Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-05-25
PACIFIC COAST NOTES.

Tpolicu IdHcDeS throughout the SpO-
Kane region two years ago, has been
captured i'll Choteau County, Mont
Tie reports of the failure of the peach,
cherry and apricot crop Of the Walla
Walla and Snake River valleys. Wash.
The loss is estimated at Sl25,0OO.
INQUIRIES are now being made into the
practicabiity of shipping frozen mutton
by the Australian steamers to Van
couver. A company will probably be
formed to build cold -storage ware
house and go into the business.
JUDGE RIDDLE is authority for the
statement that half a pound of pure
nickel was taken from six pounds of ore
at the Riddle, Ore, nickel mines the
other day by Will c. Brown in the pres
ence Of the English expert who is now
looking over the property.
In Southern California apricots are
already being shipped to market, figs
are beginning to rlpen, the sweetwater
grapes will be ripe in from two to three
weeks. while the Lady de Covarlev.
Muscats, Malagas and black grapes will
ripen in about a month.
4 CITIZEN of San Diego writes from
Chicago, urging San Diego lemon-grow-
ers to have on hand a good supply of
lemons for July and August. He says
about that time there will he an enor-
NOUS demand for lemons, and prices
will be high He thinks $40 box will
be easily obtained.
GOPHER trapping with the present
bounty Of cents per scalp is not the
least profitable occupation for a vide
awake boy. John Rogers, of Dixie, was
in Walla Walla, Wash, recently with.5l9
scalps, a months catch by his boys, net
ting the snug little sum of S3G .33.
THERE is an evergreen oak tree, sit
uated in c. W. Shorts stock range, in
Douglas County, Ore, which has the
pecularitv OF shedding it's leaves about
as the laurel does, the green ones COM
ing out as the old ones wither up and
fall off. In all other respects the tree
has every appearance of being gent
inc oak
X. c. CEEE, of Marion County, has
sent portion Of q cherry tree to NlllWau-
kie, Ore, to be nicely finished for cxhi-
bitlon at Chicago The tree has quite a
history. 1t was brought across the
plains away back in the '4Os and planted
on the Gecr homestead, where it has
flourishcd for Il period of fifty years and
borne fruit for the family.
Ir is stated on reliable authority that
ID. 0. Mills and his associates in the
! Bellingham Bay q British Columbia
Railway Company, have made arrange
ments for the sale of the road to the
Canadian Pacific. The deal is probably
the first step in the extension OF the
Canadian Pacific into the Puget Sound
country.
SrocKMEN in the Uni Mountains, New
Mexico, state that the renegade Navajo
Indians are causing considerable troub-
/ le to stockmen by driving off cattle
and sheep and threatening the owners
with bodily harm if they offer any OBJ
icctions. One sheep raiser alone has
had ut least 1000 sheep stolen from him
| in the past twelve months by these In
dams.
AN Oregon man has invented a de-
vice for saving logs. 1t consists of an
endless cross-cut saw attached to a
series of cogs to give it motion.
| DowNlEvILLE, CAL, reports that the
has begun crushing ore with profitable
results, and sufficient rich ore is in sight
| to last for years.
| Two brothers named Pagan recently
| found a large number of shell-tish
pearls at the mouth of the 1achats
! River, in the southwestern corner of
| Lincoln County, Ore.
| BETWEEN 800 and 400 acres have been
I planted to dcciduous fruit trees in and
near Ontario this season, the same terri
tory heretofore having been largely oc-
CAPPED by citrus fruit planting.
THE prospects all over Southern Cali
fornia favor a large yield of prunes and
peaches this year. From every fruit
growing locality in the state there come
reports of short crop OF apricots.
al, Il
mine, which is located at the head of
Lake Whatcom, twelve miles from New
Whitcom, Wash, are highly elated over
the discovery of a new vein of coal,
which is of excellent quality.
HERMAN METzGER, of Portland, is
opening up galena ledge on Quartz
Creek, Ore, tributary of Jump-otf-
Joe. The lode is twelve feet wide and
bonded on each side by a slate forma
ton. A concentrator will be put IN at
the mine.
TIE bodies of two prospectors have
been found in the Castle Dome range,
north of the ella River. They are sup
posed to be the remains of two French
men who carried gold nuggets into
Yuma some years ago ana went out
again, since when they have never been
heard from.
LIE lICOItld I.ttScl Slf'"H IL
thc progress made in irrigating the lands
of Eastern Washington. Eight large
companies are organized, with com
bined capital of s., 100000. The amount
already expended in construction work
is 81 BIS, 900. The land that will be irri-
Gated when all the work is finished is
9S3, 900 acres.
TIM last consignment of two car loads
of navel oranges reached Liverpool,
Eng, from Pomona, Cal, in prime CON
dition and were sold in London at 81 50
nor box. This is the best price had III
England this season for Southern Cali
fornia fruit. At that price the grower
here will get Il clear profit of about 3. 10
per box.
4 FIFTH cigar-shaped raft, containing
| 500, 900 feet of redwood logs, mas
coached San Francisco from Fort Bragg.
Lumber freights are $3.50 and s. per
uoo foot # is claimed that by the