The record-union., 1899-03-16
NOTES FROM GLENN COUNTY
ONE OF THE BEST LOCALITIES
FOR FARMING.
A Great Grain Growing Section,
With Excellent Lands for
Fruit Culture.

| Glenn County being one of the new
counties of the State. having been or
ganized in 1891, has neither history nor
traditions, but for good land and a eli
mate unsurpassed for healthfulness it
has no superior in the State. In the
flush times luxurious living. with very
little effort, caused a permanent cpl
! demic known as laziness. which has
| resulted in standstill in the way of
progress.
The organization of the Central Irri-
cation District ten years ago inaugu-
rated a small sized boom, but dissatis-
faction over the management of the
ditch and final knockout by the courts
burst the boom. Notwithstanding this,
and the dry season of 1898, Glenn
County is not in a stage Of retrogress-
| iveness.
Land values have changed. but all
good land in the county is to-day pay
ing profit to the industrious farmer
and enterprising landlord Glenn Coun-
ty has strip of alkali land along the
line of the northern railway, about
three miles wide, that impresses trav-
elers with the idea that the county is
poor. All the land from the foot of the
coast mountains to the east line of the
county is first-claSs, barring the alkali
strip.
The valleys in the foothills produce
some fruit for export. All deciduous
fruits grow luxuriantly and yield d
profit. Oranges and lemons are sue
cessfully grown at both Willows and
Orland. Orland has some nice orchards
just coming into bearing. The lemons
are better than in any other section of
the State, being thin-skinned and high
ly favored
Olives have been tried in a small
way, and thrive to- perfection. Expert
ments have been, confined mostly to the
residents in the towns, the profits in
wheat being satisfactory
There has been very little done in
the way of experimenting by farmers
on the plains. Stony Creek Valley is
a Paradise in sections where man has
grasped the offering of nature, and
there, even during the drought of last
year, were fat cows, fine fruit and al
falfa galore.
The mountain portion of Glenn is
rough, but there are spots where the
finest apples and potatoes are grown to
perfection. The heretofore worthless
mountain sides, covered with chemisal,
are being used as range for goats, and
have proved that all the land and its
natural growth was for a purpose.
This is about the only venture that is
advisable to embark in with certain
profit at the present time. This land
is all free, while Angora goats are
cheap, and for a tired man the pros
pect is always good, as goats need very
little attention.
Glenn County offers very little in
ducement for farmers of small means.
as small tracts of good land can't be
had at satisfactory prices Nobody
wants to sell unless the whole ranch
goes There are some small tracts OF
desirable land in the foothills for sale
at reasonable rates where man who
is willing to work hard and live moder-
ately for a few years will acquire
profitable and comfortable home.
Willows, the county seat, is the most
important town in the county. 1t has
a population of 1000, machine shops.
bank, four churches, fine schools few
saloons, three hotels, and an abundance
of stores The Water and Light Com
pany, with a paid-up capital of ZOO,
furnishes the town with pure water
and excellent lights.
Orland, Elk Creek. Butte City, Ger
mantown, MELVILLE and Fruto are en-
terprising towns. Fruto is the present
terminus Of the West Coast and Men
docino Railroad, which will be extend
ed in the near future to Humboldt
County. The price of land varies from
50 per acre for the alkali and gravel to
SEQ for the best wheat land.
While it is not the object of this ar
ticle to encourage immigration, it can
be truthfully stated that for healthful-
ness and happiness there is no better
spot than Glenn County from the river
to the top of the Coast Range. That
the death rate is less than eight to the
/ 600 per annum is all the evidence nee
essary.