Mesa free press., 1900-07-13
ALL ALONG THE COAST
Interesting General Information
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
Selections That Will Be of Great Interest To
Both Old And Young.

The Stockton Street Carnival is pro
nounced grand success.
The Visalia-T -Tulare Railway will be
put in operation in a few days.
The Stockton cannery paid out last
week about $4,000 in wages, for four
days work.
A meeting of the citizens issoon to be
called at Hollywood to discuss the
question of lights for the town.
Four hundred hands are now at work
in the Stockton cannery, and $1,000
cans of fruit have already been put up.
The Democrats have decided upon
San Jose as the place for holding the
State Convention; date August 80. A
three days session is being arranged
for.
The Detroit Copper Comrany's smelt-
er at Morenci, Arizona, was destroyed
by fire last Friday; loss $500, 900. The
fire was caused by the bursting of g
Stag pot.
The assessor of San Francisco has
raised the assessment on the franchise
of the Sunset Telegraph and Telephone
Company to 81 900, 900, Previous assess
ments have not been over $2500.
At the conference of the Visalia and
Tulare Boards of trade, at Tulare, re-
garding citrus fair, it was determined
to hold such fair in connection with
the Tulare county fair, the last week
in November.
Eighteen large boxes from Cairo,
Egypt, filled with specimens of Egyp-
tian archaeology, have just been re-
ceived at the University of California
They belong to the collection presented
by Mrs. Hearst, part of which was
installed last year.
Borings made at Woodbridge on the
Mokelumne, below the site of the old
dam, to find solid clay bottom for a
water into the old irrigating canal,
have at length located the clay, and
in short time plan of the proposed
dam will be submitted to the govern
ment.
The Nome Gold Digger of May %
contains the following: '"The few
tacks in camp took sudden jump this
week. From selling at $3.50 a pack,
they went to So pound, and even
| higher, according to particular neeessi-
ties. Raymond Rogers, who had eight
pounds, was offered the latter sum for
| five pounds.
The publication of the story that the
Rev. J. George Gibson of San FRANCISCO
was dead, and had confessed, before
dying to have killed Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams, for whose sad
ending Durant was hanged, was abso-
lutely without any foundation. The
Reverend gentleman is still living and
at present pastor of the ill-fated
church in San Francisco.
The Hession fly is damaging both
spring and fall wheat, and also oats,
| in Washington county, Or, according
to an account in the Portland Oregon
ian. Hundreds if not thousands of
acres have been rendered worthless
by the insect. The Oregonian says the
grain crop conditions in the Columbia
River basin are ideal this season, and
the yield will be immense.
The Visalia cannery is preparing for
the biggest years business it has ever
had. 1t will open about July Is and
employ between six and seven hum
dred people at frst-class wages.
A ten-year-old tramp from New York
recently arrived at Sacramento. He
was discovered, last week, sick from
exposure and lack of proper food, and
was sent to the City Hospital.
Judge Bahrs of San Francisco sus-
tains the State Railroad Commission
ers in their action to prevent a higher
rate than 1915 being charged for pass
enger rates between Fresno and San
Francisco, and has issued an order
directing the Southern Pacific to re-
store the aforesaid rate between the
two cities. Fresno people are tonse-
quently happy.
Morosco's Burbank Theatre.-One
week beginning July L.. Miss Keith
Wakeman, Mr. Harrington Reynolds
and the old Frawley favorites, present
ing the Raging New York Sensation
"Sapho. " Regular Burbank prices,
15c, 25c, 35c, SOC. Note-Seats ordered
by telephone for Sunday night will be
held only until II m. of that = day.
Seats ordered for other nights will be
held until six O'Clock the evening of
the performance. RememberThere will
be A Special Holiday Matinee of Sa-
pho the 4th of July. Regular matinee
Saturday.