Mesa free press., 1900-01-12
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

San Francisco physicians are treat
ing case of lockjaw with antitoxine of
tetanus.
Dayton, Wash, has started a war
upon gambling. Seven gamblers and
three owners of buildings in which
gambling was carried on, have been
arrested within a few days, and $685.
in fines has been turned into the city
treasury.
A committee of the Seattle Chamber
Of Commerce have reported favorably
on the proposition of a cannery for
the city, believing the location to be
especially good for the raising of veg
etables and "the best in the United
States" for peas in particular.
Sheriff Collins of Fresno gave the
inmates of the Jail Christmas dinner
at his own expense. After Thanksgiv-
ing dinner given them in like manner,
by Mr. Collins, various criticisms from
the prisoners were heard, some OF the
men complaining, for instance, because
cranberry sauce was not served with
the roast pork instead of apple sauce.
On the first day of the Chinese new
year San Francisco will have new
six-column afternoon paper-the
Chung Sal Vat Pc, the first Chinese
daily published anywhere outside the
empire. It's title signifies Chinese
and Foreign Daily News" Although
printed in Chinese, it will conform as
nearly as possible to the idea of the
modern metropolitan journal.
According to the Post Intelligencer,
Moi I'll NH 70
twenty-five years connected with the
Union Iron Works Of San Francisco,
declares that the Moran Bros plant
in Seattle has the material for the
largest and most prosperous shipbuild-
ing concern on the coast, and is al
ready prepared to turn out any class
of work the government may require.
The Fresno Evening Democrat says
that while the Petroleum Miners Co.
operative Association has much to en-
courage it in defending its titles, con-
siderable uneasiness is caused by the
fact that the statute does not specif1-
cally designate that lien lands must be
agricultural lands. Presumably that
is what was intended, but the question
is now not what was the intention, but
whether the Land Office must abide by
the letter of the statute.
Fred G. Lent, a blind Southern Pa
cifiic fireman of Portland, Or, was
presented, for Christmas, with fully
equipped cigar store, costing $1,000 and
some 5000 in cash, contributions not
yet all in. Lent's blindness originated
during his employment on the Oregon
division Of the Southern Pacific, from
the falling of stick Of cordwood on
his head. He was living in extreme
poverty near Sacramento, when mas
ter mechanic of the Southern Pacific
took his case in hand.
A new use has been discovered for
the lemon. For some time San Di-
ego firm has turned out cream and
good quality of oil, and soap, manufac-
tured from this fruit, The latest ar
ticle is thin plaster, which is said to
be one Of the best antiseptic plasters
ever made. So great is the demand
among professional men for the article
that the company manufacturing it has
been unable to supply the demand A
sample was received at the Chamber of
Commerce of Los Angeles It is as
thin and as heavy as thick wrapping
paper, and is made from the woody
fibers of the lemon, after the finer
parts have been extracted.