The San Francisco call., 1897-11-08
The COAST PRESS.

The Redlands Daily Facts has commenced
lis thirteenth volume 1t is an up-to-date
neper, aud the crowded state OF its advertls-
Ing columns would seem to indicate for 1t a
high degree of prosperity.
The Fresno Republican now appears as an
elgh'-page, seven-column paper, having been
compelled to enlarge in order to meet the de-
mands OF an increasing business 1t now
boasts OF being the largest paper in the San
Joaquin Valley.
The blanket sheet and patent outside"
nave been discarded by the Santa Clara
Ne1cs' which is now an "al!-home" product
ana greatly improved in appearance. Instead
OF the bofler-plate columns it prints readable
matter OF local flavor, and its editorial page
is refreshing with its breezy comment
The Riverside Globe has gone out of exist
| ence Its proprietor discovered after costly
experience that there was no opening for a
thlrd daily paper in Riverside. and disposed
OF his plant to the Ente prise of that city, L..
W. Alum, late city editor of the Globe, has &C
copied a similar position on The Santa Ana
B.ade.
The population of san Andreas has been in
creaslng so rapidly that houses are now at u
Dig premium, and the Calaveras Citizen is
urging the It cal pitalists to build houses for
Inc accommodation OF people desrous OF To-
eating b re. This is certainly strong indi-
cation OF The vigorous growth OF the mount
ain town, and hou se-building there woulo
seem TO promise ample return to investors.
The Healdsburg Ent erprise calls upon tn
business men OF that city TO wake up nd make
an effort toward having beet-sugar factory
iocateo there. II suggests mss$-meeting TO
boom the movement If it can be dete I'M ned
that sufficient supply of beets can be OBJ
tained TO supply factory Healdsturg will be
in position to treat with capitalists in regard
10 lhe Sche me, and 1t Is understood that money
VIII be readily invested in such Plant pro-
yldlng the farmers VIII grow the beats.
Reno, New, is affl icted with an oyer-supply
OF mosSbacks," according t. the Gazette of
that town. They have stood like barriers in
the way Of Reno's progress, yet she has man.
aged 10 get along fairly well under The cir
cumstances. The Gazette says that Reno's
business men havA not made the best use of
their possibi tiles, that the p.ace SHOULD have
been long years ago the end OF the raiiroad
division, securing the shops now located at
Wadsworth and Truckee, anu should have
Deen town OF 10000 people instead OF less
tha- 5000"
Stockton demands new postoffice The
present quarters are Inadequate and ineon-
Venient and the government already owns an
excellen. site for public building in the
very heart of the city. The Mail proposes TO
stir up clamor on the subject that Will be
heard in Washington. "The postofice site'
it says, ais a blot on the city map. Its empll-
ness hurts values. 1t ought 10 be topped with
Federal building, and the only way to get
thls done Is 10 bomDard Congress with
stea iy tire OF psti tions aud memorials and
mlscell aneous assortment OF kicks until that
honorable body gets tired OF hearing about
the subject"
The editor of the Susanv lille Mail declares
that during the past five wears LaSSen County
has experienced no actual 'hard times"
Money may have been scarce, but he found
that one might Ilod along very comfortably
without gold so long as bread al d butter were
Tor thcC ming. In starting out on his twelfth
volume ne observes that Lassen County has
ab undant crops ana markets at excellent fig
ures, and, there being no earthly reason Tor
complaint, he is going to keep right on pub
1shing as good paper as he knows how, max
ing no high-soundfng promises and being rea-
sonabIy sure that a good-sized slice of the
prosperity pie is MdiI-ward bound.
The Oroville Register believes that no part
OF Ciifornia is better situated for generating
electricity cheaply than Butte County. There
er9 nearly 100 streams in the county that
afford power Tor developing electricity. These
ar e flowing streams all the year, and they
lie mostly within the mining districts it is
evident that vast quantities of quar.Z will be
worked there at q very low price. Great cleo
trIcal plants will generate vast quantities of
electricity and this will be distributed
throughout the mining sections so that men
owning lodges which contain gold only TO the
amount of 81 or So 30 ton will be able TO
crush their ore und extract their gold.