The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-05-01

AS you go, by the Southern Pacific
Railway, from Portland to San Fran
cisco, you pass through this well-known
colony settlement On either side OF the
railway for a distance Of eight miles,
you will see orchards Of oranges, lem
ons, olives, ngs, almonds. grapes,
peaches, pears, prunes and apricots.
Scattered here and there among these
orchards you will observe well-kept
thrifty-looking homes-homes that look
like real homes. You can't help but note
the difference in the appearance or
these colony homes and those which you
will see both before and after passing
through the colony. Outside or this
colony settlement you will see. as a
rule, little houses and big barns. and
that most of the houses are total
strangers to paint. But when you strike
haywood Colony you'll see different
class of architecture, and you'll note
that all of the houses are well painted
and we'll kept up. These colony houses
are the homes of people from the East
who have settled here during the past
ten years. At the present time there
are just about 5000 people here, and
every day some new arrival gets on
at the colony depot to look the country
over There Is yet lots 3hsr OF sand IN tn NE
opportunity for those who know how to
take advantage of 1t.
That you may know the exact location
of this colony you should be told that it
is just 20 miles south of Red Bluff, and
just across the Sacramento river from
the celebrated Stanford ranch and vine-
yard Tehama is the county in which
this colony is located. and Tehama
county is the most northerly county in
the Sacramento valley. Tehama county
is noted for it's variety Of resources. It's
geographical location gives 1t mountain,
foothill and valley conditions. The
mountains afford endless water power
which is being converted into electric
rover, and conducted to points all over
the Sacramento valley. In the noun
tains in this country are immense saw
range for hundreds of thousands OF
sheep. This county, by the. way, is the
largest sheep county in California.
In the foothills are many delightful
homes. The climate is such as to pro-
duce the best of apples, beans, potatoes
etc.
In the valley we have the rich bot
tom land along either side of the Sac
ramento river. Here is the home of the
sugar beet, of hops, alfalfa, corn, .pota-
toes, vegetables, fruits Of all varieties,
as well as cereals of all KINDS.
The haywood Colony is located on the
upper end of the Sacramento valley, just
where the valley land begins to undulate
in it's approach toward the surrounding
mountains It's setting is an ideal one
being encircled on the north, east and
west by nearby mountains from six to
fourteen thousand feet in height. While
there is practically continuous summer
in this valley, perpetual snow rests on
the roundabout mountains. To the eye
this contrast is a source of constant
admiration.
Corning is the name of the railway
station for the colony. You arrive here
in about thirty minutes after leaving
Red Bluff You can't help but know
as soon as you see it, that 1t is an
Eastern town in a Western country. The
first object which will arrest your eye,
as you look out of the car window, is
the home Office of the haywood Colony
"a striking structure of Spanish archi-
lecture, with an observatory, or tower,
one hundred feet high. Stately palms
border the office grounds-the whole
forming an effect most pleasing to the
eve that sees beauty in beautiful things
Just across the street from the ONCE
you will see the Hotel haywood, big
comfortable hotel, surrounded by ample
grounds, in which you will see growing
oranges lemons, pomelos and palms, and
other ornamental plants. Right mere