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Show $ THE CITIZEN 12 CALIFORNIA. (Continued from page 3) ordered wheat-breabeef, pork, mutton and vegetables. The days of the stages were coming to an end. When the Comstock was discovered, writes Goodwin, stages d, ' and stage drivers reached perfection. The coaches were beautiful, the horses magnificent, covered with ivory rings, tassels on their head stalls, and trappings generally as splendid as could be invented. A lucky star guided the destinies of the young railroad. From Sacramento it stretched to San Francisco and Oregon, to Los Angeles, and finally across Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, toit s present Mississippi Val- ley connections. Huntington, Crocker, Stanford and Hopkins were pioneers. The Southern Pacific System is a great, rolling monument to them. Irrigation set in motion a long rural migration. Where stood Mission San Diego de Alcala stands a modem subtropical city. Los Angeles, at the spot where the Portola expedition received the Grand Pardon of the Assisi, has been transformed, as if overnight, urban from a pueblo into a latter-da- y giant. Petroleum brought another boom. San Francisco Bay, prize that so long eluded ancient mariner, is a world port; Oakland, a thriving indus- trial center, and San Francisco, a charming city on steep hills, overlooking bay and sea. Airplanes now go from San Francisco to New York in less than two days. In the not distant past it took two months to sail around the Horn. Steamers, plying through the Panama Canal, have cut the voyage down to two weeks. Trains cross the continent in four days. California! Universal has been her appeal. First, she tempted men with repose. Then she spurred them to success. Will-o-the-wi- sp ? ENTOMOLOGISTS say the life of an ant is from 8 to 10 years. It is believed, however, that after they have passed their fifth birthday they are too feeble to attend picnics. Louisville Times. CALVIN COOLIDGE carried New York four years ago by the fat margin of 870,000 votes, so that it may be seen that the Republican nominee has a fair start. It is true that Smith was elected Governor in the same con ID up-sta- te was the voice of Tammany. Smiths claim upon the Empire state is not based upon logic. IT IS always fathers car when it needs a new tire or a tank of gas. At other times the whole family owns it. Los Angeles Times. POLITICIANS think that by stopping up the chimney they can stop its smoke. They try the experiment, they drive the smoke back, and there is more smoke than ever; but they do not see that their want of common sense has increased the evil they would have prevented. I the DEFINITION: Middleman; goat, who gets it going and coming. Wall St. Journal. CONFESSION is good for the soul, but it is bad for the reputation. Met for Electric Cooking! Begin Now to Enjoy A cooler kitchen for putting up fruits and vegetables old-fashion- ed It is so much more than a different kind of cooking appliance it is a helpful, dependable, economical and superior servant. It provides better meals, more easily prepared and at a less cost than any other method of cooking. r There is no soot no ashes no fumes no smoke no dirt. There is a size for every requirement and at a price to fit every purse. DOWN MOVING PICTURE ROYALTIES. The moving picture industry is rap- in Am- importgovern- last de- cade the industry has brought in royalty returns of over $500,000,000, the yearly total is now between $75,000,-00- 0 and $100,000,000. Imports of foreign films, on the other hand, amount to only about $1,000,000 in royalties, making the movie purse an unusually fat one. A large percentage of the films exported are Westerns, which is no small reason for the still current impression on the Continent that the west is as woolly as ever. a cleaner and neater kitchen the year round. Save yourself the kitchen by installing an ELECdrudgery of the TRIC RANGE. snow-cappe- d, idly taking a leading position erican export trade and is an ant factor in extending the ments trade abroad. In the Borne. There is no Substitute Perhaps. But that country rises which leaves mens energies unfettered. In scenery, California is unexcelled. Her Sequoias, tall and stately, defy the centuries, like no other living thing on this found planet. Palos colorados! They chose this land in preference to all others. Only here may they be found. And the mountains, what crags! wearing mantles of rare blue, towering above myriad valleys of orchards in bloom! California! She holds the chalice! test, but Albany was the only county he carried. His margin was all in the metropolitan district. It Places any range in our immense slock in your home take 2 years to pay the balance if you wish. . EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVICE |