The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-24
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Summary Of Late Events ThAs Are
Boiled Down 10 Salt cur Busy
Readers.

Governor Rogers OF Washington has
appointed Judge James L. Moore, OF
Spokane. a regent Of the State Uniyer-
slty, vice David Kellogg, term expired.
The supreme court Of Washington
has reversed the judgment Of the su-
perior court Of Spokane county finding
John Mason and Thomas Hopkins
guilty of burglary.
Governor Lord has issued q requisi.
ton on Governsr Budd Of California.
for the delivery to W. W. Gage sheriff
of Coos county. Of F. W. Simpson, q
fugitive embezzler, now in San Fran
cicso.
DR.. Willis Z. Everette. a chemist of
high standing in Tacoma, announces
his success in the production OF gold.
copper and nickel from anthony. He
says he has heretofore produced gold
from silver.
Los Angeles oil producers trustees
report a new contract with San Fran.
cisco firm for 1000 barrels month.
That brings their total contracts for
delivery at San Francisco up to 10, 900
barrels month. They believe they
will be able to double this before long.
While the dry season has made guloh
and placer mining an imposibility in
many localities the river mines have
had an uninterrupted season. On the
klamath the Buckeye Bar placer mine
has been worked during the past winter
something they have been unable to do
when the water was plentiful.
Many offers Of assistance have been
made to George S. Allen, whose saw
mill. near Olympia. burned recently.
A number Of citizens have offered to
contribute $40 each in cash, Hhe Rus.
sell single mill at Woodland has
offered shingles and several carpenters
have volunteered weeks work.
In San Luis Obispo and Santa Bar
bara counties, CAL. there remains
ffty-five miles Of the railway in the
Coast division gap to be built. About
1000 men will be put on. It will take
ten months to finish. When completed
the through East-bound passenger
trains will be run over that route.
LATE Frizzell, Of Gillian county,
Or, has cleaned up $4,000 on the 1900
yearling sheep I've bought in the Shoofly
country last fall, which he sold to NJ.
Fitzgerald last week at 1926 per
head. Mr.. Frizzell bought them at
prices ranging from S1.8711S to $3.50,
and after deduoting the expenses and
loss. figures he has made a profit as
stated above.
Governor Budd has committed the
sentence Of John Desmond, sentenced
on October 10, 1895, to serve term
Of fourteen years for perjury. The
communication is based on the recon.
mendation of DR.. Lawler. the prison
physician, who declares that Desmond
is suffering from an incurable disease,
and his relatives desire that he should
die outside the prison walls.
The Santa Monica Beach Improve.
ment Company, with a capital stock
OF 100000, divided into 1000 shares
Of $40 each, has been organized, and
as soon as officers are elected they will
proceed with the building Of pleasure
wharf, the laying of plank or asphalt
tum walk and the building of line of
cosy cottages along the ocean front on
the beach.
The land grant in Arizona of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad has been
sold under foreclosure by Karl A.
Snyder, master in ohancery. Only
two bids were offered for the land,
one of $4,000 and the other Of 81, 0sO. |
Treasurer Wilder made the latter bid,
and the entire grant of l,500.444
acres was knocked down to him, the
price paid being less than half cent
per acre.
Auditor A. ]. Strain, Of Whitman
county, WASH, has completed footing
the amount Of the releases of farm
mortgages and Of the new mortgages
recorded in Garfield county during the |
past 3 months. The exact figures
are: Mortgages cancelled, $194, 439.5 "a;
mortgages recorded. $54, 496.86. Tbas
IL will be seen that the mortgage in
debtedness paid off during this time is
$lS9, 942.6S in excess Of that incurred. I
Trade in California sweet wines |
shows an increase. The total esti. I
mated product for this year is s,00O,.
900 gallons. 25 per cent more than
last year. Heretofore there has been |
little profit in the vintage because of
the fierce competition of growers; the
producers have now made arrange.
ments with a sweet wine syndicate
which will control the entire product
OF the State and give all concerned
some share in the profit.
There has been considerable activity
lately among the Bellingham bay can. |
neries. The Lummi Island Packing
Company has let contract to Boat, |
builder Simpson for the construction
of $4,000 steamer and has placed an
order for steam piled river with W.
M. Frizell, who is agent for..a Chicago
firm. The Fairhaven Canning Com
pany has purchased machinery which
will double the capacity Of its plant
and has added new tugbost to its
feet.
Almost year ago San Francisco
parties took up the old Diamond mine,
within mile Of Grass Valley. prop
erty abandoned years ago. The COM
pany cleaned and retimbered the old
shaft. erected necessary buildings and |
pushed development. The
company has In measure been en-
,ouraged by the finding Of an ore body
hat promises well in size and quality. I
Assays show high grade of ore. The
contemplate building g.
tamp min at once.
Recent heavy contracts for Los An
'eles oil made by producers with San
I. o. n.