The San Francisco call., 1897-11-29
THE COAST PRESS.

r. II. Hewitt has succeeded II. e. Cree rs
editor and manager of the POMONA oeocohp
which becomes Democratic paper. Inc
Beacon is bright little journal, ana mas uohe
a great deal toward attracting favorable at
tention to Pomona Valley.
An illus trated holiday edition OF the Seattie
Times will be issued Decem Der IL. IL VIII
contain TWEEN ty-four pages ana VIII Dc repiete
with matter descriptive of the State o! wash
ington, and especially of the Puget Sound
country and its leading city.
The Portland Tribune now appears as
morning paper, with complete telegraph'c 'c
service. 1t declares its intention 10 Ia H.
work, fight for the masses Of the people, re-
gardless of party or politicians" and believes
that Oregon's chief city offers an ample Held
for that kind of paper.
The Yuma (Ariz.) Sentinel has just celebrated
its twenty-seventn birthday, and 1T taxes oc'
cas.on to observe that. in common with the
people OF Yuma County, it is entering upon
"an OF development the extent OF which
has never been witnessed perhaps never i'm
agined, in this section of Uncle Sans do
main"
The Contra Costa Gazette has undergone
change of management the new editor and
publisher being G. f. Milnes. The paper will
advocate the same political creed as OF old,
but it promises that its "Republicanism Will
be sharp. unmistakabie and fervent." The
Gazette is credit 10 Martinez 1t is WELL
printed and very readable paper.
The Hanford Sentinel has undertaken to hold
a citrus exhibit in its offices during holiday
week. 1t is determined to prove TO the people
OF Kings County that no better oranges are
grown than are produced in their favored sec
tion of country. The majority of the Kings
County people, ii would appear, are not yet
fully alive to the great possibilities of their
region in the matter Of the cultivation OF citrus
fruits.
Sausaliio rejoices over the prospect of a
modern street railway. A franchise for 1t has
already been applied for, and the Sausalito
NetcS understands that the parties at he back
of the scheme we'll supplied with coin.
The motive power, II is understood, will be
compressed air. Says The Nel0S: with this
Improvement Sausalito will step proudly to
the front, 1t offers more attractions than any
town on the bay, and its only drawback has
been the lack OF cheap and ample facilities for
getting over The hillside roads. When this
road is In operation the population of the
town should double inside OF six months"
Last Friday was the anniversary of the dis
covery OF San Pedro and the Los Angeles En-
press suggests that, as the bay was destined to
become the great harbor OF the metropolis of
Orangeland, the day ought to be celebrated
in the future by that city's commercia b)dies.
''In 1897 Sebastian Vzcaino, with three ships.
sailed from Acapulco, and, crossing the Gulf
of California, sailed north, and on The 18th of
November of that year anchored at San Diego,
aud on The Sth had sighted four islands which
he called Cuatro Coronados Che four Corona
dos On the 23d, % h and 26th OF Novemhe
they were near San Pedro. They named one
island San Clemente on the 23d, the feast day
OF that saint, and another Santa Catalina, on
the % tn, and on the 26th San Pedro Bay was
named after San Pedro of Alexandria, whose
feast the Catholic church celebrates on that
day."
The Sacramento Bee is urging upon the people
OF Sacramento County the i'm portance of voting
for the bonds to be issued for the construction
OF the highway from the capital city 10 Fol-
som. The election takes place December 4.
The Bee says: Certainly the farmers who
winter after winter, have at times been un-
able TO enter this city with their produce,
should be the first to champion ii. And most
certainly no farmer should oppose it 81 IMPLY
because he may not be on the line OF the road
to be built in the coming year. For. if this
project is defeated, it wllI be years and years
10 come before the farmers of Sacrame ito
County can get relief from the roads which
now shame and disgrace them. But, if this
road is built, other roads from all other Sec
tions of the country, converging into Sacra-
mento as in to a common center will follow as
surely as the night succeeds the day. The
workingmen, particularly, should vote for
IN ese bonds: for IT is stipulated In the con-
tract that the road is 20 lc -as..it by sAcra-