City Profile Whittier California 1924 By J.w. Balson President Whittier District Realty Board Whittier California

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ing li.iverside gl'o\vn products to Los Anseles markets. Conditions ale ideal for. the dair'1'61n, poultlyman arld truck farmer. Land is still cheap ancl therefole pmfits large. If you are i)rterested in the citlus industr). r.hich after all is Southel Calitolria's gr.ealest irlconle-come and look us over. We have marr], gloves $.hich sho\,!.30 pel cent on the inlestnent. If vou want to }now what localitt usuallt' tops the or.ange rrarket, Iook at your daily ralket r.eport. If you can live on 1j4,000.00a vear. take a good ten acre glove and live. This\jll a1iold vou a honle that vou car erliov wjth the timc and ]nonc).to enjoy it. All this {or rD in\,esf ment ol sonre$16,000to 5i20,000.$Ihat more coLrldrou rsk?

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HITTIER. nith a populationoi 15.455,is ci|e ol the most ideal little cities in thc state. Clcar, healthful, plogr'essive; a city ol splendid chulches and schools,of beautiful streets, attr.active hones :rnd encharliing orange gr.oves; pr.e-eminently a city oi homes. Fourded by a Qualier.colony, arld giver the nanc of the beloved Quaker poel, ollc natural]y cxpccts a community. of high molal standnlds, and sluldy nranhoo.i, nnd we nlertior with Dljde the frct that not siDce its founding llas a capital cr ilne e\'el beel rommittl](l r.ithin The climatic conditionsle:rvelittl€ to bc desiled. Plotected by the Puenic Flills, Whittief is shelteled alike lr.om the cold winds that sweep down fr.om the sno\r-covered moultails .lur.irrg tbe \virter. and the hot deseft \'inlds of the sumn]er'. The cooling sea breezesfr.om the btoad Pacjfic, t$.ertv rriles distllnt, tcmpel the sLmDlcr.heat. Whittiel is rnost \1'onderfully located; rnidx-av bctween the r.ountaiDsand the sc^;thilt\- nirutes flom Los AnAelcs;folty nlinutes fro the bclches; \\'iihin :1n houl o1' so of dozcrls ol lhe best nrourtairl lesorts; \\'ith tfolley and lnotot bus transpoltation al ost evely$41ere. Sur'€ll' thjs nppeais to lhe homeseekel: Whitticr is lost fortun:rte in lhri it docs ot depeDdon any one thins for its Dlosperitr. The fi\'e points that have made \Vhittier a star ol the fi|st nl:rgritude in her. gloup alc her' Ieoplc, hel collegc, the cj|]'Lls,wallut and oil in.lustrics. An]' oue of thc three iDdustt,ics n:lmed \yould arnply supDolt a citv ten limes as large. Thc citrus industrt' has lo)rgbcdr kno{n to bc the beclrtroneof the dishicrt, and can be deDendcdupon to hr).nish thc cesh that Ak€s our' locai b:rnks fair'ly buige i.ith del]osits. Onc can have sorne little jdca ot thc nagnitudt oJ'ouf ritrus xnd w.thut lr'oltuctil]lr$h€n rle mention that it takes more tlan thirt].-five hundrcd fi eight cars, loaded to theil full cap:1citl, to move a single yeafs outpLtt. wllitticr is the center oI fire distirrct oil fields,the ploduction of

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which;s beyondthe comprehension of minds not usedto thinking in tems of millions. One sixth of the world's production of oil comes from evithin a radius of twelve miles of Whittier! Not only is Whittier desirable as a home town, but it is gaowiag rapidly, and we naturally want to be connectedwith a "going" institution. That Wlittier is growing is proven not only by the census repods, which show that it has doubledir1population in the past three years,but by the recold of building permits. 1923set the pacewith building permits to the amountof more than three millions of dollaN. rvHrTarDri Drlillrircr ,{Lblight, Carso! lreaLty Co., Stedman Blils, Behnke & BelrLre, 134 N. Greenlear Ave. Cox,A, D., Realty Co., 118% N. Green-

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trlaple Nevson coDrDany,103 N. creenNlrttesor, C. A., Wlittier News llldg, Morehous & aarevell, 428 N. Bright lloNis Echles Co,, 224 D. PhiladelUria

Denney. L. Hoyt, 1.10 N. Greenl€af, !'oster, Ired M.. 131 N. Greenleaf Ave. Fosler, z. E-, Realty Co., Stedman Bldg, Cilrts & Balsotr, 302 I'irst National Bank Blds. Henderson, H- N., 106 E. IhilaitelFbi.

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HiDshaw, tinrlsay,612

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Ei\on, A. R. Realty Co,, 10t E. PnUa Fatch Realt,r Co., 22.1W. PhilailerDhia

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Jackson Reahy Co., 12? % S. Areelleaf Kiuer,

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Ltttledale, H. F., 1?0 s. Greenleaf Ave MacDonald Realty Co., 141 N. Gree!-

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Nowlin & Stonesilher, 142 yr N. GreenPy, W. C., nealiy Co., 105 S. Con! Russell-Chrdress ComDany. 3l4

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Smith, Lanrlrum, 913 N. Oreentert. Swain-Natrney Co., 214 E. Philadelphia

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vota$. & \roiiw,

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106 E, PniladelPhia

Warnoch & Peel, 12{ E. Philaderlhia. weiver & Duncan, 131 N. GreelreaJ Whttrier

Realty Co., 20S X. Pbiladel-

Wilnore & l|azzard, 128 ll- Philad€i!h1r St, Realtt Co., 113 N. Wr'sht-Jenhins

Alhambra the Beautiful BU B. R. IVINS Sec.etarv RealtY Board

A LL sreal civjlizations of the past have been born betweenlhe mounlains and the sea, where peacefulwaters have carried A ^ ^ voyagerslo thF port of their idpals.and lowering adveni,urous peaks have beckored them to make their homes in the sheltered valleys, and satisfy their longing search for fr-eedom in the everchanqinqinsDirationof the hills, Nesiled in tt'e San Gabriel Vallev, famed alike for thal fertilitv and romancewhich lured the wealth of Spanishexplorersto a nevr I world; shelteredby the protectingshadowsof the Great Sienas; bordering that eighth wonder of the world, Los Angeles, with its rcar of industry and trade; partaking of the advantages of both city and valley, lies t}Ie ciw of Alhambra, the Beautiful.