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


tention to Pomona Valley.
An illus trated holiday edition of the Seattle
Times will be issued Decem Der IL. IL WIZ
contain TWEEN ty-four pages ana VIII Dc ieP4os'
with matter descriptive of the State OF "ash
ington, and especially OF the Puget sou
country and its leading city.
The Portland Tribune now appears as
morning paper, with a complete teiegrapnc
service. 1t declares its intention To 'talA'
work. fight for the masses OF the people, re-
gardless OF party or politicians" and peheVes
that Oregon's chief city offers an ample nela
! for that kind of a paper.
| The Yuma (Ariz) Sentinel has just celebrated
| its twenty-seventh birthday, and IL taxes oc'
! cas-on to observe that, in common with the
| people of Yuma County, it is entering upon
can era of development the extent OF whlcn'
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 ana
publisher being G. F. Mines. The paper will
advocate the same political creed as OF old,
but it promises that its "Republicanism Will
be sharp, unmistakab;e and fervent." Ihe
Gazette is a credit 10 Martinez. 1t is we'll
printed and very readable paper.
The Hanford Sentinel has undertaken to hold
a citrus exhibit in its offices during holiday
week. 1t is de termined to prove TO the people
OF Kings County that no better oranges are
grown than produced in their favored sec
tion of country. The majority of the Kings
County people, it would appear, are not yet
fully alive to the great possibilities OF their
region in the matter Of the cultivation of citrus
fruits.
Sausalito rejoices over the prospect of a
modern street railway. franchise for 1t has
already been applied for, and the Sausalito
Ne,cS understands that the parties at he back
of the scheme are 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 nSide of six months"
Last Friday was the anniversary of the dis
covery OF San Pedro and the Los Angeles ES-
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 commercial bodies.
''In 1897 Sebastian VizcainO, 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, !
and on The Sth had sighted four islands which
he called Cuatro Coronados Qhe four Corona
dos) On the 23d, % h and 26th OF November
they were near San Pedro They named one
island San Clemen;e 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: "Certainy the farmers who,
winter after winter, have at times been un-
able 10 enter this city with their produce,
should be the first to champion it. And most
certainly no farmer should oppose ii 81 mply
because he may not be on the line of the road
to be built in the coming year. For. ii this
project is defeated, it Will be years and years
TO come before the farmers of Sacramento
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
tons OF the country, converging into Sacra-
mento as in TO a common center, will follow as
surely tne night succeeds the day. The
workingmen, particularly, should vote for
III ese bonds: for 1t is stipulated in the con-
tract that the road is to be built by Sacra-
mento labor"
The Tribune Times of Port Angeles, Wash,
has changed hands. Charles Ulmer Sr its
owner for the past five years, has sold the
goodwill and part or the material to a corpo-
ration composed OF NJ J. Co rrgan. Mary A.
Corrigan and Will a. Sparks Mr.. C orrigau is
In old newspaper man, having run paper at
Chillicothe, Ohio, for NUM- ber of years
fore moving to the Northwest. He also pub
lished the Point Crescent Leader for several
years. Mr.. Sparks is. also an experienced
newspaper man. He has been pu blisher of
the Beaver (Wash.) Leader for three or four
years, and it is understood that he Will con
tinue It's publication. Mr. Corrigan
Gently appointed Deputy Collector of Port
Angeles. Mr.. Ulmer was candidate for the
same position and the sale of the paper is the
result OF deal between the two candidates,
whereby Mr.. Corrigan wAs to purchase the
paper and Mr.. Ulmer to withdraw his applica-
tion for the position OF Deputy Collector. The
new proprietors state that the paper will be
straightout, stalwart Republican.
The probability OF the construction of q rail- |
road from the present terminus OF the Utah !
Southern to a junction with the Pacific Coast
Railway leads the San Luis Obispo Breeze to
speculate on n bright prospect for that city: !
Here the oregon Improvement Company
II is possible for 1t to reach on the coast |
From the present terminus of the Utah South |
ern to San Luis Obisro harbor, or Port Har
ford, n railroad can be constructed with the
least mileage, the easiest grades and through |
the best country OF any route to reach deep
and safe harbor. The engineers of the COM
pany have undoubtedly looked over the coun-
try or the report would not have been pub
llshed. That our town is now small and oh.
scure and our harbor in course OF construc-
tion, will not deter observant, far-seeiDg men.
They will see the formation of the country.
the advantages of the harbor and the
possibilities for capital and enterpris,
This Is the cons summation of our long hoped
for east and west railroad. It will give us q
transcontinental railway direct The route
from Salt Lake to Port Hartford Is through
country OF great mineral resources and OF ag-
rlcultural and grazing capabilities OF fair
order The iron, coal, salt and sulphur Of
Southern Utah are of great extent nd rich
ness, and silver, gold, lead, copper, borax.
soda and other minerals along the entire route
are sufhcent TO engage the abor OF hundreds
OF thousands of people. The most direct route
to our harbor would be either by the Guyana
or by Walkers Pass of the Sierra Nevada, but
by whichever way the road NAV come San