Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-24
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
A Tacoma Man Falls Heir to a
Fortune in Texas. :
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORANGES.


She Was Poisoned.
Idaho has appropriated $4,000 for the
Worlds Fair. AAf
Southern California IL shipping but
few oranges. tits waiting Tor the Flor.
ida crop 70 become exhausted.
J. d. Rainsy, ext Chief Of the Fire De-
partment OF Tacoma, has lallen heir to
. fortune In Texas estimated At 44OO, 900.
In Eastern Oregon the intense cold,
together with the heavy snowfalls, ID
causing great suffering among the stock
on the ranges. y.
Five women were arrested and each
fined II and costs ct Phoenix, A. T., Tor
riding astride ON horseback, dressed Ia
Mother Hubbards.
Dolores Ochoa, Mexican resident Of
men in the country, 10 dead, having
reached the age Of lis years.
The Stockton Association says there 10
nothing In the story that Stamboul's rec
ord OF z:071t Was obtained by fraud. The
whole matter il 70 be thoroughly invec
tigated.
The large irrigation ditch to be con-
structed in Owyhse county, Idaho, will
be l5u miles long. and will irrigate $780,
600 acres Of desert lands. Water will
be taken from the Snake.
The analyses 90 far Of the body OF Mrs.
Eordhoit- Bentley At Los Angeles show
that she was poisoned. Bentley, II 10
believe,i, had accom- plices, and . sense
tional trial 10 anticipated.
The court ut Phoenix, A. T., has de-
cided that . hall where drinks were sold
and music played by three women on .
stage, one OF whom was dressed In male
attire, IL not . variety chow.
Sacramento Chinatown 10 In . fever
OF excitement over the shooting by high
out OF the Mission School and the stab
hing OF All Wing on the streets.
The Oregon State Democratic Commit
tee regrets the attitude oil Governor
Pennoyer toward Mr.. Cleveland, and
considers his utterances against the
President eject NJ unwarranted and sem
eational.
The Southern Californian Smelling
and Refining Company at Los Angeles
has begun the work OF preparing ground
for smelter, and expects to have the
machinery in place and ready for opera
ton early In April.
The owners OF sealers and masters at
Victoria, b. O., have been notified that
they must have the names OF vessels
painted on both sides OF the bow and ut
the stern. On the latter there must also
be the homo port or port OF register.
The Ballona Harbor and Improvement
Company, Los Angeles county, GAL, 10
suing the Santa Fe for the recovery Of
the road TO Los Angeles and terminal
privileges, which had been granted on
conditions that the road has not COM
piled with.
The Nevada Legislature has before 1t
an irrigation proposition, and an extra
ordinary effort will be made to pass It,
for many believe the salvation OF the
State depends upon colonization and the
bringing under cultivation OF much OF
the now barren land. Sti
Several UmatillsNcounty farmers are
still holding grain harvested In 1891.
One has 5000 bushels ON hand. An Of
fer OF vi cents per bushel was made for
the wheat alter the harvest Of that year,
and was declined by the farmer, who
believed that the price would reach 81.
The acts Of the Board OF Directors OF
the Fallbrook {San Diego county, Gal. y
irrigation district, providing for issuing
and selling bonds OF the district, have
been indorsed by the Superior Court. and
the friends OF irrigation In that section
celebrated the victory with cannons and
bontires.
Despite the snow Thompson d Camp
bell, sheep men OF Pendleton, have lost
but three head out OF their band OF 1900
since leaving the mountains. One of
these was choked to death, and dog
killed another. Part OF the Thompson
* Campbell sheep are ON Birch creek
aud part ON Coombs' canyon. They
have been led ever since snow fell about
five tons, daily and are in superb condi-
ton.
The Lake Helmet Water Company In
San Bernardino county, CAL, has al an
expenditure erected at their
reservoir site in Helmet Valley colossal |
dam, which in point Of Size and |
durability Is not equsled on the Ameri- |
can Continent. The future development |
Of the San Jacinto Valley In the direc.
tion OF agriculture will be dependent on
this water supply which IL not controlled |
by the caprces OF the season.
The Lewiston udaho) Tribune learns
that the prospect for extensive devel-
opment work being done in the Elk CITY
mining district this summer 10 exceed |
Ingiy good. II states that three claims
have been recently sold for $4,000.
f26, 900 and $500 respectively. These
sales have aroused the greatest excite
ment In the camp, and everything bear
ing mineral oil the remotest value 10 be-
ing located in the hope OF sharing In the
general favor with which that country 10
now regarded.
Klamath county is the latest seat OF
sold excitement. A settler named Took.
On the south eide OF the Klamath river
about one and one-half miles from Keno.
was digging q we'll, and at q depth OF
sixty feet he struck formation from
which he banned out 81 DO in gold with
IN ordinary skillet. The gold was prob
Iby from the stratum Of blue gravel,
which underlies large portion Of the
AXE and Klamath river country, and 1t
nay lead to the development Of some
'ood Drift mines there.
The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency re-
,orts fourteen failures in the Pacific
toast States and Territories for the past
week, as compared with fourteen for the ,
'revious week and eleven for the corre-
week OF 1892. There were sew
nty failures in the Pacific Coast States
nd Territories Tor the month OF Janu- !
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