New-York tribune., 1909-05-30
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Project to Settle OUer Million Col
Onists in California.
rRy TeIerrarb 70 Tn. Tribune.

San Francisco May "a deal which involves
the settlement OF over a million persons on the
rich lands in the heart Of Sacramento Valley was
closed here this week The kuhns. capitalists OF
Pittsburg, back Of what IS the largest imn-
grafton colony enterprise ever planned in Cali
fornia- The project TO take over the properties
Of the Sacramento Land Company and the Central
Canal and Irrigation Company. which have seven
ty-ive miles OF main line bitches and canals IN
Glenn and ColuSa counties watering 5000 acres
Of the richest land in the state. The company has
obtained all the water rights and has options on
all the land. II proposes bring In 10000 settlers
and to spend 100000 in the purchase and develop
ment Of the land Oranges, lemons and all decidu-
Gus fruits, as We'll vegetables. may be grown
successfully on these lands.
The merchants Of san Francisco and Los Angeles
well as those OF Portland. Seattle. Tacoma and
Spokane. greatly wrought up a
schedule OF by which trauscontinentaI rail-
roads expect neutraIize the effect competition
by the Panama Canal II is asserted that these
rates will rob terminal points the Pacific Coast
OF advantages which they have hitherto enjoyed
as distributing centres for their territory Reno
Salt Lake and other intermediate points will be
able to obtain relatively low rates San
Francisco Los Angeles and thus jobbers in
these two cities will be unable To compete with
tohbers OF manufacturers in Chicago. Kansas City
and St. Louis
A sensation created among the strong state
order of Native Sons this We K. when it was
charged that Secretary Charles X. Turner was a
defauiter for over 5000. Three-Quarters OF this
money is missing from the per capita tax and the
remainder from the fund for supplies. Turner
was candidate for reelection at the recent annual
meeting of the order. but at the last moment was
forced to withdraw because OF strong criticism
Of his alleged lax methods OF keeping accounts
The Pacific Coast Women's Press Association
paid literary tribute TO Ina D. Coolbrlth. the San
Francisco poet. this week. when selections from
her works read. Miss Coolbrith made a
reputation early in lire. and her poems. which
appeared in the first numbers OF The Overland
Monthly under the editorshp of Bret Harte.
were widely copied. She would probably have
produced far than her single volume Songs
OF the Golden Gate" had she not been forced for
years to support her own family well the
children OF only sister.
The Southern Pacific Company opened its new
through line to Santa Cruz by way OF the Los
Angeles cutoff on Thursday. The old narrow
gauge line TO Santa Cruz which has been closed
since the earthquake. has been widened and the
| time cut 10 three hours and ten minutes. This
fast train Will be great help 10 Santa Cruz.
which is one of the prettiest of Calforna's beach
resorts.
! The Board of Public Works has warned four con-
tractors that they have teen dilatory in the con-
structIon cisterns for the city water supply for
should have been completed by May l. but they
are only half finished With these cisterns and the
! large reservoirs on Twin Peaks. Ashbury Heights
and the Clay and Union street hills. San Francisco
will have one of the finest high pressure water
systems in the country.
The new president of Mills College for Women,
near Alameda Cal, is Miss Luella Clay Carson.
for over twenty years head OF the English depart
ment Of the University OF California and regarded
as one of the ablest educators this coast Mrs.
G. T. Mills. of the cO-founders OF the college
recently resigned president because of advanced
age.
Arthur w Cornwall a well known local capital
ist died this week aged ifty-four years. He was
the eldest son of ?. B. Cornwall. a prominent
pioneer. John McFIugh. n pioneer or san iran
cisco and one the founders Of the Hoernia Bahh
died this week aged eighty-eight years lie was
the first vice-presdent OF the bank ana for many
years one of its directors
1rda,endept oil men of the Kern River and
Coalinra fields have approved a plan TO ouiid
nine line from Bakersfield and Coalnsa 10 uue-
atar The acquiring of the right OF way and the
making of. surveys will be taken up at once me
estimated cost is S50O000
The California Fruit Gamers Assoclauon plailI
- I,-ssro was DESTROYED by fire this week. causing
loss OF 100000 The cannery started I'd only on