Show I I A TRANSFORMATION AT HAND The Union Record-Union thinks the holding of the national national na- na ional irrigation congress in Sacramento was an inspiration inspiration inspiration in in- which gave gaye a new impetus to that city We condense the article for the benefit of Salt Lake Almost immediately after the close of the congress a city ity and county bond election was held and bonds to the amount of were voted for roads Bridges and public buildings This will mean that very every main road in Sacramento county will be macadamized macadamized macadamized mac mac- from county line to count county line every bridge and culvert on these roads will be of cement steel or stone It means the erection of a new nev courthouse courthouse court- court house and jail A new Dew city hall to cost is isnow isnow isnow now in course of erection That is certainly a hint to Salt Lake county of what should hould be done here for the roads leading away from this city are a disgrace now The Tho irrigation congress was the first national convention convention convention con con- ever held in Sacramento and the way the people prepared for it is worth recounting The They grasped the fact at once that many distinguished men would be present and the other more important important import import- ant fact that what the congress would consider and discuss would be subjects in ever every one of which California California California Cali Cali- fornia has a vital interest so a fund amounting to was raised in the city proper which was equal to 1 for every man woman and child in the city Ten thousand dollars in addition was obtained obtained ob ob- taine J from outside counties and individual The work of promotion extended over eight months and cost with a result that was a satisfaction to all concerned L That Sacramento valley will be a a. very glory of the earth when the waters that flow flaw down through it are utilized and made to give vitality to the soil There is abundance of water the water the thc Sacramento the Feather the Yuba the Bear and the American rivers and ver very man many creeks that are almost rivers The soil is is deep and marvelously rich and the climate makes it possible to raise everything that grows in inthe inthe the temperate and tropical semi zones It with the San Joaquin T valley combined will make a granary such as was the valley of the Nile in the ancient world With the rely new impetus in twenty years cars more the visitor will avid ride over perfectly smooth roads through fields of perennial bloom and there will be more moTe gold taken from the surface every year than was taken in the old days from the gulches ravines and the beds of the streams |