The San Francisco call., 1910-10-11
BANKERS RETURN
FROM long TOUR
Enthusiastic Party of Eastern
Financiers Back After Views
ing Sacramento Valley
Educational Trip Over Reclama-
ton Project and Fertile
Fields Is Success

The bankers, who, as guests of j. S.
and W. 6. Kuhn. have been touring the
Sacramento valley on a trip of inspec-
ton, particularly of the thousands of
acres now being reclaimed by the
kuhns. reached this city last night
after having been on the road since
last Friday. They came into San Fran
might be taken over again. Not a
member of the party felt tired and
every member had words Of praise for
the state and for the hospitality of
the Southern Pacific company and Cen
eral Passenger Agent Horsburgh.
It was a trip of education. Every
man and woman on the trip knows
more today about northern California
than could be CLEANED from 100 text
books. The members of the party al
though all financiers know nearly as
much about agriculture as does the
farmer and yesterday morning at Chico,
when the United States government in
PRODUCTION station was visited, they dis
covered that California was far ahead
of the east in agricultural development.
AUTOMOBILE TRIP
The special train, which was desig-
mated as the Kuhn pilgrimage, visited
all of the Kuhn projects in Glenn, Co
lusa and Sacramento counties Sunday.
Chico was reached late Sunday night
and the train was parked just below
the depot there. The party arose early
in the morning yesterday and en-
barked in automobiles for a visit to
the factory of the Diamond match COM
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Ralph Van Vachten, vice president OF
the Continental commercial national
bank of Chicago, again gave evidence
of his farming knowledge, and through
him the experiments of transplanting
and grating of plants were explained
to the members of the party. Expert
ments will soon be started in the east.
the women of the party taking many
of the rare bulbs. A visit was also
made to the ranch of the late General
Bidweil, and it was with much diff
Guilty that the members of the party
were induced to come TO San Francisco.
A short stop was made at MarysVille
and a stop of a. half hour at Roseville,
where the party inspected the pre-
cooling and icing plant of the Pacific
fruit express company. There they
walked from the hot sun into the large
icing room, where the temperature was
found to be several degrees below zero.
At Sacramento George Peltier, banker
of that city, and John c. Stone of the
Southern Pacific company met the party
and whisked them through the town
and over the state capitol grounds in
automobiles.
THANK HORsBURGH
After the special pulled out of Sac
ramento the male portion of the party
gathered in the dampest compartment
of the observation buffet car and unan-
imously passed resolution declaring
James Horsburgh Jr., general passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, to
be the best booster for California, not
excluding Los Angeles boosters. A
memorial was drafted to Horsburgh
and the Southern Pacific passenger de-
partment, and today 1t will be pre-
sented to Horsburgh with much cere-
mony, as an appreciation of the hard
work and Of his untiring efforts 10
show the bankers California.
A similar vote of appreciation was
also rendered to A. B. MacCaughey,
western manager for ]. S. & w. $.
Kuhn, but MacCaughey declined. ask
ing that all the thanks be given to
the railroad and its officials. The
members of the party are registered
at the ST. Francis and Palace hotels.