The record-union., 1895-05-09
Fresno Republican,

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proportion to his ability and worth.
WORK BEGUN.
Fresno Republican.
News that actual work has been COM
meuced upon the great electric water
power enterprise, whereby the waters OF
the San Joaq uin River are TO be harnessed
and the power transmitted to this city,
will awaken to fresh activity the enter
prising spirit which has made Fresno the
metropolis of this great valley.
WHO Is TO BLAME?
[Stockton independently
When people complain that crimes are
not properly punished they should not
lay all the blame OH the officers OF the
law. When people can be found to petit
ton the Governor for mercy to such
scoundrels as Azof, the murderer of Len
harris, and Collins. who cut his wife
almost to pieces in drunken rage, it is
plain that the officers a-e not the only
ones to blame. Very soon. when the re-
action in popular sentiment comes. as 1t
as il will come, in favor OF Durrant, many
OF those who complain that murdererS are
not punished will be found exerting
themselves 10 secure his acquittal. Some
silly girl has already set the example OF
sympathy for him by sending violets to
his cell. Very soon his dungeon will be
reuolent with the perfume OF choice foW-
ers unless the Sheriff puts stop to 1t.
OUR TIMBER.
GCalaveras Prospect.1
Our sugar pine timber is becoming
scarcer every year. and unless measures
are adopted for its preservation from
wanton destruction, 1t Will not be many
years before this most valuable tim Der
will have disappeared entirely. But 4 few
years back any amount OF the hnest kind
ho
OF the sawmills, sbut now it is difficult
matter to get even a decent sugar pine
board at an eXorbitant price. While this
lum ber on account OF its durability and
soft. fine texture has always been III great
demand, its worst enemy has been the
shake maker, and ii ever there was a
business suppressed for the common
good, it should be that OF making split
shakes for the market. The business is Il
most extravagant one i'll the extreme.
The shake maker goes to work and hewS
down a tree from four to seven feet III
diameter, containing many thousand feet
of the most valuable lumber, and one
that has taken centuries to grow; he saws
off one end and finds that 1t will not
split perfectly straight, 50 he leaves and
hunts up another.
CERTAINLY NOT.
Woodland Democrat.l
American citizens who reside in Nj
caragua have grievances similar to those
that precipitated the trouble between
England and Nicaragua. These claims
are still pending and the United States
will no doubt insist on ample reparation.
Suppose the United States and Nicaragua
could not agree and the former should at
tempt TO enforce her demands? Does
anybody imagine that Uncle Sam would
permit any other country to interfere?
PROFESSOR FELTs' BATTERY.
INevanda City Transcript
Professor Eelts OF Sacramento, a promi-
nent scientist and member OF the Victoria
Institute and Philosophical Society OF
Great Britain, has recently made All inn
portant scientific discovery. tie claims
to have discovered a depolariZar that will
perpetual use. If practical application
can be made OF this discovery it may
revOlutioniZe electrical science ana cause
a big saving to those vino have occasion
to use electricity. In tue telegraph Offices,
where batteries are SO, indispensable, in
the nome and in the business house.
where electricity will be All important
factor i'll the future, this discovery Will be
of incalulable benefit.
HOW TO MAKE BIG CITY.
Fresno ExpositOr.l
i
that town to contain half million peo-
pie are having the important truth forced
on to thair understandings that that
town is now quite as large as it ought to be
in comparison with the population of the
rest of the State. If it contained half a
million people now. how in the world
could the people of the interior support
them all, as comparatively few OF San
Eraucisco's people are producers OF
wealth?
The only way in which great cities can
be built up and maue prosperous and
wealthy is to have tributary TO them Il
great number OF prosperous people en-
gagged in the productive industries of the
world. California is rich in resources
that are now practically in raw, unde-
ve!oped state. Hundreds OF thousands
OF acres of fertile land are plowed and
planted every year, but comparatively
small portion of this agricultural land is
made to produce a quarter of what it
would produce ii it were cultivated with
intelligence and according TO the most
improved methods.
What San Francisco should do is to as
sist in the development of the resources
OF the interior. This it eau do by en-
couraging the immigration OF men who
have the stamina and intelligence to come
here ana introduce practical and diversi-
fled farming and stock-raising; the es-
tabllshment here OF plants for the con-
version OF hogs. sheep and cattle into
food; other plants for the treatment of
our unequaled crops OF fruit, and manu-
featuring establishments to work up our
raw materials into articles for general
consumption and use.