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the operators and at the same time lower.
ing the price to local consumers.
The material growth of Fresno has been
phenomenal. From the organization oil
the county until after the completion o1
the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1872 Mil
lerton, small village about thirty miles
east of Fresno, was the county seat. In
that year the new county seat was decided
upon. The transformation which has
taken place from the time the town was
staked out to the present is best exempli-
fed by means of the illustrations which
are printed in connection herewith.
Fresno's business blocks would be credit.
able to a city many times Its size. Many o1
them are solid brick structures two and
three stories high. A splendid highschool
building of brick will soon be completed
The CITY contains several very elegan,
church buildings and others are soon to be
erected. It has free public library, town
hall. a very SD bstantial opera-house and
scores of handsome dwelling houses.
Many of its main streets are paved and it
has q complete sewer system.
The Republican of this city, in its splendid
New Years edition for 1896, referring tc
the growth OF popuiatlon and other
kindred subjects, said:
"When the era of irrigation began the
population consisted of the miners in the
foothills and the cattle men, hugging the
borders of the rivers. In 1873, q year after
the county seat was removed from Miller.
ton to Fresno, the vote cast at the general
election was, including the present county
of MADEIRA, 762, which would indicate q
population of about 1000. At the present
time the city of Fresno and its additions
contain nearly three times that number
while the last estimate shows the popula
ton of "a. $50, located chiefly in territory
now under irrigation, with natural ca.
pacity to furnish employment, subsistence
and competency for ten times that
population. under conditions the most
comfortable. with a climate the most
genial that could he desired. The fertile
soil of the plains which constitute
nearly third of the county, its
wonderful richness and productivenes.
enabling, under irrigation, the raising OF
successive crops the same season, the
wealth of minerals in the mountains, the
abundance of water for irrigation, the hot
dry but inoppressive atmosphere, giving
size. richness and sweetness to its fruits
and above ell its magnificent water power
now being harnessed to electricity to fur
nish light. heat and motive power to the
city and the various mills, ell indicate
that Fresno is yet in swaddling clothes a.
compared with its possibilities of futur,
greatness.
Besides all these are the coal, petro
leum, gypsum and sulphur deposits OF
the west side, and the inexhaustible irol
mines and forests of the Sierras to NEE
the demands of the thousands who ma,
populate the plain. Already two larg
fumes, of sixty miles each in length
bring lum ber down from the mountains
one from the greatest grove of sequoias o
| big trees on the continent, the othe
from the forests of mammoth pines"
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they ink into comparative insignificance
when classed with the culture OF ralsln
grapes.
The reputation of Fresno County raisins
is world wide. Nowhere else, perhaps, can
raisins be produced under SO favorable con-
dltions as in Fresno County. This is due
party to the geognostic character OF the
soil and also to the hot. dry temperature
of the summer and early autumn months.
The almost total absence of rainfall
from the middle of April to the
middle of November of each year con-
stitutes condition which guarantees the
highest perfection in the production and
curing of raIsins. While this is true, the
almost unparalleled system of irrigation
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en- waste" wholly unfit for any other oc-
cupancy than that which it then pos
sessed, namely, numerous herds OF wild
horses, elk and antelope, which browsed
and fattened on the juicy grasses which
bordered its perennial streams and dotted
with punches of green its vast slopes and
foothill ranges.
The possibilities of this immense terri
tory were not understood for nearly twenty
wears after General Fremont had pub
lished his account of it. 1t has been within
three decades that this desert" OF former
wears has been made to 'blossom as the
rose" The days of the wild horse, fur
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every variety of soil production OF which it

every variety of soil production of which it
is capable.
The policy of the Southern Pacific Rail-
roads management of "all the traffic will
bear" has retained in a kind of bondage
what otherwise would have been the most
prosperous and contented people on earth.
The completion of the last named under
taking insures motive power for manufac-
turing purposes at rate far below the
cost Of steam. In view of this fact several
factory enterprises, of which this City
greatly stands in need, will undoubtedly
spring up; and not only this. but the ma
chinery and mills, already here, will be
furnished power far below the rate now
being paid, thus increasing the profits OF
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assures all the water necessary to perfect
and healthy growth of the vines.
mus far as to the valley productions,
which, rare and Immensely valuable as
they are, by no means exhaust the physi-
cal resources of this great county. If we
look little further we shall see that much
OF great Importance remains to be told.
For, it should be borne in mind that this
county, which, it has been shown, COM
prises greater extent of territory than
some OF the States of the Union, is 128
miles In extent from east to west, while its
width varies from 80 TO 20 miles. In the
eastern part of this vast domain the snow
crowned Sierra Nevada Mountains rear
their peaks to the hight OF Ia, 900 feet above
the sea level. From these dizzy heights,
whers the ice king holds perpetual sway,
the county stretches across to the west
until it reaches the Mount Diaolo range.
The recent find of free gold in a ledge of
decomposed quartz near the base OF
quartz Mountain seems to emphasize the
Importance of what was formerly almost
the sole occupation of the county's inhab-
ltants-vlZ.: mining.
In the early days the pioneers worked
only the gravel deposits of this county
with great success, securing large quantl-
ties OF gold. These gravel beds were not
extensive, however, and few years sui
feed to exhaust the most promising, after
which placer mining became almost obso-
lete.
During the past few years quartz
mining has supplanted the old method and
with most gratifying results. Shafts and
tunnels have penetrated far into the sides
OF mountains. These have opened up
many new lodges which show gold in pay
ing quantities. So much for gold mining.
Prospectors have reported from time to
time enormous deposits of high-grade iron
r. 10
be great mass of almost pure iron. It's
location is far back into the mountains,
however, and therefore no attempt has
been made in the direction of mining it.
Among the foothills and mountains near
the western border of the county are to be
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from portions of the vast domain COM
prised in the counties of Tulare, Merced
and Mariposa.
1t is the central county of the great San
Joaquin group and contains 5606 square
miles-an area almost as great as that of
the States of Connecticut ara Rhode Island
combined.
The early geographers designated the
San Joaquin Valley as the "Great Califor-
MIA Desert" and General John G. Ere
mont, who visited this region in 1914, and
who gave the first reliable account OF it,
quite agreed with these "men of science"
on this point. He designated it as "bar-
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tanned that there are 81, 900 acres of raisin
grapevines in bearing in this county. This
vast area is comprised in innumerable
small tracts. Careful computations show
that there are 1450 orchards and vineyards
of from five to forty acres each and about
300 ranging from forty to 100 acres in each.
Then there are nearly 1000 stock and grain
ranches in the county ranging from 1000
acres down.
The grain sown last year was as follows
One hundred and fifty-six thousand acres
to wheat and $4,000 acres to barley. Be-
sides these there were thousands OF acres
sown to alfalfa, which yielded the most
gratifying results.
Important as these productions are,
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found many valuable deposits OF coal, gyp-
md a

found many valuable deposits OF coaI, gyp-
sum and asphaltum.
FRESNO CITY.
The year 1896 is destined unquestlonably
to mark an important era in the history OF
Fresno City-an era characterized by great
and unprecedented activity and progress.
This year will witness the completion OF
the San Francisco and San joaquin Val
lev Railroad into Fresno also that scarcely
less important enterprise, the plant OF the
San Joaquin Electric Light and Power
Company.
The former guarantees rate of trans
portation for the products of this valley,
which, il is confidently asserted, will in
sure fair, not to say generous profit, on
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Half-Interest swind1e.

Eugene Aitken, a half-interest man,
rested Yesterday on warrant charging him
with obtaining money by fa,se preten es. The
complaining witness is Philip 4. Potter, re-
ceut arrival from Providence, X. l.. living at
23 Kearny street, who alleges that he pur-
chased for $75 from Airken a half interest in
coffee, tea and wine route and found there
was no such route.
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Isaac Hecht's Donation.

Levi Schiling, president of the First He
brew Benevolent Society, desires to acknowl-
edge the donation oi $1,000, which comes to
the society from the estate of the late Isaac
Hecht. The legacy has been paid and the
society appreciates the gift and will make
the best uses of it.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-19

Req Ress<ssac asked Minister Ccop-
s< L TIE President insszSsS MAKING
any sxtscssea il the sfzs q the c-ss-
s2t session.
Minister Cooper announced that the
Presidents impression wzs thar the ~
sen -osl6 ros es r<olocseS. However.
70 c.seszl declaration 70 that ssect hSs
been Ez3s-
RspA wsrS<o1-TAsr il seems PRETTY
lxrs II the Gay for the Executive 10 b
te-vzGs eslls o. tes Ho1ss-
Req hS1zRcAzI move that ths
eiH 30 - the Military Committee fc-
consideration They can report and the
eln hs passed without any ruch,s- !
Do Ccz Sc any necessity for p-oloaSirx
The session q account q this bill
Rep W1c<-oc-Th2s's not the point.
8SIhS have been coming in from TIE
Executive quite frsecsatiy % lats. zn6
mere nay - coming yss.
NlcfSrs- CeorsrJT r,cys the hsli mass
Tie SeeozG reading IL vii nor affect
The policy q the Government. Il Is
simply natter that has co-s I'D with
II the past tSo o. three DAYS S-6 pro
VIGS> to- raising TIE rank q surgeon
70 thzr ot captain
Passed second reading
Rep hSEzCoAS| wonder II rafSsrs
Ihs rank q surgeon froa captain q
@41or means 4 corresponding raise Il
Szixrr-
Minister COoper-No,
RsQN Robertson reported for the cou.-
G,lT1se 20 whom Was referred House
el-l Nc 3. relating 70 the right o. emf
1szc 6oC&in- rseolEs16Irs its pas-
Sse with few changes in the word
ing
Senate amendments 70 resolution O.
Great Seal e01ccrreS in
On motion q Rep Kzn2nohG. ire ~
port % the COMMITTEES On Annexation
WIS made the special order q the day
for Monday.
Senate bIll No - relating 70 psrnz-
Rs2s settlement o. kzptolani PARK.
PASSED 6rsS reading and vas referred
% chs Public Lands COMMITTEES.
Senate bin No Al relating 70 sppro-
p-ixrioGS for bills unpaid I'd "a Deem
Der SfS-- 1885. passed frst reading aid
vas referred 70 the Finance COMMITTEES.
Rep h2E2Cohs spent about ten min
uCss telling the House that il was i'm
po-c2nr 70 improve ever festfng NO
Eslt- TIE bill should uos De referred
10 the finance COMMITTEES. but should
Be considered Immediately. section hv
section The translator took about ave
minutes more, which added up. made
about fifteen minutes each q which
had -Esseed=
House bill No - taken Up On 80
o1d reading section by section
House took recess until ISse D n
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-19
Waiting TO- the House 70 Finish
License 81.
The HOUSE SUSPESps RULES
H. Ro1s >co-eS T,ro Pasu->-The Sill
Ifra<sssd ThroG<n 10 TIE Finish
TIE Arts-zeoz >ss>zo1 Nos1 % lz-
-e-x>s-TSHz< Cozvezie2ees, Exc
SSxrv-si.hh Day.
SATrRnAY. ~ ls

SATURDAY May L.
II vas hcpss shSr Ire EesE>s ei1 -
z-sz5s& IT TIE HoEss So1le ee ready
fc- ~ Ss-xss q take under consider
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szS y. fo-xAec-I1S. the Senate ciG
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S5ac1-cs.1
>szzrcr Brow gave z0Slcs a bis
v-zes.s hsso-s ths Prss16scL
Te Printing CozEiJEse reported
,,,--ssS q Senate hIll Nc ~
Minister Dance gave E0-lcs o. 3 I'll
n zxz-r- crane z1-sS. - Pc cent 81
COR. frv- f-po-r GEsisS4 HE oolsSS
q MS kEIl = - S-SvsE6 tie present l&S
for : tern q Eve ysGrs- II passed TIE
law vii 70 iz1u s1scr twelve months
s-a cks tine q its p-0E1lgstioL
re I'll allowing the EllO Electric
F.5xh5 Cg-u1rv The uss q Tie wS-sr q
WSTIrsu river Ez< ress-rs6 70 TIE Puo-
t5- Earss Cu--ir-ss- Senator Lyman
sssss "a he sxc-ssG from ire commit
-ss = Il vzS interested IN tie EleesTlc
Co-uary- HIS rsCCsSz vas granted AID
>=-g-c- Rfcs appointed II his place
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-19
AFTERNOON SESSION.

Under Suspension Of the rules. mem
be-S and reporters were 9lloEsEd 70 in
dUlse II smoking and the license bill
went On IS UsrTilIy Is canoe with The
wind and tide In lis favor. until II
struck zsxinS- the nil N2S II the
form OF Rep Bond Who thought TWO
dollars enough for koh8Iz-
Rep RycrufI thought they would not
appreciate IL zt anything less than FIVE
Rep. RichzrGs seconded the motion.
and Rep Richards had his objection
- : etz1se II kOhzI2 license unless
EIIIo vas treated the sane He thought
nearly everyone II kOhaIz dzbbIsd IN
milk and there vas 70 DOcsF II II, buI
L The license EzS kept AZ SIG IL Eould
drive : number OF then cut OF II and
give the rss5 : chance 70 make : living
L kohsIz vas reduced tie other places
should Be treated the sane Esy-
Rep Bend said there we're rw0 OF
three parties II hOtzIz EEo could not
Eud Z market for their milk and had
% tUEE II into bI1sE-
Rep Rytrutr thought Jhsy lad better
reduce the price fTUD tn cents &c
seven cents & quart
Further discussion resulted II hohzls
residents being allowed 70 ped6ls milk
81 s. Psr AMIN
Rep Hanna did uO- beIisFe II show
ing partially Waikiki. IS II l. n the
bill l. uzGs altogether TO exclusive
and In mare exalted position that its
lslshbors- He UsTe5 that Il b placed
IN tke sane plane Nth its usizhbo-s-
Rep Robertson thought there was
S0-e sense II the honorable Members
S1gzzstio1- and would seeood TIE no
tiOa- Waikiki and kohsIz II The milk
business nay ui1gie tremendously to
gather
Tie livery stable license AZ Lihus Ess
vas objected To By Rep Rycroft, BE-
cz1Ss he had heard that iusI IS much
business Vas done hE parties Al KoIoe
and Tsiusa IS Ezs done Al Lih1e
Rep Bond favored knocking out the
item OF making II the entire Island The
To<s % strike GU vas carried, but zf-
1sr~zrd challenged By Rep Robertson
bsczUss Rep Hziz vas not II his sat
Vote rsrzks1 and carried By standing
E0-e-
Rep winston moved that the Island
q Kauai b substituted Lost
Req HzzIzIz1i oo1Id see 10 reason
Why districts should y selected; II they
wanted 20 DO anything outside Of Ho-
1oszl1- lst II De made for the group
Rep RFcrotI seoold=d the motion,
and remarked that he understood there
Ezs : good deal q business done in
K0tzIz
Rep Bond said te had nothing 70 do
with Enhzlz- Before tn railroad came
II there Eere seEeraI Portuguese there
Eho did this business, but they could
MT make living II II nov
Rep Robertson said KOhzIz must b
II hard luck Eheu II eozld support
EEirker nilEEen nor hzc@el
Rep Robertson had Section 1gs refer
I'D 70 tia Judiciary Conrfttae Nth
cut opposition and Rep Richards vas
lost Il the attempt to get the milk sec
ton ree0lsifsred, and Rep Winston
had the sane szeeess With Section 6
4f5ol1ed
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-05-19

For every q1zr1sr II Z mans pocket
rh=re are dozen Uses. and 70 uss szeh
01e IN s1ch way IS 20 derive the great
81 benefit L Z question everyone nGs-
soITe f0r hIEssE- We believe, however,
tkzr 10 better Ess eo1Id y made Of o1e
q these g1srtsEs thzn 70 czrtzngs il
for : bottIs q ChznbeElzInis Cole.
cholerz and DfzrThOes Remedy, Z med
iesls t1zr every family zhozld be pro-
T1ded vita Fs- sale b. Al druggists
and dezfzTs- Benson. Smith & Co..
sgezfs far Hawaiian IsEz1ds
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-29
WEYLER TO STARNE HIM
He Issues Proclamtion Intended TO
Cut OFF Insurgents Food.

Havana, Oct. "a Captain General
Welycr has issued II proclamation
containing the following provisions;
First All Of the inhabitants in
the country or outside the lines Of for
tiiicMtiOns of the towns must betake
themselves to the towns occupied by
troops within a period Of eight days.
Those who are found outside the
towns after the expiration Of that pc
rod will be considered rebels and will
be tried as such
Second The withdrawal of gro
ceries from the towns Is absolutely
prohibited. and also the ranSpor,a-
lion of them by sea, or land without
a permit form the military aulhori-
tics. Nioators OF this provision will
be tried and punished as aiders of the
"cbcls.
"rhird Proprietors Of cattle must
carry them to towns or provide inn
mediately that they shall receive due
protection.
Fourth Eight days after the pub
lication Of this proclamation all
rebels Surrendering in every munic-
ipalty will be subject to the captain
generals disposal to order them
where to reside and it will be II
cummendati IN in their favor for them
To give available news about the
enemy and to surrender with their
firearms and moreover to surrender
collectively in their organizations.
Fifth The proclamation is only
enforceable in the province of Pinar
del Rio"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-29
ALTON TRAIN HELDUP
ANOTHER DARING ROBBERY
NEAR KANSAS CITY.
THE EXPRESS SAFE RlFLeD
Four Bandits Flag the Train as 1t Was
Entering the Blue Cut Where the
James Gang Did Similar Act in
1881 Big Posse il Pursuit OF
Robbers.

Kansas City, Mo, Oct. 24.-The
passenger and express train On the
Chicago & Alton load, due here from
Chicago at 7 O'Clock, was held up an"
roDbed by four masked men last es,.
ing at Blue cut, between H.
dependence and Glendale, Mo. The
scene of the robbery is twenty miles
distant IRON Kansas CITY The tram
was tagged at the entrance to the cut.
While two robbers GtooG guard over
the coaches, the other TWO covered the
conductor, engineer and fireman with
pistols and compelled them to go TO
the express car. There the robbers
compelled the messenger to open The
door of the car, threatening to break In
the door should he refuse. After some
delay the robbers were admitted. They
compelled the mes 5enger to open the.
safe and extracted several packages.
The express messenger had sur
missed what the trouble was and while
the bandits were demanding admission
he had opened the safe, taken out the
money packages and tossed them into
a chicken coop. When he admitted
the robbers to the car the strong box
contained out two or three packets of
jeweIry. Taking up the very little
booty at hand, the outlaws unc0upled
Tie express car from the coach that
followed 1t and then marched the pris-
oners to the locomotive where they
compelled them TO sit down on the
bank alongside of the track. The out
laws then pulled out, running the To-
comotive several miles to within
mile Of independence where they
abandoned it. AS soon as the train
men could wax to Independence the
alarm was sent out A deputy sher-
iff and posse lett Independence at
o'clock and about tho same time
squad of policemen were detailed from
here and left for the scene of the rob
berry on a special train. How much
money the messenger saved by throw
ing 1t into the chicken coop the EX-
press cOmpanys officials will not say.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-29

der hall. Their President Patton made
the formal announcement OF the change
in the name from College of New Jer-
sey to Princeton University and that
the endowment fund had increased
nearly a million and half. A large
number of honorary degrees were then
conferred. The president modestly
declined me degree of doctor of laws.
The principal event of the day was the
address by President Cleveland. Fol-
lowing are excerpts: Not more sure
Iy do the rules Of honesty and good
faith fix the standard OF individual
character n a community than do
these same rules determine the charac-
ter and standing Of nation OF the
world of civilization. Neither the
glitter Of it's power nor the tinsel of its
commercial prosperity, nor the gaudy
show of it's peoples wealth can con-
ceal the cankering rust of national dis
honesty or cover the meanness OF ma
tional bad faith. When the excitement
If party warfare presses dangerously
near our national safeguards / would
have the Intelligent. conservatism OF
our universities and colleges warn the
contestants in impressive tones against
the periIs of breach that it is inpos-
sible to repair. When popular discon-
tent and passion are stimulated by the
arts of designing partisans to pitch
perilously near class hatred or sec
tional anger | would have os univer-
sites and colleges sound the alarm in
the name of American brotherhood
and fraternal dependence. When an
attempt is made to delude the people
into the belief that their suffrages can
change the operation of natural laws
would have our universities and col
leges proclaim those laws TO be mex
orable and far removed from political
control" The president made plea
for the more constant and active par
ticipation in political affairs by col
lege men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-10-29
GUSTAV PARST DIVORCED.
DOCI MENT GRANTED BY MIL
WAUkEE CIRCUIT COURT.
Mrs. Margaret Mathe! Pabst Makes no
Defense to the Charge of Horse
whipping Her Husband

Milwaukee, Oct Z5.-Col. Gustav
Pabst, a son of the wealthy brewer and
a member of the Pabst Brewing COM
pany, has been granted divorce in the
Milwaukee circuit court from Margaret
Mather Pabst, the actress The
ground alleged was cruel and inhuman
treatment and the specific charge was
that Mrs. Pabst attacked her husband
"a, 1895. No defense was made. A
property settlement was made year
ago when Miss Ma.her left Milwaukee
to resume her stage career.