The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-15

thirteen miles east OF Randsburg. is re-
ported.
Mayor Phelan of San Francisco will
act as inspector of sidewalks about
public property.
The San Bernardino wheelmen are
20 rush to completion the cinder path
from that city to Redlands.
The project of free market at San
Francisco has been reported upon add
versely by legislative committee.
The bill to prevent county officers or
their deputies from being notaries
public. has passed the Legislature.
The voluntary fund for the relief of
the unemployed of Los Angeles is now
more than $40 900. and it is still grow
ing.
The Los Angeles Herald claims that
the population of Southern California,
which was 20l 1869 in 1890, is now
over 100000.
tifty-pounder blast at the Santee
quarry in San Diego county displaced
solid rock of about 300 tons weight,
showing it a distance of about thirty
feet.
The Southern Pacific is furnishing
the Los Angeles ck-crushing Com |
pany with boulders from the San Ga
briel river, hauling out four carloads
day.
The State Board of Trade is prepar.
ing treatise on the resources and
climatic advantages of California, for
circulation among Christian Endeayor-
es at the coming convention.
In consequence of the Riverside
County Supervisors fixing rates on
water very low, the Bear Valley COM
pany has refused to deliver it to Ales-
sandro and Perrls valley irrigators.
AS result of the enthusiasm stirred
up by the late farmers institute held ,
IN Fresno farmers club has been :.
organized. Ii is designed to make il !.
social as well as business organiza. :
tion.
In San Francisco Bay the steamer :
Sunol was run down and sunk by the i
four-masted bark Olympic. Its forty i
five passengers were all saved. She
has been raised and taken to dry dock
to be repaired
Collector of the Port Wise of San !,
Francisco has been notified that the a
drawback on the importation of sugar \,
In canned goods will not be allowed. i
as 1t is contrary to section of the act \
OF August, 1894. !,
The joint committee Of Native Sons il
and Native Daughters that are max.
ing preparations for the Golden Gate a
carnival have requested Governor !,
Budd to declare California day, Nav h
4, a legal holiday. a,
An lnyo paper reports that parties pl
VINO have experimental with the phos- al
phate found near Alvord report that it ci
is an excellent fertilizer, improving D,
land on which it has been used. and Is til
especially good for trees. G,
The prices of opium have gone down u
at San Francisco and orders are being til
hlled regularly once more. The high
prices were due to the seizure of an he
immense quantity of the drug by Gus RI
tom officers. The price went TO 25 %
cents per pound. ~
A big fight is in progress as to the M
location Of the Normal School in San tn
Diego. The Pacific Beach Company is ag
making strong effort to secure the to,
iocation, while University Heights an
people are pulling unanimously for Isl
inc college grounds in that quarter. I'll
The State Senate has adopted a con. wi
current resolution for the calling of y,
convention to draft new constitution. sol
me convention is to consist of 80
members, one from each Assembly dis. tht
lrlct In the State, each to be paid IS A tro
lay and mileage at ten cents per mile bee
or every member. The resolution was ley
Immediately transmitted to the Assem-. ley
lily. des
The Monterey Electric Power Com. lor
AMY Is getting ready to construct a ing
liant ON branch of the Little Sur ma
iyer, twenty miles from Monterey wo
where 1000 horse power can be deyel. OF
ped and 900 horsepower more addea n
vhen necessary. A rough estimate am
iaces the cost of getting the mower cen
nto Monterey at $40 600 With s,n phr
% additional for extending il to on
alinas. cen
Inc OIL from the Puenta wells flows 1
'ore than forty miles through pines the
1tlrely by force of gravity. to reach lis
hino, where there is refinery. The poll
'hnery is really an adjunct of the the
BET sugar factory: originally the oil Stat
as used IN crude form for fuel pur. am
'ses, but it proved too explosive. and ehal
the refinery was built to separate tion
Q gasoline, refined petroleum and geo
milne; it is the refuse which e job
rned in the factory. The
s. M. Seguin. wealthy land owner NEE
Just succeeded in organizing Of !,
mpany OF Spaniards with 81 900. 900 al, I,
ld-up capital, to put in a great irri. Az A.
hon enterprise. The immense body Wy, ane
land in the valley ON the Rio Grande !. W :,
iween Camargo and Matamoros il IN ~.
placed under irrigation by the o.
ans OF canals. The SURVEYS for 49,, 800
80 canals will be made at once. and -
'1iaus uiated. that
With settlement of the Yaqui In to ma
. trouble. now In course of adjust obv;,
y. 1noIo VIII % rush OF prospec- try &
into the Yaqui river country very the 9
somo q tne oid-time mining had |
es in the United States. Hundreds deem
~ are now aWaiting the word to tiers /
= Ahu Wnen tne rush begins they mite
pe joined ~ thousands. The the |
~ Is described a. eqnaling Califor- closed