The morning call., 1891-11-29
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.


Sherman County. Oregon, has not a sa-
loon within its borders
The bean crop of Ventura and Santa Bar
bara counties Is estimated, this year, at 1000
carloads of 10000 pounds each.
The Nevada City Transcript says:
There is rum0r atiOat that the Southern
Pacific Company is going TO prohibit liquor
selling In the houses located on its right Of
way.
The bears are said to be thick in the foot
hills of Santa Barbara County this fall,
having come down from the mountains to
feast on ac0rns, now lying thick on the
ground.
crowd of Oakland boys fastened a rope
to a Fourteentn-Street horse car the other
night. and had an impromptu tug-of-war,
which resulted in the car going back ward.
horse and all.
Since the first of the year the Northern
Pacific Company has spent.between S4,000,-
600 and 100000 in building new lines, re-
pairing Id ones and in making repairs and
improvements.
White fish are being caught in the
Truckee River with grab-hoOks, notwith-
standing the law forbds the use Of these
instruments. The water in the river is SO
low that the fish cannot escape the hooks.
Edward Coleman OF Grass Valley has do
mated $4,000 to the Pacific Theological
Seminary at Oakland. 1t takes the form of
endowment of a chair, the choice as to
which chair being left TO the Board of Di-
rectors.
The California Steamship Company has
filed petition in insolvency. The assets OF
the company consist of beach property In
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara cOln-
ties, under attachment to the principal
creditor.
Forty-fve thousand bricks, valued at S270,
rolled off the scow Occident into sixty feet
of water near Tacoma recently and cannot
be recovered. The scow had been leaking
and the swell from q passing steamer
turned it nearly over.
The Drain Echo says that an old Prus-
sian, aged 20. and his wife aged Is years.
have taken up q quarter-sectiOu OF moan
tain land near there. The old couple are
delighted at owning home, and think Of
clearing it aud putting out an orchard.
A strong opposition to Chinese renters Is
gaining Roadway in Placer County. 1t is
claimed that the Chinese not only allow the
land to deterioraIe, but ruin the reputation
In the markets of the fruit grown by white
men because of the poor quality OF fruit
they send out.
One Of the largest logs ever cut in the
state OF Washington was tlOated down the
Snoqualmie River recently. 1t was a fir
log, - feet long and 10 inches in diam
eter at the upper end. Ten horses could
not move ii aud five yoke of oxen had diff
Guilty IN hauling it.
The Marysvlle Appeal says: c. c. Bitner
at Steep Canyon, which place is between
Smartsvllle aud Spenceville. has sold his
quartz mine TO an English syndicate, repre-
scented by Mr.. Higginbottom, for S3l, 900.
lie worked in the tunnel alone for thirteen
years, and Is now repaid for his patience
and perseverance.
According to the San Diego Union, from
10000 to 100000 a res have been broken for
the first time in the valeIs ON the mesas
In that county As near as can be ascer-
tanned about 100000 acres OF the total was
planted to fruit trees, the rest being devoted
to miscellaneous uses, such as grain-grow-
ing. vegetables and small fruits.
An old miner from Upper Placer visited
Auburn the other day, says the Republican,
and after gazing long and steadily at an I'M
familiar object in one OF the stores, sad
II don't see what on earth you have got
that bottle tied on that string up there for"
When told it was an electric light, he said:
well, this world is going too fast for we
old 'uns, Wa can't keep up with it."
John Jordan brought large white swan
to Pendleton, Oregon, the other day, and
tells queer story as to how he got IT,
While near his house. on East Birch Creek,
he saw some eagles chasing the swan, in the
air above him. The unfortunate bird, in
It's anxiety to escape, flew directly over the
young mans head. and with a quick spring
lie managed to seize and bring it down, the
disappointed eagles flying angrily away.
Ned MACPHERSON, 1S-year- old son of Rob-
ert MACPHERSON of acFherson, Orange
County, while out rowing on Newport Bay,
near Santa Ana, Saturday morning. with
two other boys duck-hunting, attempted to
draw his gun to him by the muzZle. The
hammer caught and the gun was discharged
and shot him in the shoulder. mflicting a
wound which caused his death Saturday
afternoon while being brought TO Santa
Ana.
Charles Bessner. son of a prominent
rancner on Skagit River in Washington,
was loading shells. preparatory to hunting
expedition. The primer on a loaded shell
projected too much. In attempting to set it
more firmly the shell exploded the charge
passing through his body. he lived but
few moments. This is the second accidental
death in the family within comparatively
short period, another son having been killed
by the upsetting of wagon on Samish
River.
Alaska's gold products are constant ~
growing more numerous, says the Port
Townsend Leader, and reports from the
gold fields are of the most encouraging ma
ture. True, the adventurous miners must
brave dangers and hardships in order to
reach the remote mining regions, but their
reward is gold, and for gold men will risk
their lives and even their souls. With gold
as their reward thousands of prospectors
will settle in Alaska, and the precious metal
may make Alaska as popular in 1872 as il did
California in 40.