The morning call., 1892-01-06
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and
Tarrfrnrie6


Territories.
Anthrax is said to be killing off cattle in
San Luis 0bispO County.
Arroyo Giande, San Luis ObspO County.
is agtating the Question Of Incorporation.
The product of Los Angeles Couuty's
grain fields has this year exceeded that OF
the orange groves.
Lander, a Wyoming town, I35 miles from
the railroad. has an EdlSon electric lighting
system with 400 patrons
The shipments OF fruits from San Jose
during the season Of 1891 amounted to the
enormous aggregate Of 81. pa, 745 pounds.
Slrighs are now running on the Baker
City stage road. in Oregon, from six miles
above Prairie City clear across the noun
tains.
The Santa Rosa Republican says salmon
are coming up Russiaa River in large num-
bers this year. They are in prime condition
for eating.
The great rabbit drive that was to have
been held in the country about Fresno on
Christmas day had TO be postponed on ac-
count OF the rain.
Daring the recent terrible storm in the
| Northwest that did such damage in Wash
InIton timber sections, over 81 0O, C0j feet Of
timber were felled on one claim.
The Reno Journal says that a resident Of
that place Will hunting al Pyramid Lake
the other day, killed i've deer, and saw sew
enteen. de secured three out OF one band.
The Chinese quarter Of Virginia City,
New, is said 10 be the lYelieSt section OF the
whole town. II has faro z tWes that are well
patToniZed by both white and yellow suck
eTS.
The otter is said to BE- growing very scarce
up in Washington. Very few skins are
being obtained this season, aud all along
the coast the fur-Oeariug animals seem TO be
rapidly disappearing.
One raHrher near Lordsburg, Arz., lost
last month by passing trains, $50 head Of
cattle. for which the Southern Pacific Com
pany was required to settle at the rate OF
SIS per head.
The farmers mp around Willows are feel
ing happy over the recent rain: 1T raned
$50 gold pieces" is the way one granger ex-
pressed his appreciation of what the aqueous
dONnpouT was doing for the farmers next
crop
The Santa Maria Times says: Arroyo
Grande is excited over big sale at Pismo
Beach and tile discovery Of oil near town
by the Kaiser Weeks Mining Company. In
a forty-foot shaft they have developed a
flow of half barrel OF oil per day.
A Santa Ana woman aud her girls did all
the harvesting in the alfalfa lot and or
chaTds this year, says the Pomona Progress,
while her husband was in Kansas making
speeches and writing articles for the Alli-
ance newspapers about the hardships Of
farmers.
The recent rains are said to have already
assured forty bushels Of grain TO the acre
in the Palouse country next season, with
the rest Of the winter to hear from. This
makes the prospects good up there for as
unusual a crop next season as this years
has been.
The Redlands Citrograph, whose editor,
Scipi0 Craig, is reliable authority on the
orange crops, has revised its figures since
the recent great storm IN Southern Cali
fOrnia, and now estimates that the orange
shipments from there this year will not run
much over 300 carloads.
Sheriff Broughton of Santa Barbara
County. while making an arrest few
weeks ago of two unruly citizens received
blow that broke the skin on the back of
one hand. 1t was not deemed serious at
the time, but blood poisoning set in, and
the hand will have to be amDutated.
P l.. Byers, who has 5-acre ranch near
Santa Paula, in this State, from which he
says he supports his family besides adding
occasional necessary improvements to the
place, he estimates that, in addition to
what Is used by his family, he sells about
s625 worth Of fruit aud farm products each
year.
The work Of track-laying on the Southern
Pacific extension to Redlauds has been de-
layed by the rains, but the rails lave been
la d portion of the way across the Barton
ranch and will all he down as soon as the
weather permits. Good progress is being
made on the grading between Redlands and
Grafton.
The Oregon City Enterprise says: An
order has been issued from the Department
! Of the Interior taking away the title of some
| OF tile Indian chiefs. PEG, chief of the
Umatllas; Ga-ten-e-Ou-tlZ, chief Of the
Cdyuses, aud WithOut-a-Shirt chief OF tine
| Walla Wailas, are thus deprived Of their
former authority.
One Of the noteworthy holiday issues Of
the year is the Stockton Mails Illustrated
Almanac for 1892, which has, condensed
| between It's two covers, fund Of such in
! formation as busy people are always want
ing in hurry. The book is handsomely
| illustrated and reflects credit upon its enter
prIsIBg publishers
Zach Graham had a patch Of about ten
acres Of corn this year, says the Hueneme
Herald, which yielded somewhat over
thirty centais to the acre. The corn was of
the white variety. and was sOd-deVered
ut Hueneme-at 81 40 per GENITAL Graham's
beans also went over a ton to the acre and
these he had contracted early in the sea
son at 81 90.
The city Of Ellensburg, Wash, is In a re-
maTkable predicament 1t has had a mu-
nicipal election, and both candidates for
Mayor received exactly the same number of
votes. The question Is who is elected? The
laws Of the State provide for a case Of this
kind with county officers, but not with mu-
nicipal and the only way to test the matter
will be by an appeal to the courts
On the 18th ult, says the AmadOr Ledger,
an enormous solid block Of marble was
hewn at the Carrara marble quarry. 1t
weighed 100 tons. OF course it was impos-
sible to move such monster block as a
whole; so out Of it nine blocks were made,
Weighing from five to ten tons each. These
are destined to be made into columns or
the rev theater new In process Of building
in Oakland.
Go away from home TO learn the news"
The Port Hope (0ntaIiO, Cana a. Guide
says: The orange crop OF California has be-
come so large that it cannot be marketed at
paying prices. Thousands Of acres OF tho
land Of California are now bearing young
lemon trees. The olive and fig crops OF the
State are now profitable. Experiments in
The raising of CeylOn tea in Southern Cali
lorna Will soon be tried.
On the Camarillo ranch in Pleasant
Nailey, Ventura County, there is a boiling
sulphur spring, which has a strange Pc
cuiiarlly. IL IS hot in the morning, and as
1t comes to the heat of the day the spring
water becomes cooler. Enough water flows
from this spring to Stake the thirst of 1000
sheep daily. The water from this spring
after being exposed to the air for a couple
OF days becomes very palStable as drink ing