Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06

any body of men in the State. Mounted on
a mustang fyiug after g wild steer, horse
liable at any moment to trip III gopher
hole, rata ready TO whiz through air at an
opportune moment, the glow of excitement
on eye and cheek, a cowboy at u rodeo' IS
worth seeing. He goes into hooks and
mountain crannies, each man head
ing his own to appointed corral.
where branding irons are applied to each
animal arrived since last rodeO. The va
queros are equally busy among bands Of
horses. Slight expense here attaches to
bring horses to maturity. 1t is dear de-
light to a vaquero to break bucking horse
to saddle or draught purposes, and who
! does so successfully can borrow everything
in the bystanders' pockets, or marry the
belle of the bail. These horses foal in free
| dom, roam at random, develop good wind
in this thin air, and by racing up and down
dale acquire vigorous constitutions,
! equal training of limb or muscle,
spirit, and even abilities impossible
! to nags bred On low, level lands. Two to
six hundred of such noble beasts in a herd
| are worth going to see at a rodeO. They are
driven 10 central California, Nevada, Utah,
| Arizona, and bring an average of $50 I'M
| broke Selected animals, trained to CARR
| age use, bring 500 TO $3.50 per head. On
| these plains reside the Cattle-dealing firm Of
Mackissick Bros of whom John Best Mac
kissick, called Buster" by those who love
| him most, has q record. At the Centennial
! he entered the hOrSemanship contest be-
! tween riders from all over the Union, Eng
| land, Mexico and Spain. He won the hun
! dred-mile race by long odds, and came i'll
fresh rs a flower. His skill with trained
! and unframed steeds Of all nationalities
| paralyZed the public, and Buster still
wears the diamond belt as champion
horseman of the world
OTHER LIVE STOCK
Raised with profit are Angora goats, sheep,
hogs, mules Wool is sheared semi-annu-
ally as elsewhere in this sheep-raising
State, Most of it is sold a. Red Bluff, and
brings better prices than some counties clip,
because the mountains are free from burrs,
stickers and cookies. Mutton sheep are
driven to Reno for Nevada consumption.
Swamp lands about the lakes are over
grown with tules having q Dubious root
attractive to hogs. Tule lands have gener-
ally been thought not worth taking up, but
since they fatten pork without further
feed they seem not to have been
made in vain. Winter short and mild,
summer long and cool, hundreds Of
acres in Self-Supporting range, what
is to prevent profit on pork? Mules here
have the same advantages as horses, and
are always in demand where teaming is the
only transportation. Our original settler
was Peter Lassen,
OF LAssEN COUNTY.
a handsome Masonic monument marks
his grave near Susanville. He discovered
gold on Diamond mountain, Sierra peak,
and further researches located many gold
and silver claims, about thirty Of which
have been worked to advantage, some in
present progress.
Such fruits as apples, pears, plums,.
prunes, cherries, peaches. all kinds of
berries grow well. Grapes have not
thriven because the people treated
them like cattle-set them out and
let them run. To pay they viii require
planting in soil to which they are adapted,
on sunny slopes, with after care. Whoever
for home use has given culture has had
success. Fruit finds ready market at Reno,
but requires hauling too far for profit Be
tween Susanyille and Reno stretch ninety
i've miles, partly across Nevadas alkali
deserts. TO dry fruit is its only salvation.
\ large dryer and cannery could preserve
much fruit that now wastes. Oats, barley,
potatoes, dry peas, poultry, dairy product,
wool, hides, bullion, onions and honey are
products hereinbefore unmentioned. Coun-
ty griSt mills consume all homegrown
wheat, but do not equal home demand. Six
sawmills supply lumber from evergreen
forests sGrting streams and foothills.
Irrigation is receiving much attention
from new-coming capitalists, and opening
hitherto unavailable tracts to agriculture.
EASTERN TRAVELLERS
Leave the Central Pacific road at Reno and
take stage for Susanville. The drive con-
sumes $l2 and eighteen hours a narrow
gauge railroad has had thirty-fiye miles in
operation toward Susanyille but is not
now in use through litigation. Any road |
III California has surmOunted greater diff !
Culties than any erected by nature on this |
proposed Nevada and Oregon route. Hav-
ing successfully crossed the peavine noun |
tains it's typographical troubles are over; |
its financial fOllies will soon be adjusted |
Its course will be through Long valley, |
scouting trade from Honey Lake valley, |
Piumas county and Sierra valley Tracing |
60 miles of Honey Lake valley rich lands, |
it crosses Secret valley gently rolling |
Madeline plains thirty miles to south fork !
Of Pit river, up that to Alturas in our sis
ter county Modoc, up Fit river forty miles |
to Goose Lake valley, on fitty-fiye miles to !
Lake View, Oregon, thence to Cheweucan
valley, Oregon richest wheat country. to !
Harvey. Thence it vii! 20 either north |
east, and tap the Oregon Short |
Line, or northwest, and connect with |
California and Oregon overland at |
Eugene City. Either branch is practical
Settlers should aim 10 buy homes along its
route before building IS resumed, and that |
cannot be far off.
WORDS FOR WOMEN.
One to the wise is enough. Fully two- |
thirds the population Of Lassen county are |
men. AL the women are married or TOO |
young to marry. There are hundreds of |
rich old bachelors, who would marry if |
there were available women to be had near |
by. Bashiulncss engendered BY lonely |
lives prevents them from leaving home to |
hunt companions among women. Girls.
you all know what hahOmet said about
the mountain.
There are no widowers, because women
here are unlike the good who die young,
but there are countless young bachelors.
They also want wives, but are too busy
making money to spare time for spark
ing. Dashing, handsome men they are
whose outdoor lives make them models
OF manly health. Constant contemplation
Of natures grand objects is unconsciOusly
ennobling, and amid these mountains are
American princes who need only the guild
ance Of judicious little hand to become
best Of husbands. Cinnamon have gained
too strong q fO0thOld as dOmestiCs on this
coast for any woman to fear dcgenerating
into an unappreciated household drudge
through marrying a countryman. Wo-
men spoil their sport at the start
by doing too much Afterwards much
is expected, because they fail to claim
their domestic rights
Poultry-raiseTs, housekeepers, house
maids, seamstresses, dairy maids easily get
employment at rates from $40 TO $50 per
month. Few remain long on wages, as
men are sure to spy them out and
" Gull that lily for his breast"
The largest sawmill in the county IS
owned and operated by a woman. The
little mountain hooks, before described,
women, as well rs men, can buy st 81 %
per acre and become selfsupporting az
soon as their hens can BRING chickens along
10 frying size. II is impossible to estimate