The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-15
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Some important Happenings In
the South
THAT MAY PLEASE OUR READERS.
A. A.sortment of Newsy Events That
Occurred in our :iIdst That Cannot
Fn.: "a Interest.

T.. b. Austin, of Tombstone, has
patented an amalgamator for free
gold.
The Chino Sugar Company are ex-
perimenting with the clay at Chino
for fire brick.
Sixteen applicants for teachers GER
tificates in Riverside county success
fully passed the examination.
The Good Templars are preparing
for the sixth annual convention. which
convenes at Prescott on July 81 to 23.
Apricot drying is fully on at Red
lands, and the greatest yield in the
history Of the palce is reported.
The total value of property in Los
Angeles aggregates sos, 1000, 000-an
increase of about $4,000. 900 over last
year.
A movement is on foot to have two
townships on the Indian reservation
south of Tempe thrown open for settle
ment.
Lima beans in the Carpinteria val
ley never looked better this time OF
the year. The harvest will be some-
thing great.
Covina is enjoying boom. Five
cottages, two brick business blocks
and q blacksmith shop are in course
of erection.
Transplanting of celery will begin
shortly at Anaheim. The acreage to
be planted is about a third larger than
last season.
The enlargement of the Hotel Metro.
pole at Avalon, Catalina island. is COM
pleted and the entire structure is in
shape for the season.
The Fullerton high school is &C.
credited at Stanford and Berkeley
universities, and also at the Univer-
sity of Southern California.
A petition favoring the establishment
of free mail delivery is being cirou.
lated at Redlands and is being signed
by large number Of citizens.
The East Riverside Company will
use an electric pumping plant for
supplying water for the irrigation Of
lands along its system Of bitches.
A number Of Fallbrook ranchers are
becoming interested in the sugar beet
and lot of seed will be secured and
tests made of the beets grown there.
The San Bernardino creamery has
declared its first dividend of o per cent
upon its capital stock, and the affairs
of the association are in good condi-
ton.
Master Frank Becker, an Swear
old gardener of Whittier, has grown
an onion weighing az pounds and
measuring 1913 inches in circum-
ference.
The operations for more public water
at Cotton have interfered with the
private supply from many aItesian
wells and litigation is likely to follow
over the matter.
Figures show that about one-half OF
the fruit shipped from San Diego is
exported by steamer and one.half by
rail, the proportion being maintained
between oranges and lemons.
The long distance telephone line be
tween San Diego and Escondido is fol
public business. AS rapidly as the
line is completed between Escondido
and Los Angeles other offices will be
opened.
Fred Pochon has demonstrated that
genuine mushrooms can be grown il
Pomona. Specimens grown by him
in cellar appear to be perfect and he
is willing to vouch for their good
quality.
Los Angeles has another arrest fol-
violating the INTERPRETATION ordi.
nance, and the fellows who don't read
the newspapers will learn after time
that the sidewalks were not built for
spittoons.
George Belts of Anaheim has sued
the Southern California Fruit Elk.
change for $145t damages. claiming
the defendant refused to accept a car
load of lemons purchased from the
plaintiff.
Terminal Tavern is the newly
adopted social name of the very com.
Portable hostelry which the Terminal
Railway has erected ON the island.
There will be no formal opening, and
it is now ready for guests.
Cherry season at the Andrews Bros
ranch in Yucaipe is over. The crop
amounted to about forty thousand
pounds, and it was all disposed OF
at figures that were very satisfactory
to the owners. Yucaipe seems espe-
cially adapted to cherries and apples.
The Chamber of Commerce wants
another convention for Los Angeles
in 1898. At the last meeting of the
board Of directors of that body reso.
luton was passed inviting the Nat.
ional League of Republican clubs to
visit Los Angeles in July of next year.
The people of San Diego are glad
that substantial aid and encourage.
ment have been given to the South.
west Institute by its patrons and
friends so that the school will con.
tinue with every prospect of being
placed in the near future upon :
permanent basis.
Three men in Riverside county have
nearly fourteen acres of blackberries
between them and talk about setting
up fruit cannery on their own lands
The demand for canned fruits OF
shipboard is SO much greater than in
former years that there seems to be
no great danger of overstocking the
market.
The annual adjustment of postmas-