The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-11
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific states and
Territories.

The new theater at Bakersfield will seat
comfortably 500 people.
A Markham and McKenna Club has been
organized at Vallejo by the Republicans.
Rev. A. Holbrook Of Suffer City lost a
thumb the other day while operating hay
cutter.
California has 100000 people. yet they
pay as much taxes as PennsyiVanla does
with 100000.
At the Snoquolmie hop ranch. Washing
ton, 1900 men will be hired to pick the crop
of this season.
During August the fees collected at Veto
ria, Il. c., from Chinese, tourists, etc.,
amounted to $3.50.
The Dominion Of Canada will spend
$4,000 on a new quarantine station at
Albert Head, b. C.
Six thousand bundles of redwood shingles
were shipped from San Jose to Springfield,
Ill. on Monday by rail.
Frank Ford of Pomona picked an ample
last Saturday that measured IS inches by IA
inches and weighed % ounces.
The good people of Grants Pass, Oregon,
raised $1,000 the other day TO wipe out a
debt against the church property.
Edgar Rosenbrum, son of a wealthy farmer
of San Juan Capistrano, was drowned on
Monday while bathing in the surf.
Hugh Mcdonald. laborer in the Blue
bird mine at Butte. Mont, was instantly
killed last Tuesday by the cavins'of high
bank.
The Vallejo Chronicle says agents of the
Risdon Iron Works are looking at property
to relocate their works somewhere on Car
quineZ Straits.
Since February 1, 1890, says the Riverside
Press, the sales of real estate foot up
S795, 100, besides the one million deal OF the
Gage water and land property.
The people of Truckee complain that they
have had no summer this year. Owing to
the surrounding snow-banks, they might as
well be living in refrigerator.
A large warehouse at Montague, Cal,
owned by Lehners & Co.. collapsed on Mon
day. 1t was full of wheat and other heavy
merchandise. No one was injured.
The Victoria (B. c. Colonist says shaft
100 feet deep has been sunk on Salt Springs
Island where a fine gold bearing ledge,
thirty feet wide. has been discovered.
The Democrat is the name of n newspaper
recently started in Lancaster, Los Angeles
County, with n. A. Morris rs editor. The
opening columns inculcate Democratic
principles.
Volume /. No. l. of the Esparto indie
pendent has been issued by j. w. Hudson.
1t Will be devoted to the local interests Of
Capay Valley, Yolo County, and will be
liberal in politics.
The body of c. e. Delmar was found last
Monday in the woods twelve miles from
Spokane Falls by two hunters. From APP
pearanceS the unfortunate man was killed
by mountain lions.
On October 9TH the people of Whatcom
County, Wash, will vote Oh proposition to
issue $500, 600 in bonds to build roads. One
plank-lOad is now being constructed, at a
cost of 5000 mile.
The Territorial Enterprise says: 1t re-
QuireS over thirty-fiVe days to run wood
drive from Markleyville, in the Sierras,
down to Dayton through all the sinuositie 5
or the Carson River
The people of San Diego County are talk
ing of having big exposition Of the south
west country, including the Hawaiian
Islands, old and New Mexico, Lower Cali
fornia and Central America.
A recent issue of the East Oregonian of
Pendleton contains the following: XVI
jervi-Y omiska-at the house of Ben Hagan,
September 9, 1890, by Rev. T. NJ BOYD, John
Klvijervi and Gieta Lisa Yomiska."
A canoe with ten Indians. bound for the
hop-fields Of Washington, was run down by
a tug near Vancouver, Il. c., last Thursday
afternoon. No lives were lost but the In
dians lost all their provisions and considera-
BILE money.
Tho salt works at Saltair, Utah. cover 900
acres. The watts are fifteen feet above the
surface of the lake, and are filed by means
OF huge rope driven at high speed, which
lifts the brine in a steady stream at the rate
OF 1900 gallons minute.
The constables Of Modesto are having
trouble in collecting their bills against
Stanislaus County. One bill was presented
to the Supervisors for $500 and they ap-
proved it, but the County Attorney in
structed the Auditor that only S36 Is was a
legal charge and he refuses to approve the
bill.
The Lassen Advocate tells of a 22-inch
iron pipe which was recently eyhumed after
being buried in the earth for fourteen years,
and which came out as good as new. The
pipe was we'll coated with asphaltum when
it was put into the ground. This may be
taken as good test of the preservative
virtues Of asphaltum.
The Reno journal advocates the planting
and culture of the sugar beets, which could
be made one of the most profitable agrcul-
tural industries in the State. 1t may not be
generally known that our alkali lands are
adapted to the raising of beet, and that
crop or two purfies the soil of alkaline
properties. Hops act IN the same manner
and grow luXurianty.
The Santa Rosa Republican says A laurel
tree growing on the place of Z. II. Rickett
on the crest of Sonoma Mountain is said to
measure around at the base thirty feet and
is forty feet high. 1t is estimated that the
tree will make forty cords of wood and Mr..
Rickett has been offered SIS for it standing.
1t is thought to be the largest tree of that
variety growing on the Coast.
Some property was recently sold for de-
linquent taxes at Victoria, 3. c. One Of
the notices posted according TO law reads:
Commencing at point feet east of the
intersection of lots 602-603 Section Nj, city
of Victoria, and going north one one-hundred
and rhirty-secondth of a inch; thence east
eIly so feet; thence southerly one one-hun-
dred and thirty-secondth of an inch; thence
westerly so feet TO the point Of commence
ment.
Says the Santa Rosa Democrat: Marshal
Leard of Healdsburg, while driving from
Cloyerdale. Saturday, had occasion to get
out of his buggy and rearrange portion of
the harness on one of the horses he was
driving. The animal was vicious and
grabbed Mr.. Leard's RICH. arm between its
powerful jaws, and tore the flesh nearly off
from the elbow to the hand. The injury is
very painful and may result in his losing the
use of the arm, if not the arm itself.
Says the Waitsburg (Wash.) Times: The
Prison Commissioners were in session this
week, and the resignation of the Warden
was received, to take effect September 1st.
1t is to be hoped that the next Warden will
not be a man who would float the rebel
flag from the staff OF the institution, eff he
had one" The discipline at the prison has
evidently been of a bad order, as the nu-
mer0us almost successful attempts at a
general delivery" of prisoners would indi-
cate. In this case put none. but loyal men
on guard.
Says the Folsom Telegraph: A man en-
ployed in cutting logs at w. w. Wood s
saw-mill, near Sly Park, in Ell Dorado
County, found bottle containing $1,000 in
gold-dust. He was saving a tree down
when he struck something He could not
imagine what the saw could be striking in
the middle OF tree three feet thick. After
the tree was down and an examination
made bottle containing $1,000 in gold-dust
was found In the center of the tree. 1t was
probably put in there many years ago by
some old miner.
The Shasta Courier makes the welkn
ring with this eagle scream of defiance and
pride: "Guess losin' the county seat and the
land office has knocked old Shasta clean out,
amt it?" is the question that greets US from
Redding to Sissons and Yreka. No! God,
nature, climate and man founded and built
old Shasta, the pioneer town of Northern
California, home of good people and resting
place of many that have gone before, and
nothing short of divine decree can OBJ.
literate knock out or perish this town-the
old mountain jewel may be dusty and tear
stained, but wipe off the dirt that has been
thrown on her tablet and you will see in
diamond letters, "Old Shasta Still Lives"