Editorial 



THE fourth Counties Number of FOR CALIFORNIA is a continuation 

 of the series began in October, by which it is intended to give a com- 

 plete resume of conditions and advantages in California- The 

 articles on the various counties are written by experts well acquainted 

 with their especial localities, and contain a wealth of valuable infor- 

 mation that can be relied upon as absolutely accurate. In the January 

 number nine more counties are shown. All the counties in the State 

 have been invited to participate in this series. 



San Mateo County, the natural entrepot for San Francisco's overflow 

 population, is described by Paul Pinckney, Secretary of the San Mateo 

 Board of Trade. He tells of the products, the resources of the county, and 

 the beautiful suburban homes. He predicts a marvelous development as 

 soon as the Western Coast and Ocean Shore railroads are in operation 

 and the Bay Shore cut-off and Dumbarten bridge project completed. 



Siskiyou County finds an enthusiastic exponent in T. J. Nolton, Secre- 

 tary of Siskiyou County Chamber of Commerce. In addition to describing 

 the principal products, he gives the reader an excellent idea of the extensive 

 work in which the United States Reclamation Service is at present engaged 

 in draining the Klamath Lakes. The electric plants, mining operations, 

 lumbering Industry, and railroad-building of the county are also touched 

 upon. 



A. R. Waters, Secretary of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce, 

 sets forth in attractive manner the many and diversified attractions of 

 "Imperial" Sonoma County, where Luther Burbank, the foremost horti- 

 culturist and scientist of his day, makes his home and experimental station. 

 Producers, he says, are more wanted in Sonoma County than consumers. 

 In his article on Placer County, J. H. Lindsey, Secretary of the Auburn 

 Chamber of Commerce, writes entertainingly of the many opportunities 

 awaiting the investor and well-to-do homeseeker in that favored section, 

 with its varied climates and productions. He also devotes some space 

 to the remarkable growth of Roseville, where railroad shops are being 

 established that will employ 1,500 men. 



Charles R. Melander, temporary Secretary of the Salinas Chamber of 

 Commerce, contributes an instructive paper on "Monterey County." He 

 shows how the county is naturally divided into four sections— the Santa 

 Lucia Mountains on the west, the Salinas Valley in the central portion, the 

 Gabilan Mountains on the east, and the Pajaro Valley on the north— and 

 gives some striking figures of the products for 1906. 



P. D. Bane, Vice-President of the Glenn County Chamber of Commerce, 

 tells of the irrigation canal projects which are going to work wonders in 

 the development and productiveness of that county. 



The mining and lumbering interests of Alpine and Mono counties, two 

 comparatively unknown mountain counties, are handled by a staff writer. 

 In discussing San Luis Obispo County, Reginald W. Nuttall has some 

 Interesting things to say of the oil industry of central California. He says 

 there is a great field for outside capital and is confident of a great boom 

 in his section as soon as the railroad opens up San Luis Obispo County, 

 for he declares that business interests are on a solid basis, failures are 

 unknown, and success and prosperity are in evidence everywhere. 



Taken as a whole, this number of the magazine will be found unusually 

 interesting. Those who have inquiring friends throughout the world should 

 secure copies of these Counties Numbers, for they cover the whole State 

 thoroughly and will answer the many questions that are constantly coming 

 from those who are desirous of making a change to a more favored clime. 



