Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-30

Spring Valley Company, at Cherokee, some
ten miles from Oroville This mine is
operated on the hydraulic system, but has
not been enjoined, because its owners have
avoided running their debris upon the
lands of others TO any great extent. The
company has purchased many large tracts
of land on which to float its tailings, and
thus far there has been no serious COM
plant against it. There are several other
large mines in the same vicinity, and the
gold output of Butte amounts to q respecta-
bic figure during the year
THE GENERAL BIDwELL FARM.
| Among the more prominent farmers Of
the county is General John Bidwell, one of
/ the earliest pioneers of the State, who has
a magnificent landed property of many
thousand acres near the town OF Chico.
General BidweIl is one of the most success
full and enterprising farmers in the State.
He is not, like many other landowners, 4
| mere - rancher," but one who manages lis
| land according to the higher and better
principles of husbandry. He raises many
varieties by the hundreds of acres each of
the different classes of grain, and manu-
features it into flour upon his own premi-
ses; grows fruit very extensively of all
! kinds, which, i'll addition to selling in ripe
state to extent of immediate demands cans
and dries the surplus, requiring an extend
! ed payroll for employees; raises fine breeds
| Of live stock, and is in every respect q
model farmer. Notwithstanding the OK
! tent of his premises, every acre of it not
| in pasture or meadow, is kept rs Clean
| from weeds, etc. as the most scrupulously
titled garden. His exhibits at the State
Fairs have always been attractive features
| of those exhibitions, and from unqueS-
| toned merit he is always awarded many of
! the higher premiums. The high state of
cultivation to which he has brought his
| land shows what any man may accom-
| pIish in that county by enterprise and
| thrift.
THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS
| In Butte county are Chico, Oroville, Biggs,
| G1idev, Nord, Cherokee, Nelson, DAYTON
| and Durham. Chico is the largest. being
nearer the center of the present agricultural
section. 1t is located on the line of the
| California and Oregon Railroad, and has a
population of approximately 1000. The
town is handsomely laid out, has many
fine residences, churches, etc, and excel
| lent educational facilities 1t has also two
daily newspapers, which fact is in itself an
| indication of prosperity. Stages leave the
| town every day for all parts of the county
! off the line Of the railroad Chico is the
| home of a number of manufacturing enter
prises, all of which appear to be prospecting
! When the large ranches III its vicinity shall
| be divided up among greater number of
| persons the beneficial effects upon the bust
ness of the town will be manifest
THE LARGER TOWNS
Oroville is the county seat, and is twenty
| four miles southeast from Chico. Its prox-
unity to both the mining and farming sec
tons secures for it large share of the trade
of both miners and farmers. 1t has popu-
lation of something more than 1000; has
several churches and excellent schools, and
daily paper.
Both Chico and Oroville are provided
with gas and an excellent water supply
Biggs is also thriving place. 1t is ON the
| line of the railroad, twenty-five miles south
| of Chico, and has stage connections with
| interior towns; a schOol-house costing
| s., 800, and a weekly newspaper. Gridley,
Nelson, Nord, Durham, all of which towns
are on the line of the railroad, are prosper
Gus and growing. Particular attention has
been bestowed upon
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF Butte county. There are about seventy
districts, ninety teachers, and upward of
1000 school children. The average salary
paid to each male teacher is $50 per month,
| and so TO lady teachers. 1t would be diff
! cult to find a section Of the State that is
| maxim. more rapid progress toward wealth
and permanent improvement than Butte
county. Strangers coming to the State in
search of homes could not well go amiss by
settling there.