The morning call., 1890-11-24
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


Hanford farmers are anxious to sell their
| pumpkins at 81 a ton.
| San Diego people insist on reduction Of
| city salaries all along the line.
| The Beardsley Canal, in Kern County, is
being widened to forty leet on the bottom.
MERGED was torn up last Saturday by four
runaways at once. Luckily no one was
killed.
L. T. Blochman of Santa Maria is raising
5000 laveudar plants for extracting Oil for
perumery.
George S. Burr, carpenter, fell from the
roof of the Navarro mill last Saturday and
was killed.
The State Farmers Alliance of Washing.
ton will meet at Oakdale, Whitman County,
next Thursday.
A valuable organ has been presented to the
Congregational Church Society Of Pasadena
by Mr.. Scovlle of Illinois.
Building operations at Baker City, Oregon,
have been rather quiet recently owing to
scarcity of seasoned timber.
Some evil minded person sneaked into the
Office of the Selma Enterprise the other night
and pied one of the forms.
A company has been organized at Van
cOuver, b. c., to engage in the sealing bust
ness. 1t has S20O. 900 capital stock.
The value of the grain crops of Northern
San Diego County for 1890 was more than
81, 000, 600, says the Elsnore Press.
A shingle-mil at Boulder Creek, Santa
Cruz County, owned by Cunningham & Co.,
was burned down on Friday night.
a pocket was struck in the Splitter mine
near San Jacnto, San Diego County, re-
Gently that yielded $500 in two hours.
Mr.. hustler, miller of the Little Shasta
flour mill at Ireka, lost his right hand last
Saturday by getting it caugh. in big cog
wheel.
Last Friday the County Jail of Tulare
only held seven prisoners. The following
Tuesday there were thirty-two by actual
count.
The Lompoc Record urges its readers to
root out all vines CT the wild morning glory
II they want to keep their land for any
kind of crops.
DIR. Hoffman of Spring Valley, San Diego
County, believes in irrigation. He has just
completed storage reservoir that impounds
100000 gallons of water.
Two firms at Anaheim have shipped 1913
tons of walnuts this season. At cents a
pound the prize paid growers thus means
10000 in their bank accounts.
Paul RouZe had one of his thumbs and
finger blown off last Tuesday while putting
in blast OF giant powder near Lundy, New.
He just escaped losing both eyes,
While prospecting at Smartsville last week
w. j. Stewart struck the channel of an
ancient river The cement was 30 feet deep
by so feet wide, and was rich in gold.
One thousand acres of land near Spokane
Falls, Wash, have been bought by the
trustees OF Oberlin College. A fine build
ing is to be erected by q Congregational
society.
The town Of Banning is cut in twain by
the county lines OF San Bernardino and San
Diego. The next Legislature will be
asked to afford proper relief, SO the town can
be kept rs a unit.
Dan Kelley bought small ranch near
Hueneme last year for $50 an acre. He
planted beans, which have sold ut the rate
of $50 an acre. Another crop of beans will
put Dan on velvet.
Fresno County is larger than Massa-
chusetts by ffty-seven square miles, and is
63S square miles larger than New Jersey.
The Republican says the county can easily
support 100000 persons
The Pomona Times says: There is no
town in America that has neater or cleaner
streets IN the business part than Pomona
has. You could select a cruquet ground on
any part of the business streets.
The Trustees of the School District at Tur-
lock hired +. E. Rich to teach eight months
at $50 month. After teaching two months
the Trustees closed the school. Now they
are defendants in suit to recover $40.
A. c. Morehead was caved on while work
ing in a shaft at the keyes mine, White
River, recently. One of the workmen
scfaped away the dirt from his head and
Lueu went IOI Help. IL LOOK eight nOurS 10
get M0rehead out, but lie was not injured.
A tenderfoot who recently locat d in
Orange County was asked by neighbor if
he knew how to cure guavas. The tender
foot replied that he never had it, but If it
was anything worse than the grip or
the "agur" he wanted to know the remedy
right away.
Sixteen Chinese were sent from Stockton
to the C0pperopOls mining district one day
last week to take the places of white miners,
but the whole camp united in showing the
Chinese the way back. No one was mo-
Tested, but the order to get out of camp was
peremptory.
The New Era, published at Alturas,
Modoc County, says: We ran this campaign
paper for glory this trip. and got left ON the
glory, and cash, too. Wen know better
next time. Gentlemen will put up for any
faVors received through this paper here
after, and dead beats need not apply at all
c. F. Smith, says the PERKS Valley Union,
who is in charge OF the force employed in
blowing on the Paula Ranch, where 5000
acres is to be planted to grain by San
francisco company, says that about 600
acres have been plowed. The steam pillow is
now being worked night and day, night
crew having been put Oh.
One OF the largest land and water deals
ever made in San Bernardino County was
perfected in the Recorders office last Satur-
day evening, when fOrty-siX deeds were, re-
corded, involving the title to land and water
in West Riverside. Over S20O,000 changed
hands in the deal, and water rights and
thousands of acres of land were placed in the
hands Of new parties.
The Visalia Times says: The Supervisors
have secured hand-car, with which to
transport prisoners from the County Jail
in this city TO the poor-farm, distance of
three miles, where they can be employed at
cutting wood and cleaning up the ranch,
which lies diacent to the Visalia and Tulare
Railroad. There are enough prisoners in
the County Jail at present to run an extern
sive plantation, and the experiment of work.
ing them should be tried at once.
The Amador Ledger says: Among the
anomalies of the late election was the cleo
ton OF two Justices in lone and two Con-
stables in Lancha Plana. So that lone is
left without a Constable and Lancha Planta
without Justice of the Peace. The diff
Guilty will probably be overcome by the
resignation of one Justice and enc Con-
stable, and the appointment of these officers
from the respective localities necessary to
the furtlnraucp of the interests of iustica