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390 Tke RedItUBl,ueBook ol Californtlwhich is beyond he comprehensionf minds oot used o thinking interausof millions. One sixth of the \{orld's productionof oil comesfrom within a radius of twelve miles of Whittier!

Not only is Whittier desirableas a home own, but it is growi1lgrapidly, and we naturally want to be connectedwith a "going" insti-tution. That Wlittier is growing is proven not only by the censusreports,which show hat it has doubledn populationn thepast threeyears,but by the rcordof building permits. 1923set the pacewithbuildingpermits to the arnountof more han three millions of dollaN.NHltarDr! Drlillrircr BnoxnR.s

Alblighi, Carson lleaLty Co., Stedrn.!Blils.Behnke & Bel rhe, 134 N. GreenleafAve.Cox,A, D. , Real ty co. , 113y: N. Green-

Denney. L. Hoyt, 1.10 N. Greenlea f,Foster, Ired M.. 131 N- G.enleaf Ave.Fosler, z. !. , Realty Co-, stedmanBlds,Cilrbs & Balsotr, 302 I'irst NationalBank !lds.Herderson, I ] . N. , 106 E. Phi lade lpn i .st.lIlDFhaw, l-indsay, 612 S. comstockHi\on, A. R. Realty Co,, 10? E. Pnilsllaich Renlt,r Co., 224 W. PhiladerDliast,Jackso! Realiy Co., 12? % S. Greelleatr

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TlLeRealtu BIue Boalr ol Cali.fottri& 391Becauseof its location its per.enniaiDrosDer.itys assur.ed;becausoof its Dloxinity to the lastest grolving city in the rvor.ld, ts develop-ment in all lires of human endea\,or yill be rapid. Becauseof its ideal

c r i m n ' F . c s r : r " o n .L ' r , d : " o " o i 1 I ' L l r r l , p I a a . s - o r n s j u . , a c y c l oo l r D r r s . r ' ' l . L m n r . . i i . . . \ i l s j r : r ' . r . r l , . - r k - r ^ r . r . , n oThe assessedvaluatiol of the city ol Alharnbrrl has incr.easedfroD one to ninel.een illioD ju the lasi five t,e3r's;the baDl( depositshave inclcased fionl one to five million;2] building recold oi twomillioD a yeal jnDpcd to nearly t$'o millions a rnonth.Four' hundled and t\r'enty acres r-ele subdivided fo.- building totsfor $'hich eight iles oI public stlects and foul milcs ol public alleyshave bceD rcqrrired; oul population has leapcd fr.or1 5000 to 2b,000jn thc last t\.eh'e vears.With thc nest inlnnd plulge in thc south*est, extensive DlayapD:uatus, tcnnis and basket-b:1ll courts and plovisions for opencamp fir'cs, al l groupcd in a beautiful setting, Alhambra,s fourteeracre palk prc\'ides anlpll' for' the Dhysiczrln-cll-bejngof her citizens.With a Dublic libralj' that {onld do credit to a metlopolis; eightgrannnal schools and one high school, Alhambra iras generousl].pro-vided for the rrental 1yellar.cof her citizens and the education of heryouth; eleveD chulches bespeak fol' her peoplc that iDterest in rc-ligious altrits, r-ithoul rvhich no city lnay safcly stand.

T$ro hundred and folty-t$-o electlic traiDs, opelating over threecar'lines, D:rss r a d out of Alharrbr.r d:lily;miles of paved highwaysradiate out ilto the r. ich oil nelds oi Morltcbello, S lta Fe Splirgs andSi$al Hill aDd rerlder' accessiblo California's vast plalglound ofmountairl resor'l :ud sanded beach.Alhambr.a has a live Athletic Club; a ploglessive Ki\l-:rnis Ctub;aD active Chambel oI Corrmclce a d a scole of civic clubs devoted to(onDrllnity sclvice.With :r 400 acle segres:rted i dustrial rlistrict, rvhereiD lies theSouthelr Califorria Ddison ComDant"s geler.al offices and r.ar.e-houses; the C. F. Blnun Co.; Standard Felt Colnparly; Alhamtrr.aOlchald Spla) ' Conlpnnt ' :AmeliclD StcelPiDeard Tank Co.; he LosAngeles Concretc lile Co. aDd t$'entv-cig.hl otlref lines of industries,our p:rl-i oll is taken car.eo{ fol all time to con]e.Colne to Alharnbra And shnrc lvith us.

, \ c ron, lhos . Co. , 212 W, \ Ia in St .( l l idddr . \ t r l l rc f 1 . ' .Co. , 11 l i \ \ ' l l r i !Haryard & BroNr , l82e t la i r Sr .Jones. G.o \ ! ' . Co 6 N. H.ymour l Sr .L iv rn( .od & Tnc l ic r . l N Cnr f i ld nr . .

l.isl'.l l l,l lln()lil.JlsNclntostr & Santer. 112 $r'. \rrif11,116 lnnke, I2 1\''. X[aiD SiStan lor r l & Cro$! , 180! Sr . Main$rlight li -q.D, 13 1]. Ifrin sl

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