Mesa free press., 1897-10-08
PACIFIC COAST. NEWS
-
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

A Summary of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.
The Southern Pacific company thinks
it will soon develop great coal mines In
the state of Sonora. Mexico
Mrs. Jane Stanford decided in San
Francisco to pay seven legacies OF $780,
600 each left by her husband.
Rev. G. O. Brown of Chicago has con-
sented to review of his case before the
Bay conference in San Francisco.
President Jordan of Stanford has no.
titled the University freshmen that
drunkenness will mean expulsion.
The Santa Fe railroads second annual
report is out. The figures show All in
crease of earnings of 1926, S59 for the
system over last year.
Steamers sailing for Skaguay continue
to carry full implements Of miners.
Secretary Alger decides that no relief
measures need be undertaken at present.
The new epidemic among the horses
at Stockton is blood disease. Lumps
first appear, followed by assesses that
eat into the bone, and then blood pois-
Oning sets In.
There is said to be possibility of lit
igatiOn between the executors and the
legatees of the late Senator Stanford.
Lawyers interested were in conference
at San Francisco.
Byron Waters has resigned as claims
attorney for the Southern Pacific in San
Francisco, the resignation to take effect
September 80. David R. Sessions will
be his successor.
| Western Idaho is largely engaged in
fruit growing, and unless grain growing
seems to be more profita BILE will within
few years become an important factor
in the fruit trade.
The San Leandro fruit growers are
endeavoring to establish cooperative
cannery. It is asked that 100 fruit
growers and citizens contribute $3.50
each for the purpose.
The Santa Barbara News says that
the accumulated stock of old beans is
rapidly going out of that county. Dur
ing the month of August there were
nearly 100000 pounds shipped.
Lieut.. George F. Randall, stationed
at Cheyenne, Wyo., has received orders
to proceed Immediately to Alaska with
company of twenty-five enlisted men
and two officers, to be selected from the
Eighteenth infantry.
The health inspector of Victoria, B.
c.. is just back from the leper station
on Darcy Island. He says that of the
seven Chinese patients, six cannot live
much longer. They are slowly dying
from the terrible disease.
The graduates of the deaf, dumb and
blind asylum at Berkeley have organ
lied a novel society. It's purpose is to
interest wealthy people and, if possible,
the federal and state governments, in
establishing scholarships for the blind
in leading educational institutions.
The Electric Water Company has in
corporated at Bakersfield with capital
stock of $500, 900. The incorporators are
w. s. Tevis and six employees of the
Kern County Land Company. The OBJ
ject of the company is to put in rival
waterworks system in that town.
The Southern Pacific Company has
completed an examination of it's train
men, dispatchers, train agents and Sec
tion men west of Ell Paso and Ogden
for color blindness. There were about
five thousand two hundred. Out of this
number the sight of 1913 was found to be
defective as to colors.
j. W. Sumper, one of the pioneers of
Umatilla county, Ore., is in his
seventy-third year, but notwithstand-
ing he raised $4,000 bushels of wheat
this year with the aid of boy, who
worked for him three months only.
Mr.. Stamper disposed of his wheat at
rs cents bushel, and finds himself in
good shape physically as well as fnan-
cially.
Mayor Phelan of San Francisco last
week gave luncheon at the Palace no.
tel to Governor Budd and to the board
of supervisors. No one else was present.
Mayor Phelan proposed toast to Gov
ernor Budd. The governor, in return,
said: 81 propose that we drink to the
health of James d. Phelan, San Fran
cisco's able mayor, and the coming gov
ernor of California -
T. s. Bullock, of the Sierra railway of
California, reports that the road is in
operation to Dom Pedro, and has been
constructed to point seven miles this
side of jamestown. That place will be
reached in about fifteen days, when ex-
tension will cease for the present. Very
high trestle work is being built near
Chinese Camp, rising to height of 250
feet in some places.
Two of the sailors of the gunboat
Wheeling attempted to swim distance
of over mile to shore, to get
schooner of beer. They were picked
up by boatman, by whom they were
discovered, nearly exhausted, and
brought ashore. They slaked their
thirst, and waited an opportunity to get
back to their vessel. They have been.
slowing coal since.
The San Francisco board of health is
apprehensive that diphtheria epidem-
ic is impending in the Chinese quarter,
and extraordinary precautions are be-