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Maywood Colony — and in their minds there rests not a 

 doubt but that there is something in a name ; for their 

 Maywood Colony has drawn to it, from all parts of the 

 earth, money in excess of three millions of dollars, and peo- 

 ple to the number of about three thousand. And the end 

 is not yet. 



In 1891 Corning was but a wheat-loading station of a 

 size scarcely sufficient to hold its place on the railway time- 

 table. Its support came from a few farmers round about 

 who, for reasons unknown to themselves or anybody else, 

 had borrowed from San Francisco and Sacramento banks 

 from $10 to $20 per acre on their farms, and who were then 

 engaged in the strenuous struggle of making their wheat 

 crops meet their interest payments. Some were able to 

 keep up the interest account, but none made any progress 

 in cutting down the principal. And so it was that these 

 farmers were willing to sell their land, or rather their in- 

 terest in it, to the promoters of Maywood Colony. 



Corning of to-day has forgotten how it looked ten years 

 ago, so numerous have been the changes. And now, as 

 hustling and promising a place as Corning is, she is but the 

 tail of the dog — Maywood Colony. Corning is simply the 

 trading shop for Maywood. Without Maywood, Corning 

 would close up in thirty days. Without Corning. Maywood 

 would build another town in thirty days. Maywood has 

 made Corning, and Coming's prosperity and continued 

 growth depend upon Maywood's future. Maywood Colony 

 is growing and will continue to grow and so will Corning. 



THi: TOWN OF TEHAMA 



Is situated on the Sacramento River at the junction of 

 the railroads on the east and west sides. It is twelve miles 

 south of Red Bluff, the county seat, eight miles north of 

 Vina and ten miles northeast from Corning. 



The present population is about four hundred. 



Tehama is situated in the heart of one of the richest 

 farming sections of the State. Crops of all kinds grow 

 abundantly. The rainfall is adequate to insure paying re- 

 turns. Snow is a rare thing. Killing frosts are seldom 



