The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1895, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. MITCHELL JUSTIFIED, Placer’s Coroner Not In- votved in the Dow- ling Matter. HE DID BUT HIS DUTY. Had No Reason to Believe the Dead Man Was Not John Dowling. HAD BEEN WELL IDENTIFIED. | | The Unjustly Blamed Official Has | Filled Many Positions of Trust. AUBURN, CaL, Sept. 19.—Coroner Berry Mitchell of Placer County, concern- ing whom certain damaging statements were made in THE CArrof June 27, has made a tement of the matter to your correspondent, and upon examination the facts are found to be as follow On Saturday, June 22, Mr. Coroner, was notifie sta chelt, as | at Colfax from inj railroad, near that pl mo he went cause of the man’s of the narrow-gauge tr: Ie er, a merchant from Ne- | o the body of the dead it to be thatof John | ¢ of Moore’s Flat, and | said that he had sold to the dead man, on the day fore, a portion of the clothing then on the bod r. Carter was posi tion of the body ive in his identifica- at of Jobn Dowling, saying that he had been a schoolmate of Dowling a2t Moo Flat and knew him well. Upon receiving this information Mr. Mitchell telegraphed to the mother of 1 Dowling, he was informed lived at Ukiah, as follows: CovFaX, Cal., June 23. Your son, John Dowl- What shall I do with the {ITCRELL, Coroner. To Mrs. M. Dowling: This telegram was sent between 12 and 1 Sunday noon. The Coroner’s jury, after viewing the body and hearing the testimony of numer- ous witnesses found by a verdict that the deceased’s name was John Morton, alias John Dowling. This verdict was rendered about 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Coroner Mitchell waited until the west- bound overland train reached Colfax at 4:15 o'clock, and having heard nothing | from Mrs. Dowling or of Dowling’s [ h, he directed that the | ren bloated and fast be- | ive, be bu George W. 1 undert Thereupon I returned to his home in Au- burn on that train. Mr. Mitchell heard nothing from Mrs. Dowling nos from any one acting for her in regard to the ition of the body either before Colfax or afterward. He did not remain to see the body in- terred, nor did he meet the sister of John | Dowli any other relative of that per- | y did what his duty as | him under the pro- | visions of the code in directing the body to be interred. He has not now nor has he ever had any deputy at Colfax. Up to the time of the publication of the cle of June 27 in Tue CaLr Mr. Mitchell did not know that the man upon whose body he had held the inquest was not, in fact, John Dowling; nor did he know that the relativ of Dbwling had taken any action in regard to the disposition of the body. i It further appears that the only state- ment made by any person to the sister of | John Dowl was made by J. F. Brown, a merchant and reptutable citizen of Col- | her that the price of the! in stock ranged from $10 to $12: Mr. Mitchell has lived in Placer County | for and has filled vari- ous offi rust and responsibility with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of tizens, and enjoys the respect contidence of all who have been brought in contact with him. His friends think that a statement of the facts in this | matter should be en the same publicity as was given the article of June 27, and he | has a: CALL in possession of them, contident that | for the sake of truth and fairness THE Carr will place his relation to the Dow- Morton inguest in its true light be- fore the public. SPOKANE'S PREDICAMENT. A Serious Difference Between the Peopie and the Mayor. SPOKANE, Wasn., Sept. 19.—A writ oii mandamus was issued out of the Superior | Court this afternoon, citing Mayor Belt to appear Monday next and show cause why he refuses to turn over the Police Depart- ment to Chief Humphrey, appointed yes- terday by the commissioners. It is strongly intimated_that the City Council will impeach the Mayor- for his stand in declaring an emergency in order to get | control of the police force when no such | state of affairs existed. Citizens are be- coming indignant over actions of the | officials, and propose to take the matter into their own hands unless the fight is soon terminated. - SEATTLE'S SHOOTING AFFRAY. The Victim Refuses to Prosecute in Order to Protect a Lady. SEATTLE, WasH., Sept. 19.—Having es- caped with his life and sustaining no seri- ous bodily injury, Charles Esplin, who was shot last night by ex-Policemam Phillips, to-day refused to prosecute his assailant, and the gun-wielder was accordingly liber- ated. Much pressure was brought to bear upon Esplin not to prosecute the case, as it would have dragged into publicity the name of a society woman, who, it trans- pired, figured in a very sensational way in the affair. e g A Cloverdale Pioneer’s Death. CLOVERDALE, CaL., Sept. 19.—J. H. Heald, a highly respected citizen and vioneer of Cloverdale, died at his home in QOat Valley this morning at the age of 67 years. His death was caused by injuries received from being thrown off a horsea week ago last Sunday. Mr. Heald was a native of Ohio, and has resided in this vicinity since the early sixties, being one of the first settlers, and bas accumulated quite a large estate. He was a prominent Mason, and one of the leading agriculturists and viticulturists in the State, having written for publication many able articles on these topies. His body will be interred at Healdsburg, Saturday, September 21. et S Amother Bullfight at San Bernardino. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., Sept. 19.— The fiesta bullfights were so successful that | ticipated. IRTONA TRAN ATTACED | nignt. 1 another will be given Saturday fortha ben- | efit of the Mexican band, More savage bulls, daring tereadors and matadors have | been sectired and an exciting time isan- | Other sports will be introduced | characteristic of the Mexican nation. | An offer has come from Pasadena to | hold a fiesta in_that city, including bull- | fights, Indian fire dance and other sports | given here. Should engagements be made | :‘jr will be given in that city at an early ate. AT TRAVERS. They Charge an Old Woman With Selling Them Liguor. TRAVERS, Car., Sept. 19. — An old | woman, friendless and widowed, decrepid | with age and with hair as white as the; driven snow, appeared in Justice Wootan's | court yesterday for a preliminary examin- | ation on a charge of selling liquor to In- dians. Her name is Mary Cassidy, and she was arrested Monday by Constable Martin at her little house on Front street. She obtains a meager income from her little flock of poultry and a porker or two. On Sunday evening, the complaint charges, | five Indians were arrested at her place | charged with drunkenness, and all claimed to have procured their lignor from ) Cassidy, and swore to that effect at her ex- amination to-day. District Attorney How- ard conducted the examination. At its L n the Justice placed her under $2000 bonds to appear for trial before the Supertor Court and remanded her to the custody of the Sheriff. A ROSEBURG DEFAULTER. He Is Captured at Walla Walla and Returned for Trial. Sept. 19.—F. H. Skin- of the Washington 1 Loan Association, | who skipped from here about two weeks ago with $800 of the company’s funds, was cap ured at Walla Walla, Wash., and brought | bere io-day by the Sheriff and is now im| | jail aw g his preliminary examinatio: Ie made a desperate attempt to escape by jumping from the train while it was run- ning at th Two Bombs Thrown at the| Express-Car Without i Effect. ! The Engineer Opened the Throttle | and Pulled His Traln Out | of Danger. | Sept. 19.—A bold and ! daring attempt was made early this morn- | up the s h-bound Prescott | passenger tramn four miles | south of Vulture. A bomb was thrown at the express-car, | but fell short and exploded by striking a tie. The engineer saw the flash and heard | the report. He opened the throttle and | went by at full speed. Another bomb was | thrown, but also fell short. The conrcus- | 1 | sion nearly threw the express-car off the | irack. | Ofticers are on the trail of the perpetra- | tors. g | It is thought another attempt will be made. The railroad officials had an intimation | several daysago that the attempt would | be made, but they paid no attention to it. | iy Attempt at Swicide. | , Ariz., Sept. 19.—J. W. Dee | tempted suicide to-day by shoot- | ing himself in the head. The ball entered | below the right ear and glancing upward | flattened itself against the skull. Dee Morey is consumptive and, not being able | to eat lor several days on account of his throat, grew despondent. Itisnotthought | that he will die. | - Coolies Sail From Vancouver. | VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 19.—The| Empress of Cnina sailed yesterday with | 140 Japanese on board returning to Japan. | The Japanese Consul says that most of | these men had a hard struggle last winter, | and anticipatinga similar experience this | coming season deemed it prudent to leave | for home ‘‘while the sun shines.” Mr. Nosse also states that no Japanese laborers | have arrived here during the last three | months, that a larze number of those | working here during the summer months | have gone to the American side, and that | at present there are less than 400 in this | province. | Yandals at Work at Newark. ! NEWARK, CaL., Sept. 19.—The shops of | the National Stove Works, one of the two | foundries of Newark, was broken into last | Parts of the engine were removed, thereby killing the engine, and the hand- hole plate of the boiler was also madeaway with. he handhole plate has not as yet | been found and some parts of the engine | | are still missing. The works are owned | and operated by Mr, Pike of this place | ondent to place Tue L and the establishment will be obliged to | remain closed until the necessary repairsl are made. S e A $70,000 Suit at Tacoma. TACOMA, Wasn., Sept. 19.—W. B.| Allen, president of the Bank of Tacoma which failed two weeks ago with $140 cash in its vaults, has been sued by the receiver of the bank for $70,000 on'a note represent- ing 700 shares of stock. The Tacoma Trust ard Savings Bank consolidated a year ago with the Bank of Tacoma, the note being then the only asset of the latter bank and on which the capital stock of two banks | was raised from $100,000 to $200,000. e Yaluables on a Corpse. LOS ANGELES, CarL., Sept. 19.-This morning, while examining the effects of Thomas Reynolds, who met with such a horrible death in a sewer excavation last Monday one of the firm of undertakers at whose place the body has been lying dis- covered a handeome gold watch, a note for $400 agzainst a Seattle firm and a bank- book showing a credit of $2000. It is be- lieved that Reynolds had a wife and fam- ily at Santa Cruz. | | i | | | | e Fate of a Santa Cruz Thief. SANTA CRUZ, Car., Sept. 19.—John Wilson withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty this morning in the Su- perior Court to the charge of burglsl;rv in the second degree. He was sentenced to one year in San Quentin. Wilson looted a Chinese house and secured $58. Sl ox PRunaway Accident at Chico. CHICO, Cavn., Sept. 19.—Rev. E. Gra- bam, the Presbyterian pastor here, was badly injured in a runaway accident to- day. His horse shied ata car and over- turned the buggy, throwing Mr. Graham and his wife violently to the ground. His wife was not injured. st New Westminster’s Embezzler Held, NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C., Sept. 19.— ‘W. H. Falding, late Supreme Court Regis- trar, charged with the embezzlement of several thousand dollars of court funds, was found guilty at the preliminary hear- ing to-day and formally committed for trial. e = e The New Tariff Ready. SACRAMENTO,- CaL., Sept. 19.—The proofs of the rew freight tariff will be out to-morrow, and will ready to be served on the Southern Pacific Company at once. Merced’s New Tax Levy. MERCED, CaL., Sept. 19.—The Board of Sugaervilon fixed the tax rate to-day at $183 on the §100, Last year it was $1 44, | cisco, MONG THE COAST. Bright Prospects for Fort Bragg’s Busi- ness Future. ITS VARIED INTERESTS. Fertile Farms, Vast Timber Areas and Near-By Fields of Coal. ALSO AN EXCELLENT HARBOR. Matters Ripe for the Building of a Rallroad With a Through Connection. [Special Correspondence of THE CALL.] FORT BRAGG, CAL., Sept. 17.—One of the least known portions of California is the narrow strip of cultivable land lying | between the sea and the mountains along the coast of Northern Californiz. This strip varies in width from a mere thread to | several miles, and is crossed at frequent intervals by clear streams, which come down from the mountains. The narrow bat fertile valleys along these streams are sheltered from the direct winds of the ocean, and contain many profitable farms. There are, of course, many who cannot endure the fogs and dampness inseparable from an ocean exposure, but to warm- blooded people, with no tendency to bronchial or lung difficulty, the cool and equable climate is usnally found very en- joyable. The rainfall increases very regu- larly as we go north from San Franci but does not become excessive1n thi: The =oil is usually a deep alluvium of great fertility, but for some miles north of Mendocino City is a black sand of less pro- ductiveness in its natural state, partly open and partly covered with a dense growth of inferior pine, of no value except for firewood. For agricultural purposes this Northern Coast strip possesses the advantage to the small farmer of the possibility of a wider variety of products than perhaps can be profitably raised in any other part of California. The farmers here can raise all the cereals, all root crops, dairy products, vegetables, beef and pork and the decidu- ous fruits, except apricots, peaches, nec- tarines and grapes. No irrigation is re- quired for anything, bur, if desired, can be bhad in abundance from the numerous streams. i From Mendocino City north it is a para- dise for hunters and fishermen, and an enterprising person located at some such point as Fort Bragg might build up a | sportsman’s resort which would come to be known the world over. The business of a farmer on the coast should be to produce first for his own con- sumption and then for supplying the coast towns and logging-camps. His surplus, to go out of the country, should be mainly in the form of dairy products, pork and possibly eggs. On new lands potatoes do remarkably well, and atone time the upper coast shipped large quantities to San Fran- but as the land most suitable to this purpose became gradually exhausted from this crop, its production for market be- came unprofitable, and now in some sea- sons the coast towns actually obtain much of their supply of potatoes from San Fran- co. The main businessof the coast district is lumbering. The redwood of the Coast Range is said to be almost inexbaustible, but an accessible population like that which so rapidly consumed the great for- ests of Michigan and Wisconsin would make short work of it. A generation or two of such demand would use up most of what is accessible at reasonable expense. The lumber interests naturally concen- trate themselves about the coast points | most convenient for shipping. The young- est of these is the flourishing town of Fort Bragg, which has grown up during the past few years. Fort Bragg, as the nameim- plies, was an old United States military vost, abandoned many years since upon the opening of the Indian reservation with whic it was connected. Ten years ago there was nothing there but some of the old post buildings rapiaiy going to decay, At that time the Fort Bragg Redwood Company (since merged into the Union Lumger Company), in seeking for a suita- ble shipping point, found a smalil but-dee, cove well protected by outlying reefs which, with nc artificial improvement, has proved one of the most convenient and safest shipping points on the coast. The character of the harbor with its present and prospective business fully jus- tifies the small appropriation from the Government necessary to make it perfectly land-locked. From each side of the cove project reefs at angles which would bring them together at a point but little outside the general trend of the shore. These reefs are partly uncovered at low water and if filled in and built up with loose rock, of which there is abundance at hand would form a permanent and substantial breakwater, with a good entrance and no bar, and which would completely inclose a senug, deep-water harbor, with dock room forabout a dozen steamers of the size now ordinarily employed in the coast- ing trade. The lumber company’s railroad now ex- tends about ten miles into the mountains, and is substantially built. It will ulti- mately be extended to Willits, about thirty-eight miles inland, there to form a junction with the Donahue road whenever that is extended to Humboldt Bay or con- tinued through Lake County to a junction with the Southern Pacific. U{;on Eel River, about forty miles from Wil in a direct line, are_extensive and accessible coal deposits, which mining en- gineers have Eronounced to be of good guality. For the pasttwo years there has been a strong movement, futly reported in Tre CALL, to at once connect Fort Bragg by rail with these coal banks, by way o ‘Willits. A company was formed and ar- rangements made with G. W. Hunt, a well-known railroad contractor of Oregon, to build the road. Mr. Hunt broughton his outfit, which comprised a full steamer- load, and is mow here; bat the financial arrangements, supposed to be completed, fell through for the time, and the enter- ‘prise is delayed pending the completion of anew agreement. There are said to be no engineering difficulties and no serious rades 10 %e surmounted. A very large umber business is assured to such a road, and the line east of the Coast Range runs through an excellent country. The harbor facilities at Fort Bragg are abundant for vessels of moderate burden, and with no serious expense could be made satisfactory to colliers of consider- able size, There seems to be no question of the abundance of the coal, and if the en- gineers who have reported upon its value have not been mistaken the proposed rail- road would seem to be a profitable enter- prise. When completed the Jumber roads now extending into the mountains from other lumberi points along the coast would gradually be extended to connect with it, and thus all these poris would be connected with each other and the outs.de world by a complete and convenient rail- road system. It is.a development whicbl would be highly advantageous to the coast district and the State. —— s MADERA’S CRIMINAL TRIAL. James Lawson Charged With Attempting to Kill His Wife. MADERA, Cav., Sept. 19.—The jury having been selected this afternoon in the trial of James Lawson, charged with at- tempting to kill his wife, the taking of the testimony was commenced. » The first witness for the prosecution was Mary C. Lawson, the wile of the defendant. She related to the jury how she went to a Christmas entertainment and danced with her husband on the 24th of December, and a short time after the supper was partaken of she went outside the Em:hen a few mo- ments and was there met by her husband, who asked her if she was going back to Ttah, and when she told him she was he drew a pistol and shot her three times— once in the breast, once in the neck and again under the right eye. Her cross-ex- amination was under way at the time of adjournment. e FIRE NEAR MODESTO Destroys a Barn, and a Number of Horses and Mules Are Killed. MODESTO, Cax., Sept. 19.—This morn- ing about 2 o'clock a barn on the old ‘Wardrobe ranch, four miles northwest of Modesto, took fire and was completely de- stroyed. Six horses and seven mules were burned to death. The barn contained farming implements, harness, etc., and was about half-full of hay and straw. The barn and animals were the property of Supervisor T. J. Carmichael. One horse belonged to John Cavell. The loss and in- surance are unknown. The cause of the fire is a mystery. SR A Charged With Embezzlement. LOS ANGELES, Cat., Sept. 19.—The charge of embezzlement against Charles Kiniman was, on motion of the District Attorney, dismissed this morning. Mrs. Vosburg, with whom Kiniman was asso- ciated and who was arrested in Oakland, charged with the same offense, was held and bail fixed at $1500. DESERT QUEEN LITIGATION Two Suits Commenced Against This Newly Discovered Gold Mine. One Brought by a Prospector Who Claims a One-Third Interest in It. SAN BERNARDINO, Cir., Sept. 19.— George W. Meyers began suit in the Supe- rior Court to-day against James McHaney, William McHaney and Carrie Harrington, their sister, for a one-third interest in the Desert Queen mine, and for one-third of the gold taken therefrom and milled— namely, $10,000. Meyers alleges that in last January and TFebruary, the McHaney brothers and he were prospecting and macde a verbal agree- ment that they would prospect in partner- ship, and should either of them locate a ledge, it should be in the names of all three. James McHaney discovered the Desert Queen in February, while the azree- ment was in force, and located in the name of himself and brother. Meyers claims that his name should also have been included when the location was re- corded. An attachment suit for §2100 has been brought by the Baker Iron Works of Los Angeles against the one-third interest of John B. McHaney in the Desert Queen mine, which was sold this weelk to a Den- ver syndicate for $250,000. Johp McHaney has had the manage- ment of the development and operating work, but is charged with having used the proceeds from the sales of bullion for other urposes than paying labor and supply Eills. His management is said to bave been such that his brother and his sister, Mrs. Carrie Harrington, ousted him. Mrs. Harrington is now at the mine in erson, 100 miles from civilization, kee ing the books, paying the men and atiend- ing to all the finances. The attachment was served h?; the Sheriffs of both San Bernardinoand River- side, as it is not yet known in which county the mine is situated. A commission is now arranging to survey the country, as recent mining developments make this necessary. < =it TACOMA WANTS A FAIR. Congressional Aid to Be Asked for an Exposition in 1900, TACOMA, Wask,, Sept. 19.—At a meet- ing of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday an association was formed by fifty repre- sentative business men to hold an Occi- dental and Oriental exposition in Tacoma in 1900. The intention is to ask Congress for an appropriation of §500,000. Owing to the enormous trade built up in the past three years between this port and the Orient, and the fact that the greater portion of the Oriental goods brought into this country is landed here, it is thought that this is the proper place to hold such an exposition. Several Oriental nations have been sounded on the subject and are heartily in favor of it. Japan, which has just con- cluded a successful national exposition at Kioto, is especially so. It is anticipated that the greatest display of Oriental goods ever seen in the Occident will be made at the fair. Consressiam\l aid will be asked on the ground that it has never been granted to an exposition on this coast before and that as this fair proposes to cement trade relations between the nations of the Orientand this country it is only just and proper. s T N Flogging of Prisoners Denounced. PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 19. — United States Attorney-General Harmon has in- formed the superintendent of the Oregon penitentiary that flogging of Federal prisoners in that institution will not be permitted, as it is a relic of the dark ages, and the superintendent retorts by declar- ing that “Ii the Government does not ap- vrove of the rules of the Oregon State peni- tentiary it can remove the prisoners.” The press is severely rebuking the im- pertinence of Superintendent Gilbert in not concurring in Harmon'sviews. It will have the effect of causing the enactment of a law inhibiting corporal punishment. —_— General Kelly at Pocatello. POCATELLO, Ipamo, Sept. 19.—General Kelly, of Industrial Army fame, spoke here in the street last night for three hours. He reviewed the travels and hard- ships of Coxey’s army last year, and as- serted that this movement was just in its infancy, and that as soon as the bluehirds began to sing in the early spring they would be marching en to Vé)nhingtom Hs advocated Government employment, and said Chicago would be ghe head- quarters for the army. He says they will not keep off the gras: —_—— Young Roughs Arrested at Pétaluma. PETALUMA, CaL., Sept. 19.—Four boys were arrested here last night on a telegram from Santa Rosa. Two of them are wanted for assaulting a Chinaman with stones. A Deputy Sheriff came down from Santa Rosa and ‘returned with them this morning. A man in Banta Rosa, who sold the boys whisky, was jeiled recently un- der sentence of 150 day el Married in Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, CaL., Sept. 19.—At his residence this morning Rev. T. A. Atkin- son spoke the words that united in mar- riage Alexander B. Woods and Miss Martha L. Dugdell, both of Oakland. The bride is the sister of W. A. Dugdell, the popular contractor of this city URGES UNITED ~ ACTION, Plan Proposed by Mayor Sutro to Block the Big Tax Levy. HIS OFFICIAL HANDS TIED. Ready to Join the Taxpayers In Bringing a Suit to Enjoin Further Action. Mayor Sutro is working his level best to block the $2 25 tax levy imposed by the Board of Supervisors at their last meet- ing, but it is hard work, owing to the re- strictions that bind hisoffice. Every point under the City ordinances was seized by the Solid Eight in order to carry through their plans. The tax levy was adopted by resolution instead of being passed as an ordinance so it will not be sent to Mayor Sutro for his consideration. According to the plan mapped out the Eight Supervisors will go right ahead with their work as if the Mayor did not exist. They propose to dictate what rate the taxpayers shall pay and how the money shall be apportioned among the different funds. In due time, if nothing occurs to block them, the proper notices will be served upon Auditor Broderick and the distribution of the money will be made as they direct. Cantheir action be blocked ? 3 Mayor Sutro thinks it can if the citizens who are now organized to guard the public welfare will make themselves felt. The Mayor said yesterday : I want to do everything in my power to help the City, but in. this matter my hands as Mayor are practically tied. Good lawvers ought to be engaged to fight this matter; to serve an injunction upon the Auditor from carrying out these extravagant orders of the board. The City does not give me a lawyer to go to for advice in this crisis. I cannot employ one unless it is at my own pri- vate expense. I have been doing that right along, but this is an extraordinary case an ought to have some help from the taxpayers, who have so much at stake. The City and County Attorney is at the call of the Board of Supervisors in this instance, and they have the advantage of intrenchment in the municipal stronghold. I firmly believe, though, tnat they can be easily ousied if the right course is taken. In ali fairness this tax levy ought to have been sent to me for consideration, but the Su- pervisors avoided that point by adopting it as & resolution, They have been passing real or- dinances in the shape of resolutions right along of late so as to get their pet measures through without a chance of my veto. They ignore my office right along. The consolidation act gives me the right to veto an ordinance. The tax levy should be in the shepe of an ordinance, and not a resolu- tion. They have dug up some decision of the Supreme Court, which they claim gets around the point. The only way to settle the matter is by an oppeal to the courts. From the ad- v 1 have received up to date I believe we can beat them. ButI oughtto have help in the matter. As Mayor, as [ said, my hands are tied; but asacitizen I can do as much as anybody, and I'm more than willing. This is & time for prompt action; not a time for the mxnuyer 1o tamely submit till itis too late, and then grumblingly pay his rate and lay tue blame on other people. The banks and other big taxpayers are deeply interested in this matter. So is the Civic Federation and organizations of kindred aims, Why don’t they combine at once for united action? Let them appoint & good strong committee that Wil work thoroughly, sensibly and energeti- cally in this matter. The cost of it ought to be very small if a tithe of the men who ought to be {nterested will only take action. When the lan of campaign is mapped out, all we want Fs & live and brainy lawyer to drive the case to & conclusion in the cou The great number of taxpayers can’t find a better investment for their money in the next two years than by contributing to such a fight. Besides, in this contest we may discover a way of keeping rapacious Supervisors within a proper limit in taxing the people. As the case stands now, of what avail is the law, and what faith can be placed in the pledge of candidates before election? Speedy and united action is what is needed now if the taxpayers want this extravagant tux levy of §2 25 cut down. OF INTEREST T0 RANCHERS Hay-Raisers in California Get Only One Return for the Crop. After All the Hop-Growers Intend to Gather the Brewing Blossoms. When farmers raise hay in California they get only one return from their crops. 1i they would raise flax they could get 1400 pounds of seed to the acre and the straw could be baled and sold for hay. As it is as good as any hay produced in the State it would soon be in demand and bring the farmer two returns for one crop. A little time will be required to educate horse- owners to feed it, but when they once learn its excellence they will eagerly buy it.—Stockton Independent. Nearly all the hop-growers in this dis- trict intend to gather the brewing blos- soms after all. announces the Healdsburg Enterprise. This is a peculiar world. Two weeks back not a grower, save one or two who had contracts, intended to pick. No change is reported in the grower is now gathering his crop can- not.be explained satisfactorily. 1t must be due to the fact that the price offered will pay for picking, and, as the price on hops is a gamble at best, the producer is payi iout money for the harvest in the hope that the tide may turn his way and advance. Pears have been the blue ribbon crop this year, both in demand and profit. Pears are a good crop any year, but be- cause they have led this year is not a good reason for a wholesale rush to pears. Peaches and prunes have paid for them- selves, land and all, in a single year before now, and the following season one could see or hear nothing but prunes. No pro- duct ever brought forth by the hand of man bas remained forever at high pressure, and it is not safe to found a per- manent business upon the result of a single season. The man who plants that to which his soil is best adapted and stays with it will eain in thelong run. Cer- tainly there is no gain in digging up and replanting to meet fluctuations in the mar- ket.—Tulare Register. Reclaiming an Old-Orchard. There is probably no one thing in which farmers are so universally careless as in the attention given their orchards. In al- most every neighborhood acres and acres are occupied by orchards which on ac- count of the way they are kept are little less than eye-sores. The trees, illy pro- portioned and unsightly, seem to have never seen a pruning-knife. Huge limbs hang down so low that their points touch the ground. Grubs and weeds are allowed to w, forming a veritable thicket of underbrush. Altogether the scene is more like that of a dense woodland forest than of what should be an ornament and profit to the farm. In the spring of 1894 we undertook to re- claim an orchard of two acres which had been let go in this way. So thick that the vision could scarcely penetrate, the un- dertaking seemed like an endless one. We cut huge limbs, some of them six or eight inchesin diameter, from almost every tree. Undarmwth was thick and large. The larger branches were used for fuel. The smaller ones and brush were piled far enough from the trees o tavoid injury from N ices, and just why |, heat and burned. Some of the brush, how- ever, was used for burning on beds which were to be sown in cabbage, tomatoes, etc. Where brush is scarce it _would be a good idea to reserve enough for pea-sticks, to- mato trellises, etc. Trees should be trimmed high enough to admit free pass- age of team under them. % ‘We now plowed thornnfihly paying no attention to roots. The leveling harrow was put on and seed bed was soon ready. What were we to plant? That was a per- plexing question. We could not settle the matter in favor of any particular crop, &0 concluded to compromise the matter and plant several things. Accordingly corn, potatoes, beans and peas were planted, about half an acre of each. Each was given the ordinary attention. At the close of the season it was found that corn had given much the most profitable return of the four. Potatoes and beans came next and were about equal in value, while peas made almost nothing. Corn made fully half an ordinary cro}) of ears and a large amount of first-class fodder, Ground was sown to oats and clover last March. At this writing oats are heading out and promise about as large a crog as if there were no trees on the ground. Clover looks well and, together with fallen apples, bids fair to make an excellent fall pasture for hogs. Trees are loaded with fruit of a much better quality than it would have been had trees not been trimmed and cul- tivated. i . We advise all farmers to reclaim their old orchards. Clean them up. You will be repaid in a larger and better yield of fruit alone. We think it best to_ plant foliage crops, such as corn, oats and hay. By foliage crops we mean crops of which the foliage or leaves are used for stock food.—H. E. Tweed in National Farmer. Why Many Farms Deteriorate. The answer to the question, Why do farms deteriorate? is, first, because the soil is not cultivated well enough; second, be- cause proper attention is not given to grow- ing leguminous crops; and, third, the re- sult of all is that more available fertility is taken away in crops than is restored by cultivation, by growing legumes and by adding manures—natural or artificial. The first great mistake is the lack of roper cultivation. The farmer’s boast is Eow many acres of grain he has planted, but not how well, little thinking that good cultivation makes more than half the crop. The soil needs frequent stirring to admit air and sunshine to help nitrification, to break down lumps and clods and fine the scil so capiilarity can have full effect. It has been proven so many times that land supposed to be “‘poor as poverty”’ has by thorough cultivation alone been made to row large crops, that it is a wonder more go not see the point and practice it. In sowing wheat after other crops the custom is to plow when most convenient, harrow once and then sow. A neighbor who knows how to farm made it convenient to hoth plough and harrow his oats stubble as soon asthe cro, came off, and he will probably roll anc harrow once a week until he sows. This is what “farming”’ means, and it will surely double the crop. Farmers are get- ting more and more into the practice of growing leguminous plants, but not a tenth of it fis done that could be to ad- vantage. The legumes are generally deep- rooted. They not only collect and fix at- mospheric nitrogen, but they bring up from depths below potash and phosphoric acid for other plants to feed upon when they shall have done with them; thus they conserve all three of these principal elements of fertility. Professor Robertson of Canada is a deep thinker on agricultural subjects. He has said: “‘Every two_and a half tons of hay will carry more off a farmer's land than two tons of fat cattle, and for twoand a half tons of hay he will get on an average $25, while for two tons of fat cattle he will get $200. By the hay method of farming he gets §25 from the same quantity of ele- ments of fertility that he gets $200 for when he grows ana sells cattle.”” 1f these things be so, the farmer’s interest is plainly de- fined.—Dr. Galen Wilson in New York Tribune. Dipping Sheep. Perhaps there is no other one operation connected with the care and management of the flock which, under certain condi- tions, will pay better than that of dipping sheep, writes Herbert W. Mumford in the Wisconsin Agriculturist. A few men rgue against the practice, while still others claim that they have tried it with unsatisfactory results. [ have nothing to say to the former class except that I be- lieve that they are arguing against their best judgment, and think that they must really know better. To the latter class [ may be able to suggest some points of in- terest. There are at least four reasons why every flockmaster should dip his flock at least once a year. The first of these may be summed up under one general head, viz.: to kill or destroy external parasites. These include ticks, lice, scab, maggots, etc. The fourth reason for dipping is to im- prove the quantity and quality of the fleece. To those who have not as yet seen the necessity of dipping, we urge -you to dip, say in some tried and sure remedy— the cost will be but a trifle—and I venture to say that after a thorough trial they will continue practice it. Profit in and Care of Chickens. But few realize how profitable poultry and egg production can be made, provided as much time and attention are given to it as to many other less important vocations. Some one has decided that a hen can be kept for less than 50 cents a year. 1t is a poor specimen of a hen that will not lay ten dozen eggs a year. At the low price of 10 cents a dozen this would leave a net profit of 60 cents. At this rate it will pay every farmer to keep a flock of hens and give them proper care. There is no dan- FIGHTING DEATH. An Occupation That Everybody Should Be Engaged In All the Time. Few people realize how much we can do in warding off that grim monster, death. OQur days are not ‘‘numbered”—we cannot determine the number ourselves, but we can add or subtract from it. ‘We are continually though uncon- sciously doing things that shorten our life by hours—days—years. ‘We work too long, too hard; we eat food unsuited to us, too much or not enough; weé overstrain certain muscles, limbs, senses or facuities, while others remain unused or undeveloped; we expose our- selves to excessive heat or cold, to impure air; we squander our vihlicg. 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