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THE IRRIGATION A GE. 



At Los Angeles a small plant is being 

 put up to handle antimony ores with a 

 view to extracting gold. Mr. Aranville, 

 who is at the head of the venture, claims 

 to have a process by which quite a large 

 percentage of gold can be extracted from 

 antimony which does not show any gold 

 in an assay. Between $5,000 and $6,000 

 is invested in the venture. A good loca- 

 tion has been selected for the plant, for 

 Kern county has more antimony mines 

 than all the rest of the mining states put 

 together. 



STATE NEWS. 



ARIZONA. 



As a result of a petition fron the white 

 settles in this region, a number of troops 

 have been sent to the Arizona and Ne- 

 braska reservations, as it is feared from 

 the actions of the Indians that the Sioux 

 are planning a wholesale massacre of the 

 whites. 



ILLINOIS. 



A cyclone did disastrous work in the 

 southern part of the state on May 18, 

 many lives being lost and a great number 

 of persons seriously injured, not to men- 

 tion the loss of property. Iowa, Wiscon- 

 sin and Minnesota also suffered from the 

 storm. One very peculiar feature of the 

 cyclone, according to a witness of it, was 

 the entire absence of wind except in the 

 direct path of the storm. 



CALIFORNIA. 



The recently completed power transmis- 

 sion line of the San Joaquin electric com- 

 pany is said to be the longest transmis- 

 sion power line in the United States. It 

 extends from the power house in the 

 mountains to Hanford, a distance of sixty- 

 eight miles, via Fresno. 



From the Fresno Republican, we quote 

 the following concerning the Fresno 

 county olive oil: 



''The first pure olive oil put up for sale 

 in quart bottles in this county was shipped 

 from lieedley to Messrs. Louie Einstein 

 & Co., recently. The oil is rich in color 

 and flavor and will be a revelation to those 

 who have been using imported adulterated 

 so-called olive oil. 



This is undoubtedly the beginning of an 

 industry in this county that will assume 

 great importance in the near future, and is 

 to be hoped that the attention now being 

 given to pure food laws and the fact of its 

 adding another to the many industries of 

 this county will iriduce our people to use 

 Fresno county pure olive oil." 



TEXAS. 



From the Wise County Messenger we 

 learn that the new Baptist College, at De- 

 catur, will be ready for students next 

 September. 



