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this state exceededour clearing house receipts of almost fifty-two

million dollars last year. Bakersfield's daily payroll is over one hun-
dred thousand dollars. T'he county tax rate on Bakersffeld property
was the lowest in the state last year and the city rate was only five
centsmore.
BakeNfield,recentlytrebled in population,now has nearly thirty-
ffve thoussndpe$ons,residing srithin five hours' de o{ Los Angeles,
over the most scenicroa.din the \forld.
Bakemfield is also a center of music, alt, scientific a.ndindustrial
r€search. The Iibraries in Bakersfield contain one hundred and fifty_
seven thousand volumes. Junior College fumishes two years of
recognizedUniversity tmining.
Bakersfield has twenty-tvro churctps, twenty-two schools, five
hospitals, the largest natatorium in the state, four public palks, con_
taining over thilty acres,seventh€atres,the fastest dirt race track
on earth, the largest garage in the state, thirty clubs, numerous
fratelnal organizations,eight public buildings, eighty-ffvemiles of
paved streets, ten miles of electdc railroad. and Bakersfieldis sur-
rounded by lwo hundred and twenty-five miles of paved roads and
six hundred miles of highways.

Riverside.the Citv Beautiful

B? L. P. SrEwARr,Realto.

OMPARING Riversideto beauty is just like compa ng one rose

with another. Aside from being a thing of beauty and a ioy
for€ver it is also a city of homes,where each and every home
owner has an averageincome of $2,285.00. Think that over. Also
rememberthat $2,285.00in Riverside is equal to $3,500.00in any
congested ci{y. If you hare ever lravelpdor read you know about
Riverside. Here are a few facts:
RiveNide is a wonder city of twenty-seventhousandcontented
and DrosDerous souls. Located 60 miles east of Los Angelesin the
treart ot the OrangeBelt; x'ithin 60 miles of any one of five Ocean
Beach resorts; 35 miles from Nature's $5,000,000?lay ground; 30
miles from five heaith resolts and is in effect a wonderful playgTound
where you get paid for playing. We dedve our' wealth from our pro-
ductive soil, our health from our glo::iousclimate and our pleasure
from livine in $'hat would havebeenthe "Gardenof Eden" had Adam
and Eve blen on this side of the continent. It would take me too
long to tell you aboutall the things we grow here ifl addition to happi-
ness. Suffice for me to say that we halvested last year some
$21.665,050.00 r,orth of products from our soil. This fact has
attracted the attention of outside interests with the result ttlat River-
side is now the hub of severalcolonizationprojects fostered by big
moneyedinterests1{.hoare colorizingsome14,000acresof fertile land
surlounding Riverside. High pricesof land and sub-dividingof many
acreagetracts around Los Angeles is driving dairies and truck farm-
ers to Riverside,with the result that st ngs of trucks are now carry-
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ing li.iverside gl'o\vn products to Los Anseles markets. Conditions
ale ideal for. the dair'1'61n, poultlyman arld truck farmer. Land is
still cheap ancl therefole pmfits large.
If you are i)rterested in the citlus industr). r.hich after all is
Southel Calitolria's gr.ealest irlconle-come and look us over. We
have marr], gloves $.hich sho\,!.30 pel cent on the inlestnent. If vou
want to }now what localitt usuallt' tops the or.ange rrarket, Iook at
your daily ralket r.eport. If you can live on 1j4,000.00a vear. take
a good ten acre glove and live. This\jll a1iold vou a honle that vou
car erliov wjth the timc and ]nonc).to enjoy it. All this {or rD in\,esf
ment ol sonre$16,000to 5i20,000.$Ihat more coLrldrou rsk?

\\/hitticr. tht' Citr' of Horncs

8t J. W. BALSoN
l"!s rnr \\'IiIirf Iristrirl ti!,rt(\ Borfrl. \\'lrirlipf. citiLornia

HITTIER. nith a populationoi 15.455,is ci|e ol the most ideal

little cities in thc state. Clcar, healthful, plogr'essive; a city
ol splendid chulches and schools,of beautiful streets, attr.act-
ive hones :rnd encharliing orange gr.oves; pr.e-eminently a city oi
homes.
Fourded by a Qualier.colony, arld giver the nanc of the beloved
Quaker poel, ollc natural]y cxpccts a community. of high molal stand-
nlds, and sluldy nranhoo.i, nnd we nlertior with Dljde the frct that
not siDce its founding llas a capital cr ilne e\'el beel rommittl](l r.ithin

The climatic conditionsle:rvelittl€ to bc desiled. Plotected by

the Puenic Flills, Whittief is shelteled alike lr.om the cold winds that
sweep down fr.om the sno\r-covered moultails .lur.irrg tbe \virter.
and the hot deseft \'inlds of the sumn]er'. The cooling sea breezesfr.om
the btoad Pacjfic, t$.ertv rriles distllnt, tcmpel the sLmDlcr.heat.
Whittiel is rnost \1'onderfully located; rnidx-av bctween the
r.ountaiDsand the sc^;thilt\- nirutes flom Los AnAelcs;folty nlin-
utes fro the bclches; \\'iihin :1n houl o1' so of dozcrls ol lhe best
nrourtairl lesorts; \\'ith tfolley and lnotot bus transpoltation al ost
evely$41ere. Sur'€ll' thjs nppeais to lhe homeseekel:
Whitticr is lost fortun:rte in lhri it docs ot depeDdon any one
thins for its Dlosperitr. The fi\'e points that have made \Vhittier a
star ol the fi|st nl:rgritude in her. gloup alc her' Ieoplc, hel collegc,
the cj|]'Lls,wallut and oil in.lustrics. An]' oue of thc three iDdustt,ics
n:lmed \yould arnply supDolt a citv ten limes as large.
Thc citrus industrt' has lo)rgbcdr kno{n to bc the beclrtroneof
the dishicrt, and can be deDendcdupon to hr).nish thc cesh that Ak€s
our' locai b:rnks fair'ly buige i.ith del]osits. Onc can have sorne little
jdca ot thc nagnitudt oJ'ouf ritrus xnd w.thut
lr'oltuctil]lr$h€n rle
mention that it takes more tlan thirt].-five hundrcd fi eight cars,
loaded to theil full cap:1citl, to move a single yeafs outpLtt.
wllitticr is the center oI fire distirrct oil fields,the ploduction of