The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-03

part Of the distance Of the western
plains And yet that's about the size
Of the proposition of the California crop
Of oranges represented in train loads.
That is only the orange crop When
you come ito consider the grain crop
with vessel upon vessel leaving San
Francisco harbor laden with the golden
fruit and often beyond the Plimsoit
mark, grain UP to and often Beyond the
Plimsoll mark, the lumber shipments.
the dried and deeiduous fruit crop, tie
raisin crop and all the other natural,
mineral and manufacturing products OF
this fertile and rich State and the Cali
fornian has reason to be proud of being
q Californian. It is the contemplation
Of things like this that makes you be-
gin to thdnk, If you have not long ago
made up your mind to 1t, that you are
living in the greatest State in the land
and in Gods own chosen land-the
scriptural land Of milk and honey.
ANNUAL WOOL SALE.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: The an
nual wool sale at Cloverdale yesterday
attracted a large number of buyers to
the Orange city. The town WAS unusu-
ally lively In consequence.
There We're 500 bales of wool in the
warehouse before the sale commenced.
Five hundred bales were sold yesterday
at prices which were considered salts
factory. The price fetched by the wool
ranged from 10 to 1871 cents per pound.
Three or four choice lots fetched as
high as II cents The lucky holders
of this wool included A. S. Marshall.
Mrs. Rector and w. T. Rock. This
morning it is expected the remaining
bales of wool will be sold
Among the buyers We're G.. C. Farmer,
of Santa Rosa; William 7. Brush and
S. Pinschower, of Cloverdale: Rosen-
berg, Simon & Co. and Moses & Co., of
San Francisco, and many other repre-
sentatives of firms. The first days
sale is classified as a success.
BETTER THAN GOLD.
Santa Ana Blade: Placer mining may
interest those who have despaired Of
making money by the ordinary meth
odss but the experience of one Orangs
county man goes far to show that al
real good potato claim, properly work.
ed, is a pretty sure wslp-of turning an
honest penny.
The following little story in illustra-
ton of the foregoing, was told a
BLADE" man to-day, and with no desire
to lay bare to the curious, the finan-
cial affairs of a worthy citizen. the
story is herewith retold: Steve Nc
Pherson, of the little village of Nc
Pherson, east of here, was at one time
the owner of a thirteen-acre tract OF
land in that section, but a recurrence
Of bad seasons and various other cauS eS
SO embarrassed the owner that he was
forced to mortgage the property and
that encumbranee with the interest.
soon made plain the fact that the mort.
gage would take the place. But Mr..
MCPHERSON resolved to try one mo. q
crop, and the crop chosen was potatoes
and the result has shown the wisdom
of his choice.
The price of potatoes went skyhigh
early in the season, and, as If to 7leip
Mcpherson out, his crop grew and pros.
pered in proportion to the rise in price,
When the market quotations had rsach-
ed the point where, none but million
aires could afford the luxury. Mr.. Nc
Pherson sold his whole crop to an Eai t.
ern buyer at a sum which is said to
have Melted him $125 per acre cash.
How much he made on the TRANSACT
ton is no business Of the writer, but
his many friends are pleased to hear
that he cashed check big enough t.
lift the mortgage held on his place by
the Bank of California, And can now
be found at his home in Mcpherson, for
which he has clear title.