The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-09-12
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETYS REPORT.

On Wednesday, August TO- the month
ly meeting of the Stark County Horti-
cultural Society was held at the beauti-
full country residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hueston, three miles west of
Navarro. The guests who assembled
found the meeting place an ideal
country home. Over the gateway was
stretched banner of white upon which,
in letters of cedar sprigs was the inscrip-
ton, "Welcome." The free and fulsome
manner in which the hospitality of Mr.
and Mrs. Hueston was extended left no
doubt in the minds of those present that
the banner was all right
The northern part of the county was
rather poorly represented but the neigh
bors of the host and hostess had re-
sponded heartily and when the monthly
feast was spread under the big tent sixty
people had their feet under the tables.
The proceedings opened in the front
yard under the spreading branches ofthe
stately old pines. The minutes of the
previous meeting we're read and ap-
proved and the following letter pre-
sented from S. H. Rockhill, now So
journing in Los Angeles,w who had written
to the society on the theme "Lo Angeles
and the Lesson She Teaches"
THE LETTER.
To Stark County Horticultural So
ciety:-On arriving at Los Angeles one
of the first sights that greets the visitor
is large real estate bulletin board on
which is painted in glaring letters,
Population of Los Angeles A. D. 1905,
100000" This, Of course, calls to mind
the old saw about Counting chickens
before they are hatched" and yet, it is
safe to predict that if good fertile eggs
are properly put under a hen and she
ssets" well, there will be chickens
hatched corresponding somewhat to the
number of eggs. And so, taking the
growth of Los Angeles in the past, and
the incentives to growth in the future,
there seems to be reasonable grounds
for the above prediction.
If review of the elements of growth
which are destined to make to make
Los Angeles county and city the greatest
on the western slope of the American
continent shall serve to arouse ou1
people to an effort to make Molly Stark
and her capital city the greatest county
and city in the Buckeye state, the object
and aim of this letter will have been &C.
complished.
Los Angeles has three principal ele-
ments on which the growth of county
and city depends:
First, soil and her agricultural, horti,
cultural and mineral wealth.
Second, her climate.
Third, the devotion and persistent
energy with which the Los Angelesier-
man, woman and child, keeps the first
two elements of growth before the Wis
itor and the world.
How about the soil? With proper ir-
rigation it is very productive; without
most of would be comparatively worth,
less. Properly irrigated and titled the
crops of fruit and vegetables are marvel
Gus. But with all that, if agriculture OF
horticulture were the only available oc.
cupation or the only inducement to come
here, it would be idiocy for Plain town,
ship farmer to move to Los Angeles
county. True, the ever increasing popu
lation of the city will always demand ad
ditional farmers and gardeners; but the
gardening is mostly done by Cinnamon,
who are willing to work longer hours
and at less compensation than native
American is willing to do. While many
who come here for the benefit of theii
health will prefer to live on a fruit ranch
where they can earn part of livelihood
that branch of horticulture will be repre-
sented by many Americans, and the
gardening proper will be left to the
Chinese. So that while the Californian
may boast of the fruits and flowers that
bloom and ripen the year round, this
alone, would not of itself be a sufficient
excuse for building a great city here.
thousand counties inthe Mississippi val
ley furnish better.
But my second element of growth is the
one on which the Los Angelese hang "all
the law and the prophets" and the
profits as well. How do you like oni