The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-27
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Some Important Happenings in
the South
THAT MAY PLEASE OUR READERS.
An Assortment of Newsy Events That
Occurred In our Tiidst That Cannot
FAII to Interest.

The Tia Juana hot springs have
been reopened.
The Phoenix Athletic association has
been organized.
Lumber is on the ground for another
creamery at Downey.
The total cost Of Tucson's rev
chemical engine is $1736.7s.
Plans and specifications for four
story hotel building in Jerome will
be ready soon.
Arizona is enjoying season of
mining activity unequaled in the his
tory of the territory.
Alhambra reports her hsying season
as fully on, and bountiful crop
ready for harvest.
The yacht Nellie of San Pedro has
made an interesting collection Of relics
on San Nicholas island.
Escondido expects to be connected
with the San Diego-Los Angeles long
distance telephone line by June /.
The business men of Santa Monica
have declared war upon the summer
street peddler and street kitchens.
The Japs brought in to work the
canaigre fields by J. W. Benham near
Phoenix have not proven a success.
Treasurer Hoff has figured out that
according to the last school census,
Pima county now has population Of
nearly $4,000.
The town Of Ramona is preparing to
celebrate the glorious Fourth with
great entuhsiasn,. The whole back
country will be invited.
Pasadena business men are trying to
get an ordinance licensing all outside
delivery wagons coming into that city
from Los Angeles.
The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
has for distribution 100 pounds of
choice sugar beet seed, secured from
the large factory at Chino.
Fullerton proposes to have the town
lighted by electricity, and $4,000 in
stock necessary to secure the lighting
system is being subscribed.
The output in gold and copper of
the United Verde is immense. The pay
roll of tbs 600 men now employed
averages $40 900 monthly.
Fifty carloads of sewer and water
pipe, and fire brick shipped out, is the
record of the Los. Angeles Sewer Pipe
Works for the month of April.
The $4,000 building known as the
Childrens' Industrial school, at San
Diego, was destroyed by fire recently.
A defective flue was the cause. Insur-
ance. $4,000
Whittier fruit and vegetable grow
ers are agitating the building of an
other cannery as the products of
orchard and field exceeds the capacity
of the present plant.
Natural gas has been struck in the
Santa Fe's big oil we'll at Fullerton,
and enough of the stuff is taken out
daily to light the we'll and furnish the
fuel for its operation.
The Palomares hotel at Pomona
caught fire in some unexplained way
recently, but serious conf1agration
was avoided by the prompt work of
Pomona's fire company.
E. A. Allen, superintendent of the
Indian school at Perris, has been trans
ferred to the school at Albuquerque,
which is one of the largest institutions
Of its kind in theUnited States.
It is conceded by all Arizona that
Cochise county is the banner county of
the territory. This is shown by the
opening of the many mines in the
county and the revival of the cattle
industry.
E. ]. Baldwin, who has been located
of late at numerous places in the
southern part of the State, is at Santa
Anita ranch. 1t is said by friends that
he is preparing to go to San Francisco
very soon.
There is some sentiment, at least,
backing the county supervisors of
Riverside in their proposed action in
securing site and erecting court
house building, according to express
sions of citizens lately interviewed.
The Pasadena and Los Angeles cleo
trio railway has withdra wn its PROPOSE
tion made to the city Of Pasadena to
light that city of Pasadena free of
charge if it would not allow other
electric lines franchises in that city.
again the Southern Pacific working
force has disappeared from Pomona.
Their Pomona-Riverside line was built
as far as the wash between Pomona
and Chino and then work was Suspended
pending the settlement of right of way
troubles.
The big cannon presented by the
government to the G. A. R. POST Of
Phoenix was transported to the most
cemetery recently. 1t is Columbia.
made in 1854, and has never been
used. 1t is style of gun which
could not Withstand the present ex.
plosives.
James Russell has been elected chic,
of police of San Diego to fill tn,
vacancy made by the resignation Of ]
W. Brenning. The new official La
been resident of California sincells59
and brings to his Office the experienc
of several terms as deputy Unite
States marshal and deputy sheriff.
This San Joaquin ranch farmers hav,
closed deal with Nemark and Ed
wards Of Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, whereby they place the balance Of
their old crop of barley. amounting to
some 1000 sacks. The grain will go
from Newport via steamer to San Fran
cisco.
. Henry Fisher of Redlands. the New