The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-01

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work has peen relet 70 z. s. Phelan Of
aedlands. who wilt begin work ten
lays after the filing Of his bond.
Passenger conductors on the South
I'm California road who have hereto
.ore stopped at San Diego, while the
1Iakemen took the train on to National |
City, now have to make the trip to |
that city In compliance with a new
order.
Orange County School Superinten-
dent Greedy has received complete
school census returns from the school
districts in the county, and the num-
Der of children between the ages of
and II years is given at 5197, gain
Of 1856 over last year.
Two stage lines now connect Dale
City with the outside world. The
Southern Pacific Company has put on
a stage from Palm Springs to the new
camp, and for some time past regu-
lar line has been run from Amboy ON
the Santa Fe route.
E. NJ. Sheffield has in his paint
mine, between Riverside and Corona,
a most valuable property. The nat
ural pigment is of six colors. The min
eral works up readily and is of a rich
hue. Mr.. Sheffield believes the guam.
tity is almost inexhaustible.
G. Bratt, NJ. S. Yetter and John
McCool of Helmet are developing coal
mine near San Jacinto lake. Indica-
tions are good. the Groupings being
plainly seen and followed for a mile
or more. There is also a quantity of
lime rock close by which will prove
good property.
Bicycle riding is all the rage in
Yuma just now. Recently sixty-two
wheels were counted on Main street
at one time. Considering that one
month ago not dozen wheels were in
Yuma it will be readily seen that the
wheel will soon take the place of
buggy and horseback riding in that
section.
w. J. Cradle, who has some mining
claims in the vicinity of Rsndsburg
will pass this summer prospecting in
the mountains between the upper part
of San Antonio Canyon and the top Of
Old Badly. His camp will be some
1000 feet above what is known al
Dell's Camp.
The last Legislature changed tn,
name of the Southern California Asy
lum to the Southern California State
Hospital for the insane. The railroad
company now changes the name of it,
station at the hospital from Asylum t.
Patton, in honor of Harry Patton O.
the Los Angeles Capital.
A railroad to White Hills is now al
assured fact. The line will run clos,
to the foothills, taking in the camps
of Cerbat, Todd Basin, Mineral Parl
and Chloride. In time it will pass OF
north to connect on with the Utal
Southern, penetrating the great Sal
mountains on the Rio Virgin and tn,
iron and coal mines of Utah.
The latest gold discoveries in Ari
iona are almost at the doorway of it
capital city. Less than twenty mile
east of Phoenix are the Estrella Noun
tains, low peaks that continue to tn,
northward from the Maricopa Divide
Here the most recent finds of gold hav,
been made, and hither the pIospector
are fiocking in numbers.
The owners of valuable dogs a
Santa Monica are on the warpath an,
have hired detectives to run dog.
poisoner to death. This miscreant ha
poisoned dozen thoroughbred canine
during the past ten days and vigor
Gus effort will be made to apprehenC
him and send him to the penitentiary
A reward of $500 is offered for hi
conviction.
The noble red man is being utilizet
in the fields in Southern California
just as he is up in Washington. Their
he picks hops and here he digs canaigr
root for tanning purposes. A big gam
of Indians have been engaged at thi
work for the past two weeks in tn
vicinity of Perris, but they have folde,
their tents and gone off to tackle
similar 1oD at GRO Grande.
Fred Rafferty, of the Hermosa Gar
dens. Santa Ana, is making a larg
shipment of plants and bulbs to tn
East. Recently he has received order
for over six thousand Gala lily bulb
and orders for 900 freezia bulbs ar
now being filed. These shipments g
to New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio an
Illinois. Over ten thousand viole
plants have lately been set out.
The beet crop in and around Chin
has reached the stage when the out
come Of this years crop can be safel,
predicted. The factory will handl
140.000 tons Of beets, from which tn
sugar extract will be in the neighbor
hood of $4,000 tons. This will Civ
the beet growers, calculating the rio
of beets at SO. so ton, about $3.50. 900
Apart from the bounty question tn
factory will realize ON the sugar out
put about $3.50, 900, rating the suga
at cents pound.
San Marcos Island. opposite SAINT
Rosalie in Lower California, is said t.
contain large quantities of gypsum
This article is chiefly used in build
ings as plaster of Paris" but ha
been quite extensively in demand TO
the reclamation of alkali lands. Blu
as it is now shown that, for the stall
feeding of beef cattle, alkali groun,
will grow as good beets as any othe
kind of soil; and as pears and sspara
gus will also do we'll on alkali lands
it is possible that the demand for gyp
sum for reclamation purposes will
soon abate peroertibly.
F. I Raldw is showing much or