Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-18

Joseph Southwell, a wool-growef
near the Dalles, raised 5,7S6 POUNDS
of wool from q band of 800 sheep,
which he sold at 25 cents q pound,
realizing 81 ,466 IS. He has also an
increase Of 500 lambs, worth 81, 900
more. Total increase from 800 sheep
for one year, over $1,000.
T. E. James, the well-known civil
engineer, has finished the prelimin-
ary survey for q narrow-gauge rail-
road from the summit between Car
son City and Lake Tahoe down to
the last named point-the lake. 1t
Is found that the road will require
to be eight miles in length.
From the lake TO the summit
there is 800 feet of elevation
to overcome, or about 120 feet to the
mile. It is the intention to make
the road a three-feet guage. The
route surveyed is considered a very
good one. BY means OF this road
lumber, timbers and wood will be
carried to the summit, where it will
be placed in a large f1ume which
will speedily land it on the Virginia
ana Truckee Railroad near Carson
City.
CALIFORNIA.
Arizona has q population of TO-
600 whites and 10000 Indians.
The vineyard men of Los Angeles
report that the grape crop never
looked so well as now.
Trees bearing a berry strongly re,
sembling coffee are found In Lake
county. 3
The new wagon road to the YOse-
mite Valley, via GarOte and Cen
try's, will be completed by the 18th
inst,
The petroleum business is rapidly
developing into one of the most inn
pOrtant industries of Los Angeles
county.
The railroad statistics show that
immigration to this State Is falling
off somewhat, while the number
departing daily is yet very large.
1t is reported that the sugar beets
being grown for the supplying of
the Sacramento Sugar Works are
doing finely, and promise an i'm
mense yield,
The Great Western quicksilver
mine, Lake county, expects to pro-
| duce from 600 to 500 TASKS a month
hereafter, with a new furnace just
completed,
workmen employed in sinking a
well in East Napa, on Saturday,
when at the depth of % feet, struck
a stratum of gravel mingled with
clay, which on washing, showed a
fair prospect of gold.
The increase nf freights and fares
in the steamer lines between Los
Angeles and San Francisco causes
much dissatisfaction, and it is ru-
mored that the Cooperative Ship
building Company of Vallejo will
place an opposition line of steamers
on the coast route.
Every balance sheet that Is laid
before the California public at pre-
sent, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, contains some fresh revelation
of. the enormous growth of the
young community. The total yields
of our leading branches of COM
merce are so disproportionately
large as to astonish those persons
who are accustomed to weigh the
capabilities of the State. During the
half year just ended, for instance, the
hopes of all persons interested in
agriculture have been exalted by
the magnificent weather, and much
curiosity has been evinced on all
hands to know the result Of the har-
vest. According to the computation
Of the San Francisco Journal of
Commerce, our yearly invoice in
cludes the following neatlittle items:
Wheat, $44, 1000, 900; wine, $4,000
600; wool, SIC, 900 600; mis-
cellaneOus cereals, minerals,
etc., 50, OOO, 900; gold and
silver, $50, OOO, 900, making about
$97 DOC, 600 in raw material alone.
We have probably added at least
$50, DOC, 600 to the value of this pro-
duce by labor expended on manu-
featuring a part Of 1t, and thus it
would be perfectly safe to represent
the years earnings at nearly $780,
0O0, 900 from these sources alone.
OREGON.