The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-09-11

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fine climate, and they unite In declaring
| the past two days ideallc.
Tie First IA Safe, Yet.
Congressman Dovener, who has 50
successfully chaperoned the party since
1t left the east, announces that he In
tends to adopt the business as profess
sion. Politics may have its attractions,
| but the pleasure he has derived from his
| achievements In personally conducted
jaunts far outweigh the rewards Of tho
| former uncertain and arduous lottery.
Railroads desiring an accomplished and
thoroughly competent agent are advised
TO make their Overiures to the gallant
Captain d. without delay.
Many OF the visitors hail from sections
of the country remote from Wheeling,
| Hon, K. r. Bishop, who represents a
| large agricultural district, the Ninth
| Michigan, In the present Congress,
| Joined the excursionfsts ut Chicago and
made the rest Of the trip with them
across the continent. Mr.. Bishop is q
veteran OF the war and carries hts right
| coat sleeve emptyns n souvenir of thu
slIirmlsh near Lees Mills, Va, in tina
| Peninsular campaign.
After we had crossed the Sierra Ne.
vada mountains" said Mr.. Bishop, land
had entered the great grain fields, we
saw what we considered the finest coun'
| try in America The fertility OF the soih
the splendid crops apparent on every
eide. the novel and superior methods os
irrigation in vogue, the ease with which
the crops are gathered, the semi-troplcal
foliage, all these nstonlshed and de-
| lighted us beyond measure We con.
slider ourselves well paid for the long
| journey to have been favored with such
| a panorama"
"The raisln and wine producing
| trade" continued the speaker. II am
sure II carefully extended and nurtured.
| vii eventually place the state OF Call
| fornia on solid basis OF competition
! with the countries of the old world
which are engaged in similar industries,
| Fruits, the growth OF which IL attended
| with so much uncertainty In the eastern
states, seem to find in this climate
| their perfection. | was surprised yes
| terday in purchasing dozen superb
Bartlett pears, all of them without
a blemish. upon being asked by the deal
er for five cents pay every day In my
own state that amount for single one.
THE state board OF agriculture shows
a c0mmendabie example TO other states
In maintaining permanent exhibit.
visited II this morning, and the thor
oughness and care with which Il Is kept
up speaks well for the mercantile csprl,
de corps OF the community. The unlver,
| sal courtesy extended to the party OF
which am n member is very gratifying,
and we shall not forget our treatment
| since we arrived at the border line.
"1hc harbor of San Francisco" said
Mr. Bishop, "has always been represent
| cd to me as one Of the best In the world.
md as ] am member OF the committee
on rivers and harbors, I have viewed II
with special interest. In ifs adaptation
TO Notifications and as nm anchorage for
vessels II far exceeds my expectations,
am sure that hostile fleet could never
pass through the Golden Gate, china
| town / devoted only brief period 10,
and from n cursory visit through its
lonthcgomc, dark arteries I cannot but
] think II n lcnroua sore on the body poll
tic which sooner or later must yield to
the demands Of progressive municl'
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