The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

The Gilroy Gazette will appear this week in an enlarged form, and many other improvements are contemplated by the enterprising new editor and pro- prietor, E. D. Crawford.
 The town of Palo Alto has risen from the ranks of weekly paper communities, and, with the Twice-a-W eek Times to be- gin with, expects to be scanning the col umns of local daily before the end of the year.
 c. F. Hager of Los Gates has succeeded Edward H. Clark as editor and publisher of the Templeton Advance. According to announcement, the paper will now be run straight in the middle of the road" without fear or favor of any party, lac tion or person..
 For information concerning the rich and productive county of San Diego the beautiful illustrated New Years edition of the Union of San Diego is a valuable paper to possess. It is a veritable en- cyclopedia of facts about California's semi-tropical southern borderland.
 William Thompson and A. E. Hadley have dissolved partnership in the publi- cation of the Alturas Plaindealer, the lat ter-named person retiring. The paper has prospered beyond expectations and boasts that its circulation is at the head of the list in Modoc County.
 The I,ompoc Journal is another news paper to undergo a change of manage ment at the beginning of the new year. H. A. Averin retires from the editorial chair and the new occupant of that dig nified piece of furniture is George w. Jenkins, a man of ability and of consid- erable experience in journalism.
 The Portland (Or.) Tribune is steadily growing in size, and its constant i'm provement is certainly a strong evidence of it's increasing popularity. Its sixteen page Sunday edition reflects much credit on the newspaper men who are contest ing a field hitherto practically monopo- lized by that influential journal, the Ore gonian.
 Charles F. Montgomery of Antioch has purchased the Contra Costa News from Alfred Dalton Jr. and will change the po- litical complexion of the publication from Republican to Democratic. The News is a handsome paper and has been faith full and effective exponent of the attrac- tions of Martinez and the adjacent coun- l try.
 The Oceanside Blade has in preparation a souvenir number, which will be issued on the 18th, and which will contain com prehensive data relating to fruit-growing g
 
 general farming in a very favored portion of San Diego County. The edition will be | illustrated and will contain an account of the progress made in the Oceanside vicin- ! ity during the past two years. The Weaverville Journal celebrated it's l forty-third birthday last week. It de- | clares that the future of Trinity County | is more than promising, and that the sec | ton is ribbed with paying quartz and cov- cred with auriferous gravel. The Coffee | Creek boom. while not justified by the nature, of the discoveries, has been of | benefit to that locality, as a number of new claims are being operated to golden | advantage.
 | Wallace c. Brown has succeeded s. F. Barstow on the editorial throne of the | Marin Journal and the indications point | to a continuation of the papers success under the new order of things. Mr. | Brown is brimful of enterprise, and be- ing determined to see whether or not San