Mesa free press., 1898-05-06
COAST NEWS
Important Information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Summary Of Late Events That Are
Boiled Down to Suit our Busy
Readers.

/ The Methodist Church at Santa
Cruz celebrated it's golden jubilee last
week.
The California woolen mill at Pet
aluma was destroyed by fire. Loss
$685. 900; insurance, $4,000.
The harbor commissioner has grant
ed the San Joaquin Valley railroad an
entrance to San Francisco docks.
There is a new sensation in the Cra-
ven-Fair case. The bill of exceptions
from Judge Slack's decision has dis
appeared.
The Carson board Of health has
placed horses on the quarantine list
A quarantine station is to be estab-
iished at Verdi, New.
The special election held at Prescott
on the question of issuing $150,00O
bonds for water works and sewerage
resulted in victory for the bonds.
State Treasurer Levi Rackliffe, who
has been in i'll health for several
months, but who has been attending
to his duties, died suddenly at his
home in Sacramento last week.
Northern California easily won the
"round robin" tennis tournament
recently played on the courts of the
Ojai Valley Tennis Club, defeating
Southern California by 1914 matches.
/ The state lunacy commission has de-
cided to request an appropriation from
| the state of $25,OO0 to construct a
building to be located at Folsom state
prison for the care of criminal insane
According to the statement of M. e
Hall, of Spokane, Klondiker who ar
rived on the steamer Utopia from
| Skaguay, his party of four men
brought out gold dust and drafts
amounting to 100000.
It may not be generally known, but
it is fact that the first beet sugar fac
tory in the United States was built in
| California. It is still in operation
and has been improved and enlarged
from time to time, so that it is strict
/ ly up to date
The Board of Supervisors Of Lompoc
at it's last session, in view of the hard
times and general depression, had un-
der consideration the suspension OF
the road poll tax, and would have sc
ordered did not the law make the levy
ing of the tax mandatory
The Puget Sound bark Mercury is
now at Skaguay lying on her beam
ends. The steamer May West is JAM
med in the ice near Manook. If her
timbers are not damaged she will be
| able to get free in about two months
/ rII, T,,I; c&o
vessels, have been blown ashore at
Skaguay.
The trustees of the University o1
Wyoming have resolved that any
/ young man who is a member Of the
class of '98 in the university, who de-
sires to enlist in the army, or any
young woman in this class, who wish
es to offer her services in the hos
/ pital work, should receive their de.
gree from the university Immediately
on enlisting, without any further col
lege work.
Lieut.. w. H. E. Masser, U. s. NJ,
on the retired list, residing in Los
Angeles, in speaking of our national
resources, said: "It is matter OF
/
tory showing has followed the war ex-
citement as to center the attention OF
the world on the enormous resources
of this country. One thing is patent
that is our power to produce every
thing needed in case of prolonged hos
tilities. Not only is the Spanish army
and navy eating our flour, but we can
feed several other nations at the same
time.'
There is to be established a star
mail route in Alaska from juneau to
Weare, on the Upper Yukon, the car
rier passing through the Canadian set
Elements in the Klondike region. This
route is 1913 miles long, and two trips
per month will be made. Heretofore
the mail service in Alaska has been
but one trip monthly, and that only
between June and November in each
year. The new contractor will employ
reindeer and dogs and will take nc
heed of changing seasons. Mail car
rying in that quarter in the winter
season might well be classed as an
extra hazardous business.
A dispatch from Astoria, Ore, says:
It is reported that fishermen have
been ordered not to drift below Fort
Stevens. The new forts erected at
Fort Stevens and Scarborough head
are connected with cables and it is
supposed that the mouth Of the Co.
lumbia has been mined, as yes
sells will no the brought in in future
at night. Captain Fisk, of the United
States Engineers has been at Fort Ste
vens for the past few days. AS no one
is allowed in or near the fort, and as
the lighthouse tender has been busily
engaged there for some days the or
ders to the fishermen tend to substan-
tiate the belief that the mouth of the
Columbia is now planted with mines.
Shafter said: Before leaving for
the east I notified the department of
the need of immediate attention to
our coast defenses. do not regard
our situation as alarming in that par
ticular, but that we must have better
| protection ia what 7 Trpnd 1non tha