The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-03
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
important information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A summary of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

bOuuey Vn BOPheA so0APs'
The Supreme Court OF Oregon has
handed down a decision which grants
to women the right of franchise in all
eleotions for school purposes.
Ii is announced that within six
months a new electric road costing
$500, 900 will be in operation between
Los Angeles and Pasadena.
The Whittier Central Oil Company
is putting in large tankage at Los ME-
EOS junction and pipe line is being
laid to connect with the wells, q dis.
lance of four miles.
The Board of Supervisors of Mon
terey County has made an allowance
Of $1,000 to the Citizens Colonization
Society of San Francisco to aid the
Salvation Army colony at Soledad.
Judge Hebbard of San Francisco has
decided that the sale by the State of
North Beach tide lands in that city to
the Fair estate is valid. This en-
braces property to the value of 81 ,000,-
900.
One million six hundred thousand
gallons of wine were transferred to the
Winemakers' Corporation in Santa
Rosa recently The corporation made
the purchase to prevent general fall
in the price of wines.
The recent fire at Ventura, which
burned out the millinery store Of Mrs,
II. r. Mcdonnell, has caused quite a
stir among business and insurance men
against the erection of fire traps with
in the city limits.
A salmon run has commenced again
at Santa Cruz. The bay is filed with
sardines, which is good indication
Of the presence of salmon. Every
boat that went ont one day recently
returned with salmon.
There will be no road poll tax coll
lected in Alameda county this year.
Supervisor Mitchell introduced reso.
luton at the meeting of the board, set
ting forth that the tax is unjust, and
il was unanimously carried.
AS result of advancing freight
rates an advance of IS a month in sail.
ors' wages has been ordered by the
Shipowners' Association of the Pacific
Coast. This action is entirely volun-
tary on the part of the shipowners.
The Perris Indian school may 90 to
Redlands. There are now 1884 Indian
children of school age in Southern CAL
ifornia, and but 1870 of them attending !,
the school. 1t is proposed to erect ;
buildings at Redlands to cost $aO6, 900.
A temperance saloon and reading. ,
room has been opened in San Francis.
co, which it is hoped will accomplish j
much good in the temperance cause. {
Similar institutions have been estab-
llshed in other large cities, resulting
in great good. !
John Graves of Redding, who made I
the famous strike in the Blue jaw I
claim on Coffee Greek last August, had
the misfortune to lose half of his left
hand by means of a circular saw in his :
mill at Coffee Creek. Amputation
was necessary.
A new gas company is in process of ,
organization in San Francisco. Mayor
Phelan, Lloyd Tevis and George Whit. +
tell are among the persons interested; '
VIZ, 100000 will be the capital stock !
Of the new corporation, which is to be !;
organized at once. J
The Southern Pacific Company will
soon have its rolling stock increased by i
100 freight cars. This addition. the 4
hrst consignment Of which will be O
ready for use about March LIST, consists t
Of $50 box cars, $50 stock cars. 100 o
ballast cars and 400 flats. b
The people of Glendale locality are
plated at the prospect of the Terminal q
company's proposition to electricise a
he road to Los Aungeles. Glendale t
VIII contribute $1,000. A mass meet. r
ng will be held some time shortly to ?
consider the proposition. t
Alice McGinnis, a stakeholder in
the Pacific Oil Refining and Supply Q
company, Los Angeles, has filed Y
complaint against all the stockholders .
u the same concern, claiming they are .
rying to freeze" her out of the con. p
ern by an unlawful assessment. "
Il
Two valuable dogs, Hardy and Six. A
cen Fifty, owned by Oscar Hinter 4
ave been poisoned in their kennel Mt
Agricultural Park, Los Angeles and ,
reward OF $3.50 has been offered for :
be arrest of the perpetrator. The y
ogs were valued at $500. :,
Contracts to construct new steel n,
ridge across the Oakland estuary az =,
harrison street have been signed nv q
ne Southern Pacific Company Trains 81
both the narrow and broad guape IN
Vstems will come over it when com. h,
leted. The bridge will cost 500, 600 a,
L. st. Dennis Roylance, AN electrical ii
'gineer of San Francisco fred five bi
lots at F. j. Dyer. Dyer was
ounded three times. but none of tine ii
ounds are dangerous. Business R
fferences had caused quarrel, and il
oylance claims that he shot in self to
fense. ID
9. M. Long, proprietor of the Will. u
inns Hotel at williams, CAL. is miss p'
3 and his friends and relatives think m
has committed suicide. He left "a
home on the 10th inst. and wrote 81
father. brother and wife that he q
6 goingd to San Francisco to kill In
nself. st
The Southern Pacific Company has
ew freight traffic manager in the do
son OF William Sproule. He sue st.
de the late Charles f. Smurr. The str
'ointmet was announced few DAYS lou