The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.


church edihce.
George Brand. Of Santa Barbara,
constructs a violin of such excellence
as to receive $500 for it.
RedIands ice factory is now freez-
ing 100 tons a day. IL is the biggest
ice fac.ury west Of the Mississippi
river.
The Virginia Dale mining district
in San BeInardino county is producing
quantities of ore yielding 500 per ton
in gold.
Charles E. Majors, of Rochester. n.
Y, agreed to build 5000. 900 smelter
in Phoenix. Ariz., if given bonus Of
200 acres of land.
The Phoenix Chamber Of Commerce
is taking steps to secure the building Of
large canaigre tanning plant by
Massachusetts, capital.
Covina reports that the prune crop
in that vicinity will be almost a total
failure. Many ranchers will replant
their prune orchards to grape fruit.
The Antelope Valley Association
will give a prize of So to the person
who will gather. press and preserve
the greatest variety of wild flowers.
It is said that a movement is ON
foot for the establishment Of col
lege in Tempe under the management
of the Congregational denomination.
Work at the new oil wells northeast
Of Fullerton is progressing very salts
factorily. 1t is the intention of the
company to run pipe line to Fuller
ton.
There are eighteen pupils in the
Warmers Ranch Indian School, under
the charge Of Mrs. Massitt. Nine
pupils have been sent to the Carlisle
School.
The Pismo wharf and warehouses
have been sold to the Southern Pacific
Company. and the Salinas Valley
Lumber Company has purchased the
lumber yard.
Santa Ana recently sent the largest
shipment Of sheep that has left South
ern California for the East in years.
There were a400 head seut to Chicago,
making a full train.
A public movement. looking to the
restoration Of Montezuma Castle, one
Of the most noble and famous prehis-
toric ruins on the American continent,
has been started at Flagstaff.
P. J. Perrine of Winchester is con-
templating the erection of fruit drier
to care for the products of his orchard
and those of his neighbors in the east
end of the irrigation district.
The Southern California Pathological
Society at its annual meeting made
complete change Of officers with Alb
bolt Kinny as president. The next
meeting will be held at Pomona.
Klamath. the Santa Ana trotter,
has been taken east by his owner, g.
II. Judd, together with four other
race horses. The string will start the
racing season at Trinidad, Colorado.
1t is proposed to hold poultry show
in Pasadena next fall. 1t is said the
chief support of the Los Angeles shows
comes from Pasadena, which leads the
rasiers to think they can successfully
carry out an exhibition themselves.
By actual measurement water to the
depth of 100 feet is backed up in
Hemet reservoir at present. This lacks
but l3 feet of being all the water the
dam will hold. So far this season the
company has not used from the reser-
voir.
George M. Cobb, the well-known
Riverside baseball pitcher, is organic
ing club to participate in the Cali
fornia championship tournament for
the Examiners $1,000 trophy. Santa
Ana will furnish two members of the
team.
The proprietors Of the Ostrich Farm
have generously donated valuable
parasol and cape, made from ostrich
feathers. to the relief committee of
the unemployed, Los Angeles. They
are to be sold and the proceeds given
to the relief fund.
The salt making season for '97
opened at the La Punta salt works re-
Gently. by the letting in of the wa tiers
OF the briny deep to overflow the sixty
acre surface Of evaporating watts, four
acres of which are used for the pro. (
cess of capitalization.
A farmer of South Santa Ana has
discovered wild asparagus growing in
abundance in tie valley. A few years
ago wild celery was discovered in the
western portion of the county. Now
the industry represents about $50, 900,
and next year will probably double
this amount.
Ferris. Riverside county, is about
to solve the question of water and
irrigation districts and bonds by the
discovery Of aItesian water in abund-
ance. Several wells lately put down
adjacent to the town and in the sur.
rounding ranch country produce good
flows of water.
The Ora Vista Mining Company has
shipped something over ton of ore
from its Tip Top mine in the Tauquitz
country to prominent company in
Los Angeles to have mill test made.
This company now has about dozen
men at work. and will increase the
force soon.
It is the intention of Judge D.
J. Cummings to plant chufas upon his
Bosque ranch. near Calabasas. and
Consul r. R. Long has sent to Alabama
for busbel Of the nuts for seed for the
Judge. The ohufa is small nut
which grows on the roots Of vines
like the peanut-and is very useful
for hog feed.
The directors of the San Jacinto and
Pleasant Valley Irrigation district have
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