The morning call., 1891-12-16
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States aud
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.
Lake County, Oregon, shipped LILO 600
pounds of wool this year.
A disease supposed to be blackleg is thin
ming out the cattle Of Umatilla County.
Wash.
George A. Sly of Rosalia, Wash, butch
cred hog that weighed $50 pounds at his
farm last week.
Insurance companies are threatening to
withdraw policies at Watsonville unless the
water pressure is increased.
Farmers il the vicinity of Caulee City,
WISH, have been planting many thousand
fruit trees this fall and winter.
The Piutes of Mason Valley, in Nevada,
are having big hunt near the Switch and
are slauShtering from 200 to 800 rabbits
day.
Venis0n is very plentiful in Nevada this
winter. The Tu>caroFa market is over
stocked and the meat sells at s cents a
pound.
Some small animal got into hen-hOuse
at Point Arena. Mendocino County, the other
night and sucked the blood of forty -one
fowls, all that was there.
Warned by the damage done by the
Puyallup River during the recent high
water, parties interested have decided tc
straighten the channel near the mouth,
Gilroy is advocating the matter OF boring
for oil and natural gas, experts having de-
ClaIeu thai promising etlQeDceS Oh Tue bX-
istence OF both are plentiful about there.
During the gale in Los Angeles County
last week large oak tree was broken off
short, carried some distance by the wind
and drOppe III the midst of an orange grove.
The Santa Maria Times reports that cattle
are dying for lack of feed on the Suey, Cas-
malta and other large ranches down there.
The Times says the trouble is that most of
the large ranches are overstocked.
1t is now Stated on good authority that
contracts for the building of the tunnels at
Santa Marguerite are about to be let by the
Southern Pacific. The date for closing the
contracts is said TO be fixed for December
3lst.
The Horticultural Commissioners have
called meeting of southern fruit-growers
in Santa Paula this week to discuss the
fruit pests, and see if something cannot be
done to rid orchards in that neishbOrhOOd Of
the Goblin moth.
A. g. Tabor of NOrwalk was driving a
load of milk to the condensed milk factory
Friday morning, when the neck yoke Of his
wagon broke, the horses started to run,
bringing up against tree. Mr.. Tabor,
who was an old man, was thrown out and
his neck was broken.
Owing to the destruction of several church
buildings and damage to others at Pasa-
dena by the recent storm. congregations in
that city of churches have had to double up,
the unf0rtunates wOrshiping last Sunday
III lHe lclhpleS IL lutif uiSpUSul Dy
more fortunate assemblies.
w. S. Ladd of Portland in the past five
years has realized fully $500, 900 merely in
rise of land values which he had legal claim
to. The Pendleton East Oregonian mildly
suggests to Mr.. Laid that he put up about
100000 of this "unearned increment" to
help along the State exhibition at the
Worlds Fair
Several residents of Eugene, Oregon, who
crossed the Coast Range from Florence last
week were three days on the road, which
was badly blockaded by the recent storm.
They found sixty trees across the road be-
tween the head of Tide and Hale's and one
very heavy slide at the rock Tiiton. They
think fully $1,000 damage was done the road.
peculiar accident happened to a young
boy named Hoover at Lusk, Wyo, the other
dav The wheel OF wagon caught the
handle of an ak the lad was carrying and the
AK was whirled around, the blade striking
the boy IN the abdomen, cutting cash seven
inches long. The wound was severe, but
the boys chances were considered good to
recover.
The town OF Santa Clara is just now the
scene of a fierce CONNIE rcial strife. The
tamale-venders of that burg have entered
into sharp competition il the manufacture
of that mysterious Wand, each attempting
to underseli the others. The journal pre-
diets that tamales will be selling at two for
nickel, with q chrome of the thing as it
appeared during life thrown in.
The San Diego Sun says: Through the
efforts of j. w. Seton the Cuyamaca Lake
has been stocked with striped and black
bass, croppie, pike, catfish, suntish and
perch. A carload of these fish came yester-
day from the Government, and was at once
sent to its destination among the mountains.
La three years time it is to be expected that
the local market will be supplied with fresh
water fish in abundance.
The Almaden quicksilver mines, Santa
Clara County, have shut down. The own
ers OF the mine say it is exhausted, and the
force of workmeu have been Withdrawn or
discharged. Some of the workmen have
been sent to the mines in Lake County, this
State, but many of them have been dis
charged and are left in very destitute con-
dition. A large number OF men thus thrown
oat of work are now in San jose badly
stranded.
The Portland Oregonian says: San Fran
cisco merchants and papers are taking
great interest 10 the improvement of Coos
Bay and ii is evident that that city intends
TO capture and hold the trade of that section
Of Greg on tributary to that harbor if it is
possible to do so. 1t Is a good thing for the
Coos Bay, for it assures the support Of the
California delegation in Congress to any
Appropriation that may be asked for to com
plete the jetties. The total cost of the work
Is estimated at 81, $40, 900. The officer in
charge of the work asks for $3.50. 600 from
the present Congress to carry on the work
already begun. If the money be forthcoE-
ing the work could be completed in four
years.
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Judge Wallace yesterday rendered de-