Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-01
CALIFORNIA; SPLENDID SHOWING
AT The PARIS EXPOSITION.

Following is an extract from letter
recently written by Mr.. VIM. II. Mills,
of California, while in Paris in charge
of the Southern Pacific Company's ex-
hibit at the Exposition. It is remark
able for two reasons, first, as evidence
of the great interest which is every
where manifested in that wonderful
State; also for the valuable informa-
ton it contains, and for which it is here
reproduced:
Paris, July 18th. 1900.
The panorama picture OF the Marlposa
Grove is admitted by all, including pho-
tographers. to be the most wonderful pho-
made. only yesterday Committee rep
resenting the greatest Fruit-GroWlng AS
ISOLATION Of France, to the number Of NJ 4,
charge Of their President. who is the
Republic. They came here to get an an NUS nus
traton of the industrial ana Gat rro G1
I explained to them fully the prolific char,
acter of our climate. and by pictures ana
illustrations showed them that we hao a
from overwhelming; that in no instance
had we missed two crops IN succession
from any cause. You will scarcely IN
terview until it is explained that this
Fruit-Growing Association practices fruit
culture in two ways. Wali-culture ana
RESERVATIONS. The outdoor cultivation Of
fruit in France Is extra hazardous ana IS
fast being superseded by the artificial
The q Gentlemen aaru Who were here yester-
day explained that the most profitable
cultivation was that wherein all the fac
tors Of success were IN the bi nanas OF me
many times for the promotion OF the polcy
Of irrigation. I have said that Wnen the
moisture can be controlled, both with rel.
erence to moisture and drainage, civilized
culture will have been achieved; that at
that point only 1t becomes an art; but
where natural conditions are depeI'de e
man the cultivation has not risen to the
dignity of an art. Its main factors are at
the hazard of chance.
lions under which fruit was grown IN
California, it became apparent both to my,
self and my auditors, that the natural
feet for the production Of fruit. as It is
possible to be. and that at all events
there are. economies with us which VIII
give US the fruit ma as
onstrated by our exhibit and observation
here. California Is hereafter to be- the
he of the easy ads IN
personal interview.
The reason for the foregoing narration
WIN nt new 81 Sa EXHIBIT H had shc1E Se
prunes. the peaches. the pears. the ap-
pies, the vegetables In all their varieties
etc.
The day was extremely hot and the in
terview had become monotonous. called
the company into an attitude ~ which
they could get good view Of the pam
Drama of the great tree grove. I have
never heard more genuine expressions OF
surprise and admiration. The President
and dignity of character, said. through the
Interpreter to me. that the picture was
the most beautiful presentation OF a for
been shown abroad. The forest as ex-
pressed in that picture is infinitely SUI
perior to any forestry expression possible
here. The largest pine tree saw In Ger
many was less, than twenty-four inches
or eighty feet high. After what we had
told them of the favoring conditions of
climate and soil, we introduced them into
the heart of one Of our greatest forests
placed upon paper: You can have no no
adequate conception Of how 1t broadened
and dignified and ennobled our State. We
had shown them panorama pictures, pic
lures of prune orchards In bloom, lic.
lures Of orchards one Of which is mast
itself being six feet by fourteen inches
high, and representing five hundred acres
Of prune orchard. We had shown them
twenty-one square miles IN 1o one pa11sam IN
shown them large fruits and large veg.
etables. and all these things had appealed
to them as exceptional. The panorama of
the great forests of California, including
Conferred upon the entire exhibit proba-
bility and confirmation.