Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-27
ESPeRANzA.
THE SUCCESSFUL SALE HELD
THERE LAST SATURDAY.
The Favor With Which the Capay
Valley is Received by Capital
lists and the Public.
Woodland Daily Democrat

Woodland Daily Democrat
The sale at Esperanto on Saturday was
fine affair. The excursion from San Fran
cisco brought number of capitalists, and
carriages, carts, buggies. wagons and all
manner of wheeled vehicles brought Yolo
! county to the spot. The crowd could find
but scant room in the new and handsome
warehouse at the depot and spent the time
strolling up and down Yolo avenue to the
Plaza. When Mr.. Butterfieid mounted the
rostrum all eyes were turned to him and
he made fine use of the occasion. We give
his speech IN eIte1S0:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Two great facts are es-
sential to the rise or fall of any country. Pow
ertul minds to inaugurdte powerful schemes is
the first great requisite OF success Interests va
ried in their respective zones-as it were circle
within circle, drawing to a common center
Tine reverse of this situation marks the down
iall OF nation or people. Consider for a mo-
ment what relation we, as Californians bear to
these conditlonsi Nothing can better illustrate
the truth than to look about and contemplate
first, this immense gathering together of intelli
gent men and women, vigorous in mind and
body, wearing upon their faces the unmistak-
able signs of healthfUlness, not possible to be
exceeded in any other climate The great
wealth and great minds which to-day give you
Ill advantage unnearu OF IN any other country
upon the globe, have ri,en to their zenith Of
power in California, and during years only
knowing rough, broken roads, while those eX-
tending onward, arc cleared of much of that
| roughnesS, which has retarded great advance
ment. These gentlemen now come to the front
and invite you to extend your hand, and for
nominal sum take possession of some of these
lnterests-eIther those which must belong to
this new birth ana great center, Esperanza or
some one of her sponsors. represented in the
acreage lying in pastoral loneliness about you.
Here make lor yourself future, which in
passing down to poster ty, win be lasting mon
| ument TO the great generosity of the railroad
movement lnaugurated to-day. We read study
and think, believing that knowledge gained
must be an open book to those with whom we
| come in contact If such be the fact you must
know there is no fiction in the statement that
the possibilities of Capay valley places within
the reach OF you all the varied and great pro.
ductiveness of France, Italy and Spain COM
bined, your unquestionable advantage still fur
Their being found in virgin soil.
Colonization is the true theory of settlement
| of any new locality. Strength lies in numbers,
and the wise provision accompanying transfers
of this property Is positive guarantee of rapid
settlement of every acre sold, and this builds I'D
the fame OF Esperanto strong and sure filing
her arteries with quick, healthful, growing
blood.
Without transportation there would be no de-
velopment; ike one cast on the islands of the
Pacific, you could only sit and admire and be-
come satiated with natures bountifulness To
reap the benefits of life in any sense there must
De S8cudll5S-UOt an men OF your SOIL but hat
will make q handsome return for intelligent
labor, and at your door the railroad brings or
rather opens to you, the market OF the world.
The figures and terms OF t1-days transactions
will be remembered by many who hear me-
when. like France, not an acre can be bought
for 600 people to the square mile. Do you doubt
it? 1t is fact of northern Italy.
The proven peculiarly OF the soil brings to
perfection fruits without the aid OF irrigation
and fruits so grown bring the highest market
price warmth and Location of this soil insures
I gSrauN rls
hand where It is thought desirable to produce
certain results in this valley the facilities for
wedding earth and water are unsurpassed The
| good GEM who holds the welfare of this valley
as if in the palm OF the hand has but to give a
| tap of the golden wand to send coursing through
ever landholders possessions clear, pure water
| in streams large enough TO pale the Waterways
| OF Lombardy, locality where more money is
annually received from the cultivation of a
| given acre than in any other part of the globe.
Favored localities in California like this must in
time outStr1p that record other conditions being
equal. We have a home market European
countries know nothing of. These luxuries find
their way only to the tables and homes of the
most favored classes In the new world these
luxuries are looked upon as necessities by the
families OF the poor man, proving true that
necessities are what circumstances make them
Your soil has been analysed, your climate noted,
winds made study and rainfall considered, all
conducting TO the fact we can beat the world
and more, the world is not ignorant of the truth
Crowded, oyerworsed. ill-fed, poorly paid men
broken from the worst of bondage in the old
world, and now hope here under this glorious
Western sky to some day have little homes of
their own.
From New England to Nebraska there is a
general upheaval-the billiards, cyclones and
after these the deadly heat have set men to cast
ing about for verification of this statement and
that, concerning this wonderful land. This
valley, with its great future already as
sured is even now the objective point of many
They represent the character OF people we want,
To- hat
fornians despise, not only will they count the
perfection of vegetation but all win be gath
cred into the storehouse of profit. Industry in
this valley will rev 4rded.
Cocooneries will be established, the little
worms find here their most perfect home the
wild coffee plant supplies them with food they
most love; the making of the finest texture
will open many avenues of industry and profit
in towns situated as this, we christen to-day
around you will be olive groves making returns
OF thousand dollars to the acre; WINE only
to be known, making surety OF no over supply
the gilt edge must fall from Malaga when her
rival here comes t. the front, seedless and thin
skinned. All this is fact proven of the time
distant only Ithree years By that time your
perishable fruits can be laid down at the market
in the great;metropoliS, with the honey dew yet
upon them, TWO hours out OF the
products every housewife will rrate
and tourists will come to see their central point
E>peranza Esperanza within sight of the
dome OF the State capitol and within hearing of
military evolutions in the beautiful harb of
San Francisco. We are about to set i'll motion
those social, political and commercial forces
which are the incipient beginnings of an Amer
lean community. The people whom | represent
here today feel the solemn responsibility rest
ing upon them. They are deeply in earnest in
this matter. We know it is the primary mission
OF railroads to subserve the interests of produc-
ton, but in this instance the cOrpoi alton has
gone step farLheI-not only giving the oppor-
tnnity for growth and prosperity, but they have
become sponsors for that growth and prosperity,
becoming proprietors of the soil. They are at
tempting 10 Wrest from the grasp of monopoly q
fair heritage and subdivided into holdings so
small as to be within the reach of men of mod
crate means. In offering you lots in the town
site, which lies out before you, we accompany
it with the pledges that the great railroad cor.
poration of the State will do all in their power
to promote the moral, social and financial vel
which il holds itself responsible.
After the address the auctioneer offered
the first property, lot l, block IA, for sale,
and the bidding was eager. running the lot
up to $50, and it was knocked down to +.
n. Heinrich of Madison. The sale pro-
ceeded rapidly and occupied nearly four
hours. In the midst of the sale Mr. Mills,
Land Agent of the Southern Pacific Com.
panv, arose and announced that the deeds
of all lots sold after that hour, whether in
ESperanZa or in any of the series of towns
to be inaugurated up the Capay Valley,
would prohibit the sale of all intoxicating
drinks The announcement was received
with cheers. The following list of sales is
taken from the Mdu
F. n. Heinricks, Madison...... s. 4O7 20