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Identifier: lureofpastpresen00brya (find matches)
Title: The lure of the past, the present and future
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Bryan, George W., ca. 1844
Subjects: Bryan, William Evermont Women Urbanization Real estate development Agriculture
Publisher: Los Angeles, E.G. Newton company, printers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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He said: I will tellyou why. He had a stingy spell on him; the lot wasdonated by interested parties, and that is why it was builtwhere it was and it will stand for many years a monu-ment to Uncle Sams stinginess. The architect for thisbuilding missed his calling; the interior arrangement isas inconvenient as it possibly could be made, no doubtto correspond with the exterior in location and lack ofarchitectural beauty. There are many sight-seeing trips out of this city, butthe tourist, although a stranger, will soon learn thewishes of these very pleasant, well-mannered and courte-ous promoters of the various side-line trips for pleasureand recreation; he will join the crowd, and few indeedwill regret the time and money spent. There has beena vast amount of money invested on the coast so that thetourist could be properly entertained, and from the un-limited patronage bestowed on these daily excursions one CO ►tI o 5! ft Vi > ^ £L ^ s 0) -n tu r/; o rt K^ ^ ^ ^ T> Orq 3 r4- w c
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THE PRESENT AND FUTURE 101 is led to believe that the money invested brings a largerdividend than the same amount would in orange groves,dairy ranches or poultry farms. The Chamber of Com-merce on Broadway is the haven of rest and recreationfor the tourist; here we find the products from everyvalley in Southern California. In the lecture hall welisten to the fluent and vivid description of everything pro-duced, as well as the cities from Berkeley to San Diegocoming in for their share of commendation and the greatpossibility of the investor to realize fair and sometimesunusually large dividends on the money invested ineither city or country property. These lectures are madedoubly interesting and fascinating by the aid of stereop-ticon pictures. This is a delightful place to spend a fewhours, a day, a week or two. We were impressed withthe beauty of the exhibits and with the zeal and energydisplayed on every hand by the management of this greatinstitution to make it a place of informati

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