Mesa free press., 1900-05-18

though travel on the lines is heavy.
The Commercial Club of st. Paul
has asked the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce to pass resolutions similar
to those offered by that organization
asking Congress to appropriate $3.50, 600
for irrigation surveys and maps of
irrigable public lands, with plans and
estimates, with costs of reservoirs.
San Francisco thief, armed with
pair of pincers, attempted to cut
the diamond from a ring on the hand
Of Mrs. Laura Wilson, as she stood
looking into a store window. Feeling
jerk on her hand and the contact
of the cold steel, she turned, saw the
man and screamed-Whereupon he fled.
cut glass paper weight in the form
of prism, collected the SUMS rays
and set fire to the desk Of T. P. Strong
an Oakland insurance agent. The
other men in the office failed to notice
owner of the desk was absent, and
the fire until it had gained such head
way that the desk and contents were
destroyed and the building threatened.
Supervisor Mccarthy of San Fran
cisco is preparing an ordinance licens-
ing every telephone, electric light and
trolley pole in the city, and taxing
every mile of wire. If the law proves
to be within the power of the board,
it will be submitted. Such an ordi-
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brings in a large revenue to the city.
According to a report published in
the San Francisco Chronicle, there are
at present in Fresno, between 200 and
300 carloads of unsold raisins of last
seasons packing, representing a sum
of at least $250,0O0, Of which about
$S5,0O0 is owned by the co0peratives
Growers have received their money for
the fruit, and any loss falls on the
packers.
Mrs. E. A Hill of Calaveras county,
aged "A, has departed for Cape Nome
alone. Before sailing she bought in
Stockton a new wagon, hocses, ma
chinery and tools for mining work,
provisions, etc. She left without in
forming anyone of her intended depar-
ture, although her family and friends
knew she had been planning such a
move and had endeavored to dissuade
her.
Correspondence from North Yakima
to the Spokesman-Review reports the
nearly perfected organization, by the
Wool Growers Association, of a CO.
operative arrangement under which
all the wool of central Washington will
be shipped to the first-named city,
tions there twice month to meet
agents and buyers. Special rates Of
shipment have been secured on the
Northern Pacific.
The Santa Clara Valley Agricultural
Association, finding itself nearly 500, 900
in debt, and unable, under the law re-
lating to agricultural societies, to
mortgage it's property, Of which it had
lars worth; has reorganized under the
name of the San Jose Land and Ex-
hibit Association. Debts will be paid
with the funds borrowed upon prop
erty, and the association will begin
new career with an old time district
fair at San Jose next fall.
The steamer Mary D. Hume, which
lately arrived at Tacoma, Washington,
brought news of what are stated to be
rich gold quartz discoveries at Al
genik, thirty miles inland from Orca.
Capt. Dorm of the Hume says the news
was brought to Orca by miners who
had wintered at Algenik. II was
told,'' he said, that the discoverer de-
clared the ore to be remarkably rich.
They came to Orca not long ago for
supplies and outfits and brought sam
pies of ore along. These showed free
gold and copper taken from the sur
,face groupings. They claimed that
several lodges had been found, their
width and length being yet undeter-
mined. There are many prospectors
in that country, and valuable discover
les probably will be frequent this
summer"
At the conference of officials of over
land railways and their steamship con-
nections, committee submitted a re-
port recommending that a minimum
rate of $1.25 per 100 pounds be charged
for tea shipments from all oriental
ports to all common points in this
country, such as St. Paul, Chicago,
st. Louis, Cleveland and New York.
The present rate is 60 and 65 cents.
A committee selected to report upon
silk rates was not ready to make it's
recommendations. It will undoubtedly
report in favor of an increased mini
mum charge. Other rates will also
be advanced. The committee on rates
on outgoing cargoes was given until
next day to make it's report. Several
slight reductions were recommended
Rates on the immense cotton ship
ments from the south to Japan are
not to be disturbed