The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 16, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1903 RESOURCES OF GREAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENGAGE EARNEST NTION OF MEN OF PUBLIC SPIRIT, WHO TELL OF HER RICHES ATTE Splendid Future| Is Assured by Conditions. Many Factors| Point the Way to Pursue. RE than ever before the splendid future of the pro- ive resources of Califor- nia is seen by all careful ob- servers. It is the purpose of 1 to direct attention as largely poesible to such resources. The | f a series of pages is presented which, it is confidently morning, ill serve to advertise Califor- a abroad and stimulate activity and terest at home large amount of space that red to do justice to a large sub- e req is not grudged. It is given fre the good of the gommonweaith of that there € »se exceptional faci with the ma w at the indus- a—and by this se agencies that San Fran- d the ssessed ut the s PURPOSE IS INDICATED. great the Golden years of h ets se ports of moving the new prospect for Califor- eated soon by an intel er of prominence. So surel through the Isthmus of the canal Panama to open great possibilities for all dwellers on the Pacific Coast and E for Californiz, that earnest t irected tc measure of ce to all markets will be | shortened water by thousands of Jes for all agricultural and other pro- ts of t 5 Perhaps e more | considera- | portant n that, table man | this the x i sits in the Presidential chair shall e succeeded In g the Panama an actuality, the day of high £ ght rates between California and all other parts of the world must fall in | th directions to meet the lower cost | nd profit needed for sea carriage of | eights. There will be no breaking of | ,rgoes on through voyages; there will | 1it to competition in the carry- | ng trade. Take the chart and figure out great | ing and it will readily ap- 2t the shortest distance to the the Atlantic Coast, via the canal, will be by way of San ancis As the raw and manufac- | red products of California will be | movement to market, so aterials that are not found | ential to manufacturing | be transported hither at | cost. | se of populaticn on the | d especially in Cali-| next few years is inevita- | materials me in| port of San Francisco | ed to the interior at| rat ageous as those that | have been gi to faclitate the move- | ments of we ound freights. manu- facturing will greatly advance here. MAKXING TRADE FIELD. Irrigation in Nevada, irrigation and P . conservation of water in California d the preservation of the forests on slopes of the Sierra will turn to ing acres large areas that are now semi-arid or compiletely so. The people who will populate the lands will fur- tish a home demand such as primarily ~“ | attention that space e SORTING PRUNES BY MACHMN= SAN JO AGUIN VALLES ~ Filcher Ascribes Reasons for Success. BY J. A. FILCHER. s been one favorable to Wheat and oth- good have rices. p re Coast the way our sea- ters. ch condition cities has b S the ughout the vear 1p opens ns. The ra c g down gradu- :bsorbed by the earth hed all summer, will ation and give new life to th start the farmers to preparing their g the seed for an- the conditions as a whole this State, there seems of which we have any are active and general health of the Busi e are being in- general march of the ns but in its entire s so thriving. al considerati r The Call by spe rs wh ow whereof they speak. The possibilities of the Sacramento and § Joaqu r irrigation is a d. Special writers subjects of mines , of electrical de- the to the manufac- store for , power, the key g era that destiny has in fornia Jligent men see that in the pres- »n of the forests of the Pacific Coast means not only conservation of water supplies, but also keeping timber 1gh always for home uses and for home building of a great people. restry has become a scienc F ing the attention of a great part of the wc cut trees judiciously pre- serves the forests. The thinning out process, the elimination of cead trees n against exteusi and ive forest fires has been as a precauti recognized as n removed from the pians of the parties who denude the land of all timber of commercial value and then burn the lands over as not to be spoken of as at all similar in import. The National Government is taking an active part in formulating a p for the preserva- tion of the forest stroy the timber supply nor yet de- prive the people of the use of such tim- ber as may be needed. This theme is capable of wide treatment and it will receive, at eompetent hands, all the will permit and public interest demands’ These are some of the general topics that induce The Call to provide for giv- ing to the public such information on material matters relating especially to the welfare of California as may prove of profit. The growth of cities and the lices of development along which they are moving are of no less interest. Writers will treat of the cities. The extension of municipalities furnishes a sure index to the general growth of the prosperity of the country surrounding them, and especially is this true in the great agricultural State of California. Cities have their problems that are of interest to smaller communities. In these problems is often immediately in- volved the question of prosperity in a marked degree. Fortunately there are organizations in the California cities and towns competent to supply and al- ways willing to give information con- cerning all good citizens. MATTERS. IN DETAIL. While The Call has it in view to cob. vey in its series of articles general in- formation relative to the general ad- vancement of industries as an entity, no less is it intended to record the ad- vance of the units that make up the Continued on Page 7, Column 4. cago and other great Eastern | engag- | is #® far | s, such as will not de- | | ) : , | ASPARAQLUS BED SATRATTENT —— THAT ARE ED. CRISTIC SCENES ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE METHODS PURSUED IN SOME OF THE INDUSTRIES ARE THRIVING IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS AND THAT CONTAIN PROMISES OF W CONCER) LTH TO | I IX'.\H"_ILUT COUNTY, the north boundary of which is less than forty miles from the Oregon i line, is over 100 miles in length | from north to south, and has an aver- |age width of thirty-five miles. In square miles its area is 350%. and in acres ,480. Fully one-half this ter- ritory is covered by forest, 475,000 acres of h ig redwood. i | With the above facts vouched for, | otherwise well-informed people fre- quently ask: “Is there room and in- { ducement to invite any considerable addition to the present population?” One who knows the county familiarly its length and width, with its par- lly developed resources, could make this candid answer: “Under favorable conditions and with the promised coming of a not far distant new era in existence, there is room and induce- | ment for five persons where there is one now, and that without objection- able congestion.” | In all this vast extent of territory, | there is only a small quota that will | not produce abundant crops with minimum effort and without irrigation. Land that has been denuded of red- wood timber will, with ordinary prepa- {ration and care, produce abundant | crops of clover, fruit. grain and vegeta- | bles, and this land can now be secured at a much lower price than land in the | great agricultural valleys where irri- | gation is required to insure crops. IN THREE DIVISIONS. | Reference to Humboldt County can | be made more instructive and compre- hensive by breaking the territory into three divisions, the first including that portion between the Mendocino line |and the mouth of Eel River—the line of township 3 north; the second from such line to the south limit of Trinidad, Klamath and Orleans townships, and { the third from that line to the south | boundary of Del Norte and Siskiyou counties. Commencing at the Mendocino line | the southern division is paralleled di- agonally from southeast to northwest by the Chemise, Rainbow and Cooskie Mountain ranges throughout its entire | length of nearly fifty miles. This divis- | fon is admirably watered by four prom- | inent streams — the Mattole River, | South Fork and main Bel River and | Larrabee Creek —and their scores of | tributaries, These streams, except the | last named, have their sources in Men—y docino County, and all carry a con- | siderable volume of water throughout | the summer months. A feature of this { @ivision is that along the eighteen miles or more of coast line, from Sheiter Cove |to the mouth of the Mattole River, | thirteen streams flow from the Cooskie | Range to the sea. Dobbyn Creek and the south fork |of Van Duzen River are also promi- | nent streams in the eastern portion. In short, the water supply is equivalent to any natural demand in the interest of many times the present population, and wherever water is found fuel wood as well as merchantable timber exists in abundance. West of Bear River and Rainbow ridges the surface is un- dulating, often abrupt, and is chiefly devoted to grazing. Generally the ter- ritory east of the South Fork to the Trinity line is given over to stock raising, though a great portion of this range land is admirably adapted for grain growing and orchard purposes. The Woods ranch of some 15,000 acres, now owned by James W. Henderson of Eureka and extending from Garberville into Mendocino County, has testified in this behalf for many years. In Eu- BY DAVID. E. GORDON. Ih\:n-}reds of tons of winter apples an- nually, it is agreed that fruit grown in the valleys of the Mattole, South Fork, Eel and Van Duzen rivers ex- cels in size, firmness and flavor. vet Mattole orchards are a two da | haul from a sea shipping point, al- . ; i though a combined effort is now being | made for provision of such convenience at or near the mouth of Mattole Riv- er. OUTCROPPINGS OF OIL. The many fine showings of petroleum of rare quality in Mattole Valley and near Briceland and Garberville have not ceased to attract attention and. a disposition to renew development work on the north - fork of that stream (where the well on the Wild Goose lo- cation, on which work was suspended early in the year, shows 130 feet of oil) it at this time manifested by San | Francisco capitalists. The new bark reduction plant of “the Wagner Tan- ning Company of Stockton, near Brice- land, is proving to be a paying venture | | and one which will continue to be util- ydzed until the supply of tanbark oak ‘ln southern and southeastern Hum- | boldt is exhausted. It may be news to some readers to learn that a “cased in” oil well at Briceland, on which work was suspend- | ed some yeats ago, is now supplying | the natural gas with which that little town is lighted and heated and that | the supply grows stronger instead of | diminishing. Excellent samples of coal | have been found in several locations | along the South Fork and an asphalt | deposit is known to exist a few miles from Petrolia. | The entire eastern portion of this di- | vision is included in the South Fork |and Van Duzen townships. In the lat- |ter is the famed Fort Baker stock range of some 30,000 acres, owned by the es- | tate of Honorable Joseph Russ and Robert Porter of Eureka, as well as the |extensive McClellan and Dinsmore | ranges and others of less note. With | the almost certainty of close-coming | railroad communication with the out- | side world it may not be hazardous to predict that the population of this southern division of Humboldt County | will at least be doubled within the next | ten years. The locations for hundreds | of happy, prosperous homes are there, happen to induce and something will their occupancy. THE BUTTER PRODUCERS. The productive Eel River Valley is entirely included in this division, and it with the Bear River and Cape Men- docino ridges are the principal butter producing localities at the present time. The export dairy product of the county in 1899 amounted to $1,131,055, and of meats, lard, tallow and hides to $317,145. It is safe to say that by far the largest proportion of these products Icome from the three localities above stated. The Eel River salmon fisheries are a source of large annual income, thanks to the presence of an admirably conducted State fish hatchery. The lumber and planing mills of Scotia, Fortunas and Newburg are large pro- ducers, and a score of active ingle mills help to swell the export trade of this portion of the county. The greater portion of the large annual shipment of Humboldt winter apples, always in ac- tive demand in the southern coast citles, are grown south of Table Bluff. This demand is established simply be- cause wormy apples are never found in Humboldt shipments. | Taking as the starting point of the second division the line of Township Three North, with the south boundary line of Trinidad, Klamath and Orleans townships as the north limit, gives a reka, which is the shipping point of | strip of central county territory twenty | 'Wealth and Advantages of Humboldt County Are Set Forth in an Interesting Paper. miles from north to scuth and thirty- HEAD OF TIDEWATE R NAN I AT IO =7 five miles from the ocean to the Trin- ity line. one-third the territo; Though only containing about | included in the | north and south divisions, it is by far | the most populous, the city of Eureka and ‘town. of Arcata limit. water, Jacoby Creek and Mad Riv | find their way to Humboldt Bay or the | ocean within this division, the latt streami traversing it throughout fro the east county boundary to its mout! three miles north of Humboldt Bay. has a number of important tributaries, | all of which head in the South Fork | mountain range, while the south fork pf Trinity River is the recognized eastefn boundary of the division and county. In this central portion point of Table Bluff to Yager Creel and in the Salmon Creek and Buck- port sections, south of Eureka, and along the bay shore from Ryan Slough | to Arcata, and beyond that Mad River on the north. town To this will in the near future be added more than 1000 acres between Bay and |Table Biuff, including a great portion of | the marsh land in the “Boutto Bay” section, as a result of a recent conces- the entrance to Humboldt sion of the War Department to the e tate of the late Joseph Russ. REDWOOD TIMBER BELT. A peculizrity of the redwood timb beit may be noted here. Virtually runs out when the Bridgeville ciossing is reached. And while it extends to Mad River al- of the Van Duzen River most from its mouth to the headwafs of Lawrence Creek, some twenty ?mef inland, in broken sections, but litt! redwood is found on the east side that stream for many miles. Heavil timbered with this species as was the | west slope of Bald Mountain, on the north side of that stream it is not found when the old Major Lupton place, mid- way between Blue Lake and Redwood Creek, is reached. Yet along the north north of Bald Mountain, an almost solid belt of red- wood for many miles is standing to- fork of Mad River, day. Between the redwood belt and the South Fork Mountain the territory is almost entirely given over to grazing and the same rule follows purposes, east of the last named range. The extreme northeast portien of this division, including the valley of the Trinity River for a half dozen miles, is the entrance to Humboldt County’s mining domain, in which a gold harvest has been reaped continuously for fifty years. Most of this mineral territory was acquired through the disorganiza- tion of old Klamath County nearly thirty years ago. The deposits a mainly of the high gravel class, though gold is often found in paying quantity In years | in the river banks and bars. agone the Chinese Flat mining distri contributed materially to the gold pro- | duct of Northern California. Forty years ago Trinity River was lined with miners throughout the last fifty miles of its course. Everywhere along the west and north sides of that stream the high benches show the pres- ence of gold in paying gquantity. the dairying | interest s largely in evidence—from the | ! The cultivation of small fruits, berries being within the | Salmon Creek, Elk River, Fresh- er er | m h, | It | K, to er it s o8 le of ly | re ct | i the water now flowing idly to the sea was utilized, hundreds of miners would be employed along the lower Trinity River where a score are found to-day. These high deposits exist along Trinity River in Humboldt County from the boundary line to the sotheast line of the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation. Good diggings exist within the reser- vation limits, but there mining is not tolerated by other than the Indian oc- Gmdm/admm'l,enlmna. - e ¥ ar STOSKTON,, 3 Jennings See Sign of General ‘Awakening, S HE surest index of the progress BY RUFUS P. JENNINGS. I the steady increase in production is not to be found in the large averages of a phenomenal year, but rather it is in the steady growing in many sections of the State and the in- crement to average wealth, that tells of substantial advance among the citizens at large. The large addition to our rural popu- lation of a class of citizens who farm on a comparative small scale and who cultivate the land intensively is not only a favorable comment on the char- acter of the productive wealth of Call- fornia’s soil, but it is the most hopeful sign of the capacity of this State to support a great rural population. of the interior of California and | | | Perhaps the clearest indication on the | part of California people to admit and welcome among themselves, settlers from other States, is the dency t)» break up large holdings of land into small tracts so that there may be an opportunity for the man who wishes to cultivate a limited holding. | Of course, every one realizes that there ation to | was for many years an inc keep the land in great blocks, which discouraged or made it impossible for the Eastern farmer to get any consid- erable foothold here. This was partly due to the fact that holdings upon California’s entrance to Union. THE GREAT ELEMENT. This invitation on the part of Cali- fornia to the independent and resource- ful settler of small means is, to my way of thinking, the greatest element in the development of the interior re- gions of this State. It is by peopling the great fertile valleys of the San Joaquin and Sacramento, our irrigated | 3= SIS TS I stretches south of the Tehachepi, our coast counties and valleys of our mountain counties, that California will can be nation or thing which any person, is the finest achieved by State; in other words. to put to good | B use all resources. RETURNS FROM FARMS. Small farms in California have been found to yield large average returns. and vegetables, as well as dairying, poultry and stock raising, etc., is to be encouraged when local conditions are favorable. Large tracts have been sub- divided and are now yielding, under in- telligent cultivation, great average profits per acre. No industry has done more or will do more to develop California than dairying. Conducted on a scale of the present it is of comparatively re- cent origin. amounting in California to upwards of 300,000 acres has encouraged this indus- try, while climatie conditions permit cattle to be pastured throughout the | year without housing, giving favorable contrast to the East, where it Is ner- essary to feed and house cattle through the winter. Indeed there are dairymen who pre- diet that in ten years California will be the chief State in the United States in the export of dairy products. With a growing population and an increasing local demand there has been no serious danger in California of overproduc- tion. In fact the demand for products has been fully sustained, despite the increasing output. ‘When one considers that California is the second largest State in the Union, with a seaboard greater than the entire New England coast, and that it has a population considerably less than two millions, despite its natural resources, a logical reason appears why a desir- able class of peovle should be invited to come to this State. It is not the purpose of any organiza- tion interested in our progress to ob- tain an unwilling settler; the idea is more to choose from the vast resources present in this State what will most suit the individual ADVERTISING RESOURCES. It is largely due to the special ad- vertising of California’s fndustries that persons who have been previously en- gaged in those industries elsewhere take up similar callings in California and pursue them satisfactorily. If a man wishes to go into pouitry raising, we have In our interior section ad- mirably adapted to that industry. If he wishes to engage in small farming we can suit him. “If he wishes to en- gage in dairying there are many sec- tions where he will not make a mistake.’ The same rule holds true of many in- Gustries. If a man is settled right he becomes a tax producer and contributes, not only to his own wealth, but to the wealth of every one in the State. If the settler is not satisfactorily located he becomes a tax consumer. For this rea- son the resources of California will not be of advantage to the settler unless he is well placed, nor will he be a factor in the development of the State un- less he produces as well as consumes. ‘The warm encouragement given to all classes of producers on the part of Cal- the fertile grass | A large acreage of alfalfa | growing ten- | were | conducted through larze Spanish grants confirmed | claimed o the | very rich, that something like ; | yield the greatest of | which she is capable. This, to my mind, | 18 | great advantages. Local Historians Tell of Great Valley. -— San d(;aquin Rich in Soil and Products. ERCHANTS, ma a farmers, educators u prominent in the stir of San Joaquin County have co-operated to make ex- cellent showing for their hom unty through the agency of a 1 edition of the Stockton Independsnt. Many pages could be filled with the details. Some illustrative paragraphs point out the fact that San Joaquin unty has For ins F.J Dietrich writes that the coun® in the very center of the great Interior valley of California anad midway be- tween the Pacific Ocean and the Ne- vada State line offers the best possible ce, advantages to the farmer, the fru raiser, the vineyardist, dai an or manufacturer. Productive so a mild climate, a rainfall averaging scmething over fifteen inches, cheap transporta- tion and nearness to good markets form the basis of the county’s prospe J. P. Lippincott of the United States Geological Survey calls attention to the fact that San Joaquin C F is trav- ersed by four the Mokelumne, Calaveras. Mr. rivers the Lippi the San Joaquin, tanislav and the be perfect. 1 seldom found in one I has been bountiful with San County, where all the above ¢ are found, with one exception @ Joaguin cipitation is neither sufficient nor distributed. twenty-five inche: P The mean rainfail years precedi During growing 1ths, from May to Oc the rainfall is However, erly the 18 in valleys is the 1a; some of the peaks in t more than 14,000 feet together the climate of which Stockton is the cente exceptional and not only most pe adapted to the industrial need . the health and comfort of its people as well."” Ladd claims that the v how that Stockton healthiest citk in tk Unit Its average death rate, r by from twelve to thir 1006 much lower than that of many pt the State and among the lo PROLIFIC IN CROPS. It is a matter of common that San Joaguin County vegetables, especl ions and beans, ularly noted; that eries are impor succ: ule tal istics 1 per of wool are annually sold ir Stockton, thereby indicating it to be a wool ce ter; that grapes are a leading product and that the county has an area planted vineyards amouating to m than 13,000 acres, of which more than two-thirds has yet to come into bear- ing; that deciduous fruits are a special- ty. Some striking figures ars supplied relative to the n deciduous lows: acreage Peaches, for were in 189, creased in 1 There were 5484 ; in 1903 the There were 48,830 ap year stated: in 3t same kind of tr 2 trees in 1895 trees. There w ing in 1895; in 19 the same trees. There were trees in 1895; in 1903 there are 2114 and 291 lemon trees. There are also 185 non-bearing orange The Assessor's tables also allow 22,742 pear tri 11,146 903 it has 10,140 in e 447 olive trees bear 3 there are 1 3 831 orange 5 almond tr 5214 not yet bearing. There are also 430 bearing walnut trees, with 310 not yet in bearing. The largest orchard in the county de- | voted exelusively to the growing of almonds is that of County Assessor C L. Ortman, located about miles east of Stockton. Mr. Ortn was planted by himself t ago. His crop now amounts to from twenty-five to thir e tons per year, worth from $200 to 0 per ton. This year his crop was about twenty-five tons cents per and the price was 10 1-3 pound, or about $265 per ton. his entire crop yielding him upwards of 35000, or $100 per dcre. year his or rd turned off about $9% as the trees yielded thirty-seven tons and the price was 121 cents, or over $250 per ton. INDUSTRIES OF STOCKTON. A panoramic view is afforded of the industries of Stockton. There are thir- teen grain warehouses in the city, with an aggregate capacity for storage of 175,000 tons. Not all the grain in the county is warehoused. Much of it is shipped directly to San Francisco by boats that load from the/ teams. But a very considerable volumé of both wheat and barley finds its way into the Stock- ton warehouses. The flouring mills of Stockton consume immense quantities of grain. The only window glass factory west Continued on Page 7, Column 4. @i @ ifornfins is responsible for our rapid progress. The constant accession of a permanent class of settlers in the in- terior has insured the lasting and cu- mulative proeperity of those tions. California’s rural importance n i crease. THE ELECTRICAL POWER. The development of electric power whereby the energy furnished by the fall of mountain streams is converted into electrical energy serves in part as a solution of cheap power in California. Until petroleum and electric power were developed it was a serious ques- tion as to whethér manufacturing in- dustries could compete with those of the East where there was an abundanc> of fuel. Now, however, we have fuel and raw material sufficient in most sec- tions to supply power to serve indus- trial enterprises. There is now in the neighborhood of 140,000 horsepower de- veloped in California from mountain streams, and I understand that more than 50,000 horsepower additional is being developed. California’s large import of beef cat- tle, poultry productions, swine and manufactured goods has demonstrated a home market that should be sup- plied from California resources. The effort now being made is to secure the population to develop these resources.