Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-11-26
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Summary of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

Readers.
Charles L. Fair, son of the late James
g. Fair, has announced his retirement
from the turf.
David Lubin is to be in Massachu
sets to exploit his pet scheme for pay
ing bounties on agricultural exports.
An Umpqua (Ore.) sportsman turned
loose five pairs o; wild turkeys on the
headwaters of the Umpqua river the
other day.
Cassius M. Jennings, San Francisco
attorney, has been disbarred for six
months for unprofessional conduct, on
complaint of Byron Waters.
The regents of the State University
have decided on the appointment of
Prof. Holden as director of the Lick
Observatory at their next regular meet
ing.
The official statement of the sealing
for the past season shows the practical
duct is only 10000 skins from all
sources.
A drill corps of 81 girls from the Santa
Cruz high school has been on vacation
trip to San Francisco and intermediate
towns, where their uniforms and prac-
tice drills caused a..sensation. The pur-
pose of their drill is to improve the
health and carriage, which it is doing.
The farmers of San Joaquin county
are taking considerable interest in the
project to grow sugar beets on portion
of their land, and as the result of a
meeting held to consider the matter
1000 acres have been promised for the
cultivation of the beets, and H. j Cor
coran has agreed to obtain pledges OF
1000 more.
Judge Allen has decided the suit of
Emil Deutsch and Henry Films against
the Southern Pacific company in favor
of the plaintiffs. They bought land of
the company and made partial pay
ments. Later it developed that the
company could not give title to the
lands. Deutsch and Films sued to re-
cover what they had paid.
The fish commissions steamer Alba
tross has arrived from Alaska, and
Commander Moser says the Alaska sal
mon will disappear if there are not eff
forts made to restock the waters. This
is recognized by the packers, and some
of them are now maintaining private
hatcheries to refill the streams. Last
year the output of Alaska was 1000, 600
cases. This year there was material
falling off.
A Tacoma man is making quite sue
cess of drying vegetables. The Tacoma
Ledger speaks of display made by this
man at the Spokane fair. The process
is known as the Spawn process, and it
makes it easy for miners and prospector
to carry a good supply of vegetables,
which will last them long time. 1t is
claimed that by this process the natural
qualities of the fruit and vegetables are
preserved to perfection
The people of the San Gabriel valley
are talking of building reservoirs in the
San Gabriel canyon to store the vast
volume of water which goes to waste
from that source of supply each winter.
1t is to be hoped that something will be
done along that line, as Southern Cali
fornia needs every drop of available
water in its business. This is the first
irrigation project of great Importance
which has been brought to public notice
since the unlamented passing OF hard
times, and it is pregnant with immense
possibilities for the San Gabriel valley,
where the growth of orchard acreage
is as rapid as the growth of the trees
themselves.