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nish a Smyrna \'\^ orchard on a guarantee of abundant 

 yield of that high priced and much sought for fruit. 



CORNING AND MAYWOOD COLONY 



The writer visited the southern portion of Tehama 

 County recently collecting data for this pamphlet, and 

 while at Corning and JMaywood he requested a friend to aid 

 him with a write-up of the two places. The following brief 

 description is the result. It is not out of place here to state 

 that the two gentlemen spoken of as being "out of a job" in 

 1891, is none other than the public-spirited, wide-awake real 

 estate men, Hon. C. F. Foster and W. N. Woodson, who. by 

 their energy and enterprise, have added thousands of dollars 

 to the taxable wealth of Tehama Count}^ besides largely in- 

 creasing her population. Of a truth it may be said they 

 have "caused the desert to bloom," for the land occupied 

 by Maywood Colony is a succession of beautiful homes, 

 where peace, prosperity and contentment prevails : 



"Strange, isn't it, to what commonplace circumstances 

 some important places owe their origin ? Take Corning for 

 instance. Along in 1891 a couple of men found themselves 

 out of a job — one having served out a term in the California 

 Legislature and the other a term as Postmaster at Red 

 Bluff. Said the ex-Postmaster, "I believe there is a market 

 among Easterners for California land in small lots." The 

 ex-Senator replied. "I know where the land is — the right 

 kind of land that can be had at the right price and on the 

 right terms." "All right," responded the retired Nasby ; 

 and so the ex-Senator forthwith bought about $100,000 

 worth of land lying around the town of Corning, and to 

 legalize the deal paid down, in cash, the munificent sum of 

 ONE DOLLAR. That was about the amount of surplus in 

 the treasury of the newly-formed trust, and a trust it cer- 

 tainly was. for everything had to be bought on trust, and in 

 the future they had to trust for business by which to pro- 

 vide the small ( ?) balance of $99,999 still due on land ac- 

 count. But by luck or judgment they tapped the tide at 

 the flood, and prosperity has been flowing their way ever 

 since. To their business they gave the name Maywood — 



