The record-union., 1892-06-16
SIXTH GROUP
Of Editorial Expressions Concerning
California.
Indiana, Iowa, Rhode Island, Ken
tuclxy Yisitors-Their Opinion
of California.


REcoRD-UNIoN makes extracts. AS a
rule the letters are long and deal largely
in details, statistics, descriptions of
scenery, farming, orchards, vineyards,
soils, business, eUc. OF necessity, there
fore, we omit these parts treating of facts
familiar to our people, and give para
graphs mainly rejecting the verdict of
the visitors.
LInGianian-Republican, Warsaw, Indl
Intelligent expression concerning
Southern California, statistics of Fresno
and elaborate remarks upon irrigation
the san joaquin Valley, surprise at It's area
and agriculture. Stockton and its in
dustries. The editor justly and clearly
comprehended all he saw. Indeed, the
criticisms must go far toward dissenina-
tion of correct information concerning
California. The paper then speaks OF
Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO.
This is the capital Of California, and
the Capitol building is fine structure OF
granite and white marble. The State
Treasurer took great pride in showing us
through the vaults, where is stored the
wealth of California. II was all in gold
coin, in sacks of $1,000 each, and piled as
high as man could reach. 1 believe we
u.
The State Printing Office is a model of
neatness. All the blanks, books, ETC.. for
the entire State are printed here. They
also print all the school books for the
State-thirteen different kinds-and the
work, engraving, and paPGr are far supe-
1ior TO that furnished by publishing
houses, and cost only about one-third OF
former prices.
We visited all places of interest, and in
the evening the Mayor and city officials
held reception at the Art Gallery, and
the Governor and State officers gave us
reception at the Capitol. We found
MORE BEAUTIFUL HOMES HERE
Than any place we have yet visited.
Truly, Sacramento is a city of homes. 1t
is also the seat of a vast wholesale trade
which extends not only throughout Cali
points east. Within the last three years
$4,000 orange and $4,000 lemon trees have
been planted in Sacramento County.
Peaches. pears, prunes, apricots, cher
ries, plums and grapes, however, take
the leaG in the fruit line. During the
past few years large fields, which for
merly were put in wheat, are being
turned into orchards and vineyards,
owing to the fact that farms are beeom-
ing too valuable and are getting divided
up, and there are more owners. Small
landowners are better for any country
lDdu Wn6TS NdSJ acres are nelu Dy q lew
farmers. Churches and schoolhouSes are
located on almost every corner. Last
year there was spent for educational pur-
poses SI07, ,6S4 90.
THIS Is THE BANNER COUNTY
For hop Gu allure. There are 400 acres
devoted to hops, averaging 1900 pounds
per acre, and as high as $500 pounds have
been raised on a single acre. The pro-
ducer receives fifteen cents per pound for
Eaae~ ~l.S
per acre. Alfalfa and rye is used for hay.
OF course, fruit is depended upon here
the most. The profits which are to be
obtained from fruit culture in Sacra-
mento County will vary from $50 TO $3.50
per acre. You will find slouches here as.
well as you will in Indiana. One man
will reach $500 net an acre and the man
adjoining him will scarcely make enough
TO live on. 1t is the ''early worm that
gets the bird'' the world over
IN THIS LARGE TERRITORY
There is practically no waste land. There
may be said 10 be three different varieties
of soil. First, the river bottoms, rich
alluvial deposit, and of this soil there is a
very large acreage along the various riv-
ers of the country. Second, a higher bot
tom, left by ancient water ways, the soil
being a deep, sandy loan. Third, the
red soil of the plains and lower foothills.
All of these soils are particularly adapted
to the best-paying crops in fruit and pro-
duce. The lands close to Transportation
are all under cultivation, but by going
into other portions of the country several
thousand acres can be found which are
practically unoccupied and may be
bought at from SIS to Sl00 per acre. We
were royalty entertained while here,
lunch, dinner and breakfast being fur
nished free, with diverse Innings be-
tween.
[The Republican then glances intelli-
gently at Vaca Valley and Napa Valley,
and then San Francisco, and then the
ride to the Nevada mines is described,
the mining scenes elaborated upon, the
debris question stated 1airly and the en-
tertainments at Grass Valley and Nevada
City pronounced magnificent
California is certainly a wonderful
State, where everything can be grown,
where all kinds of minerals and ores are
in abundance, where any kind of cli-
mate that you want can be reached in
four hours, and where they have the
most productive valleys, beautiful women
and generous men.
The railroads have used the association
magniticently. The Southern
Pacific Company have done nobly by u.s.
THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
The Guthrian, Guthrie Center Iowa.l
The Gatthriaa devotes two columns
Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys, the
soils, climate, production, immense area
stone, timber, minerals, etc, Indeed the
wonder is how, in so rapid q trip. so
much authentic information was picked
up and well stated
In this grand valley there are immense
orchards, immense vineyards, immense
wheat fields, immense wineries, and
everything seems to he done on an inn
mense scale. Nature did much to make
1t beautiful; here, before the American
came to possess the land, the native live
oak, with its stunted body, rounded top
and luxurlant evergreen foliage, gave
beauty to its landscapes.
TOWNS AND CITIES.
In this grand valley are numerous
towns and citiesswith stately structures
beauti1ied by art, on which has been
lavished great wealth. We passed through
bakersfield, Fresno, Merced, Stockton.
Sacramento, Woodland, Marysville,
Chico and other hne towns, in which the
excursion was grandly entertained.
Then follows correct, elaborate de-
scription of tie products OF the Sacra-
mento Valley, its cereal yield. vineyards.
orchards, etc. Tie G1tth7Iuqa remarks
upon the absence OF hay, as hay is known
at the East, and of the lack OF corn. and
concludes that corn is not large crop in
California;
TOO MUCH TO TELL BRIEFLY.
Boone County Democrat, Boone, Iowa.l
The Democrat says its editor learned
enough on the trip to take all summer TO
tell it: that his ideas were broadened. his