting up before an audience makes nv knees
grow weak. But DIR. Latham knows my weak
ness: he knew that the most diffident swain
would attempt even poetry, if asked to describe
the graces and beauties of his sweetheart, and
he knew | would attempt anything in the
poetry-in behalf of the un-
paralleled beauties and wealth of the Sacra-
mento valley. should not have been here TO-
night should not have dipped pen in ink
had not known that there had been assigned
to me the garden spot of California-and when
l say OF California, it means of the United
States and when l say of the United States it
means of the world
on THE RIVER.
You may, perhaps, think this an extravagant
beginnipg-may take 1T as the yaporings of
Draggart, instead of one who comes to deal in
sober facts-but you did not see the Sacramento
valley as l saw it. Perhaps you never saw a
spot OF earth so beautiful, that the love of it
would take from you all the enchaDtment of
such q mining excitement rs that of 1S49 and
cause You to settle down and turn deaf ear to
all the stories of bonaDZas found and fortunes
made. There are but few men now living who
saw the Sacramento valley as l saw it. No man
living will perhaps ever see another such coun-
try. Will you go with me a my memory beholds
the vision and my pen traces it out, albeit that
vision is dimmed by an intervening period of
more than thir y-six years. | was q mere boy
tnnO with enthusiasm GnInpl i111sh mo of
into weird, unknown laDt in search of for
tune and perhaps of fame. 1t was in 1850.
Steamboats, were running with some show OF
to MarysYiile, but when / stood at the
wheel and turned the nose of the steamer Colusa
into the Sacramento, she began to plow waters
almost unknown to steam. This was, in fact,
the first beat that had attempted that stream,
except one or two during food time the previ.
Gus winter Did you ever feel the thrill of en-
thusiasm of handling boat in unknown wa
terS? When every scene, as it burst upon You,
around every bend, was new not only to you,
but
TO THE EYE OF CIVILIZED MANI
Next to this is the ecstatic enthusiasm of
making new tracks in q new land. with con-
sciousness that millions upon millions of feet
must tread therein How Of en- did the boy
allow his imagination to run on adown the vista
of time, when, perhaps, bent with age ana
frosted DER with Times artistic touch, when the
trackless plain he walked would be covered
over with garden and orchard and vineyard
ana lowing neruS possessed Dy q nappy ana
prosperous pc ople, while upon the bosom OF the
river, 50 new, so beautiful, would float com
merce richer than that of the fabled Indias
with stories of which our granc mothers whiled
away the winter nights. Aye, this was not
only the dream of the boy it has been the life
dream of the man. II is the dream of the man
who has passed the summit of the Alps of lie
and is so far down on the other side that he can
zee the very foot of the hill where winds the
little stream around about the cemetery. But
feel that the fulfillment OF all this is near at
hand.
IN A STATE OF NATURE.
On and on steamed the little craft, soaring
myriads of ducks and other water fowl by the
of its voice and form, soaring deer. that
hid in the tangled woods, and even the grizzly
sought safety from so formidable a looking
We could nowhere see out The
banks of the river something over twenty feet
high, were lined on both sides with willows,
etc, clean down to the water edge,
while upon the banks were tall oaks, sycamore,
ash and cottonwood. Some of those monster
trees hung out over the stream, as if to dispute
the passage OF the advance guard of civilization.
Without trouble we reached Colusa. IL was not
q town then. There was no white man there,
but there | pitched my tent, there / have re-
mained, and there l expect to remain. l
walked ashore but 1 could see nothing. I was
only six feet two inches high, but the Wild oats
that surrounded me were much higher than
that. Along paths made by the Indians I wan
dered back toward the plains. Let me stop
here TO say that the river runs on ridge, and
its overflow falls back into what we call the
trough, into which, also, the small streams from
the hills, twelve OF fifteen miles away empty
in winter The bottom of this trough we call