The morning call., 1891-12-12
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories,

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
Paso Robles is to build a $50, 900 school
house.
City Marshal Parker of Fairhaven, Wash,
is missing with S7700 of the city taxes.
The snow plOw5 are being got in readi-
ness Mt the railroad shops in Sacramento.
Sea gulls are said to be muehmore numeT-
Gus than usual on Puget Sound this winter.
The Fresno Electric Railway Company
has organized with capital stock OF
S1,000,000.
Hugh Clawson, one of the best hunters in
Southern Oregon, killed cinnamon bear
up there the other day that weighed lilo
pounds.
On January 1st the bank of Pullman,
Wash, win reorganize a national bank,
increasing its capital stock from $4,000 to
100000.
The Seattle Press-Times has started n
subscription TO raise a fund TO send bibu-
lOus Seattleites where they can receive tile
benefit OF the Kelley cure.
The citizens OF The Dalles, Oregon, have
raised subsidy of $4,000 to secure the re-
moval of the W0olen-mills from Santa Rosa,
in this State, to the Dalles.
The Nova Scotia ship Celestial Burril cast
anchor in the Royal Roads, OFF Victoria. last
week. II days from Janeiro, the fastest sail
ing time on record from that port.
A Grass Valley man proposes to organize
a company TO furnish electrical power for
all mining companies near Grass Valley.
The power to drive the dynamos will be
water.
James Dowdell of st. Helena has sold to
the Cioyerdale Wine Company $1,000 gal
Ions Of new wine, to be delivered alter jan
uary 1st. The price is private, but is said to
be higher than usual.
Matters look pretty dull at Candelaria,
Ney., just now. The Mt: DiabIO and
nj mi in eIp hnr IL
throwing upward of 400 men out of work AT
the beginning OF winter.
Mrs. E. B. Croker of Sacramento has
just presented the California Museum Asso-
citation the nucleus of library. Ii consists
of nearly two hundred volumes in a large
handsome bookcase.
Thomas Noon of Santa Clara was hunting
in the AlviSo marsh last Monday when a
stray bullet struck him directly underneath
the right eye. The missile passed through
the skin, but did no serious injury.
There were shipped from San Jose last
week 1853. 800 pounds of dried prunes. The
shipments from there of dried and canned
fruit foot up to over 100000 pounds, the
largest ever known for one week SO late in
the season.
The Whyte Brick Company of Pomona
has begun suit against the Chino Sugar COM
pany for S5S,000 and interest on the same
for one year. The complaint alleges viola
tion of contract and favoritism to Los
Angeles contractors.
Logging operations in Cowlitz County,
Wash, have been practically suspended for
the last year on account of the low price of
logs. Coed logs are only worth from 81 to
S4 90 per 1000 feet, and at this price it does
not pay to get them out.
The Citizens Natural Gas Company of
Sacramento are endeavorng to raise money
enough to sink a new well, which thew be
lLeve Will eventually tap big gas reservoir.
They are confident that by going deep
enough gas can be obtained in steady
flow.
1t is said that the timber along the Upper
kalama River is so dense that when the
trees are sawn off they just stand on the
stumps, not having room to fall. A young
Swede by the name Of Yon Yonson has
sawn off seven acres of trees on his claim.
and is now waiting for the wind TO blow
them over,
G. b. lockwood, engineer in charge of the
akima and kittitas irrigation canal. states
To the Cotton (Wash.) Newsletter that sew
enteen miles of the canal has been finished,
and water will be turned on late In Decenl-
Der. The canal is projected to be sixty miles
long. and will irrigaIe 10000 acres, at u cost
of $500, 900.
Tacoma is ID send %, 900 feet of lumber in
100-foot lengths TO New York, as soon as il
can De cut. The lumber is to be used 10 the
construction of a ferry-boat for use between
Brooklyn and New York. The fame of
Washington timber is becoming widespread,
SAYS the Spokane Review, and its value is
being rapidly recognized.
The Supervisors of Los Angeles County
nave passed rather stringent liquor license
ordinance. retail license costs $50 n
month. A bond of $1,000 must be given. and
no person can become surety on more than
one license. An applicant for n license
must deposit SIS to cover the cost of adver-
Using, and notice must be advertised in
newspaper of general circulation twenty
days before the application is to be con-
sdered.
At a'hotel In Mporetown, Nevada County.
the other day. the landlaiy, noting the fire
was getting low, asked her son TO fix it.
He was playing cards, and not caring to be
disturbed reached around and poured half
gallon or more of coal-oill on the smolder-
ing embers. 1t not starting blaze hs
touched a match TO it, when a tremendous
explosion occurred, tearing up the stove and
filling the place with ashes and smoke. For
tunately no great damage was done.
An order has been received from Wash
ingtOn by Agent Crawford to prevent white
men from leasing reservation lands from the
Indians, as has been done in great many
instances, the majority of Indians not being
disposed to work their own lands. The
order is said to be the result of a visit of II
Is, Page to Washington. He went there to
break a single contract in which he was in
terested, and succeeded 80 we'll that ;he de-
partment declared all contracts null and
void entered into between Indians and the
white lessees.
The Oakdale Land and Improvement
Company has struck plan by which 1t is
believed 1t can irrignte a large body of land
with very small outlay OF money for con-
struction. The land all lies along TIE
Stanisars River. and Dudley Greek runs
through one OF the most level portions OF it,
A few days ago says the Oakdale Leader,
wlon j. HaSlacher and IL. Kahn Wara
making trip over the land, they noticed
water in the creek, ana, this being unusual.
they followed it up. and learned that the
supply came from the Schell Ditch, which
is some distance above. Steps will be taken
to build a dam across the creek at an ele-
walton sufficient to transfer the water from
its natural course onto the land, and by SO
doing over 1900 acres can be irrigated
The man who tasted foriy-one DAYS in
New York drank two bottles of champagne
He will never need anything more to eat,
as he is dead. He might rather have taken