The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-12-12

We publish below part of letter writ
ten by Miss Mary Herrick, daughter Of
T. R. Herrick. Miss Herrick is in Cali
fornia and will probably favor us with
j0ttings of observations in her travels
hearafter.
Cross the continent how you will, by
wagon road, rail, or "gO the Horn
around, "but arrive at San Francisco and
take passage on one of the steamers that
sail twice a week for the metropolis of
northern California. After twentyfOur
hour sea voyage the steamer is tOwed
over the dangerous bar, between the
Scylla and Charibdis, of Humboldt Bay
and the hOarse whistle announces the
arrival at Eureka, the county seat and
largest town of northern California.
This busy port is most picturesquely
situated in low coast plain or prairie,
with mountains on all sides, except Oh
the north, whence the constant roar OF
the ocean reminds one OF its presence,
Nature was kind to HumbOlt county. She
gave it rivers, broad and deep, filled with
salmon and trout; mountains and foot
hills, covered with giant red woods in
whose shades the deer still find home
fertile slopes and lovely gulches; eli
mate where people wear the same weight
clothing the year round, not because il
is so warm in winter but they need
fannels in summer; earthquakes fol
common and little thunder, in season,
for variety.
"Eurekap 81 have found it" So ]
thought as | stepped from the gang,
plank of the steamer ''HumbOlt'' Oh the
morning of July /. A drive of sixteen
miles around the bay, a climb Oyel
Table Bluff, of one mile up and another
down, brought us to 'the ranch, " in this
instance containing about 1000 acres
but everything is ranch" here, fOl
example, we passed a ''chicken ranch
of four acres which in Ohio would simply
be a hen-yard?
The air was clear and the sun daZzl
ingly bright as it never is east.
thought what a beautiful evening w
would have on the porch but suddenl.
the earth was envelOped in fog. A fir
was lit and we huddled around it Will
clouds and pillars of fog, damp, dense
and drizzling into rain, rolled in from
the ocean. ''0h! that isn't rain. 1t i
an Oregon mist, missed Oregon and hi
HumbOlt."
The Fouth of July we went to Fern
dale, town with pretty name nestle
in among the foothills, to q celebration
and nearly froze to death though wrap
ped in winter clOaks and robes.
There are but two great industries il
this part of the country; dairying an
numbering. Thousands of pounds @
creamery butter 60 below" on ever
steamer. The Humboldt lumber goes al
over the world they claim that certain
is that ships are at the wEarfs all tn
time taking on lumber.
The people seem to be principal
Swedes, Danes, and "blue noses" Th
Swedes and Danes are the ranchers c
dairymen and the "blue noses" settler
from New Brunswick and Nova ScOtif
are the lumbermGn.
Some strays have wandered here frOl
the east, Colorado or Kansas. East b,
cause anything east of Cape Mendicin
even farther, some have come fr0l
Illinois, and Ohio is always represente
so is Maine and Massachusetts, but
took a Chinaman to complete the lis
He came, he saw, was conquered al
married native daughter of the fOres
: The little MOngOl Indians are trained /
their celestial pater familias to wei
their raven locks in qeues. Can Obi
beat that?
Eureka has 10000 inhabitants, twel'
feet plank walks, electric lights, waite
+ works, two strictly moral street cars In
lines) that never get too rapid and a
never out after dark, because they
) down town in the morning and back
in the afternoon; not shade tree
l town, no high school, one-hOrse bus
I ness acadamy, nine small churches,
Salvation army, an Infdel Club, HoOI
Club, extinct now however, a race trac
and more fog and tleas to the square fC
: than any other place on the globe.