THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



farming purposes. Thousands of bushels of wheat 

 have been harvested from the floor of that lake. 



The promoters knew that the lake might at any 

 time receive some flowage, but not much was expected. 

 So they diked around some of the smaller farms, in- 

 closed them in high banks of earth, to keep the water 

 out. But last season was one of those which spoil all 

 ordinary calculations. The rainfall had not been 

 equaled for many years it broke the records. The little 

 stream had a big surplus of water, and the Kings river 

 rose high and helped out with backwater. Tulare be- 

 came a lake again. The farms had to go. The loss 

 was serious, to the promoters mainly. But there is not 

 a doubt but that lake will again dry up, the inflow will 

 be prevented by canals and dikes, and its bed will bloom 

 with wheat fields, orchards, gardens, even towns! 



CALIFORNIA CLIMATE AND HEALTH. 



In all ordinary seasons the summers in San Joaquin 

 valley are dry and very warm. The mercury gets up to 

 110 and 120 at midday. But it is not a sultry heat, 

 rather a semi-mountain, dry atmosphere. Just this sort 

 of weather is needed to perfect the great crops of fruit 

 realized there. 



It is not a wilting heat. Prostrations are scarcely 

 known. The nights are nearly always cool, and tired 

 people can rest well. This valley used to be called 

 malarial. So were the prairies of Illinois and Kansas. 

 But the conditions have changed, and this region is 

 healthful summer and winter. 



The winters are not cold, about like October in 

 Iowa. Rains are common in winter, but no snow of 

 consequence falls. Oranges and lemons ripen on the 

 trees during December and January. The mercury sel- 

 dom falls to 30 the freezing point. To an eastern man 

 the winters seem mild. In December fogs visit parts 

 of the valley. 



All along the coast there is some fog in winter and 

 spring, and the air is frequently moist and raw, blow- 

 ing in almost constantly from the sea. This damp 

 climate is not favorable to catarrh, tonsilitis and bron- 

 chial affections, nor to consumption. Persons so af- 

 flictedsay with catarrh should seek the dry, inland 

 towns, with high altitudes of 2,500 to 3,500 feet. 



Many other ailments one may say most other com- 

 plaints are benefited by California climate. Those who 

 suffer from cold in rainy, freezing regions will find com- 

 fort and relief in the sunshine of the Golden State. For 

 old people with thin blood it is a refuge. Children and 

 flowers bloom all the time in California ! 

 _ Hundreds of thousands visit thia favored region 

 every year, and the number increases constantly. Many 

 go for a visit, throngs spend the winter, large numbers 

 make it their permanent home. By the census of 1900 

 the state's population was 1,485,053. At the end of 

 1905 the governor estimated the population at 1,750,000, 

 an increase in five years of 264,947, or at the rate of 

 almost 53,000 a year. That is growing some. The 

 census of 1910 will doubtless report 2,000,000 or more. 



San Francisco is being rapidly rebuilt. It is re- 

 ported that the expenditures for new structures and res- 

 torations for 1906, following the fire, were not less than 

 $40,000,000. The bank -clearings have in the same 

 period exceeded all previous records for the city. The 

 schools report 75 per cent of the attendance of 1905-6. 

 just before the catastrophe. There are close to 600,000 

 people in the cities and towns around the bay now, and 

 the number will be close to 1,000,000 when the sun goes 

 down on 1910. 



KING DAVID 



APPLE 



F-R-E-E 



Aie you a lover of fiuit ? Are you a fruit 

 grower ? Do you not take great pleasure in 

 testing out new varieties ? If so you will be 

 interested in our FREE GIFT of a one 

 year old tree of the splendid KING DAVID 

 apple. We have secured a limited supply 

 of these trees from a great nursery and since 

 we publish a paper devoted partly to fruit 

 culture we think it a most appropriate pres- 

 ent to give to readers of our Journal. 



How To Secure a Tree 



If you plant one of these trees you would 

 not part with it when it comes into bearing 

 for $25, no, not for more than that. Even to 

 home owners who are not fruit growers, a 

 bearing King David apple tree will be a 

 source of pleasure, a supply oi fine, beautiful 

 eating apples, and of profit for a lifetime. 

 We will mail a one year tree to you and 

 guarantee good healthy trees for the price of 

 one year's subscription to the IRRIGATION AGE. 



The Offer 



Irrigation Age one year with one d* | AA 

 King David Apple tree 4>I"U 



Special 



You may make the above offer to your neigh- 

 bors, same piices, including tree, and we will 

 send you one additional tree for each neigh- 

 bor's subscription you secure and send in. 

 This offer will enable you to secure several 

 trees. 



The King David apple originated in Arkan- 

 sas 13 years ago. In quality it is absolutely 

 BEST. Color, beautiful as can be imagined, 

 a deep, dark, solid red. A large apple, late 

 variety, excellent keeper; tree, a vigorous, 

 spreading grower. All in all, King David 

 promises as near perfection as it is reason- 

 able to expect. Is there any reason why you 

 should not have this splendid apple tree 

 growing on your place ? Is it not a rare 

 gift ? Write us today, and secure a tree. 



Fill out coupon plainly, enclose in envelope 

 with money order or crisp dollar bill and mail 

 at once. Make a separate list for neighbors. 



THE IRRIGATION AOK, 

 112 Uearborn street 



Enclosed find $ 

 Send your paper ____ . 



Chicago, Ili._ 



^1907 



_with which please credit me. 



years and as per your. offer send 



_ .King David Apple trees this (Fall) (Spring). 



K. F. D._ 





