The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-10-14

The old Pinacatc placcrs in San Diego
county Cal, and near the San Bernar-
dino border are being rcworked with ox-
ccIIcnt results. Dry washers are used.
The Oregon Agricultural College cx-
hbit ut the State Fair was turned over
to the Worlds Fair Commission OF the
state, and is now displayed at Chicngo's
great show.
Judge Ross ut Los Angeles holds that
Chlnanan 10 be II merchant must be
actively engaged in buying and selling
and other duties that merchants are oc-
cupicd with.
Forest fires in the Sound country in
Washington have driven the cougars and
bears out OF their dcns and into the val
Icy settlements, where they are seen in
great numbers.
The population OF New Mexico has
not materially changed during the past
year The total Territorial indebtedness
isS0lI7l2, and the cash balance in the
treasury is tl2l 600.
Immense coal fields in Sonora, Mexico,
are to be worked by San Diego parties,
who have obtained lease from the gov
crnmcnt. Railroad harbor and other
concessions have been granted.
There is rumor ut Victoria, B. c.,
founded upon private adyiccs, that the
governments OF the United States and
Great Britain are negotiating TO close
Bchring Sea and the Pacific for two
years.
The Albatross has made the deepest
sea sounding ever made. Phosphorus
iirh without eyes were secured at $500
fathoms. Fish and weeds sufficient TO
load four cars were secured in the neigh
borhood OF Behring Sea.
1t is reported at Chino that Claus
SprcckcIs has bought 5000 acres OF the
Bixby ranch near Westminster, Orange
county, Cal, and will plant it to beets.
II this be true, it means another sugar
factory for that region.
In Sonoma county, Cal, there will be
10000 or IL 900 bales OF hops produced
this year, against S,iOO last year. The
hops are Of an excellent quality. Only
white laborers were employed, and they
were so satisfactory that Chinese will
not be given work when white help can
be secured.
mcrce has been induced by the large in
ilux from the Fast TO pass resolution
stating that here, ~ in every other |
section OF the country, several men stand |
ready to fill every vacancy for work that |
occurs. The new-coming day laborers |
stand very little chance of securing work |
at the present time, and are therefore
urgently warned not to come to this
country"
1t il reported at San Diego that an In
dian outbreak is imminent at Yuma,
owing to the trouble between Chief Pas
quail and ex-Chiei Miguel. Telegraphic
orders have been received by Colonel
Kellogg in command of the local garri-
son of regular troops for aid. He has
assigned Ma jor Charles l.. Davis to the
command of II detachment of thirty men,
who will leave Mt once for service ut that
point.
Suspicion is now aroused at San Diego
that the body of the man found recently
near La Mesa was that of A. G. Warner,
who disappeared from San Diego some
weeks ago after stealing $50 from his
roommate. He is said to have engaged
passage by the Pacific Mail steamer Sep
ttIllllCI ~ lOi Slllll, HllNl 10 lIlICIbJOUi w
have had $4,000 in Chiian scrip, having
stolen the American money to meet his
immediate requirements.
The sugar industry of California for
the past year has been very successful.
Both the grower of sugar beets and the
manufacturer of sugar therefrom have
realized largo profits. The refinery at
WatsOnyille is reported to be working at
its full capacity. The yield of sugar
beets this year is 10000 tons, which at
present rates is worth $77 per ton, eX-
elusive of the bounty, which is worth
$40 per ton. Last year the crop of sugar
beets was 5000 tons. 1t is expected the
growing OF sugar beets will become a
leading agricultural industry.
Thomas r. Sheridan, President of the
First National Bank of Roseburg and
one of the promoters Of the Coos Bay,
Roseburg and Eastern railroad, says the
remaining sixty-two miles of road has
been located from Myrtle Point to Rose
burg. Work is practically suspended
for the rainy season, but will be started
in earnest early in the spring, and the
road will be completed by November |,
1894. Completion of this road will make
accessible an immense timber area, and
will render tributary to Portland large
and fertile section of the State, which
has heretofore been in all but name part
of California. u