Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-16
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
here R. II. Greene Spent His Sum-
mer Vacation.

X. II. Greene mas returned IIoIl q
five weeks visit in California most OF
which was spent at Eureka and ada
cent points in Humboldt county He IS
looking well and feeling greatly re-
freshed Tor the outing. He brings
pleasing reports from all the former
Phoenicians who are now living there,
all prosperous. healthy and happy. Jim
Griffin who left here on account of
asthma is enjoying the best of health
having never suffered an attack since
leaving here though the climate is not
one that an asthmatic would usually
seek He has a good position and is
prosperous.
B. F. Porter who left here through
promotion to wider field of activity.
it will be remembered, has suffered
from asthma for many years whenever
he visited southern California or any
moist climate. though his health was
always good here. Mr.. Greene says
that since going TO Eureka Mr.. Porter
has only suffered one attack of asthma
and that was 4 very slight one He is
now in the best of health and rs busy
as a bee in the management of the
Eel river railroad which is extending
it's lines and enjoying Il rapidly grow
ing business He put Mr.. Greene on
The cars and sent him up into the lum-
Der country TO see what men and ma
chinery can do 10 redwood trees 7.
w. Hine, he says, has made Il nice lit
tie fortune buying and selling timber
lands and now does business from the
deck of an automobile. Incidentally he
IS running shingle mill as a side line
and TO a good profit.
Another AriZOnian was met in the
person of Ira P. Smith who was found
at Scotia. lumber town on the Eel
river railroad. It, is the site of the
biggest lumber mill in California and
it is owned by brother of Mr.. Smith
who has a position of responsibility
and trust with the company. He is Il
thorough lumber man, having been as
scciated with the same company be
fore coming to Arizona. He is pros
porous and happy and like the others
mentioned is enjoying good health. The
big MILL says Mr.. Greene. employs
about 100 men and turns out coo
feet of lumber per day. Some idea of
the size of the redwoods can be gained
when it is stated that from a single
tree on one occasion 50. 900 feet of lum-
her was cut. valued at $500. Timber
lands have advanced 500 to 400 per cent.
in the last four years and many have
grown rich buying and selling while
others have made lots of money in the
mills.
Aside from lumber the most import
ant product of the county is from the
dairy. Over 50. 0O0, 600 worth of butter
was shipped last year from the port OF
Eureka. The dairy interests, however,
are confined to a small area in the
vicinity of FernGale, a town of 1900.
Lands there are worth from $500 T.
$500 per acre Tor the raising of red
clover for dairy COWS. About $4,000
monthly is paid out in Ferndale for
butter fat.
The entire county is enjoying the
grea test prosperity and has for years.
though cut off from the outside world
except by boat communication and an
overland stage line. 1t is one of the
few counties in the United States that
has positively no bonded Indebtedness.
= The town of Eureka has bonded debt
of only $4,000. assumed recently for
the building of school houses and a
sewer system. The streets in the bust
ness portion are Of asphalt as are the
sidewalks, and further out there are
good board walks everywhere. The
people OF the county literally has more
iHOIty since the DOOli III lullDel IMAM
they know what to do with or where
to invest locally. The Bank of Eureka
with a capital stock of only 0.000.
has call deposits amounting to $1.20O0O0
on which no interest is paid. 1t also
conducts a savings bank department in
which there is now half d million of
deposits. only a part of which draws
interest. There are about 5000 men
employed in the mills of that section
all receiving from $50 to 800 per month
and board