| Show RESOURCES OF cay CAI yonnia considerable has been said by the newspapers of california concerning th the tha dull times which have lately prevailed there many ninny causes haye have been assigned for this state of things prominent among which has been the monopoly of large tracts of land by speculators and grant owners who will not part with any portion of their possessions to settlers while there iddon ia considerable sid erable truth in the statement elif eilf that domains of princely extent are held by private individuals still land is not noi so difficult to procure as has been represented at least the editor of the marys maryi ville ap not bot find nd this to b be the c casein ase 6 in the marysville marksville Marys ville district iffy thia suba visited the tha the register legister 0 of the s ti tes tei mn d office ce at Marys ville and examined the maps of a number of townsal ps n that and dhe ethe counties north jhb th elanda already sold and those not yet taken being designated eacho hays tays i i gil gli fy from that there county in thad the district la which large amounts of public land are not open to settlers of course in the more central por portions aved ions tons all the tho choicest lands aff already weady reserved by settler sulu tnt in some bome e atthe townships of the tha moro more counties and in other oiher Q among a niort mhd 6 of the more southern ones the number 0 of f sales and locations are as yet ye very small smail the bulk atthe land and sometimes gy ua th folt foft jolt being ap open en to the thet first comer who chosed chases to lakeit take tako it at the government rates alithe foothill region a if number bf of tind lind oine fine kanches ranches that bayo baye made their owners rio nio j ric it 1 pointed out equally goad goodland land in the immediate vicinity vacant and gna U far the past ten jon years and iLtha litha present time theae themie B sult suit of the conference wa was that gewere we were aei aji assured we annak nowfe tb a any ono who is willingto wil wll lingAo for publia public land an this district in the proper way ddn can mid find it without difficulty and our iana lana land officers erm are willin willing to assist him toche to their ability this Is ithe jho report from one ono aly T butt hb othen other districts hig hid are proby T ty in a gi similar nillar condition the i best beit lands mauds maym mayx ftp yet there are aplenty lenty leuty of excellent excel leno lenc lands remaining siu tit al government fp i prices ribes irhe fahe difficulty iii in call cali California forni heretofore has been been that map men have gone to that country with too tod high expectations the its ils ait alt hhas has readi joithe W I 1 P 0 aa 0 t the e m majority a J 0 rity 0 of f those wh who 0 have hava gone there whether as carifi farmers 1 ers erb mechanics Ia borerS laborers m merchants lawyers or doctors have counted upon apon getting wealthy f things after reaching th there erb 1 did not nol id go to suit them they have in many instance instances si become disgusted with til ali the country and ind haye aved off to 0 other parts the fault U noi not bee been in the country butin buttin theme themselves elves As we passed through that stat state e on our late visit to the tha coash coast with the railroad excursion earty and were whirled over the magnificent central ril Bil road rold across the mighty St sierras erras plunged into the magnificent edt eit forests of timber and rolled through the rich valleys the thought involuntarily arose with the labor of a patient industrious plodding peo pie not too eager after wealth and the blessing of tho the he zord lord what hat i a p paradise ara thi this land might be made the people of utah have changed the ides desert arid and bleak land which they found in the bockx mountains into a garden of JW liness and beauty a joy and an ad admiration m lia lla iia tion to all who visit it but what marvels would they ac had such auch a land as this heen been theirs these arb werd the reflections forced f UP upon usa s in i witnessing twe the tb e wealth of material resources with which california abounds and which are being used with a prodigal profusion that we iii in utah are unused to witnessing california wants population but not the kind of people who go there expect expects ing dilg to 0 find gold lying alyin g around loviei loose she is ia a great magni fi cent resource resources a soil of extraordinary fruitfulness a salubrious mild climate SJ and aud lid iid there is nothing to prevent her if ler aher ier people alake a p raper use of their opportunities from making a very wealth anid annd arid powerful commonwealth being familiar with th the eState state in nearly early days we noticed with greater interest than we probably would otherwise have done the imar improvements which hame have been made within the past hwe twe twelve kyeer or thirteen years san fran cieck bigi ihas hhas expanded surprisingly y her 0 public build building inisher Ing sher stores warehouses private residences and hotels would do credit edit to the theol dest deat city an n the conti nf they ahoy tar lar bre are magnificent ill lii i when hier tier age is considered deneui surprised eit fit the immense amount of capital ha the erection of buildings and the or creation e atlon bf great ally her hospitality s princely as ibb the excursion ex cursio arty which we accompanied had substantial reasons for believing but through the count country ry outside of the edtill cities the improvements were not s so 0 8 striking ihl kj n g our progress in utah I 1 so f far ar as ag farms gardens orchards and dwellings ard are concerned co compare M favorably with nith those in the sections secre through which we passed weh we are re fully convinced con vinced that the homes of the thid farmers farmos and workingmen working men 0 of utah are if any anything pu sil perlor superior and homelike than thau thoe of the ale ule cl class L ss in california in ift fact we returned from gur visit bettey better pleased with utah haut hatt av over ever before 4 |
