Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-05-13
OUR CHICAGO LETTER.
CALIFORNIA EXHIBITS A BOX
OF SOUR STRAWBERRIES.
The Thieves, Brigands and Pick.
pockets in Active Operation.

| pockets in Active Operation.
| Chicago, Ills, May 12--All this
forenoon and part of the afternoon l
spent in the California department.
watching the attendants unpack the
fruit which arrived last night. Mr..
Lee Wilson who had the arrange
ment temporarily in charge called me
over to that portion of the tiers he
had arranged for the strawberry ex-
hibit,
"You see, this will be one of the
most attractive corners of California s
exhibit and it is expected that it will
be the means of advertising the straw
berry lands so that thousands of acres
can be sold to wealthy Fasteners
who have already begun to flock to
the California exhibit, There Is a
tract of land in Tulare county and
another In Napa where strawberries
can be grown without cultivation and
very little attention.
They cover belt ranging from
three to five miles and about eleven
miles long. 1t was but two years
ago that Che highly productive quail
ity Of this ground was discovered and
since then people have been just wild
to get in on 1t butltis almost too good
to sell to residents of the State and
in consequence it is proposed 70
place it in the Eastern market.
/ "Why yon haye no idea Of the size
Of the fruit, I'll tell you, and | can
prove it, that the berries average
almost the size Of bantam hens egg
and are as red and firm as a June
apple.
''Just wait a few minutes and will
have these hustlers around here IN
pack the whole works and then ar
range them myself,
stood around nearly al hour
while he hunted for the exibit and
when he found it it was labeled 'sTu-
/ lare and Napa county strawberries
grown ia the best straw berry belt i'll
the world. The entire lot was
packed in crate about the size of
coal oil can. Mr. Wilson turned to
me just as smiled up my vest and
laconically inquired if saw any more
boxes labeled that way, My reply
was that | could hardly see the box
he had already dug UP. When it
was opened | eagerly gathered my
self around it expecting to see straw
berries as large as beets and equally
as red. but | saw a card which con-
tanned the information "This lot is
the very best, will send another box
next week to keep things looking
fresh. " The berries were no larger
than marbles and were about as hard,
There isn't strawberry patch
in Esmeralda or Ormsby counties
where such rank things would be
watered once a year. He kindly
permitted me (while he was attend
ing to something else) to taste one,
which I can still taste which re-
minds me of some bitter medicine
given me when a child. / think
have given these California berries
too much space but wanted to show
you just how overdrawn her coarse
work is.
promptly invited him over to
Nevada's Agricultural display and
walked him around for about an
hour looking at our wheat, vegetables
hay, fruits and about everything
that can be grown in the SOIL
tossed ulul lOl Vi GSLueTdiut SUI"
berries which he consumed right be-
fore my eyes without sugar or cream.
He seemed to be feeding his face
with both hands and then asked
me if he could come around again
when the next installmeut arrived.
He afterward told me that he was
Chicago man and one of the Com
mittee of Arrangements, and all
that he knew about CALIFORNIA
Strawberries had been told him by
Major Frank Mclaughlin of Oro-
Vile with whom he used to play
''heads or tails" at Princetown when
a boy.
THE COST OF SEEING.
Before left Carson | wrote to the
Director General asking him for re-
served seats at the reporters desk
and he kindly sent me ticket ad-
uniting myself and friend. l had
~ 10 rt;cular occasion RI 1850 NV