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The lecturers remained in the field •about thirty-five days, and the expenses amounted 

 to a little over $300 each. This included local railroad fares, hotel bills, advertising, 

 rent of halls, telephoning, telegraphing, and many other small necessary items of 

 expense. 



The next gentlemen selected to take the field were H. P. Stice and H. C. Swain of 

 Red Bluff, Tehama County. These gentlemen left San Francisco March 4th, traveling 

 together direct to Cincinnati, Ohio, and from that city commenced a tour of the small 

 towns in Ohio. Right from the start they met with encouragement and success, and 

 hundreds of Eastern people, particularly young men and students, were found who 

 were desirous of learning more about California and anxious to come to California to 

 reside. Great quantities of literature were distributed and the beauties and benefits of 

 California made known to thousands of people. Messrs. Stice and Swain were in the 

 field about forty-five days, and on their return reported good results from their labors. 



The next gentlemen selected to visit the East in behalf of the committee were 

 Messrs. Murray and Kells. W. H. Murray of San Francisco left for the East on his 

 mission April 13th and will make an extended tour of the Middle Northwest and Atlantic 

 seaboard States. On April 15th, R. C. Kells of Yuba City started for a tour of the East, 

 going by way of New Orleans. He is visiting several of the Southern States and por- 

 tions of Pennsylvania. These- gentlemen give their time free of charge, the committee 

 simply defraying their actual traveling expenses. By this method we have obtained 

 a vast amount of advertising at a small cost by the Eastern press, as they have reported 

 all the lectures, and many of the large dailies have published interviews with our travel- 

 ing representatives. 



The Executive Committee has held several meetings in San Francisco, and as the 

 members of this committee are widely scattered, living as they do in all parts of the 

 State from Orange in the south to Red Bluff in the north, it is a task, I assure you, for 

 this committee to get together. They are obliged to give four or five days' time when- 

 ever the committee meets, as two days are occupied in traveling and the committee 

 generally remains in session several days. Thus far the committeemen have defrayed 

 their own expenses, which is no small matter, and everybody connected with this move- 

 ment has freely given his time. Your committee has, therefore, under the circum- 

 stances, the right to consider that it has accomplished a great deal for the length of 

 time it has been in existence. We had a very short time in which to prepare for this 

 campaign, and started our mission without a dollar in the treasury, but in joining with 

 the California Promotion Committee, that committee placed to our credit a generous 

 subscription of $1,000 and gave us free use of its headquarters, thus placing us in a 

 position to take up and vigorously push the work right from the start. Subscriptions 

 have been received from Woodland, San Jose, Red Bluff, and Fresno. The following 

 financial statement will show from what sources we received financial aid and how the 

 moneys have been disbursed: 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 

 Receipts. 



Cash subscription by California Promotion Committee $1,000 00 



Cash subscriptions from Woodland (raised through the efforts of com- 

 mitteeman G. H. Hecke) 350 00 



Cash subscriptions from Red Bluff (raised through the efforts of com- 

 mitteeman T. H. Ramsay) 560 00 



Cash subscriptions from San Jose (raised through the efforts of com- 

 mitteeman L. F. Graham) 650 00 



Cash subscription from Fresno County Chamber of Commerce of 

 $25 per month (secured through the assistance of committeeman 

 B. E. Hutchinson) 75 00 



Further cash subscription from California Promotion Committee 365 00 



Total cash receipts $3,000 00 



