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Grains and alfalfa to which the lands have heretofore 

 been largely devoted, are in exceptionally fine form this 

 year. Farmers are predicting immense crops and at this 

 time their hopes seem in a fair way to full realization. 



It is rumored that within a short time new industries 

 will be located in the Taos valley. Increased acreage and 

 prospective heavy yields of grains have overloaded the 

 flour mills, beet raisers are negotiating with a sugar manu- 

 facturer for construction of a plant, and the steadily in- 

 creasing stream of visitors has produced rapid growth of 

 Taos and its surrounding villages. 



Engineering parties are surveying and making esti- 

 mates in preparation for the active commencement of 

 work on a new railroad project from the north. The 

 Ranches Orchard & Land Company is vigorously prose- 

 cuting its construction work. 



Preparation is now being made for the crowds of 

 tourists who come each year to witness the mystic rites 

 and ceremonies of the Taos Indians. These ceremonies, 

 occurring late in September of each year, are both inter- 

 esting and spectacular, and although barred from knowl- 

 edge of their meaning, the tourist and student sees much 

 that awakens the speculative inquiry into this remnant of 

 an earlier civilization. 



ANNUAL ELECTION. 



The annual election of officers of the 

 Sacramento Valley Development Co. re- 

 sulted as follows: President, Marshall 

 Diggs; vice presidents, B. Cussick of 

 Butte County, Morris Brooke of Sac- 

 ramento County, Ben Rush of Solano 

 County, A. L. Conrad of Tehama Coun- 

 ty, J. W. Kaerth of Colusa County, 

 H. P. Stabler of Sutter County, T. B. 

 Gibson of Yolo County, C. F. Aaron of 

 Yuba County, E. B. Willis of Placer 

 County; treasurer, C. F. Dillman; sec- 

 retary, O. H. Miller. 



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