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LATEST OAKLAND NEWS
The Mayor Revokes His Ap
pointments on the Board
of Health.
FOUND TO BE INELIGIBLE.
The Southern Pacific Company
Raises Some New Points In a
Stop-Over Suit.
Mayor Davies has settled the score with
Drs. Mi«s Shuey and Beckwith for their
disregard of his wishes in the matter of
the appointments of the Board of Health.
When the Mayor took office he appointed
Drs. Shuey and Beckwith, expecting that
the patronage of the board, which consists
of a number of lucrative offices, would be
dispensed with, some regard for his wishes
in the matter.
At first the board seemed to be willing
to do the Mayor's bidding, and Secretary
Paul Schaffer was replaced by E. W.
Thurman, a friend of the chief executive.
There the obedience stopped, however, for
at the last meeting of the board the mem
bers kicked over the traces entirely and
made such havoc with the positions under
their control that the Mayor, who was
enjoying himself at Santa Cruz, hurried
back from the seaside to stem the tide if
.tile. Through the change of heart on
the part of Drs. Shuey and Beckwith
Paul Schaffer was returned to his position,
and S. S. Smith, the sanitary inspector,
whom Mayor Davies particularly desired
removed, was reapppinted.
When the Board of Public Works met
yesterday the Mayor surprised the physi
cians by revoking their appointments,
basing his action on section 201 of the city
charter, which reads as follows:
The Mayor, members of the Council, Auditor,
Treasurer, City Attorney, Police Judge. Com
missioner of Public Works, School Directors,
members of the Board of Health and Health
Officer must each at the term of their election
or appointment have been a citizen of the
United States and a resident and qualified
elector of the city for three years next preced
ing their election or appointment.
Soon after his return from Santa Cruz
the Mayor made the discovery that neither
Dr. Shuey nor Dr. Beck with possessed the
necessary qualifications and that his action
in appointing them was illegal. Hence he
made haste to revoke the appointments.
The Mayor makes no secret of his hope
and belief that Secretary Schaffer and
Sanitary Inspector Smith will be ousted on
the grounds that the body which appointed
them was illegal, and therefore that they
are not qualified to act.
Smith offered to file hi 3 bond with the
Mayor yesterday, but the latter refused to
acknowledge him as the Inspector. It is
believed that the members whose appoint
ments were revoked will not give up their
offices without a struggle, and that the
Board of Health may follow the Board of
Public Works into the courts. Dr. Miss
Shuey is out of town, but is expected back
to-day.
Defense on Stop-Overs.
In the suit of W. H. Paxson against the
Southern Pacific Company the defendant
has raised some new points to protect it
self against the attacks of those who sue
on tickets where a stop-over in Oakland
during the trip from San Francisco to Ala
meila isutenied. The railroad in its brief
makes t£e following points :
Tirst— "that Oakland being all one station,
and Alameda being all one station, there can
be DO intermediate station between the two,
unce they are separated only by an imaginary
line.
Second — That the plaintiff if he has any cause
of action mistook his remedy by bringing his
action under the wrong clause of section 490
of the Civil Code.
Third— That the plaintiff is not a bona-fide
complainant because he knew and deliberately
committed the act set out in the complaint.
The plaintiff denies all these allegations,
and the defendants have been allowed ten
days by Judge Ogden to rile their final
briefs, when the case will be decided.
Paxson sued for $200 as damages for being
refused stop-over privileges.
I>r. Cole's Sister liuried.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Henrietta
H. Marshall, sister of Dr. R. Beverley
Cole, president of American Medical As
sociation, took place from her late resi
dence, 1315 Webster street, yesterday after
noon. The floral decorations were par
ticnlarlv noticeable. Beautiful designs
were offered by Mrs. R. W. Kirkham, Mrs.
A. J. Ralston," Miss Claire Ralston, Mrs.
Elizabeth Van Winkle, Mrs. Roland G.
Brown, Mme. C. Sourdry and Miss Bray
ton.
The services were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Ritchie of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
assisted by Rev. Dr. Akerly. The inter
ment was in Mountain View Cemetery.
The pall-bearers were J. West Martin,
Chauncey Taylor, Captain Rogers, E. H.
Marwedel, Fred M. Campbell, A. J. Ral
ston, Dr. Woods, IT. 8. N., Judge Stanly
and Profesaor Frank Soule.
Policeman McCloud Dismissed.
The Board of Public Works sitting an a
Board of Police Commissioners dismissed
Policeman William McCloud from the
force yesterday. The charges on which he
was dismissed" were brought by Chief of
Police Bchaffer and included insubordina
tion and inefficiency.
The resolution authorizing his dismissal
recited that uone of the charges had been
proven except that of visiting public places
while on duty, and it was on this ground
that his services were dispensed with.
This was McCloud's fourth trial before the
board, the charges emanating from the
Chief in each instance.
Funeral of Mr-. Fallen.
The funeral of Mrs. Charity Pullen was
held yesterday afternoon from the resi
dence of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Lay
mance, 963 Fifth avenue. The interment
was in Hollister. Mrs. Pullen was the
widow of the late George Pullen and
mother of Mrs. J. Tyrrel, Mrs. W. H.
Blosser, Mrs. J. W. Laymance and George
Pullen. The deceased was born in New
York State eighty-four years ago. She
came to Oakland in the early fifties, and
was, with her husband, the founder of the
First Methodist Church in Oakland.
C. IC. Bennett's Case.
Yesterday afternoon arguments were
heard in the case of C. R. Bennett upon
the issue of "twice in jeopardy" raised
upon & motion to set aside the verdict.
Bennett's counsel lays particular stress
upon the point that after a man has been
found guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon on the first trial he conld not be
convicted on a subsequent trial of the
more serious offense of assault to murder
in the same case.
Will of Ex-Mayor Andras.
The will of tbe late ex-Mayor W. R. An
drus was filed for probate yesterday after
noon in the Superior Court. The value of
the estate is $6500. To the widow of the
deceased is given the homestead on Tenth
street, and the residue of the estate is
divided equally between the widow and
mother and father of the deceased.
Mangled in the Switch.
John J. Smith, a switchman residing at
1707 Chase street, lost his right foot by
having it run over by a boxcar yesterday
afternoon. While working at a switch he
got his foot cauglit in a frog, and before he
could extricate himself a train of boxcars
backed down upon him, severing his foot
at the ankle. The injured man was re
moved to Woolsey's hospital.
Hard on Teachers.
The Board of Education of Alameda
County seems determined to limit tbe
number of schoolteachers and to improve
their standard. Of the seventy-five appli
cants entering the examinations for cer
tificates to teach fifty-five were unable to
pass the test studies. The difficulty chiefly
lay in the arithmetic, which caused tne
failing of fifty-three.
Candy Men Settle.
suit of the partners, Mason and
White, the confectioners, which caused so
much legal trouble, has finally been set
tled. They have come to an agreement,
and an order of dismissal of the case before
the court has been entered.
BERKELEY.
The Board of School Directors met Mon
day evening.
The annual report of S. D. Waterman,
principal of the East Berkeley schools,
showed that the total enrollment for the
year, including the High School, was 1688,
the average number being 13G1, and the
average daily attendance 1303. Principal
Warnick of the West Berkeley schools re
ported that the total enrollment in his dis
trict during the year was 537; number of
new pupils, 506; average daily attend
ance, 380.
The course of study at the Hieh School
was somewnat modified. A limited courso
of not 'ess than three of the prescribed
studies may be arranged in cases where
parents desire such a course. At the conclu
sion of a three years' limited course, the
student shall be entitled to receive a cer
tificate of work done, but not a diploma of
graduation.
The board considered the work of the
year to be very satisfactory. Some changes
in one course of the High School study
have been made necessary by the issuing
of a new series of readers from the State
Printing Office.
Miss Clara Partridge, Miss Wilkes and
Miss Flagg were elected to teachers' posi
tions.
Knights and Ladles of Honor.
A chapter of the order of Knights and
Ladies of Honor was formed Monday even
ing. A large delegation of members from
the San Francisco lodge assisted the grand
officers to initiate the officers of the Berke
ley Council.
William Wateland was chosen past pro
tector; Dr. Farrar, protector. The vice
protector elected is Miss Clara Hand; re
cording secretary, Ed M. Hanson; treas
urer, R. W.Gobd; chaplain, Charles G.
\Y right; guide. Miss Annie Gross; guard
ian. Miss Sarah Blunt; sentinel, Fred
Champagne.
High School Clags.
The class of '95, Berkeley High School,
formally organized as a graduate class
Monday afternoon. William E. Saver was
elected president. Miss Josephine Colby
vice-president, Walter Kemp secretary, and
James Kline treasurer.
W. V. T. U. Meeting.
A special open meeting of the Woman's
Temperance Union will be held at the
First Methodist Church this afternoon at
3 o'clock. Mrs. Stephen Matthews, a dele
gate of the British Woman's Temperance
Association, has been engaged to speak.
ALAMEDA. •
The election for Chief Engineer of the
Fire Department is set for July 20, but it
is the opinion of many that the election
will not take place. There is a growing
feeling on the part of the City Trustees
that the Chief should be'under their con
trol and direction. As it is now the Chief
is elected by the firemen, and his election
has to be confirmed by the municipal
board. This was reached as a compromise
when the firemen declared that the volun
teer department would disband if they did
not have a voice in the seJection of Chief.
The board is of the conviction that he
should be answerable to them alone for his
conduct, and it is rumored that such a
change will shortly be made. The mu
nicipal board is in receipt of a communi
cation from the Insurance Union in which
the weakness of the department is referred
to in unequivocal term*.
New Passenger Depot. ' *.- .' • '.
The City Trustees have adopted a resolu
tion closing Railroad avenue from Park
street to Fotey street and extending Foley
street from Railroad to Lincoln avenue.
The subscribers to the $2000 fund for the
purchase of the Lewis property requested
the board to pass favorably upon the reso
lution. In return they have agreed to do
nate to the city a forty-foot street through
the rear of the land proposed to be pur
chased. .„:.:; ;vy- 7 .^C- / ;^h-
Cycleries Are Licensed.
The City Trustees are of the opinion
that cycleries should be taxed, and the Citj r
Attorney has been instructed to amend the
ordinance to apply to them. The stable
men are becoming alarmed at the inroads
which the bicycle is making into their
business, and are resorting to protective
measures.
New Business Structure.
Work was begun yesterday afternoon on
a big business structure at the corner of
Central avenue and Oak street. F. N. De
laney has charge of the property, and work
will be pushed until the building is com
pleted.
THE J. C. PRICE LYCEUM.
A Pleasant Evening's Entertainment by
an Organization of Colored People.
Zion M. E. Church, on Powell street,
was the scene of an enjoyable evening's
entertainment given by the J. C. Price
Lyceum, and under the auspices of the
Assembly Club, the most exclusive organ-
ization of colored people in San Francisco.
The J. C. Price Lyceum has been in exist
ence for only a few weeks, and last even
ing's event was one of its first regular
entertainments.
The programme presented consisted of
music and recitations and a paper pre
pared and read by George W. Dennis on
Frederick Douglass. This paper was the
feature of the programme. It told of the
life of the great leader of the colored race
from the time of his birth in North Caro
lina, a slave, until he reached fame and
prosperity in his older years. The pro
gramme was a success in every way, and
the social evenings, encouraged by past
successes, will be given every two weeks in
the future.
NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Hotel Rates in San Fran
cisco Will Not Be
Advanced.
Agreement Signed by the Leading
Hotel Managers of the
City.
San Francisco never invites straugers to
come here for the purpose of fleecing them.
Should the Natioual Committee decide to
hold the Presidential Convention of 1896
in this City, the delegates and others may
rest assured that the increased demand for
hotel accommodation will not cause the
hotel managers here to advance the rates.
The Union League and the Half-million
Club can give that assurance in writing,
attested by the signatures of the leading
hotel managers of San Francisco.
Yesterday 8. F. Thorn, president of the
San Francisco Hotel Association, obtained
signatures as given below to the following
distinct agreement.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., June 18, 1895.
We, the undersigned hotel managers and pro
prietors, hereby apree to use our best efi'orte
toward comfortably entertaining, and promise
not to advance our rates to visitors and dele
gates, should the next session of the National
Presidential Convention or conventions be held
in the City of San Francisco.
S. V. Thorn, Grand Hotel.
Wm. B. Hooper, Occidental Hotel.
Georoe B. Warren, Palace Hotel.
George W. Baidwin, Baldwin Hotel.
R. H. Wabfield, California Hotel.
K. B. SotfLE, Lick House.
Charles Montgomery, Brooklyn Hotel.
King, Ward & Co., New Western Hotel.
King, Warp & Co., International Hotel.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1895.
A SHOOTING IN OAKLAND.
Dr. Frank E. Pierce Savagely
Assaulted in His Own
Yard.
HIS ASSAILANTS ESCAPED.
Two Men Waylay a City Official,
Who Gets Off With a Few
Bad Bruises.
Two men who lay in wait in the rear of
City Veterinarian Frank E. Pierces house
at Valdez and Twenty-fourth streets, Oak
land, made what appears to have been a
desperate attempt to kill or seriously maim
the doctor at an early hour yesterday
morning.
Pierce is in the habit of reaching his
house by the rear entrance, passing through
a back gate and thence through a stable
yard into the house yard proper, which is
partially taken up by a henhouse, situated
close to the plank walk leading from the
back door to the gate of the stable-yard.
At 12:15 yesterday morning, according to
Mrs. Pierce, as her husband was entering
the yard he was suddenly attacked by two
men, one of whom struck him in the face
and seized him by the throat. She heard
a pistol shot and a scream, and opened the
door in time to see her husband rushing
toward the house in a state of great ex
citement and calling for help.
"I was up, awaiting his coming home,"
she said, "when I heard a scream and then
a pistol shot. I ran downstairs and
opened the back door just in time to let
my husband in. He was running toward
the door. He was attacked by two men in
the yard just as he entered it. One of
them struck him in the face, and then a
pistol shot was fired. The bullet did not
strike the doctor. My husband was very
nervous, and appeared to be highly ex
cited.
"I aroused Mr. Bailey, who lives in the
bouse, and he went downtown for Dr.
Rogers, who gave my husband a quieting
opiate. He was not hurt physically in any
way, but was very much wrought up over
the assault. He is of a very nervous tem
perament, and any unusual excitement al
ways affects himjvery seriously/
Mr. Pierce could not be seen, as the phy
sician had advised his wife to seclude him
from all callers, but he is said to be suffer
ing from nervous prostration resulting
from the assault. Dr. Rogers says that
Dr. Pierce shows no signs of serious in
juries, the only marks on his body being
bruises on the right cheek and abrasion
on the elbow. Mr. Pierce and wife are en
tirely at a loss to account for the assault.
One of the strangest stories in connec
tion with the matter is told by Mrs. Alli
son and her two sons, who reside next to
the Pierce place on the south. They were
■witnesses to the aftermath of the affray.
Mrs. Allison said when seen last evening:
"I was awakened by the report of a re
volver just a little after midnight. Terri
ble crif's followed the report sounding as if
they came from one mortally wounded. I
rushed to the window and looked in the
direction from which the sounds came, but
could see nobody.
"My youngest son stayed at the front
window while I went to the rear of the
house to see if I could discover anybody.
While I was there my son called to me
saying that he saw two men hiding be
hind a hedge in front of the Pierce resi
dence. They quietly arose and walked
past the front of my house, seemingly with
no concern whatever. When directly in
front one of them said in an ordinary
voice, 'Did you kick him in the head.'
They continued talking in an unconcerned
manner until they disappeared in the
darkness."
A son of Mrs. Allison said that he was
talking with a man later in the morning,
whose name he did not know, but who said
that he met two men just after the shoot
ing on Twenty -fourth street, near Web
ster. In response to a question from him
as to the cause of the shooting they re
plied that an old horse had been shot. The
men are described as being of about the
same height, slender build and well
dressed. The police have been working
industriously on the case, but thus far
have found no clews to the parties who
committed the assault.
JIM HILL INTERESTED.
Oregon Improvement Share
holders Can See His
Hand.
Th© Pacific Railway From Port Har
ford to Be Extended—Watch
ing Elijah Smith.
Stockholders of the Oregon Improve
ment Company are not all working in
harmony nowadays with the same end in
view as in years gone by when their great
enterprise was giving entire satisfaction to
each and every one of them. On the con-
trary it is stated on very good authority
that the stockholders are lighting among
themselves. Their desire is to change thfe
order of management and begin anew on
broaaer lines, which would include de
velopment and new resources, while giving
them more of an income than they have
enjoyed for some time past.
They claim that Elijah Smith is trying
to get possession of the company, and not
a few of them ask the very significant
question, "Has he not already got control
of its management?"
More than this, it is asserted that "Jim"
Hill is backing Smith in the struggle for
possession, and that in this is evidence
of a po-iverful combine, which Las for its
object the amalgamation of the company
with the G r»»at Northern Railway and its
allied interests in the Northwest. Hill's
road haf. unexcelled terminal facilities at
Seattle, and it would be to his interests to
have the steamers of the Oregon Improve
ment Company enter at his wharves regu
larly, and thereby give the Great Northern
au assured means of distribution by sea
from Seattle for the Pacific Coast.
The Oregon Improvement Company
owns the steamers of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company; the Pecitic Coast
Railway, which runs from Port Harford
through San Luis Obispo to Los Olivos,
near the border of Santa Barbara County,
and also a short line or two in the North
west, one of which is the Port Townsend
Southern.
Its agents in San Francisco are Goodall,
Perkins & Co., but they claim to know
nothing of the company's executive de
partment, being concerned only in con
ducting their line of steamers up and
down the coast.
The Pacific Coast Railway in San Luis
Obispo County is a narrow-gauge road in
tended as a feeder for Port Harford.
It connects with San Luis Obispo and
thence winds in a southeasterly direction
through a productive valley and along the
foothills of the Coast Range to Los Olivos.
Its course is several miles to the west of
the new road of the Southern Pacific's
coast route, and therefore cannot come in
conflict with this line, which will shortly
be in operation.
The stockholders among other things —
that is the section now making a stand for
development — are desirous of seeing this
narrow-gauge line continued further into
the country. To this, however, there is
no concerted opposition, but only a differ
ence of judividual opinion. Intentions re
garding definite work on the road are kept
secret to a great extent, but it has come
out that the line is to be extended into
fertile foothills toward the southeast where
the Southern Pacific line does not touch
and will not be likely to go for many years
to come if at all.
FATHER W YMAN'S LECTURE
The Taulist Priest Tells the Story of His
Conversion to the Catholic
Faith.
Nearly every seat in the auditorium and
galleries of St. Mary's Cathedral, on Van
Ness avenue and OTarrell street, was
filled last night by the audience that gath
ered to listen to the lecture of Rev. H. H.
Wyman (Paulist) on "From Plymouth
Rock to the Rock ol Peter," which was de
livered for the benefit of the Children's
Day Home, conducted by the Sisters of
the Holy Trinity.
Father Wyman introduced his lecture
by giving a description of a New England
Puritan town, which was a pattern of great
external decorum, he said. It was in such
a town that he was born.
He was educated as a Congrcgationalist.
The New Testament was the first book he
had read. He became a member of the
Congregational church early in life.
While a student in college his attention
was drawn to the Catholic church, whose
claims he resolved to investigate. He
purchased the Catholic version of the
Holy Scriptures and read all the Catholic
books of instruction he could obtain.
At the same time he began to study
most assiduously the New Testament to
lind out what Christianity was in the days
of the Apostles and to compare it with the
religion taught by the Catholic church to
day. He then continued :
"I found that the Apostles and early
Christians had perfect certainty in regard
to their faith. It was the deepest convic
tion of their minds and hearts, and I found
also that the Catholic church taught that
same certainty in regard to the truth of
faith.
"In investigating further the teachings
of the New Testament— those of St. Paul—
I came to the conclusion that the suprem
acy and infallibility of the successor of St.
Peter, and consequently of the church,
was as clearly revealed in the New Testa
ment as the doctrine of the trinity or the
divinity of Jesus Christ.
"But it must not be supposed that dog
matic reasons were the only ones I had for
accepting the Catholic faith. I had moral
and spiritual motives which influenced me
more. I believed in the necessity of hatred
of sin and the amendment of life, union
with God by prayer and communion with
him by the holy sacrament of the euchar
ist."
In conclusion he said: "It is a mistake
to try to destroy any faith unless we can
put something better in its place. It is a
mistake for those who believe in God and
Christ to antagonize each other. The
cause of infidelity is the gainer by such
action." •
MECHANICS INSTITUTE
Trustees Arranging for the
Holding of the Fair in
August.
A Lament From Solly Walter— Ma
chlnery and Music— The Weather
Bureau Man.
The board of trustees of the Mechanics'
Institute met last night, the principal
business being the consideration of the
fair to be held on August 13. Incidental
to the meeting a successor to Oscar Lewis
•was elected after much discussion. By the
time the matter was reached there were
only eight trustees present, and of these
Mr. Forrnhals refused to vote. The con
stitution was brought forth and it was dis
covered that the election could be held
without him. Mr. Lewis was elected at
the regular election, but the members of
the institute rejected him at the quarterly
meeting; so it remained with the trustees
to name a successor. The gentleman
named was Alexander Burdet.
The report of the art committee pro
voked quite a discussion. Chairman Avers
introduced Solly Walter, the artiKt, who
haa examined the pavilion at his request.
Mr. Walter said that the efforts of the
committee had met with great success and
that the Call, Chronicle and Examiner
had promised their co-operation in the
work. Regarding the exhibits the paint
ers and owners had generously proffered
their assistance. One of the greatest diffi
culties to be overcome, he said, would be
in the hanging of the exhibits. Another
great obstacle to be overcome would be the
absence of the proper light in the day
time.
The report that Scheel had been engaged
to lead the orchestra aroused a discussion,
K. P. Doolan vigorously opposing the
action of the committee. Chairman Ken
drick of the latter called attention to ttie
fact that at the last meeting the commit
tee had been given full power to act.
The newspaper privilege was awarded to
Hicks & Judd for $550. There were three
bidders for this privilege. Hicks & Judd
wanted $150 back for advertising the pro
gramme, artd other matter which the trus
tees might wish inserted during the fair.
The trustees decided , to act on the latter
proposition later on.
Solicitor Smyth's report was an interest
ing one. He said that a great number of
people had declared that mechanics were
not wanted in the fair. If they did go in,
it was said their exhibits would be stuck in
out-of-the-way nooks and corners where
they would not be seen. "I toM them that
they could have the whole pavilion," said
Mr. Smyth, "but the machinery men
claimed that the management would not
say so."
The trustees decided that the Grove
strect side could be devoted to machinery
which would not be in operation. It was
said that it couid not be expected that
rock-crushing, drilling and other noisy
demonstrations by machinery could be
going on during a promenade concert.
The forecast observer had agreed to put
in a meteorological exhibit if the trustees
would stand the expense. He told Mr.
Smyth that there was to be such an exhibi
tion at Atlanta, Ga., on September 1, but
that the authorities at Washington might
be induced to ship the material by way of
San Francisco and leave it here until early
in September.
Mr. Doolan deplored the absence of
Colonel Fisher, chairman of the exhibit
committee, but he said he would answer
for him that he wanted the meteorological
exhibit. "He might u*e his influence at
Washington, too, said Mr. Doolan; "he's
on the Governor's staff now."
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on exhibits, and the arrangement of
the ma3hinery was referred to a joint com
mittee of management and exhibits. A
communication was received regarding the
furnishing of a band of soloist musicians,
and the directors went into executive ses
sion to consider the matter.
Young Men's Trip to Monterey.
One of the moat enjoyable excursions of the
season will be given under the auspices of the
Young Men's Christian Association Thursday,
June 27. There will be special exercises at the
grove during the stay, and on Thursday even
ing at Pacific Grove Rev. C. O. Brown, D. D..
will deliver a lecture on the "Life and Labors
of Abraham Lincoln."
The master of an ocean steamer who
has experienced several perils at sea as
serts that during times of disaster women
are more self-possessed and more heroic
than men.
About the latter end of the reign of
Charles I. it was customary to have races
performed in Hyde Park.
Rice paper is not made from rice, but
from the membranes of the breadfruit tree.
PACIFIC COAST FARMS
The Superiority of California
Fruit Over That of
Europe.
WHAT THE ANALYSES SHOW.
Preparations for a Farmers' Insti
tute to Be Held in San
Diego.
During the month of July the State Uni
versity (college of agriculture and United
States experiment station) will conduct a
series of farmers' institutes in Southern
California covering a period of six days.
The first meeting will be held at San Diego
on Monday and Tuesday, July S and 9; the
second at Escondido on Wednesday and
Thursday, May 10 and 11, and the last at
Santa Ana on "Friday and Saturday, May
12 and 13. The immediate supervision of
each institute will be under the charge of
Professor A. J. Cook of Claremont, who is
duly accredited representative of the Uni
versity in institute work in Southern Cali
fornia.
California ranks tenth in the United
States in the value of its farm products.
The increase in total value of all farm prod
ducts in California, as compared with some
of the principal agricultural States, and
with the United States, shows that Califor
nia's increase in the ten years from 1880 to
1890 was 46 per cent, or more than twice
the increase during the same period of any
other State in the Union. This showing of
facts, from the statement copied by Man
ager Towne of the Southern Pacific Rail
road Company, is interesting and valuable.
The richest gold mines of California will
be discovered in the products of her fields
and orchards.
C. K. Niles of San Marcos, Cal., is ship
ping blackberries, says the San Diego Sun.
He expects to gather about 6000 boxes off
of less than half an acre of vines. At the
low price of 5 cents a box this would
amount to about $600 an acre. And yet
some people say there is no money in ber
ries.
A series of experiments have been con
ducted by Professor Beach of Sydney, Aus
tralia, which in their results coincide with
similar experiments made here in the same
direction, says the Rural Californian.
Out of 117 varieties of grapes, twenty-seven
were able to fertilize themselves, thirty
four were able to produce a partial crop of
fruit, fourteen were able to set fruit which
never developed and the remainder could
not fertilize themselves. Hybrids, espe
cially, require to be set among other varie
ties or fertilization cannot occur satis
factorily. One remarkable lesson from the
experiments showed that sterile blossoms
can respond to pollen of some other tine,
as pears have been fertilized by apples,
peaches by cherries, but the fruit was often
seedless. With many varieties of apples
there is no difticulty/but with others and
with many varieties of pears sorts that
blossom at the same time should be planted
together.
Professor E. W. Hilgard in an address
on "Fruits in the Arid Region" says that
"The superiority of California fruit as
compared with that from Southern
Europe has all been demonstrated by
chemical analysis. California grown plums,
peaches and prunes contain from two to
rive times as much sugar as European
fruit, while oranges, figs, grapes and apri
cots contain nearly one-half more. A
similar difference is found in the quantity
of albuminoids, or tiesh-fornring ingredi
ents, as the stone fruits contain from one
and a half to three times as much as
those from the Mediterranean."
The Cornell formula for Bordeaux mix
ture is: Copper sulphate, 6 pounds; quick
lime, 4 pounds; water, 40 to 50 gallons.
Place the copper sulphate in a bag of
coarse cloth and immerse in at least four
gallons of water, using an earthern or
wooden vessel. Slake the lime in like
quantity of water, then add to the dis
solved copper sulphate. Add the balance
of the water. It is ready for immediate
use, but will keep indefinitely. For peach
foliage add an extra pound of lime. For
carnations and cabbapes it will adhere bet
ter if about a pound of hard soap be dis
solved and added to the mixture. The
Bordeaux mixture is for use against rot,
mold, mildew and all other forms of fun
gous disease.
San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura and
Santa Barbara bee men report that the
crop of honey will be large and of superior
quality. Revival of business should se
cure them good prices and they look for a
year of unusual prosperity. Besides, the
bee men are to be protected from the bogus
honey makers. The bill has already been
approved by Governor Budd, providing a
severe penalty for the sale of anything for
honey except the unadulterated product of
the hive. — San Diego Sun.
The cultivation of tobacco plants is being
carried on at the State University with
such success as to warrant the statement
that when the plants are properly handled
with that intelligence in the matter that is
born of experience tobacco culture will
flourish in California. Ihe plants thrive,
but the product thus far is chiefly suitable
for fillers, though not for wrappers. This
latter point, however, will be attained by
careful culture, and there is no doubt that
the no distant future will see B market for
California cigars made, tillers and wrap
pers, from California tobacco. Some thirty
varieties of tobacco are grown on the land
of the agricultural department, mostly
from Louisiana and Connecticut plants.
The watermelon crop around Lodi is
larger than it was last year by some 400
acres, says the Lodi Sentinel. Last season
about IbOO acres were planted, but this
year fully 2000 acres have been planted in
the immediate vicinity of Lodi. It is said
by those who know that the crop this year
is in better condition by far than it was at
this time last year. Taking it altogether
the outlook for the melon-raiser is far
better now than it has been for many
years. To start with, it is evident that
without some unforeseen accident there
will b« a good crop. Again, there is every
probaoility that good prices will be ob
tained, for the reason that there will be a
scarcity of fruit this year, and melons will
be used instead to a great extent.
Professor Hilgard of the University of
California tells the Petaluman that he is
receiving requests from all parts of the
world for seeds of the Ati iplex semibaccum,
Australian salt plant. This has proved of
great value in strong alkali lands in the
San Joaquin, forming a heavy mat of
leaves and stems which can be cut like
alfalfa several times a year, and which not
only reclaims the land for other products
by remo/ing the alkali from the soil, but
also furnishes good fodder for livestock.
With ten acres of land, fair barn and
shed buildings and a comfortable living
house on it, a young, ambitious farmer can
make more than a good living by a com
bination of dairying, swine and poultry
raising and beekeeping. This was tried by
the writer for a number of years, and after
making money at it he must be excused
for any overzealousness in claiming that
the four things form a most excellent com
bination.
The original idea when he took the small
farm was to go into the dairy business. He
started in a modest way with a few cows.
Butter-making was his chief aim, he and
succeeded in making such good quality that
private customers took nearly all that he
could make. Twice a year he packed down
stone jars with butter ranging between ten
and rifteen pounds, and customers took
these regularly, preferring them to the
butter bought in the market. There was
a great quantity of waste from the tlairy in
the shape of buttermilk and milk slops,
and this dictated the necessity of swine to
use up those slops. After he had raised a
dozen hue porkers from the dairy waste,
he felt that a dairyman who did not keep
swine must either" be a fool or ignorant of
his business. The swine are neeen&ry ad
junct? to the dairy, and pretty profitable
ones at that.
The land was used to raise food for the
cows and swine— primarily the cows — and
crops were cultivated only with this idea
in view. Grass, roots and grains have been
the chief articles raised, and tuese -h; ye
given excellent results in a food way, and
also in improving the soil. The whole ten
acres now yieid enormous crops of almost
anything placed on it.
Near the house a fcinall vegetable garden
and fruit orchard were planted to supply the
table with fresh delicacies. None of these
are sold. A few cliickens were purchased
to be turned loose in the orchard, and they
picked up such a good living with very lit
tle or no expense that they turned in a neat
profit. The llock was increased from year
to year, until eggs art- weekly shipped to
the markets at considerable gain. Bees
were added to the general stock of the
place, because of the vast quantities of
clover blossoms, fruit flowers and wild
flowers of the adjacent fields and woods.
There is now no waste on the place. Every
square foot of ground is utilized in some
way.
The kitchen garden keeps the house sup
plied with green vegetables through the
growing season, and with potatoes, tur
nips, cabbages, beets, onions and similar
vegetables through the winter. The fruit
orchard supplies summer and winter fruits,
the swine poru and fresh meat, the bees
honey and the cows fresh milk and butter.
All, or nearly all, of the necessities and
some of the luxuries of the table, are thus
raised annually on the farm.
In addition to these, the dairy proper
yields over and above all expense of feed
ing, care and interest on the money, an
average of $400; the swine give a clear
proiit of $100; the poultry generally aver
age $150, and the bees from $50 to $75. Over
and above all living expenses, except
clothing and new articles purchased for
the house and farm, there is a clear gain
of about $700. The question often pro
pounded, Does farming pay? cannot be
answered in a better way than by such
ligures. — J. D. Morrow in American Cul
tivator.
I answer from my own experience, says
a writer in the Farmers' Voice, and from
the observation and' experiences of our
closest students of nature. Our domestic
hive bee does not injure perfectly sound
and whole fruit of any kind, no matter
how ripe, tender or luscious. But stop,
says one objector; I have myself seen them
by the thousand on my tender grapes and
peaches in dry, hot weather. I admit that.
I have seen the samfe tning. But when
you examine tlosely you will find that
they are working exclusively on fruit that
is either cracked open, been bitten or is
decaying.
It is almost an impossibility for the com
mon hive bee to break the skin of fruit.
They are not built for that purpose; their
mandibles are made for working warm
wax in comb-building, and are compara
tively as smooth and round at the ends as
the human lingers without nails, and as
incapable of tearing. As an evidence of
this, they are not capable of splitting or
tearing open the nectar cups of red clover
or any flower too deep for them to reach
the nectar. When honey is scarce, bees
will collect any saccharine matter that
conies within their reach, such as niaoie
and sorghum sap, or the juice of ripe fruit,
if the skin is broken, but when nectar is
plenty in the flowers, they seldom take
notice of anything but honey.
When a citizen of Illinois the writer had
an apiary of over 100 stands of bees, and
during a hot, dry summer, when the flow
ers were yielding no honey, a neighbor,
who had a few dozen grapevines in bear
ing, complained that my bees were de
stroying all his grapes, and when told that
bees did not injure sound fruit he was
incredulous, and said he would prefer to
believe his own eyes, and invited me over
to see for myself." On our arrival we found
his grapevines swarming with bees, but in
all cases they were sucking about wounded
grapes, cut by birds, etc., cracked open or
rotting; but argument was of no avail; he
would have it tbat my bees were aggres
sors. So I told him that I would put my
bees to a very severe test, by placing a few
bunches of nis ripest ana sweetest but
sound grapes at the entrance of my popu
lous colonies, which we accordingly did;
and although they remained there about a
week not a grape was injured in any way,
although the bloom was all worn off" by the
bees climbing over them and the grapes
considerably withered by the heat of the
sun. Bees are like all other living things
— when pressed with hunger they will eat
anything accessible that will satisfy their
wants, whether it is legitimate food or not.
Key. J. G. Gibson's Lecture.
The concert advertised to be given at Metro
politan Temple for the benefit of Gustav
Kowan by Scheel's orchestra has been post
poned from Thursday evening to Saturday aft
ernoon on account of the hall having been
previously engaged for Rev. J. G. Gibson's
lecture, which ne is to deliver there on Thurs
day evening, the 20th inst. Much interest is
aroused in the lecture, as it has been hinted
that the reverend gentleman proposes to pay
his respects to some of the city officials.
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