The record-union., 1892-06-23
GLENN COUNTY.
Something About Rapidly Develop
ing District.
remarkable Showing Of Prosperity
The Curious Legend of the
MarysvilIe Buttes.

Especial Correspondence REcoRD-UNIoN.1
Your correspondent becoming weary
OF the hum and stir of city life, packed
up a lew necessary articles and took an
early train for some quiet retreat in the
country.
Having a desire to obtain a personal
knowledge Of some of the many desirable
localities OF California that have not been
'ooomed,' he sought out friend who
but recently moved to the new county of
OIenn, which was formerly the northern
half OF Colusa County. He soon found
himself being entertained by the hospi-
table people of the thriving little town of
widows, the county seat. This town
contains population Of about 1900, yet
IL was not until 1876 that the first house
was erected. Many of the business houses
are of a substantial character. 1t boasts
OF recently erected schoolhouse costing
SloOO0. A number of the streets are
macadamized, and cement sidewalks
have been laid in front of some of the
puDlc, as well as private buildings. 1t
has volunteer fire department, and
| boasts OF having the finest local band
north OF Sacramento. The people of the
| county are about to establish high
school. At present houses are very
scarce, and the newly built ones had
to be secured almost before the
foundation was laid. Two important but
smaller towns are Orland and German
town, located further to the north. All
OF these places are on the line OF the rail
road, between Sacramento and Redding.
At first | found it rather difficult to
gather much information in regard to
the resources, etc, owing to the fact that
here, as well as elsewhere, the whole con-
VerSatlon on the streets, in the public
! offices, in fact everywhere, was the Har-
rison-Blaine contest. and all talk on
crops, etc., was for time tabooed How
ever, when these enterprising citizens of
tins promising town and county learned
that your correspondent proposed bring
ing before the many readers of the
RECORD-UNION the advantages and the
resources of this comparatively little
known section, they were most hearty in
their cooperation, and TO them alone is
due the credit of supplying any valuable
information that the readers of this letter
may obtain.
Glenn County has an extent from east
to west Of about fifty miles, and from
north to south of twenty-nine miles. \
number of men own very extensive tracts
OF farming as well as grazing land. Two
of these are the Glenn brothers, whose
possessions probably run up to 10000
acres.
1t is rumored that some of these large
landowners contemplate dividing up
their tracts into small farms, and
dlsposlng OF them to n desirable class of
immigrants. Something of this kind has
already been done. a colony from Hol-
land has secured 5000 acres; the advance
party has erected few houses and the
manager, Mr.. Mack, is about to start tor
Europe to bring out the remainder of the
colony and to induce others to seek
homes in this land of milk and honey"
Like many other parts of California
this county has been devoted to wheat
growing principally, and it has long been
noted as the greatest grain shipping
point in California. Fruit of a fine quality
can be raised in the foothills, and owing
to the fact that but little dew falls during
the hot summer months 1t can be dried
without resorting to artificial means
This year being a remarkably fruitful
one throughout the whole State. the
farmers here are doubtful about obtain
ing sufficient labor to handle all their
grain.
Nearly all this section is of an undu-
latlng character, but off toward the west
rise first the foothills, and then the higher
mountains of the Coast Range some of
which still retain their winter caps of snow
Mount Shasta, the monarch of the
| northern SlerraS, stands out in all her
! grandeur and beauty, as if enticing all
/ lovers Of nature to visit her abode; yet
only occasionally during these late spring
! days did she throw off her misty mantle
| and permit the eyes of man to gaze upon
her beauty.
! TO the east rise the Lassen and the
Marysville Buttes. To the latter is
connected a legend. The indians who
! inhabited this whole region before
the days OF the white man had great
reverence for these buttes. An old Chief
who had had handed down to him bv his
foreiathers the traditions of his tribe, de-
| clared that an immense and beautiful
! tortoise, IN her desire to keep all at peace
with one another, raised the buttes in the
! plain in order to separate contending
! tribes who were about to make war upon
| one another, and thus prevented
bloodshed. No warrior dared attempt
| the crossing of the mountains, as the
| good spirit of the peace-loving tortoise
| dwelt on the summit and had power to
| smite any who might disobey her com
mand. To this day the Indians still rev
erence these peculiar-looking mountains
and none could be induced to ever cross
| their summit.
The, climate is such as is to be found
anywhere throughout the most desirable
parts of the Sacramento and San JOAQUIN
! Valleys.
Where there are no running streams
water of an excellent quality can and is
obtained by boring but a few feet. and
there is generally breeze enough to run
wlndmlH during part of the day.
a local train runs from Willows To 9
small town named Fruto, about eighteen
miles out toward the west This road
| will in the near future be extended to the
extensive lumber regions of Mendocino
! County.
One of the most forcible arguments put
forth by the people of Glenn County. to
| show the prosperity throughout the
county, is that out of tax levy of $50. 0Of
but 80 was this year on the DELINQUENT
list. which they claim is the best show
ing ever made by any county in Califor-
mia.
! Your correspondent feels that much
more might be said. but probably toe
much of your valuable space has already
peen appropriated by n. o. Y.
/ Willows. Glenn County, Cal.