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the shores of the American and Sacramento Rivers above this city, and by 

 the force of the high northerly wind were broken loose from the shores, 

 grinding them together and blowing them into the current of the two 

 streams mentioned above. 



HIGHEST AND LOWEST TEMPERATURE. 



The temperature at 4 a. m. was 24°; between that time and sunrise it 

 fell to 19°; at 8:10 a. m. it was 21°; at 9:20 a. m. 23.5°; at 10:25 a. m. 26°; 

 at 11:30 a. m. 29.5°; 12, noon, 30°. The temperature, therefore, does not 

 stand as high as the freezing point, which is 32°. Ice on the roof, in a tub 

 thoroughly exposed to the full force and effect of the weather, was one and 

 one tenth inches in thickness at 9:20 a. m., and at noon was the same. In 

 fact, the hole that was cut to measure the ice was closed by a thin film of 

 congelation. 



Along the Railroad Lines. — What the Thermometer Showed at 



Seven This Morning. 



At 7 o'clock this morning the temperature was as follows at the railway 

 stations indicated: Truckee, 25° below zero; Summit, 12° below zero; 

 Cisco, 3° above zero, and six inches of snow; Emigrant Gap, 8°; Blue 

 Canon, 7°: Towles, 8°; Gold Run, 7°; Colfax, 16°; Auburn, 26°; Newcastle, 

 20°; Rocklin, 20°; Sacramento, 22°; Tehama, 34°; Nord, 17°; Chico, 20° 

 Biggs, 25°; Marysville, 20°; Lincoln, 20°; South Vallejo, 22°; Napa. 26° 

 Calistoga, 24°; Suisun, 26°; Elmira, 25°; Davisville, 24°; Woodland, 20° 

 Knights Landing, 28°; Dunnigan, 29°; Williams, 23°; Willows, 28°; Orland, 

 22°; Corning, 26°; Red Bluff, 30°; Wheatland, 24°. 



No Damage Done. — Interviews With Various Farmers of the County. 



As there was considerable speculation among Sacramento business men 

 as to whether or not the prevailing cold snap will injure trees or vines, a 

 " Bee " reporter was sent out to-day to interview farmers on the subject. 



The first man struck was State Treasurer Herold, who is fresh from his 

 ranch at Lincoln. He declares that no harm whatever has been done to 

 trees or vines in that section. He says that on yesterday he saw as fine 

 oranges as were ever grown taken from trees on a ranch adjoining his. 



Hiram Johnson, of the Union House, regards the cold flurry as more of 

 a help than injury to trees or vines. He says that he has observed that 

 trees and vines do better after a cold winter. At this season the sap is in 

 the roots where the cold does not penetrate. Mr. Johnson said that the 

 cold will paralyze the codlin moth and other orchard pests. 



Morris Toomey, of Walsh's Station, concurred in Mr. Johnson's remarks. 

 He says that no harm has occurred to trees or vines out his way. He, too, 

 believes that good will result from the cold, as buds will be kept back and 

 kept free from being nipped by possible late frosts. 



Hon. H. C. Wilson, one of the most extensive farmers of Tehama County, 

 is in Sacramento. He says the cold weather, coming at this opportune 

 time, has done no injury to trees or vines in his county. 



Robert Williamson and Daniel Flint have just returned from making a 

 thorough investigation of the orange and lemon orchards of Placer County. . 

 They report that no damage whatever has been done there, except that in 

 a few places the new growth of young orange trees has been nipped by the 



