The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-28
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and

Br1ef Notes From Pacific states and
Territories.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel is making a
strong fghtfor much-needed street improve
ments in that city.
The Santa Cruz. Garfield Park and Capt.
tola Electric Railroad began running trains
Wednesday of this week.
The British ship Garsdale sailed from
San Diego harbor last Monday with 5000
bushels of wheat for England.
The movement looking to the consolida-
ton of Cotton and San Bernardino is gain
ing strength in both those towns.
Rediands is considering the question of
maintaining a permanent exhibit in the
Los Angeles Chamber Of Commerce
The Alameda Statesman declares that
that city has not single publfc-spirited,
m0neyed friend among its whole population.
1t is reported at Tacoma that the De Lion
Dry-dock, which is TO be removed from
Port Townsend. is to be located at Quarter
master Harbor.
Interior exchanges report that the need
of rain is becoming seriously felt, and farm
ers are beginning to grow anxious over de-
layed operations.
Oakland is organizing Home Industry
Club" those joining it agreeing to buy
everything they need from Oakland dealers,
as far as possible.
Large numbers of winter tourists have
lately arrived in Riverside, ana the hotel
climate" are jubilant accordingly.
The Sacramento Bee recently offered
three prizes to the th:ee best penmeH under
9years of age, in the public schools of the
city. The winners were all girls.
The Southern Pacific Company will soon
experiment with electric Headlights for
locomotives. They are said to light the
tracks long distance ahead of the engines.
The Northern Pacific has decided to build
from kootenai Idaho, to Bonner's Ferry
next spring. Division Engineer Stephen
son states that $1,000, coo has been appro-
priated for the improvements of the Idaho
division.
Two young men near Los Angeles are
rapidly making a fortune Staying coyotes
Last April thev were not worth $50, but
now they have $500 to their credit in the
bank and they are adding about $3.50 week
to their deposit.
A Lincoln County (Oregon) Judge has
been severely rebnked by the State Supreme
Court for reading a newspaper, eating
candy and otherwise conducting himself in
an undignified and unbecOming manner
during the progress before him of an i'm
pOrtant murder trial.
The association for the Importation of
song birds at Portland, Or, has received a
lot of birds direct from Germany. The lot
consists of about 206 pairs, comprising gray
and black song thrushes, skylarks, bull
fnches, European robins, starlings, liz
fncheS.
Governor Pennoyer of Oregon has broken
out in fresh spot. When approached re-
garding the rumor that he is a candidate
for Senatorial toga, he said: THE office
of Governor outranks that of Senator, and
when retired from the Governorship | will
step out to my saw-mill. and not down to
the Senate
John Vineyard of Lynn Hollow, Lane
County. Oregon, has been whipping nearly
the entire male populace of that place re-
Gently. warrant was sworn out against
him before Justice of the Peace, but the
Constable was afraid to tackle the terror.
and at last reports the Sheriff had been sent
for to come from Eugene and arrest Vine
yard.
On Wednesday last flock of quail were
scared mp IN the Shubrick Norris vineyard.
near Sonoma, by party of hunters, and in
their flight became bewidered ana number
struck q large water tank near the family
residence with great velocity and were in
stautly killed The dead quail were picked
up by the sportsmeu and helped to increase
the size of their game bags.
The Arizona Citizen says: A sample of
Arizona cotton is on exhibition at the tele-
graph office. Like all Arizona agricultural
productions, it is greater and better than in
its native soil. The cotton is the full equal
In texture and will yield double the crops
of the Southern States The average height
of the bush upon which it grows Is double
the height of the article of the South. II
was grown on the Phoenix experiment farm
of the University, where an acre of it is
growing.
a Seattle electrical expert Is fitting up a
number of launches for Lake Washington
with storage batteries, by which they will
be propelled, charged from the trolley wires
of electric railways. These will DC the first
electrically propelled water craft on the Pa
cifc Coast. and will run for eight houcs
without recharginG, They will be CON
structed on the Herreshoff model, with a
speed of from eight to ten miles yer hour,
Launches of the same pattern are said to be
in common use on the river Thames, Ii
will require four hours to charge one of the
batteries, but the added weight after re-
charging is inappreciable. so that it is car
rying power that is of no burden to the
| boat.