The morning call., 1890-09-15
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

Stockton has new daily evening paper,
the Republican.
Twenty-six Indian pupils are now attend
ing school al Banning.
Idaho farmers have to pay farm-hauds So
a day to work IN their hay fields.
The shipments of quicksilver from Cal
istOga IN August amounted TO $40 TASKS.
The output of wine from Senator stan
ford'S vineyard of 1000 acres, near VIVA,
Butte County, this season will be not less
than 100000 gallons.
The assessment-ron of Spokane Falls
foots up SIS, 100. 500. an increase of SO, 0OO,
coo over that of last year.
Two-thirds Of the wheat grown in Umatilla
County, Oregon, was sold at an average
price of g. cents a bushel
A brakeman named LangdOn was fatally
injured at Vegas Station, Monterey County,
by falling from train last Friday.
The members of the United States Geo
logical Survey are in Boise City, Idaho,
waiting for money to go on with their work.
The Alaska Free Press says Captain
James Carroll is anxious to be CHOSEN as the
first representative TO Congress from
Alaska.
Juan F. Chacon is the potato king of
Conpjos County, Colo He has just gathered
100000 pounds from $50 acres. The crop Is
worth $4,000.
Two brothers named Rogers are making
bicycle trip from Plymouth Rock, Mass, to
Portland, Oregon. When last seen they
were at Endcott, Wash.
A log 30 feet long by feet in diameter
that measured 6460 feet, was converted into
good lumber in less than one hour recently
by Fairhayen saw-mill.
Charles Van Dom is wanted at Santa
Cruz to settle the estate of his father,
worth $4,000 He was last seen in San
Francisco in October, 1888.
omers on Mount Wilson report snow
storm in the planet Mars, but fail to say
what damage it did TO the crops
One day last week A. J. Gliddon of Butte
County cut down a SugaT-pine tree that
scaled 2S,000 feet. The 0TOville Register
says this was the largest sugar-pine on
record.
a strike of employees on the Californ ia
Southern motor line at Cotton took place
last Friday. The company hired men for
every strikers place and the trains are
running on time.
Two men were arrested in jacksonville,
Oregon, last Friday. by Sheriff Endrt Of
Del Norte County, Cal, on charge OF
DEMONSTRATING. When caught they were
riding the stolen animals and were well
armed.
a French Gulch correspondent of the
Shasta Courier writes that Tommy Nc
Donald lost a heavy gold ring in East Fork
i've years ago and j. q. Boswell found it n
short time since and the $50 reward still
holds good on 1t.
Governor Ferry of Washington. is evil
IDENTIFY man of discrimination. 1t is told
of him that he refused a favor to repre-
sentative because the latter went to him
dressed in dudish tennis fannels with
striped bellyband."
APortland mill company received an order
recently from Hong-Kong for $4,000 worth
,fE N.alf l..r Il
them. They average 100 feet long by SO
inches in diameter, and are suitable for the
lower mastS OF big ships.
Drs. Starr and Reese, Of Brownsville.
Oregon, went on a professional visit to
Charlottesville the other night. While on
their return trip their horses backed off
high bank. DIR. Reese had rib broken and
DR.. Starts hip was dislocated.
Says the Victoria (B. CO. Times: Captain
w. L. Boyd OF the American ship Blue
Jacket made six round trips between
Seattle and San Francisco with coal in three
months and ten days, which is considered
by all Seafarng men to be good work.
The Grideg Herald says: l.. P. DenDey
raised the West Liberty sehool-house and
placed his huge trucks under it, John Tray
nor's traction engine was fastened on and
walked right away with the load, locating
the structure upon its new ste in an hour
and a half.
Says the Redland CitrOgraph: While
driving his ice-wagon last Tuesday evening
Frank Mccormick was dlSagreeably sur
prised by finding the rear Of his cart to be
on fire, caused probably by the heat, which
had melted a large quantity of very vslu-
able ice and set his wagon in flames.
The agitation for herd law in Washing
ton is again springing up. IL left to a vote
of the people of Whitman County, says the
PaiOuse Gazette, there is little doubt but
that it would carry by vote of at least two
or three to one. This is an agricultural
country now, aid the stock on ranges does
not compare with the vast farming interests.
The Evening Express of Los Angeles gives
this description OF a tomato tree growing in
that city: "It is native Of Guatemala
and the fruit grows in clu ters the tomatoes
being smooth and perfectly oval in shape.
They are now green, but they will turn first
yellow aud then to a glowing red, when
they will be ripe. They. taste very much
like the ordinary tomato"
The hop louise has made its appearance in
few of the yards OF Marion County. One
instance in particular, says the Statesman,
shows the danger OF this pest and the won
derful rapidtywith which they increase. A
week ago, between Turner, Oregon aud Sco
few lice were discovered on one vine. and
yesterday every vine in the entire yard of
twelve acres was seen to be showing the
effects Of the presence of the pest.
The Gridley Herald says: A family of
cougars-more likely mountain lions-haye
taken up their abode on the 1hresher
ranch three miles southeast OF this city,
There are sixty or more acres of. the place
river-bottom land, which is covered with q
donse growth OF timber and brush, and it is
in this belt that the animals lave Seated
Several parties who were engaged onopping
wood and ce ring off the land have been
compelled TO stop work and seek employ
meat elsewhere by the boldness of the var
minis. The family, as near as can be ascer-
tanned, consists Of grown male and female
an d four whelps.