RECREATION. 



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There is no more delightful holiday than a trip to California. 



And the best time to go is now— in March or April. California is at its best then. 

 The hills and valleys are clothed in green; millions upon millions of wild-flowers are in 

 bloom, and the air is as invigoiating as a tonic. 



Best of all, the Yosemite Valley opens April i. You can visit it after you have seen 

 southern and central California. The five day stage ride through this valley of wonders 



is a fitting culmination to the California pilgrimage. 

 The way to go to California is via the 



Golden State Limited. 



Newest, handsomest and most luxuriously equipped of trans- 

 continental trains. 



Leaves Chicago daily at 7.45 P.M., Kansas City at 10.40 A. M. Less than three 

 days to Los Angeles. Through cars to Pasadena, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara 

 and San Francisco. Lowest altitudes and most southerly course of any line 

 across the continent. Compartment and standard sleeping cars; dining, buffet- 

 library and observation cars. Electric lights ; electric fans ; bath ; barber. 



Route : Rock Island and El Paso-Northeastern Systems, Chicago to El Paso ; 

 Southern Pacific Company, El Paso to Los Angeles and San Francisco. 



Tickets and full information at all railroad ticket offices in the United States 

 and Canada. Beautifully illustrated literature descriptive of California sent on 

 receipt of six cents in stamps. 



JOHN SE BASTIAN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock Island System, Chicago, 111 



