The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-03

and water is abundant along the
route. Every raneher in the valley il
expected 10 contribute work, team OF
sod. hay. grain, money or something
TO push the road through, and secure
the mining regions trade for Lancas.
ter.
The California Chinese Union Mer-
chants Club has been incorporated in
San Francisco. Its purposes are 10
provide suitable apartments for "mu-
tual entertainment and enjoyment, -
where members and their guests can
hold social gatherings, enjoy them
selves at reading. card-playing and dis
eussions of a social nature. Six Chi
nese are directors of the club.
The Santa Ana Produce Company
will ship out several more carloads of
walnuts in few days TO northern and
eastern points. This crop is now
pretty we'll harry ested and arrangements
are being made for the handling of the
maturing orange crop. The walnut
crop has been exceptionally good this
year and the orange crop promises good
returns to the growers.
William Schultz of Fullerton has
contributed huge pumpkin to the
Orange county exhibition the Los An.
geles Chamber of Commerce. The
product was raised without irrigation.
and tipped the beam at the 200.
pound notch. Mr.. Schultz it gaining
All enviable reputation for raising
abnormally large products of the vege.
table kind.
After nine years of educational work
at the State University Prof G. NJ.
Galvey takes his first vacation, a years
leave of absence, to accept "a high
honor. This is TO elect twenty of the
best English scholars, in the world
who will edit a series of old English
comedies. Such an edition has never
been published and the credit for the
work will be given to the university.
Edward s. Holden. the director of
the Lick Observatory, lat Mount Hamil-
ton. San Jose, has received from the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
the diploma and decoration of Knight
of the Royal Order of the DennebIog.
This ancient order was founded in A.
d. 1919, and is conferred in the pres
ent case for services to science. 1t was
military order only.
A new company has been organized
with the object of supplying Santa
Rosa with an ample supply of pure
water for domestic and other purposes
The company expects to obtain its sup
ply OF water FROM large spring on the
lands of Captain James Mcdonald on
Sonoma avenue. rlis spring is now
flowing stream of 9,760,0 gallons
per day. 1t is proposed to sink a shaft
twelve feet in diameter 100 feet below
the bottom of the spring, and thus the
flow of water will be greatly increased.
The first big spot cash sale of
oranges, bought on the trees with a
purchaser assuming all the risks, has
been reported to the Cham Der of Com
MERGE by ]. II. Adams, who sold the |
crop. His grove consists of thirty acres
If fertile land in Coviua and the price
paid was $4,000. Last year he sold
he seasons output, the purchaser TAX
ng all risks. for $4,000 cash, the money
being paid at the close of the contract.
adams has owned this ranch for the
past seven years. The trees on which
he oranges are grown range from four
% seven years old.
Bids will be opened at an early date
IN some extensive work in the San
3abriel canyon for an electric power
>lant. There will be twenty eight
unnels, aggregating l7.100 feet in
ength, and of diameter sufficient to
AIRY the entire summer flow of the
liver, about 5000 inches, 5000 feet of
wooden pipe. the inside diameter of
which is 4S inches; 1900 feet of cement
and 800 feet of steel si,a'ann,
10 inches in diameter, making con-
inuous conduit of nearly five miles
md half from the intake, on a level
With the river, to the power house,
where the lower end of the tunnel will
leliver water at a perpendicular fall
# nearly 500 feet
FL Cajon's aged citizen, Juan Lara,
With face like that which is some-
lines carved out of a nut, a pic.
uresque red bandana tied about the
neck, and with slow but sure
teps. has ceased to cause hardly more
han the remark. Here's the old
nan. " Not every town. however, is
he home of one born in another GEN.
ury. Juan Lara was born in the Dis
rict of Sahuaripa, Sonora, Mexico, the
18th Of June, 1882 He was the second
ON of the mother of % children.
lara served in the war for the indie.
of Mexico. and notwith-
landing his long residence in this
ountry. he has ever remained loyal
iexican. In SO. he was one of an
scort sent with prisoners to the fort at
iOntprey