California building materials plentiful across state deposits
State Mineralogist reports abundant granite limestone marble sandstone slate serpentine and other building stones across many counties including Los Angeles Madera Riverside and San Bernardino. Cement clay and iron resources are extensive with three operating brick and cement factories and large clay deposits powering a growing industry. 1904 structural material value reached 7.27 million dollars with more growth anticipated as fuel costs drop and oil fields expand.
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Los Angeles
Madera
Nevada
Placer
Riverside
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
Tuolumne
Tulare
Amador
Calaveras
Colusa
Napa
Santa Barbara
Butte
el Dorado
Contra Costa
Kern
Mono
Monterey
Inyo
Santa Cruz
Santa Clara
Shasta
Sonoma
Ventura
Yolo
Santa Catalina Island
San Bernardino County
Porthyry
San Luis Obispo
Calaveras County
California
Napa Junction
Napa County
Colton
Suisun
Solano County
I Alameda
San Joaquin
Calveras
Los Angel
San Francisco
San Benito
San Mateo
Siskiyou
Yuba
Aubury
Plumas
Sierra
Tehama
Trinity
The Divorce Question Questioning Interest
The Detroit Free Press quotes Mrs. Quizzit asking about the divorce issue and Mrs. Flygh replying she has not reached that point. She says she is preoccupied with the marriage question which keeps her guessing.
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Mrs. Quizzit
Mrs. Flygh
Detroit Free Press
After Mad King's Crown in Bavaria
Vienna reports that King Otto of Bavaria may be deposed soon. Prince Regent Luitpold discussed ending rule from an insane sovereign and Vienna alerted the Bavarian government. German and Austrian courts reportedly approve making Luitpold king, though constitutional changes and public assent are uncertain.
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Vienna
Otto
Bavaria
Luitpold
Leaks Waste Water in San Francisco Water System
The Spring Valley Company delivers 26 million gallons to San Francisco but more than half is lost to sewers through concealed leaks in the burned district. The engineer says residents still have enough water. over a hundred workers seek leaks, though debris blocks access in many spots.
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San Francisco
Spring Valley Company
Water Company
Survey Items Planned Washington Senate Bill
In the Sundry Civil Bill a number of geological survey items of interest to California are planned. A conference between Representative Gillett and Senators Perkins and Teller Colorado resulted in increasing the forest reserve boundary marking to 150000, and the gauging streams item remains at 200000 as in past years.
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Washington
Geological Survey
California
Senate
Gillett
Perkins and Teller
Colorado
War Flares Between Tartars and Armenians in Erivan Province
A telegram from Igardi in Erivan notes escalating warfare between Tartars and Armenians. Troops and Cossacks have been dispatched from Tiflis to the fight as violence spreads through the region.
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Tiflis
Igardi
Erivan
Slate Range District Mining Prospects Near Goldfield
Slate Range district lies about 35 miles from Goldfield and 12 miles from Lida in the Grapevine Range. Prospects show notable finds while Hite is known in the area. Formation includes slate lime and porphyry with white honeycombed quartz ore. Lime Point Gold Mining and Milling Company holds seven claims with several wide ledges through defined ore.
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Slate Range
Goldfield
Lida
Grapevine Range
Hite
Lime Point Gold Mining and Milling Company
Saving Copper in Solution at Bisbee Copper Queen Plant
The Copper Queen Company at Bisbee expands a copper recovery method from mine waste water. A large precipitation plant will use vats with old scrap iron to precipitate copper onto iron, which then dissolves away in the water.
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Copper Queen Company
Bisbee
Fissures Open in Sierra Nevada Near Verdi Nevada
Prospector John Menanti reports immense fissures in the Sierra Nevada about two miles west of Verdi. Other prospectors confirm crevices, some with smoke and steam. Width ranges from about one foot to over twelve feet. University of Nevada geologists dispatch an expedition to investigate the newly formed cracks.
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Reno
Nev
John Menanti
Verdi
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Verdil
Geological Department of
The
University of Nevada
Old Camps Revive in Nevada Gold Rush Hype
The Aurora Borealis reports leasers on the North ern Bell strike a four foot vein of rich ore with values up to $12,500. Nevada mining booms promise revival of Bodie and Comstock era, aided by rail extension from Carson to Aurora and by heavy ore production in Standard and New Bodie districts.
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Aurora
Nevada
Aurora Borealis
Manhattan
Los Angeles
Virginia and Truckee
Carson
United States
Comstock
Field of Husbandry in Rural School Debate
A California Cultivator editorial argues rural schools must be owned by the community not just teachers. It questions schoolhouse conditions and asks farmers to assess interior quality, outhouses, and the daily impact on children’s lives and education.
Gardening outlook for summer crops and fall harvests
The piece notes that late summer vegetables can still be sown, with melon planting possible in July for fresh fall harvests. Tomatoes, squash, corn, and beans reach peak flavor in cooler fall weather, but require thorough irrigation and plowing. Growth is steady under these conditions.
Spinach Growth and Winter Outdoor Cultivation in the Middle South
Spinach thrives in cool climates and yields best in the Middle South when grown in open ground during winter. In Virginia near Norfolk, cuttings can be taken during the winter when fields are unfrozen. Early spring growth provides a large crop of greens. sow 10 to 12 pounds per acre or 1 ounce per 100 feet of row.
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Middle South
Norfolk
Lime in the Garden Advice on Soil Conditioning
Lime provides minor fertilizing value but mainly liberates and energizes soils with dormant manures. It purifies soil, deters pests, and can impoverish if overused by freeing all plant food. Apply once yearly by scattering on dry ground and airslake, then till thoroughly before the next crop.
Cantaloupe Harvest Tips for Growers
Growers should select melons that are just turning and avoid picking green or ripe-on-vine fruit. Picked too green won’t sell. ripe-on-the-vine melons will be too soft when presented. Use a spring wagon for hauling to the packing shed to reduce bruising and keep melons shaded after harvest. Deliver to packing shed or loading station the same day or as soon as possible.
Daily field routine boosts profits with proper packing
The Southwestern Stockman urges workers to inspect fields daily and twice daily if possible. It stresses keeping crate sizes separate, delivering to the shed, and packing uniform sizes to prevent shifting during transit and improve appearance and salability.
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Southwestern Stockman
Select Your Laying Hens For Large Uniform Eggs
The article explains that selecting hens with larger, uniform eggs increases market appeal and price. Factors include hen age, molt cycle, and especially thorough feeding with ample grain. Even related hens can produce markedly different egg sizes.
Brush versus cloths for milking gear sparks dairy debate
A farmer recounts testing a milk brush on pails separators and a kettle, challenging cloths as a source of bacteria. He notes slow post clean up yet finds the boiled water delimits and tin parts look like new, after spring light exposure and careful scrubbing.
Fresh Fruit Shipments Light This Season
Northern counties report light shipments of fresh deciduous fruit with cherries mainly affected by recent rains damaging ripe fruit. Apricots are scarce while plums peaches and pears will lag. Grapes are expected to dominate late shipments as new vineyards come in and planting of table grapes increases.
Garden Vegetables in Hawaii Market and Crops
The Honolulu market shows Chinese control of garden vegetable production with higher quality varieties selling at fair prices. Hawaiis climate allows settlers to grow most vegetables year round though celery peas and cauliflower are limited to higher elevations. Fruit flies threaten melons and squash but celery and cauliflower thrive above 3000 feet.
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Hawaii
Islands
Honolulu
Alfalfa Seed Crop Bulletin Issued by Kansas State
The Kansas State Agricultural College Experiment Station released Bulletin No. 134 on The Alfalfa Seed crop and Seeding Alfalfa. It notes seed production depends on factors beyond control but offers valuable guidance for alfalfa growers. Free copies available from Manhattan Kansas. Farmers urged to breed marketable horses and feed poultry efficiently.
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Kansas State Agricultural College Experiment Station
Agricultural Experiment Station
Manhattan
Kan
Gen Chaffee Plans Lumber Mills For Panama Canal
City of Mexico Major General Chaffee retired who bought 150000 acres of forest land in Guerrero on a Mexico visit plans to establish numerous mills on the property to supply lumber for the Panama canal. He is opening a rich mine and has 200 men employed drawing ore.
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City of
Mexico
Chaffee
Guerrero
California Items of Interest From the California Cultivator
Warm weather brings cooling moths as Napa County reports the best grape crop in 15 years. Ventura district plants about 45 000 acres of beans. Olive farmers switch to portable irrigation pipes. June lemons fetch the highest price for this month. Nagels drop to under 50 cars remaining in state. Sacramento pea crop will be a fourth heavier than last year. Apricot pits bring $15 per ton for German shipment. Labor famine hits all hays and gravities. Riverside inventor patents a machine for making orange boxes. Apricots near Sacramento fair, peaches slightly better. Vacaville fruit shipments fall below last year. Wild horses roam Reno. ranchers may kill them. Packing-house investigations hurt stock raisers. Tule River Citrus Association forms to unite South Tule Pleasant Valley Globe. Redlands army worms force alfalfa destruction by burning. Southern Pacific runs exclusive berry train Salinas to San Francisco for Pajaro Valley growers shipping 800 chests daily. Beekeepers around Sacramento organize against commission men. 1060 mules shipped from Stockton to Guatemala for tented-field work. California Cultivator.
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Napa County
Ventura
Sacramento
Riverside
Vacaville
Reno
Tule
Commission
United States
Stockton
Guatemala
California
Government advertises metal contract bids for copper zinc bronze
United States government invites bids to supply copper tin zinc and bronze for delivery at the Washington navy yard in monthly installments from June to 1907. First bid for 2 600 000 pounds of lake ingot copper at 18 85 cents per pound plus barrel costs from United Metals Selling Company. Nassau Smelting and Refining bids for zinc and ingot at 10 4 and 39 7 respectively. Ajax Metal Company offers 600 000 pounds of bronze at 16 9 cents per pound.
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United States
Washington Navy Yard
United Metals Selling Company
Nassau Smelting and Refining Company
New York
Ajax Metal Company
Philadelphia
Bomb at King Alfonso wedding kills thirty three in Madrid
An official report says 33 died after a bomb thrown by anarchist Morales at King Alfonso IIIs wedding. Nine injured are unlikely to recover. A special government committee pursues a $100,000 fund alleged to finance the assassination. Six Barcelona anarchists are jailed for praising Morales’ attack on the king’s life.
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Madrid
Morales
Alfonso
Barcelona
Nakens
el Matin
Parisian scholars seek universal language via international agreement
A Parisian delegation asks President Wheeler to back a universal language plan. They state they do not advocate any single project but seek to unite supporters to express opinion and elect delegates for an international arbitration to reach a definite universally accepted solution.
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Berkeley
Wheeler
the State University
Big Road Loses Lubrication Contract With Pennsylvania
The Standard Oil Company ends its lubricating agreement with the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh, affecting the Big Road system. The action, prompted by a pre Interstate Commerce Commission dispute, shifts revenue dynamics and highlights the Galena Oil Company as the intermediary. The move reportedly saves the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh over a decade more than 1.6 million dollars versus prior terms.
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Cleveland
Interstate Comm. Commission
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Galena Oil Company
Standard
Gatena
New Volcano Crater Sparks Alert at Mt Azo Japan
A fresh crater formed on Mt Azo Kiushin Island sends smoke and rumbling sounds. No damage reported yet but nearby residents feel uneasy as authorities monitor activity.
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Tokio
Mt. Azo
Kiushin Island
United States buys foreign stones worth millions in 1905
The United States Geological Survey reports 1905 precious stone output at 350 with sapphires valued at $125,000 and turquoise at $65,000. Imports totaled $34,997,513 versus $26,008,213 in 1904, diamonds dominating with $10,281,111 for rough stones and $20,375,204 for unset stones.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
United States
Water Syndicate Expands to Supply Oakland Area
The Oakland Realty Syndicate, after buying the Contra Costa water works, has absorbed the Sierra Nevada Water and Power Company whose Blue lakes and Mokelumne river water serve as sources. The merged system aims to meet Oakland and nearby towns needs, with reported finances between 3 and 4 million dollars.
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San Francisco
Oakland Realty Syndicate
Contra Costa Water Works
Sierra Nevada Water and Power Company
Blue Lakes
Mokelumne River
Contra Costa
Oakland
Old Age Pensions Across Nations Mentioned
The Chamb ers Journal notes Germany has a compulsory old age and invalidity insurance with a two pound ten shilling government contribution and varying employer shares. Pension amounts depend on five wage classes and weeks contributed, with Belgium Italy and Britain shown as leading nations. France hints at pensions via subsidies to funds but no national scheme exists.
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Italy
Germany
Chambers Journal
Belgium
Great Britain
New Zealand
France
M. Rouvier
Trade and Friendly Societies
Humorous Remark Sparks Drafted Family Joke
A Cleveland Leader clipping notes a remark about Jones with a queer sense of humor. The piece mentions his marriage to his dead wife’s sister and his reference to the woman as his sister-in-law.
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Cleveland
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Augury
State Mining Bureau
Slate Range District
Sierra Nevadas
the Rural School
Alfalfa Bulletin
Gen. Chaffee
Panama Canal
King
BIG Road
Japan
Oakland Men
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