The weekly Placer herald., 1853-04-30


extracts from a communication to the
Oregonian dated Table Rock City, March
3lst:
"Rogue River Valley is settling up very
rapidly with experienced farmers, who
have already opened this season very
d large farms, and are putting IN the
q seed they can procure. sfsr.s ...G. l..
Business here is improving daiiy, and
many persons are arriving hour'y from the
i willamette Valley, and from many parts
q Of ca ifornia. Applegate and AuIdhouse
4 creeks are filling up rapidly with miners
and new diggings discovered daily. The
,njecrs in this vicinity are generally doing
we !, many nl"king from an ounce TO
twenty 10 lars per day. ~ A few days ago
saw piece Of gold found about ii mile
and half from this place, weighing fifty
ounces. Many ag'nn, 60 prospecting,
niaking but from two TO three dol arS per
day; but from the best aecouats | can
get. believe the general average ut
present is about five dollars per day; de-
ductlng therefronl the usual expenses of a
niner, being about 81 80 per day" ;"
The farmers OF Oregon are vying with
each other in potato raising. One OF
them III Cow liz county, dug 50 pounds OF
potatoes from single !sit, published the
account, and challenged any one to l@at
tt; wilereupnn another account is pub
'rshed, to the effect that Mr.. q. w. Cook,
.rear Astoria, had one poTa1 planted in IA
hlff, from wh'rh " l-a pounds We're dug,
tour Of the petatoes weighing nearly
pounds each If Mr.. Cook or any of the
soJonrners of Cowllz county, will co'ne
10 California, we will show them dozens
OF potatoes, weighing from to 5 pounds
cu,n<tance. Beat Mr. Boards 4 9-4 To
pnt,'1o, who can! For particulars inquire
oi htn, al the Mission, San jose.
81 Times and Transcript
Lola NloNrEs.-l'he ce ebiIted Lola
made her first appearance on the tfncin-
natl boards on the evening OF the lst ot
March. 1t IS stared that she intends
favoflng Californi, wrh her presence.
For an .Act 10 determine and define the
right of claimants TO The acdttrs Of
streams of This Sale for mining Pur-
The People of the State OF California
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows: +....
Sec. l. Streauls of water IN tiae aiming
region of this State, may De diverted from
their natural channels for niaing pur-
poses, provided that no person holding a
prior claim in good faith shall be injured
thereby. s..+...
Sec. 2. Any canal d4verting any stream
or streams for the purpose aforesaid, to
entitle the claimant hereof to the use OF
the water, shalli,e surveyed aud so mark
ed as 70 he easisy distinguished, and shall
be prosecuted in good faith to completion
without unnecessary delay. Fl ct IN
Sec. s. Such lnoccupied ground as may
ne necessary for the construction ami Sate-
ty of such canal, shall not be worked or
claimed for any purpose without the con-
sent ut the owner or owners OF such Ca
nal, and such ground shail be held only
Tor the use of such said works. lte re
Sec. 4. A canal for mining purposes,
may he constructed upon nr-over any
claim held under San Act entitled an Act
prescribing the mode of maintaining an'!
"etending p0ssessory actions in this State
Sec. 8. Any canal heretofore made or
erected for mining PURPOSES, and the own
'ers Thereof, shall be entitled to the grant
Fand protection of this Act N ,s,ac
Sec. 6. The word canal, as here used
shall be construed To include all races,
dtches, aqueducts, channels, fumes, cul.
verts, gates, dams, reservoirs, banks,
bridges, or other structures appertaining
to said canal. .aia 49, rrs.t'.. ,gey,
!, hiil, of which the above is q copy,
mas been introduced into the Senate by
Mr.. Senator keehe of FL Dorado. ,f.ir