The record-union., 1896-04-23

butter and cheese. produce better poul
try and more Of it, and to keep all the
hogs and cattle we can. At all events,
do not run down your own country.
The fact that you do not know the bad
things about another country gives
you no reason for presuming that there
are no drawbacks there. Everywhere
humanity is struggling against hard
conditions, but wherever people look up
and not down they somehow get on.
The matter of making money is unirn-
portant compared to living a cheerful
life and keeping stout heart. Our
word for it, we will come out of THIS
dry and frosty disaster better than we
now think possible.
THE NEXT BOOM IN CALIFORNIA.
Oakland Tribune: When the editor
or paper in Southern California re-
Gently said: '"Fhe northern part of the
State has infinitely greater resources
than we have in the SOUTH, he voiced
an old truth. The northern half of the
State is the land of the vine and of all
the deciduous fruits. What is more it
is destined to become the land of citrus
fruits. For these have made Southern
California. Why should they not do as
much for the northern half of the State?
There are the great counties of Solano,
Yolo, Butte, Sacramento, Colusa and Ell
Dorado, which to-day contain as large
an area suitable for citrus growing as
is now covered by citrus trees in South
ern California. Why should not this
land be turned to account in that way?
The citrus crops will mature at least a
month earlier than in Southern Cali
fornia. That would be a gain of inn
mense Importance The entire citrus
crop north of San Francisco was in the
market, and most of it was sold, before
there was a single box of oranges ready
for shipment in the southern part of the
State.
Then the water resources are more
than double in Northern California the
best that can be shown in the other part
Of the state. The deciduous fruits need
no irrigation, neither do the vineyards
Just now we hear of colony projects in
this great northern belt. People from
abroad are turning their attention to the
great resources of this part of the coun
try. The valley of the Sacramento ought
to have chain of towns containing half
a million of Inhabitants. Napa Valley,
one OF the most picturesque in the State
has better climate than can be found
in Southern California. Observe what
the Italian colony is doing in the way of
producing citrus fruits at the upper
end of Sonona County. All these val
leys are well watered and fairly well
wooded.
Nothing has been done in the south
half of the State that cannot be done in
the other half with the same enterprise
and thrift. What else than this built
such towns as Redlands, Riverside and
Pasadena? The cities Of Northern Cali
fornia will one day surpass in size the
cities of Southern California, because
there are more resources to be devel-
oped; always supposing that there is to
be an immigration that is equal to the
best that ever came to California Sac
ramento ought to have hundred thou
sand inhabitants, because it is in some
sense the key of the upper valleys. Chico
and a half-dozen other places on the
cities when the great industries that
are just emerging from pioneer con-
dition have been fairly developed. 1t
may be little to say that in natural re-
sources that is the richest half of the
State. 1t will be much to say on some
future occasion that the people are
alive to these immense advantages and
are determined to make the most Of
them.