Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-03-21
CLIMATE AND CROP SUMMARY.
issued by the United States weather
Bureau ~ San Fraucisco.


Issued by the United States Weather
bureau ~ San FrAncisco.
The mean temperature was nearly
normal, although unusally warm wea-
thel prevailed in the early part Of the
week, followed by colder weather and
frosts. Light showers In the Sacra-
rnento valley. the coast and bay sections,
and the northern portions Of the San
Joaquin valley were OF some benefit to
crops Grain is suffering from drought
IN the lower San Joaquin and in South
ern california, and will probably be
.iearly u failure. Deciduous fruits have
been seriously damaged by recent frosts
in portions Of the great valleys. Pas
turage is becoming very sc"rce in nearly
all over the state.
The Oregon Short line is looking into
the feasibility Of extending its line
from the northern end of its Montana di-
vision across the Bitter Root range into
the Salmon river country, and thence
into the Buffalo Hump district near
Grangeville.
The construction crews of the Nevada,
California and Oregon railroad have
reached point 12 miles north of Anadee
Laassen county, CAL. and are extending
the roadbed across the Madeline plains
towards Alturss and southeastern Or
egon.
The biggest sticks of lumber ever cut
in Portland, Or. were cut ut the mill OF
InmAn, Paulsen and company last week.
They were Of fr and were feet square
and q little more than 43 feet long.
They contained 5200 feet Of lumber and
weighed about 10000 pounds each.
A run on the Commercial bank of San
Luis obispo caused the Institution to
close its doors Saturday.
Labor circles in the Northwest are
much agitatcd over reports, which are
received with general credenoe, that
hundreds Of japanese contract laborers
axp being brought into Puget sound
cities to supplans 50 many white men
between the Pacific coast and the Missis
sippi river. Every month from 500 to
1000 japanese lsborers arc landed at
Tacoma, Vancouver and Portland.
Practically all pass inspection. the re-
Quirements Of which are q sound body
and $50 in cash. Gradually hundreds
Of these same men are being sent to
the interior and put to work by the
Union Pacific, Oregon Short line, Ore
son Railway and Navigation and Nor
thern PasiAc railroads.
At Ventura the jury in the case of
Mrs. Green ". the Southern Pacific
company returned verdict awarding
the plaintiff damages In the sum of
5000. Tho plaintiff Is the widow Of
Green, who was killed by . Southern
Pacific train near Santa Paula several
months ago.
San joaquin county farmers are max
ing extensive preparations to irrigate
their lands and expect to raise good
crop IN spite Of the drought.
The g. year old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Trewhitt Of Hanford. Cal, set
fire to her clothes recently while play
ing with matches and was 50 badly
burned that she died.
The Princess Kaiulani of Hawaii il
almost dead as the result Of an attack o.
in damafory rheumatisin.
The honey crop Of Southern Califor-
mia is reported TO be failure.
A. r. Soap was sentenced at San Bern
ardino to Ave years Imprisonment in San
Quentin. Soap, who is 81 years old,
shot and kil3Sd Jack Larkin at Daggett
early in january. The two men, al
though not very friendly, had no quarrel
that any one knew Of and the shooting
WAS apparently without cause. His
trial was held about y month ago and
resulted in . verdict Of manslaughter,
the age of the old man undoubtedly be-
inR the cause Of the mild verdict.
An engine Of the Santa Fe road while
passing through San Bernardino struck
a buggy that was crossing the track.
The buggy contained three people, one
of whom, Mrs. w. q. Green, was KILLED
and the others badly injured.
French railroad builders have made II
contract with an eastern locomotive
works for ten engines to be used in
France.
A search steamer has just returned
to Brisbane, Queensland from Cooktown,
ON the Endeavor river. This territory
reports that three schooners and eighty
luo9ers were lost and that 400 colored
persons and eleven whites were drowned
during the recent hurricane that swept
the northeast corner Of Queensland.
The war department has determined
10 muster out and bring home all the
volunteers in Cuba with exception of
the volunteer engineers and immunes.
The necessity for action has been brought
to the attention Of the war department
ON account Of the quarantine regula-
tions against Cuba. which goes into effect
about the lst Of May and which are es-
pecially strict at all southern ports.
william A. Doucette, % years old,
was arrested Sunday in st. Cecilia's,
church, Boston, ON the charge Of en-
bezzling 1900 from the collection box.
Marked bills placed in the box were
found on his person.
Judge Gibbons Of Chicago declared
that the act OF the Legislature in Illinois
passed In 1895, giving veterans Of the
Civil war prefer,nent over other candi-
dates in civil service examinations Is
void, because it gives \ special or ex-
clusivc privilege and because 10 Is incon-
sistant with the basic principles under
living the nature If our institutions.