The morning call., 1891-07-01
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States an,
Territories.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and
| Territories.
Sixty thousand boxes of peaches will be
| shipped from Ashland, Oregon, this season.
| There are twenty-three combined har-
! veSters at work near Reedley, Fresno
| County, on 81, $50 acres of grain.
Fire in a grain-ield at Arno, Wednesday
| night, destroyed fifty acrrS of grain be'nn%-
| ing to a Mrs. Valensin. The origin of the
flames is unknown.
There are said to be twenty-one vessels
now on tie way from foreign ports carry
ing 35,000 tons Of coai nsigued to the Spreck
els Comp my of San Diego.
The siX-year-old son of Geronimo the
notorious Mexican bandit, killed last week
near Pantano, stabbed four-vnar-o play
mate to death Friday at Pl 9 TX, Ariz.
The Cajalco tin niue in San Bernar-
dino County, is turning out nearly three
tons of pure tin per day, and is pr" airing
new and extensive works to meet th in.
ere ,Sng DEVELOPMENT of the mines.
A couple OF Pasadena ladies have invested
in straight saddles aud short skirts aud
have set the example for their set of riding
horseback astride. They claim to find it q
! great Improvement over the old method.
Owing to the illness Of Rufus Shoemaker
Of the Grass Valley Telegraph, President of
the California Press Association. the annual
meeting of the association will not take
place in Grass Valley next mont as was
anticipated.
As b. Krug of Nicolaus was putting up a
team late the other night, he, by mistake,
entered the stall where a wild mule was
tied. The animal knocked him down and
trampled upon him, bruiSing his face and
breaking several ribs.
The Columbia River Centennial Celebra-
ton Society has been organized to prepare
to tittingly celebrate on Nav IL, 1892, the
one hundredth anniversary of the discovery
OF the Columbia River by Captain Robert
Gray, the first maa to carry the stars aud
stripes around the world.
Some one in Washington sent tn Cover
nor Markham's home in Pasadena b. mail,
the other day, box of strawberries. They
were badly crushed and dripping when re-
celved. and as fruit is unavailable anywhere,
the Governor will never taste these berries.
A Truckee New man has entered upon
the cultivation, for market OF tae IN Il i.
tain snow plant" and has plant d an acre
OF land to this beautiful flower, from which
he expects to make about $500 The snow
plant Is not only beautiful as a flower, but is
edible. in taste somewhat resembling the
caulifower.
ranch, near town, Tuesday. The busy in-
| scots were in bad humOr and attacked the
| horse the ladies were driving. The animal
| behaved very well under the ordeal. but in
| getting him to a place of safety several peo-
| pie were severely stung. The horse was so
| badly hurt he had to be lei home and over
! seventy stings were taken from his head
| and neck.
! The Ely News relates that on Monday
| last Steptoe Valley (Ney.) rancher, anx-
| ious to enter the married state, procured a
| license aud spent the day rustling around
| town in search of bride among the women
| of his acquaintance. Much to his surprise,
| however, he found not one that was willing
| to share his joys and sorrows. and he was
| compelled to carry them and his license
| home alone.
John Fletcher of Orange had on exhibit
| ton the other day what looked like fair
sized sheaf Of barley, but in reality was the
| product of a single seed, The number of
| stocks sprlDging from the root was 125, and
they bore 100 heads of barley. One head
taken at random showed SO seeds, which
| would give 5000 kernels as the product of a
single seed. 1t has been forwarded to
Bundy of Santa Ana, to te by him for
warded to Orange County exhibit at Chicago.
The able-bodied man who tells you that
he cannot find good-paying work in this re-
| RiOn this year, says the Pomona Progress,
| keeps his eyes shut for fear of finding 1t.
| There's work for every one who wants 1t.
The beet-sugar factory, the beet fields, the
| South Riverside tin mine and the buildings
| there, the Allessandro pipe lines and vast
irrigation scheme all call for great num-
Ter of men, while the vast improvements in
the land in caring for new orchards, pack
ing fruit etc., must have laborers, Don't
let auv rue fcci vc- ~ complaining af lack