Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-10-29

for the tunnels of the Southern Califor-
MIA Power company in the Santa Ana
canyon, has been declared insolyent.
He had assigned his contract to Faia4
child & Gilmore.
The Southern California Water COM
pany has stopped work on the Moreno
dam because the council of San Diego
has Endorsed the report of it's engineer
that the dam was not being constructed
according to specifications.
The opinion of San Diego's city attor-
ney that license ordinance legalizing
tape and other shady games would be
contrary to law, and commission of
felony by any councilmen voting for it,
has created a sensation in that city.
An epidemic of typhoid fever is feared
among those who use water from the
Santa Ana river in San Bernardino
county. The stream has been danger
ously polluted by the workmen engaged
in the tunnels of the Southern Califor-
MIA Power company.
The Bixby lands, amounting to S173
acres in Los Angeles county, have been
sold to W. A. Clark of New York for
$4O5, 900 spot cash. These lands are
we'll adapted to the growth of the sugar
beet and it is the intention of the new
owner to put up another sugar factory,
to have capacity of 800 tons a day.
James A. Foshay, city superinten-
dent of the Los Angeles public schools,
was elected Junior grand warden of the
Masonic grand lodge in San Francisco.
There were seven candidates, among
them being Mr.. Powell of Oakland and
Samuel Prayer of Los Angeles. Mr..
Foshay received 40 votes on the fourth
ballot.
The onyx quarries at Big Bug, Arr
IONA, are not awaiting the arrival of the
new railroad to send out some big blocks
of their valuable rock. One block, just
brought in, weighed SSOOpounds, while
another weighed about 5000 pounds.
These will be little fellows, however,
beside one now in preparation at the
quarry. This biggest one will weigh
16, 600 pounds.
The following are the officers of the
new Chamber of Commerce elected
Thursday: George Frost, president;
Capt M. J. Daniels, vice-presidents
L. V. w. Brown, treasurer; d. A. Cor
rell, secretary. An executive commit.
tee of five was appointed as follows:
G.. B. GLADDEN., w. Sandercock, W. A
Hayt, A. S. White, and ex-oficio,
President Frost
Work has been resumed on the survey
of the line from Deming, N. M, via the
ella valley and Globe to Phoenix. The
survey was suspended at Solomonville
three weeks ago. Now it has BEEN
ordered resumed, and dozen men are.
in the field. Their route will be down
the ella valley to Geronimo, San Car.
los, Globe, Florence, Mesa and Phoenix.
Secretary Virgins, of the Los An
geles chamber of commerce, has been
inquiring about perfume-makingi in this
part of the country, and finds that there.
are two concerns which manufacture,
scents in more or less quantities. One
is George G. Gilbert, who for some years,
has been making perfumes from flowers.
in Ontario. Another is DIR. Luax of
Los Angeles, who confines his Efforts
to distilling orange blossoms.
The proposed railroad from the Santa
Fe Pacific to the Grand canyon is now
certain of completion. Williams and
Flagstaff are both bidding for the con-
Meeting point, with the result very much
in doubt. The capitalists are now ON
the gruond, piloted by the ubiquitous,
Buckley O,Neill, who is fathering the
project. The declaration is made that.
within week the surveying and grad
ing forces will be at work.
Alderman A. E. Mutt and Sheriff F.
S. Jennings of San Diego are said to be-
the local representatives of company
that will soon be organized for the ex-
tension of one of the local railway lines
to Yuma. The project has been under
contemplation for some time, and an
effort was recently made in behalf of
the parties these gentlemen claim to
represent, to purchase quarter block
on the corner of Seventh and K streets.
San Diego.
A new feature has been ado ed at
the Yuma (Ariz. prison. Prom ~ at
8 o'clock each Sunday morning the
prisoners are lined up in numerical
order for inspection by the superinten-
dent. Last Sunday morning was their
first formal inspection when over two
hundred able-bodied men were lined
up, presenting quite an array of talent
in their various lines. After inspection
religious services are held by Mr.. and
Mrs. Chaplain Scott in the large dining
hall.
The commonly prevailing opinion
that our palms are all from China or
Japan is erroneous. One of the most
beautiful of the lot, Washington filifere,
is native of Southern California and