Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-07-08

cars out to Lake Washington and across
to British Victoria on the sound, were
among the features of the Puget Sound
entertainment. At Seattle a splendid
banquet was served and one of the pref
test souvinirs ofEthe trip-Seattle illus.
trated-wasg given out to excursionists.
1here Is n noticeable popularity
OF The Pacific coast people. They are
INDoMN1TABI.E BooMERs,,,
and have the science of advertising down
line. Every town of any Importance
Whatever in California has a chamber of
commerce or business mems association,
and the preparation of printed matter
illustrative and descriptive of the re-
sources and advantages of the respective
localities is thorough and complete.
1here is perfect organization locally
and a state organization, composed OF
representatives from each of the local
institutions. No state in the union is SO
thoroughly organized in a business way
as California, and the good work of such
a thorough organization is shown on
every hand. So nicely is this machinery
ton adjusted, the moment a stranger
sets foot on California soil it is like
stepping on an electric button that in
forms every locality in the state of your
presence, and as you proceed back and
forth between the sea to the interior, and
out n IN the numerous valleys your
course is followed like a self Registering
thermometer or wind register in a signal
office. When I saw the workings of
this organization l could but contrast it
with the jealous, every-man-for-himself,
and each community against-another
feeling SO prevalent in the northwest.
California is a good school for enter.
prise.
In going from Benicia to Port Costa
we crossed on the largest ferry boat in
the world-the "Solano." Length 424
feet, breath 116 feet. She carries fortv-
eight freight cars.
Rev. Benham, who was in Bismarck
some years ago, is now rector at
Berricia banacks. Captain and Mrs.
Rockwell, formerly OF Fort Lincoln. are
also stationed at Benicia.
One-half of the worlds supply O
farm seeds is produced near San Jose,
the output IN 1891 being over 800 tons.
California has all the climates of all
ozones on earth, from 800 feet below sea
level to $4,000 feet above. One can take
his choice of elevation and climate
Everything produced in the world
can be grown somewhere in California.
It Santa Barbara is the largest grape
vine in the world. 1t is one foot in di-
ameter and yields four tons of grapes
annually.
Rose trees grow to immense size, four
to ten thousand roses on a single tree not
being unfrequent.
While North Dakota advertises her
self as the poor mans country" Cali
fornia advertises their state more
tlcularly as the erich mans country"
It's a splendid place to retire upon a
fortune.
California has raspberries in January,
gooseberries in May, asparagus in Feb
ruary, apricots in May, peaches in May,
cherries in April, oranges in November,
raisins in August, figs in June, straw
berries in March, plums in June, pears
III June and vegetables the year round.
A crop of alfalfa can be cut every six
weeks.
Every place of interest in California
can be reached by the Southern Pacific,
and the tourist must not be in a hurry
to get over the state. One-half the
pleasure will be destroyed by haste.
The wine product of California, in 1891
was ~l9,95O,OOO gallons. The shipments
by sea amounted to 100000 gallons.
In San Francisco I met Mr., L, D,
Clock, who will be remembered as of the
firm OF Whitley & Clock, owners of
Prospect Place and Steele addition
property. He is specializing in Califor-
MIA towns.
In Tacoma I met a large number of
e1-Bismarckers-the Clausens, Mrs.
Bell, Mrs. Armbruster, Mr.. and Mrs.
LAVAL, Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hanscom and Mr.. and Mrs. DR.
Cloes at a picnic, and MI. and Mrs. Pye,
Mr.. and Mrs. Day, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomp-
son, John Leasure, Liddell, Schenken-
berg, Dixon and a host of others at diff
ferent times and places. L. n. Griffin
and Billy Bulge, we're at Seattle, and
Messrs. Durant, Frye, ex-Territorial
Auditor McMamma, Hendrickson and
many others are in Seattle. I didn't see
Ex-Governor Church, nor John Rea, nor
Haight, nor Oscar Rea, but heard of
them. They are doing we'll. At Gen.
tralia Sam Whitney, Rus Marsh, John
Harms and Val Schreck are changing
on" but oh, so tired. Centralia is dead.
Not half the population of two years