The morning call., 1891-04-24
COAST ITEMS.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
OrOyille is to have an extensive Oliye-Oil
mill.
Puyailup (Wash.) has new $4,000 opera
house.
new hotel, with 80 rooms, was opened
at Gridley, Butte County, last week.
The Salvation Army has laid siege to
Seattle and proposes TO carry the city by
storm.
The Amador Ledger says the honey crop
of that section is better this season than Tor
any on record.
San Diego is TO have new opera house
which, its projectors declare. will be in
every way worthy of the growing city.
Sonoma vineyardists claim their expert
ence for number of years past has proven
the Tokay grapevines to be phyllOXera
proof.
An entire family in Portland was nearly
asphyXiated Saturday night by the failure of
a patent arrangement for turning the gas on
and off to work right.
While a. G. Morse was hunting quail in
Ell CajDn Valley, San Diego County, re-
Gently he freed three wildcats aud killed
them. His $500 brd-dog took to the bush
and has not been seen since.
a Delano mother permitted her baby boy
to crawl on the floor the other Gay. lie
found something, and, of course, put it into
his mouth. The mother investigated, and
was Mortified to find her baby trying to chew
a big tarantula.
Twenty feet has been regarded as the
limit Of the eucalyptus trees mischief
doing capacities, but the City Council Of
Santa Barbara has ordered every eucalyptus
tree that stands within 100 feet of a water
main TO be cut down.
The good women of Astoria, Oregon, are
eagerly discussing the old question whether
smelts are best fried in meal or cracker
dust. As a matter of fact, the smelts them
selves are quite Indifferent to methods en-
ployed to make them palatable.
Charles Frech, a settler on a fOrty-aCre
claim near Pozo, San Luis Obispo County,
who had been missing for week or more,
was found last week, dead, under the trunk
of a fallen tree, which had pinned him to
the ground, holding him until death from
starvation ensued.
Fruit buyers in Ventura County are offer
ing $50 ton for green arricOts, and are en-
deayorlng to make contracts for several
years ahead with growers. The latter, how
ever, are wide awake to the position Cali
f0rnia fruit is taking in Eastern markets,
ana will be slow to walk into any such trap
as that.
The Wheeless Underground Electric
Company of Tacoma. Wash, has received
a contract for the construction of twelve
miles Of their system in the city of Wash
ington, d. Z. Three miles will be under
RIUuuus anu HING miles OV6THedu. Inc
building OF the road will include a massive
bridge across the Potomac.
Fritz Harness, the Yolo County lpper
who, for several months has been occupy
ing cabin out in the tules near Woodland,
is dead. The Supervisors kept him sup
piled with food, ETC., and man near him to
provide for his wants. He was buried in
Sacramento on Saturday, and his cabin and
everything about it will be burned.
Opponents Of the Salvation Army in Los
Angeles thought they had discovered an
ehectual method of routing their enemy
and during street meeting mounted tall
building and played upon the soldiers with
hose The prayers and praise went on
without any diminuton of ferVor, however,
and the army carried its meeting to the
usual close.
Portland stevedOres are being greatly an
noyed by the depredatious of wharf thieves,
who steal the brass attachments from the
engines on the seows to sell for old brass.
The attachments do not bring the thieves
much return, but as they cannot be replaced
short of San Francisco or the East, sc0ws
thus dismantled must be laid UP for repairs,
SO that the loss to owners is great.
The Helena (Mont.) Journal SAYS: Sew
eraI Cheyenne Indians were before the
United States Grand Jury yesterday as wit
nesses in the proceedings against Illicit
whisky peddlers. One Of them, who goes
by the name Of Wooden Leg, is quite a
dandy. lie wears MS halr parted In the
middle, and hanging in two long braids,
one Of which is artistically tied with a strip
of fur, while the other is kept in place by
| red and blue ribbons. He also wears a
white shirt and very broad smile, and is
altogether very agreeable redskin.
The raln-stoTm last week did considerable
damage in the vicinity of Weldon, Kern
| County. Kelso Creek rose to unusual
height and CAUSED considerable damage to
| several mines and farms. A long mining
| fiume belonging to Chris With was wash ed
away. Fred Butterbredt'S quartz-mlll had
| a very narrow escape. Dave Applegate'S
blacksmith-shop and part of his mill works
were washed away. On William NicolPs
ranch the high water covered his barley
| crop and damaged his alfalfa materially.
| The flood caused CONSERVATION among all
| the ranchers on its course to the South Fork.
not doing any material damage there, how
ever.