378 Tke Real,t!

Btue Bool{ of Cq,Iifornia

able; wherethe socialand coiiperativevalueof the communityis high

and in a land that is lacedand interlacedby pavedhighways.
In the suburbancommunitiesof the Sacramentosectionone may
own a ranch home that rn'ill producea net income equal to a good
salary, enjoy all of the delights of living on a fruit rarch and still
enjoy every city advantage and convenience.
l}ansportation lines of every description ndiate from Sacra-
mento's marketing center-transcontinental railways, electric lines,
highways lvith their modem trucking facilities and river transporta-
tion urequaled for volume of businessby any inland waterway in
America.
For thoseinterestedin large holdings,either for subdivisionpur-
posesor farming, no sectionof the stateoffers suchopportunitiesboth
in price and value.
Lend is reasonablypriced and has a verT high productivevalue.
If you make a t p of inspectionyou will perceiveinvestmentoppor-
tunities-both agdculturally and industdally-immediately before
you,
It is sufficientmerelyto suggestthat the Secramentosectionrdll
provea verJ' interestingplacefor your car€flrl investigation. Cor-res-
pondenceis invited by the Agdcultural Depar-tmentof the Sacra-
mento Chamber of Commerceand other Chambers of Commerce
throughout the Sacramentovalley who make every endeavorto safe-
guard the investmentof the homeseeterand render eveN aid to make
ce*ain his start proves a successand not an experiment,

Long Beach A Metropolisin the Making

ROWTH of Long Beachis like a story from Arabian Nights. Ihe
story of the developmentof Southem California's woncledul
pleasureresort is oneof the most amazingchroniclesin th€ his-
tory of this country of wonderful development.From a mere village
with a populationof only 2,200in 1900,it hss lesDedin tw€nty-four
years to a metropolisof 135,000souls. Du ng the sameperiod, its
building permits have jumped from 9100,000a year to more than
24,000,000, while its baDk clearingshave increasedfrom 96,000,000
in 1910to $432,000,000 in 1923.'The assessed valuationhas increased
from $12,000,000 in 1906 to $116,000,000in 1923; postal receipts
from $115,000in 1916to $4?3,1?7in 1923. The rapid smlrth as an
industrial center is shown by its 245 industries capitalizedat 918,-
000,000with 5,000employeesand a monthly payroll of 9750,000.In
the oil industry the amourt investedis about $40,000,000 l^'ith 500
derricks and 215 producing wells. The production for 1923 was
68.810.361 barrels.
All previousbuilding recordsfor Long Beachwere broken with
the report for the first three months of 1924. The building record
not only for March bu! for the first three months of any previous year
was brokenaccordingto th€ figuresgiven out April 1st, The totat for
 1he ReoJtaBl e Book af Calilorrlia 379
the year to_dale(April) amountsto $?.M1,420
which is $1,288.241
]:?'i,:lil,$1,""f
[:j:li'li:J3;J[?""f#:'i:.",9,',:
$2,287.240
il?HH.g:"Xl#
as against the month ot March, 1923,$1,9?4,6I8:?;;t;:
ner month up uolhat time. The granting of the p"".ii" ioi *e i"*
lrng^tsea.hSecurityTrusL& Sav;ngsBankbuitdingfor 91,200,000 is
one.or che rec€nt targe permits granted. The building witlt full
equrpmentand lixtr/res will meanan investnent of more than $l.boo._
000. According to figurescompiiedby the Southwesf B;i&;-;;i
Uontraclor, Los Angelcs. lor the monbh oI March long Beach is
prlfed-!9co]rgamongthe cities oI rhe southland,Los Anailes leadine
$.ith 917.279,758. One-family d$ellings tor ttr" monutrji maict tet
In numo.er ot permils.138beingissued,toralinggBI3,4b0.Two_fam-
lry ower|lngscamenexl,$ith seventFpn totaljng 924,000. ADartments
wilh fifteen permits torating $100.000,privari e"ire"" *iit
nrnepermrlstotal,ng$30.000, "i;"1;-iI
and five faftoriesrojaiins$40.000.
rne.presentralro estabtished during the frrsl three monlhsshouldbe
m^arntalned-for thc year of 1924.the total wouldbe morpthan g2S,_
000.0i0. The toral tor'1923dwasslighjly tessthaDg24,000,000.
tn i1s locationand rlimcte Long Beachhas lremejtdous
$1X"li,xJ.i",l.l:"f
,,'f'J;fr:"#,il,J:*ff natural
,'liH";:ij"":f s:*lh
sandy bath'ng bpach, shpttered by t.he famous Catalina tsland; a;;;tv
mllcs oJtshore,aDd with a elimate tempefed by a warm Japanesecur_
Fert wnlcJr s\deepsby its shores, Irng Beach was blessedw.ith more
tnan rts share of nalural advantages to stan. Hovever, Nalure piled
on rn-e.goo(tthngs by sloring one of re greatest oil deposils in the
worrct.rnthe bark'yard of this foflunaie city: aiso by grvins it a
spren_dLd naturat harbol jn which the shipping ot the world oDe dav
wrrl drop anchor. Around this harbor some of lhe Erealest industri;l
institutions of the.country are rapidly uiilizing spa"ce,i/ith the r;ui;
mar _r,ong.lJeacrrts last becoming a gTeat manufaclurjnc and com_
mercral center as wpll as ihe leading pleasure rcsot-l- of Jhe pacific

Long. Beach..as rhe C-ou-nb.y'splayg|ound. affords every variety

ol. }ecrealtonand sporf and all kinds of amuspmenisat the city's parki
and pleygrounds.which can ba cn.ioyedpver\ day i the vear. as the
sixly.rivedesress
in rhpsummar
andfifty_five
friflE?r1,1"..^**"""
Irng Beach also boasts the largest amus€mentzoneon the pacific
coast. The farnoxs "Pike', or ,,Wailkof a Thou"r"d Li;h1;,;;;iii;
anuspmcntzoneis called.is L-nownall over lhe world and is madeuD
0l countlessconcessions and cmusemenlfealures.
Irng Beach is also a beautjful residpnjial city, boastinqsomeof
tle fineslhomesin the southland. Fith neally a'trundrea-mitesof
paleclstreel-sand alleys. Jl is the bomeof one of thc finesthostehies
rn lhe worlct.as well as many olher high-classhotels and aDartment
houses. It is only twtnty miles from Los Angelesover the Union
Pacific,Southe.mPaci6c,and PacificElectric Ra-ihoads, ,"tt * tv
nve pavedboutevards. "a