THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT 

 WEST? 



If You Do, The Irrigation Age Will Be Your Best Source 



of Information. 



There is a widespread demand, all over the East 

 for information about the western states and terri- 

 tories, and there is no single periodical or book that 

 supplies the facts desired. Each railway company, in 

 its literature, tells of the lands along its lines, but goes 



Irrigated Potato Field. Western Nebraska. . 



no further. Each city, company or enterprise, follow; 

 the same rule. All printed matter is local there is 

 no publication which has for its field the Great West, 

 beyond the Missouri River on to the Pacific Ocean, and 

 undertakes to describe ihe lands, productions, climate, 

 cities and mineral resources of that Magnificent Em- 

 pire. 



During the year 1907 THE IRRIGATION AGE will 

 enter this field. It will, from time to time, take up 

 in a general way, and in many instances the definite 

 details of, farm productions, growth of cities, exten- 

 sion of railways, conditions of climate, adaptability to 

 health, of many or all the western states and territories, 

 including, possibly, Alaska. 



IRRIGATION AGE WILL BE VALUABLE. 



Such a fund of information will make this magazine 

 of great value to all who have interest in the West, 

 who think of becoming residents of that region; or 

 who desire to visit any part of it for health or pleasure. 



These facts will be worth many times the small 

 price of $1 charged for a year's subscription, even to 

 any enterprising person who merely desires to keep in- 

 formed in a general way about the West. To those 

 more directly interested, a single issue of the AGE might 

 be worth hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. 



A general article on Southern California appears 

 in this issue. It gives a glance at the leading cities and 

 towns of that popular section. It would cost anyone 

 not familiar with the facts at least $300 to personally 

 go and find out the situation as set forth in that story. 



Other articles will go more into detail as. to crops, 

 prices of lands, climate, business conditions. In addi- 

 tion to these valuable descriptive articles, this magazine 

 will contain many other pages of useful matter on the 

 problems and progress of irrigation enterprises and 

 reclamation subjects; discussions by able men of the 

 West of the development there, as well as multitudes of 



facts and points in connection with fanning, towns, 

 mines, men everything involved in the growth of the 

 Great West. 



Send in subscriptions now, and get the 1907 vol- 

 ume complete One Dollar! 



A GLIMPSE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



The Principal Cities and Towns of That Famed "Land of 

 Sunshine." 



During the winter season thousands of eastern 

 people will visit Southern California, many of them 

 for the first time. 



Those who have not had experience frequently go 

 with the idea that California is a land entirely free 

 from rigors of winter as experienced in Iowa and Ohio. 

 And this is true. But it is a mistake to suppose that 

 clothing suitable for June in Des Moines will do for 

 January in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Long Beach, Santa 

 Barbara, Fresno or any of the towns south of San 

 Francisco. 



All visitors should take along their winter cloth- 

 ing, not for blizzards and temperatures below zero, but 

 for cool days and nights such as we have in October in 

 Iowa and Illinois. Winter is the rainy season there, 

 and during a period of rainfall the air is cool and not 

 only is warm clothing very comfortable, but a little 

 heat in the room to take off the chill is both desirable 

 for comfort and a protection to health. 



Those who thus provide will enjoy California. 

 Los Angeles is one of the most enterprising cities in 

 America, energetic as Chicago, with far less smoke. 

 It has elegant hotels and all kinds of housing accom- 

 modations from $1 to $50 a day. It possesses good 

 theaters, fine churches, excellent schools, an extensive 



Irrigated Onion Field in Colorado. 



library. Table fare at modern restaurants is very rea- 

 sonable. There is also a Battle Creek Pure Food Cafe, 

 one of the best on the Coast. 



LOS ANGELES, PASADENA AND OTHER TOWNS. 



Los Angeles now claims a population of about 

 335,000 people and is growing in a marvelous manner. 

 It is surrounded by a number of suburban towns that 

 are very pleasant and popular winter resorts. To the 

 northeast, near the mountains, is Pasadena, a high-class 

 home city of possibly 25,000 population. This place 

 is several hundred feet higher than Los Angeles, with 

 a more dry and rarefied air. It is a quiet, clean city, 

 morally and atmospherically, with fine modern hotels, 

 as well as comfortable apartment houses and cottages 



