, 1882-05-26

river bottom land, already settled all
1900 acres of swamp and oSas S
flowed land, also owned and partial |.
reclaimed. The prairie land itsaif a
divided into clay and sandy 50;
The sandy soil is also known as soa % n
brush land and is excellent for wbast Ia n
growing. lcultivate 200 acres Of @ san.
land, and raise good crops. Bysnvs
mer- -fallowing it will frequently % nru
duce thirty five bushels of wheat t'
the acre. In fact, all this vallev
WEI well adapted to the cultivation a.
wheat, barley, oats and rye Irrio@o VI
ton Is not needed This valley
suitable to flax culture Flax 0rorS
wild in many places. About two
thirds of the valley is settled Tbo
remaining one-third is still open 10
pre-emptlon and homestead. NOV
ton OF which ! consider very cboico
land, Fall River valley is from
twelve to fifteen miles in length md
the same in breadth, somewhat irreo
ular IN shape, All the large yallSs,
previously mentioned are of si1nilsr
shape, but all larger than Fall River
The country surrounding our vallev
is mountainous and quite rugged
The soil in the mountains is n0f a.
for farming, Most of the mountains
produce good bunch grass and snn
port considerable live stock, Thha
mountains produce plenty of timber
for frewood. The slopes and plateanr
extending back from the valley are
covered with very superior pine In
fact, the largest and the finest bodvof
timber in the Sierra Nevada NOM.
tains extends northwesterly from our
valley to Mount Shasta, distance Of
| fifty miles,
Good farms can be bought for Sc
and 81 an acre. | am sure fifty FAM
lies could be located on Government
land in this valley, allowing 100 acres
to the family, and no doubt thew
could do we'll Our climate is quite
cold in the winter. Stock should be
fed that time Of the year. Lumber is
worth from IS to $40 thousand feet
Two rivers flow through the valley,
besides many small streams aud
springs come in from various sources.
making water plentiful. Our nearest
railroad point is Redding, distant
about ninety miles. The extension Of
the Oregon and California Railroad
will perhaps bring us within sixty
miles of rail. The Nevada Marrow
gauge Bailroad, proposed to extend
from Reno to Goose Lake, will come
within twenty five miles Of this point
when completed 1t is, however, un-
certain when the road will be COM
pleted. The wagon roads leading to
this country are somewhat inferior,
but are now being very much i'm
proved. Our market for farm pro
duce is local and limited. Our dis
tance from the principal markets OF
the State causes money to be scarce,
However, the opening of the Hayden
Hill gold mines, north of here, will
create a demand for our productions.
These mines have been Lately sold to
an English company for S75O,OOO, and
are very rich. y
conahIo % nf o,;n5;nr HWr oil M tho wheat that
f%aTor t%a vaIrou % nd,u nEodncaS l .n' " There i
verv @ S S',Hor;or iU opd evtons;va wafer
no,Se, now ?dPa at Ptba town n of FaiI River Mils
snftic;ont 70 onoratn anv nnmber Of
Mills a wooton mil, c9nld no made
n ,,n, success 81 "e',v as several m' hundred thou,
sand nonnds Of wool Annually mass
thrnudtb @ t bare from e. % Tho MINER c9,fntry
on ( s ;ts wav y n'to 70 Rcd ReJd;ng ie "pp
aWe have schools and school
SCHOOLS are Kept ODen from SIX W ICu