California News Roundup of Projects and Incidents
The $2,000,000 Southern Pacific tunnel under the Sierras near the summit is finished, two miles long to shorten a steep grade. In Berkeley, 60 Chung Mei home boys earned 3000 by berry picking at Sebastopol. Upper Lake cannery houses 250 Chinese workers for bean crops. Alhambra’s Masonic temple gains a new front and alterations. Mrs Will Sehorn killed a cinnamon bear that frightened her children at Willows. Pasadena will award Ruth Dees $5000 after her husband died on a power pole job. Mary Ellen Potter of Julian dies aged 55 years with two children. A toll-road boulevard from Mill Valley to Muir Woods and the National Monument awaits a board approval. Stolen property worth $174,000 recovered by the state bureau. Robert George shoots San Benito county’s largest deer, 185 pounds dressed. Hop picking in Sonoma county begins Sept 1 at one cent a pound. 15,000 bales expected. Senator Hiram Johnson visits Los Angeles for two weeks. San Leandro plans a $50,000 junior high school, English style. A bridge franchise from Coyote Point to Alameda shore approved north of Dumbarton. Visalia cannery begins pear processing. 20 railcars shipped from Sacramento Valley. John Muir Trail project to join Yosemite and Mt Whitney and $10,000 funding authorized. Long Beach contributes $30,000 to Santa Barbara restoration fund. Bakersfield aviator H W Catlin and pilot John Simpson survive a 10,000-foot crash near Rarsberg. State engineers arrive in Tulare to map a statewide water development plan, exciting South San Joaquin valley counties.
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British Anger Grows Over Canton Policy Amid China Japan Pact
Shanghai reports indicate China and Japan reached settlements affecting cotton mills and seamen on Japanese ships, isolating Britain amid embargos. British officials plan an investigation with Vice Admiral Sinclair while Canton and Shanghai frictions persist. Cites bolshevik conspiracy claims and mislabeled assets in governance.
Dairy Cattle Sales and California Ag Outlook in 1920s
Public sale at Los Angeles Union stockyards on August 5 averaged 125 per head from 26 dairy cows. California peach and fig growers report peaches and figs moving into packing houses while San Joaquin valley fair stock show runs August 27 to September 2 with a horse show planned. Wiley Giffen of Fresno plans cotton planting on Tejon Ranch lands and leases for 6000 acres. California dairy cattle accreditation rises with 77 fully accredited herds and 2250 supervised across the state.
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