Mesa free press., 1901-01-18
I'LL ALONG THE COAST
Interesting General Information
About California
MENTIONED IN THESE COLUMNS
Selections That VIII Be of Great Interest To
Both Old And Young.


sulphur water.
Hanford will sell 200 of sewer
bonds in January.
Sacramento will burn oil for fuel at
it's water works pumping station.
Three slight shocks of earthquake
were felt at San Jose Sunday night.
The Bank of Berkeley, private in
stitution, has failed. Truck farmers
will lose $4,000.
A Stockton woman was hugged into
insensibility by Jack the Hugger'
who is terrorizing that city.
J. B. Robinson owner of stage line
between Merced and Mariposa, Will
supplant his stage with automobiles.
About one thousand acres of land
near Huron, which was overfiowed by
the last rain, has been sown to grain.
Two hundred and eighty cars Oh
westbound freight came over the San
ia Fe through Cajon Pass in one day
recently.
The people of San Mateo think they
they have volcano. From a depression
in the ground smoke has been issuing
since last July.
An immense plant is to be erected on
the McCloud river, near Redd1ng,, TO
furnish electric power for the Snasta
county mines. -
The Tulare County Bee Keepers AS
sociation wants a bill passed to au-
thorize the Supervisors to appoint
bee inspector for the county.
An Armenian colony may be estap-
lished in Tulare county soon by Blsn-
on Saragian, chief representative OF the
Armenian church in the United States.
The University of the Pacific is Tree
from debt. Sixty thousand dollars mas
been subscribed, $3.50 coming from the
Chinese Six companies at San Fran
cisco.
Pico Bejarra an old vaquero on the
Tepusquet ranch, near Summerland' on
Friday, killed two large mountain hons
with the lariat. The lions were treeo
by dogs.
Because Isabelle Mackinnon of Oak
land refused to yield to her fatners
demand not to marry John s.. de La
ney. she has been disowned by her
stern parent.
The time of holding the Los Angeles
fiesta has been changed to the second
week in May, to correspond with the
date of President McKinleys visit to
the Pacific Coast
Read the newspaper accounts OF
storms, blizzards and death-deaIng
weather in other sections of the world,
and then give thanks to God that you
reside in California.
That Vancouver goose whose crop
banned out $3.50 is coarse yellow
flakes was probably the bird Whlcn
has been laying golden eggs Tor so
long .-Marysville Appeal.
Elmer Locke, the San Francisco boy
hero who lost leg while trying TO
save his pet dog from death beneath
an electric car, has received a silver
medal fro mthe Humane Society.
"Abolish the tramp" says the Los
Angeles Herald All right; we're will
ing. When you've abolished your
available supply let us know and we'll
send you down some of ours.-Stockton
Record.
Liet. C. G. Calkins, U.S.N., who has
been living in Berkeley, has been or
dered to proceed to New York. He was
the navigating officer of the Olympia
under Dewey. His family will remain
in Berkeley.
In the discussion of the reorganl-
zation of the Democratic party that is
filing so much newspaper space, MT.
Cleveland has one point OF vantage.
He speaks as two times winner against
a two times loser.-Riverside Indepen-
dent.
George Mueller, an eleven-year-old
San Francisco boy, has received
personal letter from "Oom Paul. Kru-
ger, acknowledging a donation OF 81
for the benefit of the Boer children.
The boy is an enthusiast in the cause
OF the Beers.
A Haywards youth wears his face in
sling as the result Of shooting
pistol outside church where a watch
service was held New Years eve. Two
men came out of the church and asked
him to desist. He refused and was
pummelled on the jaw.
Invitations have been issued for the
ceremonies of the Electoral College of
California, during which tn ballots will
be cast for President and Vice-Pres-
idtent of the United States, in the
State Capitol at Sacramento, Monday
January IA, at 2 p. m.
A Tulare paper is the authority for
the statement that man at Orosi, who
was bothered with mice, laid sticks
upon the watering trough in such a
manner that they would fall into the
water and carry the mice with them.
He claims to have drowned 5000 the
first night.
The transfer of the Los Angeles
Terminal railroad to the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad
company indicates that there is some
thing more than wind at the back Of
of the new corporation, which pro-
poses to build HOO miles Of road from
Salt Lake to Los Angeles
Even with but seven congressman,
and it does not seem that California's
,cprocoDtatiOp in tho lower house 10 fO