Show Facts About Lower California Lower California which somebody periodically threatens to purchase and bring under the territorial dominion of the United States is the longest of North American peninsulas I is of about the same area as Florida Its greates length is about 800 miles and its greatest width about 145 miles The whole peninsula Is subtropical In climate clim-ate and productions and its extreme southern end is just within the torrid zone The coast line on gulf and ocean is about 1700 miles in length The population is sparse and the means of communication are so undeveloped that it is one of the most remote regions in the civilized world The gulf ports are almost unknown to people of this country Chicago Herald |