. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . YOSEMITE HOTEL 0^ c ,r W FROM Tl THE BANCK SAN F, These pen-pictures of the fair and grand O, reader and friend, I bring to thee ;Things in our far away summer land, That trends to shore of the western sea. — Sunset Land, by Katharine S. Nichols, San Francisco HOWARD & WILSON COLONY COMPANY Forty years ago the great Daniel Webster said that Californiawas nothing but a vast desert, of no value to the United year she has sent train-load after train-load of peaches, pears,plums, prunes, apricots, nectarines, grapes and rai

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. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . YOSEMITE HOTEL 0^ c ,r W FROM Tl THE BANCK SAN F, These pen-pictures of the fair and grand O, reader and friend, I bring to thee ;Things in our far away summer land, That trends to shore of the western sea. — Sunset Land, by Katharine S. Nichols, San Francisco HOWARD & WILSON COLONY COMPANY Forty years ago the great Daniel Webster said that Californiawas nothing but a vast desert, of no value to the United year she has sent train-load after train-load of peaches, pears,plums, prunes, apricots, nectarines, grapes and raisins to supplythe great nation of fruit-eaters the United States is fast becoming, A few years ago Fresno County was the most deserted part ofthe old-time desert,—its very center,—where the only crops werehorned toads, jack-rabbits and sage brush. But presto, change!howardwilsoncolo00san. 8

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