Holbrook argus., 1901-03-16
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 circulation books of the River
side library during the month of Feb
ruary was 6007.
Ranchers in and about Escondido
are setting out large acreages of wine
grapes this season.
The legislature has passed the bill
leasing the China Basin at San Fran
49, - the Santa Fe railroad.
Placentia is very much encouraged
over the prospect of her cabbage crop
and the prices that will be realized
from it.
The Lordsburg college, a Dunkard
institution of learning, at that place,
is to be closed on account of financial
difficulties.
Anaheim has voted $12,56O for a
High School building, and the trustees
are now looking for a suitable site to
erect the building.
Long Beach citizens have taken pre-
lin, nary steps toward securing a Wis
it from President Mckinley when he
comes to the coast.
The Southern Pacific Company is
reported about to establish hosp1-
tai at Anaheim, securing the Del Cam
pc hotel for said purposes.
The amount now subscribed to the
Stephen NJ. White memorial aggre-
gates over $1,000. What particular
nature the memorial will be is still
problematical.
The San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake railroad was granted right
of way through the Southern Califor-
mia Asylum grounds by the legisla-
ture last week.
Col. G. G. Green, proprietor of the
Hotel Green of Pasadena, Is said to
contemplate the erection of another
fine hostelry at Altadena before the
opening of another season.
The Union Water Company of Ana
helm finds its accounts in bad condi-
IN and the books are now being ex-
ported for the purpose of locating re-
sponsibility for the present condition.
E. E. Crandall of Los Angeles, a
large merchant of that city, and in
cidently publisher of the late Demo-
crat, a newspaper, has been arrested
for assault upon his late business man
ager of the paper, L. G. Pfaffenberger.
The Casa Iona Hotel association
has purchased an additional piece of
property to operate in connection with
it's already large hostelry. The tour
list demand upon this popular house
has made the additional outlay nee
essity.
Though present market prices are
not as good as growers would like
and there is a great crush of fruit on
the eastern market, activity among
some buyers indicates confidence in the
! wiz 1ofn ~
provement.
Riverside intends to make fine dis
play of its products at the Pan-Ameri-
can Exhibition at Buffalo. This will
be an individual exhibit aside from the
one intended to be made in conjunct-
ion with the one to be sent with the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Morris Peyton put head of lettuce
on exhibition at the Olive postoftice
! last weeks that breaks local records.
It's wei ht is one pound and ten
ounces and it covers the top of half
bushel measure. The weight is eX-
elusive of roots, which were cut from
the head. If there is any bigger let
tuce in the county than this Olive
would like to hear about it.
The Coronado Beach Company has
established blue rock shooting traps a
couple of blocks from Hotel del Cor
onado, near the tent city site. Plenty
of guns, ammunition, and clay birds
are to be kept on hand and compe-
tent man is to be in charge of the es-
Enlistment A permanent building is
to be erected Immediately and the
! traps are to be kept ready for use
summer and winter alike.