Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-06-30
Chinese and White Men Super
seeded by Mexicans.
CANNING LoBsTERs AND FISH.
Strange Complaint Prevalent Among
the Cattle in San Bernardino
County, California.


$50, 1928.
Prospectors have reached San Bernar-
dino from the Colorado Desert with
pockets full of gold nuggets.
Much activity Is being manifested in
the canning OF Holsters and fish and
otherwise profting from the fisheries
along the lower coast OF California.
Oregon expects to clip 100000
pounds OF wool this year her increase
in sheep over last year being estimated
at 80 per cent, all OF which is sheer gain
The expedition from San Diego into
the Colorado Desert after the Elusive
Pegleg mine has been forced to return,
owing to the extreme heat encountered.
James Lamoreau OF Idaho Falls has
brought suit in the Fifth District Court
against the Ensor Institute OF Pocatcllo
for $4,000 damages. because they tried
and failed to cure him Of the liquor habit.
The Pend d'0reille river is rising rap
idly, being within six feet as high at
present AZ at any time last year. Every
indication points toward the water being
higher this year than ever known before.
The offices OF the Southern division OF
the Santa Fe railroad, heretofore located
In San BeTnardino, are being removed
to Los Angeles TO take quarters in the
new depot recently erected in the latter
city.
Arrangements have been completed
for the right Of way to construct canal
on a cut-on ct the mouth vi the Yuba
river, the object being to relieve the
river during high water and make the
channel more direct.
Work on the double-turreted monitor
pended during the past month, 200 me-
chanics having been taken oil the work
ing force and assigned to other work
about the navy yard.
The Chinese aud white men heretofore
employed at sl.25 on the southern Pa
citic railroad between FL Paso and Los
Angeles are being replaced with Mexi-
cans from chihuahua at per day. 1t
il openly stated that the spirit OF the
contract law is being broken. r.
Ida Maude Kline. the bogus colored
widow in the Mckinney will contest at
Stockton, CAL, who swore that she was
the wife al the old negro in the hope
that she could get his estate worth S40,-
600, is in jail, charged with perjury, and
A. j. Ross, an cx- police officer, who is
alleged TO have worked up the evidence,
is under arrest on a charge OF suborna-
ton OF perjury.
w. A. Shaw, rcal-esiate dealer OF
Salem. induced Mrs. Elizabeth Joseph
TO deed her home Ia him for an alleged
consideration OF $1,000, that sum to be
paid her at the rate of $3.50 a year for
twenty-iour years, without interest or
security. shaw exacted u promise OF Sc
crecy, but finally Mrs. Joseph consulted
some attorneys. Shaws lawyers advised
MN 70 ueeu oaoK the property, ana that
mas oeeh uohe'
u. Nj. Potter OF San Miguel mesa, San
Diego county, Cal, was rdiculed few
months ago when il became known that !
ne ne was |" raise II crop OF mustard seed:
lie crop VIII mature about July /, and
is es'linateu 10 ne 'poul LOW pounds
OF SEED an acre or ABOUT slNty-hVe tons
III All. Ahls Is from ABOUT elght POUNDS
an acre Oh tile seed soWh' me totai crop |
~ worth Slo,foo ~ cents pound,
winch IL s'ie ruling price
Attorney-General Chamberlain has |
rendered an opinion upon the Weston
Normal School act, in which he says it is
evident that the Legislature did not in
tend that the appropriation should be
expended IN the erection OF new build
ings' out oiliy IN the payment OIL salaries.
e'ic purchase Oh heetlui ana proper APP
paratus, anu generally IN settlement OF
shcn expenses as Hlght pe incurred IN
tle successful arrangement ui the school.
a strange complaint is prevalent
among the cattle III san Beruardiuo
county, Gal. 1T Is II disease of The bone,
similar to ray fungus, which starts inside
the bone aud consumes II. Generally ii |
starts in the bones OF the left shoulder,
gradually reaching other portions OF the
body and invariably terminates in death,
generally IN from three to five months
IL ~ rs fatal as CHAMBERS and Is supposed
TO be as contagious, 1t generally attacks
oattie pas'ufeu On neaVy dark loan
The Fresno Expositor saws: An item
is gong the rounds OF the California
press that millions OF worms are de
vastatlng the vineyards OF Fresno conn ,
ty." This is altogether an error. Worms
are not devastating the vineyards TO any
extent. They nave appeared at two or
three points outside the regular vineyard
district, put nave zone no material IN
Jury 10 the grape crop OF TINS county.
The worm that - DONG ne most OF the
damage IN TINS vicinity Is the worm OF
the sun
The fact became known the other day
that two san Francisco banks had been
recently swindled by checks which had !
been very elererly raised. One cheek for i
IS, 800 on the Farmers Bank OF Fresno ;