Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-10-11
CALIFORNIA; SPLENDID SHOWING
AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

Following is an extract from Il 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. 1t 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 10th, 1900
The panorama picture OF the Mariposa
togra piers, to be the most wonderful pho
tosraphic reproduction that has ever been
made. Only yesterday Committee rep
ISOLATION Of France. to the number of fiji
teen. visited the office. They were in
charge Of their President. who is the
largest individual fruit grower in the
Republic. They came here to get an illus
tration OF the industrial and climatic con-
ditions under which our fruit lie, Is gr nS
acter OF our climate, and by pictures and
illustrations showed them that we had
full crop every year; that our danger 1 was
had We missed two crops IN succession
from any cause. You will scarcely un-
tervew until it is explained that this
Fruit Growing Association practices fruit
culture in two ways wall-culture and
designations). The outdoor cultivation Of
fruit in France is extra hazardous and is
fast being superseded by the artificial
means OF wall and glass.
The gentlemen who were here yester-
day explained that the most profitable
cultivation was that wherein all the fac
tors OF success were in the hands OF the
cutivator. l have used this argument
many times for the promotion Of the policy
Of irrigation. have said that when the
o{et,, 1,a led Infh Wit ref.
erencs to moisture and drainage. civilized
culture Will have been achieved: that at
where natural conditions are depended
upon and are not under the control OF
man. the cultivation has not risen to the
dignity OF an art. Its main factors are at
When ] explained, however. the condi-
tions under which fruit was grown in
conditions in California are as nearly per-
feet for the production Of fruit, as it is
possible to be. and that at all events
there are economies with US which will
give us the fruit markets Of the world.
You may accept thi s,h e1neuSioh as dem
here. California is hereafter to be the
orchard OF the world, for reasons which
will be more easily made apparent in a
personal interview.
The, reason for the fo1regoing narration
J, will now present: We had exhausted
fruits. the pineappes, the dates, the
prunes, the peaches. the pears. the APP
plies, 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 in which
they could get a good view Of the pam
| Drama OF the great tree grove. | have
never heard more genuine expressions OF
surprise and admiration. The President
OF the Associa ton. man Of fine mentality
and dignity of character. said, through the
interpreter TO me. that the picture was
the most beautiful presentation of for
the most beautiful of any that had ever
been shown abroad. The forest as eH-
pressed in that picture is infinitely .ssu-
perior to any forestry expression possible
here. The largest pine tree l saw in Ger
many less than twenty-four inches
in diameter, and not to exceed scventy-five
or eighty feet high. After what had
told them Of the favorng conditions OF
the heart Of one Of our greatest forests
by the best representa- ton which can BE-
adequate conception of how it broadened
mad shown them panorama pictures pic
lures of prune orchards in bloom, pic
lures of orchards. one Of which is most
marvellous presen tation, the panorama
itself being six feet by fourteen inches
of prune orchard. We had shown them
twenty-one square miles in one panorama
of fruit orchard in Naca Valley. We had
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
the greatest trees that grow in the State.
conferred uron the entire exhibit proba-
bility ard confirmation.
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