The morning call., 1890-09-01
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Items OF Interest From Pacific
States and Territories.

Brief Items OF Interest From Pacific
States aud Territories.
Moore & Smiths big fume is finished
within FIVE miles from Sanger
The or in yield Of San Joaquin Valley
this season will be 5000, 600 sacks.
The rate Of taxation for Arizona Territory
this year will be s. so for each 500.
A theater will be built in Bakersfield on
the ground formerly occupied by hotel
The school bonds of Grass Valley have
all been taken by Los Angeles city bank
Thomas Shoecraft, a reporter, committed
suicide in Tacoma on Friday by taking
morphine.
Thomas Carroll of Tacoma has been
nominated for Congress by the Democrats
of Washington.
Henry Frey, a bricklayer, was fatally
hurt at Spokane Falls last Friday by the
falling of staging.
Several meetings have been held in Pasa-
dena in order to provide for the formation
of an irrigation district.
b. r. Prince of Altayile, Calavera6
County, has lost two valuable horses within
three months that he valued at $4,000.
d. w. Madden has presented tie town of
Tulare with handsome drinking fountain.
1t will be placed in the depot grounds.
San Diego County's military Toll shows 1853
strong able bodied men in the county OF the
stature provided for and between 10 and 10
years.
Mayor Hazard of Los Angeles has vetoed
the ordinance calling special election to
decide whether saloons shall be closed on
Sundays.
a well was sunk near Marysville re-
Gently through thirty-five feet of siekens
before good water for drinking could be
obtained.
The old town Of Monterey has begun to
adopt some modern improvements For the
oil. 1a,u
that has been paved and curbed. 1t cost
$4,000.
The Bi-g5 Argus says Henderson & With
row have thirty acres Of fine sugar-cane grow
ing on the Honcut bottom, from which they
will make 5000 gallons of syrup. They can
sell it for so cents gallon.
The Tnlare Register says on the last day
of May Mr.. Dye gathered his first crop of
corn. Just for an experiment he planted
few kernels to see how near it would come
to second crop. On August 25th it came to
maturity.
Says the MADEIRA Mercury: The fate Of
Bal2am's ass Is wrapped in the miSts of con-
lecture. but some OF his descendants appear
to have located in Fresno County. They
have exposed their relationship by their de-
cisions as jurymen.
The Ventura Free Press SAYS: From Pro-
fessor Goode of Washington Dr. Bowers has
received a list of fishes obtained by the United
States steamer AlDdui0SS last year III our
channel and elsewhere on this Coast. The
number of the new species is ninety-two.
The Gridley Herald says: The railroad
between MaIysville and Oroville has been
assessed by the State Board of Equalization
at $4,000. Yet it was spld about eleven
years ago for less than $4,000 and the county
is still paying interest on the bonds that
built it.
The Carson Appeal has acquired an extern
sive library by inserting the following about
once a month: People who have recently
borrowed books from this office will please
return them Carsonites forget where they
they BORROWED" their books and they are
taking them to the Appeal office by the arm
full.
The MERGED Star says: We have been in
formed on good authority that carp will pre-
vent mosquitoes from breeding. That is to
say carp viii eat up the young mosquitoes
wherever they can find them. Mosquitoes
breed in the water, and the carp put stop
per on the increase of the musical insects in
short order.
George L. Shaw, editor and proprietor of
the San Beniio Advance, is a Democrat.
One OF his sons is Democrat, while six
other sons are stalwart Republicans.
Whenever member of the family runs for
Office on the Republican ticket the paper
always supports him. for the editor says
blood is thicker than political water"