, 1876-12-01
PACIFIC SLOPE NEWS.


Oregon bore off the palm for grains
At the Centennial. 1t had a sample
of oats Welding lightweight bushels
TO the acre, and with stalks eight feet
high; rye, eighty-seven bushels to
the acre; wheat, fifty bushels, and
Spring wheat, 80 to 100 bushels to
the acre.
Not a drop of intoxicating liquor
is allowed in the Nevada mines,
where a serious disaster might easily
result from drunkenness.
California bids fair to rival Spain
in the field of raisin production. Last
wear she sent to the San Francisco
market 10000 boxes of raisins This
wear she will produce 10000 boxes,
one vineyard Of "A acres alone yield
ing this season eighty tons of raisins
from 25O tons of grapes.
Three faro games are run in Reno,
New. Each pays license fee Of
S4OO per quarter, which gives the
county a, revenue Of 500 per month
from faro
Women are getting control of the
schools in san Diegocounty.
The Mercury; paper published at
Oro,ile, Cal ,ys: The Onyet broth
ers found bee tree the other day on
their ranch, eight miles below town,
from which they realized 200 pounds
of honey.
In Los Angeles, Just before cleo
tion, Mr.. Potts sold Major Oler
1000 young orange trees at forty-6ve
cents apiece, to be paid for when
HAYES and Wheeler are elected.
Hereaf.e oily 1,lOO TONS of silver
ore day are t0 be taken out Of the
California and Consolidated Virginia
mines. This will give y yield of
$500, 600 monthly for each mine.
A large whale was washed ashore
at Shelter Cove, Mendocino, last
week. The people in the vicinity
have extracted several barrels Of oil
from the body, and it is said that
much of it has gone to waste.
Santa Rosa is the only place in
California where it is fashionable to
shout for JEFF Davis.
Not having enough occupati' n
otherwise. the students OF California
colleges think they must have college
newspapers to worry, fret, fuss,
sweat and quarrel over. :
Rev. H. Vail was found dead in
his bed in San Francisco last week.
He was formerly a Presbyterian
minister of considerable note, but OF
late years he took to drink and be-
came confirmed drunkard. Death
ensued from the effects of fall down
stairs while intoxicated.
Previous to adjournment of the
postal commission in San Francisco
a petition was presented by num-
Der of prominent merchants, setting
forth the Importance of fostering
American merchant marine interests
on the Pacific ocean, and recon-
mending that the Government ex-
tend reasonable mail subsidy to the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company S
Panama, Australian and British Co
lumbia lines, aud revive the subsidy
to the China line on the expiration
Of the present contract.
Examination Of the records Of the
health Office at San Francisco shows
that while the smallpox has by no
means died out, there is no reason to
sp9rehend any serious fresh outbreak.
Mr.. Robert Stevenson, who has
Just returned 90 Victoria from Cas-
star, brought with him three plants
Of the Arctic OF green rose for accli-
nation in this lower country. The
flower attains the size Of an ordinary
tea rose, and hourishes amid fields Of
eternal ice and snow, generally Sc
curing lOdgment in glacier moss.
The route for a telegraph line
from Nanaimo TO Victoria, via Gold
stream has been surveyed.
The vote Of the San Juan county
precints for delegate at the recent
election was: San Juan Island, lOl ;
Orcas Island, AZ; Lopez Island, IS.
Report has il thata newspaper is
soon TO be started at Tacoma.