New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-14
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE,
Recent Rains Improve Condition of
Farms and Hines.


"A heavy Southeastern following rain earlier In
The week. has done incalculable good to interior
valleys, which We're suffering grievously for
4sck OF rain The entire autumn was dry and
only light showers fell throughout December
Inc rainfall in counties north of Tehachapi Is
only about one-hfth what It was last year at
this time. Many farmers have failed to sow
the usual acreage IN wheat because OF fear Of
dry year. Whether this storm will give enough
rain TO put farms and orchards IN good condition
is still uncertain but It Will help materially in
ploushing and it will start grass IN all grazing
counties. Miners also need rain badly as MANY
OF the power plants along the Sierra Nevada
ioothlils are running by steam, while others are
ldIe- Hundreds Of mines have shut down for
lack Of the usual water supply.
An old and well known family name
brought into unenviable prominence this week.
when Thomas o. Heydenfsldt, son OF the late
Judge Solomon Heydenfeldt, arrested.
charged with bigamy on complaint of his
divorced first wife. She says Heydenfeldt
did not wait one year after the interlocutory de-
cree of divorce was granted. but the whole mat
ter rests on the technical point that her attor-
neys rallied 10 file the divorce decree until nearly
year after It was granted.
What is said 20 be the first Hindoo temple erect
appropriate services by Swami Trisuanatita.
The San Francisco Vedanta Society which arac+
ed the building, is composed Of sixty members
out much help was received from others inter-
ested In the faith There IS a strong interest here
IN all religions that have mysticism attached
christian Science has a great following and is
now building large church.
Thomas r, Hayes. one of the members of the
N~fe-
the Mercantile Library. died this week at the
age of seventy-one. Hayes was connects1 ro-
nfty years with the wholesale harness houss ~
Main & Winchester. He was a charter member
or the Olympic Club and a director in several
banks.
Last honors were paid this week TO Major w.
T. Norris. veteran of the Civil War and close
personal friend OF John Hay and John Nicolav.
oiosraphers OF Lincoln. Norris came TO Calf
fOrnia at the close OF the war.
DR.. C. r. Babb. eIghty-four old a Presbyterian
clergyman. died this week He succeeded Henry
Ward Beecher Editor of THE Herald and
Presbyter" of Cincinnati. and for quarter OF a
century conducted that organ Of the Presbv-
terian Church. After retiring from tho editor
ship he came TO California and for years had
lived at San jose.
The first important bridge Of reinforced con-
crete construction this coast was inspected
this week at Polasky. I'm San Joaquin Valley
The bridge. which is probably the longest OF its
class In the country. spans San Joaquin River
and unites MADEIRA and Fresno counties 1t
consists OF ten arches OF seventy-five feet each
and has heavy end abutments. The concrete IS
reinforced with corrugated bars.
The discovery Of valuable turquoise mine IN
the Silver Mountain district. San Bernardino
County. was due to woman's curiosity. Her
interest was excited by strikingIy colored rock