The record-union., 1899-08-07
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
State and Coast Opinions on Sub
jects Of Living News
inherent

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! interest
| Visalia Delta: 4 man who will CAD
about the country as Bryan is doing,
and say the things that Bryan is say
ing, would be as much out of place in
the National Capitol as buzzard
would be out of place in heaven.
GAME LAWS.
Oakland Tribune: The up-country
papers are with justice clamoring for
a. revision Of the game laws on line
such as that pursued in South Dakota,
where the law prohibits the killing OF
more than twenty-five birds in one day.
The Redding press" quotes an in
stance to the point at MarySville,
where, under the auspices of gun
club, dove stew is to be given to SOU
persons, 1000 doves being prepared for
! the feast This sort of thing is too
common all over the State. and the
screws should be put on. At present
it is case of slaughter, not sport.
| ARID LANDS.
Yreka Journal: Interior expansion
is subject this country may take up
|
there are 100000 acres of now arid,
worthless land in the country which is
subject to state of highest cultiva-
ton and fertility through irrigation.
The water which now annually runs to
waste and causes great floods, Govern
ment engineers say could be stored and
used to reclaim these lands.
| COMMERCIAL TROUBLE.
Yreka Journal: The war with Spain
abrogated all treaties with the United
States and the treaty Of peace, which
ended the war. does not deal with
commercial matters. Consequently,
United States trade with Spain is now
more or less handicapped. For in
stance, Consul Sprague at Gibraltar,
has just called the attention of the
Department of State to the existence of
a differential duty of two pesetas-a
fraction more than thirty-eight cents
between United States and British
flour entering Spain, in favor of the
British flour. The Consul added: 'The
matter is of some importance. as at
present, American flour can undersell
other foreign importations in this line.
When a new commercial treaty is ne
gotiated with Spain. as one doubtless
will be in the near future, such draw
backs to trade will be done away with,
as President Mckinley will insist that
the United States be given every COM
mercial advantage possessed by the
most favored nation
A RUINOUS INVESTMENT.
| Portland Oregonian: All of the gold
that has come out of the Klondike, or
ever will come, and all of the happi-
ness and comfort that it has brought
tofthe fortunate few who secured it, is
an insignificant bagatelle compared
with the agony, death and lifelong suf-
lfering it has caused directly for thou
| sands. Some of the unfortunate vic
tins Of the craze went to their doom
in floating collins, like the Helen w.
Almy, Jane Grey and other unsea-
worthy craft, which in some cases were
swept out of existence so swiftly and
suddenly as to leave not a survivor to
tell of the last few awful moments be-
fore the end came. Others ''sleep where
their friends cannot find them to-day"
| in the impossible swamps and forest
businesses of the Edmonton trail. Still
others, beyond the reach Of civilization,
food and medical ATTENDANCE, have seen
| their ranks shattered by starvation,
scurvy and even cannibalism
Playing at this wild game, where
| life and health are staked to win the
golden prize, are certain class Of ad-
venturers whose physical and mental
equipment and natural environment
have always been such that the hard
ships encountered are minimized. These
| .Swiftwater Bills George Car
macks." "Antones" and 'Skookum
| Jims'' are the decoys that lure to their
financial or physical destruction men
who have become weary of the slow
process of securing a competence by
patient labor and economy. The Klon-
dixie is an insignificant affair in COM
parison with the California gold mines
of 1S49. or even the Fraser River min
ing boom. but the loss of life in either
of these mining excitements was trifiing
in comparison. with that Of the Klon-
dixie. The climate of California and
of that portion of British Columbia
which included the Fraser River mines
was mild and pleasant, and forest and
stream at all seasons Of the year sup
piled the miners with fresh food.
IMMENSE POWER.
Red Bluff Peoples Cause: An Eastern
electrical paper estimates the Wdlei'
falls in California alone have over 24O,'
0oO horsepower, and that about 49,
90 of this horse power has already been
converted into electrical energy and
sent to Los Angeles, Sacramento, F'rea
no, Pomona, Redlands. Folsom and San
Diego for lighting and motive purposes
Five more electric companies wiki nave
their long distance transmission IN
working order by next September.
About $4,000 more horse power will bs
developed by them for use in California
and Oregon, while still other companies
are beginning work on electric power
plants that will cost from SlOO,0UO to
$5OO0OO each, and will harness noun.
tain streams for electrical transmission
of their power to distant towns
IT IS IMPORTANT.
San Jose Mercury: Although the vel.
low press has endeavored to belittle the
capture of Calamba. a few days age
by Otis, late dispatches are to the eff
feet that the position is of much i'm
portance from a strategical standpoint