As a mineral-producing section of California, Kern County ranks high, 

 being fifth among the counties of the State, and with the rapid growth 

 of the petroleum development has advanced on the list to the first place. 

 The famous Randsburg District of gold mines lies just on the border of 

 this county. Gold mines of considerable value are found at Garlock and 

 other points in the county. Kern alone, of all the counties in California, 

 produces antimony, has vast fields of gypsum, silver, mica, lead, asbestos, 

 soapstone, iron, copper, sulphur, borax, limestone, tungsten, magnesite, 

 alabaster, and molybdenum. 



One of the most interesting cities of all Southern California is Bakers- 

 field, the county seat of the prosperous county of Kern. For many years 

 Bakersfield has been the center of the agricultural and mineral districts of 

 this part of the State, and to-day is a city of about 8,000 inhabitants, 

 growing rapidly along commercial and development lines. 



The educational advantages of Bakersfield are unsurpassed anywhere 

 in the State. The public and high schools are up to the standard, whether 

 located in the mountain or valley district. High schools, public schools, 

 and private educational institutions are here, and every advantage is offered 

 the children to secure a splendid education. 



Mendocino County 



PRESLE3Y I. LANCASTER 

 President Wllllts Chamber of Commerce 



MENDOCINO COUNTY is half as large as Massachusetts, and with 

 agricultural, dairy, and timber riches so vast and untouched that 

 comparisons are inadequate to measure their wealth. 

 Its southern boundary lies eighty-five miles north of San Fran- 

 cisco. Its coast-line of 120 miles possesses many sheltered shipping 

 points, each of which has its large lumber-mill with prosperous town. 



Its northern boundary is lost in that last grand primeval forest of red- 

 wood, into which from all directions that ruthless invader of paradise, the 

 locomotive, is puffing its way. 



Mendocino County, with its million and a quarter acres, has the widest 

 variety of climate, attractions, resources, and scenery. On the coast the 

 climate is warm in winter, cool in summer. Twenty miles inland a warm 

 belt extends through the entire length of the county. Throughout this 

 belt fogs and frost are unknown, and the air, pure from ocean's laboratory, 

 and spiced and tempered by the pine and the redwood, is the most perfect 

 sanitarium God ever created. 



Each valley has a climate of its own, — Ukiah, mild enough to make the 

 grape industry most profitable; Little Lake, under snow-clad San Hedrin, 

 with its frosty winters and ideal summer days, is the home of the grains, 

 the apple, and the potato; and Round Valley, a happy medium, equable 

 and delightful always. 



Throughout this variety of climate are grown to perfection the fruits, 

 cereals, and vegetables of the world. Lumber and tanbark are extensive 

 industries and give the county a home market for agricultural and dairy 

 products. Hops, wool, cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, goats, and poultry add 

 their quota to its prosperity. 



Mendocino County offers exceptional opportunities for men of all 

 classes. With the completion of the railroad link between Willits and 

 Eureka, the northern part of this vast domain becomes a mine of wealth 

 for the investor, the home-seeker, and the business man. Nowhere in the 

 United States is there such a large area of undeveloped fertile land as is 

 comprised in Round Valley, which is now to be tapped by the Southern 

 Pacific extension to Eureka. Its location is particularly fortunate, for, with 



