The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
important information Gathered
Around the Cast.
TENS OF GEe ERAL INTEREST.
A Summary Of Late Event. That Ar.
BoiIed Down To suit our Busy
Readers.

E aV1 Aaiiithh-
Santa Cruz has made arrangements
for the entertainment Of the railway
postal clerks.
The new vigilance committee of
Tulare will devote its attention to
horse-thieves.
The new paper published at Cordelia.
SolDao county, by d. II. White, is
called the X-Ray.
A Honcut rancher is making more
money in raising flax seed than he
could with wheat.
Almonds of San Luis Obispo We're in.
Jured by frost. but no damage was
done To citrus fruits.
A number of local capitalists of
Fresno are planning to build saw
mill in the neighborhood Of Cascadel
in the near future.
The label being used by the Clare.
mont Fruit Growers association is a
group of morning glories surmounted
by Morning Glory"
Stock have weathered the winter
storms in Humboldt better than usual.
and cattlemen are jubilant in conse.
quence. Feed is good ON the ranges.
San Francisco has been divided into
districts for relief purposes, and com.
mittees are actively and systematically,
canvassing them in the interest of the
unemployed.
After six months of idleness the San
Jose woollen mills have resumed opera.
lions, having secured the contract for
supplying striped cloth for the convicts
at Folsom and San Quentin.
Hirsch, Of San Francisco, the gas
machine inventor who asphyxiated
himself after suit about mis- machine
went against him. first destroyed all
his machines ON the premises.
The Indian association of San Jose
is raising money TO carry ON work
among the Indians by getting physi-
clans to give lecture course ON what
to do in emergencies in case of sickness
or accident
Some Of the Stockton gas wells
which yielded very little gas during
the dry period last summer and fall are
now giving strong flow. 1t is sup.
posed the pressure OF high water in the
mountains and the plains has caused
the larger flow in the gas wells.
Important developments are ex.
pected to be made in the Giant King
and I'll Captain, at Nevada City, the
coming summer. FL Captain is be-
heved to have furnished the $50 pound
quartz boulder found in ditch by
Chinese, who got over $1,000 free gold
from il.
President kellogg says that the I'm.
iversity at Berkeley needs fifty more
additional instructors. But, before il
Is decided how to spend the new in.
come from the State each head profess.
or will submit a statement Of the act.
ual needs of his department as regards
instruction room and apparatus.
The Petaluma Fair Grounds and
race track known as Agricultural Park.
have been sold by the court, under a
foreclosure of mortgage. Only one bid
was received and that was from
Colonel !. r. Fairbanks. representing
the plaintiff, who bid in the property
for $l0,275. The race track is one of
the finest in the State and in excellent
condition.
AT Hueneme a grove of the Eucalyp-
tus oornuts, called in Australia the
Nate tree, has made splendid growth
IN nearly pure sand. saturated with
salt and slakh. This wood is too
valuable for fuel. as in its native conn.
try IL is considered equal to the best
ash wood for shafts, and frames of
carts. or any work, where toughness
and elasticity is required.
The figures for the sweet wine ont
put for the past year of twenty.nine of
the principal sweet wine growing
counties of the State. just compiled.
show falling off of 40 per cent from
the previous years production. 1t is
said the Salinas beet sugar factory will
be the largest in the world.
The Cooperative Association of
Santa Clara Valley. which until re.
Gently conducted . grocery store in
that city has filed a petition in in.
solyency. Hard times and the inahil.
ity OF the eo-oplative system to work
successfully among a large member.
ship is the cause of the failure. The
liabilities amount 70 $S70S. The as.
sets consists of book acornts and fix.
lures worth $Sl9.
The Catalina Conserving COMPANY
has introduced an industry at San
Pedro in toe form of lobster cannery.
The concern at present operates ON a
small scale, the Holsters being caught
about the Santa Barbara Islands. The
company expects 10 install a 50, soc
plant within two or three months.
The lobster meat is claimed TO be SUI
perior 20 that taken in Atlantic waters.
The. Santa Clara County County
Wine-makers' Association agreed upon
20 cents per gallon as the minimum
price at which members shall dispose
OF their vintage. This price is the
same as that set for wine last year,
and the action was taken owing to the
disposition of some of the members TO
sell at lower rate. The general
opinion OF those present was that the
market was in y much better condi-
ton than for several years and there
were prospects for increased prices. A
resolution was adopted asking the
president of the California Wine |
makers Corporation TO call meeting
Of the stockholders for the purpose Of