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GENERAL INFORMATION 21 drive across country to Red Bluff and Redding, and from the latter city mount to the border lakes of Oregon. Considering its longitudinal extent, California is kinder to the automobilist than any State in the Union. The main highways present no barriers of mud or snow. Many roads are coated with asphaltum, making all-the-year motoring possible. And the views in a day's journey constitute an al- bum of motor-memories not to be excelled. Tourist Bureaux. Both Thomas Cook and Son and the Raymond- Whitcomb Company have offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles where information is supplied concerning conducted and independent travel on the Coast. At the Peck-Judah Bureaux in the same cities inquirers may obtain facts concerning local tours, resorts, and automobile routes. Daily sight-seeing cars leave their offices at 687 Market Street, San Francisco, and 623 South Spring Street, Los Angeles. The California Development Board, Ferry Build- ing, San Francisco, maintains a bureau for tour- ists and for those seeking authentic reports con- cerning crops and manufacturing in all parts of the State. Chambers of Commerce and business organisations in important towns offer a similar service in regard to their individual communities.