The record-union., 1894-12-05
AFTER TWELVE YEARS. ABSENCE.
How the Capital City Looked to One
Just Returned.
+. VI. Chadbourn Writes of the Many
Changes for the Better That
Had Taken Place.

The Free Press of Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis, of November 18th, con-
tains the following letter written from
this city by L. NJ. Chadbourn, who re-
Gently returned here alter an absence OF
twelve years, and who refers to The i'm
proved appearance OF the city:
After twelve years absence I find nv
self back i'll California again, III her beau
tliul Capital OF Sacramento. Many
changes have come. time has done its
work ana L ind the town grown to much
larger proportions, claiming as it does
now population OF nearly 40,OJ0, having
nearly doubled in that time. | recognize
the Same people and the same enterprise
as OF old. 1t is city OF almost eternal
summer, for the flowers bloom all the
year around and in such luXuriance that
1t may truly be called a city OF sunshine
and flowers.
California always had charm for me.
and now alter these years OF absence il
seems good to get back and breathe its
fragrant air and enjoy its glorious climate
once more.
Il find California changed in many
particulars. The old-timers are fast pass
ing away, that energetic, sturdy class OF
men who brayeu their way across the
plains and lived here in isolation, de-
prlvcd of the advantages OF civilization,
10 dig Tor gold. y small contingent OF
them are Lett, but their children live after
them. The native Californian has now
arrived at an age ranging downward
| from 10 years, and many. Of the leading
men anu women are of this class They
are just coming on to the stage OF action,
ana the characteristics inherited from
their PARENTS is marked by their energy
ana enterprise.
despite the facilities of transportation
mn ,,t,.ati tip,, ;aI,;
reality the coast is so much nearer the
East than before, the feeling still prevails
lnat VIC are out OF the country and Tie
same remark is heard of going back to
the States as of old. The Rocky Mount
aims must ever be wall OF partition
which nature has set up dividing the
West from the East, and the West will
always be different people. for does not
climate make the people? Is not the
South divided from the North, and can it
ever be possible for the same class of peo-
pie TO grow up in the warm and sunny
South as In the cold and rugged North !?
But the West, while differing from the
Last IN people and climate, and requir-
Ing independent laws, Will always be
loyal for united country.
Mining is still one OF the great indus
tries, but less SO than in the early DAYS.
The greater and more permanent one is
the production of the soil of which fruit
takes the lead. Can anything equal Cali
| tornla as an all-around fruIt-producing
country? The Californian says no, and
can you dispute him-tor where do Won
see such size, flavor and beauty as in the
irult from the coast? But mining will
always be one OF the great industries, es-
| peclalIy quartz gold mining. This has
secured somewhat of an impetus, owing
10 the low price OF silver, which has
turned the attention of the miner to gold
| 1NrDAt ttta attNrr III
always will be, great producer of this
metal.
1T is noticeable fact that the fruit
growers are pushing their vineyards and
orchards right into the foothills and
mountains, and showing the hydraulic
miners that the ground they were wash
ing Is more valuable to be used as God
evidently prepared and intended it should
Oe-ln bringing forth beautiful fruit
rather than ruthlessiy washing away and
laying waste its rich soil.
quartz mining Is prOfiting by the
squabDle between the farmer and miner.
for capital has interested itself in this di-
rectlon, and many of the old deserted
camps are being revived, and, with
cheaper labor and improved methods of
working, they are found profitable. The
State has great mineral wealth and will
always be Ill the front rank in producing
the precious metals.
There is quite an effort on foot to in
troduce California fruit in England and
several shipments have already been
made, and. L believe, successfully. 1t
seems only matter of cheap enough
transportation to become great business.
Could this be done. it will be of great ad-
vantage to tie coast and become an i'm
mense enterprise. The amount of fruit
wasted here every year for want of a
market is enormous. Then this enterprise
would augment and stimulate the pro-
duction."