Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-21
AN Ell. DORADO BOOMER.
A Man Who Loves to Misrepresent hi
Own Section and People.

A Man Who Loves to Misrepresent His
Own Section and People.
While Ell Dorado county has much TO
boas. about, she has some people whom
she is heartily ashamed Of There is a
class in that county who are too lazy to
work, too proud to beg, and have not cour-
age to steal, who are forever crying Hard
times" There are men in that county,
and the writer knows whereof he speaks
who have not done an honest davis work
| in ten years and whose constantly running
down the resources of the county has
done more to injure its prospects than all
others combined. Here is specimen let
ter OF man who claims TO be posted. 1t
is reproduced to show him I'D in the sec
! ton where he resides. 1t appears in the
Bunker Hill Democrat, published at Bunker
Hill, Ill, February 10, 1888. The Ell
Dorado people should vote him a chrome
and buy him a ticket out of Placerville on
the first train that arrives. His epistle is
as follows:
PLAcERvILLE, Cal, January q, 1855.
Dear Brother: It is said that since the 1st of
October up to the 10th of January there has
been 5000 one-lunged, scurvy, NANCY,
messly, tender-footed Eastern people dumped
IN the State of California. Why, they are worse
than the fieas and lice ever was in the domin-
ions OF old man Pharaoh audsthe poor SILVER
ing people brought whole section of their
miserable winter along with them TO disgust the
natives with.
think you were in big luck when you missed
making connections, or rather. in other words
you are to be congratulated in not making the
rifle when you expected to. 1t looks like every
man, woman and child in the State was trying
10 SKIN the Eastern visitors that are here at
present, and every one wants TO sell out to
them.
Every town in the State know of has organ
lied Board of Trade, or Board of Liars" to
write up the resources and capabilities of the
country and every newspaper is in the charit-
able business too. Now If there is such a great
future in store for the country how is it that
every one OF the old settlers wants to sell out
and get away from here and leave the State
When 1t comes down to actual facts aboutthe
capabilities of these foothills as a farming
country there is not over one in a hundred that
can make COED living, and the way that one
makes anything is because he has free water TO
lrrigate his land with. The man that has got to
pay ior every inch OF water he uses can't make
a living on these hills. The only way he makes
the head and tail meet is to scratch around in
the old mines for mineral and by that means
he can Just about make the pot boil one time in
twenty-four hours.
For health there cannot be too much said in
favor of the foothill region of California but the
man that comes here with his head full of the
idea u OF making fortune by farming will miss
1t every time, or get left out Have seen a letter
written on the 9th inst. from Los Angeles BY
Major A. Hancock, one of Hancock's sons He
had been there some two weeks, and don't give
a very glowing account of the orange region or
the people. Inc skinning of the emigrants was
IN full operation then. Board at the poorest of
hotels is $40 per week; a common ordinary room
$50 per week, and at the good heightened houses
nothing but millionaire can touch them, and
the city was full of strangers. The same way
throughout the southern part of the State. So
you will see our Board of liars are getting in
good work, and making clover while the time is
favorable.
Eastern people have become insane over Cali
fornia. and nothing but little experience will
This whole craze has been brought about by
real estate agents and spectators, and the bot
tom will drop out in the course of time and
leave che dupes high and dry with some foot