Show P 11 it 2 4 Z 1 tr lei G M ca ta 0 1 9 10 W I 1 V editors note this Is another in the he stories of the he states series by ED EMERINE features the aura of california sometimes may fade but it never dies the subtle influence of el dorado today is not as vague as the imagined golden treasures of long ago california is the fable illumined land of america where dreams come true the treasure of good living in a healthful land where there is opportunity beckons strongly today just as the discovery of gold at butters sawmill in 1848 beckoned there is a promise of new life of a kinder afinder providence dence in the sight of citrus groves against a snowy peaks there is somehow a rebirth of faith in oil wells spouting black gold in ships going to the orient through ahe golden gate in airplanes and factories and in desert land made to bloom the yearning for el dorado now known as california fever has affected many men of many nations california Is not one state one climate one altitude one picture or one people it is the second largest state in the nation it Is scorched and parched desert and cool lake tahoe in the mountains it Is mt whitney feet above sea level the highest peak in the united states and death valley feet below sea level both in the same county it Is bathing beauties and nd movie stars as well as cattle ranches and dairy farms fine sands of sweeping ocean beaches rough and rocky mesas subtropical areas frozen sierra peaks all are calif california I 1 california may mean farming mining cattle raising trapping shipping fruit growing movie making lumbering manufacturing fishing hunting or a hundred other occupations it may be the lonely life of herding sheep or the gay rounds of night clubs society yachts race tracks or it may mean chinatown palm springs hollywood big redwood trees or sagebrush the average californian whether he Is a native or an adopted son may boast with justification that his state has the tallest trees the highest mountains the fastest grow ing population and the most promising future of all the states and these aggressive californians really mean it state of progress their energy has built aqueducts from the mountains to make great agricultural areas out of deserts they have strung power lines from mighty dams to bring energy to cities and factories dredged great harbors from mud flats and flung the worlds biggest bridges across a bay they have developed cotton plantations below sea level and drilled slopes for oil and gas irrigation ditches have turned waste lands into grain fields and pastures truck gardens and orchards the forbidding areas of a century ago are green and fertile with comfortable homes where families dwell gold was the first natural resource to be exploited in california the discovery turning a spanish pastoral country into a yankee land and the yankees stopped 4 I 1 4 I 1 i I 1 NATIVE SON gov earl warren of california is among the states states few native sons lie ile was born in los angeles in 1891 his law practice in san francisco and oakland was interrupted for service in world war 1 I engaged in politics since 1919 he served as alameda county district attorney for many years in 1938 he was elected attorney general and in 1912 1942 was elected governor a post to chich he was reelected in 1946 hunting for treasure minerals timber gas petroleum silver copper lead zinc platinum tungsten potash stone soda cement and the soil itself they harnessed the water power and put it to work they turned to manufacturing and shipping and dared to start new ventures such as the moving picture industry california fired their imaginations and gave them scenery and a wonderful climate as well no gamble in farming california has been unlike any other state in development and sequence of agriculture the first industry was cattle derived from herds driven from mexico by viceroy galvez in 1769 for the mission establishments lish ments crops were planted but there was the annual gamble with drouth since 1885 Cali fornias farms have grown smaller in size and irrigation has become widespread farming is no gamble now in 1873 two seedless orange trees from brazil were sent to riverside and from these two has sprung the modern orange industry of califor nia r a the state produces limes tan garines ge das rines citrons citrona cit rons figs olives avocados pomegranates dates and other fruit california is the only state producing lemons in commercial quantities pears apples peaches plums prunes cherries grapes and small fruits and berries are grown widely in the state the sensational achievements of Cali fornias great wizard luther burbank are well known california was the first state to grow sugar beets it is a leader in truck and vegetable growing and produces enormous quantities ot of persian and english walnuts almonds pecans and other nuts el dorado Is still salu california it Is a young state eager to stretch its muscles and do bigger things how many californians forn ians will there be in 1950 Is asked los angeles county expects to have the san francisco bay area expects to have the state expects a total of people to be fed housed and employed in 1950 the answer factories and new industries almost every california town has ample electric power and other utilities and a vacant space to put a factory santa clara san bernardino pomona riverside gridley oroville lodi and dozens of other california towns are looking for footloose factories cries that can be located where there are raw materials on the spot new developments noted and if factories wont do all the job what about the new developments in the great central valley A new irrigation flood control and power project there includes shasta dam on sacramento river friant dam on san joaquin river and numerous irrigation canals nine miles downstream from shasta kenwick benwick dam is being constructed to create an af reservoir for the shasta power plant and generate additional power itself this development will take care of thousands more people from redding to bakersfield ers field including the san francisco bay area although the motion picture industry was born on the east coast the movie capital of the world today revolves around hollywood and its environs culver city universal city and burbank the atmosphere there Is so clear that that pictures can be taken on about days of the year while topography and flora afford varied locations perhaps california has been praised too lavishly cursed too loudly loved too greatly and hated beyond all reason not many misfits or modern adventurers will find california all it is advertised to be but the strong the sensible the industrious the substantial ones may find in california a greater selection of vocations interests and opportunities than they have ever known before remember they do the impossible right along in Califor california nial I 1 V AM winter converts I 1 park into a veritable fairyland |