The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Some Important Happenings in
the South
THAT MAY PLEASE OUR READERS.
Al Assortment OF Newsy Events That
Occurred H. "ur Midst That CAnaot
I.aiI to Interest.

b. NJ. Blythe is setting out 100 acres
70 tobacco at Downey.
An Eastern man is to erect smelter
At Prescott If satisfied with the ore.
The Grand View hotel at Phoenix is
10 have an addition of twenty-four
rooms.
Santa Barbara will build water
reservoir to hold 100000 gallons
$50 feet above the level of the sea.
Escondido Irrigation District, San
Diego county. has sold $4,000 of its 9
per cent bonds TO H. w. Putnam at 80.
Harry Wilcox of Pasadena. manager
Of Hotel Metropole. Catalina island.
has interested himself in the Mt.
Wilson Toll Road company.
Corona, Riverside county, has
shipped 100 carloads Of oranges so far
this season. Corona claims the largest
lemon bearing acreage in the State so
acres.
The south half of the Masonic Tenn
pie at Pasadena has been sold by j. 5.
Torrance and NJ. E. Wood to William
Stanton. The price stated was about
$50, 900.
About $l7O0 subscribed at Redlands
ON the $4,000 bonus for the Casa
Iona Hotel has never been paid, and
legal proceedings will be instituted to
collect il.
The oil district of Whittier has been
prospected sufficiently to encourage
the owners Of oil lands to incorporate
company and begin development
work on business basis.
The Linda Vista District has elected
George Fuller, president and ]. P.
Jones secretary. A resolution has
been adopted to advertise for bids foT
bonds which will be pat up at public
sale.
Santa Barbara citizens are complain
ing of the general slaughtering of seals
going ON in the Santa Barbara chan
mel. Some 5000 of the animals have
been killed by sealers there in the last
few weeks.
The new board Of directors of the
Jamacha irrigation district, San Diego
counsy. has elected Ed Regal. president
and William Fisher, secretary. N. II.
Conklin was reelected attorney Of
the board.
The first cigars made from San Diego
grown tobacco were placed ON the
market recently. Three crops can be
produced each year. while the quality
of the leaf is said TO be equal TO the
best imported.
There seems TO be great doubt as
to the power of the Pasadena City
Council to forfeit the franchise of the
electric railway. Notwithstanding a
provision in the franchise itself con.
ferring such power.
The leading men connected with the
enterprise are c. S. Lennon, ]. c.
King, Judge McNitt and w. A. Nc
Govern. These men are connected
with the Southern California Railway
IN one capacity or another.
The school house at Santee was at.
tackled by bees after their hives had
been removed from near by, and after
several days they worked through the
transoms A number of the pupils
were stung in the stampede.
Los Angeles bank clearings for the
week ended 9th March aggregated
Sl,i60, iS4. l6 compared with $l,sSS,.
400. 20 for the same week in 1896. The
clearances for the month of February,
1897, aggregated 1851, $3.50. 6s.
Some extensive improvements are
about to be made in the Redondo hotel.
AZ a meeting of the hoard of directors
OF the Redondo Railway and Beach
Company, held recently, it was decided
to expend $4,000 in improving the
hotel.
There is talk of building an electric
road from Redlands TO Smiley Heights.
r, d. Pemberton. who has been con.
nected with the Los Angeles Consoli.
dated Railway Company, estimates
that the cost of building the mad and
equipping it would not exceed ss5..
900.
There are 81 feet of water in the
Escondido reservoir at the dam. With
steady flow of about 1900 inches
from the river the water is rising
about five inches every twepry-four
hours There is now no question but
that the reservoir will be filed before
the end of the rainy season.
The La Costa Land and Town Com
pany has Incorporated in San Diego
with capital Of 500, GEO, all sub.
scrsbed. A town site. La Costa, is 10
be established about thirty-five miles
north Of the city of San Diego. Direc-
tols, L. b., A. p, and A L. Metcalf.
and J. Charter and b. Tanning.
At meeting of the directors Of the
Los Angeles Safe Deposit and Trost
Company held q few days since a resD.
uiution was adopted authorizing mn.
ceedings for foreclosure against the
Mt Wilson Railway. Of which ths
company Is trustee. This action was
taken upon request of a majority of
the bondholders.
The Ono Vista Consolidated Minip,
aud Milling Company is the name Of
new corporation that has been formed
20 carry ont the purpose suggested by
its name. The point of operation will
be IN the Tauquitz mining district.
where the company has acquired nun.
Der Of mines that show up we'll enough
20 warrant the expenditure of consid-
arable money in development work.
A severe blow Is pending ON South. /
arn Pacific interests in Arixona. Sav-