The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-07-30
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important Information from All
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED.
Budget OF Miscellaneous Jottings
Briefly and Curtly Told in this
Column.


dent of San Bernardino, killed himself
by falling from the top of a tall shade
tree, where he had climbed in fit OF
delirium.
1t is estimated that 80 per cent OF
the wheat crop of Eastern Washington
and portions of Idaho has already been
ruined by the present unprecedented
hot spell.
Heavy rains have been reported all
over the central epart of Arizona, in
surfing water for agriculture, for stock
and for placer mining. The past year
has been the dryest known in Arizona
for twenty years, but it is now believed
the drought is broken.
DR.. S. H. Melvin of Oakland, who
is one of the Oldest and most highly
respected citizens of the city, has for
the sixth time been elected president
of the State Board of Pharmacy, hav-
ing occupied thas position ever since
the first organization of the Board.
A house belonging to General N. p.
Chapman, located about four miles east
Of Red Bluff. was burned to the ground
last week. The house was unoccupied
at the time, and the cause of the fire is
unknown. The house was built
about four years ago, and was valued
at about $1,000.
Carlos Ezeta, ex-President of Saliva
dor. had a narrow escape last week in
San Francisco hotel. Paul Jiminez,
of wealthy family of Salvador,
walked up to the table where Ezeta
was eating, and announced that he was
going to kill him. Jiminez drew his
revolver, but did not fire. EZeta says
that the trouble is not over.
The steel girder bridge of the Santa
Fe over the Arroyo Seco, between Los
Angeles and Pasadena. has been COM
pleted at cost of $45, 900. The bridge
measures 75O feet in length and is
fifty-six feet in height, While the
material was brought from Chicago,
all the work was done by the COM
pany's own men.
The Southern Pacific Company's
depot at Cottonwood, Shasta county,
sixteen miles north of Red Bluff, has
been burned to the ground. The fire
was not discovered until seen by the
brakeman on the south bound freight,
at which time the building and two
freight cars were almost entirely de-
stroyed. No property was saved, |
except the cash box, which was recov-
cred by the agent with great difficulty. /
Owing largely to the humidity of
the atmosphere and the absence of sea
breezes July 10 was one of the most .
oppressive days ever experienced in Los
Angeles. The sun rose in an un-
clouded sky and there was not breath
OF air stirring. The mercury began
Its ascent at sunrise and marked rs
deg. at a. m, So deg. at 10 o'clock
and Do deg. at ~ m. For three hours
that afternoon business was almost at
a standstill owing to the heat.
In consequence of the discovery that
the firing of cannon in the Courthouse
Park at the recent Republican and
Democratic ratification meetings has
considerably damaged the Fresno court
house walls, now under repair, the
contractors have notified the Board of
Supervisors that they will hold the
Board responsible for any damages
caused in this way until the job is ta-
ken off their hands. The Supervisors
will forbid any further firing of
ordnance in the park
The sale of the Chino ranch has been
closed IN with an English syndicate.
The first payment, $50, 900, is now on
the way from London and will soon be
placed in the First National Bank of
Los Angeles. The total price of the
property is 81 10000 The English
company intends to colonize the ranch
with English people, and several hun.
dred will arrive within the next few
months. A hundred men will be put
at work at once improving the streets
and identifying the town.
Last February a proposition was SUBJ ]
United to the voters of Suisun to incur ,
an indebtedness of $42 900 to acquire
lands and construct public water
works. 1t was carried by vote of
l45 to 8. Efforts to dispose of the
per cent bonds proved Intellectual and
another election was held submitting
the same proposition with the bonds at
. per cent. The result was a victory !
for municipal ownership of water +,
works, the vote being 1922 to 6. :
The upper end of Surprise Valley was t
visited ON July IL, by heavy thunder !
shower which lasted about an hour I
1t was followed by terrific shower |
oAhail, covering the ground to depth |
of two inches for radius of two miles {
around Fort Bidwell and completely h
gardens and strippinp q
trees of their fruit and nearly all their
leaves Many windows We're broken ;,
and birds, chickens and turkeys were !
killed in great numbers. People are .
in the midst Of haying and much hay :
was damaged by the storm and great y
deal of grain was badly lodged. a
Captain Henry L. Howison has taken c
command of the big battleship Oregon. b
The moment he stepped over the gang. p
way the big white fighter was placed a
n commission. He was accompanied d
y acknowledgements Drake, who il
will be the executive officer of the h
'essel. During the past week the big il
hip has been taking on stores and 81
dding to her crew, until now she has te
er full complement of men and it
fiicers. Orders for the future move ey
1eut of the vessel have NOT haan -
ounced. and for the present the Ore
on viii remain at anchor in San %
rancisco bay. n y.
The Harbor Commissioners are con. i'm
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