The San Francisco call., 1897-05-10
COAST TX HANGES

The Los Angeles HerdLdS special fiesta edi-
tion Consisted OF forty -four pages, and was
metropolitan throughout.
According to the Delta, Visalia is preparing
for q Fourth of July celebration that is des-
tined to make the very stars in the heavens
turn pale.
The Woodland Democrat has changed Its
daily edition to a handler form and has
dropped plate matter from its pages. The i'm
provement is noticeable a glance.
According TO the Fresno Republican, a -four
mill capable of turning out fifty barrels of lis
product in day is soon TO be started at Ma
dera. Plans of the building have already been
prepared.
The prospects OF a shoe factory being start ed
at Napa constantly improving, according
to the Journal of that place. The Board of
Trade has indorsed the proposition, and the
work OF obtaining money for the enterprise
has commenced. Talk on the subject now
gives forth metallic ring"
The Suisun Courier says that work on the
new water system is prog essing favorably.
The springs from which the water will be OBJ
tanned have been cemented up and a large
part the pipeline has been laid. 1t is ex-
pected that pure mountain water will be de-
Hvered in Suisun within few weeks.
The Fresno EIpositor is authority for the
statement that the capital stock of the Forsy tn
Seeded Raisin Company has been increased
from 1O0, 900 shares 10 100000, the additional
stock beng sold to Detroit moneyed men, who
VIII Immediately put additional capital into
the business to the extent OF 100000.
"Oroville needs foundry says the Regis
ter of that town. According to indications
Oroville stands a good chance OF getting it.
Two experienced men visited the place few
days ago and were more than pleased with the
prospect. There seemed to be demand for
that sort of work in the vicinity and the citi-
zens of Oroville were only too glad to lend q
helping hand to SO laudable an enterprise.
And now Sacramento also has natural ga g.,
and plenty of II, according TO the Record
Union. That paper prints story telling how
q stranger came to The capital city and COM
menced work on an abandoned we'll. He bored
for months. and at last his labors have been
rewarded. He has struck gas similar TO that
found at Stockton (noted in these columns
last week. and in sufficient quantities to run u
small engine at steam pressure OF sixty
pounds. If the well proves lasting. numbe rs
OF others will soon be bored in the vicinity.
The Anaheim Gazette reports that local
planter put in a crop OF sugar-beets two
months in advance of the generally observed
season for planting that vegetable, and the
growth was as satisfactory as if the crop had
been put in at the usual time. The beets con-
tanned 10 per cent of saccharine. This m ay
lead 10 further discoveries in regard to the
various qualities of soil and their fitness for
this important new industry. A soil cal able
of producing suitable beets two months earlier
than usual will, it would seem, add just that
much time TO the period OF sugar man anufactur-
ing in that section.
The Santa Rosa Republican says that some Of
the fruit in that section has been injured by
frost and that there is no use denying the
fact 1t states that the prune has been hurt
the most and that the yield will be light.
Early peaches will be light. but the prospect
for the late varieties is not bad. Other fruits
will be light, but on the whole the prospect
might be much worse. What will be lost on
fruit however, will be made up on grapes. as
all the vineyards are in good condition, and
at the present time prospects could not be bet
ter. The observations OF the Republican are
based on conversations with vineyarGists and
orchardists and therefore should be valuable.