The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-12
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
important information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A summary Of Late Events That Are
Rolled Down to Salt Our Busy
Readers.

Good landings are reported from all
the ranges in Gillian county, Oregon.
A conservative estimate places the
general average OF lambs saved in
Gillian county at so per cent. At
present values, this means great addi-
ton to the county's wealth.
The Judiciary Committee OF the San
Francisco Board Of Supervisors have
taken up the States claim OF $40, 205
against the city for the care Of the
criminal insane, and decided to call
upon the City and County Attorney
for an opinion on the validity of the
charge.
All the mining companies and other
corporations and business houses of
Butte, employing about 10000 men,
have signed an agreement TO hold their
places open for all employees who enlist
in the war, and a number Of employers
have also agreed 10 pay salaries while
the men are serving their country.
The San Francisco Fly Casting Club
has suspended active preparations for
the worlds tournament announced to
be held at San Francisco in September
next, pending developments in the
Cuban war. 1t has been practically
determined that ii the war should con-
tinue for an extended length OF time
and the situation appear serious, that
the proposed tournament he abandoned.
II. j. Farber, who is serving term
OF nineteen years at San Quentin for a
heinous crime committed in Los An
geles county, has sent plans and de-
scriptions of an improved projeetile
invented by himself since his incarcera-
tion in the penitentiary, to the Secre-
tary Of War to be used by the United
States, provided he is given his free
dom, $3.50 in cash and patents on two
other devices Of which lac is the inven-
tor.
The pay roll of the construction and
repair departments at Mare Island for
labor during the first half of April
amounted to $63, 900, and during the
three months ending March 81 Paymas-
ter Barry has disbursed to the employees
OF all the departments Of the Mare Is
land Navy Yard $685., 900. The brick
masons are now laid off because the
appropriation for repairing the build
ings damaged by the recent earthquake
has not yet become available.
One of the Oregon bar pilots, accord
ing to the Astorian, says that in case
the pilot boat while off the mouth of
the river should be approached by a
Spanish war vessel, the boat would be
compelled TO put pilot aboard her,
who would have to bring the engine OF
war into the harbor. 1t is understood
that the government has or will issue
orders for the removal OF all channel
buoys at the mouth OF the river, and
for the removal of the lightship, so that
a foreign ship could not enter the har-
Dor
The sealing season on the Pacific
Coast has closed, and the schooners
which have been engaged, thirty-four
in number, are returning home TO out
fit for the Behring sea season, which
opens on August lst The coast catch
has been very good, the estimate from
reports received from the points ON the
coast which the schooners have touched
being 1000 skins. This is 5000 in ex-
cess of the coast catch last year The
hest catches were made off the coast of
California, where the schooners had fine
weather and found an abundance of
seals.
General Passenger Agent Charles $.
Fee, of the Northern Pacific, who was
in Spokane recently, on his way to the
Pacific Coast, announced that his road
had decided to permit all of its em-
ployes, "as far as possible" to enlist
for the war, guaranteeing them their
positions upon returning. Heads of
departments have been notified to this
effect. Half a dozen large mercantile
houses in Spokane have notified their
employees that their positions will be
held open to them ii they desire to en-
list, and from $500 to $1,000 will be
given their families in the event of
any of them being killed.
The Superintendent OF the San Fran
cisco Mint has just completed and for
warded to the Director of the United
States Mint at Washington table of
statistics showing the yield of precious
metals for the year, based on returns
received from producers in answer to
inquiries sent out by the local Mint.
Compared with the statistics for the
preceding year, obtained from the same
source, the gold yield of California
shows falling off of $3.50, l8l. The
silver yield shows an increase over 1896
Of $50, 1926, commercial value. making
a total decrease for the year, as COM
pared with the preceding year, of ST.
270, $50.
La Spokane, the other day, Judge
Prather performed double marriage
ceremony, mother and daughter being
the brides. Marriage licenses were
secured from the county auditor allow
ing III. Z. Haglund, of Kootenai eoun.
ty, Idaho, and Mrs. Marie Modlin, of
White county, Illinois, to wed. Mrs.
Modlin then gave her written permits
sion that license be issued for the
marriage Of her minor daughter, Laura
e., to Robert A. Foster, of Kootenai
county, Idaho, and the license was
issued. The two couples then went
to Judge Prather's courtroom, where
the ceremony was performed. The
brides recently arrived from their
Eastern homes. The grooms are said