Mesa free press., 1900-12-28
ALL ALONG THE COAST
Interesting General Information
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
Selections That VIII Be of Great Interest To
Both Old And Young.

Haywards is to have an automobile
factory.
The town of Hemet has a new water
company.
Fresno is to have a $4,000 United
Presbyterian Church.
Ground has been broken for Oak.
lands new postoffice.
Vaughns jewelry store at Tulare was
entered by burglars and over $1,000
worth of goods stolen.
Alameda county officials have ad-
vised their legislators that they need
more help and want increased pay.
By the will of the late Sir Arthur
Sullivan, Mrs. Stephens, OF Los An
geles, has been bequeathed tidy sum.
B. B. Roberts, San Francisco in
surance agent, sat on the steps of the
morgue, and shot himself through the
head. Death was instaneous.
On account of the pressure of other
duties, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has re-
signed from the board of control of
the National American Red Cross.
The American Forestry Association
has adopted resolution at Washing
ton favoring the purchase of re-
serve containing the California big
trees.
The late w. E. Brown. banker of
| Sacramento, who died last week, was
the first man in California to introduce
the mulberry tree as a part of the silk
industry.
/ Oakland, Dec. 16.-C. E. DEM, an
| Of 10 NV
was killed by falling down shaft at
the mine Saturday. He was member
of the National Guard.
Max Thelan of Berkeley has won
! the gold medal for the best debater at
Berkeley. 1t is the first time in the
history of the University that fresh
man has taken the honor.
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler
will spend the Christmas vacation in
the East. He will go directly to New
York, and during his absence he will
speak before the Philadelphia Philolog-
] ical Association.
Oakland, Dec. 15.-Frank B. Josephs
Sacramento attorney, was found not
guilty today of not providing for his
children. 1t was shown that his wife
has money in the bank. The attorney
was discharged.
Merton T. Allen. San Francisco
| journalist, has accepted the editorship
of a new magazine entitled "Califor-
nia," which is to be a journal of Cal
/ ifornia for Californians. 1t will be
published in San Francisco.
Jacob Rich, a San Jose pioneer. has
been declared an insolvent. He is the
pioneer railroad builder of the county
/ Many enterprises on which he spent
hundreds of thousands Of dollars to
develop are now paying properties.
The ladies of Berkeley have formed
an organization to capture the hug
ger' who has been operating in that
burg of late This is selfish. The la
dies of other cities have rights that
ought to be respected.-San Jose Mer-
:. curry.
The department of jurisprudence of
Berkeley is to offer practical course
on commercial law, extending over
such subjects as the commercial laws
of foreign countries, the law of. con-
tracts, the rights of corporations and
the law of insurance.
The residents of the southern me-
tropolis want one of the new cruisers
named t"Los Angeles" From the in
land position of that city it would be
more appropriate to bestow the name
upon an armed automobile or forti-
| fed train.-Oakland Tribune.
William Henry Hudson, whose farces
have been the popular feature OF
Stanford University, has written a
clever one-act sketch entitled Dig
by's Rival.o,' Prof. Bert. Estes How
ard former Los Angeles divine, is
to take an important part.
San Jose, Dec. 16. IA woman named
May Elbridge, aged 10, whose parents
live in Los Angeles, attempted suicide
today by chloroforming herself. She
was found unconscious. and was
brought to life by the efforts OF
doctor. Unrequited love caused the
attempt.
Morosco's Burbank Theater, Los An
geles, commencing Sunday night and
all week the new and latest farce
comedy, "The Star Boarder' headed by
Chas. H. Boyle and big company OF
funny people. A host of charming
girls-A number of bright specialties-
More music than comic opera-22
| clever entertainers.
The crank who, through the agency
of flash paper of San Francisco. is
advising people as to the most pain
less method of suicide. and who is ad-
vocating self-murder through that pa
per, should be taken in hand by the
authorities for violation of the law
which forbids advising to suicide or
any aiding or abetting of that crime
Sacramento Record Union.
Orpheum. Los Angeles. Los An
geles' Family Vaudeville Theatre.
Week commencing Monday, December
II. Patrice, in 'The. Girl in the Noon
Robertus and Wilfredo, expert juggler;
May DeSousa, sweet soprano singer;
Anna Kenwick, singing and dancing
coincidence; Mary Dupont and Charles
Lothian in "a Visit to Aunt Martha's''
Mallory Brothers and May Brooks,
instrumentalists; Three Sisters Kel-
cav acrOhatic SOecialtieS: julius Z.