The times-news., 1937-02-09
MY COUNTRY
'TISOF THEE
By S. J. FULLWOOD
CALIFORNIA

golden, glamorous, beauti1ul state
lying along the Pacific ocean,
California. 1t is the second largest
state in these United States from
the standpoint of square mile
area. And is classified in the
group known as the Pacific states.
Bounded on the north by Oregon ;
OH the east by Nevada and Ari-
zona; on the south by the Republic
of Mexico, California with her
lOOO-mile length beckons to the
rest of the world to come and visit
with her. All types of climatic
conditions are to be found within
the borders of the state. All alti-
tude conditions are found there.
For example we have Death Valley
in Southern California which lies
ZIG feet below sea level. And
Telescope Peak which is ll,045
feet above sea level. And sea
level all along the coast line Of the
state.
The Great Seal for the State of
California is described for us
thusly:
"Around the bend of the ring
are represented 81 stars, being
the number of states admitted to
the Union including California
when it will be admitted. The
foreground figure represents the
Goddess Minerva having sprung
full grown from the brain of Juli-
ter. She is introduced as a type
of political birth Of the State Of
California without having gone
through the probation Of a terri
tory. At her feet crouches a griz-
ely bear, feeding upon the clusters
from a grapevine, emblematic of
the country's peculiar character
istics. The sheaf Of wheat and
bunch Of grapes were adopted as
emblems Of the agricultural and
horticultural interests Of the state.
A miner is engaged, with his rock
er and bowl at his side, illustrat-
ing the golden wealth of the
Sacramento, upon whose waters is
seen shipping typical of CONNER.
cial greatness; and the snow clad
peaks of the Sierra Nevada make
up the background, while above is
the Greek MOTTO"
The Greek motto Of the state
is Eureka" which means Have
Found It," and which applies eth
er to the principle involved in the
admission Of the state, or the sue
cess of the miner at work. 8.
b. The flower. for the State of
California is the golden poppy.
The bear flag is the state flag,
and we are given this description
of it:
at shall be of a'length equal to
one and one-half the. width there
of; the upper five sixths of the
width thereof to be a white field,
and the lower sixth Of the width
thereof to be a red stripe; there
shall appear in the white field in
the upper left hand corner a sin.
gle red star, and at the bottom Of
the white field, the words-Cali-
fornia Republic-and in the CEN
ter of the white field a California
grizzly bear upon a grass plat, in
the position of walking towards
the left of said field; said bear
shall be dark brown in color, and
in length equal to one-third the
length of the flag"
The population Of California in
1885 was 5,639,000. In connec-
ton with the population it might
be of interest to know that there
are over l,332,000 children Of
this state i'm the schools, and that
the illiteracy for the state is but
2.8Tc ...
There are many kinds of fruit
grown in California. OF the ctr
Gus fruits, orange leads in produc-
ton. Lemons, grapefruit, plums
and prunes, peaches, apples, april
cots, olives. pears and others are
grown in wide varieties over the
state. Grapevines are seen nearly
everywhere in the state, and this
industry is very extensive, there
being something like 656,Ooo
acres in grapes.
Dairying is coming Of more inn
portance as a farm industry, IN
California with the passing OF
each year.
California comes the nearest to
operating in the same manner as
Denmark with regards to coop.
erative marketing. This is OF
much value to the grower, as 1t Is
to the consumer.
During the year lS49, Cali
fornia experienced tremendous
gold rush. The production OIL
gold from that year until 1861
was sufficient in amount to ease
the economic strain of these Uni
ted States brought about by the
War Between the States. Call
fornia also has other mineral re-
sources, being: silver, lead, cop
per, petroleum and gas products.
When we think of California,
we think Of the land where oppor-
tunity beckons and where the
"Movies" are waiting to give US
jobs. Hollywood is the mecca Oh
all young people the world over;
but Hollywood is a city OF some
thousands of people. Some Oh
them are in no way connected
with the moving picture industry.
But the movies are not the only
pleasant sight to behold in Call
fornia. The giant red wood trees
in Northern California; the 1ar
famous Golden Gate OF San rran-
cisco; the old Spanish MISSIONS;
and the many national parks; all
consp;re to give the visitor fur.
ther insight into the beauties OF
our country side.
One cannot pass by California
w;tbout q statement concerning