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CALIFORNIA. 



\ New Town. Following is an account, given 

 in September, of a town made to order : 



In the Uttt three weeks there ha sprung into 

 existence up " niv. close by t 



am*her such town a* Pullman a city l.uilt 



upon and around a great indu>tn. Omton fe thi 



name of the U> : he result of the proposed 



italion of the immense timber tracts in the 



M>.juirvd by the lui. 



Hotmrt durinc the laM thirty year* of his lif 

 and Mitwqueni : '**. They i-oin prise 



HOW, mid sugar pine and 



fir all a virgin forest. Of this Tast area of timber 

 40,000 acres are to be cut, sawed, ami manufactured. 

 an operation m I -sti mated will occupy t In 



time of a large force of men and the employment of 

 much machinery for sixty rears to conn-. A broad- 

 gatun railroad has been built to Tru.-kee 



on the 



tic, 7 miles, as well as a standard spur 

 of 2 miles to the timber belt, and 7 miles of na 

 ffauffr truck are to be used as a logging road into 

 .Is and mount;, 



Oatennlaln. The hundredth anniversary of 

 ' Mission San Jwse* by l-'riar Parmin 

 Francisco de Lasuen was celebrated* June 13. An 

 altar was prepared on an elevated platform, and 

 mass was celebrated in the presence of about 10,000 

 twople. after a procession made up of a great niim- 

 panies and societies. After tin- ivligious 

 serrices all who were in nttemlnnce were provided 

 for at a liarlm-ue in Spanish style in the Ix-autiful 

 I'nlmdale ground-, which date their beginnings 

 from tin- fniindntioii of the mis-ion. To the sub- 

 stantial* of the rciuist were added the pure wines of 

 the Gallejjos cellar. 



An incident of the celebration was the presence 

 f an Indian. Felipe Jost Marziano, one hundred 

 and twenty years old, who was present when i In- 

 mission was founded, and remembers the simple 

 ceremonies of that occasion. 



M m ilar celebration marked the hun- 

 dredth anniversary of the founding of the town and 

 mission San Juan I 'a 



LotAmr.l ->f 3,000 acres has recently 



been given to this city fora park. It is just be- 

 yond the northern line of the city, and includes 2$ 

 miles of frost less foothills bordering on Cahuenga 

 valley. 5 miles of Los Angeles river bottom lands, 

 and a beautiful little val lev, which was (ailed the 

 Press Colony site; also, with these lands tin- im- 

 provements thereon, consisting f several building 

 and water plant, with tunnels and piping. This 

 nark will include m..n- than 2.000 acres of tillable 

 land, and nome of the most romantic scencrv of anv 

 park in the world. The land is the gift of Mr. <;. 

 J. Griffith, formerly a newsfiaiH-r man in San Fran- 

 cisco.and is to be called (Jrifnth Park. Tin 

 asks that no railroad that may be chartered t< 

 to the park shall have the right to ohai 

 larger than five cent*. The value of t he hind is be- 



.,..;. ejoQjooand pooyooa 



LrrMathe SfMlon. The Legislat .ire co nvem-d 

 Jan. 4 for it* thirty-second session, and adjourned 

 March 21. Thomas Flint was chosen president 

 pro tern, of the Senate. Frank I* Coombs was 

 Speaker of the House, a. , akcr 



pro leaf. 



In his measage to the Legislature the Governor 

 called attention to the need of economy in 

 affairs, the expense* of which had been steadily in- 

 creasing during the past ten years. In regard to 



" The State Board of Examiners found salaries 

 and wages for the same service exceedingly dispro- 

 portionate; the number of employees excessive; that 

 there was no uniformity in the system of keeping 

 books, warrants, or checks; that attendants in the 



various asylums vary greatly in their ratio t<> the in- 

 mates thereof] that employees fretjiient 1 y in. : 



in Dumber and the pay mil was augmented by thou- 



i.. liars, while the number of pat ieiits re- 



: tUtionai Med." ,, 



- '. ha\e been clTecled. t lie 



luring In- term, amon^ whi- 

 I in the e\|ieiiM-s of management ,,f the 

 Stt' ' -\lunw of $65.H'Ji.:;i from tin 



propriationj for the year ending .lum ::M. i^:n;. ami 

 of $90,070 for the five months ending Dee. i. mher 



!iii-s and reduction- o! e\pni-e to the Stale 

 pointed out as accomplished, in accordance wit h his 

 SUgpestion on co-i.peraiion. were the transfer of the 

 iutiesof the Viticiiltural < '"iimn n>n \ the I'ni- 



v of California at a saving of ^od.dini; the 

 t ran-fer of the oilier^ of the Horticultural Coinmis- 



to tin- SUte Capitol, saving $20.000; u,, 

 approval of appropriations to agricultural soci( 

 aggregating f 108,000; the repeal of tin 



ing support to ap-il indip-nts. sa\ 

 year, and of the coyote scalp law. sa - >.(KX) a 



year. The reorcani/alion of the National (iuanl 

 has also effected a great saving. Tin P,,.ard 

 aminers has eliminated items amounting to $06,- 



I I. and rejected claims r^gregatin^ > 

 An election of a successor to George ('. Perkins 

 in the I'nited Stat. l-ein.-: in ord( i. Mr. 



Perkins was nominated by the Itepulilican cam us. 

 Jan. 5. and was elected. .Ian. \*2. \>\ a \oti . f ", l to 

 !">. The Democratic v.te was divided amoni:. lames 



(i. Ma-uiiv. \\. \\. Poote, John J. Dwy< r, P.. l\ 



Langfonl. and <'harli- Lane. The I'eople'.s parly 

 vote went to T. V. Cat or. 



The sc ion was conspicuous for accusation- and 

 investigations. 



A -caudal arose in the beginning of the s 

 in regard to the temporary organization of 1 1 

 sembTv. It was charged that the chief clerk, who 

 had the authority to appoint the necessary clerk*. 

 porters, etc., had | nit upon the li^t almost KMI p.-r- 

 sons more than are required by law for the House 

 when fully organ i/cd : that these j> i 

 placed apon the pay roll and allowed mileage ami 

 /" / iliem for several days for the purpose of paying 

 political debts. An investigation was ordereil. and 

 the committee reported that the charges \\. r. sub- 

 stantiated. The total amount expended nee.:. 

 was found to be $4.21.">. 



Still another scandal of the session was that con- 

 cerning the "coyote scalp bounty claims." This 

 bill appropriated $287,000 for paying back claims 

 for coyote scalps. "The bulk of the coyote claims," 

 said the "San Francisco Chronicle,* "hw been 

 known for years to be fraudulent, and on th 

 count principally the bounty law was repealed in 

 1895. Thousands of coyote scalps were taken from 

 county to county, certified in each, and not de- 

 stroyed. Coyote farms were established, especially 

 in Kern County, where, according to the report ..f 



t Moore, 20,000 fraudulent scalp 

 ter.'d at a charge against the State of $10' 

 Eastern wolf scalps, or scalps collected among fur- 

 riers in Ka-tern markets, were brought \Vi-t dur- 

 ing the years when the bounty was in force, and 

 made to yield from $5 to 25 each by collusion with 



OOtraty Officials." The bill passed the Senate by the 

 casting vote of the Lieutenant (iovernor. In the 

 Assembly it was defeated, but there was a call of 

 the House and 15 men changed their votes. The 

 Committee on Commissions. Retrenchment, and 

 Public Kxpenditurew was directed by the Speaker 

 to investigate the charges of bribery. The com- 

 mittee took possession of the telegrams sent ami re- 

 .Mieiito March 5 and after: among 

 them were found 14 which had a direct bcanir_ r "n 

 the bribery charge ; the committee submitted these 



