Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-05-25

ident of the board states that the sal
airy list has been increased IN these
meetings by the addition of officers
who have been working without re-
Enumeration and the board desired to
avoid newspaper criticism.
Mrs. Evans of East San joss a sis
ter Of Senator Perkins, has written
urging the Senator TO do Ill in his
power toward securing Congressional
aid for the preservation Of the red
woods of Big Basin. The committee
appointed at the Palo Alto meeting
to take action in the matter are rap
idly getting things in shape for the
California delegation in Congress.
Ole Oleson, an Oakland manufacturer
OF surgical instruments, claims to have
invented flying machine that is a
success. A test of small model has
been made by the inventor, who ex-
poets to exhibit ffty-foot machine
within month. So confident is he of
success that he has sold his business
and gone onto small ranch convenient
for the construction and test of his in
ventiOn.
The May bulletin of the Sierra Club
contains an article by John Muir on
Lake Tahoe in Winter" an account
by Lieut.. Mcclure Of his ascent Of Ell
Yunque, the peak at the eastern ex-
| tremity of Porto Rico; descriptions by
Prof. Bolton Colt Brown and Prof.
Kellogg Of the newly discovered points
of interest in the Kings River region;
and an account by Lincoln Hutchin-
son of a trip to the little-visited region
east Of Sonora and north Of the Yo-
semitic.
Bert Harrington, a San Jose attor-
ney, underwent a preliminary exam
ination at Mayfield on a charge of
kidnapping growing out of the Palo
Alto case. Miss Cameron gave her
testimony as to Herringtons part in
the abduction of Kim Quey, but Dep
uty Constable Harris and Justice
Dyer refused to testify, on the ground
that they might incriminate them
selves. The evidence being deemed in
sufficient, the District Attorney moved
a dismissal. which was granted.
The San Francisco Chronicle states
that Alexander Craw, quarantine off,
Ger for the State Board of Horticul-
ture, has seized consignment of trees
from China bound for Southern Cal
1fornia, which were badly infe sted
with Parlatoria zizyphus, small
black armored scale, which is consid-
cred among the most dangerous Ct
| pitrlQ ioi1, cd
in China, but has already been INTRO
duced into Europe and some CT the
small orchards of the Hawaiian Is
| lands.
Several Oakland merchants, the
drivers of whose wagons have been
arrested in Alameda for violation of
the wagon license ordinance, are unit
ing to fight the ordinance, which, they
claim can be successfully dealt with
in the courts.
The San Francisco Federation OF
Mission Improvement Clubs held a
special meeting to protest against the
"unbusinesslike" and "extravagant''
methods used in the expenditure OF the
city's funds, and demand that a
larger percentage be devoted directly
to improvement Of streets, schools,
sewers, etc. Resolutions were adopted
embodying these ideas, expressed in
vigorous terms.
The report of the Public Utilities
Committee of the San Francisco Board
Of Supervisors on city ownership Of
a lighting plant, having shown that
the purchase and operatio OF such a
plant would cost more than was at
first thought, the Supervisors are hes
ltating as to their further action. The
San Francisco Gas and Electric Com
pany has been given two weeks in
which to prepare and submit new
plan. 81: HaNH
The Stockton Mail reports steady
work both on the plant of the Stand
ard Electric Company at Whites Bar
on the Tuolumne, and on the system
for transmission Of the fluid. Poles
provided with a specially-constructed
insulator are being placed in position
all along the bay shore, and the line
by way Of Alviso is expected to be in
working order by July. The line to
San Francisco will not be completed
until next year. The contract which
Prince Poniatowski has with the con-
structors of the system is that frac-
ton over 81 per cent. of the voltage is
to be delivered on the line, loss Of
rs per cent. III 4
MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER.
Commencing Sunday, May 18th. A
Sparkling Three-Act Comedy. "THE
REAL WIDOW BROWN. Pretty
girls, rich costumes and clever special
ties, The Original New York Cast.
Mr.. Hal. w. Brown, Mr.. Frederick E.
Beane, Mr.. Edward Clark, Mr.. Chas.
harrington, Miss Blanch Aldrich, Miss
Dell Lincoln, Miss Leslie Spencer,
Miss Louise Henry, The Mullaly Sisters
and others.
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