The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-22
ALONG TIE COAST.
Interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED
Number Of Miscellaneous Jottings
Briefly and Curtly Told Ia This
Column.

Exceedingly rich strikes of gold are
reported from the Golden Dreams and
MONDAY mines in Arizona.
A copper mine that is supposed to
be very valuable has been discovered
in Yokohl valley, eighteen miles east
of Viaslia.
The plans and Specifications for a
fine $l2, 900 bath house have been ac-
cepted by the city board of directors
of Santa Barbara.
The floral society has decided to have
flower festival on May 18th and 10th.
The society hereafter will give floral
reception to all excursion parties from
the East and elsewhere.
Livermore's creamery has shipped
/ 10000 pounds of butter to Oregon.
Just now great quantities of California
butter are going north to Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia.
| A mile of track has been laid ON the
new Sierra railroad from Oakdale to
Sonora. Grading has been finished ten
miles. For the first twenty six miles
the country is perfectly level.
The San Timoteo oil excitement is
at an end, and the last derrick has
been taken down and shipped to Los
Angeles. Over two hundred locations
were made when the boom was at its
height.
Prospects for a large wheat crop
have started the two harvester factories
in Stockton to running at the fullest
capacity. One has orders for hun.
dred machines, and both are running
night and day.
Cherry stems, that part connecting
the fruit itself and the branch upon
which it grows, are an article of COM
merce. They are purchased in San
Francisco chiefly by French bakeries.
where they are used to convey to con-
fections the cherry flavor, says the
Fruit-Grower. The chemical property
that does this is hydrocyanic acid.
The stems sell at retail at cents an
ounce, or 70 cents a pound.
The California Associated Cycling
Clubs at recent meeting in San Fran.
cisco effected an organization which
practically sewers their connection
with the League of American Wheel.
men. A constitution and bylaws were
adopted, officers were elected, and the
clubs officially assume control of track
and road racing in the State of Cali.
fornia. The new organization differs
III several important particulars from
the National League. Professionals are
not excluded from membership. clubs
are permitted to pay actual expenses
OF nom bers participating in racing for
personal trophies III which the rider
has no personal interest, and the
League of American Wheclmen rule
suspending members pending investi-
CATION is not included.
The Montana Ore Purchasing Com.
pany, at Butte. Montana, has brought
suit against the Boston and Montana
Mining Company to recover $2,222,-
600 for the value of ore alleged to have
been extracted by the defendant COM
pany from the vein of the Rarus mine
i'll the latter part of 1894. Three hun.
dred feet of surface ground of the west
end OF the Rarus is owned by the Bos-
ton and Montana. Ore was taken
from beneath this portion through the
workings of the Mountain View mine.
The plaintiff claims that its title to
the Rarus includes the full limit for
mining purposes, and that the ore be.
meath this portion of the surface
ground belonged to it, though the
ground was owned by the defendant.
This is the biggest suit ever brought in
the State.
The abolition of "hazlng'' and
rushing" has been problem which
the university faculty of Stanford has
hoped to see solved for some time. and
now it looks as if the question will be
finally settled by the present freshman
class. Ever since the rush last SEN
TENDER, in which the 'youngster'' class
came out victorious, quiet movement
has been on foot among some of the
members of this class to find some means
to quietly but actively put an end to this
manner of initiating the students into
their college life. The rough treat.
ment which one OF the students was re-.
Gently given by half dozen Young
stalwarts has FASTENED and somewhat
intensified the feeling toward putting
an end to hazing, and at recent Nicer.
ing of the 1900 class the whole mattel
was formally brought up before the
class. The faculty has been bidinp its
time to hit blow where it would he
felt, and President Jordan happened
around at the meeting and gave the
class short talk on the subject. Both
rushing and hazing have some ardent
supporters, and there was surprise
and CONSERVATION in their ranks when
DIR. Jordan commenced to speak. Jor.
dan agreed that there must be some
substitute for rushing, but he said.
Give the new class banquet out in
the Aboretum, or give them anything.
but don give them fits" At the close
OF DIR. Iordan's talk motion was
made and seconded to pass resolutions
against both rushing and hazing, but,
as there were very few members of the
class present, the matter was left over
to the second Friday in May, when
some definite action will be taken if
possible. The majority of the fresh.
men students who were in the rush
last September, when they tied up the
have been since tha,,