The morning call., 1891-11-03
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

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New YORK by steamer.
Groupings of iron ore have been found
near Newberg, in oregon.
Tin is being mined from the Wheatley-
Eames deposits in San Diego County.
The little city of Casper, Wyo., is entirely
out of debt, with $1,000 in tha city treasury.
Reports come from Washington of heavy
damages wrought by The recent rains up
there.
A pumpkin seven feet in circumference
and weighing 200 pounds is on exhibition Ill
the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
August Collins, wealthy German rancher
of Hueneme. committed suicide by hanging
the other night. No cause is known for the
deed.
1t is said that nearly all the Government
land in the Yakima Valley. Wash. has been
taken up since the successful sinking of the
first artesiau well.
A man named Smith. working on Champ
Inns sheep ranch. at Vina. Butte County,
jumped into well at the ranch Thursday
morning and was drowned.
The first carload of walnuts of the new
crop in Los Angeles County was shipped
from La Petora Thursday for the East
They brought cents pound.
Nevada County farmers are beginning to
find serious fault with the two years close
season law for the protection of deer. Some
| of them claim their ranches are overrun and
In six years, says the Sacramento News
the bonded debt of Sacramento will be
liQuidated, the remaining bonds will be
easily provided for, and Sacramento's
credit will be considered giltedged by the
bankers OF the world.
The pilots of San Diego harbor have ex-
pressed themselves as willing 10 make very
liberal reductions in pilot fees. 10 induce Il
regular line of steamships 10 stop at that
port. 1t recently cost the steamer MlneOla
$500 to enter there and discharge cargo of
800 tons.
The experiment is to be triel in Wash
ington of irrigating fruit farms along the
Columbia River by means OF steam pumps.
This method has proved successful in many
places along the Snake River, and will I'M
doubleday be of benefit to fruit farms in the
Big Bead.
The Pomona Public Library, which was
started in 1887 by score of ladies who ap-
pTeciated the need of such an institution,
now numbers on its shelves 2250 we'll
selected volumes, and is about removing to
new and c0mmodIouS quarters, rendered
necessary by the increasing patronage OF the
Institution.
John Wink of Pendleton, Oregon, has
commenced suit against the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for $4,000 damages for
injuries received by being thrown from
hand-car near Hilgard Station last July.
Wink was an employe of the road. Among
other injuries received he was made deaf by
the accident
Reports from the foothills about Fresno
say that bears are coming down from the
mountains in large numbers to feast ON the
bountlful acorn crop among the glens and
gorges. They also help themselves to
square mess of pork onca in while, and
some OF the herds of swine have been seat
tered far and wide.
AprOpoS of the State division talk now CO.
Ing around among the Southern California
papers, the Fresno EXp0sitor says: las
the main argument for the forming of new
State is that there are not enough offices to
go around, why not divide California up
into four States and thus give all ambitious
statesmen chance?
The bear confiaeI on H. B. Perry's place,
near Santa Monica. and which recently bit
of the thumb of little Hazel Baldwin as she
carelessy passed too near his cage, was
found dead the other morning. having evil
IDENTIFY been poisoned. Suit for $4,000 has
been brought against Perry on account of
the loss IF the child's thumb.
Cinnamon to the number of 900 are now
In Vancouver and along the Canadian Pa
clic Railway. They are there in such num-
bers that they cannot find employment and
| much suffering IS the result Their large
numbers are said to be the result OF China
men who have returned home reporting that
| 1t Is very easy to get into the United States.
| Beet tops are in demand around Watson
| Vile for cattle-feeding purposes this year
| They have been selling from % cents per
| load to 81 90 per acre. At the Moro Colo
| ranch the Company has neen purchasing cat
tie to fatten on the beet tops and the beets
| left 10 the fields. The same thing was done
| there last year on n small scale and was
| found 10 be profitable.
The Salinas journal says: The steamer
Albatrus>, that for the past two weeks has
been making soundings in the vicinity of
Moss Landing for the shore end of the
Hawaiian cable, has found the conditions
| there most favorable for the advantageous
landing OF the cable and will report in favor
| OF this point IN preference to any of the half
dozen points examined.
The Reno Journal reports a rumor that
the Central Pacific Railroad Company will
| contest the validity of the horizontal raise
| OF 10 per cent on the valuation of the road
made by the Board of Assessors and Equal
lzation. 1t is claimed that the act creating
| the board did not authorize an increase of
| valuation on railroad property after it had
| been assessed by the board.
| From the report of Secretary Lansing Of
the Southern Pacific Company for the niue
months ending October 1St are taken these
healthy looking figures. The earnings from
passenger business were SIC, 061 900; freight,
| S16,59O, 600; miscellaneous, S664 600 This is
the largest total for any nine months in the
| history OF the company. The operating ex-
penses were Sl5, $4,000. making the net
| earnings 81, 49, COO. For the same period
last year the net earnings were SO, 263, 900.
The Virginia Chronicle says: Much sick
ness among children prevails on the Com
stock at the present time, the principal
disease being scarlet fever. There are prob
| ably thirty cases of the above disease which
Is generally Of a mild form. A case of
diphtheria Is reported on the Divide, though
not OF malignant type. The doctors state
that the present siege of fever is almost
epidemic, and although not considered par
tlcularly dangerous, precautions should be
taken to prevent its spread. Were we to at
| tempt to enumerate the families at present
afflicted it would almost be an endless task
According to the San Diego sun the Ha-
walians have peculiar supers tition regard
ing the cruiser Charleston. The Charleston
brought the late King kaIakaua to this coun.
try last fall, and also conveyed his remains
TO Honolulu after his death in San Francisco.
and the natives believe the spirit hauuts the
vessel and claim to have seen the ghostl,
form OF the King stalking along the bridge
They believe some member of tie roya
family will die after each visit of the
Charleston. As consequence, the vessel /.
not likely to receive an enthusiastic ovation
from tine Hawalans upon her visits to the
islands.