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It will be seen by the above figures that Oroville is but 0.7° (seven tenths 

 of a degree) colder in winter than Los Angeles; 6.1° warmer in the spring, 

 and 1.6° warmer in the fall. Los Angeles papers say that the hot summer 

 in Oroville makes the yearly mean high. We will admit it. But supposing 

 the summer temperature at Oroville was no higher than at Los Angeles, 

 67.8, then the average yearly temperature at Oroville would still be 1.8° 

 higher than Los Angeles. Therefore, that argument of your Los Angeles 

 exchanges falls to the ground. The truth of the whole matter is this: Oro- 

 ville has a much warmer spring and fall temperature than does the south- 

 ern metropolis, and it is impossible to twist the figures in any truthful 

 shape but that this fact will stand boldly out. Then, again, Los Angeles 

 has ten years to obtain her average, while Oroville has only four. To 

 show that a great number of years are desirable in getting a true mean, 

 Sacramento will be given as an example. The Signal Service mean tem- 

 perature for Sacramento in seven years is but 59.2°, while Dr. Logan's and 

 the Signal Service records combined give an average yearly temperature 

 for thirtv-five vears at 60.2°, which must be nearer the true average than 

 59.2°. 



The average winter temperature at Los Angeles for seven years is 53.6°, 

 while the average for ten years is 53.9°. This shows an increase of three 

 tenths of a degree at that point by having a greater number of years to 

 obtain an average from. Therefore, when Oroville's record runs for ten or 

 twenty years, the average winter temperature will be a more accurate one 

 than at present, and a higher one also. 



Respectfully, 



Sergeant JAMES A. BARWICK, 



Observer Signal Corps. 



THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO. 



By Winfield J. Davis, Official Reporter of the Courts. 



The great seal of the State of California is happily designed. The god- 

 dess Minerva is the principal feature. Minerva, the happiest of concep- 

 tions of Grecian mythology, sprang forth fully armored, and with a mighty 

 war-shout, from the brain of Jupiter. She was the patron of heroism among 

 men, the protectress of the arts of peace, the symbol of thought, and the 

 goddess of wisdom. So did California come into the sisterhood of the 

 States of the American Union full Hedged, and without territorial proba- 

 tion. Like Minerva, when the hour of trouble came, she was the patron 

 of heroism. From her soil was taken the gold, without which the confed- 

 eracy of the States could not have been maintained. 



The Capital City of this great western State was happily located. Planted 

 at the confluence of two large rivers, at the median between the great me- 

 tropolis at the sea and the mines, it was a natural center. The era of 

 mining passed, yet Sacramento found herself the heart of the richest 

 agricultural section in the world. With the remarkable developments in 

 the way of material resources that have been made in Northern and Cen- 

 tral California in the last few years, Sacramento has kept full pace. To 

 her marts the products of the great commonwealth naturally drift, and 

 are shipped to the outside world. No city in the State or nation has a 

 more advantageous position and surrounding. 



The City of Sacramento is the county seat of Sacramento County, and 



