The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15

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Ohio, his native State. He is law
YER of acknowledged ability, is a mem
Der Of the Republican State Central
and took an active part in
the late campaign. He is SO years Of
age and very popular.
The new water rates at Los Angeles
90 into effect shortly. The reductions
arc somewhat sweeping, and will
mean a gross loss Of revenue to the
Water company Of something like
$4,000 a month, or nearly 800, 900
year. The rates now in force are
still in controversy in the courts, and
a decision on the new card may be
expected Just about the time the city
assumes control Of the water system.
Santa Ana, the county seat and
business center of Orange county, is
making progress despite the dull
times. The new aud handsome Opera
House has been formally opened and
site for city park has been secured.
The county has a smaller proportion
of delinquent taxes than any other
county in the State of equal valuation
and much the smallest mortgage in
debtedness.
Southern California is becoming
noted for something else beside big
oranges and Urusty old port wine. At
literary gathering in the City Of
Mexico, not long since, a lengthy paper
upon the teaching of Sloyd in our
schools was read by Miss Amanda
Mathews of Pasadena, to which the
Mexican Herald Of the following day
devoted nearly two columns. Miss
Matthews is former teacher at
Throop.
Official notices are posted at Los
Angeles informing the property owners
affected, that it is the intention of
the council to pave Seventh street
from Broadway to Pearl. The job
will be $40, 900 affair, not quite as
extensive an undertaking as the sim
liar one ON Main street. but pretty
stiff piece of public work for these
times Just the same. The street should
really be paved to Westlake Park.
The Chino beet-sugar factory is now
engaged in the excavation Of what
will be, when fully complete, the
largest silo in the world. 1t is de.
signed to put up beet pulp as winter
food sailed down for fattening cattle,
and will contain pulp enough to stall
feed 1000 head Of cattle. Its dimen'
sions are to be l6OOx4Ox20 feet. A
track is to be laid from the sugar
factory to the silo, and the cars will
be hauled thither by small motor
engine.
The soliciting committee Of the
Chamber of Commerce of Los Angeles
has baen very successful in its last
effort to increase the membership OF
that body, having secured sixty new
members in about eight hours work.
The efforts will not be relaxed until
the membership reaches a thousand,
it being now over nine hundred, which
is a most creditable showing for Los
Angeles, as the membership of the
New York Chamber Of Commerce il
only about twelve hundred and fifty.
An acre and quarter of twelve
year-old apricot trees on the Dierkei
place, West Orange, three years age
produced crop which sold for 500.
That year they brought o. cents pei
pound when dried. Two years age
the crop sold for $915. and last year
, for s615. This year it is expected that
the crop will be larger than ever be.
fore. 1t is asserted that if growers car
get but Az cents pound for theii
dried apricots they can still make
money growing them, providing they
take good care of their taxes.
The reorganization of the Pasadens
Electric Railway Company is about
completed. The arrangement is said tt
be perfectly satisfactory to all parties
, the old owners as we'll as the new
ones. Mr.. @. W. Smith the new presi
, dent, is now in the East, but in few
weeks will take active charge. A
number of extensions Will take place
The company has now six miles O
rails on hand and ties are arriving
every day. Messrs. CLARK and Sher
man retain a large interest in the com
pany which will be operated in con
junction with their Santa Monte,
line.
There is talk about oelebratin,
the anniversary of the discovery o
gold in California. In connection
with this subject, it should not b.
forgotten that the first gold was dis
covered in Southern California, year
before the celebrated discovery of Mar
shall at Coloma. AS far as can be as
certained, the first discovery of gol,
was made in June, l841., on or nea
Piru Creek on the San Francsic,
ranch, about forty miles northwest o
Los Angeles. 1t was placer gold, an,
a considerable amount was extracte,
until the larger discoveries up nortl
drew the attention of gold seekers il
that direction.
There is much confusion in the pub
lie mind concerning the names an,
elevations of the various peaks nort
OF Pasadena, the range being oftel
called the Sierra Madre, and Mt
Lowe often considered the highes
peak, whereas the recently publishe
map of the United States Geological
Survey shows that the range is tn
San Gabriel, while there are severa
peaks higher than Mt. Lowe. Tn
highest point is San Gabriel Peak
6l52 feet above the sea level, benin
Mt Lowe and not visible from Pasa
dena. Next comes Mt. Alta, $3.50
closely followed by Mt. Wilson. 1886
while Mt. Lowe is but $3.50 feet high
From an authentic source the fol