The San Francisco call., 1896-10-26

James Hagen, candidate for Sheriff OF Sno-
homish County, Washington, is certain or the
unqualified support of at least one newspaper
during the campaign. He has secured control
of the Everett Independent having liqu1dated
mortgage on the plant, and has placed ). w.
Gum in charge OF the publication.
The Santa Cruz Surf challenges the world to
produce pumpkin equal in weight to one
raised by Charles H. Rogers of tha. place.
This particular Santa Cruz pumpkin is elght
feet in circumference the long way, and four
feet the short way, and its weight is 215
pounds.
lie Grande, Oregon, Will soon have new
Populst paper, in the publication OF which
will be used the press and material OF the re-
Gently deceased Baker City Blade.
The Victoria (B. c.) Coronist. in order to ex-
tend Its influence in the province proposes to
establish new morning paper in Vancouver,
B. c.
The Los Angeles Times says that the walnut
industry of Southern California is rapidly
growing in Importance. Nuts are now being
shipped from Rivera at the rate OF from three
to five carloads day; Fullerton has been
shipping about two carloads day, ana Tustin
Will ship about ten carloads this season. Wal
nuts have been paying fully as well as any
horticultural product in this section during
the past few years. and the attention OF many
farmers has been turned in this direction by
the encouraging results achieved. 1t should
be remembered, however, that the area OF
land in Southern California that is thoroughly
well adapted to walnut culture is COM
paratively limited"
AS little example of the benefit to farmers
OF a beet-sugar factory. the following item
from the San Leandro Reporter is interesting:
1.-The beet-sugar mill at Alvarado has been
running night and day for two months, and
will not close for at least two months more.
Beets are coming in so fast that an increase in
the storage-room has been made and q new
shed 400 feet long and 80 feet wide, to hold
1000 tons of beets, is being built. Farmers
are still hauling to the mill; and Pieasanton is
sending fifteen cars aday. The crop around
the township averages fourteen tons to the
acre, and the price is 81 ton."
With reference to the movement on foot to
have redwood lumber specified by the archi-
tects in the plans for the Affiliated Colleges,
the Red Bluff Peoples Cause declares that at
is about time the people of the State were wax
ing up to the fact that many thousands of
dollars leave California every month and go
into the pockets of the lumber kings of Ore
gon. All of this money could be kept at home
by the use of redwood for building purposes.
There is no question raised regarding the rela-
tive merits of the woods. 1t is q matter OF
business to the people of this State, and when
they realize the Importance to local prosperity
in patronizlng home products and home man
ufacture California win enter upon an era of
progress it has not heretofore known"
The Carson (Nev.) appeal is booming the
proposition for a starch factory in the Silver
State. 1t says that among the many capabili-
ties of Nevada soil is the raising of the meah-
est and whitest potatoes in America. IAN
analysis of the Nevada potato has developed
the fact that it contains higher percentage
of starch than any known analysis of the
product from other States. Potatoes can be
raised in abundance in Nevada; in fact, the
black soil of the Humboldt and Paradise val
leys is particularly adapted to potato culture.
The cost of factory is comparatively small,
and the process of extracting, drying and pull
veriZing the starch is very simple 1t is said
that Eastern parties are contemplating start
ing such factory in Nevada. Under the pres
ent low price of potatoes and under present
transportation charges, in which the railroad
adjusts its rates SO as to eat up the profit,
scientifically conducted starch factory would
yield an equal of cents apound for potatoes"
In every rural section of California the peo-
pie are DeStlTrlEg themselves IN enOrtS TO
secure one of the several sugar factories that
Claus Spreckels templates building. Here
is what the Woodland Democrat says in regard
to the desired location of one of them in Yolo
County:
''The whole community should take an
active interest in the matter, us the establish
ment OF a factory in our midst would add from
200 to $50 workingmen, earning wages which
average over 81 day. to our population.
SIN the town OF Watsonvilie, where the
Spreckels factory is located, over 100 new
houses were built last year and the same ratio
is being kept up this year. The general blsi-
ness of the whole community Is better than
ever before in its history, and careful inquiry
elected the fact that it was due mainly to the
sugar-beet industry, as the other agricultural
interests were suffeting from the same de-
preston as elsewhere.
"There is food for earnest, careful thought in
this for the business men of our community.
They realize painfully that cereals and fruit,
except for spasmodlc rises brought about by
shortage elsewhere or the manipulations of
large dealers, do not pay ar adequate return
on the money and labor inves ted, and some
thing must be found to take their place."