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. Swedish Day 1916. ists,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 of one European, seventy-two Spanish-Americans, sevenIndians, twenty-two mulattoesand thirty-nine Mestizos. As re-cently as 1831, fifty years afterthe founding of the pueblo, thepopulation was only 7 70. In Jan-uary, 184 7, the population was1,500. That Los Angeles is, and willalways remain, the commercialmetropolis of
. Swedish Day 1916. ists,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 of one European, seventy-two Spanish-Americans, sevenIndians, twenty-two mulattoesand thirty-nine Mestizos. As re-cently as 1831, fifty years afterthe founding of the pueblo, thepopulation was only 7 70. In Jan-uary, 184 7, the population was1,500. That Los Angeles is, and willalways remain, the commercialmetropolis of Southern California,admits of no doubt. The Citypossesses the great natural ad-vantage of being located on theshortest route, by the easiestgrades, between the Pacific andthe Atlantic oceans. The princi-pal articles of export are fruits,fresh and dried; vegetables ofgreat variety, beans, wine andbrandy, wool, honey, cannedgoods, sugar, olives, wheat, corn,barley, petroleum, cotton and by-products. Commrftee Members. Prof Mj pelin Prof ifitlnfcanHiIberz Albin E^elbreckt Direct* iW
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