The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-20
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Territories.

The Dairymen's Union of California ham
dies over 90 per cent of the butter product
of this State.
The State, the official organ of the Farm
ers' Alliance, is advising farmers to hold on
TO their wheat
It is estimated that fully 200, 900 orange
and lemon trees VIII be set out in Northern
California this year.
Ripe strawberries are being shipped from
Los Angeles County to st. Louis, where
they sell for 40 cents pound.
The next union to be organized in Sacra-
msnto will be the laborers', and its MEM
berShip will include all unorganized labor.
the ten months ending October 31st last
show an increase of about $4,000 over the
corresponding period of last year.
The Tacoma Chamber of Commerce has
negotiated loan of 100000. TO be used in
the construction of new building. The
loan is to run five years at per cent
An eagle was killed near Riverside last
week that measured feet 10 inches from
tip to tip Its great claws were each the
size of mans hand, and looked very ugly
and powerful.
A prospectOr has been exhibiting at Fres-
no mass OF gold ore weighing nearly one
pound, which he took from the bed of an
old river, under Table Mountain. The
specimen is very rich.
Frank and John Carlyle of Westminster
captured full-grown seal near Bolsa
Beach, the other day, and brought it home.
day or so after the seal made its escape,
and was mile away. travelling toward the
ocean, when the boys recaptured it.
The Oroville New Era says that Howard
Taber was out hunting last Friday on the
canal back of Sbippes's place, and, seeing a
flock of geese, emptied both barrels Of the
gun into them. and when the smoke cleared
away picked up tHenty-SlX OF the flock.
lUrinU fha wind in No.
f0rnia last week the sand was blown about
with great fierceness. The Riverside Times
Index says il swept across the Ralto plain
with such violence that several persons
driving across there had their horses cut by
the flying sand as if by knife.
The Puget Sound Mill Company has
bought every log in the Stillaauamsh River
and in the boom at Stanwood. This is said
TO be on account OF large order from Aus
traiia, placed a short time since with the
big sound mills. Every logger who wanted
to sell thus disposed OF his logs, and q
much better feeling prevails at present.
California has 140.77S fg trees in bearing
and 24, 800 young trees. OF oranges there
are 523,4U0 bearing and 1,641 400 not bear
ing. OF almonds there are in bearing 446, AGA
and 4O5,4G0 Young trees. Our peach trees
reach the enormous number of 80, SS7, 1914
young trees and the supply of peach stock
III the State does not equal the demand.
In Fresno County arrangements are he
ing made for an immense rabbit drive day
or two before Christmas. The purpose is to
rid the country Of thousands of the pests
and at the same time provide a free distri-
button of game for the poor OF San Fran
cisco. 1t is expected that from 5000 to
10000 rabbits will be rounded up" and
killed.
The people Of Capay. in Yolo County, are
much exercised over the appearance lately
of wild man y in the woods near town
He has been seen frequently on the hills,
but always takes to the brush when he dis
covers that he IS being watched. The gen.
eral impression is that he is a fugitive fiom
justice, and an effort will soon be made to
capture him,
The ground is said to be yellow with
oranges in some parts of Los Angeles
County that lay in the track OF the recent
great wind-storm. The AZusa News advises
the losers to gather up the windfalls and
manufacture them into orange wine This
could readily be done, and there are many
things very much worse than good orange
cider or wine.
The whaleback plant the Wetmore car
ries must be located at the sound, its pro-
motors said, because the ships could not get
into the Columbia. This causes the Oreso-
there is little irony of fate in the fact that
the first of the whalebacks was obliged to
come into the Columbia to be saved. and
was glad enough to get in.
A chicken-thief syndicate has been m
earthed at Santa Rosa. George Lumbus.
the chief executive officer of the combine.
has made confession, and he duplicates a
number OF persons. The syndicate handled
$1,000 worth OF stolen chickens in two
months. This combine has not attained
strength enough TO prevent prosecution of
its members, but as things are progressing
all around theiChicken-Th Thieves Association
will soon be bigger than any ordinary
Grand Jury.
The Agricultural Experiment Station NJ
the University OF California has issued a
bulletin showing the distribution of seeds
and plants for the past five years To have
been 37,47S plants and cuttings, and % ee3
ounces of seed. The plants Consisted of
twenty six species, and the seeds of thirty
seven species. including large number of
varieties. The total number of individual
appleatiohS LOT SEEDS ana plants was 1923,
and during each year almost every county
in the State was included in the distribn-
ton.
}. n. Pinckney. n Northern Pacific on
gineer. while running his engine last sun
day saw, as he declares, a ghost Mt EAGLE
Gorge. IN the Cascades There was spec
trail engine on the rails ahead of Mr. Pinck-
ney's engine, spectral headlight and n
spectral engineer with his hand on the
throttle-vave. Mr.. Pinckney AYERS that
the wrath was the speoter OF an engineer
named Thomas c. CIPHER and that the un-
canny sight made his flesh Creep" Unhe.
levers reading this tale will be Inclined 10
deem it high time Mr.. Pinckney retired tn
some other employment than running a In.
comotive.
Among the complaints against the South
ern Pacific Railroad in Oregon before the
Railroad Committee Is one of oyercharge On
goods shipped from Aumsvlle to Sprinv-
field. Another complaint Is for oyereharse
on carload of sash and doors from GRAMS
Pass to McMinnville. The company charges
Sal from Grants Pass to Portland. nearly
800 miles. and S2S 70 from Portland To Ne,
Minnville, forty miles, charging two local
tariffs on one shipment. This The simmer
claims is O great injustice In thu othsr
complaint charges were prepaid through.
S23, the company afterward at SpringteId
weighing the freight and charging "a addi-
ti0nnl. The freight was S32 on about 1000
pounds OF freight about fifty miles.