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Show CALIFORNIA. FOB HEALTH. Ud Climate, Bare Medicinal Springs Land Charming Scenery. There are many conditions of the )dy in which a change of environment is far more valuable as a remedial agent than all the medicine that can be prescribed. pre-scribed. j California is peculiarly fitted to give all that nature can give in this direction. direc-tion. To the newcomer the environment environ-ment is so strange and so striking that .It claims the undivided attention Everywhere and all the time there Is something strange or interesting to see I Of climatic conditions the invalid has ,a wide range from which to choose- In elevation, from about three hundred feet below sea level to six or seven thousand above; in humidity, from the moist sea breezes of the coast tc the dry. Invigorating sir of the inland mountain ranges; In temperature, from the almost perpetual summer of the southern part of the State to the more severe, though not unpleasant climate of the upper Sierras. In addition to all this, there are numerous nu-merous mineral springs, many of them having marked medicinal qualities which have already won for them a wide reputation. At some of these sanitariums san-itariums have been erected, and all the conveniences of modern civilization are at hand. There, too. one can enjoy & more healthful and varied diet than Is accessible ac-cessible In any other locality. resh fruits and vegetables the year round-an round-an abundance of wild game, and meats that are nutritious and highly flavored A climate where even a delicate person can, with no fear of taking-cold, spend ten of the twelve montjfs in the open air needs few accessories m the work or restoring impaired health of vitality 3reat numbers of semi-lnvallds already go to California to escape the cold of the EaBtem winters, and find to their constant surprise that a great part of s California winter Is almost an exact counterpart of the balmiest days- of an Eastern spring. I A variety of California literature attractively at-tractively illustrated, describing its resources, re-sources, famous resorts and numerous wonders, also maps and folders showing show-ing routes, through trains and other valuable information, may be obtained Ty addressing D. R. Gray, General Agent Southern Pacific Co jni Main JreeL Salt Lake Cit W-OaJO i |