The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-13

undertaken the management of the Placer
Herald whose late editor, Mr.. Shepard, has
entered upon his new duties as Postmaster al
Auburn. The Herald will continue in its sal
legiance to the old Democratic party"
whether this means the gold wing or the
silver wing, the Hill faction or the Bryan fac
tion, is not explained. Nevertheless the Her
dto is TO be commended in its aim to be just
ana fair to everybody and to present the people
with paper both readable and reliable.
The Pacific Rural Press has opened its fifty
second volume. 1t is one of the best farm and
nresloe publications in the country and the
rural 1olk, it is pleasing to know, prove their
appreciation by bstantial support.
That aggressive temperance reform paper,
the Los Angeles Voice, is in its eleventh year,
ana Its managers state that no pains will be
spared to make the paper better than ever be-
fore.
The South Riverside Bee has become the
corona Courier. The Bee, however, by any
otner name ought to be honey-producer.
When newspaper enlarges three times
within the first six months of its existence it
i pretty certain that the paper is making
winning race. That is what the San Bernar-
olno fTee Press has done in entering upon its
second volume.
The Port Oregon Tribune, published at War
renton, Or, by Dallinger d Mason, has Just
made Its initial appearance. 1t will boom
narrenton, new and promising village, and
throw us youthful vigor into the good fight for
Mckinley and Hobart
The Rose Carnival edition of the Tacoma
aorniag linton was very handsome affair.
Every page OF the paper was broidered with
roses, and the matter and illustrations made
up nrst-rate advertisement for the City of
Destiny.
1t really looks as if the San Joaquin Valley
mad struck oil" in the real old sense of the
terE. The prospect now is that there will be
an OIL held all the way from the MERGED
county line down to the line of Kings County.
Inc Fresno EIposttor thus furnishes the latest
information concerning oil discoveries down
the country: THE latest discovery indicates
the presence OF oil-bearing strata at an easily
penetrable depth in the vicinity of Silver
creek. not far from the eastern foot of the Pa
nocne Pass. Judge Langford of Panoche stated
lnat indications of oil were quite abundant
WE'VE miles south of Panoche and nearly out
on the plains. A company has been formed
TO develop the scheme, and the four wells e1-
perImentally dug have yielded evidences of
OIL In abundance and of high standard The
company, which has not yet incorporated, is
composed mainly Of San Francisco capitalists,
who have been keeping things quiet as long as
possible.
'Inasmuch as the beds of tertiary strata in
the ioothills near Panoche are almost identi-
cal with those around Coalinga, there is MOTH
ing unreasonable in the supposition that the
oll-bearfng strata are continuous over the in
terval between Coalfnga and Panoche; in
other words, that the western foothills of the
county may lead to sudden and Startling de-
velopment of capital and wealth. There are
already oil fields in working on the coast side
OF the Panoche Pass and in the vicinity of
HOLSTER"
Summerland, Santa Barbara County, yearns
to be incorporated and the Advance OF that
thriving place is doing is level best to bring
ABOUT the contamination. Summerland has
an excellent start. The Advance says: "Dur-
ing the progress of the canvass fact came to
light that many newcomers may moi be aware
OF. viz: The two magnificent PARK sites that
are laid out on the town plat are not yet pub
lie property, but are held in trust for the city
by three trustees.
These parks both lie in the oil belt and
since the development OF that industry have
increased in value many fold. These lots TAX
ing them at their present value as oil property,
viii aggregate $500 to $4,000
AT one time the price of real estate was ad-
vanced So per lot, Mr.. Williams stipulatinR
that half this sum should be held in trust for
corporate. This will make total OF about
$1,000 from this one source alone, to say MOTH
ing OF the value of the park lands.
some time ago the water-works were turned
over for the benefit of the community. This
also will be free gift to the city. including
water right, pumping plant and a complete
system OF water mains and, connections
already laid. Its original cost was $4,000.
"All in all. the city will start in with an ag-
gregate OF about $4,000 in public property
and hard coin."
tits owing largely to the splendid work of
the newspapers of Santa Clara Valley that
the garden spot OF California, as it is called is
is known far and wide and beyond the
seas for its wonderful vegetable wealth and
productiyeness; and first among the papers to
which Santa Clara Valley owes so much is the
San Jose Mercury, which has done more, per-
haps, than any other agency or influence to
attract class of settlers with brains, capital,
energy and progressive spirit to that delight
ful region. That the sterling efforts of the
Mercury through quarter OF century have
met with gratifying reward is shown in the
fact that the publication stands to-day in the
front rank OF interior journals, and is one of
the most progressive newspapers in California
The Mercury has just entered Its fiftietn vol
ume. 1t is up to date in everything; an ably
edited, strong, newsy paper, as widely known
and as favorably regarded as the rosy valley
to the resources and advantages of which it is
constantly and tirelessly directing the atten-
ton OF peoples of lands not so blest by
nature.
A FEW WANTS.