machinery in California? Are we not now supplying that reserve to other 

 companies to keep them alive to the new fields opening up? 



Have n't we the grandest scenery in the United States, amongst which 

 are the beautiful resorts and canyons of the Upper Sacramento? Is n't 

 our sporting ground one of the best? Deer, bear, and other wild game 

 abound in the different hills around us. Fish are plentiful, for do you not 

 know we have the largest hatchery in the world? We have two large 

 United States hatcheries— one on Battle Creek and one on the McCloud. 



Did it ever occur to you that at this writing we are shipping straw- 

 berries into the far North, to Oregon and Washington States? Would it 

 be of any interest to you that at this writing we are receiving from the 

 commission-men at Portland the highest net price for Muscat grapes, and 

 that tons are shipped daily? 



Would you be surprised if I would state that I believe from my personal 

 research (although no authority in the matter) that we have the greatest 

 copper and iron belt ever opened up? We have several large smelters in 

 operation. The Mountain Copper Company has distributed millions in divi- 

 dends from the output of a copper mine bought for some $250,000 — a 

 mine that was peddled to our local capitalists for $10,000 with no takers. 

 The De la Mar property, perhaps one of the largest paying smelters for 

 its size in the West, was mined in a desultory manner for years, until to-day, 

 under that new nursing-bottle, outside capital, its thousands upon thou- 

 sands have found the open pockets of its backers. 



Is n't it a fact that both the Mammoth Copper Company and the new 

 smelter now in course of construction are recognized as the typical up-to- 

 date plants that are put only on unlimited ore — for, as you may not know, 

 it takes a few millions to open a copper mine. 



We have the very best local market in the State. We buy most of our 

 truck, eggs, and meats from below. We have the greatest demand for 

 help, which gives us the highest and best wages paid anywhere. We have 

 the cheapest lands (in price), as the community is new, and a new country 

 is the place to locate to build up a home. We have the richest hoplands, 

 comparatively unsettled, although we ship quite a few hops, the industry 

 being new. 



We have the sixth largest shipping-point in the State (Redding), occa- 

 sioned by the business the county does, it being backed by its own 

 productions. 



We have ample school and religious facilities, equal to any in the State 

 for its age. 



Our climate, we admit, has been abused. We refer to the official 

 records to prove we have one of the best and the most varied, as in two 

 hours you may be relieved of the dusty streets to a restful couch among 

 the pines with the song of the clear running brook beside you — a source 

 of rest and comfort to the overworked business man. 



Our taxes are in fair comparison with any county in the State. Many 

 railroad surveys are now being made, which no doubt will eventually give 

 us an outlet so badly needed to our dairying interests. 



The Walker interests have secured probably the finest body of pine 

 timber, as a whole, in the world. This in time will be cut. What will be 

 the effect? Mr. Walker has stated in the writer's presence that in fifty 

 years, under his system of forestry, a finer body will be standing than 

 to-day. This means an industry perpetual in itself. 



I wish to state in conclusion that from the advertising point of view 

 our California Promotion Committee has done noble work for California 

 inasmuch as its statements have been conservative and more has been 

 found than advertised. Give a man better goods than he expects, and 

 you 've got him. 



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