The record-union., 1896-01-04
ICE AND ROSES.

The people of Truckee have for Win
ter entertainment constructed mar
velous ice palace, and they invite all the
people of the State, and all others to
come and see it; to enjoy the sensation
Of a ride upon the longest ice slide ever
constructed; to skate upon beautiful
Lake Donner. now locked in the arms OF
the frost king, and to sleigh upon the
many miles of the borders Of that love-
~ sheet Of water.
All this is very inviting, and thou
sands will avail of the opportunity to
enjoy these pleasures. But there IS
lust a chance that some of our Eastern
friends will draw unjust inferences
from this ice carnival, while at the same
time Pasadena is reveling in her carni-
val of roses. For it cannot be denied
that this portion of California suffers
from misapprehension of facts. The
title Northern California to the East-
ern mind conveys the idea of Arctic
rigors. and some of our brethren OF the
southern end Of the State have not been
slow to encourage that false impression,
though of recent years they have been
far more just than formerly.
Our friends at the East must under
stand, therefore, that in California tenn
perature is not matter of latitude but
Of altitude That, as a matter of fact,
Northern and Central California are
warmer. take the year around, than
Southern California, and because Of
that fact our fruits ripen earlier, SO
much so as to bring the two sections
into ne competition in the matter Of
horticultural production.
One of the striking features Of the ice
carnival at Truckee will be an exhibit
within the ice walls of citrus fruits and
flowers from northern foothills and val
ride from Truckee. Truckee lies upon
the eastern slope of the Sierra Range.
at a high altitude. Within a halliday
Californians pass from the orange
groves of Sacramento. Butte and Yuba
to the winter SHOWS of the mountains.
Flowers in rich luxuriance, plucked in
the garlens of Sacramento in the morn
ing, may be shown in Truclzee's ice PAL
ace at noon. Oranges taken from the
trees at Thermalito or any of the other
northern and central citrus fruit sea-
tions at noon, may be placed on view in
the ice palace at sundown. and in less
time if taken from the foothil groves OF
Placer. These facts illustrate the pc
culiapaties of climatic conditions in this
remarkable State.
From the green fields and perpetually
Towering gardens of the foothills and
the valleys of Northern and Central
California the people look up to the
crown Of snow upon the Sierra, beyond
which glisten in the sunlight the pima
clss of Truckee's ice palace. Between
the two the climatic condition is simply
q matter of altitude. For the matter of
that, like conditions prevail in South
ern California, for from the rose-em-
powered residences of Pasadena and
the orange groves of Riverside, the peo-
pie look up to the snow crowns of the
San Bernardino Range. two hours dis
taRt by ordinary routes of travel. When
our Sierras don their caps of snow, the
Sierra NIadre Range follows the exam
ple, and thus the two sections exactly
parallel each other in this charming
phenomena.
SO, then. as a matter of fact, the
Truckee ice carnival is to serve us most
usefuIly. since It win emphasize anew
the business of the claims made for Cal
ifornia, and viii demonstrate that
which we are proud to constantly re-
peat, that on short notice we can fur
nish any manner of climate our East
ern friends may desire, always except
ing blizzard manifestations and eleetri
cal storm demonstrations. We can give
them the great variety that ranges
from the humid atmosphere and moist
conditions OF the coast to the sunny
heat and dryness Of the valleys; from
the crisp air Of the snowy peaks and
TANKS Of the upper mountains to the
cool and balmy regions of the valleys
and the foothills.
Ahiwardt, the German Jew-baiter has
n-,,,,5 -, ,-,=eS;ova A., +ba Tvrito5 Cto+oc