The morning call., 1891-03-31
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.

The Ontario Observer saws 26O acres of
| sugar beets have been planted this season.
The CITY Council of Port Townsend has
! invested $500 in telegraph Hre-alarm
service.
If the San Diego Union is correct the win
| Ter crop of visitors were worth $4,000 to
| that city.
Frank Stewart, son of the Sheriff of Sierra
! County. was drowned near Charcoal Fiat
| last Sunday.
! The taxpayers of Aberdeen, Wash, have
voted in favor of raising $4,000 Tor building
a high school.
Hush-Hush, the chief of the Snake River
Indian Tribe, Washington, died al his home
last Sunday night.
An insane man named Anderson at San
LeaudrO hacked of his lett leg and his Ielt
hand on Saturday.
Some Italians Of Eureka, Humboldt Coun-
ty, have leased a tue lot, on which they viii
| build a large tish-market
! a child of John Glenn OF Colusa swal-
| lowed some concentrated I've on Thursday
night and died in a few hours.
The new Democratic morning paper Of
! Portland, Oregon. Will be called the Tribune
and Will be issued on May 1st.
J. Z. Phelan, a vell-kGOwn lawyer sof
San Francisco, was killed at Ninnemueca,
New, Oh Monday by falling downstairs at i
| hotel.
An Eastern syndicate has been organized
! to buy land at san Jacinto, San Diego
! County. on which to start large almond
and peach orchard
The Victoria Times says Salmon-fshers on
Fraser River gets 81 : fish delivered at the
caHnery. At present the catch averages
| eight fish TO the boat.
! The total revenue of the province OF Brit
| ish Columbia Tor the fiscal year ending June
| 80, 1892, Is SqS9, 3Sl %, while the estimated
! expenses are 81, 1873, I21 90.
! Some weeks ago Mr. Quinn fell into the
! Willamette River, near Canomah, and was
| rescued by two boys. He had two geld
medals made and presented to the boys.
In running the telephone wire across the
! river at SatcOy, Ventura County, the line is
| stretched from two poles sixty teet high on
| each bank and separated distance OF 200
! feet.
a Downey editor is in trouble from having
published the following: MISS Jones, VINO
| came here before the flood, is sill the guest
| of her brother" He found it difficult to
convince the lady that he meant no reference
| to her age.
The Eugene Register reports that the
| Willamette Is changing its course near that
/ city. In the new cutoff nearly one-haIt OF
/ the water Of the river now runs, and unless
something is done soon 1t Will become the
| main channel.
The Ministerial Alliance of Tacoma has
| appointed a committee u protest before the
| Chamber of Commerce against the state
| ment made by the chamber that tine people
| OF Tacoma" as whole, invite the National
| Brewers Association to visit them.
! Some school-bOys of Nevada City thought
| it was great fun to smash in the windows IF
| the schoOl-house until their daddies had to
| pay for having new windows put in. Then
there was trouble, for the culprits had to
take their punishment in the woodsheds.
Some of the boys will not get over their
seance for week.
The Tombstone Prospector sarcastically
| remarks: The San Carlos ApacheS are TO
request sufficient space at the Worlds Fair
to exhibit the product of their toll. This
exhibit Will consist chiefly of watches, field
glasses, shirt studs and horses stolen from
their murdered victims in Southern Arizona
! during the past ten years.
Speaking of the value of old newspaper
files the Historian said man recently laid
claim to piece Of property in that town
| worth $1,000. He had trouble in proving
| certain legal facts until he found In one of
the old numbers just the proof required and
he gained his suit. Consequently that one
paper was worth to him just $1,000.
The Los Angeles Herald says: A rancher
| in the San Gabriel Valley is making his repasts
appetizing with potatoes the seed OF which
was planted three years ago. That is to say,
he is Teasing on volunteer potatoes, a thing
| never heard OF In any other country. Volun-
teer wheat and barley are well under
stood, but volunteer potatoes are indeed a
| novelty.
The first work of the scientific association
| now being formed in Tacoma will be the
/ exploration and survey Of the mound on the
| 1arm oil MI Warrington, near Orting. The
survey will be conducted under the SuggeS-
tons received from the Smi thsonian lnsti-
tuition al Washington. The mound it is
thought, was built by some prehistoric race
of n.ound-builderS.
W. W. Haines Of Eugene, Oregon, is pre-
pairing to move his tannery to some poiDt In
the Santiam country east of Albany, be-
cause the necessary bark is more plentiful
| in that section than where he Is now located.
| The Eugene Register regrets exceedingly
that this move should be made, since the
tannory is the means of distributing about
$4,000 year in that vicinity.
When the late Thomas II. Blythe started
| his big ranch az LeTdO, Lower California,
he ordered a lot of swine to be imported
| from California They were turned loose,
and when the owner engaged in other
| schemes the place was deserted. Now the
| descendants of these hogs have increased
! enormously and dr0ves of 1000 are not un-
| commonly seen on the plains.
The Visalia Delta says: A cat that be-
| longs to Fred Ward was made TIE proud
mother few days ago of number of kit
| tens. An old hen has jumped the tabby's
claim, and true to the maternal instincts. is
| guarding the welfare of the kittens by sitting
on them. The hen will not allow the cat to
come near, and she has to be driven off In
order that the kittens can get something to
eat.