. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. PACIFIC TREE AND VH N E 31 A Recent Government Topograph- ical Map of California Tlie United States Geological Survey has in press and will shortly publish an excellent topof^raphic map of the Santa Susana quadrangle, enibracinf; [xirtions of Los Angeles and \'entura counties, Cal. On it will appear parts of the I'ine Mountains and Zaca Lake Forest Re- serve, the Santa Susana Mountains, and the northern side of San Fernando Val- ley. It will show the region near the headwaters of the Santa Clara Uiver and that portion of the Santa Susana


. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. PACIFIC TREE AND VH N E 31 A Recent Government Topograph- ical Map of California Tlie United States Geological Survey has in press and will shortly publish an excellent topof^raphic map of the Santa Susana quadrangle, enibracinf; [xirtions of Los Angeles and \'entura counties, Cal. On it will appear parts of the I'ine Mountains and Zaca Lake Forest Re- serve, the Santa Susana Mountains, and the northern side of San Fernando Val- ley. It will show the region near the headwaters of the Santa Clara Uiver and that portion of the Santa Susana Moun- tains whose drainage is to be utilized for the municipal supply of Los Angeles. An interesting feature of this drainage is the fact that the water coming from the var- ious canyons of the Santa Susana Moun- tains flows into the gravel beds of San Fernando Valley and is entirely lost to view, but emerges again at the lower cud of the valley as a stream. The topography, or relief, is clearly shown by contour lines passing through points of equal elevation, which not only show the altitude of all portions of the region, but accurately define the shapes and slopes of the mountains and valleys. The map is drawn on a scale of mately one inch to the mile. J. J. BLACK, CoiisultiiiK Kleclrical Engineer Telephone Green 741 It has always been sui)posed that the ("hinese were the most imitative people on earth, but when it comes to adopting and following the peculiar institutions of the white man, the Japs can discount them every time. At the the Little Brown Man has been largely de- pended upon for labor in tlie beet lields and usuall, at the most critical period, he has found a better job or is out for larger pay. Recently the Japs there have formed a union, a regular labor or- ganization, with their walking delegates and agitators, "Alle same white man," and are now out for trouble. Recently some four hundred members of the beet workers' union com


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