Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-01-12
CALIFORNIA LETTER.
RED BLUFF. Jan. II. ls,

you and all the readers Of the WORLD.
l have been travelling around consid-
cradle since my last, and for the past
three weeks have been rusticating ia
the country. | hope that you are hav.
Ing pleasanter New Years day than
We are here, for this is the coolest day
| have ever seen in California. We
had snow storm to-day, and now the
wind is blowing from the north, and
as cold as "Greenland's icy Mount
aims" The season, so far, has been
lovely one; warm, with good rains,
and grass is up to considerable
height Grain is springing up fast,
and some fields are already quite
green. Sheep are doing very we'll,
and if this coldsnap does not prove
disastrous, the season of 1883 will un-
doubtedly be one Of the most prosper
Gus California has ever seen.
1t is astonishing to see the way that
farming has taken up the minds of the
people of California. Here, in Teha-
ma county, lands that twenty years
ago were thought fit for nothing but
grazing, are now in grain. The whole
country is taken up, and everywhere
you see the little dwelling, the farm,
aud frequently a group of small tow.
headed children, which denote the pres
ence of the settler. The noted "red"
lands are all plowed up and in grain.
But it is risky business farming such
lands. Many farmers are already 60
ing behind, and the sheepmen wisely
shake their heads and declare that ten
years from now there will be much
less farming in California than now
1t is said that this red soil and the
foot-hill lands, are admirably adapted
to the grape, and many persons are
setting out vineyards About foul
miles from town aChinaman has Sc
out several thousand cuttings. The
heathens are going into every kind O
business. Mr.. Stanford, of Railroad
fame, has bought the "Thones" prop
erty, so long in litigation, from Johl
Butler, and contemplates setting it on
in grapes.
The sheep business is the best il
this country now, and man with
good band can make very comforta
i bic living off of them.
:, This town was recently destroyed
! or rather the business portion of it, b
fire, but thanks to the indomitable en-
ergy of its people, it is nearly rebuilt
with large, substantial brick build
ings. 1t is the county seat of Teha
t ma county, and in the center of
d great farming and stock country, an
+ hence enjoys the trade of the Who'll
}, region. Consequently it is GROWN
It and bids fair to be the city of North
e ern California.
), The works of the Sierra Flume an
II Lumber Company across the SacrG
It mento river, were destroyed by fire
t. few days after the fire in town. The
e are also being replaced by large buil'
a ings, and will be great source {
W revenue for the town The Aume
;e fifty miles long and conveys lumbe
r from the company's mills in the Sierr
a Nevadas. 1t is manufactured at tn
d works here, into sashes, doors. boxe
e etc, and shipped below on the railroa'
Y, A new railroad has been complete
n from Davisville, Yolo county, to Teh
d ma, twelve miles below here, on tt
|: river. 1t runs through Colusa count.
n and is generally known as the "Wi
IF lows" road.
is Well, l have given you everythin
/: that would be of any interest, but wi