Results for Settlers-1904 



HE year 1904 has been an important 

 one for California, in a steadfast, 

 sober way, it has seen the greatest 

 year in the history of the State 

 and the many elements in Califor- 

 nia's progress during the past year 

 work for no class of our citizens 

 more than have those who come 

 to live here upon the small farm, 

 perhaps the most significant feature of Cali- 

 fornia's growth is shown by the colonist movement 

 for the fiscal month from September 15th to Octo- 

 ber 15th, 1904. Almost 30,000 people came on 

 colonist (one way) tickets during this period. As 

 colonist tickets, of course, have no return, almost 

 the entire movement during this period was made 

 up of new settlers. The number of those who 

 took advantage of the colonist rate does not by 

 any means represent the total colonist movement, 

 for many settlers came to the State before the 

 colonist movement had opened and after that date. 

 During the Knights Templar Conclave thousands 

 took advantage of the special rate and the Odd 

 Fellows' celebration was accompanied by a great 

 influx of visitors. 



Among the notable elements in the progress of 

 California during 1904 has been the development 

 of irrigation facilities. In May, 1904, there was 

 celebrated at Modesto, in Stanislaus County, a 

 jubilee commemorating the completion of the 

 Modesto-Turlock systems, or rather system, for 

 the district is practically to be watered by an in- 

 terconnecting set of canals and laterals, which 

 will be capable of supplying water to about 260,- 

 000 acres of land. The Central Irrigation Canal, 

 in the middle portion of the Sacramento Valley, 

 has been termed the most important irrigation 

 project to be ushered in in the year 1905. The 

 Central Irrigation Canal started as a district en- 

 terprise several years ago. At the present time, 

 work is being prosecuted, and it is expected that 

 the water will soon be running. This canal is 60 

 feet wide and will, it is said, irrigate 200,000 

 acres of land, while it may be extended to water 

 millions of acres. Its source of supply is the Sac- 

 ramento River. 



Another great system just nearing completion 

 is the Yolo County Consolidated Canal, which 

 diverts the water of Cache Creek, and will irri- 

 gate 100,000 acres of land lying In Yolo and 

 Solano Counties. Water was turned into this 

 Canal on October 8th. 



