Imperial press and farmer., 1902-05-10
Sound Advice by an Expert

ly disappearing from the cities and towns of Southern California; as public sentiment has placed them under the ban. Colleges and schools for the higher education of the rising generation have been literally established and vigorously maintained The University of Southern Califor mia is found in the commercial metropolis of this country-Los Angeles Pomona College is at Caremont Occidental College is at Garvanza, suburb of Los Angeles and within the city limits Throop Institute is at Pasadena, State Normal Schools are found at Los Angeles and San Diego Chaffey College at Ontario was liberally endowed by Chaffee Brothers when that settlement was founded but it has been swallowed up by the University of Southern California and crippled by mismanagement. High schools of very high degree are found in all the principal cities and towns in this portion of the State.
 Sixth--Southern California long ago discovered the fact that citrus fruit culture was destined to become the leading industry of this section and they pushed that industry until it became not only great wealth producer, but it attracted thousands of wealthy and highly cultured people who left the inclemency of theT Eastern homes to seek climate that had the orange and lemon as it's trade mark Today this industry pours millions of wealth into the laps or our people annually and out-ranks that line of trade in all other sections of the globe. Other industries leading-other leading industries being 4e- veloped-such oil, mining, deciduous fruits and the raising and fattening of stock This latter business is today in it's infancy m the Imperial Settlements but in a very few years this section of now valuable country will take the lead of all portions of the United States in furnishing fat tened cattle and hogs for the stock yards of the country.
 Seventh-Our newspapers take pride in tell ing what the people are doing in developing our natural resources. Most of our papers will even curta an account of prize fight in order to find room to say what John Smith is producing on his ranch or how MT. Jones has just struck gusher opened up rich vein of gold, silver or copper. The stereotyped argument is that what these gen tlemen have done others do and others will do.
 Eighth-Los Angeles takes the lead in estab fishing and maintaining an effective Cham Der of Commerce. Her citizens would rather do away with their City Council than to abolish that Chamber of Commerce. It spends thousands of dollars annually in advertising this country to the world and demonstrating the possibilities of our soil and climate. So effective has this work become that coun- ties to the north of us, heretofore considered portions of Central California, are continually applying for membership in increasing family of Southern California counties. We bid them wei come, only insisting that they develop the same degree of public spirit that animates our people. San Diegos Chamber of Commerce is good sec ond to our Los Angeles Chamber, and other towns, like Santa Ana Riverside, Redlands, San Der nardino Pomona and other leading cities, have done and are doing well in this line of work.
 Ninth-Southern California is full of good hotels and more are being built. Pasadena has its