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30A HIGH STANDARD OF EFFICIENCY IS MAINTAINED IN THE SCHOOLS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY
was raised. Its "get together" people have recently constructed a modernsocial hall where entertainments and lectures are given in frequent succession.Yreka, the <strong>County</strong>-seatYreka, the county-seat, is a beautiful city of two thousand inhabitants,situated at the terminus of the Yreka railroad, on the line of the great Statehighway and in the valley of Yreka Creek near the junction of GreenhornGulch, the famous placer camp of the fifties. The civic pride of its people ismanifested by its beautiful homes, its miles of cement walks, its splendidlypaved streets, lined with venerable locusts, walnut and poplar trees, its up-todatecounty buildings, the new public library, the concrete Agricultural Halland the excellent High School. Its leading bank boasts of a million dollarsin assets and commercially Yreka supplies a large area with mining andother supplies.Progressive improvement and social organizations promote the bettermentof this community in many ways, such as the conducting of a Chautauquaannually and other activities for popular instruction and entertainment.Scott ValleyIt would be an exaggeration to proclaim Scott Valley on a parity withthe mountain paradises of Yosemite and Switzerland. But the truth is thatits scenic beauty and grandeur bears a striking similarity to both of theseworld-renowned regions. Situated at an average elevation of half a mileabove the Pacific, extending forty miles in a northerly direction- and spreadingto a dozen miles in width, its five thousand residents look up to loftyranges a mile and more in air. The walls of the Salmon 1\Iountains on thewest and the Scott Mountains to the south and east are scarcely less abruptand striking in their profiles than the portals of Yosemite and the craggyhorns of the Alps. Magnificent forests half conceal their contours and inthe shadowy canyons cascading torrents bound joyously to serve the needs ofminer and rancher.Geologic forces fashioned this valley for the delight and profit of man.Glaciers deepened a giant groove, dammed up the lower outlet of Scott Riverwith debris, then receded, leaving a long Alpine lake. Ground-sluicingstreams spread their sediments in deep layers until the prehistoric lake becamea beautiful meadow carpeted with nutritious grasses.After the miner came the fattening herds of stock that made this valleymore valuable each year. Grain fields flourished in broad billowing wavesmiles in width and length. Fabulous crops of the cereals and alfalfa areproduced from its cultivated areas.There are one hundred and fifty thousand acres of arable land in ScottValley, of which only ten per cent. are under irrigation. An abundant rainfallprovides sufficient moisture to the soil, though ditch-diverted water increasesthe yield of later crops of alfalfa. Cattle raising brings in most ofthe revenue to the fortunate ranchers, who until very recently have beenreluctant to part with any portions of their large holdings. Yielding to theurge of land-hungry seekers of homes attracted by improved transportationfacilities, these far-reaching ranches are now beginning to be subdivided tosatisfy the demand of more intensive farmers and dairymen.Fort JonesNear the southern end of Scott Valley Fort Jones is reached after a picturesqueride of eighteen miles from Yreka by auto-stage. Its populationof six hundred are served by two banks and several fine stores. A flour milland creamery handle the produce of the fields and dairies, which in additionto supplying a brisk local trade ship out large quantities of flour, butter andcheese.31
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