Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-10-01
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Some Important Happenings in
the South
THAT MAY PLEASE OUR READERS
An Assortment of Newsy Events That
Occurred i'm our Midst That Cannot
Fail to Interest.

fixed at so cents.
The last horse car line has been cleo
tricised at Pasadena.
The Chino sugar factory is paying out
500, 900 per month for labor.
National City has organized wheel
mans club with thirty members.
The Lima Bean Association of VEN
tura is holding its product at ST. 10 per
GENITAL.
The city and county tax rate of Santa
Ana is to be 1926. The Orange county
rate will be $1.25.
Governor McCord of Arizona has
new private secretary, his son, =. ).
McCord of Wisconsin.
The Brewster sanitarium has been
destroyed by fire at San Diego. Loss,
$40, 600; insurance, $1,000.
Miss Mary Johnston, Pomona school
teacher, was burned to death in the
New Castle, Colo, wreck.
A Phoenix, Ariz., firm has secured
5000 pennies for the purpose OF intro
ducing them into the trade of that city.
A new mining camp has been estab-
lished at Ballarat, Inyo county. 1t is
five months old, and has population
of 800.
The Orange county supervisors are
preparing to inaugurate some extensive
road sprinkling about Fullerton and
Anaheim.
The tax rate in San Diego this year
will be ST. 81 on the 500; and in the
county $1.97; making total of So. 45
on the 500 valuation of property.
Next month the first crop of oysters
will be gathered from the San Pedro
beds. One man has twelve acres planted
and expects to get 500 bushels to the
acre.
The board OF education in San Bernar-
dino has reduced salaries and other ex-
penses SO as to cut down the amount
used for school purposes $4,000 over last
year.
Echo is the latest postofice for Ari-
IONA. 1t is in the Canada del Orc
country, and the latter name being to
long to suit the postal authorities, Echo
was substituted.
The San Diego Brewing company man.
ufactured 1875 barrels of beer during
August, and shipped away 1850 barrels.
This means a revenue to the govern
ment of 81, $50 in stamps.
The board of supervisors of Ventura
county have directed George G. Powers,
civil engineer, to prepare specifications
for constructing a bridge Of steel and
wood over the Santa Clara river.
The Southern Pacific train that comes
up from Santa Monica at 3:45 is fier.
1t makes no stop until University, II
miles, and that station is called in Is
minutes from the time of starting.
The building of the Children's Home
society in Los Angeles is to be called
the Victoria Home, in recognition of a
gift of $1,000 made by the English resi-
dents of that city as Victoria jubilee
memorial.
The owners of oil wells in Los Angeles
are resorting to the practice of shooting
wells by dynamite. The practice is
dangerous because of fires and the city
authorities propose to enforce the ordi-
nance against it.
T. B. Starr, New York millionaire
jeweler is coming to Southern California
from Colorado Springs in special train,
bringing with him his pet COW in a
Wagner car built for the purpose. He
will open the winter at Santa Barbara.
John w. Kapus, the young broker
who defrauded Los Angeles citizens of
thousands of dollars by selling them
bogus claims on the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company, has left for Chicago and
his victims are mourning his departure.
The citric-acid factory of North On
tario is approaching completion. The
building ranks with the average orange
packing house in size and appearance,
and a spur has been put in from the
Santa Fe road to the building.
The San Bernardino papers claim that
the Chicala Water company is preparing
to spend So, 000, 600 on the water deyel-
opments in Lytle Greek cafion. 1t is
proposed to built seven large reservoirs
and store water enough to irrigate 100,-
900 acres.
HoIbrook, Ariz., is now very bower
of roses for sweet odors. An epidemic
of skunks struck the town recently, and
war is on between the citizens and
the sassy little brutes. While the citi-
zens are lively with their fusilIade, it
may be added that the skunks are not
much behind with one peculiarly and
most effectively their own.
The Lower Californian, published at
Ensenada, is authority for the statement
that the War Department has designated
the Ensenada district as the headquar-
tiers for troop of Cavalry. The troop
is to- come from the City of Mexico.
The Mexican government has granted
the Piramide Mining company of Lower
California a patent to thirty acres of
land, about sixty miles below;Tia Juana,
upon which are located a number of
very rich placer gold mines.
The Santa Fe is making great prepar-
atoms for its "limited," which will
again be put in service on Septemb Der 15.
This train will consist entirely of vesti-
buled sleeping, dining and drawing
room cars, and will make the run from
Los Angeles to Chicago in seventy-two
hours. The train will leave that city
twice week until near the end of the
year, but through the latter part of De-
cember and during January and Febru-
airy of next year it. will be run three
times week.
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