The San Francisco call., 1896-08-10
and win be- obtained by utilizing the force
provided by nature. and at o great saving over
the present method .

The Penny Press of Santa Cruz was resur-
rected last Wednesday, and now appears as an
evening instead of morning daily Fnil
francls does the editing and his wife the re-
porting, and they make an excellent combina-
ton. Here is the characteristic manner in
Which the clever namesake of the author OF
the Letters of Junius'' winds up his 1rst
trumpet-blast in the second coming OF the
little paper: "When job shows its head the
Penny Press will hit it-and hit 1t hard. The
Penny Press loves its friends and hates its
enemies, and it viii continue to fight Tor the
one and to lay the whip on the other. When
II gets done laying the whip on some OF these
other Fellows it viii enjoy an idle day rubbing
pepper and vinegar into the welts"
Los Angeles boasts of another new, novel
and very promising industry. According to
the journal OF that city, some time ago COM
pany was organized for the purpose OF utliiz-
Ing the yucca palm in the protection OF trees
OF tenuer growth from the rabbits. The VEN
ture was passive success until lately under
new management it has assumed large pro-
portions. "The factory is located on Santa Fe
avenue, and is to-day not only producing
thousands OF tree-protectors and minor arti-
cles, but the discovery has been made that the
plant wnen green is susceptible OF being
molded into any shape and retaining it when
dry, and at the same time being slightly eias-
TIC. These qualities fit 1t in an eminent degree
LOT the use OF surgeons for splint purposes.
The porous interstitial nature OF the wood
provides air circulation and an opening
through which perspiration and other excre-
tions OF the body may pass off, These favor
able qualities have so strongly appealed to the
medical fraternity that now the company is
shipping these splints to all the large cities OF
this country and some foreign cities. The
mi
times to height of twenty feet and having
diameter OF six to eight inches. These plants
are sawed into various lengths and received
py the company just as mill receives saw
logs, only in shorter lengths, and the woody
portion Is peeled and spread out in thin sheets
like paper, then nodded while green in the
form required, giving it the shape of the arm,
chest leg, foot or any portion OF the human
anatomy desired. 1t is very light in weight"
The Sonoma Neaus believes that the much
talked-of electric road between Sonoma and
santa Rosa is certain to be built. franchise
has already been applied for.
'The plan of organization is unique, but SIM
pie and intelligent" says the Neps. Between
$3.50, 900 and 100000 worth of bonds will be
issued, but the capitalists wishing to insure
the interest on them for at least two years will
issue ticket books, each good for 500 miles of
travel at cent mile, or So for the book, and
the sale OF these among the farmers will easily
insure good interest on the bond issue.
These tickets will be transferable and the
holder and all his family and carload of his
friends can all travel on the one book. The
projectors OF the enterprise state that they an
ticipate little difficulty in procuring fran
chise and that they hope to get to work within
sixty days
The San Bernardino Sun has again changed
hands. The new management will fight cor
ruption and jobbery and be loyal to all Re-
publican principles r. c. HARRISON is the
editor and in his salutatory he declares that
the Sun not only believes in sound money. but
"in protection as the cardinal doctrine of the
party's faith, and in season and out of season
1t will urge return to the tariff legislation
which brought prosperity to the country
East, West, North and South--which protected
American labor, and which for thirty years
not only provided the Government with reye-
nue. sufficient to carry on the work of its vari-
GUS departments, but during which period few
years passed in which the National debt was
not reduced"
The people of Livermore are jubilant over
the prospect of a new and adequate water
system, the supply being the natural artesian
wells known as Las Positas Springs. The
Liyermore Herald thus speaks of the big
project:
"For several weeks past John Aylward has
been exploring the fountains of Las Positas.
With the aid of gang Of workmen, q 20-horse-
power engine and a big centrifugal pump he
has put spring on the Livermore place, two
miles northeast of town, to the test and
proved its capacity to deliver GOO, 900 gallons
| in twenty-four hours. This spring Is nothing
| more nor less than q natural artesian we'll
flowing up through q bed OF clay from an
immense gravel reservoir, probably the bed of
| some prehistoric creek. Mr.. Aylward has put
down a curbing fourteen feet, about five feet
square, and is about half way through the
gravel. There are two other springs near by,
and it is the purpose of Mr.. Aylward and his
associates to develop them as we'll, and COM
bine their flow. He is authority for the state
ment that this water proposition is a sure 60
| that eight, seven and six inch pipe has already
been purchased and will soon be here to con-
duct the water the two miles into town. This
plan involves the building of storage reser-
voir on the Sangmaster hill north of town.
The water will be pumped into this reservoir
from the natural flow of the springs, and the
elevation will give pressure of 100 feet upon
the mains, enough to give the town splendid
defense against fire. The water from these
springs is cold, clear, pure and comparatively
soft.
sIf Mr.. Aylward and his people develop this
have boobies of water of the finest quality, for
all necessary purposes. Insurance would
thereby be reduced one-half, our streets and
outlying avenues could be sprinkled at a
nominal expense, ana our flower gardens
would never famish in the summer for the life
giving liquid. The water is at hand. The
only other requisite is pipe big enough and
strong enough te meet requirements"
The wonderful benefit to a locality of beet
sugar factory is shown by the experience of
every section wherein such a factory has been
established; but the Chino Valley Champion
furnishes few figures that may serve as an
eye-opener to parts of the State which may not
know that sugar factory is almost synony-
nous with prosperous condition in its yicin-
ity even during these close-money times:
"Chfno ranch lands are rated high in value,
and properly so. Six years ago our soil was
not more valuable than that in many other,
though smaller, bodies of land in Southern
California, approximating it in fertility. The
change wrought has been a wonderful one
and explains the wide scale of land values in
| this valley. After Richard Gird acquired this
property he recognized the fact that if he
would enhance the value of the lanu he must
use some means to increase the producing
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