The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-17
COAST ITEMS.
Interesting Notes From the Pacific States
and Tnrrftnries.

Deer are very thick near Hope Idaho.
One party ND there killed twenty-five in a
single day last week.
The Farmers Alliance l0uring-milI at
san Miguel has commenced work. COnSld-
cradle grain is being shipped to that point.
The Orange County Poultry Association
has been organized, and proposes % take
measures TO encourage poultry-ralslnG II
that section,
The recent snowfalls have been too much
for the horse-car companies Of Salt Lake
City. some OF winch have not been open for
travel for the last two weeks.
The daily papers Of Fresno are delivered
! by carrier among the farming population
! about there. as promptly ana regularly as
they are among city subscribers.
According TO tile Official record Of the
una Signal Office, Christmas day was the
coolest that has been known there in the
past sixteen years. The mercury went
down to ..
During the past two weeks the California
State Inspectors have seized and condemned
about $500 worth Of diseased fruit trees
imported from the East. They were found
to be infeCIed with diseases entirely new to
California.
The City Council Of Los Angeles has de-
Cided 20 recommend to that city the acquire
ment of public water works. II is proposed
To take the water from the Los Angeles
River, ana il is estimated that the
head works and reservoir viii cost
$4,000 not including tie distributing
mains.
The ran Of salmon up the Pajaro River has
been very heavy during the past week, and
the fishermen who have been armed with
spear and equipped with nets have made
b = haus. One day last week a jacksonville
fisherman made a haul Of thirteen salmon.
and the next day another fisherman bagged
an even dozen.
The miners OF Csqdelaria have organized
a Miners Union. 1t has $500 in the treasury,
and is sad TO have been rendered assist
ance from miners unions in Virginia City,
Butte City, B0die and the unions in l tab.
The CandelaTla organization has a member
ship OF about 60 aud will not accede 10 less
than s. % per day for labor.
The Iona Prieta Lunbe Company Is ad-
YeTtising for bids for the milling of the
timber in the Ramsay GulCh, north OF Cor
TalitOs during the coming year. It is pro-
posed to move the Game Cock Mil into the
gulCh and cut the timber with it, The
timber IN the Ramsey Guich is the last Of
the large bodies Of timber in the Pajaro
hills.
Information has been sent out from Sara
toga, NyO., that the people Of that place
VIII put on a stage line between Dickinson,
! the new station on the Union Pacific, near
" 0lcOtt, ana that place. A depot will be
+ built az Dickinson. THIS will make the
shortest route between the Union Pacific
( and Saratoga By this route II viii not be
necessary to cross ths Platte River.
The Tain-Iuakers have invaded California.
A party Of three Of them has set up its
tents at PiXley, TuiaTe County, and will
proceed to pTecipitate moisture from the
skies. The Stockton Mail has a suggestion
to offer which will prove very valuable to
these Taln-maker5 II they will heed IT, and
says: Let them watch the Signal Service
reports, and just as soon as fair weather is
prophesied let them begin their sky-bom-
harding.
The Santa Maria Times says: A railroad
convention, consisting Of delegates from
Tulare, Fresno and San Luis ObisD0 c0un-
ties has been called 20 meet at Bakersfield
on February ,, 1892 for the purpose Of tax
ing steps toward binding a railroad from
Kern County TO the coast 10 San Luis
ObispO County. 1t has been stated that a
weIl-knOwn Eastern company are ready to
build the road II its virtues are properly
presented.
Special Agent f. W. Nelson Of the De-
paTtment Of Agriculture, Washington, D. c.,
now on this Coast, says the sheep Of the
SieTTas are working sad havoc 10 the grass
and heritage Of all kinds. Almost the en-
tire SlerTE3 are denuded" said he TO a
Sacramen, reporter, recently. q" / travelled
lor 100 miles IN the mountains. and the en-
{ tire distance tie ground was nearly as bare
as a great gravel bed 1t was difficult
many times for Us 10 get grass enough for
our horses
Edward Wolfskill of the Bank Of Winters
! 0i0 County, is confident that the season
VIII be dry one, and ho gets his informa-
ton ny way Of Arizona. lie claims to be a
close observer OF meteorological conditions
and changes, and as a result he saws that
whenever there are heavy fall rains in
Arizona. there are heavy winter rains in
California. The fall rains in Arizona were
very light this season, and upon that cir
cumstance he bases his opinion that the
winter IN California viii be a comparatively
dry one.
Twelve Cinnamon were arrested in Butte,
Mont, last week, for cutting the ears off an
other Celestial. A few months ago a China
man shot another in Butte and was sent TO
the pententiary for it, The chief witness
against tie convicted man was Tom Hui.
A meeting of Chinese citizens was held in
tie Joss-h0use Friday afternoon, and de-
cided that Tom, ia expiration Of his grave
oitense IN swearing against fellow-coun-
tryman, should have his ears cut off. Tom
was accordingly enticed into the joss-h0use
ana the ears were promptly cut off. The
police arrested twelve OF the eXeeutioners.
Il Is reported that the Directors Of the
berkeley Rapid Transit {eleetric) Railroad
nave come 10 the conclusion that there is not
much money IN Scent fares through from
Cakiaio 10 berkeley, or vice versa, but there
IS no hint that they Will attempt TO charge
more, and, indeed, they could not well do
50, as their charter was obtained on that
pledge. They expect to obtain enough short
distance travel 10 enable them to run al a
profit, for where a street-car fills Itself up
several times, and is empty as often, during
single trip. money is made'in street rail-
roads, but il IS not done where passengers
are carried five full miles for cents.
Thirty-thTee million and thirty-three
thnusand mamma die EVERY Year