Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-07-18
Editors tiect Officers.

| treme south artesian wells have ceased
flowing and the water supply is low
Editors hiect Officers.
PORTLAND Or, July 7.-The National
Editorial association today elected Off
GERS, selected New Orleans as the next
place of meeting and adjourned sine die.
During the four days the editors will
visit points of interest In Oregon and on
Tuesday night will leave for home over
the Canadian Pacific railroad. stopping
en- route at Tacoma and Seattle.
The following officers were chosen:
+ President, II. IL. Henry of jackson,
Miss; first vice. president. Matt PaTott
of Waterloo. Ia.; second vice president,
T. b. Balls of ClebournG. Tex, third
president, Albert Tokier of Port
land, Or; corresponding ;secretary, J.
NJ Page of Jerseyville, ILL.,; recording
secretary, X. NJ. White of Mexico, Mo !;
treasurer, james g. Gibbs of Nor
walk, O.
The total assessed valuation of the
city of Los Angeles, Cal, in 1898 was
/ s6l .099, ,207; in 1899, S65, 121, ,662
The Mercantile Trust company of San
Francisco has taken 81 ,0oo 900 of the
bonds of tho Yuba, Cal, Elcotric Power
company
The transportation of minerals aud
mineral products constituted 1879 of the
entire traffic of the Mexican Central
railroad in 1898.
The United States navy department
has given the contract for the Mare Is
land. Cal. drydock to the Atlantic,
Gulf q Pacific company for ST29, 900.
1t is stated that the tramways Of the
Chilkoot pass route from Dyea to the
Upper Yukon lakes are to be bought by
the White Pass & Yukon Railway COM
pany.
The contract for the construction of
the government building at San Fran
cisco of Raymond granite has been
awarded to the Bentle Construction
company of Milwaukee, Wis, at $780,
500.
Col. B. Il. Allen, supervisor of the
five forest reservations of Southern Cali
fornia, has from the Federal government
an allowance for the fiscal year begin
ming July / of $4,000, which will en-
able him to do more effective work than
heretofore. He selects men to act as
rangers on the reservations. There are
now thus employed 90 men.
At Visalia, CAL, electricity gener-
ated at the Mount Whitney power house
has been turned on The power is sup
piled by water from the east fork of Ka.
weah river, diverted at Oak fiat, 10
miles from Nisalia, at an altitude of
24o0 feet. The present capacity gem
crates $500 horse power. Power is trans
mitted to Porteryille, 43 miles.
An east bound overland train was
wrecked near Reno New, few days
ago and ii passengers were hurt.
r. ]. Hendricks, editor of the States
men at Salem, Or, has rendered the
president his resignation as appraiser of
merchandise at Portland. Hendricks
succeeded General 0. Summers of the
Second Oregon volunteers when the
latter resigned TO lead a regiment in the
Spanish war, but he now relinquishes
the office with the understanding that
General Summers Is to return to his
former position as soon as he is must
cred out of the army.
The Southern Pacific reports for May
gross earnings of $4,933, ,399, an increase
of 1929, ,455; and net 81, 800, ,l99 an in
crease of S40l9. From July to May
81 the gross earnings We're S5l, l49, III,
an increase of ss,6ll,659; and net S1s,
o79, ,8l2, decrease of sol 429.
w. II. Campbell deputy assessor of
Sutter county, was knocked down by a
runaway horse at Yuba city and injured.
He died the following night from con-
cussion of the brain.
Under Sheriff Robinson and e. J.
Okel, two oprominent sportsmen of Suisun
are making efforts to introduce Mongo-
liam pheasants into Solano county. The
board of supervisors will pass an ordin-
ance for the protection of the pheasants.
Flora L. Heath, the 7-year old daughter
/ of f. L. Heath, died at Summit Soda
Springs from eating manzaita berries.
Charles Il. White, a switchman en-
ploSed in the yards of the Southern
Pacific company at San Jose, was in
stantly killed while he was engaged in
making up trains. He was riding on
the switch engine and when near the
roundhouse in the northern part of the
yards stepped off the engine and onto
the main line track just as he stepped
ON the track the train from San Fran
cisco came in and struck him. II
instantly killed.