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Book Title: History And Business Directory Of Humboldt County

NO CHINESE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

    In the matter of Chinese competition, a question of such paramount
importance all over the coast, not alone to the wage worker but to many of the
trades and business enterprises, Humboldt is above any county in the State of
California blessed. There is not a Chinaman in Humboldt county, except in the
mines on the Klamath river, and through the extreme northern portion, and they
are only there because of the isolation of those localities. All that portion of
Humboldt county which is, so to speak, within the domain of civilization, has
been thoroughly, and it is believed permanently, ridded by peaceable means of
this objectionable class. In 1885, following a series of outrages by the
Chinese, which culminated in the death of a prominent citizen, the people of
Eureka notified them to leave, which they did with all their goods and chattels.
Other towns throughout the county took similar action, and in some instances
bought their property. To those who have experienced the misery of having this
degraded and debasing element in their midst, and realize the futility of
redress at the hands .of United States Courts, which has been so often
demonstrated, this simple fact of itself is no small recommendation when seeking
a home as far removed from vicious example as possible. Nature's benefactions to
Humboldt county have been many, but we pride ourselves on having, by our own
efforts, eradicated a festering, putrescent sore from our vitals.

CONCLUSION.

    Few finer fields could be offered for capitalists wishing to invest money.
The extensive and wonderfully rich and fertile districts which were a few
decades ago only reached by mountain trails, have now good roads over which any
amount of freight is annually hauled by large teams of from eight to sixteen
horses or mules, which would astonish those unacquainted with teaming. But the
rapidly developing resources of our county now seem to demand railroads. We know
that, notwithstanding the fine natural advantages of this section, we are far
behind the successful times, and yet our industries are only in their infancy.
We feel well satisfied with its healthful development. We have had no boom; we
have needed none. But our resources increase, our outlook broadens, our growth
is in every way healthful, and our prosperity is increasing. We are outgrowing
our limitations of our remote location. We feel that the time is not far distant
when we shall be more fully recognized, and when we shall assume a position of
no mean importance as a factor in the wealth and prosperity of our State.



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History and Business Directory of

HUMBOLDT COUNTY
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES
DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE
PICTURESQUE SCENERY
BEAUTIFUL HOMES

THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE STATE CONTAINING NO CHINAMEN

LILLIE E. HAMM, PUBLISHER
(COPYRIGHTED)
EUREKA, CALA.
DAILY HUMBOLDT STANDARD 
NOVEMBER, 1890.


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