THE PIONEER IN THE RAISIN INDUSTRY. 



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called out opposition from Lakeport edi- 

 tors who supposed their interests were in 

 danger. Some of their leading men dis- 

 cussed the subject with him personally 

 and learned that it was no more harmful 

 to them to have Yolo use the water power 

 from Cache Creek canyon than to breathe 

 the zephyrs that had once fanned their 

 native Switzerland. 



AN ABUNDANT WATEK SUPPLY. 



Clear Lake has an available water supply 

 of 435, 360 acre-feet with 1, 200 foot fall be- 

 tween its outlet and entry to Cupay Valley 

 at Eumsey. The watershed of the canyon 



sation which would release their capital 

 for other investments and enhance value 

 of their remaining property. 



Present and prospective prices of wheat 

 offer little inducement to extend that in- 

 dustry and the decreasing fertility of the 

 soil shows effect of steady cropping. 



Water brings alfalfa. That dives deep 

 into the subsoil and reaches into the air 

 for its nourishment and restores the 

 humus to the soil. Irrigation will also 

 introduce the varied industries of inten- 

 sive farming and make small holdings 

 profitable under conditions where no crop 

 is lost and no stock goes hungry. 



TWIN CITY FRUIT AUCTION ROOM AT ST. PAUL, MINN. 



is more than that of the lake and after 

 a liberal allowance for losses there remains 

 115,463 horse power. Estimating the 

 value of this at 10 per cent of the cost of 

 wood or coal to generate like power gives 

 an annual rental value of $731,945 

 provided all could be utilized. 



To accomplish this Dr. Blowers sug- 

 gested the formation of a Wright-District 

 to irrigate some 300,000 acres and also to 

 develop and distribute the water power. 

 Certain vested rights of present ditch 

 owners are opposed to this but the sug- 

 gestion contemplated reasonable compen- 



In the last ten years, statistics showed 

 that Fresno County, Cal., alone, had 

 gained more in population than the whole 

 Sacramento Valley and it was because of 

 irrigation and intensive farming. 



By distributing the water power from 

 Cache Creek canyon by electric trans- 

 mission over the farms of Yolo it could be 

 made to do a great part of the work now 

 done by horses. In that case it was esti- 

 mated that one-third the land, the part now 

 necessary for sustaining the animals that 

 do the work would be available for the 

 support of human life. At that rate 



