The Colfax chronicle., 1900-11-24
SPLENDID sH0wruo
AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION.

- An xA61S GApVSlTlON.
Following is an extract from a 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 il remark
able for twp reasons, first, az evidence
OF the great interest which is every
where manifested in that wonderful
State; also for the valuable informa-
tion it contains, and for which it is here
reproduced:
Paris, July 18th, 1900
The panorama picture OF the Mariposa
tosraphers. to be the most @ wonderful n pho pho-
tographic reproduction that has ever been
made: Only yesterday Committee rep
resenting the greatest Fruit-Growing As
teen. VISITED the ONCE. They were in
charge Of their President, who Is the
largest individual fruit grower in the
tration of the Industrial and climatic con-
dtttons under which our fruit Is grown.
I explained to them fully the prolific char
Illustrations showed them S that ''th we had an
full crop every year: that our danger was
from over-bearing: that In no instance
any Cause You SrUpi % n ncsrcsy un
derstand the intense interest of this In
terview until it is explained that this
dn9nrs TIriserGwins 2, Association practices fruit
cultivating under glass Il forego French
desienations). The outdoor cultivation Of
fruit In France is extra-hazarcous and Is
means OF wall and glass.
The gentlemen who were here yester-
DAY explained that the most profitable
tors Of success were in the hands of the
cultivator. have used this argument
many times for the promotion Of the policy
moisture can be controlled. both with ref
erence to moisture and drainage, civilized
culture viii 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
aeign,ty OF an art. Its main factors are at
When I explained. however, the condi-
lions under which fruit was grown In
California. 1t became apparent both to my
conditions in California are as nearly per-
fect for the production of fruit as It Is
possible to be. and that at all events
give us the fruit markets of the world |
You may accept this conclusion as DEM |
onstrated by our exhibit and observation |
orchard Of the world. for reasons IN " Which |
will be more easily made apparent In q |
personal interview.
The reason for the foregoing narration |
the interest of the exhibit in showing the |
fruits. the pineapples,. the dates, the |
prunes, the peaches. the pears, the ap- |
etc.
The day was extremely hot and the in
terview had become monotonous. called |
the company into an attitude in 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 for
est est ne had ever seen and the forest was
been shown abroad. The forest as ex-
pressed In that picture Is Infinitely SUI
perior to any forestry expression possible
many was less than twenty-four inches
In diameter, and not to exceed seventy-f1ve
or eighty feet high. After what we had
told them OF the favoring conditions Of
The heart of one of our greatest forests
oy the best representation which can be
placed upon paper. You can have no
Ind dIgnined and ennobled our State. We
had shown them panorama pictures, pic
ures OF prune. orchards In bloom, pic
ures Of orchards. one Of which is most
tself being six feet by fourteen inches
iigh, and representing FIVE hundred acres
II prune orchard. We had shown them
y fruit orchard in vaca Valley. We had
hown them large fruits and large veg
tables. and all these things had appealed
% them SEeat as excsptiora The
he greatest trees that grow in the State,
upon the entire exhibit proba.
'ility and confirmation.