Show I 4 4 4 Come Conte to California BY JAMES M. M i. i Friends beyond the might whether north or south or cast cat Southern California greets you you and ou an and invites you OU to a n. feast Bids you on leave c your Jour snow snowy mountains and your sour swamps sw where fever dwells For the land of lasting summer with its bh oming hills hillsand hillsand and d r Y Yet ot theres there's s something something- more than climate more than sun and gentle g rain In this wondrous s southern country with with its fields of golden grain With its mountains and its valleys allers flowered foothills verdant leas Jeas Starry nights and perfect mornings purple skies and sunset seas All Ahl the trea- trea treasures ures of creation here arc are found foun in richest store There is gold within the mountains there bere are arc pearls upon the shore There arc are orchards laden heavy with their burden fra frag rant sweet sweet sweet- And no fruit in all this Eden is forbidden man to cat Virgin soil lies yet unbroken in our broad boad and fertile vales Meadowlands are arc lush with grasses swept by suin summers summer's cr scented gales I Where the wild bird calls his lover loer gentle hc herds ds are arc yet f to roam And the sunlit hills for the are nrc waiting to come coine Smiling harbors wait to welcome men of brawn and men of or brain Ships are being bl built to carry food to those hose across the main For the thc so south Ith is forging forward forward and and her fortune shall increase increase Now v that all the guns are arc silenced and the world has found its peace There are studios of romance where the actors actor's rna magic ic art art Telia TeUs the the world orl l i in 1 symbols shadow all the thc secrets of ms JUS All the goodness goodne s badness gla gladness ness sadness madness of or the he soul Arc AlC depicted for tb the millions wh who shall watch the thc plays unroll J The They are arc trooping here by hy thousands rich and nd poor from every e land land land- 4 Bankers builders poets artists they that work with ith brain hran or hand Every cry one is finding welcome welcome arid and shall find his rightful right right- ful place If Tf the purpose of his labor lalor be c the welfare elfare c of the race In In Ix Los s Angeles Times |