The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-20
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

ing over tue latlH pTOmlsou VI tnclE
fruit and have sent oongIatulatory tele-
grams to Senators White and Perkins.
The San Diego Water Company has
elected J. N. Howells, president; l..
R. Works. v;"e-president; the Bank Of
Commerce, rsasurer. and Walter
Carnes, secretary.
The city council Of Pomona will
pass the same liquor license ordinance
in substance as that in force when
prohibition carried in that town. But
two saloons will be allowed
The fisrt message of the new mayor
Of the city Of San Diego to the council
advocates the strictest economy on ell
lines and distinctly business admins
tration of city affairs.
The soldiers at the Soldiers Home,
near Santa Monica, wish it understood
that they have postoffioe of their
own, and their letters should not be
sent to Santa Monica. The address
should be: Soldiers Home, Los
Angeles county, California. !"
The Point Iona oil we'll is now
down 1850 feet. The expert drillsr in
charge says that the formation at the
bottom of this we'll is the same as that
encountered in Los Angeles oil wells.
This is an encouraging sign of the
presence Of oil deeper down.
The new officers of the Whittier
State School, who were ridiouled for
permitting seven inmates to escape.
have redeemed themselves. All the
fleeing boys were captured and re-
turned to tie school without trouble,
though the captors are allowed fee
of $40 head as reward. Extra vigil
ance will now be observed at the insti-
tuition.
The California Editorial Association
will visit San Diego within few
weeks. and thence go ON an excursion
to Ensenada and other points in Lower
California. At Ensenada the excur.
sionists will be given reception by
Gov. Sangines. They will also be enter
tanned at San Diego, and shown the
principal objects of interest in and
around the city.
The sale Of the Atlantic and Pacific
Railway TO the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe Company for $4,000. 900,
which took place at Gallup. recently.
has been confirmd by the United
States court at Albuquerque, N. M. -,
and the committee representing the
purchasers left for the West to pro-
cure the confirmation of the sale by
the United States courts of Arizona
and California, through whose juris-
diction the line runs.
A compromise has been effected be-
tween the bondholders and the un-
secured creditors of the Mount Lowe
Railway. The creditors will scale
their claims 90 per cent. and receive
bonds for the balance in the new
company, which is to acquire the road
at the foreclosure sale This amicable
settlement averts the litigation which
threatened the road and give promise
that it may yet be placed upon pay.
ing basis.
A private letter from Paris says re.
garding Hon. W. A. Clark, builder OF
the new beet.sugar factory at Los Ala.
mitos: Mr.. Clark is here with his
daughter at the Hotel d'Athenee. He
has purchased over $50, 900 worth OF
paintings, including Corots, Millets,
Daubigneys. Dupres, Cazins, etc. He
has also purchased tract of 81 ,0O0
acres for coffee plantation, from
President Diaz, in Mexico, near Vera
Cruz. and will establish line OF
steamers and form colony down
there.
An Agricultural Experiment Sec.
ton has been organized by the Execu.
tive Board of the Southern Californis
Academy Of Sciences. 1t is the purpose
of this section to take up questions
affecting the agricultural interests Of
the southern country, such as insect
pests and their remedies, the better
ment Of crops; preservation of forest
the analyses of commercial fertilizer.
and naming of different species o.
plants. The work of the section will
be done free OF charge and bulletins
will be issued for free distribution
giving the results of the work accom-
plished.
General Manager o. Z. Faulkenei
OF the Pecos Valley road, in company
with the representative of New York
trust company, has left Roswell, N.
M, for Amarillo, Tex, to inspect the
route of the proposed new railway be.
tween those points. 1t is said that the
Rock Island is delivering steel and
ties at Liberal. Kas., with view of
connecting with this new line, and
that the Rio GIande, Sierra Madre and
Pacific. now building from Ell Paso to
Corralitos. Mexico, will meet Colonel
A. K. Owens road from Topolobampo
Bay.
Lew b. Harris. who has resigned as
chief engineer of the Southern Califor.
MIA Mountain Water Company, will
begin development Of a guano conces-
sion. which Jesse K. Grant has obtained
from Mexico. Col. Philpott and River.
side capitalists are said to be inter-
ested in this guano development. The
concession obtained by Mr.. Grant
gives an exclusive right to gather
guano on the coast and islands of
Lower California from the twenty
ninth parallel north. A San Francisco
schooner is to be chartered for the FIRST
expedition to the concession.
Some time ago, John Stanley Of Los
Angeles. was killed by the car of the
Southern California road. while cross.
ing the track Of Atlantic street. The
verdict of the Coroner's jury at the
time was understood to omit censurs
OF the railroad company. 1t now ap,
pears that the verdict was delayed in
order to secure further evidence. The