The morning call., 1891-10-01
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
Victoria, Mont, is to have fifty-barrel
roller-proeeSs houring-mill.
Snow has already fallen. both in the
Olympia and Cascade mountains.
A shipment of S13,50O in bullion and
sixty tons of lead was made last week II m
the Eureka Consolidated nine.
San Jose has now new monthly maya
zine, called the Pacific Coast Teacher, AMI
devoted to educational matters.
Tacoma is making desperate effort -
have the Democratic National Convention
meet in its large exposition hall.
The Portland Oregonian says the desr
about Upper Soda and Warm springs n
being wantonly killed by the Indians tn
fall.
The teachers of Virginia City are ahou.
to form Teachers Union for the discu.-
sion of improved methods and the advance
ment of the schools.
About sixty-five carloads of wheat are
being received daily at Tacoma, and this is
said to be but little OF what is expect ID to
come in there later in the fall.
Charles Z. Conrad of Fort Benton, Mont,
gathered from his garden recently a tomato
which weighs one pound and seven Ouu ces
There are others still larger, he claims,
Tirening on the vines.
A hundred and ninety-nine pounds OF pp-
tatoes from a single pound of seed That Is
what a howell Prairie Orr farm raised
this year. And he wouldn't tell a lie for a
single pound of spuds.
All the men in the mechanical departments
of the Union Pacific system are now work
ing under the rule Of eight and a half hours
for a days work for all week days except
Saturday, when they work four and half
hours.
Southern Pacific railroad conductors are
ill, nod hi. Af,Ftr
new regulation, says the Yuma Sentinel,
has caused several OF the best men in the
service to be placed on the waiting or sus-
pended list"
franklin avenue the place of residence
of Salt Lake Guys demi-mondP, Is to be
cleaned out the police having already mott
fed number OF the inhabitants to move
on" an injunction which they are Obeymg
with alacrty.
A five-foot vein of the finest galena ore
ever seen in Wyoming has been struck IN
Casper Mountain. Great excitement is said
to prevail in camp aud in Casper. The
prospectors are greatly encouraged, and
new finds are daily expected.
A new enterprise is afloat at Haywards to
b uild an electric road and direct ferry con-
nection with San Francisco. 1t IS estimated
that the road can be built for $4,000, and
steps are being taken for the Immediate
organization of company for that purpose.
The people of Astoria are very much
pleased with the progress being made in
the Government work at the jetiy. They
say that the long-talked- of bar is no longer
there, and that the mouth of the Columbia
can take in the largest ship that sails the
Pacific.
union printer who is in the State Prison
at Carson, New, for buying a bottle of
whisky for an Indian, has appealed To the
typos of Virginia City TO keep him supplied
with tobacco, reading matter, etc, while 70
is holding down his present sit" which ne
evidently considers no 'phat take"
The school-teachers of Contra Costa
County have hit upon patriotic idea. The
other Gay, when their county institute was
held in Martinez, they brought the school
flags from all the districts and had a grand
competitive exhibit. The Gags were used
to decorate the platform OF the meeting
hall.
The Seattle Press-Times announces that
"withn comparatively brief period the en-
inent Boston actor, MIR. John Lawrence Sui
liyan, will appear mere, displaying his honest
heart and willing hands" If the eminent"
John Lawrence is in his usual health and
spirits he will give Seattle all the display
1t will need for some time to come during
his contemplated visit.
The Oakland Enquirer says: As a good
deal has been said about the probable cost
of a tunnel under San Francisco Bay from
some point in Oakland to some point ia San
francisco, it is worth noting that the tunnel
from Port Huron, in Michigan, to Sarnia,
in Canada, is COPS feet long. though only
900 feet are beneath water, and 1t cost
81, zoe, 900. A tunnel under land and water
from Oakland 10 San Francisco would be
about ten miles long, and. in the same pru-
portion, would cost something over
$40, 000