Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1899-07-25

Oannery.
The first shipment of dried peaches
this season was sent out from Visalia.
The fruit was Of extra fine quality and
the total amount of the shipment was
six and quarter tons. This Is not only
the first lot sent out of Tulare county,
but also the first lot shipped from any
point on the Pacific coast.
James Wilson, secretary of the de-
partment Of agriculture, arrived 1t
Seattle few days ago. He will inves-
tigate the ricultural and kindred in-
dustries of the section.
The first three months of the fishing
season on the Columbia river has ended,
and the period has been disappoint-
ment as to the canned article. The
quality is good and fully 95 per cent Is
chinook, but the amount so far is nearly
eOO, 900 cases short of last years pack
and fully 10000 cases short of this time
last year.
The proposition of Henry J. CrOcker
of San Francisco, to the grape-growers
of California, to buy their grapes at $l4
per ton ON a seven-year contract, meets
with general favor among the vineyard
lists.
p. o. Baldwin, farmer OF Dos Palos,
Merced county, identified the body OF
the youth who was killed few nights
ago by falling under the wheels of car
at Sacramento ~ his son Carl. The lad
left home OH June Is and the family
did not know of his whereabouts until
his body was found at the Sacramento
morgue.
Twelve discharged sailors of the bat
tle-ship Iowa. who left Seattle for
Brooklyn N. Y. say they will lay before
Secretay Long complaint regarding
the ration issued aboard the Iowa. They
claim 1t Is inferior to the one intended
by the navy department to be issued.
1t is stated that men have deserted on
account Of the ration.
Elsie Fearless, an orphan IL years old
strayed from the home of Mrs. Leonard
at Sacramento and has not since been
heard OF, though the police have searched
for her for days.
The schooner General Siglin, from
Cooks inlet. Alaska. brings news of the
drowning Of seven men ut Turnagain
arm in June. The names of only five
OF them are known. rs follows: A. b.
johnson. Malone. Hi Louis Peterson,
Chicago: Chris Madison. Chicago; =
Porter, California; - Hutchinson, Rock
ford Ill. They were crossing the arm
In small boat. which was overturned
by big tidal wave.
Leon NJ Strauss. an attorney, wanted
at San Jose for perjury, was arrested
last week.
The state board Of normal schools at
. recent meeting decided to continue
the course of study now in use in the
normal schools.
The Sperry Flour oompany's mill and
two warehouses at Chico were destroyed
by fire last week. together with $4,000
water tower belonging to John B. Bid
we'll. The two warehouses contained
1900 tons Of barley and wheat. The
loss will reach $4,000.
The gross receipts of the postoffice at
San Francisco for June were sS4, ,257, an
increase of s7Oi0 over the same month
last year. The Los Angeles receipts
were on. .s2i. an increase of tsss.
The Mexican man -of-wsr Democratic.
Captain Urgell, arrived at Ensenada
Saturday morning from San Rogue with
W Americans and 26 Mexicans, who
were found on the beach there. Most OF
the miners had sold all their grub and
tents and made their way to the land
Ing, rnisled by the false rumors that the
steamer st. Denis was due there July
9th. The beach WAS covered with
hungry men and. In fact. committee
organised by them raised purse OF
1000 Mexican dollars and offered it to
Captain Urgell to take the crowd to En-
senada. The captain refused the
money. He treated the luckless gold
seekers royally and brought them to
Ensenada.
The body Of an unknown man was
found in the Sacramento river nine
miles below Freeport. The corpse is
that Of man Of 60 years. He had a
wooden leg.
Spring grown grain and reseeded fields
Of wheat on light lands in a number of
localities In the northwest may be
in a critical condition as result OF the
hot weather Of the week. The intense
heat has caught the grain at stage
where 1t was at the worst disadvantage.
At nearly all points south Of Snake river
fall grain and spring grain planted early
on heavy soil are not injured by the
heat, but grain less fortunately situated
has been burning. Reports are in q
measure conflicting, but reports received
IN this city within the past forty eight
hours show that the crop in many locali-
eiss has bsen considerably damaged.
Rsports from the principal agricul-
tursl towns In Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho show that the acreage
of ground sown 10 wheat this year is
larger than in 1898. The reports also
show that the crop Of wheat will be
smaller by one third, ~ compared with
the former year. The long winter de-
layed spring sowing and much wheat
was winter killed. The fruit crop will
also be reduced fully one-third, owing to
the late spring In some sections tho
5000 a a Aniiura