Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-11-05
PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Summary of Late Events That Ar,
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

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New York by mail.
Dyea is now "Taiia" according to the
United States board of geographical
names.
Yuma has received the first steamer
load of sulphur from the deposit in
Lower California.
E. Mathewson has towed dead whale
into Avalon and will extract from the
carcass the oil.
The army board to superintend the
defenses OH the Pacific coast is holding
sessions at San Diego.
California has received only 1000 feet
at the Omaha exposition, while Florida
has received 10000 feet.
Snow is already flying in Arizona. It
is at Is, 900 feet above sea level, how
ever, on the San Francisco peak above
Flagstaff.
A large eagle shot near Escondido,
and which has been mounted, is be-
lieved by oldtimers to have been not
less than "a years old.
Oceanside taxpayers will seek to re-
cover from the town money paid in as
taxes upon water works bonds declared
officially to have been illegally issued.
The old traffic arrangement between
the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line
and Oregon Railway and Navigation
companv. broken off some time ago,
has been resumed.
The postmaster has been instructed
from Washington to employ one more
carrier at San Diego. This is in re-
Spouse. to an application that has been
on file for two years.
The federal grand jury at San Fran
cisco is investigating the. defalcation for
which Welburn was tried and acquit-
ted. Welburn has been subpoened to
testify before the jury.
A number of farmers at Gridley have
organized to erect a large levee to hold
the waters of the Feather river from
their lands. 1t will be two feet higher
than the water mark of 1881.
The Azusa people have spent much
money to improve the roads leading to
and from their town, and now they are
moving to secure steel bridge across
the San Gabriel, west of town.
At the meeting of the board of man
ayers of the Stockton asylum monthly
and quaterly reports were received.
There are at present 1910 inmates in
the hospital. The appointment of DR..
Members Of the state board of health
will examine the quarantine station at
Cabezon, on the desert, with the view
to preparing it for yellow fever suspects
in case the fever increases in the south.
The Redlands council refuses to allow
the Southern California railway to build
a cement and stucco station within the
fire limits because the building ordi-
nance provides for, brick buildings only.
In Southern California there are
nearly 1000 stamps pounding quartz,
and the industry is in its infancy
hereabouts. In the upper end of the
State there are $3.50 stamps, Nevada
county having $50.
The steam lumber schooner Caspa,
was wrecked off Point Arena Saturday,
Ocober %, and thirteen of the crew
were drowned. Captain Anderson and
Adolph Peterson were rescued after
arful suffering on raft for twenty
icnr hours.
Indians are focking into Yuma from
every direction, to attend the grand an
nual powwow of the Yumas. They are
described as Maricopas, Pimas, Papa
goes and Apaches from the east; Mo-
HAYES, Supais, Hualapias, Piutes and
Navajoes from the north, and hundreds
of Cocopahs from Mexico.
A. W. Hersholt as second assistant
physician was approved and confirmed.
The contract for building a residence
for the medical perintendents, in &C
cordance with the plans and specifca-
tons submitted by Architect Oates,
was let to D. Burns for $6433 on his
furnishing his bond for $4,000.
The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany is placing elecric bells on is
country railroad crossings to warn per-
sons of approaching trains. The bell
will give the alarm when the train is
within 400 yards distance and continue
to ring until it has passed the crossing.
This will, in great. measure, minimize
the posi- bility of accidents.
The Hermosa will 60 on the island
route again February l. The Falcon
goes to San Francisco at once to receive
some new boilers that have been pre-
pared for her, and be strengthened in
her MACH Iery SO as to make her the
fastest of all the company's boats. She
will also be remodeled in her passenger
accommodation. The Warrior, mean
time, will do the passenger service on
the line.
John Coughlan, the long-distance