The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-02
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
The steamer Clara Brown is TO be sold at
Tacoma to satisfy liens.
The wine product of Napa County for this
year is estimated at 100000 to 3,500,000
gallons.
The Colusa Gazette, owned and edited by
lady, IS one Of the best dailies in COluSa
County.
y Douglas County Oregon farmer sold
his crop frcm ten AGREE Of apple trees this
year for S4G50 or S463 per acre.
y number Of Vacayille fruit-growers have
combined and sent Il train of twenty-five
cars OF dried nuts direct 10 the Eastern
market.
Iwenty-six young ArapahOes have been
sent from tie Wind River Indian Reserva-
ton IN Fremont County, Wyo.. TO the school
al Genoa, Nebr
The Coming Century is new weekly just
started Ia Portland. It's principal edi tor
viii be Abigail Scott DuunIway, an d il viii
advocate wOMan's rights.
Astoria has formed an association to cele-
brate, on May II, lsg2, IN appropriate 5 ty,e,
the centennial III the discovery OF the Co.
lumbia River by Captain Gray.
The Salem tOr) Statesman is endeavor-
ing TO persuade the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company that II should build a road I 0
Astoria. Ii there IS anything in it, for
the Southern Pacific it doubtless will, if it
can.
At a recent meeting of the Horticultural
Society, Napa iruit-grower said he had
sold peaches TO commission men at 81 cents
per box. and bought the same fruit back at
the rate OF three pounds for quarter, and
apples for which he had received only 50
cents he bad seen sold at 81.
A few nights ago a snow-storm passed
over Johnson, Whitman County, Wash,
covering the ground sufficiently for pleasure
slelghing the next day. In the evening the
Thermometer registered - below zero, and
crept even lower next morning, but later a
chinook set in and the snow disappeared.
j. L. Mitchell brought in this week, says
the Oriaud News, a sample stalk of cotton
grown on his place, north of Stoney Creek.
The cotton was given no care whatever, but
The number and size OF the boies Is further
demonstration thai good paying crop of
gord cotton could be raised In this section.
The Apacbes are again reported on the
warpath In Arizona. K. II. Daniels was
killed by them Thursday night at place
about thrty-tiye miles from Wilson, and
Major Downing was ambushed and shot at
the same point. Great excitement prevails
among the settlers, who fear raid from
the Indians in the Chiricahua Mountains.
Cattle-thieves around the Umatila Reser-
walton III Oregon seem to be more numerous
this year than ever before. Farmers resid-
ing In that vicinity are losing many cattle
by the operation of these thieves, and
though dlligent search has been made no
trace of them can be had. One man last
week had 100 head OF fine cattle stolen from
the range.
A Vancouver paper states that an option
has been obtained on all the breweries In
British Columbia by representatives of En-
glish capital. The breweries will be man
aged by one company, the present owners
taking stock aud acting rs local managers
The manufacture of lager beer will be un-
dertaken. AT present all the lager con-
! Sulned there is imported.
| The red sandstone quarry near Lancha
| Piana has been closed for the winter. The
contract for the Postof1ice at Sacramento
| had TO be annnlled. owing to the fact that
| the contractor could not bind himself to
! furnish stone in the quantities desired dur
| ing the winter months, OIL account Of the
! difficulties in the way of hauling from the
| quarry TO the lone depot.
The Ventura Free Press says: II is said
| that not Tor twenty years has there been
such pleasant fall for gathering rrops as
this year has proven. Nuts aud fruits gem
| orally are about all harvested and the
| weather remains almost perfect Cool
! nights are experienced with warm pleasant
| days. Early vegetables are doing well and
| winter Strawberries are coming on in con-
| siderable quantities.
S. j. Mathes of Los Angeles. formerly in
! charge of the "Califurnla on Wheels" ex-
hibit, tells the Chicsgoans thai CaliforniaDs
| are not lil-natured over their failure to Sc
| cure one of their own citizens to have
| charge Of the Department oil Agriculture at
| the Worlds Fair, because q Californian
| giving them justice would have been ac-
| cused Of Partially, and thus would have
| prevented, TO some extent, the grand dis
| play they intend making.