The San Francisco call., 1910-08-13
HONE SEEKERS TURNING
STEPS TO CALIFORNIA
Great Migration TO ths Sacramento Vail
Is Being Brought About by
Enterprise and Publicity
By ARTHUR DAVIES

70 the man we'll versed in the cutting
up and sale of large tracts of agricul-
tural lands, especially to the man or
ganizing and guiding the publicity of
such an enterprise, the initial and chief
problem is the source OF supply from
which he can gather in his human,
agricultural material in the shape of
the home seeker filed with the impetus
of land hunger. IL is of paramount i'm
portance that his shot and she'll of pub
l1city should be aimed and fired along
the line of some well known stream of
immigration orsmigration
Heretofore, two broad rivers of mi
grating land seekers have been visible
and clearly defined setting westward
north = with Spokane and Seattle
as its objective; the other, south
with Los Angeles and southern Cali
fornia as a distributing center.
Within the past few years another
stream, rapidly acquiring the impetus
and dimensions of a human river has
been added to the list-a stream par
TALLY direct and partially augmented
by the overflow from the northern and
southern streams-this stream runs into
Oregon with Portland as it's distribut-
ing point
The impetus creating these streams
is land hunger-the magnet directing
their course is undoubtedly the splen-
did publicity work published and dis
trfbuted by the localities mentioned, as
unities and by their real estate men as
individuals. The four cities mentioned
have long since recognized that the
growth of a city depends on the settle
ment of the adjacent country"
Until a week ago, no stream of home
seekers. worthy of being called a
stream, ran directly toward central CAL
ifornia. Only a trickling few spas
medically percolated through this vast
was content to pick up the. crumbs that
fell from her more enterprising neigh
bors' tables.
Sunday last-a good day for such a
good deed-the first flow of a new
stream poured into the Sacramento val
ley-a stream which is bound TO grow
and rapidly acquire the dimension of a
will enrich not only central California,
Sacramento and San Francisco, but also
the whole state of California.
1t consisted of picked home seekers
men of energy, of great agricultural
experience, and of capital They were
gathered together in the farming dis
tricts of the middle west and east.
1n6y We're across the country
in standard Pullman train with all its
comforts.
The directors and officers of the
sacramento Valley irrigation company
met them at Willows and speedily ear
ried them in automobiles and rigs over
the great Kuhn project" 1t was a
case of business first. pleasure after
ward.
There were 125 home seekers all told
a big addition TO the population of
Willows, and a great strain on the
carrying capacity of the autos, but the
oil of. good humor smoothed all diff
culties. and the excellent preparations
made by the kuhn people for the
comfort and entertainment of their
guests turned the business of land
seeking into pleasure.
Some parties tested the land. others
inspected the magnificent irrigation
plant and equipment, all took the
greatest interest in the wonderful crop
results already obtained by settlers who
bought land on the project earlier in
the year. But the pivotal point on
which all this hangs is the fact that
1850 acres of land were sold to men,
bers of this party in 20. 40 and so
acre tracts. Thirty-six of these BUSH
ness agriculturists will return East to