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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
HINTON'S DISCOVERY.
Fifty Million Acres That May
Be Redeemed.

Richard j. Hinton, Special Agent of the
Department of Agriculture, having in charge
the irrigation inquiry, arrived here yeSter-
day, after an extended tour through the irri-
CATION districts of the United States, and is
now at the Palace. He will be remembered
as the whilom editor of the Evening Post,
but has been since 1886 employed to inVes-
tigate the irrigation question.
Tine chief result of my trip" he said
yesterday, ''has been to discover that 80, 000,-
600 acres Of land heretofore considered as
lrreclalmable desert are arabic. This dls
covery was made after a careful eXamina-
ton of the Maxwell grant in Colorado,
which Is situated at an average altitude OF
1000 feet above the level of the sea. The
government works now supply water to
$1,000 acres, while two private enterprises
are lTrlgating two tracts, one of which meas
ures $4,000 and the other 1900 acres, max
ing total Of $1,000 acres under successful
cultivation. Here | found fruit, alfalfa
and wheat, as well as other small grains,
growing in profuSiOn. and the entire coun-
Try bore the most prOsperoua appearance.
Near Springer n Mex, l also found
peaches, nectarnes and apples growing and
at an elevation Of 1890 feet. This was a
revelation. sfOr it demonstrated the fact that
the great Colorado plateau, which was of
the same altitude, could be redeemed.
Heretofore it has been regarded as arid, but
without a doubt it can be irrigated by
means of artesian wells and with water
from the mountains. As it comprises 3d.
100000 acres, it is not hard to realize the
value of the discovery.
"Since leaving Washington l have trav-
eled through Kansas, Colorado, Northern
Texas, New Mexico and Southern Califor-
MIA From here l viii! go to Eastern Ore
gon, Washington, Dakota, Montana and
Colorado.
AT Deming, n. Mex. 1 found a sunken
river, which, in my opinion, can be raised
and when this is done it will supply water
to irrIgate territory which has been regarded
as arid.
'The most perfect system of irrigation
have yet found was that ia Bear Valley in
this State. and it, above all others, is wor-
thy OF study. In fact California has done
more for irrigation than any other State. l
believe it may be arranged for me to inveS-
tlgate and report upon the irrigation dis
trIcts Of the State. So far as my salary is
concerned that would be borne by the Gov
ernment but as | should require consider
able amount of assistance it would require
about $4,000 to be raised among the various
districts to bear that expense. Such a work
would be of great value to this State, and
should, in my opinion, be carried out"
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MIKES LATEST BLUNDER.
The Horticultural Classification to
Changed.

The Horticultural Classification to Be
Changed.
Another large-sized hole has been punched
in De Young's horticultural classification
that will nece5sitate a change, and when
this is done it seems probable that the
whole affair will be remodeled on common
sense principles.
Some gentleman from the interior has dis
covered that nuts have not been provided
for, and as this is the greatest nut produc-
ing State In the Union it will be seen that
in his feverish anxiety to make a record
the Commissioner has struck blow at one
of the greatest industries of the State. Wal
nuts, pecans, peanuts and almonds are
grown In such quantities here that Calitor-
MIA has become famous thereby, but they
are not as the matter now stands to be
allowed at the fair.
1t was in all probability an oversight, but
will give the opportunity desired for making
q change,
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A DELICATE FRUIT.
Where the Bananas on The Local
Market Come From.

One of the few fruits which the glorio us
climate in any of its varieties from Siskiyou
to San Diego has not thoroughly agreed
with is the banana. The banana Is grown
fairly extensively throughout the State fer
private consumption, but has never done
well enough to have been widely grown as
a commercial venture.
1t seems at the first blush that the weather
in the extreme south of the State should be
warm enough to permit the raising OF the
most tender tropical fruits. But the cool
nights, not to mention an occasional touch
of frost, on which the natives are accus-
toned with reason to congratulate them
selves, stand in the way of few blessings,
and the successful raising of the banana is
one of them.
The greater part of the bananas which are
offered for sale in this city come from the
Hawaiian Islands. The amount imported
averages about 5000 lunches per month, and
each bunch is worth, speaking roughly,
about 81. The Honolulu bananas are sub
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jet to little competition. The fact that the
voyage can be made by steam in seven days
puts them at great advantage.
Attempts have been made at various times
to import the fruit from Panama, but none
of them have proved distinctly successful.
The trip is too long and neceSsitateS the
picking of the fruit too Young, and they
reach here with impaired flavor and tend
ency to turn black
About two years ago few cars of bananas
were shipped from Bermuda by way of
Galveston, but the long trip in this case also
initiated against the success of the expert
ment and it has not been re Gated. Seattle
and the other cities of the Northwest, how
ever, not being in communication with the
Sandwich Islands, are Obliged to obtain their
bananas from Galveston, and, it is to be
presumed, have TO be content with inferior
fruit.
The facts that bananas are a very perish
able fruit and that the stock cannot be re-
newed Oftener than every two weeks COM
pei the greatest care TO be exercised by
dealers who handle them in great quantities.
One of the largest wholesale stores in this
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city has cellerage-room for 6O0O punches,
which is kept at a low temperature by the
action of fans, used much as the punkah is
worked in India. The hot air, too, is re-
moved by waste pipe, and every means
employed 10 prevent the fruit from decay
ing
The rerishable nature of the fruit, the
wholesalers claim, makes the fruit peddler
necessity. Bananas" said one of the
largest dealers yesterday, have to be
handled quickly. We get rid of all our best
fruit to the keepers of stands and to the
dealers in the markets. We send fruit all
over the state and even as far as Portland.
Only to-day we inaugurated a Change in our
Portland trade aud dispatched some bananas
by rail instead of by steamer as heretofore.
But whenever the market becomes over
stocked and the fruit is in danger of going
bad the only way to get rid of the stock
quickly is TO sell to the pedders, who alone
reach the poorer sections of the population.
1t is the only way by which we can work off
perlShable fruit as quickly as it is at times
necessary to do"
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last evening called on Mrs Hanchette, and
the lady stated that she had heard nothing
from her husband since the last letter from
Chicago previous to his disappearance.
Owing to the high rent Mrs. Hanchette will
give up her house on Broadway on July 1st,
but will be the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Patrick, on Boyle Heights for few weeks,
when she will leave for San Francisco to
spend her vacation with her mother She
VIII return when the school opens in the
autumn. Mrs. Hanchette says she is and
has always been ready to pay all legitimate
expenses connected with the recovery of her
husband, but Will not pay one cent for black
mail or to keep any facts from the public.
She says that she still has the utmost con-
fdence in her husband, and is not afraid to
nave any or everything brought out.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
HORRIBLE If TRUE,
Nevada Cinnamon Selling Human Flesh
to the Indians,

Nevada Cinnamon Selling Human Flesh
to the Indians.
The Carson Appeal says: A gentleman
who came in from Bridgeport, the scene of
the recent Chinese Indian tragedy, says
that the portions of the body of the Indian
chopped up by the Chinese murderers were
missing Tor several days, when IL transpired
that the flesh was being sold for goats
meat over the block OF Chinese butcher
shop.
1t was retailed at cents per pound. and
was purchased and eaten by the Indians.
They were puzzled to know what kind Of
meat it was, and were told 1t was goats
meat. They insisted that it was not, and
finally it was discovered to be the flesh of
the murdered Indian.
There is great excitement there, and when
the Appears informant left the Indians
were gathering to clean out the Chinese
camp.
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ONLY A BAD TEMPER.
Two Married Daughters Who VIII Hav
TO Care for Their Mother.


Mrs NJ Wood and Mrs. NJ. McShane APP
peared before the Insanity Commissioners
yesterday with complaint against their
mother, and asked to have her committed to
an asylum.
They testified that she is very trouble
some sometimes, smashing furniture with a
Ratchet and frequently tried to sleep on the
roof. 1t was learned during the inquiry
that the possible cause of her arrangement
was an injury to her head thirty years ago,
which was doubtless aggravated by an
other injury some eighteen years ago.
The doctors did not seem altogether salts
fed with tue inquiry, so examined the old
woman herself. She appeared as rational
as any one present, though admitting that
when driven to it she sometimes displayed
a very bad temper.
Mrs. Wood and Mrs. McSEane will have
to put up with their poor old mother a while
longer, for the Commissioners refused to
commit her
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25

Louis Helm, the Oakland saloon-keeper,
was in the city yesterday looking for his
wife, Josephine, who left his home at 116O
Seventh street. Oakland, on the 9Th inst.
He is now satisfied that she is here because
he received letter from her yesterday. In
this letter she says she is working in this
city, but refuses to return to him because
she fears another storm. She asks him to
be good to their little boy. The detectives
on both sides Of the bay are searching for
her.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
a circle about the dog and man. A bearded

a circle about the dog and man. A bearded
citizen seized a base ball bat from one Of the
children and began TO beat the dog. At the
same time James Farley, Of S2l Tenth ave-
nue., ran into the circle and seized the dog
by the neck. The dog let go his hold on
Barclay and got Farley's hand between his
teeth The bearded citizen hit the dog an
extra hard whack with the bat. The dog
made break for the crowd, which sepa-
rated, and let him out. He darted around
the corner and into a cOal-yard. Policeman
Hill found him covering in a c0al-bin and
shot him.-St Louis Star Sayings.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD S. S. co.

SPREE, HAVEL, LAIN, TRAAYE, SAALE,
ALLER, ELDER, EMS WERRA, FULDA,
ELBE, KAISER WILHELM III.
New York, Southampton, Bremen. The fast ex
press steamers OF this company sail every TUES
DAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, landing
passengers in southampton in less than eight days
from New \ ork. These steamers are celebrated for
their speed aud the comfort afforded passengers
OELRiCHS CO., 2 BowIing Green.
ROBERT CAPELLE, Gen. Agent for Pacific Coast,
lis Montgomery St, under Occidental Hotel. San
francisco iaB " Truth
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25

The case of William Raymond, ali as
Livingston, who killed James Ratio, was
continued in Police Court yesterday
until Tuesday Mrs. Gussie Miller, over
whom the men Quarreled. is very ill and
may not recover. Her baby, born one
week after Ratios death, died on Tuesday
and will be buried by the city undertaken.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
Struck With a Pitcher.

Leon Setter was treated at the Receiving
Hospital yesterday for an ugly lacerated
scalp wound. He said that he had been
employed as a cook on the steamer Ukah
and supposed that he was TO receive S45
month. He asked settlement from his
employer. Daniel Baum, who tried to pay
him off at the rate of S25 a month. In the
quarrel that followed Baum struck him over
the head with pitcher
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
Sliced His Nnsn.

While a Western Addition barber was
shaving customer yesterday he proceeded
to whet his razor on a strop attached to the
shaving chair. A sudden movement Of the
occupant caused the blade to glance upward
and now &. w. Yost, the letter-carrier
walks around with a patch on his nose,
while a small slice of that organ remains in
the shop to attest the keenneSs of the bar
har1. razor
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET co.

CLEANERS LEAVE ASPINwALL auz.m
- fortnightly for the West Indies and {MENM
southampton, calling en- route at Cher $3.50
bourg France. and Plymouth to land passengers.
Through Bilis of Lading, in connection with the
Pacific Mail s. >. Co. issued for freight and treasure
TO direct ports in England and Germany.
Through tickets from san Francisco TO Plymouth,
Cherbourg, Southampton. First class, $l95; third
class. S97 90 For further particulars apply TO
1e10t PARkorr & CO., Agents, 800 California St
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
Has He Killed Himself2

James Frazer, who arrived on the steamer
from Eureka on Sunday, has been missing
for several days and his friends fear that
he has committed suicide. He was sup
posed to have been slightly demented. The
missing man is about % years old, and
when last seen on Sunday night was neatly
attired in a new suit of clothes. He wore
a Derby hat, had small mustache and a
very pale face. The police have been asked
to look for him.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
ANCHOR LINE.

Steamers Leave New York Every saturday,
For Glasgow via Londonderry.
Rates for Saloon Passage
DY SIS. CITY OF ROME, $50 AND UPWARD.
ID according to accommodation and location OF
Room
Other Steamers OF the line $50 and upward
Second Cabin $50. Steerage = -.
Passengers booked at through rates to or from any
city in Great Britain or on the Continent,
Drafts ON LonIoa Sold at Lowest Rates.
Book of information, tours and sailing lists fur
niShed on application TO agents,
HENDERSON BROTHERS, Bowling Green, y. Y:
or TO GEORGE w. FLETCHER 6lS Market ST. or
to I. ID. MCKAY 81 Montgomery street, to
j. +. FUGAZI ~ Co, Montgomery avenue; or
GEORGE b. SEAMAN, 1913 Broadway. Oakland
ana 3m
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
A Divorce suit Betmeen Chinese.

Sing Kun has commenced suit tor divorce
from Lay All Wan, because of his cruelty
to her in compelling her to lead dissolute
life. Sing was married in 1890, and recently
rescued from a house of ill-fame by the
Presbyterian Chinese Mission, in whose
care she now is. If Sing is granted di-
vorce she will mary Christianized Chinese
merchant
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
CuNARl LINE.

New York to Liverpool, via Queenstown
from Pier 40, North River.
FAST EAI RESS NAL SERVICE
Servia. July a. 400 AM Umbra, July 25, 500 AM
*Etruria, ply II, 80 AM Servia August l. 100 PM
Aurania, july g. 80 PM BothnIa, Aug 8, $500 AM
Gala, July %, 100 AM EtIuria, Aug s, Z: $50 AM
&WIl not carry Storage.
Cabin passage, $50 and upward; intermediates, S35
Steerage tickets 10 and from all parts OF Europe
at very low rates. For freight and passage apply az
the companys office, Bowling Green. New York.
VERNON II. BROWN Il CO., General Agents
Good accommodation can always be secured on
application to WILLIAMS, DIM0ND Il Co,
U27 1uThSa Agents, San francisco
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
Tho Hanohette Case.

The Los Angeles Times of Saturday,
speaking OF Hanchette's disappearance,
says: There was nothing new in the Han
Ghetto matt n yesterday. A Times reporter
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OCEANIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
C0MPAGNiE GENERALE
TRAN SATLA NTIQUE

French Line to Havre.
TOMPANY'S PIER (NEW), az NORTH SO
~ River, foot OF Morton ST. Travellers BY SSI8Itf
this line avoid both transit by English railway and
the discomfort of crossing the channel ia a small
boat
LA T0URAINE, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
.........-........ =. Saturday, July 4, 100 A. u.
La GASCOGNE, Sautelli. Observation-Disclosures.
.............. -. Saturday, July llth, s 90 A. NJ
La CHAMPAGNE. Traub.. Observation-Disclosures.
................... Saturday, July 18TH. 100 A. NJ
La BOURGOGNE, Fraugeul. ..................,..
................... Saturday, July 10Th, S:00A N.
Ha- For freight passage apply to
A. FORGET. Agent,
No3 Bowling Green, New York
J. F. FUGAZI Il CO., Agents, Montgomery ava,
San Francisco.
Branch once, 10 Montgomery street. mr2O tt
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25

well KNOWN IN marine cirles.
MT. AQou Nelson, who lives at 1850
U fart9il street this city, was a victim of
catairah Tor eight years. He tried patent
medicines by the score, but they never did
him any good. There are thousands in Cal
ifornia who can appreciate how he must
have suffered, for there is no disease more
prevalent on the Coast than catarrh. Mr.
Nelson finally went to the Cosmopolitan
Dispensary for treatment, and notwth-
standing the fact that other physicians had
failed to cure him. they effected .perman-
ent cure. They have cured hundreds of
similar cases. Call on him and find out for
yourself.
AdOlph Boege, the sixteen ear-old son Of
Henry RnaOa WIN for q nnm hnr nf ,rnnrs
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25

- - - - > - ~
friends in Cali
fornia who will
be pleased to
hearof her good
fortune,of which
she tells in the
following man
ner: |
For two years
| was afflicted
With trouble pc 1
culiar to fe- \
males, suffering
greatly. l final
ly went to the
c os III 0 politan
DlspenSary,ear-
~ i'll December,
and early in
February was
discharged per-
manently cured.
(Signpdl
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
FOR PORTLAND & ASTORIA, OREGON

THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY k--a
Ocean DivlsiOn-and PACIFIC COAST, 49,
STEAMSHIP COMPANY will dispatch from Spear
street Wharf, at 10 A. NJ for the above purLs one u
their Al iron steamships, viz:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-May 81, June ~, "a,
JuW =. lS, 30 August II, %.
CoLUMBIA--May 81, June T. 16, 20, July 10, %,
August 3, Is, T.
OREGON-May %. June g, 90.
Connecting via Portland with the Northern Pacific
Railroad. oregon Short Line and other diverglug
lines for all points in Oregon, Washington British
Columbia, Alaska. Idaho, Montana, DAKOTA Utah.
wyoming, Yellowstone PARK, and all points East and
Fare TO PortlandECabin $16; steerage. SO; round
trip, cabin, $50,
Ticket Ofices-l Montgomery ST. and Palace Ho-
lei, New Montgomery ST.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. Supt ocean Line.
LIST tt 10 Market st, san Francisco.
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ducts a lodg-
ing house at
5 2 3 Second
street, is an
O t h er who
h a 8 reason
to bless the
day she went
to the Cos
IN poll tan
Dispen 5 ar y.
one Dau DeeD I
i'll for years.
and after a!
two months
tire q I III z u [,
was C u r e d.
Her husband
is a chief en-
gineer, and is,
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
OCCIDEATAL AND ORIENTAL S. s. co.

NEITHER THE CAPTAIN NOR THE CHARTER
~ ers will be responsible for any work done
board of these steamships. for bills debts con-
tracted by the officers crews. unless specially
ordered from this ONCE. LELAND STANFORD.
President, Room 7, Il. r. Building, corner Fourth
and townsend StS jel tt
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OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CT

DISPATCH STEAMERS FROM SAN k1sa
IL Francisco for ports In Alaska May 80. EaSEZ
June 4, IA, 10. 80 July 3, a. 10, 49, August 3, ID
Is %. September r. 27, A. NJ.
For British Columbia and Puget Sound ports, May
20, 30 June 4, 8, IA. 49, "a, 20 July 8, 9. IA. 49,
q, q. August & 8. 49, Is, %. D. 9 A. NJ.
For Eureka, Humboldt Bay, Wednesdays. A NJ
For Santa Ana Los Angeles aud all way ports every
fourth day, 8 A. NJ.
For San Diego stopping only at Los Angeles Santa
Barbara and San Luis ObispO every fourth day az IL
A. n.
For ports in Mexico. 25th OF each month.
Ticket Ofce-Palace Hotel, New Mohtgomeryst
GOODALL, PERKINS Il Co. General Agents
LIST If 10 Market ST.. San Francisco.
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fortune on patent remedies, but to no effect
Though he is only % years of age. he looked
almost a total wreck, when some friends adj
vised him to 90 to the Cosmopolitan Dis
pensary. He had lost all faith, but still
grasped, like the drowning man, at what he
HE BLESSES THAT DAY. He is now a
robust, handsome young fellow, thoroughly
cured and certainly happy, and gives the
Cosmopolitan Dispensary the credit for
making him such.
Mrs. E. p. Woods, who successfully con-
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many great peo-
pie have died of
itlately! j. Hol-
mer, a popular
young man, who
lives at No. 305
Minna street,
this city, was a
victim of heart
and nervous
troubles. He
has resided here
= for five years,
land was a suf-
nearly all
" that time. he
. consulted differ
X ent physicians,
\and spent a little
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
Fighting

Death is an occupation that we all indulge
in at times. The unfortunate sick miss no
opportunity to have the grim monster defer
his visit Have you heart disease? There
are lots of people dying of it. Prominent
men SucCumb to il as well as others. How
The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-05-01
For Charity.

Among the forty merchants
who SO generously paid for adj
vertising space in The Record,
Mr., J, Jones, the jeweler, took a
section with the words, "For
Charity and Nothing Else" No
mention of his wares-only this
and nothing more.