Mesa free press., 1898-07-01
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Some Important Happenings in
the South
THAT MAY PLEASE OUR READERS
An Assortment Of Newsy Events That
Occurred I'm our Midst That Cannot
Fail to Interest.

The monitor Monterey is believed to
be on the way to seize the Carolines.
1t took three men seven and one
half hours to land 130-pound tuna at
Avalon.
The first baby born at the new town
of Oxnard is a boy, and he bears the
name of Dewey Oxnard Wennerholm.
An attempt is being made to sell the
Bear Valley irrigating plant to farmers
of Redlands, Alessandro and Pinis.
The plant is valued at $525, 5000.
The war in the Philippines Is felt in
the markets of Los Angeles. Manila
rope is now IL cents per pound. When
the war broke out, six weeks ago, 1T
was 8 cents. Sisal Is II cents.
F. o. Albertson, of Omaha, speaking
of the exposition, says: 1--WE think
we have gathered the best inland dis
play of our nations resources ever at
tempted, except that of Chicago in
1892"
George Tbs, who conuucts merchan-
disc stores at Ensenada and Tia Juana
left San Diego for the former place
to surrender himself to the Mexican
authorities on the charge of smuggling
goods into Mexico two years ago.
A movement is on foot at San Diego
to complete the Pamo dam and water
works to furnish water for the entire
Linda Vista irrigation district. The
work will cost over $500, 900, and will
open up 10000 acres of fertile land.
The Phoenix (Ariz.) Republican says
that Journalism is running riot in
the streets of that city. Send for the
press censor and call out the National
Guard. The journalistic rioting should
be brought down to a walk, at
least.
The Seventh regiment has son.
The young soldier, who is but an In
FAINT in arms, was formally adopted
by the regiment. His name is Milo
Hewett Roblee, a son of Captain Ro-
blee, who is one of the most popular
surgeons of the division.
There is on exhibition at the First
National Bank of San Diego gold
brick worth $4,000, owned by G. F.
Holland. It was taken from the Ele-
vada mine, near Julian, 103 tons OF
rock being crushed to produce it. The
brick weighs over 20 pounds.
The inhabitant of the back country
in San Diego county hunts about as
much as he farms. The Fallbrook OBJ
server says: "Rice Brothers only
killed two wild cats and two rattle
snakes last week-on account OF be-
ing SO busy with their hay, they had
little time to hunt"
The great PERKS Valley is coming
forward as peculiarly adapted to the
raising of sugar beets. Several emil
inent specialists in this line are advo-
eating this claim, and it is not at all
unlikely that in the near future thous-
ands of acres in the valley will be
contributing to the promotion of the
beet sugar industry. Already there
is talk of erecting factory in the
neighborhood.
The Redlands Record calls attention
to one of the phenomena attendant
upon the publication of yellow newspa-
pers, as follows: cit is noticed that
some of our esteemed metropolitan
contemporaries are publishing illustra-
tions of certain frightful sea battles
before they occur. The prophetic eye
of some artists and writer's is remark
able for the length of it's reach and
the uncertainty Of it's aim"
Miss Marion Jones, of Santa Monica,
CAL, and daughter of Senator John P.
Jones of Nevada, won the final round
of the champion tennis tournament at
Philadelphia last week. Her opponent
was Miss Helen Crump, of Philadel-
phia. The score was Ga, Us, GA. By
winning the final round Miss Jones has
the right to challenge The present
champion of the United States, Miss
Juletta Atkinson of New York.
Santa Fe officials report labor very
scarce throughout their western divl-
sions, especially along the line of the
Atlantic and Pacific, where great deal
of heavy work has been done. In spite
of carloads of laborers brought out
from the East, it has been found i'm
possible to keep the gangs up to the
number required. The work is very
hard, and after putting in a month or
two the men quit, necessitating fresh
importations to keep up the quota.
The Albuquerque Citizen makes this
comparison between American and Eu-
ropean soldiers: "The Americans
must learn a great deal in the way of
obedience, frugality and hardship If
they are ambitious of becoming great
military nation. A Russian common
soldier draws 1925 ayear in pay, and
his food consists mostly of soup. Those
volunteers who can't drill on bareback
and bacon have much to learn before
they are fit to meet the Cars armies
in the field"
The fact has just come to light that
sack containing about 1000 letters,
addressed to all parts of the world and
written by men in the Klondike or on
the trail, was left at Dyea some time
ago by an out-coming miner, who evil
IDENTIFY kept the money intrusted to him
for the purchase of stamps and for his
services as volunteer mail carrier. The
letters have been recovered, and those
intended for people in California sent