Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-06-21
PACIFIC COAST NOTES.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, shipped 1881 car
loads of oranges up to June l.
POTATOES are being shipped from Los
Angeles in considerable quantity
THE first carload of honey has been
shipped from Ventura County, Cal, to
San Francisco.
THE law prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of cigarettes in Washington has
gone into effect.
WATERMELoNs are in the market at
Los Angeles from Seven Palms, on the
Colorado desert, and sell at ST apiece.
IT is stated that young peach trees in
the Wenatchea Valley, Wash, which
had their lower limbs covered with
snow last winter, will bear heavy crops
this fall, while the older trees will pro-
duce but little fruit.
THE Canadian Pacific tea fleet this
year comprises the following vessels
now chartered: The American bark st.
GATHERINGS, to sail from Yokohama Jan
uary 10; the Siren, Jessie Stow, A. j.
Fuller and Roderick Castle, bringing
about 1000 tons each.
LINCOLN County, Wash, will proba
bly, emulate the example of Yakima in
sending an exhibit of watermelons to
the Worlds Fair. Melons weighing
sixty pounds have been produced along
the Columbian River, and 200 fine
specimens will be sent to Chicago.
THE new Cudahy packing plant at
Los Angeles has begun operations. 1t
slaughtered POO hogs on the opening
day 1t has a capacity of 500 hogs
daily. Hogs are coming in from all
parts of Southern California. Seven
cents per pound is given for live hogs.
CHARLES ROPER and Fred Smith, while
at the Gee mining camp above Ashland,
Ore, one day recently, entertained an
ugly visitor unawares, in the shape of
big black bear. which had been eating
their giant powder for some time past.
made his escape.
THE fruit-picking season has opened
at Santa Rosa. 1t is expected that 500
tons of prunes will be marketed there.
The fruit-growers are making an effort
to organize an association for shipping
TO the East. Tons of fruit rot in SOno-
ma County annually for want of market
facilities, and an effort will be made to
avoid this.
A NORTHPORT special to the Spokane
Review tell of an enormous meteor that
passed over that section in the middle
of the afternoon. Within about min
ute and half after its passage, and
while the people were still gazing at the
long column of smoke, a tremendous
peal of thunder from the direction of
the Sheep Creek Mountains, about
twenty miles north, came rolling back,
which was heard for distance of thirty
miles below. The explosion scattered
the meteor in all directions. Several
fragments have already been picked up
LARGE shipments of berries and vege-
tables are being made from Walla Walla
to Montana and Utah points. Daily
shipments average over two tons.
INFORMATION has been received in
Spokane that directions had been given
from headquarters for the immediate
resumption of work on the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mine in the Cnur
d'Alenes.
Dow GALE, the famous hunter of Peta-
luna, killed three large wildcats. They
were all killed in San Antonio Town
ship, Marin County, and within eight
miles of Petaluma, Cal. Mr. Gale with
IN the past year has killed over forty
foxes, wildcats and coons.
NJ. d. CONWAY, who owns forty-nine
acres of land near La Center, Wash,
has discovered ledge of Belgium black
marble on his land, which will probably
net him fortune. The marble is
worth 80 cents foot Mr.. Conway pur-
chased the land year ago for $500.
THE reclamation of the desert lands of
Arizona is very rapid. During the
month ending April 30, SO ,92O acres of
land was entered in the Tucson land
office for the Southern District. Of this
area $4,000 was original desert land.
The land taken up was mostly in Ora
ham, Yuma and Maricopa counties.
SOME years ago All Wing, Chinese in
Beaverhead County, Montana, killed
three other Chinese. He was found
guilty and sentenced to the state peni-
tertiary at Deer Lodge for life and has
served about three years. Being con-
fined in the penitentiary All Wing SAYS
he was prevented from registering, even
if he had desired to do SO. He has in
structed his lawyer to find out if the
United States law was not paramount
to any act of the state and whether I'M
der the Geary law be should not be de-
ported and sent back to China The
matter is considered one that is really
well taken and raises an interesting
point in the Chinese question.