The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-05
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories-


Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories-
The Daily Colusa Sun was one year old
last Saturday.
The shores of Tulare Lake are swarming
with fl0cks of wild geese.
Only one book has been stolen from the
Pomona pubic library in three years.
The Hanford Sentinel will soon be moved
| into new brick building owned by the
paper
| Some road-graders near Gait last Tuesday
| unearthed nineteen trade dollars of the date
of 1876.
Frank Stoner of Astoria shot an elk on
| Saddle Mountain last Tuesday that weighed
| 100 pounds.
A twenty-stamp mill has been ordered for
| working the ores on Cedros Island, off the
! coast of Lower California.
The great register Of Amador County
| shows the following foreign vote: Italy 2S2,
England 242, Ireland 1913, Germany 116,
| Austria no.
A pear was sent to Sacramento from For
| est City, Anador County, recently. 1t
measured 16H inches long, 20 inches round
| the waist and scaled So Ounces.
| The Pomona Times wants cogwheel
| railroad built to the summit OF Old Badly,
| the same as one recently finished to the
summit of Pixies Peak, Colorado.
A deed went on record at Los Angeles
Rancho San Pedro to the Redondo Beach
| Company. The consideration named was
100000.
The first name on the great register of
Sonoma County is lhuk Abels, the last is
Walter Zweifel. The Oldest voter is W.
| Blackman, aged 81 the longest name belongs
to a school teacher. n. c. A. T. Ii. Nielsen
| Twelve years ago Pomona was hardly
| known Of as fruit producing country
| This year the sales OF peaches, prunes and
| grapes have brought S270,00 to the farmers,
who have paid eft their mortgages and have
| money in bank.
The following ad appeared in last weeks
| Calaveras Chronicle:
| SToLEN.-The Chinese burying-ground at
| Jackson, Amador County, Cal. A liberal reward
will be paid for the arrest and conviction OF Tie
perpetrator or perpetrators Of The crime. by
| YAM WONG Co.,
Mok. Hill. October %. 1890.
The new lumber flume at Sawyer was
| tested severely last week in delivering lot
| OF bridge timber 8X12x44 feet. These big
| sticks were fioated fifty-four miles, and were
delivered without break 1t required
| four stout men at the dump to snake them
| out of the 1ume.
Says the Cloverdale Review: The lady
| bug has invaded this valley from Cloverdale
to Guerneville, from our personal knowledge
| within the last three days. They came in
| uncounted thousands and are feeding on
the young leaves of the French prune, and
| DelDS OmutNeIouS tuoy swarm on all KINDS
| of flowers which they utterly destroy. Blu
| bach does not seem to kill them and we are
trying sulphur.
The Salinas Index says: William Hatton
| has perfected arrangements to 90 into the
raising of half-breed buffaoes on the Point
| Cypress ranch. He has secured two buffalo
| bulls and one buffalo COW which are now on
| exhibition at the Visalia fair and eleven
| Galloway COWS rs a starter He will fence
| off a portion OF the ranch for their special
| purpose and expects to realize a profit from
| the robes OF the animals bred and the beef
| they make.
The Los Angeles Elk press says: L. NJ.
| Lloyd rode out on his ranch near Ventura.
| to look after a fire which had started. He
| tied his horse in ravine and went to work
on hill near by fighting the progress of
| the fire. On returning to the ravine he
| found the animal dead and burned, to-
| gether with the saddle, bride and other
| accouterments. 1t was Mr.. Lloyd's favOrite
riding-h horse and he keeny feels its loss and
| terrible death.
The following item got struggled into the
| politi al notes OF the Orland News last week:
| Grashoppers are becoming very thick this
| fall, and it would be well for those having
| orchards to look out for them as their bite
| is poisonous to fruit trees. very little
labor will rid an orchard of these pests
| should they begin to attack the trees, as they
| can be driven out the same as band of
| animals, and when once out one person can
keep them herded away from quite large
| orchard