The record-union., 1897-09-16
of smooth highways pledge success to
the "Goodroads' League

Los Angeles Herald: Herr Johann
Most, the eminent anarchist VINO is
willing to have everybody blood shed
but his own. has shaken the mud or
New York City from his brogans ana
removed to Buffalo, in the same state.
He has also taken his bloodthlrsty
newspaper with him. The star OF Most
began to Wane several years ago, When
a formal call from the police author
tiles reduced him TO the dusty ana
humiliating extremity of hiding under
the bed Since that time, no matter
how much the Herr Most may have
howled for gore, the police have un-
kindly refused to take him in earnest
They would not even tell him to
modify his language and speak in
lower tone. AS a natural result, Herr
Mosts influence among the Gotham
anarchists began to weaken, his sub
scribers began to desert him, ami
finally the crisis came, when something
had to be done. AS result, Buftalo IS
now responsible for Herr Most
Just why that city was selected does
not appear The Buffalo Times" inter
viewed the labor leaders, ana they
were unanimous in asserting that they
had no use for him, and that they had
no hand in bringing him there. Other
Investigations into the deep mystery
threw equally little light on the mat
! ter, and in sheer desperation the
Times" labels the sublime anarchist
as one of the city's side shows, ana
tells him what he may and may not
do. 1t says:
Most will be treated as a joke so long
as he remains harmless. He Will be
an addition to the gaiety of the town
He will be a boon to the funny men
and the cartoonists of the newspapers
For this reason we welcome Herr Most
to our town. But let him beware OF
| becoming anything more than joke
OLIVES
| Mendocino Beacon: Professor New
/ ton B. Pierce of the Department of Ag-
riculture draws attention to the fact
! that the dry hillsides of California will
prove Well adapted to the culture OF
olive trees. In time this will prove one
Of the most profitable enterprises for
Mendocino County when the redwood
stumps on the sidehills facing the
southwest will be supplanted by groves
| of olive trees.
! NO SURPLUS THIS YEAR.
Fresno Republican: The fact that
some packers have contracted to sell
raisins for 21a cents naturally makes
the Eastern buyers very cautious about
accepting reports of crop conditions
even from reliable sources, but the true
conditions will soon become known not
withstanding the efforts of those who
have bought short to keep them in the
dark till they can secure goods to fill
their contracts The crop is short, and
the prices for which majority Of the
| growers are holding are justified by
existing conditions.
AS to the probability of still higher
prices later in the season, that is a con-
tingency involving so much of uncer-
tainty that advice cannot be safely
given at this time. 1t is true that raj
sins are still relatively lower than 9TH
er fruit products, but whether that Will
change when the market really opens
cannot be certainly predicted.
The absolute certainty relative to the
situation is that the position taken by
the Farmers Club and a large major
ity of growers is entirely conservative
and only requires for its full justifica-
ton the unbroken front which has been
presented up to date. The bears are
weak and without substantial footing.
Their purpose can be defeated simply
by awaiting the action fthe laws of
supply and demand.
The crop is not large, while the con-
dition of the market has improved.
There will be no surplus raisins this
year
GENITAL AND BUSHEL.
Modesto Herald: Some of our farmers
are not enabled to form an intelligent
idea OF the wheat situation, as based
upon Liverpool reports. because the
figures relate to quarters instead of
centals or bushels Just bear in mind
that quarter is eight bushels and the
reports are easily. understood. Incl
dentally. the latest advices indicate a
worlds shortage in bread cereals of
over 500 100000 bushels, something
that means not only that still higher
prices must be paid American farmers
this year, but that good prices will pre-
vail next year and probably for a year
or two following, under the most
favorable crop auspices abroad.
FILLING THE RIVER.
0uLlSI II dIIltI+ hC JeALtACSiAiP VI
gon mas found itself unable to run up
to the Mare Island Navy Yard be-
cause of the filing up of the channel
by hydraulic mining debris carried
thereto by the Sacramento River, says
the Bee" The Government has been
obliged to contract for the dredging of
the channel on this account at the i'm
mense outlay of $4,000. The recent
. | 3rif n Marc Island
could not have been shown a more
striking evidence than this of the ruin
to river and bay channels hydraulic
mining is causing Time was when
the magnificent Sacramento River
could have borne a warship clear UP
to the foot Of X street, but now that
gunboat is unable to reach the Gov
ernment station-a nice state of
things to confront the Pacific fleet of
battleships in case of sudden war!
COLLEGE RUSHEs.
Riverside Globe: One of the wisest
moves ever made at any college IS the
step lust taken by Berkeley students
to abolish "rushes." Talk about the
brutality of the prize ringi The hor-
rible injuries received at the last
Berkeley rush by a student were such
as to make prize fighting tame in COM
parison. Berkeley is to be commend
ed for the step taken.
CURRENCY REFORM.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: The next great
question that the American Congress
will be called upon to settle is that OF
currency reform While the danger
that SO threatened during the Cleye-
land administration and led TO the bond