The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-27

blue and black, ana IS OF very superior
quality.
A move is said TO be on foot to have
the merchants Of Tucson unite to
secure the trade Of Altar and other
mining districts of Northern Sonora.
The first requisite is a new custom
house ON the line at point which
will be on the most direct and conven-
lent point on the road from the dis
tTicts to that place.
Riverside county citizens accuse
the Board Of Supervisors of scheming
TO build courthouse. The county
now has a surplus of some $4,000 in
the treasury and ifsa settlement with
San Bernardino county is made salts
factorily will have enough money to at
1 least purchase fine location and start
building.
Development of the desert town OF
johannesburg has been DELAYED by an
attempt to throw cloud over the title
to the townsite. but the court has set
tied that dispute, and there is nothing
TO hinder the Johannesburg people
from piping in water and building
town. A strike of rich ore close to
the town is very opportune.
The Ancient Order of United Work
men of Tucson have shown good bust
ness Judgment as well as a progressive
spirit in their undertaking the erection
of most magnificent building, which
] mill no thrap GfOr1pC
high with 80 feet frontage. The entire
cost will be $4,000. This will be
the handsomest lodge building in the
territory.
The cent pound duty fixed by the
senate finance committee upon oranges
is estimated by local experts to mean
a clean profit of over 81, 800, 900 to the
producers of Southern California upon
this years crop alone. The fight has
been long and hardly contested strug-
gle against big odds. The growers vol
UNFAIRLY taxed themselves 1.3 of cent
a box and 90 cents an acre to carry on
the battle.
Judge Louis +. Gottschalk, of Los
Angeles, who was Consul at Stuttgart
under Harrison's administration, is
going to Washington to try to procure
that place for his son Ferdinand
Young Gottschslk's principal opponent
is colored college professor from
South Carolina. He says that there is
at present but one negro in the Ger
man city and he is prime favorite.
He was brought there from Hayti by a
German ply sician, who adopted him.
Secretary Alger is now preparing in
advance reply to the resolution pend.
ing in Congress calling upon him for d
statement as to why he has not YET
taken steps to carry out the project Of
the special commission for the i'm.
provement of San Pedro harbor in Cali.
fornia, for which the War Department
was authorized to make contracts to
the amount of nearly $4,000, 900. The
Secretary will take the ground that
both the acts of Congress and the Com.
missions plans are indefinite in vital
points and some essential matters con,
flicting.
Doubled its population i'll seven
years and gained the right to be placed
with cities in the first class. This is
the record made by Los Angeles sine,
1890, and the place could well quote
the words of Topsy, in "Uncle Toms
Cabin" and say that it has Just
growed" since the last census wat
taken. The city has developed in all
respects equally with the remarkable
increase in population. In 1890 the
population of the city was 90, 1874, but
now. seven years later, Los Angelo,
is credited with possessing l02, 49,
souls.
There is said to be much scale OF
the citrus fruit trees in Los Angeles
county. and prompt action is required
to check the pests. Tho County Hor
ticultural Commissioners, J. NJ
Thomas, E. II. Rusk and C. G. Kel
logg, are now engaged in careful in
spection Of the fruit trees, and in som,
localities will resort to heroic meas
ures. No part of the county is SAT,
from the three great enemies of tn,
citrus trees-red, black and purpl,
scale-though in some sections tn,
pest is doing greater damage than il
others. There is good deal of purpl
scale at and around Downey.
At the Soldiers Home, near SAINT,
Monica, recently, J. M. Stark kille,
A. Z. Hutchinson with a blow on tn
eye. Both were old and feeble. minde,
inmates of the home. During the da,
they quarreled over hat which Hutch
inson accused Stark of stealing. Ho
words were passed, but the men sepa
rated without coming to blows. Late
Stark returned to Hutchinson to max
an apology, but as Hutchinson is yer,
deaf he misunderstood what was sal
and struck Stark. The injured mai
struck back, hitting his opponent owe
the eye and knocking him down
Either the blow or the fall caused con
oussion of the brain, and Hutchinson
died shortly afterwaId.
About year ago A. X. Smiley offere,
prizes aggregating 5000 for the hom
places in Redlands that should be bes
kept and cared for during the year
The award was restricted to persons 0
moderate means and the intention wa
| to encourage general regard for neat
, ness and adornmeDt in the surround
ings of homes. The committee o
s award was E. G. Judson, +. P, Morri
}, son and K. 81. Field. This cummitte
70 has Just made its report and prizes ar
d awarded as follows: First prize, Sl0C
TO James 7. Jordan; second prize. $50
Q TO be divided equally between VIM
u. Williams and Mrs. A. S. Han
graves; third prize $25, to Irwin Run
yeon; fourth prize, SIS, to James W
Barrows; prizes Of $40 each to Mrs