Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-20
COAST AND STATE.

vi tu5 lObu iusLdut az lucucS VI rain
fell, making total for the season of l6. IL
inches at Suffer Creek.
The late storm caused the water in the
Little Truckee to rise SO high that the
bridges were carried away.
A fish caught in the Sacramento river
near Chico the other day was found to con-
tain four-bit piece in its stomach. Let's
all go a.Rshin up there.
George Martin, OF the Oakdale Changers
warehouse, says that if the railroads com.
mence carrying grain overland in bulk, the
warehouse company intend erecting grain
elevator at Oakdale.
John Finnell. of Napa Valley, has re.
Gently purchased Is 000 head Of sheep in
the neighborhood of Los Angeles, at 81 per
head. They will be taken to Tehama
county by rail and pastured on lands of
the purchaser before being slaughtered.
1t must be a rugged country about Can
yonville. The Yreka Journal says "that
some of the difficulties encountered by en-.
gineers In Cow Creek canyon, near Can.
yonville, Oregon. may be inferred from the
fact that in moving camp last week several
Of their horses fell and rolled down the
mountain, one OF which tumbled into the
river" What, the mountain?
Another shipment of Lake Michigan
whiteiish, this time consisting of 100, 600,
was brought to Clear lake on Friday of last
week by the State Fish Commission. j.
A. Richardson, the gentleman in charge of
the shipment, informs us that the Commits
sion will ship some land-leck salmon in q
few days, to be deposited in Blue lakes.
Shnnt6 tho &h,s vii
be quite an acquisition for Lake county
waters -[Lakeport Bee. Democrat, Feb
18th.
As far as can be known at present there
is yet q prospect that much of the grain
that was supposed injured by the severity
of the weather will produce fair crops
Since the rain of last week and this its APP
pearance has vastly improved. An old
farmer informs us that unless the cold is
intensely severe he has never known il to
disadvantage the young crops; that, in
stead, it proves benefit, since the re-
tarded growth above the surface of the
ground promotes the growth of the roots.
He thinks the crops OF the coming season
will prove his theory correct. Folsom
Telegraph.
1t is no easy matter to plug up diamond
drill hole from which there Is strong flow
of water. frequently under great pressure.
When hole is to be plugged there are
forced into it small bags of beans and flax
seed. The plug-made of dry pine and
from ten to fifteen feet in lengths driven
in after these bags and forces them forward
in the drill hole. Also, hole is sometimes
bored into the end of the plug. which hole
is filled with faxseed. The haxseed and
beans are caused to swell to such an extent
by the hot water that the hole Is as COM
pactiy filled as though closed with molten
lead. So says the Enterprise Of Virginia
City, New.
Loud and long complaints are made by
shippers of oranges from this section, in
relation to the requirements of the law
now being enforced, which, they cay. is
disastrously affecting their interests. We
have been informed that the wash which
is prescribed for oranges before they are
boxed and shipped will SO affect them
that they will be unfit for sale in the San
Francisco market. The preparation is a
mixture of whale oil soap and sulphur,
and it is said that if there is the least
puncture of an Grange this preparation
will cause it to rot immediately, in addi-
tion to its injurious effects upon the sound
fruit. 1t is also grievous burden upon
the shipper, not only in the cost of in
spection, but in the additional cost of pre-
paration for market and the great delay
incident thereto. 1t seems to us that the
law does not contemplate placing onerous
burdens upon the horticulturists, but is
designed simply as an act of protection
from the dangers Of the propagation of
Infections diseases Now II an ipsneotinn
was made of an orchard, and it was found
tnat an infectious disease existed in the
orchard, it would then be the duty of the
inspector to prevent the shipment OF fruit
from the orchard until thoroughly disin-
fected but the law, as now operated, is
working a great hardship to orchardists
Who. have no infectious diseases Santa
Ana Herald.