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Excerpt from Its Products, Resources, Industries and Attractions: What It Offers the Immigrant, Homeseeker, Investor and Tourist The purpose of this book is to disseminate accurate information regarding California. It is to give those who seek enlightenment facts and figures that in every instance may be verified upon per sonal investigation. There is no purpose in exaggerating the resources and attractions Of such a marvelous land as California. One of the contributors to these pages writes: I have told every thing just as I would want it told me if I had in View a change of location. The truth is plenty good enough as to anything con cerning California. That spirit, it is trusted, has been carried out in every paragraph and sentence of the book. Each subject has been treated by one who has particular knowledge Of it and who has undertaken the task through love Of his State and a desire to render it a service; and also, possibly, because of a feeling that something which may have gone before needs more careful treat ment. Some of the contributors are of national renown; all are recognized in California as particularly qualified to write on their several subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.