Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-12-11
Italian Vineyard company's 81,
monga, which has $500 acres in Oncu-

Italian Vineyard companv,s
monga, which has $500 acres in 3. Oncu-
Twelve thousand seven bundr.l
loads OF greer, fruit have been sb;r' gar,
east IRON oiao sacramento this ,n gos
against 7400 carloads last vear ."Son,
date. This is gain of a per ,.,... ~, TINS
fruit shipped consisted of ppor. lie
peaches. apricots and table graz, Inns,
heavy shipments will be incra.t. Inc
year should the crop be good a. next
new orchards will come into many
The Hartman roads are dom. rug.
their power 10 encourage the>. fn
shipments, as they add lareeI,, 1IWt
revenues of the Central and IN; he
cific roads. Ia
There is strong feeling in San Pro-.
co against the threatened incr... N-e'S-
railroad freight rates, and a nr.t No. IN
organization of merchants ana mr., eIIYe
representing $5O000,000 of cam. ii"Gefs
been formed Among the Ieada,. mas
movement are the fruit canner5 IN. ihs
fruit men, growers of beans ana Ia itaeu
ners. They will submit thei, @ '9u'
the traffic bureau of the mereb.,,.t Ine
change, and Seth Mann, attorn,, FA'
the bureau. will probably bring II 10, nGf
iect before the interstate CONNER, aoL'
mission. Nothing for years has Yr., Joul,
the producers OF California and tie Sou
frahclsco Wnolesale merchants SO thor.
oughly as this threatened adyapcc
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii ,ro.,
i'll San Francisco for several days nr aS
patory to pleasure tour which v'uP
clude Boston, New York and WIN ,l-
ton as well as the leading cities nf W.
rope The Queen, although 10 years.
old, enjoys travelling. There is no ones'
ton that while in Washington sbo Iii
make an attempt to obtain her CHM, "" nf
S250000 from this government, Sc
well off, however, having an incornn dS
about $4,000 a year In BostoI sSa
will arrange for the publication If 5as
memoirs.
The supervisors at San Francisco nv
a close vote, defeated Il bill this wool
to gradually increase the liquor license
fee from $500 to $1,000 a year. Snner.
visor Murdoch championed tbe KIN
which he showed would reduce the pnm' NM
Der of small saloons and materially in.
crease the revenue from the sale of
liquor. The measure was defeated Inv =
vote of 10 to 8. Murdoch then atfemDt'
ed to increase the license fee from S500
to 5000 year, but this was also de.
feated
The first coinage of 100000 conner
cents by the San Francisco mint was do.
livered to the sub-treasury last week
This issue is expected to be the FIRST
of many such issues which will succeed
in making San Francisco accent the
eastern coin. Although several dpport.
ment stores have priced their goods in
odd numbers, they have not succeeded
in popularizing the cent. CalifOrnians
,.af 70 hnfh nrz Il.
than a 5-cent piece.
There were heavy rains throughout
California last week and deep
snow in the mountains. The rainfall
averaged from a quarter of an inch to
an inch and was general Even this
small fall will do an enormous amount
of good, as it will revive feed and enable
wheat growers in the big valleys to
pillow. Snow near the summit Of the
Sierra Nevadas on the line of the Cen
trail Pacific railroad is 3 feet deep-an
unusually heavy fall for this season.
The railroad has so improved its snow
sheds that no trouble is expected this
winter from blockades.
The Great Western Power plant on
Feather river, near OroyilIe Cal. will
be opened in fortnight. 1t will be the
largest electric power plant in the world.
costing over $12,O00,00O. BY means Of
tunnel the entire flow of Feather river
over three and half miles of river
bed. will be diverted and this enormous
force of water will furnish power.
Over 100 carloads of oranges have
been shipped from the vicinity of Orc
vile. Butte county, Cal, to the east this
month. This is the district as far north
as st. Louis. which escapes hard frost
and is very warm in winter. 1t grows
oranges unsurpassed in size and cohr
and markets them two or three weeks
earlier than southern California
The new drydock at Mare Island. Cal,
will be ready by next May, and it is
hoped the cruiser California may be the
first vessel to enter it. The caisson for
the dock has Just been completed by
the Union Iron works in this city.