. Swedish Day 1916. son Alfred. Hoffsirf _ ...„ ... jpOS ANGELES, the City ofjjy, the Angels—or to give thesonorous Spanish title, **Nu-estra Senora la Reina de Los An-geles—the Wonder City of theUnited States, is the most talked-of city on the continent. Indeed,its fame has spread all over theworld. A city that increases itspopulation within the short periodof thirty years from 10,000 to550,000 is certainly not in theordinary class. There are three leading feat-ures that have contributed to thisgrowth—climate, soil and loca-tion. Any one of these advantageswould be sufficient t
. Swedish Day 1916. son Alfred. Hoffsirf _ ...„ ... jpOS ANGELES, the City ofjjy, the Angels—or to give thesonorous Spanish title, **Nu-estra Senora la Reina de Los An-geles—the Wonder City of theUnited States, is the most talked-of city on the continent. Indeed,its fame has spread all over theworld. A city that increases itspopulation within the short periodof thirty years from 10,000 to550,000 is certainly not in theordinary class. There are three leading feat-ures that have contributed to thisgrowth—climate, soil and loca-tion. Any one of these advantageswould be sufficient to build up alarge city, but taken together theyinsure the future of Los Angelesas the metropolis of the South-west. Los Angeles was founded onSeptember 4, 1 781, by a smallband of pobladores, or colonists,who had been recruited in theMexican States of Sinaloa andSonora, and brought here undercommand of a government officer,to found an agricultural colony,for the purpose of raising producefor the soldiers at the were a mixed class, com-posed
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