The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-07-09

San Francisco, collapsed on the after
noon of June 90, burying a number of
people in the debris. Four deaths re-
suited, and several others are badly
injured. The building was having
new foundations placed under it.
The semi-annual wool sale, at Ukiah,
showed that 275, S42 pounds had been
produced in the northern portion of
the county. Small lots were sold at
from to 10L cents per pound. The
wool is of superior quality this year,
although cool weather has lightened
the fleece The price is from to
cents lower than last year.
Some enterprising men have incor-
porated the Santa Monica Surf and
Ocean Boat-house Company, with a
capitalization of $4,000, of which
$40, 500 is actually subscribed. This
action insures the speedy operation of
the Santa Monica Ocean ferry and the
construction of the ocean vessel house,
which will be securely moored out in
the ocean some distance from shore.
There is movement ON foot to
hold session of the Farmers Institute
in conjunction with the fail meeting
of the Southern California Dairymen's
Association in September, possibly at
Chino. The dairymen expect Maj.
Henry Award, chief of the Division of
Dairying of the u. $. Department of
Agriculture, to visit California at
that time, and propose to have rous-
ing meetingin honor Of the occasion.
SteysF ", while prospecting on
n Shirt Tan mountain IN the River
, range, discovered an immense vein of
gold ore. He was sitting on boulder
and carelessly broke off piece of the
rock. He was dumbfounded to find
that it was full of gold. The ledge
crops up boldly along the ridge and is
sixty feet in width. Samples taken
from across the surface gave $40 pei
ton.
1t is now reported that the barley
and wheat crops throughout the Santa
Ana valley will be much larger and OF
better quality than was expected by
the farmers generally few months
ago. At that time the impression was
that owing to the prevailing warm
winds and absence Of rain that these
crops would be almost an entire fail.
ure. The barley hay crop, while short,
is of excellent quality-the finest fol-
years. The dry weather seems to have
done a great deal toward keeping rust
from the wheat.
4 A tidal wave struck Mendooino City
on the afternoon Of June 80. The sea
rose and fell some seven feet beyond its
level in mighty waves, gradually be-
coming less. The wave extended to d
boom ON the river one mile from it,
mouth, where the water rose ten inches
1t is expected that the big boom at the
Mendocino sawmill would not be able
to resist the pressure upon it. NJ
material damage was done in con
sequnce of the tidal wav, although a
the time it occurred there was vesse
under the chute at Mendocino Point
A tidal wave is rare occurrence a
that place.
After forty days twenty-five hour
and forty-five minutes of hard peda
pushing, John H. Whites, the rider VIII,
lowered the record on his wheel from
the Golden Gate to New York City, b,
several days, walked into the Journa
Office, accompanied by A. Cearl of SYRIA
company. Whites covered in all 3. 45,
miles. Whites travelled over the Jour
nal-Examiner relay route, making al
: average speed of eight and four tenth
| miles per hour for the entire time.
Oakland now has an ambulance, tn
gift of Miss Folger. The ambulance i
pretty affair. 1t is covered, but ha
windows ON each side and doors an
steps at the rear for an entrance. TIL
interior is fitted up deliberately for tn
convenience of physicians and care O
e patients. There is everything tina
n could be needed in any emergency an
suitable arrangements for moving
!, injured or sick people with the leas
!, possible shock to their systems. Here
! tofore the wounded of the city hav
= had to be cared for in the patrol wagon
: but in the future, under suitable regu
lations, they will have the use of thi
new ambulance.
The harvest of wheat and barley ha
r now fairly commenced in the San Jos
quin Valley and within week or tw
q the grain warehouses in Stockton, no,
/ almost empty, will begin filing u
Z once more. In this county everythin
? points to crop larger and heavie
than for years, and particularly is tn
q report true of the islands, where tn
o crops are in excellent condition. TIL
Q grain is heavy, thes tand on the groun
!. is thick, the stalks to the stool al
many, the heads are long and heav
and the kernels filled out fat. Som
of the farmers are looking for fort
: sacks, nearly eighty bushels, to tn
acre. This immense crop is only Q,
' pected on the islands. The quality {
q the grain all over the county is goin
to be better than year ago, whe
f. there was comparatively no first-clas
a milling wheat. This year by far tn
larger part of it will be so graded
Hon. Benjamin H. Bristow, tn