Mesa free press., 1901-02-08
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 Duke and DucheSS or MancneS-
ter visited Southern California during
the past week.
Dorato Garcia was killed by freight
train near Mound City, San Bernar-
dino county, on the 21st inst.
Excellent fishing is now reported at
all the coast towns. Long Beach Is
specially fortunate in this respect.
The battleship Iowa is again at San
Diego. A change Of admirals took
place Friday last, Casey succeeding
Kautz.
Riverside is constructing one of the
finest high school buildings in the State
The superstructure takes the old mis-
sion style.
Pasadena has new ice company, in
corporated with a capital stock of $780,
900. The new factory will be put in
operation in about three months.
The business men of Jerome have
held public meeting looking to the
division of the county, and the crea-
ton of a new one to be known as
Clark county.
San Diego has organized a law and
order league, under the name Civic
Federation of San Diego" It's main
purpose is to take hand in the COM
ing municipal campaign.
Redlands's public library is to be
the recipient of fine collection OF
books from the Smithsonian Insti-
/ tute The books will number six hum
dred and be very valuable for refer
ence purposes.
Ohioans of Riverside county have
issued call for organization of a So
ciety. The visit of President Mckinley
to the coast next May is awakening
the natives of the Buckeye State into
their usual Eastern activeness.
Recent action of the executive COM
mittee of the board of fire under
writer's of the Pacific coast in ad-
vancing rates is not being met with
universal satisfaction in those towns
where the increase in rates is so ma
terial.
Texas has quarantined against Ba-
kersfield, CAL, claiming that the bu-
bonic plague has been discovered in
the California town. The Southern
Pacific refuses to sell tickets from that
point, and the people are consequently
very indignant.
Santa Monica will again rustic with
the question of reorganization under
city of the fifth class. A recent
election for this purpose resulted in
majority of seven against reorgan-
ization It is hoped that a second eff
fort may be successful.
The Patterson-Hanley election con-
Test for a seat on the board of super
visors was decided in favor of the lat
ter, by Judge M. T. Allen, last Thurs
day. Mr.. Hanley is the only demo-
cratic member of the board. Patter-
son will take the matter to the SUI
preme court.
Mrs. Frank Smith, demented wom-
an, shot and killed her four-year-old
son, near Arcadia, Los Angeles county,
last Wednesday, and then shot herseir,
but not fatally. The woman had been
brooding over an idea that some one
was trying to kidnap her child, ana
the tragedy is the result of her worry.
The notorious bunco man, N. H. Nc
Lean, now lying in the city prison
of Los Angeles, was given thorough
good thrashing by another occupant
of the same place. The name of the
party who did the job is not known,
but officers and prisoners are unan1-
nous in praising the fellow, what
ever his name may be.
The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
railway companies are having some
difficulty in Riverside over the grant
ing of a right of way for the electric
street railway AS the street cars are
now operated the Santa Fe receives
no immediate benefit, and until the
line is extended to it's depot the Santa
Fe will not grant right of crossing
over it's road for an extension on
Olivewood avenue.
Bilderrian, convicted in the Los An
geles county superior courts for brib-
ing an officer of the law, will escape
punishment It develops that Humane
Officer Craig was not a regularly con-
stituted officer, and uopn this point
alone he obtains his release. The
charge for which he stood trial and
was found guilty of was offering an
officer a bribe of $40 to permit a cock
fight in Los Angeles city.
Orpheum - Los Angeles. Eugene
O'Rourke and Company in delightful
Farce Comedy, "Parlor A." Billy Link,
jokes, songs, parodies; j. F. Crosby
and Inez Forman, in new sketch, "a
Model Heiress;" lone McLouth. new
songs and costumes; Willette Charters,
descriptive vocalist; the Willy Collins,
remarkable dancers; Joe Santley, phe-
nomenal boy soprano. The Five Oh
RAGS, tremendous hit made by these
remarkable acrobats.
The tunnel of the Pacific Improve
ment Company near Goleta, Santa
Barbara county, is proving very sue
cessful one from the point of water
development. Seventy-five inches are
now flowing out of it's mouth The
tunnel has reached depth Of 1900
feet. The water will be piped to a
reservoir and used for irrigation pur-
poses.
Conger Chins Chang