The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-01-06

were many hustleTs like her up among the
redwoOds Humboldt County would by this
time have been sold in twenty-acre tracts
and have four transcontinental roads 10
Eureka.
She owns 1000 acres of fne bottom land
twelve miles from Eureka, gets her mail at
Swamger station, and is business from the
word go. She Is rather large, handsome,
pleasant-mannered and Intelligent lady, and
she is the best directory and cyclopedla OF
Humboldt County there is.
She was bustling about a lot OF boxes
when / made her acquaintance yesterday.
There was nearly a steamer-load OF boxes.
barrels and packages about her. some OF
them opened ana Uttered with hay and
some not. There was one subordinate man
In blue Overalls on the scene, but whether
he was from Humboldt County or had just
been hired did OF appear
On big bench were fifty big glass jars
full Of prize onions, carrots, apples, peaches
and many other products Of fair CLINE
and a fertile soil. and amid the big disOr-
deTed array was chair Of elk horns and
another of grizzly bear hides and claws that
would shoot out big grizzly's head from
under it when one sat down. working its
big jaws aud red tongue.
Mrs. Herrck gave board another whack
with hammer aud then stopped TO talk.
Yes. this is Humboldt Couniy's exhibit,
and Pm in charge Of it," she said. This is
exhibit and they didn't know what to do.
Most Il this / got Up myself and l brought
the county exhibit along"
did the Supervisors make any appro-
priation this year," | asked.
-Four thousand dollars and wasted II,
she said, tartly. Yes, they appointed a
committee, but it didn't 10 much. Who do
you think they appointed to get up an ex-
hibit of woods? a stOrekeeper in Eureka.
He got 500 q month, so he made n pretty
good bill Finally be got those rough
boards over there that I'm having planed,
and took them from falls and everything"
She pointed to little pile Of boards three
feet long and foot wide.
"He didn't have sense enough 20 have
them as wide as the trees TO show the width
Of them.
"a banker in Eureka was the horticultu-
raj man. He sent down here and got $500
worth of them Jars, and they're no good.
The covers amt ground to fit and they wib-
BILE wsbble and the juice spills and the
fruit spells. lie didn't get fruit at the right
time and let things go generally. There
are peaches up there II inches round and
he didn't get one Of them. put up most Of
the fruit myself
They had a real estate man to get up
the cereal display. II he knew As much as
he thinks he knows he'd set the world
afiTe- Six weeks ago or less he wrote me
that be couldn't get up a collection of
cereals and be wouldn't no Use talking.
l hitched up and drove all over the county,
and the grain / haven't got don't grow.
at isn't what il would have been If folks
had done as they said they would. They'd
say they'd put no this ana that, and when
I'd 20 around they hadn't done It, Mr.
Marshall had some corn twenty feet high
and he said he'd cut and cure some. He
neglected II and then the storm blew it all
down and be wouldn't cure any OF it at all.
| was coming down with my private cOlec-
ton and exhibits and they wanted me to