farm, orchard, and dairy products, and large undeveloped resources, her 

 claims to consideration are based chiefly on her eligibility for suburban 

 homes, especially along the railway lines easy of access. It is here, at the 

 doors of San Francisco, where the overworked business man may secure 

 a healthful, restful country home, removed from the worry, confusion, and 

 discomforts of the busy metropolis, and live in an invigorating, healthy 

 climate, breathe pure fresh air, renew his energies in a night, and yet be as 

 near his business practically as he would be in many parts of the city itself. 



The price of property has not advanced In a commensurate degree with 

 the Increasing population and multiplying advantages; hence a country 

 home is placed within the reach of any industrious person by reason of 

 the low price and the easy terms. 



San Mateo, the chief town of the county, is to be the site of an elegant 

 hotel of the Del Monte and Potter type, and it will be open next summer. 

 It will be built on the private grounds of the late Alvinza Hayward, and his 

 mansion, built at a cost of more than $100,000, will be a part of it. A 

 company with a capital stock of $300,000, and the successful financier 

 Captain John Burneson at the head, will operate it, and James H. Doolittle, 

 one of the most successful hotel men in the State, will be the manager. 

 It is to be called "The Peninsula." 



Adjoining San Mateo on the north, and practically a part of it, is famous 

 Burlingame, the place of splendid country mansions of millionaires, polo, 

 golf, the Country Club, the hunt, and a score of other attractions. 



South San Francisco, on the north, is rapidly becoming an important 

 manufacturing center. The $5,000,000 Guggenheim copper smelter and 

 the Pacific Steel Rolling Mills are among the additions during this year. 



Redwood City, the county seat, is a flourishing and prosperous town, 

 whose citizens are noted for their enterprise and unity of purpose when 

 it comes to advancing local interests. 



Menio Park, just south of Redwood, is much on the order of Burlingame. 



Just across the county line is Stanford University, but twelve miles 

 from San Mateo. 



Colma, Belmont, Woodside, Millbrae, San Bruno, and San Carlos make 

 up the sum of towns on the east side. 



The west coast is dotted with prosperous villages, the chief of which 

 are Halfmoon Bay, Pescadero, and San Cregorio. These are on the line 

 of the Ocean Shore Railroad, in a rich farming section, and the chief timber 

 and agricultural lands lie contiguous to them. 



Siskiyou County 



T. J. N0I.T01V 

 Secretary Siskiyou County Chamber of Commerce 



SISKIYOU is the most northerly county in the State. It measures 125 

 miles from east to west, and 65 miles from north to south. It con- 

 tains 6,000 square miles (4,000,000 acres), one half of which is 

 timber land. The assessed valuation of the property in the county 

 amounts to $12,000,000; the tax rate, $1.50 on the hundred dollars; 

 popc^lation, 20,000, and there is room for 80,000 more. 



Mt. Shasta, 14,444 feet high, in the eastern part of the county, is the 

 dividing line between the Cascade Mountains on the north and the Sierra 

 Nevadas on the south. The three largest valleys are Shasta, Scott, and 

 Butte Creek; they contain about 1,000 square miles. The elevation ranges 

 from 2,000 to 4,000 feet above sea-level. 



There are 900 ranches in the county, many of which are nestled in 

 the mountains, with fine large cattle ranges surrounding them. Many of 



