Mesa free press., 1900-08-10
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.

San Francisco merchants are contri-
buting generously to the funds for
semi-centennial celebration.
The sugar-beet blight has greatly
affected the crop of San Joaquin county,
and according to the northern papers,
farmers of that section will probably
not plant so heavily next year, in con-
sequence.
EMorosco's Burbank Theater, limited
engagement of Mr.. James Neill and
the Incompatible Neil Company, pre-
senting Nat c.. Goodman's greatest
success can American Citizen.
Alameda County Horticultural Com
missioner Barry has reported to the
Supervisors that the Moorpark apricot
trees in Washington township have
been attacked by dry rot which will
cause loss of one-quarter of the crops
in the affected district.
A movement has been started at Red
Bluff, Tehama County, for the erection
of a monument over the grave of Belle
Mckenzie, the young woman who saved
the lives of number of guests in the
fire at Tuscan Springs Hotel, about a
year ago and died in attempting to as
sist some one to escape from the bur-
ing building.
San Francisco-At her home Mrs.
Mary Maloney shot and seriously
wounded John Dillon in the presence
of her husband. At the city prison;
Mrs Maloney said she shot. Dillon to
escape his persecution. She accuses
him of Insulting her in her own house.
Dillon says he went to the place to
collect bill.
The Tulare Advance contains the fol
lowing item GA crowd of Hanford
boys visited Chinese watermelon
patch Sunday. They left their wheels
outside the fence and made raid on
the patch, and in the meantime the
Cinnamon loaded the wheels into
wagon and drove into town and turned
them over to an officer. 1t cost the
boys dollar apiece to get them back.
The Chinaman was in on the fun that
time alsO.'
The California Packers Association
of San Jose has about one thousand
hands at work on pears and apricots.
The Golden Gate Packing Company of
the same city has 400 hands employed
and expects to pack about one hundred
cases of fruit this season. The j. HI.
Flickinger Compny has about four hum
dred and fifty hands at work, the L.
D. Costa has about two hundred and
the driers have large forces in addition
to the see
Orpheum, Week Commencing Mon
day, July 80, Clayton White and Marie
Stuart, in the society playlet, The
Waldorf-M Metropole EPISODE William
son and Stone, Black-face Comedians,
John Donahue and Matte Nickols,
Acrobatic Comedians, Smith and Fuller
Far-famed Musical Artists, Barrere and
Julets, PARALLEL and Horizontal Bar
performers, Mrs. Blitz-P Paxton, Society
er of Coon Songs, Quacker City Quart
tete, in Fun in Barbar Shop.
The Santa Cruz Surf says: 81. j.
Skinner, superintendent of Rancho del
Encinal, near Templeton, has con-
structed and had in operation at the
ranch machine for thrashing beans.
1t will thrash any and all kinds of
beans without cracking them. It will
also successfully hull green peas.
1t is constructed of heavy rattan
brushes, no metal being used to come
in contact with the grain. 1t is light
ana cneaply DullJ macnlne-JuSJ the
thing for small ranches-requiring
very small power to operate it..
: The San Francisco Bulletin reports
a case in which an Oakland street-car
conductor may cost woman her life.
The latter is the wife of Rev. Edward
Earle of Red Bluff, who was appointed
to fill an Oakland pulpit during the
absence of the regular clergyman. Ar
irving in the city day later than her
husband, Mrs. Earle was put down at
the wrong church by the conductor,
and walked SO far in trying to find the
right one, carrying her baby and sat-
chel, that she became temporarily de-
ranged from the strain, and must un-
dergo an operation that may cost her
her life.