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 SACRAMENTO, SHASTA, LAKE TAHOE 165 are other constituent elements of summer among the irrigated lands. The drinking-water, too, is a menace. Williams, in Colusa County, is the station for the lakes and springs of Lake County, already men- tioned as accessible via Calistoga and points on the Northwestern Pacific (Chapter VI). A rough stage road (motor-bus, 44 m.) leads west to Bart- lett Springs. At the upper end of the Valley near Corning is the Maywood Colony, founded 1892. About 45,- 000 acres subdivided into 10-acre tracts are planted to peach, apricot, fig, olive, orange, lemon, lime and almond trees whose fruit matures three to four weeks earlier than in Southern California. Tehama is the junction of the San Francisco - Shasta Route and the Southern Pacific line, Sac- ramento - Roseville - Marysville - Chico - Te- hama. Red Bluff is at the head of navigation on the Sacramento River. The cross-country highway to Eureka begins here. Anderson is a shipping point for fine figs and peaches. Redding, at the extreme north end of the valley, is a thriving town built on hills which look away to Lassen Butte 3 and Shasta, and far down the 3 This detached peak is covered by over a million acres of trees, is named for Peter Lassen, a path-finder who was one of the first to receive a Mexican grant in the valley, and is reached via two routes: By way of Chico and Sterling (branch railway), stage to Prattville, then by horseback or wagon to the foot of the mountain. Or by