The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-04
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
Titories.


Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
TitOries.
The ice crop on the Truckee River is the
finest ever known. All the companies have
begun storing.
Two hundred and twenty-five new school.
houses have been buiit IN the State OF
Washington the past year.
Two rotary snow-plowS and all the push
p0ws are engaged IN keeping the railroad
track over the Sierras clear.
A ffteen-year-old Modesto boy has been
sentenced to a year in San Quentin for felo-
nlOuSly entering a clgar-StOTe At ng ht.
During the year 1891 1913 cars IF beef
cattle were shipped from Reno, New. The
average Is about nineteen lead 70 the car,
making p, 527 head in all.
There is talk in lumber circles of the
formation Of a 5000 900 syndicate TO con-
troll the output and prices OF sugar pine and
other choice lumber in this State.
Good sleigbing was eni0yed during Holt
day week by the residents Of Reno, New.
in the eastern part II that Stale the snow
is u to Is inches deep on the level.
Young men who are not born tired read
ily make from $40 10 Si25 q mouth all
through The summer months al work in the
mountain timber belts in Tulare County.
A gold nugget weighing six and half
pounds was found in the Brandy Fiat &C.
week, according 10 the Territorial! Eater
prise.
Vacav lille has haunted house. tits situ-
ated on the read TO Nanden, and it Is said
even the hunters in that vicinity viii make
a wide detOur to avoid passing the place at
night.
The reservoir at Dayton, Wash, which
was recently built al great expense, and
which on being filed for the first time broke,
but was replaced, IS again empty, having
been found TO be unsafe.
The Nampa IDAHO Leader says rancher
at that point sOwed 100 acres Of land TO cats
about the goth Of June last, and despite the
late planting thTashed 1900 bushels, for
which he received fifty cents a bushel.
The Tuoumne River rose seven or eight
feet since the rain, says the Modesto Herald,
and the water Is now running over the lTTl-
Cation dam at La Grange. Work will have
to be suspended until the water goes down.
4 Missoula (Mont.) dispatch SAYS orders
have been issued for the discharge of all the
wOod-chOppers cutting for the Northern
Pacific along the line Of the C9ur d Alene
branch. This Will throw about $50 men out
Of employment.
Two miners were burned to death the
other day by IRE IN tbc house of the
South GalenI Mining Company, at Bng-
ham, Utah The men were drunk and I'M
able to open tie door OF tire building. The
lighted pipe thrown csTelessly IN tile straw
at one end OF the room.
An orange tree in the yard Of j. K. p.
ElNell, in Yuba City, has a full yield Of
large ripe oranges Of this seasons crop, and
hanging among them are q number Of
oranges Of the previous year in a good state
of preservation. On the same tree is a
lemon branch in fun bearing, with ripe
fruit ana also beautiful blossoms. Tue
tree presents a very striking appearance.
TIE Suffer County Enterprise says OF
some Japanese perslmmOns brought 10 that
Office: They were grown on a small tee
not over three feet tall, and this is its sec
Ond bearing. In all there were thirty per-
simmons hanging on the limbs. each one
being as large as a goOd-sized tea-cup Al
though at this time Of the year these trees
are devoid Of leaves, when laden with rich,
yellow fruit they rival the orange as a gar
den ornament
The Silver State says: Few people
know the real color Of gold, as the metal is
seldom seen except heavily alleged, which
renders II Tedder IN color than when in its
natural state. The gold found in tile Ural
Mountains IS the reddest of all in Its natural
state; Australian gold is redder than that of
California, while gold obtained from the
placerS Is Tedder than that obtained from
quartz. What causes these different colOrs
Is one OF the mysteries Of metailurgy.
tract
which he purchased On the flank Of Chuck
anut Mountain. WhatcOm County Wash,
a few months since. has found on his land a
dead fir tree which he believes is the largest
fir in WhatcOm County. He measured it
four feet from the ground, where it is en-
tirely denuded OF bark, and found il thirty
feet and three inches in circumference. 1t
has apparently been dead for many years,
and has been broken off about $50 feet above
the ground. 1t stands alone in a thick
growth OF young timber.
The Vernon (B. CO. News saws: The fact
that neither turkeys, geese, ducks nor
chickens can be bought in Vernon or other
towns OF this section does not say much for
the enterprise of the farming community
Of these valleys. The local game-dealers
are importing their supplies from the East
This Is on par with the fact that MANY of
our leading ranchers import their butter
the year round from the Northwest and al
ways use canned milk. An enterprising
tenderfOot will come here some day and
make fortune from dairy and chicken
farm while the average rancher is calculat-
ing with how little winter feed he can keep
his stock from dying Of starvation.
Max Nebelung Of Anahem has shipped
MS entire crop OF pampas plumes TO Ger
many, via New Orleans The Anaheim
Gazette says: The crop numbers 1913 600
plumeS and fills fifty cases of go pounds
each, making two carloads. The freight ON
the consignment to New Orleans amounts
to $3.50. Thence the plumes 90 by water to
Hamburg at an additional cost of perhaps
$50, and thence TO their destination In the
interior Of the Fatherland at a cost of $50
more. Thus the freight charges will go to
at least $3.50. 1t is a long way to ship, but
Max says there Is money in the business
He loads the Dlumes (. o. b. in Anaheim and
there all his liability ceases.
A movement is On foot at Fresno to send
a carload of ten tons of raisins to aid in
feeding the famine-stricken districts of
Russia. The plan is for large produ ers to
contribute enough to load ear, send it 10
New York, thence TO London, where the
raisins will be sold at retail auction and the
proceeds contributed to the charity fund
and forwarded through the proper channels
to Russia. Fresno men new in London will
look after the consignment when 1t reaches
there. and see that the raisins are sold to
the best advantage. The purpose is 10 send
only the best quality of raisins, so that they
will advertise Fresno and at the same time
do good to the hungry Russians.
a carpet-tacking party is the Iatast Mis-.