The morning call., 1890-08-11
COAST ITEMS.


Territories.
S. W. Gay has bought half interest IN
the Williams Farmer.
Ninety acres of peanuts have been set
out this season near Pomona.
Two carloads of San Diego honey were
shipped to Chicago last Saturday.
Out of 7f8 voters in Woodland 40 are
foreign born and 103 are native sons.
The daily run of the Pomona cannery is
now u, 600 two-pound cans of peaches.
Mr. Cutter OF Santa Ana intends to set
out 600 acres in walnut trees this season.
The wreck of the bark Savona at Wilson's
Point, British Columbia, has been sold for
S14l0.
Eighty carloads of chrome ore have been
shipped TO Philadelphia this season from
Red Bluff.
Stephen Ncoletti has sued the Los Angc-
les Herald for alleged libel, aud puts his
damages at $4,000
The Prohibition Convention of Humboldt
County was held in Eureka recently, when
full ticket was nominated.
The Los Angeles Board of Education is
debating the question Of introducing mill
tary training into the public schools.
H. B. Bendixen of Eureka, Humboldt
County, mas begun to build two three-maSt
schooners for the Gardiner Mill Company
The Imperial Flour-mills at Oregon City
started up last Tuesday and are now turn
ing out 500 barrels every twenty-four hours
Kraft and Tapscott, of Red Bluff, have
bought 400, 600 acres OF land in Lower Cali
fornla. Most Of it lies along the Colorado
River.
Isaac Green and Joseph Outlet were
drowned at Vancouver, British Columbia
last Wednesday while working on boom
Of logs.
Some of the boys employed to pick peaches
near Healdsburg struck for 81 % a day last
and If the Santa Rosa Kp-
publican.
There is only one Democratic Federal Of
fee holder in 0regon-United States Sur
veyor-General Taylor-and his successor has
been appointed.
Some heavy shipments of high-grade sui
phuret ore from Alaska mines have been
received at the Tacoma smelter. One
steamer recently brought $50 tons.
The Shasta Courier saysa survey is being
made by Chief Engineer Hood of the South
ern Pacific Company for big tunnel
through the Siskiyou Mountains. 1t will
be i've miles long.
Last Wednesday was the twenty-fifth an
niyersary of the terrible disaster off Point
St. George, Del Norte County, when the
steamer Brother Jonathan was wrecked and
many lives were lost.
Louis Siegert of Nehalem, Oregon, went
to neighbours place recently to help put
out a field fire. While hard at work his
J
with all its contents.
The Salem Statesman says: This census
business would be a good joke, ludcrouS
enough to laugh at il it were not Tor the
fact that Oregon is likely to lose Con-
gresham by reason of the miserable botch
The Red Bluff Sentinel appeared the
morning after the fire on time. Editor Dou-
| son is proud Of his baby--a SlX-pager-
printed on job press, and the tyre was
| picked out Of two lean cases by one COM
] positor.
| The ranches of Messrs. Pico and Aguirre
| in San Diego County are seven miles apart.
| The owners keep up mail service by using
| two trained dogs that carry letters and
| papers to and from their respective ranches
| inside of one hour.
| The Orange County Herald says: En-
| erson Brothers removed 1900 pounds of
| strained honey from the house of DR..
| Pfenengis OF Ananeim about two weeks
| ago. 1t seemed that the bees had taken
particular liking for the space between the
roof and the ceiling and had been deposit
ing honey there for a long time.
The Nevada Herald says: The position
OF blacksmith at the Idaho mine is consld-
cred such desirable place that the papers
all give notice of the promotion OF the
i assistant 30 the foremanship. 10 which
| TIE Grass Naileg Telegraph responds. And
| wlF metz Tie position is better than
! good many Public offices and 1t takes darn
|
| pos ~ a tle l3aho mine than it does to
ru1 an ayeFsge eiiice.
The Casa Tribune says: A Washoe
| Valley man ooasted of his power to charm
! bees. lie fell asleep in bayfield, and some
msch evous companions stirred up
| humble bees nest TO mark the power of the
charm. II didn work. The bee charmer
had to run couple Of hundred yards and
| jump int creek TO get rid of the pestifer-
| Gus insects Che bee is a bird that it
| doesn't do to monkeg with.
The Progress says a Pomona pastor
tried to make some pastoral calls last
Saturday when the thermometer ranged
! 1902 in the shade. lie iang the bells at
number of houses. but received no re-
Spouse. Seeing a boy stanSing in front of
one house he said Johnnie, is your
mamma in?" Eyes bRt Z guess you'll
| have TO see her in her uightgown. for L
| heard her say at dinner Il was. all she was
| going to wear this afternoon. The min
| lister concluded TO defer ms call