Show california FOR HOMES the best of soil climate society ind and schools I 1 california offers more attractions to one seeking a place for a comfortable home than any other place on the globe its extensive area gives it an almost unlimited variety ol 01 climate save that it has nowhere the intense cold of the eastern winter nor the cyclonic disturbances of the middle west its soil is as diversified as its climate between the loose friable granite wash of the sierra valleys and foothills and the black rich adobe of some of the int interior intermor eror valleys there may be found soils of almost any con consistency sis tency all fertile and waiting only to be tickled with the hoe to respond with an abundant crop thousands of acres of excellent land nestled in charming valleys and running far upon the foothills with water to be had in abundance for the developing lie waiting the hand of industry to convert them into productive and pleasant homes A halt half dozen families selecting some of these val lays could in three years convert it into a veritable paradise and from the the little colony could be entirely comfortable and almost self sustaining such lands can be bought at a low price and if desired on long credits while improvements in prove ments are being made the additional value conferred upon the land by its improvement m pro will be materially enhanced by the natural accretion of value always going goin on in a new and growing country nor will such a place remain long isolated so and without the accommodations of older settlements the school law of the state is wisely framed to provide for new settlements new school districts are easily formed and the smallest of these has public money enough to insure a good school for the greater pirt part of the year it is of often ten thought that a man must be already wealthy to secure a comfortable california home this is not the case A few hundred dollars to begin with backed by industrious and frugal habits will in an incredibly short apace space of time build up a home with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life these lands are already in the market and are gradually being purchased and it needs only that the leading leadin facts shall be generally known to secure an immediate and rapid addition to the homemaking population of the state for descriptive and illustrative literature call on or address D R gray general agent southern pacific pom company pany main street salt lake city utah |