The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-05
ALONG THE COAST.
Interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
A number Of MisesiiAneous JOttinEs
Briefly and OurtIy Told In This
Column.

shipped from Eugene TINS spring
Sheep owners in Yakima county,
Wash, are busy now shearing.
The number of bicycle licenses is
sled in Tacoma is 2066.
An afternoon paper called the Even.
ing State Journal has appeared IN
Olympia.
The walla walla Statesman suggests
a squirrel hunt TO kill off the ground
squirrels in the county. The squirrels
are said 10 be very numerous in many
places in the vicinity Of walla Walla.
Charles +. Smith, son of Major Allen
Smith, OF the Fourth cavalry, stationed
AT Fort Walla Walla, has been APP
pointed by President Mckinley to West
Point. The young man is we'll known
In Eastern Washington and Eastern
Oregon.
The present spring has been very
favorable one for the sheep interests Of
Lincoln county, Or. Landing is in
progress and the reports are that a
great percentage OF the lambs survived
owing TO the absence of the usual cold
spring rains.
AT the coming fair, to be held in
North Yakima, Wash, September 81
TO October /, school will be conducted
by the heads Of the different depart
ments, where experts in their calling
will deliver lectures on dairying, hor-
ticulture, agriculture and bee culture.
1t is said by prominent wool grower
that so per cent of the sheep in Lake
county, Or, are clean and free from
scab. The sheep that are unclean are
only slightly affctd, and it is thought
that the scab will be stamped out OF
Lake county this summer.
Hopgrowers are busy working in
their yards in the Puyallup valley,
Wash. Hop roots have wintered well,
and with the advent Of warm weather
the new shoots will make rapid growth.
Everything is indicative of an encour-
aging season for the hop farmer.
An order has been placed with the
Tacoma Mill Company to deliver Of,
900 feet OF fir lumber, TO be used in
decking government vessels. The ma
terial must be delivered in Philadel-
phia within 80 days. The lumber will
fill seven cars, and each piece will be
more than 80 feet long.
The business Of making brooms is
growing in Importance in Coos county,
Or. Broom corn is grown successfully
in the county, and all other conditions
are favorable. Heretofore broom
handles have been shipped to San Fran
cisco and the brooms have been COM
pleted there; but now all of the work
will be done in Coos county.
Two Vancouver Indians were picked
up on the Columbia river bar recently
by the tug Relief They were hunters
from the British sealing schooner
Doris, and had left their vessel while
hunting They were outside for three
days in canoe which they managed
with great dexterity. The Astoria
News says they will return to their
homes on the City of Topeka.
Max Pracht, who has been on trip
To the coal fields of the Mccartney noun
tains, tells the Astoria News that he
believes the estimates of the quantity
of coal in that region, as made by DIR,
August c. Kinney, to be correct. The
latter is of the opinion that in the ll2O
acres of land owned by him and p. c.
Warren there are two and half mil
lion tons of coal, and Mr.. Pracht says
that the Mccartney coal is superior Ia
any other found on this coast
Senator Eli s. Denison's bid for the
train news service privilege on all the
Southern Pacific lines west of Ogden
and Ell Paso has been accepted by Gen
eral Manager Kruttschaitt. Four bids
were made for the business, Denison' i
being the highest. The next highest
was that Of Riley D. Cronk, on behalf
of Frank Harvey, who controls the
Santa Fe's news service. 1t is under
stood that Cronk's bid was SEQ, 200 a
year and that of Denison $50, 900.
The first counterfeits of the Hawaiian
treasury notes were detected in Homo
lulu ON April 10Th. The counterfeits so
far discovered are $40 and SEQ notes,
and IS note raised 10 $50. Deputy
Marshal Hitchcock afterward took the
note to the Treasury Department where
ii was examined. The $40 and $50
counterfeits are undoubtedly made by
photograph process. In the $40 note
the treasury number, which in the
genuine is in red ink is in the counter
felt black. The reverse side of tie
counterfeit, as compared with the GER
uine, is also printed upside down, but
this would be noticed only in compar-
ing it with the genuine.
New precautions have been taken to
provide against surprise by foreign
power in San Francisco harbor. A
signal has been provided, upon the Civ
ing of which the bay will become a
total blank as far as guiding signals are
concerned. The lights on Mare Island,
at Twin Brothers, at Point Bonita, at
Lime Point, on Goat Island and Alca-
traz and on the Farralones will be ex-
tinguished. Fog signals will cease
their blowing and foreign ship will lie
at a loss which way to turn. This signal
will be given only when the enemy is
at hand. twill put the opposing forces
at a decided disadvantage and not ma
ferially interfere with the manipulation
OF the home boats, the pilots on which
will be able to direct their vessels
without shore aids.
The war department has granted a
permit to the citizens of Whatcom