50 000 Colonists Reach State in Month
Fifty thousand tourists visited in a single month as the season closed. Extra trains were run by Santa Fe Salt Lake and Southern Pacific to handle crowds. Traffic managers estimated totals with Southern Pacific around 28 000 Salt Lake 9 500 to 10 000 and Santa Fe 11 000 to 12 000. The total near 50 000 marks a large rise from last year with most tourists heading to Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Santa Fe
Salt Lake
Southern Pacific
California
Both Sides Claim Strike Victory In Rail Tie-Up
San Francisco October 25 Three weeks after federated shopmen at Harriman lines walked out the scene shows little violence. Pickets line shops in San Francisco Portland Sacramento and Los Angeles. Strikers say Southern Pacific rolling stock is in bad shape rail officials say repairs continue with non union workers. Trains not on schedule say strikers. officials report no serious delays.
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San Francisco
Harriman Lines
Portland
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Company
Eggs Price Jump After Guaymas Flood Losses
Delayed mail advices from Guaymas report eggs at 20 cents each with prices for other foods rising. Flooding drowned many chickens cutting supply and transportation damage blocks access to markets. The Sampson cargo ship left San Jorge bay October 15 carrying general supplies for Menlo Blanco amid storm distress.
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Tucson
Ariz
Guaymas
Sampson
Sierra Pinta Mining Company
San Jorge Bay
Menlo Blanco
Five Pounds of Grapes for Every U S Resident
Stockton reports San Joaquin County Horticultural Commissioner William D. Garden says California grapes could supply five pounds per person in the United States. He notes 300 carloads daily needed to ship them out and 9,586 acres not yet bearing. He warns that more grape growing could be ruinous and urges more fruit and nut trees. He also estimates state fruit canning could rise tenfold.
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Stockton
William D. Garden
San Joaquin County
California
United States
Garden
Week's News From Neighboring Cities
Redlands reports growing use of a new law allowing parents to refuse vaccination for their children. The rise follows a death from lockjaw last winter linked to vaccination, influencing many families in their choice.
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Redlands
Patton Fugitive Beck Found Dead Near San Bernardino
The body of a man believed to be Samuel Beck, a Patton Hospital escapee, was found near Rosena eight miles west of San Bernardino. Authorities say he starved to death after escaping on October 10 and vanishing.
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Patton
San Bernardino
Samuel Beck
State Hospital For the
Rosena
Beck
Infant Plays With Tarantula In Highland Cradle
Mrs. N. W. Edwards of Highland found her six month old infant in its cradle playing with a tarantula that had crawled into the cot. The mother seized the spider with bare hands and flung it to the floor where the tarantula lunged at her before being captured in a glass jar. The tarantula is described as the largest ever caught in the area.
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San Bernardino
N. W. Edwards
Highland
Cut of Queues or Lose Heads
A Hankow dispatch via Chung Sai Yat Po says the Chinese revolutionary government ordered male residents of Hankow and Wu Chang to cut their queues by October 22. The editor warns those who refuse will lose their heads, with over a million already having complied in the two cities.
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San Francisco
Hankow
Chung Sai Yat Po
Wu Chang
Record walnut day sets California packing-house mark
In Santa Ana on October 16 the Santa Ana Valley Walnut Growers association processed 69 wagonloads totaling 73 tons valued at 20 400, a record for California walnut receipts. The county expects 5 000 tons this season worth 1 000 000 with 200 000 to members. The nuts were described as finest quality.
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Santa Ana
Orange County
Quarantine Declared On Alfalfa Seed Imports
Sacramento officials declare a quarantine on alfalfa seed entering the state to prevent alfalfa weevil spread from infected areas. Forty five quarantine deputies will monitor imports and confiscate seed under suspicion to protect Utah crops.
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Sacramento
Utah
State Commission of Horticulture
Suffragist Jury Declined in Pasadena Trial
In Pasadena a Chinese defendant charged with parking near a hydrant faced a proposed jury of women voters. Police Chief Wood asked if the city should try a suffragist jury, but the defense objected and the case was postponed to Thursday.
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Pasadena
Wood
McDonald’s Court
Charlie Sing
Burns
J. G. Rossiter
Insane Man Self-Mutilates In Oregon Town
In Greenhorn, Oregon, William Bowlick, a wood cutter, severed his foot and cut off an ear in a delusion of atonement. A mail carrier found him, and he was moved to Greenhorn for help then to the county seat and later to an asylum for examination.
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Sumpter
Ore
Greenhorn
William Bowlick
Bevlick
Alaska Gold Camp Output Near Three and a Half Million
Thomas J. Nestor, an Iditarod banker, reports the Iditarod gold camp’s season output will total about 3.5 million dollars. He notes the camp had the best first-year record of any Alaska gold camp, a worker shortage pushed wages to 7 dollars daily, population around 2,500 with about 2,000 planning to winter there, and optimism for a prosperous next season.
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Seattle
Wash
Iditarod
Alaska
Thomas J. Nestor
Nestor
Saves 12 Years to Take Father’s Body to Japan
Fresno, Oct. 24. S Okuno, a Japanese laborer, plans to accompany the remains of Y Okuno to Japan. The father died twelve years ago and asked his son to return him home. Lacking funds, the son toiled in vineyards until he could pay for the voyage. He will sail on a steamer bound for Japan next Wednesday.
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Fresno
S. Okuno
Y. Okuno
Japan
Tide of woman voters rises in Los Angeles
Reports from the registry bureau show about 25 000 women registered in Los Angeles with books to close November 9. San Diego sees similar registration ahead of the November 14 election. Twenty seven deputies now handle registrations most are women and many are nonpartisan or affiliated with no party. Republicans lead among those who declare a party with Democrats and Prohibitionists close behind and Socialists behind them.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
Requirement to Tell Age for Voter Registration Clarified
Mrs Clara Foltz received Attorney General Webb's letter confirming that voters must provide accurate ages at registration. The rule aids election judges, prevents illegal voting and helps identify doubtful voters. Registration continues with many new names daily as women of all ages and classes undertake citizenship duties.
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Clara Shortridge Foltz
Webb
Public Land and Mining Contests Solicited by Law Firm
If you seek any contest or matter before the Interior Department write Clark and Wright registered land lawyers 902 F Street NW Washington DC They offer free information about contests and how to obtain scrip locatable upon public lands without residence or cultivation.
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Interior Department
Clark & Wright
F Street N. W
Gen’l Land Office
Washington, D C
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