The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-01-25
COAST ITEMS.
Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritOries.

Brief Notes From Pacific States and Ter
ritories.
TobOgganing is a fav0rite sport at Kettle
Falls, WyO., this winter
The Orange Post is now edited and con-
trolled by Mrs. Alice l.. ArlnOr, who Will
hereafter conduct 1t.
Fresno County farmers are turning their
attention to oranges. and large number of
orange trees are being planted there this
winter.
The farmers of Wallowa, Oregon. are
taking advantage Of the uneXceptiOnaily
good Shedding up that way to haul their sur
plus grain.
A scheme for an electric railroad between
Fresno and HanlOTd ~ Iulare County, is
being ably pushed by prominent men of
both places
Reports from Perris say farmers are De
ginning to be anxious over the prolonged
dry spell, as there has barely been rain
enough So far To start the grain
little son of 5. B. Rose, living near
Satcoy, NentuIa County, was poisoned a
few days ago, by eating apricot pits.
Prompt measures saved bis lie.
The largest raIsin vineyard in the world
now in bearing is owned by A. b. Butler OF
Fresno. Cal. Ii contains Go acres. The
annual income from this vineyard has
reached 100000
All through the Northwest the deer are
being driven from the mountains by the Sc
verify OF the recent storms, and hunters
find them more pleutifulin the foothills and
valleys than ever before.
As Eugene Leoni Of Gonzales was tying a
horse in its stall the other day the animal
suddenly jumped back and its halter was
wound around Lewis middle finger, COM
pletely seyerng Ii at the second Joint.
A Kings City man recently, aftera severe
illness, entirely forgot the combination to
his SAFE. None Of his clerks knew it and
after long delay he was finally Obliged TO
send TO "a distance for a man who had been
formerly in his employ to OF en- the safe.
The Supervisors Of SonOma County re-
Gently let q contract TO a publishing com
pany 10 furnish county maps. The cost
was to be $4,000. Public sentiment, how
ever, was 30 strongly opposed TO the scheme
that tie Supervisors were obliged 10 Tescud
their O!drr.
The HoQuiam Canning Company is said
to be doing rushing business canning
clans this season. More than llOO quarts
have gone TO Tacoma Tor cold storage since
the company opened lis works, Decen Der
sd, and the demand Is now greater than
the supply.
The Sacramento Record Union denies the
report that Governor Markham is seriously
III, and says that on the day'a San Fran
CISCO paper reported him 10 be lat deaths
door he WAS feeling very well, ana simply
resting from his official duties, not even
being confined to his bed.
The people Of PhWniX, AriZ. propose to
build leyee along the river font by private
subscription, and committee has been
formed 10 solicit the same. The leyee W Ill
be mile long, about twenty feet wide
with string OF barbed wire running along
the ton. TIE estimated cost Of the work is
$1,000.
The Ventura Free Press advocates that
farmers Of that county unite and ask tile
railroad company to make rate on beans
OF 90 cents, the same as they have on
oranges. This viii net 90 cents more on
the 100 pounds and will cause the crop to
be moved and $4,000 TO 100000 now tied
mp in beans to be turned loose.
W. 5. Kendall recently brought suit in
Sacramento against ii. A. MendenhalL a
helpless cripple, for $50. borrowed by the
latter from him several years ago. The
jury awarded judgment for the amount and
interest at per cen, compounded monthly,
up to the day judgment was issued, in all
Sab Kendall, more generous than the
jury, knocked of $3.50 OF the judgment and
the matter was settled
The lack of rain at Santa Barbara is caus-
ing much suffering 10 cattle on the range.
Ii is reported that several hundred head
have recently died from starvation in the
upper end Of Santa barbara County, aud il
IS feared that tie loss Of stock Will be seri-
Gus unless rains soon come. Reports re-
celYed from Cattemeu IN portions of Ari-
ZJna report 4 similar shortage Of pasturage
and loss among cattle.
The other day as two men, named Chris
man and Hughes, were driving over the
mountains in Monterey County. near the
Gloria Grade, en- within about mile of
the summit, where the grade is very narrow,
enc wheel of their cart suddenly collapsed.
throwing ChrSman headlong down the
steep embankment, nearly 100 feet TO the
bottom Of the gorge. Hughes was badly
tangled up ia the wreck, tut save for few
bruises, neither Of the men were seriously
injured.
Francisco Cadero of Ventura had a very
narrow escape from a horrible death the
other afternoon. He was cleaning out a
well, on Olive avenue, and while at the bot
tom it caYed in on him and buried him to
his neck Help was soon at hand, but for
fear Of caving in more of the well and bury
ing him completely from sight, extreme
care had to be taken. The ton of the well.
some eight feet above the head Of the en-
tombed man, showed that it would fall in at
the slightest weight, and the men with
shovels dug the earth away for several
feet all around and finally, after four long
hours, he was taken out and was found to
have received but little injury.