The record-union., 1897-08-19

! Fresno Republican: In some locali-
ties in Kansas where the grain crop is
very heavy women have been taking
the place of men in the harvest field.
They get from 50 TO So per day and
do the work satisfactorily. There is
something in the new woman PROPOSE
| ton in Kansas besides boomers and
a baritone voice
LOOK OUT FOR THEM.
! Visalia Delta: A man deserves SYM
pathy and assistance when he wants to
work and is unable to find employment;
a man receives sympathy when he is
hungry and there is no work to give
to enable him to earn a meal, and he
usually gets the meal without making
any return therefor. But in a time IKE
| the present when there is work for
more men, women and children than
ywe have in the county, and when efn-
| ployment can be found in any part of
the county, there is no excuse for idle
ness or hunger The man who is a
hobo now is dissolute from choice and
can only be regarded as a criminal.
He viii beg or steal rather than earn
a dollar eranestly, and to give such a
person a meal is to encourage idleness
/
shown themselves bold and defiant and
people may. expect them to be violent
| if encouraged in idleness. A rock
pile should be provided in a sunny spot
| for those who may become a charge
ON the city or county. and they should
be kept at work there industriously
eight hours a day.
WHY NOT TRY CALIFORNIA?
Grass Valley Union: What energy is
about to be expended in leading for
lorn hopes into icy Alaska. If but a
fraction of that energy We're put forth
judiciously in our own State, how soon
would the problem of good times for
the Pacific Coast be solved. Millions
OF money are being spent and thousands
of lives will. in all probability be sac
rifieed during the ensuing twelve
months. which, If invested in known
enterprises in California, would not on
ly return as much profits for the di-
rect investment, but would set in mo-
| tion the wheels Of commercial activity
| that would almost instantly reflect benz
ef1cially upon the general machinery OF
the entire coast. And this, too, In a
country specially favored of the gods,
! with an assurance of health and COM
fort and good living while the work
goes along And yet of adj the hundreds
who are going to Alaska TO uncertain
| prospects, certain hardships, dangers
and perhaps death, not one could prob
ably borrow the necessary money to
| engage in similar enterprises at home.
Distance lends enchantment to the view
and a pity it is that at this time, when
California offers such excellent chances
for investment, a lot of good material
and brains should leave her borders.
TT DOES SEEM FUNNY.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: It does seem
funny that men who never worked be-
fore viii go to the Kloasdike region and
WELD a pick in the hope of a little gold
If induced to- believe that digging a
row of potatoes of plowing a furrow
would be more profitable than working
a little gold hole the world would be
better and richer.
PLACER MINING.
| Reno Gazette: Placer mining is all
right as long as it lasts, but the long
headed ones are looking for the ledge
from which these deposits We're ground
off by glaciers. and when they find it,
it will be time to figure on the perna-
| nent Improvement of the Northwest
The climate is not any more inhos-
pitable than many parts of Russia, and
| from the way the country is now be-
ing overrun by prospectors and miners,
whatever it may hold of richness other
than gold dust will very soon be re-
vealed, some predict the finest wheat
growing country in the world. some de-
clare it to be a barren waste-but we
shall soon know.
THE TORRENS LAND ACT.
Oakland Tribune. The Torrens land
Act will soon be effect here. It be-
came law on the 1st af the month
and as the necessary forms for blanks
have been received by County Re-
corder Spear, the books will shortly be
lopened and the new system inaugurated
The impression generally prevails that
the abstract companies will fight the
measure and if such is to be the case the
Isooner a test is made before the Supreme
Court the better, otherwise the titles to
valuable property may be jeopardized
Recorder Spear becomes Register of the
Isystem in accordance with the Act and
he will apply to the Supervisors for a
special duty to handle the work.
IL
Salinas Index: There is no language
strong enough to describe the fierceness
lof the mosquitoes. They would soon kill
a person if gloves and yelling We're not
leonstantly worn. Letter from Klon-
dixie.
We have been there-not on the
Klondike, but almost as far north-and
know the above statement TO be the
ont
ever endured was inflicted by mos
quitoes in that northern country.
lF5ands and face become terribly swollen
from their bites. Sometimes the sun $
lravs are obscured by clouds of the pests
that hover about you. Sleep is out or
the question unless you are protected
by yelling or smoke. The writer was one
of a party travelling with horses which
were packed and led. 1t was tlmbered
country with numerous lakes and
streams. When pitching camp at night
we always built a big fire of logs and
brush and made down our beds on the
lleeward side so the smoke would keep
the mosquitoes away and let us sleep.
The horses. although hungry, would
/ stop grazing and stand around the hre
, lin the smoke all night. No, thank you,
we don't want any of those klondlke
gallinippers in Gus.
VAGABONDAGE
Colusa Sun: There could hardly be a
better exemplification of the futility of
Legislation than is afforded by the atti-
tude of the law toward the tramp prob
lem The pernicious activity of Con-
: stables and Justices has cost this State
| hundreds of thousands Of dollars, and