Siskiyou County California

PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN SCENERY ON THE TRAIL TO SCOTT'S BAR, SCENE OF GREAT MINING ACTIVITYShasta ValleyDraining the center of Siskiyou County and flowing northerly into theKlamath River, the winsome Shasta River winds through its seductive valley,a level or gently sloping expanse thirty-five miles in width, fifteen to twentyin length. Government surveys have blocked out 160,000 acres of rich lowlands,irrigable for the most part. About 200,000 acres along its foothills arewell adapted not only to grazing and dairying but to fruit-growing.The soils of Shasta Valley are largely the accumulated sediments of anancient lake bed with a top dressing of volcanic ash and glacial silt, rich inmineral plant food. Towards the lower or northern end of the valley theloam becomes heavier and finer in texture. A large volume of water runs towaste in the Shasta River and its tributaries but this excess is now about tobe put to good use.Montague, the Agricultural CenterMontague, on the main line of the Southern Pacific railway, which runsthrough the heart of Shasta Valley, has become the center of agriculturaldevelopment. About 20,000 acres of land surrounding this flourishingcommunity have been purchased by local companies, financed by Californiaand Eastern capital. This land is now being subdivided into tractsof from forty to eighty acres, for the most part, and is being sold oneasy terms for fair prices, ranging from $75 to $150 per acre for improvedproperty. The purchasers in many instances are paying for their ranches andtheir independent living therefrom out of the handsome surpluses derivedfrom the growing of alfalfa and the raising of cattle and hogs.Granada's GrowthSix miles up the Shasta Valley from Montague lies the town of Granada.Midway between these places the Montague Land & Irrigation Company28