Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-23
A WESTERN EMPIRE.
CALIFORNIA; VAST ,r
EQUALLY VAST INDUSTRIAL .
OUTLOOK,

tall1ornia occupies on the Pacific slnno
a strip about two hundred miles wide,
ana extends in latitude from the southern
me OF South Carolina to the southern limo
~ massachusetts,. To make up it's area
from the Atlantic states requires CON.
hecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey. Della.
ware, Maryland, Virginia. North ana
south Caroline and about forty tho1sand
square miles from New York and Penn.
, sylvania.
Lad off on the western side Of tho r;,,er
IN the Mississippi valley it cuts off a small
s'f'p IRON Louisiana and takes in Ar,
nahsas. Missouri and Iowa. In the great
san joaquin valley could be placed New,
Vermont, Massachusetts. Con.
hectlcut, Rhode Island and one-half Of
Maine.
Inc state is traversed almost it's entire
Aengtn by two mountain chains. the Sder-
ia ana coast range; but, while these
ranges contain considerable lane not suit
aole Tor home-making. they also give
great natural parks, like the Yosemite
valley containing the grandest scenery
IN the world, furnish an abundance of ex-
ceiIent timber, and serve as great rain
condensers, storing up in deep canons the
needed water to max the valleys 'blos-
som like the rose"
Year by year the rancher has crent
higher and higher up the mountains, first
TO the foothills, and later on in many
cases to the very mountain tops, fndins
GENIAL climate and a fertile soil that
makes these elevations nearly as desir-
able for homes as are the valleys.
The uplaEds on the Coast range, especi-
any on the western slope, cooled during
the summer by the ocean breezes n
bathed in the fogs, make excellent graz
ing land. and there, as well as upon the
high meadows of the Sierras, is found a
typically good dairy country where gilt
edged butter can be made every day in
the year.
In those localities, where the elevation
does not exceed 1000 feet, lies the real
apple producing part Of California, the
fruit exceeding in size Inc equaling in
flavor the choicest Of the worlds markets.
Rapid as has been the tide of immigra-
tion during the past ten years. there is
yet productive land enough left to fur
nish homes for a million people, and in
no place in the world can an Industrious,
thrifty man with a small capital to be-
gin with find a better place in which to
cast his lot.
1t is very difficult for one who has not
looked closely at its location and extent to
appreciate the peculiar advantages of
California. In latitude 1t extends from
the southern line of South Carolina north
to the southern line OF Massachusetts.
covering on the Pacific slope a cores
ponding coast line extending inland on
an average about two hundred miles.
rake the Atlantic coast line covering
the same width, examine it critically, ana
see what a hive of industry and what an
immense population is covered.
Lay a similar area in the same latitude
IN the mississippi valley, running from
the northern line of Louisiana to the
northern line Of Illinois. and see what an
agricultural region it comprises. And
yet California has many notable advant-
ages over either of these tracts. In vari-
and fertility of soil, in climatic con-
ditions. it stands far in the lead.
1t is true that some portions of the
state are untitled for the purposes of
home-making. but most of these regions
are of the nature Of great natural parks
places for the murtitudes who
shall eventually make their homes in this
favored state.
Nor cam it be that many years will
eiapse before this inviting field will be oc-
No part Of our country offers
wider fields for good nvestments,-in-
vestments that are entirely safe and that
are sure of returning a good profit.
Far-seeing men have already secur-
interests there, but there are yet many
of acres awaiting the COM
Ing man. whose enterprise will bring its
rich reward.