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Show THE GOLDEN WEST A Lehi man in Sacramento. Sacra-mento. A VISIT TO THE ORCHARDS Some g03(l lessons in crowing fruit. Editor Ilil Itauuer, Dear Sir: Aicoidiug to promise 1 jot down a few items that may h? of Interest Inter-est to your renders at home. I have been laboring In San Francisco and Sue-ramento Sue-ramento and am now out her lu the foot-hills ol the SUrra Nivadas. I shall not attempt to say nnythlng about San Fiauciico as that has been written up so often hnt will say a little about the capital, Sacramento, built just below where tho American river empties into the Sacramento rivor. It has steam boat communication all the time with the upland towns ns well ns below to Fort Costa, Stockton, Ileuecin and tan Francisco. At this time of tho year slilp, Ing is ory lienvy. A few days since I saw a small steamoi toning two grain barges down the river eaeh one carrying 12,500 racks of nlieat, 25,00( sacks of wheat was quito a sight. Every day you can sco barges coming down loaded grain, fruit, hides, oie, etc. A fruit train leaven hero every night for New York and ilia eastern cities and England. This city contains 30,000 people peo-ple 700 saloons and corner groceries and yet it h the most peaceful city I ever saw. I belieo 0 pollcoouday shifts is alt mid tho same number at night. The Capitol building Is one of tlie finest in the Union built similar to the one at Washington but smaller It is surrounded surroun-ded by beautiful grounds con-red with nil kinds of Honors, shrubbery, palms, magnolias, eucalyptus, and other trees It makes n lovely spot where peoplo can go and siton the grassy tciraces and cool off when tho thermometer is up, to from fiO to 112, as it was last month, ljero is a largo fice library where cu can go and read any time from 9 till 1 books on any subject yiu may want. It has a fine plerc of statuary in the large hall beneath the demo. It is tho gift ol D. O. Mills and valued at 12o000 weighs 8 ton having been cijiJtom -;iii-M.tUrtiii.rM iretgnlng 7 ton. It represents Queen Isabella sitting in a chrlr in tier robes of ctnta holding out her ntinrgof pearls nnd offering her jewelry to pay tho expenses of tho trip. Columbus Is shown kneeling by her sido holding a globo in lit hand showing show-ing the world is round, A. page is kneeling kneel-ing and seeming vory interested. This is said to be tho finest piece of statuary lu tho United Htates. Then there is Mre, Crocker's art gallery which is very Que, A lino Cathol'c Cathedral and severnl churches. Tho stores and public buildings are not Tcry high bcauso of earthquakes. The country surrounding the city m very piotty. Among other places 1 visited was a pear orchard e 125 acres, a melon p ttch about a mile rcjuure auduii) amount of vineyards 1 want to s.iy n little about the fruit business 1 ere. No wonder California has a good name for fruit for tney i ill ship only the very beet, the est Is told Hi home In Ilia local markets Yotcnhiy 1 Uitcd tho 50 acre oichmd of Mr. lsug Lee tvho Ii n Chinvto uiei-chuut uiei-chuut In the first place they liac the trscH trimmed to the blanches hang low mid ciii bo reached from a chair or box. Every peach is wr.tpp"d In paper and paekid. ll one Is the least tut brui'Cd , I it is put 111 nuolhei box for a.ilo at home I or it not sold it ii cut in two nnd put unttotlryln low Hit boxes Ijg feet crpiare find di lid In (lie sun fur nboul S dajs wlun it Is put in i small frame hoiue and allowed to dry slowly in the eUndo thcieby holding both its flavin ami color Utah should lake a Icsou on fruit glowing. You tee no fruit go-i go-i ig to waste hem for nil is picked up suited mid si'ld according to grade. lVaiH and plums are not wrapped Inn paper lnd unci them. Under the trees they mite vegetables. No wonder tho Chinese out here aro tleJi for they work hard, sae ami waste nothing. T. F. Thank |