The morning call., 1893-01-20

/ be said to be fairly supplied with facilities
for local transportation.
The transit of its products beyond the
demands of local consumption has never
been reliant on other than its ocean thor
oughfares. Yet the wealth of redwood
forest in this portion OF the Pacific Coast Is
q standing invitation to the capita! and
enterprise OF the world, and transnontaue
trunk railroad TO the East seems TO be almost
an assured certainty for the future. Con-
neetion with San Francisco and Portland,
Or, by rail is also only question of time.
Take it all in all, the county would seem
TO suggest peculiar openings for the home
seeker and the capitalist
Mrs. H. f. HerrIek, the courteous lady IN
charge OF the county exhibit, has held many
official positions there aud is entitled TO
speak Of Humboldfs resources with au-
th0rily.
She gives the following concise and COM
preheDsive summary OF some of the chief
| advantages of that rich coast region:
Humboldt contains an area of 2,297, 600
acres Of land, and has the largest forest OF
redwood timber in the world.
"She has gold mines at Willow Creek,
Trinity River and Gold Bluff; coal at Maple
Ridge and South Fork of Eel River.
"She has mountain of iron over at
| Boulder Creek OF the kind that makes
Bessemer steel; red mountain near Gar
berville that makes ine hre-proOf paint; a
! glacial silt mine eE Freshwater and an as
bestes mine at IaQua.
I'VE claim she largest daires and biggest
/ yield Of butter from pastursge of any coun-
tries, as eur grass Is green all the year
round. Our grain crops are the largest per
acre Of any land in America. Our streams
are full of FISH and our canning factories
furnish work for many. We export smoked,
salt and canned salmon.
Thousands of men work in our lumber.
shlngle and shake mills, turning lathes,
windows and door factories, shipyaFds and
! foundries.
I'VE have petroleum springs and natural
gas springs oAe of the latter on Bear River
! having been active for twenty-five years
Our prunes, apples, peaches, nectaTines
/ and pears are hard TO beat, and no one will
/ say that thay don't like Hum boldt potatoes.
ct, With all the weight OF the facts that
/ our resources are little developed, and that
we have no railroad, still We have no pow
srty. and there is not single Chlnaman in
| Hum bOldt County.
Though l said we had no railroad l
meant no interstate railroad. We have 100
miles Of local road and constitute In fact a
kingdom Of our swD, having no railroad
connection with the outside world.
y ct the Government thinks enough of Us
TO spend Sl,000,o0o improving our bar at
! Eureka to make ii safe roadway into our
beautiful bay for large ships.
Not much longer can the railroads g-
/ 1oTe us and overlook country that the
/ good Father takes under his care sending
enough rain 10 insure good crop and sun
/ enough 10 make ii grow.
Il can show you in this exhibit here as
! fine wool as ever grew on sheep and weigh
! Ing fifteen pounds 10 the fleece with no
/ ours TO spoil its value.
Il can show you honey made by Hum
/ DO DIT bees Of Humboldt wild1lowers when
/ the yield was over a ton from seventeen
| hives Did time and your space allow |
/ could never tire Of telling about the capa-
/ bilities Of the county.
/ The asst word l should like to say, and
that is that the mineral springs In various
parts OF the county have value when can
hardly De estimated They are, however,
/ gradually being developed, and much Of the
water Is being shipped to San Francisco"
humboldt appears TO have established
herself as a healthy locality. There are
two seaSOns-wet and dry-and this condi-
/ ton OF things Is said 10 account for the ab-
seDce OF many diseases prevalent in cor
responding latltudes elsewhere on tile con-
tinent
In Eureka the mean average temperature
Is abou. 81 dec. The highest summer
temperature is So deg, while in winter il
rarely gets down TO So deg.
4 curious computation regarding the
yield CT lumber shows that al an average OF
20o,O0O feet to the acre, the 500.0r0 acres
covered with timber would give 100. eco, Co.,
600 feet OF lumb-r-enOuRh, were 1T sawed
into boards one inch thick and one foot
wide. TO reach round tie world 100 times.
Independent Of the lum Der Industry,
HUMBOLDT Bay Is surrounded by resources
but partially developed, which for variety
and as source Of wealth are wel-nigh in
exhauSti6le, aud which Will be important
/ factors of Itumh0ldt'S eon1maroa