The record-union., 1895-10-29

finds recognition from business men To-
Gated at all trade centers who know by
experience that they are great aid in
promoting traffic. We in this city feel
the necessity of lending encouragement
to any measure calculated to improve
the thoroughfares leading out to adjoin-
ing points in this and adjoining coun-
ties, but the question has often been
asked how, and by what means can this
be brought about without too heavy an
expenditure?
BAD REPORT.
Bakersfield Californian: According
to the Herald the District .Agricult-
uraP' Fair now being held at Los An
geles has degenerated into satur-
MALTA of gambling, cheating and other
vice. All kinds of swindling games are
run wide open"
SUGAR BETS.
Suffer Farmer: The raising of sugar
beets and the establishing of a factory
in this part of the State is now being
agitated, and there is every argument
in favor of such q movement There is
no county in the State better adapted
for growing sugar beets than Suffer,
and the present depression in prices of
cereal products should serve as a mo-
tive for giving this new industry a trial
Aside from the various benefits derived
from manufacturing plant, statistics
and figures from other parts of the
State show that there is big money in
raising beets, and there is an opportu-
nifty here for building up a big business
If the plant is established The farm
ers and business men should take holo
OF this matter and form a corporation to
start the industry.
COTTON PLANTING.
OrOVille REGISTER: G 8 TTnhano Of Hon
cut is an enthusiastic advocate of cotton
planting. He is confident that cotton will
p1ott in planting the same He spent
twelve years down in Texas where the
cotton grows so big that q man can
climb cotton tree just as he would climb
a castor bean tree Los Angeles or a
mustard stalk in Santa Clara County. He
thinks the rich bottom lands along the
creeks and rivers would produce from a
bale to bale and half an acre.
The bales weigh five hundred pounds
and at 10 cents per pound one will see
that cotton growing onght to pay we'll
THE RECENT CONVENTION.
Marysville Democrat: In the State
Miners Convention held in San Francisco
last week there was less of enthusiasm
than was observed al the meeting one
year ago. 1t was noticeable fact that
the principal part of the enthusiasm, the
greater part of the talking and the gem
eral management of the business of the
convention was by men who are not
miners. wright, ricketts,, FOfQ, cross,
Bclcher, Clarken, Walling and Searls, all
Weli-known attorneys, were the leading
spirits in shaping the business of the
meeting. Thornton, SOntag, Montague,
Ralston and two or three other capitalists
of San Francisco also were active and
these really constituted the working
forces present. There were a large num-
Der present who were miners in fact as
we'll as several owners of mines But it is
true that the majority of the delegates
present were not directly interested in
developing the mines of this State. The
miners had little to say on the floor of
the convention, yet in private they eX
pressed freely their views relative to the
management of the affairs of the Asso-
citation during the past year. There was
a decided opposition from the first to
continuation of the contest outlined by
Ricketts, and Wright to prevent patent
being issued to the railroad company for
lands included in the grant to aid in the
construction of the Central Pacific road.
The general sentiment prevailing among
the miners present was in favor Of retir-
ing these paid attorneys combining the
efforts Of the association in the future to
preparing the way by which the claims
now owned by miners may be worked be-
fore opening up a contest to obtain addi-
tfCnal land. This sentiment prevailed in
the election of o.nceTs and appointment of
committees, a majority being favorable
to the course originally intended when the
association was organized.