The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28

combustible vspor. This gas is almost sure
evidence of oil, but in this region the oil is
evident itself It can be found in many places
floating on the water or exudtng from the
sand rock, or percolating through the mud,
coming up with the spring water. Magnificent
oil discoveries have been made in countries
where there are not as good indications as
there are here"
The Herald sensibly suggests the organiza-
tion of joint stock company among Liver
more citizens TO sink an experimental well,
ana concludes;
This is matter of great importance. 1t
should be agitated and Investigated with
Vlgor. Every interest, industria and prop
erty, is at stake. There is everything to gain
and barely nothing TO lose in pushing the ex-
ploration. Our community and valley must
build up by its own energy: Outside wealth
and capital will come to us when we attract it
by our own progressive efforts. We are losing
TOO much time waiting for something to
turn up"
The California is the name of new Populist
paper that has just made its appearance in this
City. Its editor is Joseph Asbury Johnson,
and e. d. Crawford & Co. are the publishers.
1t is welLprinted sixteen-page paper, some
Thing after the style of the ArgondGt. Judge
E. NJ Gibson of Oakland, Professor N. A.
Richardson of San Bernardino, Taylor Rogers
and DR.. G. W. Daywalt of San Francisco are
mentioned as regular contributors.
The Ukiah Dispatch Democrat has entered
upon the twenty-eighth year of Its existence.
The paper is nearly as old as Mendoeino
County, and the very fact or its long life and
present prosperity bears ample testimony to
its merits.
The Vallejo Chronicle says: "Thls is the sea-
son for harvesting sugar beets and the farm
ers OF Solano County are watching with inter
est the developments of the beets they planted
last April and May as experiments. The seed
was furnished by Claus Spreckels, who con-
templates the erection OF an immense refinery
In this section if it is proved beyond doubt
that 1t is fully adapted to beets and the neces-
sary acreage can be secured and contracts
made with the farmers for a supply of these
saccharine vegetables"
The Mojave desert gold mines continue TO
attract hosts of fortune-hunters. Pick and Pan
informs US that three daily stages now ply
between Mojave and Randsburg. aThis i'm
mense travel is frequently augmented by ex-
ira stages sent out to accommodate the traffic
to the mines"
The same paper states that Garlock is to have
clearinghouse which will make q speciality
OF handling bullion, ores and mines, and make
advances on them. ''If this is true it will
prove godsend to this country and hasten on
that which is inevitable in the future, viz, the
opening up of the richest mining region of the
world today
Far out on the Pacific, at Hilo, Hawaii, C. g.
Bradford has started the Hdlgdti Herald. Editor
bradford is an old-time newspaper man of the
Pacific Coast. The first number of the Herald
is bright and newsy, and its advertising col
umns give evidence of liberal patronage. The
Herald is free-silver advocate, and its editor
would like to see the "Gem of the Pacific" in
cluded among countries that may be benefited
by an international agreement in the future