California., "Land of the Sun 



\Y WOULD be impossible to take up more than briefly in a publica- 

 tion of this sort the wonders and beauties of Southern California. 



Her history of development has already been written in both 

 song and story, but it is impossible to pass entirely over this section 

 of lands tributary to the Salt Lake Route without a few words regarding 

 them. 



The greater portion of the Southern California counties traversed by 

 the Salt Lake Route are given over to the production of citrus fruits and 

 other semi-tropic products. The value of the crops from these vast acreages 

 has become phenomenal and consequently land values have advanced in 

 proportion. There are still, however, opportunities even for the man of 

 moderate means to take up the culture of this class of products. 



Scattered throughout this entire section of California are many beauti- 

 fully located small ranches which pay an excellent revenue to their owners. 

 These are devoted to deciduous fruits, berries, winter vegetables and many 

 other classes of products which thrive in the mild climate of the Southland. 

 Everything is of course produced by irrigation and the resultant yield is enor- 

 mous when compared with the figures given for acreage production in the 

 Eastern states. 



Poultry raising, where carried on under careful and scientific methods, 

 is one of the most successful industries in Southern California. Prices for 

 this class of products range high at all seasons of the year, with a market 

 that has never been fully supplied by local production. 



Outside of the great valleys given over principally to fruit culture are 

 many tributary sections lying at elevations where there is more or less frost 

 and in these higher sections are many large tracts of land formerly occupied 

 by great ranches that are now being cut up into small holdings. All classes 



CALIFORNIA APPLES ALONG THE SALT LAKE ROUTE 



