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Show P0STOPPI0E INSPECTOR ENJOYS RIS VACATION Tostofflcr Inspector C 1". Lowe has returned, re-turned, after a two wks' vacation trip to his old home lit Modesto. Cal. Mr. Lowe spent nn enjoyable fortnight with hbi parents and other relatives. "That country is certainly growlnc.-' said Mr. l.owe. "The most ainar.Ing pvop-i pvop-i res.-- ha: been made the last four years. Land that could be bought for SIO an 'acre is now worth Jl 00. It Ik a remark-i remark-i able evidence of what can be done with ! irrigation. The wheat crops arc enormoua. the people are growing tho finest IMnds of fruits, and th viaeyarda are among the best In th" stal". The town has a popu- latlon of "000 people now. They are pro-moling pro-moling electric railway? two of them-I them-I to Stockton, where conne-tlou will be 1 made for Saernjiiento. Modesto is only 100 miles from Fan Francisco and is on 1 (he ninin lino of the Southern Pacific. I "I believe ihc tlnjy is near at hand 'when Modesto and its immediate vicinity will be on the map.' I only wish I had i bought some of that land five years ago. ' |