Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-24
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.
Ell DOrado's Chance to Let the World
Know of Her Rich Soils.


Mountain Democrat, November 20th.l
The information comes to hand that al
ready the railroad lines of the East have
booked the names of $1,000 excursionists
who will visit California this winter, the
majority of whom will come to traverse
the State looking not only for the pleasures
of the trip, but for investment of money,
or locations in the finest and most famed
fruit section of world-renowned State.
To meet this tide of immigration half way
it is proposed by the fruit-raisers of Central
California to institute permanent exhibit
of the products of the country at Chicago,
and, if possible, also in other Eastern cities,
and also to greet all visitors with an exhibit
of fruit at Sacramento next month. The
exhibit will be mainly of citrus fruits, but
all classes will be admitted, and every
county in the central portion of California
will be given an opportunity to
show its capabilities in fruit-rais-
ing. Not only will the opportunity
be given, but the utilizing of the opportu-
nityis urged upon residents of every county.
Already the greater number of the counties
have begun preparations for exhibits and
for the preparation of pamphlets setting
forth the advantages of their section for
Embarrassing, with its Inducements to set
tiers, and the meeting at Sacramento next
month promises to give one of the finest
indices of the capabilities of this section of
the State that has ever been arranged. In
the general rush for notoriety and promi-
nence and in the extensive advertising of
natural resources that will take place By
the numerous foothill counties, old FL
Dorado, the equal of any of them, should
not be found lacking. 1t should become a
matter of pride to every citizen to see that
county, this uyoll cd in,
the effort made to attract Eastern visitors
and settlers.
The first land an importantly measure is
the placing of a good exhibit of fruits in
Sacramento next month. There are in this
county croakers who say that this year
there is nothing to exhibit, and that time is
wasted which is spent in gathering up ex-
hibits. There was at this year. county fair
one general exhibit which would attract at
tention anywhere for its variety and quail
ity, and the simple duplication of this
would be long step forward; but we have
at present ample material from which
to select a fine exhibit. If our farmers
will each bring to the officers of
the Agricultural Society sample of
their best wheat, collection of their
best grain, box of their best apples,
or samples of their best fruits, it will
not take long to prepare as fine an
exhibit as ever went out of Ell Dorado
county-and we all know that Ell Dorado
has shown samples of products that have
never been excelled in the State. Let our
farmers begin at once to bring forward, or
to notify the officers of the Association of
their readiness to do so, the best they have
at hand. These will be taken in hand and
arranged by the Association and properly
placed on exhibition in Sacramento, and
from there forwarded to Chicago. And let
our Agricultural Association show some
life and enterprise, and compile and pub
lish concise account of the extent and
capabilities of our county, issuing copies
enough for free and thorough distribution
among all immigrants and excursionists
who come to the coast this winter.
In this connection we wish to call atten-
ton to the good work being accomplished
by the Southern Pacific Company by adver-
Using this country and organizing bureau
of information, to which facts, figures and
displays can be given by the various coun-
ties, and placed before home-seekers anx-
ious to secure information of this section,
which has obtained such high reputation
throughout the East. The Southern Pacific
has established an immigrant agency in
Chicago. which will act as a medium
through which information will be con-
veyed to those seeking homes. Our county
should have ably-written pamphlets there,
in sufficient quantity to be literally distrib-
uted. AT present not a line regarding Ell
Dorado county is to be found even in a
railway guide. Whenever anything
of especial or noteworthy importance
regarding our county is published in
the columns of the Democrat copies
are forwarded for distribution, but the sup
ply is necessarily very limited our support
from the people of the county not warrant
ing any great expenditure of time, labor or
money in such an effort. If residents of the
county well posted regarding the various
localities will furnish us with sketches of
their neighborhoods, with the capabilities
of the soil and prices of land, with other
general information of interest to settlers,
we will see that copies of the paper are
placed for distribution in the rooms of the
railroad immigration agency at Chicago.
We will cheerfully do all we can to advance
the prosperity of the county, and will give
the use of our columns to the publication
of a series of articles from all over the
county, showing up the natural resources
of county which is equal to any in the
State for richness of mines, richness of soil
quality of fruit and variety of products.