Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-07-06
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
A Chinaman Ordered DepOrted
Under the Geary Act.
WATER FLOWING INTO SALTON.
Resolutions Adopted in Opposition to
the Caminetti Mining Bill
Rich BOrax Deposit.

wafer N uONlHG llbD GallOH Lake, anu
it may be filled as it was two years ago.
The new borax claims found in the
Calico Mountains are said 10 be very
rich.
A conservative estimate Of the estate
Of Senator Stanford places it over $34,-
100000.
A rich borax deposit has been discov-
cred in Nevada about sixty miles from
Amadee.
Wong Dip Ken, a Chinaman at Los
Angeles, has been ordered depOrted un-
der the Geary act.
Serious trouble WITH the Cheyennes
at Fort Keogh, Mont, over the attempt
ed arrest Of an Indian is reported.
Bids for the construction Of the jetty
at the entrance Of San Diego Bay have
been published by the government Off
cials.
Sacramento il to have n supply Of
pure, clear water. Two or three COM
panies will bid on specifications ordered
by the City Trustees.
j. p. Eagan, special travelling agent
for the Travellers Insurance Company
OF Hartford, Conn, for the Territory Of
New Mexico, has been swIndling people.
The Yuma Indians have raised good
crop Of corn on the river bottoms this
year, and their crop Of wheat and mel
ons will keep them in good living until
next fall.
The contract for the erection of new
city hall in Salem will be lot TO Hutch
inssS Southwick for $i0,Gl0. The plans
were somewhat altered, reducing the
original bid $l,253.
Sheriff Kay at Visalia, CAL, now keeps
the wards OF Evans and Sontag locked,
and the guards OF each man will remain
inside with the wounded outlaws, beside
having guard outside.
The jury in the case OF Mrs. II. NJ.
johnson, who sued the Southern Pacific
Company at Carson, New, for damages
caused by the death of her husband
obtained u verdict of $4,000.
The Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
has adopted resolutions indorsing the
Denver Salt Lake and san Francisco
railroad proposition and encouraging
the efforts OF Salt Lake capitalists in
that direction.
james Lamoreaux of Idaho Falls,
Idaho, has brought suit in the Fifth
District Court against the Ensor lnsti-
tute OF Pocatclo for $4,000 damages,
because it tried and failed to cure him
of the liquor habit.
Tho Bradstrcct Mercantile Agency
reports fOrty-scycn failures IN the Pacific
Coast States and Territories for the past
week, as compared with twenty-five for
the previous week and twenty-thrce for
the corresponding week OF 1902.
A heavy ground swell ut Port Los
Angeles (Santu MoniCa) tore the Corona
loose from her moorings, breaking the
lines and II hawscr. The work OF dig
charging consumed seven hours over
schedule time, with a loss OF about $500
worth OF hawser.
An ordinance has been passed ut
Pasadena stipulatng that beer and
wine can only be served with 2b-ccnt
meals, and only between the hours Of
II 80 and 80 and $3.50 and 80, and
providing for n fine of not less than 800
nor more than $500 for each violation,
The Anti Debris Association in meet
ing ut Sacramento adopted resolutions in
opposition To the CRminctti mining bill.
The association does not believe the bill
will protect the land and rivers from
injury, and proposes to appeal to the
courts whenever such injury becomes
apparent.
The Lamarietta vineyard ut Fresno
last season brought two carloads of boys
from san Francisco, and set them to
picking grapes. The boys ages ranged
4 t., 4 AZ
oil, and some landed in Jail, but the
general result was satisfactory. They
picked more grapes than an equal num-
ber of Chinese and for less money. ltI
is probable that the experiment OF last
season will lead TO u moro extensive one
this summer.
At u meeting OF Mayor Elltrt and u
number OF citizens the other night ii
WAS decided definitely TO hold mid
winter fair in san Francisco, and it was
further decided 10 place the matter in
charge OF committee of eleven TO bc
appointed hereafter. The committee |
will meet Manager Cornely upon his |
arrival from Chicago, and with him
begin actual preparation for the enter |
prise. Much enthusiasm was mani. |
tested ut this meeting, and spirit OF
confidence was shown that money can |
be raised sufficient interest enlisted |
and all things necessary be done, even
in the short time between the present |
and the close OF the Columbian ENposi- !
ton to make the iair success,
A gentleman OF Olympia, WASH, has |
conceived the idea OF utilizing the water |
power OF Tumwatcr, u suburb, in gener- |
ating electricity for the work Of dredg- |
ing Olympia harbor and rcdecming the
tide lands. At low water the falls at |
Tumwater produce 0,WO-horsc power, |
and proposition for the utilizing OF |
this power has been made TO the COM |
pany controlling IL. The officials OF the |
dredgor company have asked the light |
and power company for formal prop. |
ositon to furnish 3OO-horse power hy |
electricity with which TO finish their |
government contract in the harhor |
The plans for the harhOr improvement /
are elaborate as proposed 10y the llarhOr |
Line Commission aud approved by the |
War Department. The area ol re-
deemed land will extend 10 the end OF |
the long wharf, u distance OF about n
mile from the city front, covering an
area Of about siN blocks at the south .
end and tapering TO about 1000 feet at |
the end OF the long wharf. Surround /
ing this will be q reserved strip ot 500 I
feet for piers. To the west ot this will /
he the harbor proper, Extending down
the west side OF this redeemed land will
run the Northern Pacific track and an
avenue lb0 feet wide. On the east side
a water way is proposed, with u 500 foot
reserve for wharyes aud mill and manu-.
featuring sites. The rumwatcr water
way will afford deep water u mile be-
yond CAPITOL Point, where the new
btatehouse is 10 be built.