The record-union., 1897-02-13

course in legaliZing glove contests, it
may yet appear that good will result
1t will enable the two noted pugiliStS
to get together and will put stop to
this everlasting and disgusting tongue
wagging which has exhausted the en-
ergy of the 'serappers' and the pa
tience of the people. 1t is, indeed, for
tunate that the fight is to take place
in Nevada for once the bruisers get in
side the ropes a fight may be depended
upon. The NevadanS are people with
whom fakes wont go. 1t is safe to say
that there will be no Wyatt Earps pres
eflt in the capacity of referee unless
the mana cement is anxious to enrich
the Coroner. During the fight the
ranges of Nevada will be deserted and
around the ringside viii be assembled
an element that will tolerate no nom
sense And the people will win a point.
In addition to putting a auietus upon
this mouth war, it will relegate at
least one of the contestants to the
peaceful oblivion from which he only
recently emerged.
THE RIVER BILL.
San Jose Mercury: The dredger,
should money be appropriated for its
purchase, will be operated wherever
the general interests of the forming in
dustry or of navigation require it. Its
work will not be confined to the Sacra-
mento River and it's tributaries, but it
will also be used for deepening the
channels iii smaller navigable water
ways, such as the Alviso Creek.
THE GAME LAWS.
Los Angeles Times: The tinkerS
with the game laws are working to a
disadvantage when they seek to in
crease the close season for taking
trout from the waters of this State.
w hat most is needed is to keep the
close season just as it Is at present, but
to prohibit the taking CT trout of less
than six inches ait any time of year If
they can stop the taking of little finger
sized trout. as we'll as good sport for
the disciples of honest Izaak Walton.
THE DREDGER AND ITS WORK.
Woodland Democrat: A. II. Rose,
ieX-Commissioner of Public Works, has
caused to be laid upon the desks of the
members of the Legislature a letter in
which he assails what is known as the
| dredger bill. He makes no attempt to
| dispute the efficiency of the machine
| or it's capacity to do all that is claimed
| for it. Indeed, it would be folly for
| him to make any such attempt, in the
| face of the tests that have been made
under the supervision of Governme ut
| engineers. He assails it upon the
| ground that the State has no right
| to improve and open its rivers. He in
| sits that if the State We're to begin
| operations having for their purpose the
deepening and correction of river chan
| nels, with a view of lessening the dan
ger from periodical inundation, the Sec
| retary Of War would Immediately or
| Ger the State to desist. Upon this
| point Mr.. Rose differs with some of
| the best lawyers in the State, and we
| prefer TO accept the opinion of men who
| make the law a study. There are those
! who are charitable enough TO intimat te
| that the opposition of Mr. Rose fur
nishes an additional recommendation
| in the bilPs behalf, and is another arr
! Sument in favor of it's passage
While on this subject of the dredger
| bill it may be pertinent to refer to the
| experience and observation of two prac-
! teal engineers who witnessed the op-
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! Mississippi River. One of these is a
| high official connected with the Atchi-
! son and Topeka Railroad. To Senator
| Bulla he concluded an interesting and
| detailed account of it's operation with
! the remark that it is the most marvel
| Gus machine he has ever seen, and that
1t Will result in a revolution in river i'm
prOvement, drainage and reclamatio
matters. The other is Engineer John
| son, who recently returned from the
| East. He gives the result of a test
which, so far as we know, is later than
anything that has yet appeared in
print. The dredger was worked for 81
! consecutive hours, in water ranging
| from fifteen to twenty feet in depth.
| and during that time it travelled a little
over two miles, cutting a channel seven
| feet wide. The reliability of these tests
| cannot be doubted, since they were
made under the supervision of engi-
neers who are constitutionally hyper
| critical and are sometimes over-zealous
in protecting the interests of the Gov
| eminent. The dredger bill may not
| pass al this session of the Legislature.
| but if it does not the day is not far
! distant when the failure win be mat
| ter Of regret to the people of the whole
! State