The San Francisco call., 1897-09-20
THE COAST PRESS.


Reretite. has opened its nineteenth volume,
and promises to augment its value during the
year by many new and interesting features.
The Oceanside Blade is dealing effective
strokes in defense OF home support OF home
industries. Don't buy everything you possi-
bly, can away from home," it exclaims, "but
reverse things ana purchase everything you
possibly can at home, and you will BE- less
likely TO complain of money being SO scarce,
and the poor ill-used birds the metal cur
rency will not hare to scream from the fer
vency OF your pressure before parting with
them"
With commendable enterprise the Lancaster
Gazette has issued an illustrated number, de-
scr1piive of the resources and beauties Of An
telope Valley, the editor having travelled about
40O miles under tropical sun and cloud
less sky, in gathering the data The publica-
tlon is replete with interesting facts concern
ing one OF the most promising regions in the
southern part OF the State" "a land where the
olive is free from scale, and where the almond
finds its native conditions"
The Riverside Press is already out with The
announcement of an illustrated holiday SOU
venil edition, which will be issued between the
1st and 18th of Decent Der, and which will
contain about fifty pages. Heavy glazed book
in colors. Every part of Riverside County and
every phase of its resources and industries
Will be portrayed with pen and photogravure.
II will constitute an excellent advertisement
Tor that ricn Sc ctIon of country.
The Pomona Beacon has discarded its
'patent inside" of fashion plates ana house.
hold recipes and will henceiorwaId appear as
IN a Il home production. 1t will be printed with
ne fvn nan
tends TO convince its readers that kind and
quality of matter are acceptable substitutes
for quantity. The Beacon, In fact, is deter
mined to blaze out with greater eHulgence
every succeeding week 1t is modest in its
ambition to become "the brightest and hand
soonest little weekly in the United States"
The California Sugar Beet, a new journal pub
lished i'll this city, is attractive in appearance
and valuable as to contents. Il makes
speciality of the news of beet sugar develop
ment and is replete with suggestions OF i'm
portance TO those engaged in one OF Califor-
MAS leading industries 1t pred cts that the
next ten years win see California the gre eatest
sugar-producIng Stats in the Union with pos
sibly the exception of Louisiana. 1t favors
repeal OF the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty,
and thinks that our Government should offer
bounty on the construction of sugar fac
tories.
The Arroyo Grande OrGce states that the
Alameda Beet Sugar Company Is desirous of
locating factory in that section-has been
for year or so-but that the subsidy de-
manded was not acce pta Dle to the Arroyo peo-
pie. Now, however. there are other parties in
the field and they are forced into activity.
The Alameda company will be the first in the
field, II dependence can be put in reports, as
its indirect interests there compel prompt ac-
tion. If factory is established there 1t must
be located on Arroyo Grande Creek, the oaly
stream in that region which can furnish su fl
cient water.
The Santa Rosa Repub icdn favored public
reception to Hon. Thomas L. Thompson on his
return home from his late diplomatic post at
the Brazilian capital. Mr. Thompson is the
owner of the Santa Rosa Democrat, ana the
editor of the latter publication, commenting
on the voluntary tribute paid by a political
adversary, is led to regret any harsh express
sion which in the heat of par tisan or local
differences he may have used toward the edi-
tor of the Repub GcGn, "for the reason that he
does not think the writer of SO courteous no.
tioe could harbor either of the hateful pas
sions, envy or malice, in his heart"
Extensive improvements have been begun
by the MADEIRA Canal Company. which will
give MADEIRA an abundant water supply. The
Mercury OF that place states that the COM
pany intends to build reservoirs to imponnd
sufficient water for summer irrigation. 'In
all probability two reservoirs will be built,
one above the head of the canal on the Fresno
River and the other in the foothills on the
same stream. These reservoirs will be the
means OF saving a vast amount of water which
has annually gone to waste in the Fresno
River and which will in future be utilized
through the canal and lateral bitches to lrri-
gate Madera's broad ana fertile acres"
Tons of fruit are going to was to in Hum boldt
County because there is no market to absorb
it fresh; apd this fact leads the Eureka Watch
man 10 urge the speedy adoption of some
method of disposing of this product. That
publication says "Both drier and can
merry are needed, and Humboldt's unexcelled
fruit in the fresh state will make unexcelled
fruit in the dry or canned state If properly
handled. And with such a chance 10 dispose
of the crop the area cultivated TO fruit would
be doubled and quedrupled in few years. Not
only can humboldt eclipse the coast with
perfect and luscious fruits, but it must be
remembered that her dried prunes took the
first premium at the Worlds Exhibition at
Chicago; again, when the little cannery at
Fortuna was in operation on small fruit and
had sent a seasons pack to San Francisco,
leading hotel of that city put in an order to
take all they could put up for the next season.
These consisted of straw wberries, raspberries,
black berries, cherries, ETC., and were pro-
nounced superior to any that had been put
into the San Francisco market. With so many
points in favor of Hum boldt fruits, is 1t not
possible to organize and operate c&nneries
and driers success fully 2"