The record-union., 1896-02-17

not be allowed to die for want of sup
port. The society is at present unable
to pay decent salary to it's executive
officer. Such would not be the case if
public interest were fully aroused as to
the wide scope of the society's work,
and the great need for maintaining it
at the maximum of efficiency
1t would be lasting reproach to Los
Angeles to permit this society to die
There ought to be enough humane SEN
timent in this city and vicinity to sup
port the society, and the Times be-
lieves that there is enough, if only it
can be reached-if humane people can
be made to realize how much depends
upon their coming forward to aid the
society, both with financial and moral
support. If every person who is friend
ly to the society and its work would
contribute even small amount annu-
ally, either in the form of a direct
contribution or in paymen. of the mem
bership fee, the society would prosper
and its grand work would go on with
steadily increasing efficiency.
GLAD TIDINGs.
Colusa Sun: CLAD tidings of victory
ahead is announced by the San Fran
cisco papers when they tell us that
Vanderbilt and Gould want to get hold
of the Pacific railroads. Now if it was
the money San Francisco was after if
the money was to be paid into her treas
urp, there might be some ground for
exultation over somebody willing to
bid at a foreclosure suit if the Govern
ment should force one, but as a fact but
very little of the money interest would
come to this coast, and the only sub
stantial interest we have is in the fu-
ture of railroading in California. Then
ie the people, who control our overland
transportation are of necessity our
masters, will we better it any by swap
ping Huntington for Vanderbilt and
Gould? The former, with his company,
have some 5000 miles of local road in
the State and a vast amount of other
property, and are, in fact, bound all up
in the welfare of California. This
might be a Slight restraining influence
on them if robbery is the aim of railroad
men, but the Eastern men would have
no purpose except to get all they could
out of us. But in any event can such a
swap of masters be hailed enthusiastic
ally as a great victory? But anything
that is noise and buster "goes" in these
days of cant and humbuggery.
EROSION AGAIN.
Colusa Sun: Natural erosion is again
coming to the fore in accounting for the
filling of the rivers and the bay and
some really scientific gentlemen have
been sedueed into giving it currency. IT
is even said that Professor George Da-
wilson has talked about erosion" in
connection with the subject, but it
must be remembered that many men of
deep research and of fair mind must
depend on others for information, and
this must be the case with Professor
Davidson. If he will go to Iron Canyon,
above Redding, and look at the waters
of the Sacramento, clear and bright,
and then visit the Yuba, above Marys-
vile, and find it filled in 100 feet and the
river a streak of mud, and then learn
that there is more farming in Shasta
County above Iron Canyon than on the
Yuba, the Feather and the American
combined, the professor will begin to
think that filling by natural erosion, or
by anything the farmers may do, in so
far as the shoaling of the waters is con-
cerned, is the rottenest rot that ever
was rot. And there is a large amount
of mining on the Sacramento above
Iron Canyon. but not much Of the hy-
draulic kind. With all that added to
erosion, to farming. to sheep, to nat
ural wash, it is all like the old woman's 5
contribution to the sea when she threw
her dishwater into it
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