The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-06-06
THE PACIFIC COAST.
A Scheme to Annex Lower CAL
ifornia Exposed.
Engineers Find Many Surprises In
the Grand Canyon OF the
Colorado.

A fine ledge of lithographic stone has
been discovered near City Greek canyon,
near Salt Lake City.
The troops are leaving Fort Mcdowell,
A. T., which is to be abandoned. They
60 to Fort Lowell, near Tucson.
The Moiaves at The Needles want a
school in their midst. They object to
sending their children to Fort Mojave.
The postofices at Bethlehem, Santa
Clara county, and San Bruno, San Mateo
county, Cal, have been ordered discon-
tinued.
Chicago and Fairfield Mass firms
captured the book-binding and paper
contracts advertised for by the Washing
ton State authorities.
H. Harris, formerly manager OF the
San Francisco Hay erlys, has become
manager of the Portland League Club,
and will rejuvenate the team.
Annie Plant of Los Angeles, white
girl, was to have been married to a col
ored waiter at San Bernardino, when the
parents OF the girl arrived in time to pre-
vent the ceremony.
The United States Circuit and District
Courts for Montana opened for the first
regular term last week at Helena. Judge
Sawyer of California occupied the seat of
honor on the bench.
Robert E. Stevens. son OF the former
Consul General at Victoria, B. c., has
been pronoun ced insane at Tacoma. The
excessive use of chloral and opium has
caused his mental collapse.
ALos Angeles dispatch gays it is stated
positively that Governor Waterman has
reconsidered his recent determination
not to be a candidate for Governor and
will enter the race for the nomination.
Beginning June s, the Northern Pacific
will run two daily trains from Portland
to Chicago. No. 2. will leave at A. M,
and No at 10 P. NJ. No. l will arrive
at Portland at $50 A NJ, and No. 3 at
6 BOP NJ. No will decrease the nm
ming time to Chirago nine hours, and No.
4 sixteen hours.
soundings at the mouth of the Colum-
bia show the jetties have cut clear
straight char mel across the bar with a
depth of twenty-five and a half feet at
low water. This is as deep channel as
has ever been known from river to ocean,
and shows the beneficial effects of the
jetty, which is to be run out over mile
yet.
The warm weather has raised the wa
ter in the San Joaquin and Sacramento
rivers so that the island levees in the San
Joaquin are now in greater danger than
at any previous time this year. No
breaks are reported on the island levees,
but there is one at the Naglee mainland
tract, which will food 5000 acres of
grain.
o. D. Baldwin, well-kno@n rea]-estate
agent of San Francisco. collected between
$4,000 and $40, 900 as a subsidy for COM
pfeting the line on the overland railroad.
He is working on plan formulated by
the Daily Report. The subsidy repre-
sents a popular range from 500 to $500
each, the subsidy not to be paid until the
bona-fde competing line actually reaches
the city.
At San Francisco the License Commit
tee of Supervisors has decided to recon-
mend for adoption Ellert's order provid-
ing for the inspection of gas fixtures
quarterly, and that a card warning per-
sons against blowing out gas light shall
be affixed to each fixture. The penalty
for violation of the order has been re-
duced to from 500 to 800 fine instead of
$50 to 5000 aud Imprisonment from to
80 instead of 10 to 100 days.
A report comes from Los Angeles of a
sensational character concerning the al
legged discovery of plans by which all the
authorities in Lower California were to
be overthrowD and the Republic of Lower
California declared. The scheme is said
to be engineered by the Mexican Land
Colonization Company, and San Diego
millionaire is one of the leaders. The
date for the active movement of the fill
clustering conspirators was fixed for
August.
Engineers have lately found many CUR
prises in the Grand canyon of Colorado.
Engineer Stanton and party ran a line
across natural bench of white marble
that extends for nearly twenty miles and
is wide enough for a four track railroad.
He says there is gold enough in the
placers to more than pay for building the
road from Denver to the Pacific, while in
/ the Gunnison region there is more good
anthracite coal than there is in all Penn
sylvania.
W. r. Hearst, proprietor of the San
Francisco Examiner, has completed the
purchase of the property known as the
| Nucleus building, situated on the south
east corner of Third and Market streets
and constituting 10000 square feet OF
area. The exact purchase price is not
made public. but it exceeded $500, 900. 1t
is contemplated to remove the structure
now occupying the site as soon az exist
ing leases expire and erect a handsome
building, which will be occupied by the
Examiner.
P. Platt of the w. R. Strong Company
who is President of the California Fruit
! Union, and Eugene Gregory of Gregory
Brothers Company, a Director and a
member of the Executive Committee,
have rendered their designations and
withdrawn from the union. They do moi
believe that fruit can be extensively dis.
tributed in the East If dealers are obliged
to pay tribute to some fruit concern, such
as the Fruit Union or any similar combl'
nation that might seek to control or reg
ulate the disposal of the product.
The Executive Committee of the Cali
fornia State Board of Trade met one day
last week, Vice President Mills presiding
The best method of securing for Califor
mia good representation at the World's
Fair was discussed. Mr. Mills introduced
resolution calling a convention OF tht
Boards of Trade and other organizations
and long discussion followed. 1t wal
decided that the Supervisors OF ever,
county be requested to send delegate
to O State convention 70 consider TIL
proper means OF having the stats repre-
sented. at the Fair.