The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-03
Paragraphs From Press Of California
Show the Progress Of the State

Lasting and inestimable benefits of
water transportation upon the Mokel-
umne River from the Galt-Newhope
bridge to Newhope landing has been
ACCOMPLISHED through the efforts or the
State Board of Public Works rem
miles of the river that was 1mpassaple
even for small rowboats is now navl-
gable for river steamers, ana al .ne
crops heretofore carried overland are
now moved bv water at greatly re-
duced rates Two years ago the farm
ers and property-ownersl living IN the
section near the Mokelumne River
banded together and made up S3o,oVV
which they turned over to the BOARD Oh
Public Works to expend in clearing the
river channel and protecting the potion
land from the encroachments or the
overflow during high water. The state
added to this amount enough money 10
bring the fund up to $4,000. Ihen
State Engineer NJ. A. Nurse went about
the work, assisted by his corps or en-
eineers. BY the cooperation or the
State and local interests the river has
been improved and the tidal range en-
larged and extended. Transportation
facilities are now provided throughout
ten miles of the river channel that was
! completely blocked by snags and sand
bars AS the result of this work
broad area of land estimated at $4,000
| acres has been redeemed and made safe
! from overflow under normal conditions
Sacramento Union.
| The Pacific Sugar Construction Com
tpany, after showing it's good faith by
erecting a s1,5O0,0oO sugar factory at
| Hamilton City, has sent it's representa-
tives into this county to interest the
| landowners in beet raising. The
sugar company proposes to contract for
! three years for 1900 acres of beets at 81
! per ton and % cents additional per ton
! for every / per cent of saccharine mat
! ter over 13 per cent It further agrees
that If the desired acreage is contracted
for, the Shasta Southern Electric Rail
! road will at once be extended via
! Princeton to Colusa, and eventually
| farther south. This electric road will
be ready by August /, 1907. All the
company asks is that sufficient acreage
be planted to beets in order that the
road have a guaranteed amount OF
freight The company will fur
nish the seed in order to assure the
right kind Of beets, at Is cents per
pound, and 1T takes from Is to 20
pounds per acre. 1t will furnish free
an agriculture expert to instruct the
/ farmers how to grow the beets to the
| best advantage, and the help to thin,
| hoe, cultivate and gather the beets.
leaving only sowing to be done by the
| farmer. The cost of all this will be
about $50 per acre.-Red Bluff Peoples
| Cause.
There are all kinds of gardens. The
I old-time garden with its hollyhocks
and sweet williams and sweeter mem
cries: the present day suburban gar
den, with its stiff hedge and smooth
| bit of lawn, where lack of space is the
| principal feature; the great stretches
of landscape gardens that beautify the
estate of millionaires; the municipal
! garden with its shaded paths and in
viting benches-all these strive for
beauty in some expression. But there
is a newer garden, one more up to date
| than any of these, garden where
symmetry counts as naught and where
! the gardener is q government. It's in
\ California. Situated Just on the outside
of the city of Chico, in Butte County, IL
covers eighty acres of fertile valley
/ land. All around 1t are giant oaks fes-
tooned with wild grape vines, and a
deep running creek that borders the
tract adds loneliness to the place. 1t is
a new role for Uncle Sam, but with
characteristic versatility he has manip-
| ulated the hoe and rake as capably
/ as the gun and the pen. There was
need and q very great need for him
| to take UP this line, and though he is
still new at It, he has already proved
| his ability. The value of such
garden can only be demonstrated
with time. 1t is felt, however, that if
only comparatively few of the thou
sands of seeds and plants to be intro
duced and tested prove of real economic
value the objects for which the garden
has been established Will have been at
tanned and the good that will result 20
the agricultural interests of the coun-
| try from such source will more than
repay for the money and effort expend-
ed in it's establishment and -mainte-