Show california FOR homr HOMES the best of soil climate boci soci society ety and schools 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 of climate save that it has nowhere the in tense 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 interior val leys there may be found soils of almost any consistency 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 half dozen families selecting some one of these valleys could in three years convert it into a veritable paradise and from the beginning the little colony could be entirely comfortable for table and almost self sustaining such lands can be bought at a low price and if desired on long credits while improvements prove ments are being made the additional value conferred upon the land by its im improvement provement pro will be materially enhanced by the natural accretion of value always going on in a new and growing country nor will such a place remain long isolated 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 easi easily formed and the smallest of these has public money enough to insure a good school for the greater part of the year b be it is often thought that a man must 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 all a incredibly short space of time build up of a home with all the comforts and many 0 the luxuries of life these lands are already in the market and are gradually being pr pu chased and it needs only that the leidi leading 39 facts shall be generally known to secure an immediate and rapid addition to the colne holne ho making population of the state for descriptive and illustrative litera liter j general ture call on or address D R aws gray agent southern pacific company street salt lake city utah |