Mesa free press., 1899-04-21
PACIFIC 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.

L lie THOeHlX, (AflZ.,) star is Alto
gether too suspicious. 1t says: "Phoe-
nix milkmen are complaining about
the wells going dry outside of the city
limits. What on earth are these fell
lows doing around their neighbors
wells?
Iowa and Oregon-The battleship
Iowa, at present at the Union Iron
Works, San Francisco, undergoing re-
pairs, has been ordered to proceed to
San Francisco as soon as the Iowa ap-
pears. Repairs in progress on the
Iowa will take three weeks or more
to accomplish.
San Francisco-Private Andrew Mil
Ter of the Fourth Cavalry, made his
escape from the guardhouse at the
PresidiO. Several shots were fired at
him, but without effect. It is assert-
ed that Miller's real name is Brown,
and that he was deserter from Co.,
D of the Fifteenth Infantry, stationed
at Fort Bayard,, N. M.
The city of Seattle has a good-sized
advertisement running on the outside
page OF the London Times. Advertis-
ing space in the Times costs a great
deal of money, but evidently Seattle
thinks it pays. 1t might pay San
Francisco, too, or it might not, says
the Fresno Republican. At any rate
the "ad' is reminder that we have
enterprising rivals north of us.
The City Trustees of Alameda have
arranged for public test of voting
machine at the election to be held in
that city. 1t would be we'll if such
tests were to be made generally
throughout the state during the next
two years. Perhaps if this were
done, by the time the next legislature
convenes that body would be prepared
to take definite I steps toward the
adoption of machine for actual use.
The President Coming-It is said
that the President will leave Wash
ington in July and go to the northern
peninsula of Michigan to inspect the
recent marvellous development of cop
per deposits; thence to Yellowstone
Park, also stopping at the mining dis
tricts of Montana; thence on to the
Pacific, down to San Francisco and
home by the Southern route, through
Southern California, Texas and New
Orleans.
Oregon having by dint of hard and
persistent effort secured the meeting of
the National Editorial Association this
year, the Oregonian suggests as a
means of entertainment that the mem
bers be permitted to climb the many
mountains to be found in that state.
This would, no doubt, afford a novel
experience for most of the editors and
would have the additional advantage
of not drawing heavily on the finan-
cial resources of their hosts.
The price of meat, we are informed
by city paper, is now likely to come
down, on account of the plentifulness
of feed as a result of the rains. The
price of meat is prone to go up, but
its coming down is not so we'll re-
membered. We heard it said once
that the price of meat is periodically
advanced on account of either a wet
season., or a dry season, as the case
may be, but that it never seems to re-.
cede on account of reverse conditions.
The outcome of the visitation of
smallpox at Phoenix is notable il
lustration of what prompt and thor
ough precautionary measures will do.
Everybody was vaccinated and con-
unuous patrol and examination of
houses in infected localities was main,
tained AS result there were but
eight cases in the past five months,
and the disease now seems to be en-
tirely stamped out, there having been
no new cases during the month of
March,
In case any of the Nails readers
should be asked why the law is so
lightly regarded in California and
murders are so frequent, says the
Stockton Mail, they may cite the case
of Daniel O. Shea, who, not long ago,
murdered his sweetheart, Julia Kealy,
without provocation and in the most
cold-blooded manner, had not shad
ow of defense and pleaded guilty, but
having a pull, was sentenced to only
twentyone years in prison, instead of
to death, and who, having a pull, as
we have said, will probably be re-
leased in half that time.