The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-14
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Business is looking up in Del Norte County,
said Attorney R. W. Miller of Crescent City at
the Russ House last night 1.-The lumber men
are getting better prices for their product ana
new mill, which was built last season, Will
open up within week, giving employment 10
from 40 to 200 men. We have the finest red
wood forests In the State, but until now the
excessive competition and low prices have had
depressing effect
In mining up our way there Is just now
great activity. Two valuable quicksilver
CLAIMS have recently been located on Diamond
creek, IN the mountains about twenty miles
from Crescent City. l cannot say how velua-
Die the prospects are from personal knowledge,
but the assays indicate that very rich lead
has been discovered and there is considerable
excitement in consequence.
cold piacers, too, are being opened up on
Smiths River. The bars there cover great
deal OF ground, which was thought to be OF too
low grade to pay for working under the old
processes. l put in a small hydraulic plant
recently, however, and though had only q
small head of water 1 took out thirty six ounces
OF gold i'll ffty-one days. The debris law does
not affect us there, you know, and think L
have demonstrated that the low-grade gravels
there viii pay handsomely for working"
Mr.. Miller has with him at the Russ his wife
ana six children. He is en- route to Santa
Rosa, where he will engage in the practice OF
law. He was formerly q partner OF Hon.
Lafayette Emmett, the first Chief Justice OF
Minnesota, bnt was forced to come to Califor-
MIA several years ago on account of poor health.
at is the little things that make or mar
mans life, and not the great events" said Rar-
Dor Commissioner Colnon at the California
last evening. "For instance, it was plate OF
clam chowder which changed the whole course
OF my existence and indirectly made me Har-
uni Z hot al
it's an interesting story, and will tell it if you
care to listen
several years ago-I forget the date, but 1t
is longer than l care to think about came to
this City TO take ship for South America. 1
had acquired a good knowledge of Spanish,
and thought to make living in Chile or Peru
by teaching English to the inhabitants
"The ship was to sail early in the morning,
and the night before 1 had nothing particular
to do. 1 had always been fond of CLANS and
thought to indulgein a dish of chowder. 1 did
SO, and 1t made me so sick that nearly died.
Next morning l was too weak to go aboard the
vessel, and the ship sailed without me. When
1 recovered my ticket and my clothes were
gone, and gave up the project and went back
to Stockton
Charles Warren Stoddard, whose verses are
familiar to many readers in California, will
visit this State during his summer vacation.
He holds the place of professor of English
literature in the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. c., and has not been
farther west than Chicago for ten years. If
time allows he will pay visit to some of the
celebrated missions in California before he re-
turns to the university. Mr.. Stoddard lived in
San Francisco for many years, and surely knew
the joys and sorrows OF q bohemian's life quite
as well as any OF his contemporary poets.
Years and the responsibility coming with years
have dispelled some of the youthful illusions
OF the poet and he is now quite as well satisfied
to tell the college boys what he knows of
literature as to manufacture it for So column.
1--WE have the most prosperous mining camp
in the State up in Siskiyou," said Martin Cud-
dthy, the well-known hotel man of Happy
Camp, at the Russ House yesterday. "There is
only one mortgage on record from our town
ship, and that of itself should be guarantee of
prosperity. Then there have been several i'm
portant mining discoveries recently, which
have given US return OF the pristine life of
40. One company is now constructing ditch
eleven miles long to bring water to the plaeers
When completed it will have capacity of 1000
miners inches, and the water will be used Tor
working the low-grade gravel bars on the
klamath River"
stockton is forging ahead as usual" said
Jerry Robinson, the well-known contractor
and building superintendent who has con-
structed half that city. 1.-THE new building of
the Athletic Club is now complete, and they
are only waiting for the furniture to arrive be-
fore moving in. They are planning for grand
regatta and water carnival for the Fourth.
1.-TWO new railroads are coming to Stockton
One is the Corral Hollow line. 1 know there is
O hitch in the programme just now, but it will
come just the same. The other road is between
Lodi and Stockton. 1t is to be of standard
gauge, SO that its cars can be switched right
onto the main line, and it will be run by
steam-dummy power. Grading the roadbed
has already begun"