California 



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Chief of Publicity of The California Promotion Committee 



CALIFORNIA, Nature's favored land, lies along the Pacific Ocean on 

 the western edge of the United States, with twelve hundred miles of 

 coast line, and traversed by numerous navigable streams. Eight 

 hundred miles of mountain chain form the eastern boundary, and 

 between the Sierra and the sea lie millions of acres of the richest 

 soil ever kissed by the sun. From the snowclad watershed come thousands 

 of streams bringing life to the soil below, after generating the power that 

 turns the wheels of manufacture and commerce from one end of the 

 State to the other. 



The climate of California is something more than a pleasure — it Is an 

 available asset and a tangible factor in State-building. If the map of 

 the United States be examined, it will be seen that the eight hundred miles 

 of California's linear expansion cover that of the ten States on the opposite 

 side of the continent. A map of the world will show that all of France, 

 half of Spain, and all of Italy north of Rome lie north of the northern 

 line of California. The climate of California is more beneficent than that 

 of any of the countries named, and Is of a character that permits stock 

 to feed outdoors 365 days every year. 



In the great interior valley of California, five hundred miles long by 

 fifty miles wide, is the richest soil in the world, tests made at the World's 

 Fair in St. Louis showing it to exceed in all best qualities that of the famed 

 delta of the Nile, of the Netherlands of Holland, and of France and Italy. 

 The soil of California is declared by scientists to contain more life-giving 

 principles than that of any other land on earth. 



Forty million of her hundred million acres are arable, and with proper 

 reclamation fully twenty million more can be brought under cultivation. 

 All the elements which go to make successful crops are in the ground, and 

 it is a recognized fact among agriculturists that "anything will grow in 

 California." Not only is this true, but with the same methods as are used 

 in other lands the farmer will get double the crop obtained elsewhere. The 

 farmer does not have long to wait for results; in five years' time the desert 

 changes to a modern farm, with full-bearing orchards and a perfect home. 



California's fruits and flowers, her mines and her wines, are known to 

 the world. In all lands her name breathes magic, and tells of that perfect 

 spot sought by every man. Her area is so great, her diversity so wonder- 

 ful, that here every man may find exactly the desired climate, soil, and 

 location. No plant grown in temperate and semitropical land can be named 

 which will not thrive better in California than in its native habitat. Her 

 mines, which have supplied the world for fifty years with gold, are but 

 in their infancy and, according to those best informed, are inexhaustible. 

 Scarce a day passes without some prospector recording a new and rich 

 find of the yellow metal for which all the world is striving. 



In educational facilities California is without rival in the Nation. He 

 who comes here seeking a new home finds the finest and best educational 

 system extant. Whether one seeks city or country life, California offers 

 the best there is. In the cities is to be found all that one may desire, 

 and throughout the whole year the great outdoors Invites one to enjoy 

 the blessings which Nature has showered on her favorite. The woods and 

 hills are always inviting, and there is not a day in the whole year when 

 one cannot be quite comfortable out of doors. 



In one county of California alone there are more mineral springs than 

 are to be found In all of Europe. These curative springs are found all 

 over the State, no one locality being able to claim precedence over another. 

 California has all that is good, and invites the world to share her blessings. 



