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THE UNTAMABLE ARCHITECTS
MR. JERE LYXCHj who has surveyed mankind from China
M Peru and worse, has small sympathy for the ambitious
architect's scorn of the pedestrian science of arithmetic. The
modern architect, as we know and fear him in San Francisco, hayi
invaded the land of dreams and prophecy. His forecasts would make
a weather doctor feel ashamed. It seems from the specifications
cited by Mr. Lynch that -architecture, although it may be an art,
is far from being an exact science. There is rebellion all along the
line and the courts are expected to quell the disturbance. The
remedy* may prove worse than the disease. '
If the rebuilding of San Francisco is momentarily afflicted with
a sore pocket by reason of an attack of the artistic temperament,
Mr. Lynch by way of cure would put aspiring architects through
a course of sprouts set by a draconian board of examiners who will
insist that all postulants seeking the official trademark shall know
what two and two make. It is the ancient maxim of the trade that
"an architect is a draftsman who has got a job." The figures pro
duced by Mr. Lynch might indicate by way of further diagnosis that
the definition or description might be enlarged by the corollary that
an architect is one who spends his time chasing rainbows at
owner's' risk.
The Olympic club sits in sackcloth and ashes — this is mostly
figurative- — because , at the ambitious prompting of Citizen Greer
Harrison and his architect this husky organization started in a bod}'
for China by the underground route and has fallen by the wayside
wkli an. attack of cold feet. It was a sporting hazard worthy of the
best traditions of the club, but unhappily the light hearted proponents
of the plan had not stopped to count. It is said of the Eskimos
and other primitive peoples that they are unable to count beyond
five. It may be that Citizen Harrison uses one hand to count the
fingers of the other.
Joking aside, this is a matter which reputable and responsible
architects — there are plenty of them — owe it to themselves to sec
corrected, and assuredly the figures produced by Mr. Lynch should
set. them moving for their own protection and that of their clients.
It would be an unfortunate result if owners in self-defense should
find themselves compelled to employ only engineers to design build
ings. An architect must be something more than an artist.
THE DIPLOMACY OF MURPHY
THE policeman of a cosmopolitan metropolis like San Francisco
is required to be a man of almost universal accomplishment,
an* Admirable Crichton under a modest helmet. It is the
predicament of Patrolman Murphy, who keeps the financial district
on its good behavior, that suggests -something of the multifarious
requirements that the situation demands of our constabulary. Officer
Murphy, then, fulfills to admiration the functions of a sidewalk
judiciary. He is bench and bailiff of the curbstone. He hears evi
dence from experts in philology and himself executes his judgment:
with his handy stick, which, of course, in Murphy's able fist, is
rather a moral than a physical persuader, a pointer in the paths % of'
righteousness 1 .
It appears, then, that an excited gentleman from Sonoma, of
French extraction, feeling aggrieved at the loss of certain moneys l
which he believed were taken from his safety deposit box, met on
Montgomery street the supposed author of his ruin, who happens^
to be a banker of much consequence. At him the injured Sonoman
hissed through his teeth that odious epithet, "voleur." Murphy
heard the hiss and, in fact, saw it, but "voleur" was a new. one on
him. He was willing to be searched.
Came that way a worthy Frenchman, who, on the prompting
of the insulted banker, testified that "voleur" means "thief" in plain
Montgomery street talk. Sacre bleu! it was insult that called for
blood. . But Murphy, remembering the words of the Roman poet,
his official inspiration always equal to either fortune, being himself
a just man, tenacious of the right, merely said "G'wan," and calmed
the tempest with a careless wave of his mighty hand. There was
no whirlwind finish. The gentleman from Sonoma was retired to
Murphy is diplomat and jurist. The confusion of tongues
baffles him not at all. In his wide embracing outlook the statute
against the use of vulgar language transcends the mean limits of
Webster's dictionary and it is no longer safe to call a man "spitzbub"
on Montgomery street. That was why the town "of Babel went
wrong. They lacked a Murphy.
MIXED MISSOURI POLITICS
A SOMEWHAT unusual condition has come to pass in Mis
souri politics in the election of former Attorney General
Hadley to be governor as* a republican and "Gumshoe Bill"
Stone, on the democratic side, to be United States senator. That
is confusion' worse confounded. The election of Hadley is a triumph
for honest politics. The defeat of Folk for senator by Stone is just
the reverse. It may turn out that the success of Hadley has* given
the republicans a majority on joint ballot and if that proves true
it means defeat for Stone, which would be a good thing in itself;
but we believe that the country as a whole would be the gainer
if we had more men of the Folk type in the senate, no matter what
their party labels may be. The St. Louis Post Dispatch, an inde
pendent democratic paper, thus explains the situation:
In the seuatorial contest the hand of the old gang i^ plainly discerned.
The entire democratic party organization worked for Senator Stone. It
arrayed against Folk all the liquor interests and all the lawless and vicious
elements— the law breaking saloon keepers and gamblers who had been put out
of business, the boodlcrs, -the corrupt combines, the ward bosses and their
thug forces. In the toughest wards of St. Louis votes were given to Stone in
hjiire .bunches. The mcthod& : -uscd.to pile up votes for favored candidate*
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in the state and local primaries were repeated in the senatorial primary for
the benefit of Senator Stone. Similar work was done in all the cities. The
votes of the democrats in the country districts, who supported Governor Folk,
were overwhelmed by large city majorities. . ;
Early in the campaign nobody had the slightest notion that
Missouri was a doubtful state. There is no question that the
democracy is largely in the majority there. The election of Hadley
is* simply.a revolt against the democratic political machine, accentu
ated by disgust at the methods , used by the organization to defeat
Folk and re-elect one of the Worst of "the senate undesirables."
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THE anomalous 'condition of the tariff as* it applies to coffee
is brought to public notice by Mr. Louissdn, a Hawaiian
planter, who is on his way to Washington to urge^ congress
to impose a duty on this product when. grown outside of the United
States and its dependencies. The Dingley tariff puts coffee on the
free list. At the time this tariff .was framed no coffee, was grown
under American rule and a "free breakfast table" was a popular cry.
It was an unexpected result of this liberality that some of the. coffee
growing countries imposed an export duty on the bean. It may be
that this impost added nothing to the price paid by the American
consumer because this coffee had to compete with the product of
other countries that impose no export duty, but the intention was 1 to
cinch the American consumer if possible. In fact, the duty returned
to plague the inventor.
Since the passage of the Dingley tariff the United States has
acquired Porto Rico and the Philippines, and the Hawaiian group
has undeveloped potentialities in the way of growing coffee. These
dependencies will urge, through Mr. Louis-son, that a duty be
imposed on foreign grown coffee from which the product of our
island possessions shall be exempt. This country js. under, no obliga
tions to Brazil, which is the largest coffee producer in the world/
and sells 1 almost its whole crop in the American market. Brazil buys
almost nothing from the United States and the government gets no
revenue from the vast importations of coffee from that source.
If we should impose a duty on foreign coffee it would, of
course, increase the price to the consumer. If it did not work that
way the duty would be no help to the planters ;on ' our island
dependencies.. The government would get , some revenue, from
imports of foreign coffee and the island planters 'would get some
protection. How high that should be is a serious" question, and
there is the further question how far it is wortli while to increase
prices 'to home consumers for the advantage of outlying possessions.
Thus the arithmetic of the tariff may take on an almost moral aspect.
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POEM — A. L. P.. Palo Alto, Cal.
Several readers of this department ad
vise it that the poem you want
descriptive of women, as being . far
below the low estate of the "Man With
the Hoe," is tf'The Wife," by Winfred
Chandler, which was published in- The
Raven and in Sunset about four years
ago. \u0084' ,
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PENSION— B. C, Marin county, Cal. To
\u25a0wUom shall one apply about a ' pension ' for n
woman who. has sis children?
If you are the widow -of a soldier
who served in' one of the wars, com
municate with the pension office, Post
office building, San' Francisco. ' •
What was the popular vote for McKlnlcy and
Bryan in 1800 and In 11)00?
; McKinley Bryan
1896; 7.104,799 ; " 6,502,025
1900 ............. 7,207,023 6.355.133
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CODLING. MOTH— W.;J.;, Saratoga. Cal. Tv
what department : »Uould I apply -for information
"Practical Men"
COFFEE, THE TARIFF AND MORALS
Answers to Queries
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as .to the best methods for the destruction of
the codling, moth,' 'that is destroying aprile
trees? \u25a0 \u25a0 . .\u25a0 _ .. \u25a0 ; - - \u25a0
Write to the experimental station,
University of California, or the state
commission •of horticulture, Ferry
building, San Francisco, for advice. *
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CIGAR— EmelJne.* City. Is •it proper when a
man meets a \u25a0 woman ' on : the : street and ; stops to
talk to her, r for . him' to • retain a . otgar in ! bis
mouth.Mf he happens to be smoking?
No gentleman will, under the,circum
stances, smoke or ;hold a cigar In ; his
lips while talking wi th a woman. . "
COIN'S— B. iM. < i Col. ; City. Please send me
by mall a list of the United Statc-s coins." ami
description of the same, that command . a
premium. . ;. ; . . .
The queryj department has: no such
list. -You can procurefsuch* through any
first class-book seller. - .
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MARIE ; COREMI— J. T.. -Whateom, Waish.
ripß^e publish the «ddres.\of Marie Corelll. ;
; Stratford-oii-Ayon, England.
Personal Mention
J. H. Israel of Minneapolis is at tho
Fairmont.
J. Bancroft of Walnut Creek is at
the St. James. '\u25a0 -
Charles Yowman of Chicago is at
the Baltimore.
L. Lindsay of London is registered
at the Fairmont.
C E. Barnard of New York is stay-
Ing at the Stewart.
M. C. Ilealion of San Diego is a
guest at the Fairmont.
James K. Plum of New York is
registered at the St. Francis.
W. Champion of Honolulu and C.
Hurd of Chicago are at the Manx.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Barkley of
Los Angeles are guests at the St.
Francis.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hunter of Mon
terey have apartments at the St.
Francis.
Senator P. L. Flanagan of Reno is
at the Stewart, accompanied by Mrs.
Flanagan.
Senator R. S. Flanagan of Reno and
William Janten of Santa Monica are
at the Stewart.
Louis Metcalf and wife of Livermore
and Thomas Graves of Quincy, 0., are
at the Imperial."
William Haas and wife of Wisconsin
and Mrs. Alice Sholt of Los Angeles
are at the Savoy.
Charles Connor and wife of Wash
ington, D. C, and R. S.,Shainwald and
wife of New York are at the Granada.
D. J. McCarthy and wife of New
York, J. A. Lawson of Austin, Tex., and
H. Kirk of New Mexico are at the
Holland.
| Chinese Ramie Exports
"Writing from Hongkong, Vice Consul
General Stuart J. Fuller says: "This is
the first year that ramie has appeared
in. the exports from Swatow, and, in
deed, it has not been hUherto of com
mercial importance in the south China
market. Considerable interest is taken
in this matter at Swatow, and" it Is
thought*possible that in ramie will be
found a product that can successfully
replace sugar, Swatow's former staple.
The -commissioner of Chinese customs
at Swatow says | that the industry is
not yet extensive, being confined to the
Chaoyang district.
"'•Plants are said to grow rapidly and
can; be' cut -three or four times a year.
The^prepared ramie is worth J4O Mex
ican (at present- rate . of exchange
equivalent to about $17 United States
gold) per picul of 133 1-3 pounds, as
against $20 for the Hankow article It
Is important to, note that the amount of
ramie handled at the port of Swatow in
the year 1907 aggregated 64.133 piculs,
equivalent to 1. 551,066 pounds."
| Rice Crop of Korea
Consul General Thomas Sammons of
Seoul reports that Japanese officials
employed in the Korean department of
agriculture, commerce and industry es
timate the rice crop for 190S, at 30 per
cent.' greater than for numerous pre
vious years. The details*follow: •
\u25a0yAn estimated total yield of 2,720,000
pounds is based on the presumption
that« Kore- contains 55,000.000 acres
and ' that ; 10 per cent '\u25a0 of ; the total area
is:undercultivatlon. ; It is further esti
mated; that half of the total area under
cultivation ; consists of paddy fields and
that each cho,; or. 2.5 acres, produces in
Japan- 50 .-bushels, -or 3,200 pounds, and
in-Korea>42.s ; bushels.ror 2,720 pounds,
of -rice.- - Korea's; average annual- rice
cropis placed at 2, 560,000,000. p0und5. \u25a0
v^On the basis; of- the 'average annual
consumption: of onekoku. 0r"320 pounds
of' rice • per ;. person ; in . Korea, this con
sulate'generaUhasestimated the coun
try's : rice crop at :• 3.200.000 i pounds J per
annum. .-In i lao7ijonly^6.2s'per. cent of
Korea's. rice crop was exported.
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NOVEMBER 12, 1908
The Smart Set
Miss ethel McAllister win
make her formal bow to society
this afternoon at a tea to be
given by her mother. Mrs. M.
Hall McAllister, at their home In Jack
son street. .The hours will be from
3 to 6 o'clock and a large number of
guests will meet the charming debu
tante. Mrs/- McAllister will be assisted
in receiving her guests by Mrs. El
liott McAllister. Mrs. William Peyton,
Mrs. William Tubbs, Mrs. James Otis.
Mrs. William Dcnrr.an, Mrs. Harry Ben
son and several others. The receiving
party will also include several of the
season's debutantes with Mies Suzanne
Kirkpatrick, Miss Innes Keeney and
others. -
Miss Alyce Sullivan will entertain
this afternoon at one of the delight
ful teas of the season to be giver, at
her home in Clay street. The compli
mented guest at the affair today will
be Miss Ashleigh Turner, cousin of
the attractive hostess.
Mrs. Watson D. Fennimore has sent
out cards for a luncheon to be given
Friday, November 20. at her home in
Steiner street. There will be a dozen
guests at the informal party.
Major and Mrs. S. B. Dunning, U. S.
A., sailed on the Manchuria for Hono
lulu, and a number of army friends
accompanied them to the dock to wish
them bon voyage. Mrs. Hyde- Smith
was also among those who had a party
of friends to say farewell on her de
parture for Honolulu. Mrs. O. P.
Downing is on the same ship, but Is
going to Hongkong for a long visit
in the orient.
One of the informal teas of the wfiek
was given yesterday by Miss Genevieve
King, who entertained 50 guests in
compliment to Mrs. Orville Pratt, who
has been the motif for a series of de
lightful parties.
Miss Florence Breckenridge enter-
Gossip of Raiiwaymen
"Ah. Sandy, old boy. J am delighted to
see you," said a tall, unhappy looking
gentleman as he grasped the hand of
the general agent of the Burlington on
election day at Elmhurst, for Colonel
Sanborn had crawled out of bed to Vote
for Taft. I
"It Is really a pleasure to s«« you,
Sandy, and I hope that you will take
good care of yourself, and not give your
old friends any more cause for alarm.
"It does my heart good to see you
look so well. lam ghtd. I don't know
how to express my joy. "
"Don't believe a word he says. Pandy."
Interposed a rival undertaker. "lie isn't
glad one embroidered bit.
"Why. man alive, many a time I saw
you climbing over your roof to get a
glimpse of Sandy's flag pole to see If
the flag was half mast to get the busi
ness."
"And I'll be eternally dinged if it
wasn't_your sneaking around at nights
watching that flag that put the idea in
my head." retorted the first undertaker.
"Well, bless you. I'm uot telling the
man I am glad he is alive, am I?"
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A bitter fight will be waged probably
between the sugar refiners of Louisiana
and those" of this state, brought about
by the lines out of New Orleans de»
mahding that the lines out of Califor
nia raise their rates into Oklahoma.
The sugar refiners of this state nat
urally oppose the proposed advance in
the rates from California producing 1
points to Oklahoma from 55 cents per
100 pounds to 63 cents per 100 pounds.
It appears that this is recommended by
eastern lines carrying Oklahoma traffic,
who state that if the present basis to
Oklahoma is maintained it will force a
reduction in the rates to this territory
from New Orleans, which will have the
effect of disrupting existing conditions.
The lines in California will oppose
this advance, but It is doubtful If they
can continue the 55 cent rate against
the opposition of their, eastern connec
tions, and the threat of the New Or
leans lines to make a reduction in the'
rate from New Orleans, if the present
California-Oklahoma basis Is continued.
It Is of course the desire of the initial
lines to retain this business and the
present- rate, but whether they can do
so in the face of a determined opposi
tion is doubtful, and it looks as if the
real fight was. not with the initial lines,
and their connections, but between the
sugar refiners of California and of
Louisiana.
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On November 17 the Southern Paci
fic will establish hourly service between
Stockton and Lodi with its motor cars
to compete with the electric cars be
tween those points. The Southern Paci
fic will put in the same rate as the
electric cars. The Southern Pacific
claims that the motor car can be
operated more cheaply than the
electric car. The Southern Pacific
also hopes to win back some of its for
mer patrons. who deserted the steam
cars for the electric car. It looks as If
it were useless for any one to go into
the transportation business nowadays.
The electric car was putting the steam
car out of business for short run 3, and
now the gasoline car is putting them
both out of the running.
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'Some of the transcontinental lines are
making arrangements for the consoli
dation of machinery in Chicago and
other eastern points, as this makes it
possible for a number of dealers to
combine and ship in carload' quantities
a number of consignments that would
Impertinent Question No. 77
'Who's Who?
For the most original or wittiest answer to this question — the
briefer the better— The Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS.
. For the next five answers The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Prize winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once. Make
your answer short and SEND IT ON A POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
• V THE CALL.
.'Winning' Answers' to «\%*hat'» tbe Good Wordr*
$5 prize to R. , Borella. Wrl;hta.
'It's written like this— s. V
%\ prize to Hcnrj X. Klnjr. general deHrery, BatersScld.
There isn't any — I'm alMissouri'a I Missouri' democrat.
$1 prize to Harold Jacobs. 225 Montjomery st., city.
"Ex-Judge Cook."
SI prize to Mrs. May Noble, 1540 Broderick St.; city.
• "Tag, you're it."
$1 prize to H. F. Thompson, . SOIO Benreaue ar.. Berkeley.
"Da, da"— l heard it for the first time last night.
$1 prize, to. R. E. . Hancock, 357 Day St.", city.
Hetch Hetchy— yes, X.
tamed yesterday .at .a luncheon given
at the Fairmont. The «™»"=«££
suests v/ere Miss Suzanne KirkpatrlcK
and Miss Clara Allen, the two attrac
tive debutantes who have been favored
guests at several of the recent aEa".
Among those who were present at the
luncheon yesterday were:
Mrs. Frederick- SSaron IJliss Kate Brlsb*m
\«r« i)ir»T#!l Uewi'i ! Mrs". . MrOcanM
Mr.! VUI Sa^.rcr Miss Klena Robin»oa \u25a0
Mrs. CeraM KattiHoae f M!*i France u< £"f°
.Mrs jOrvtßC Pratt i Miss Cbrisrtne PtKaeroy
Miss • Margaret Calioun! Miss Julia Laaghorna
kiss Mary Keenly Miss Aajwta Fonte
J&lm Polly StitGaTta | Miss G*o** te *f King
ilisa Harriet Alex-mien Jlisa Martha taliioua
JIUs Inacs Keener [
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Mrs. Elmer H. Cox. who has been the
guest of Lieutenant and Mrs. O. P. H.
Hazzard for several weeks, will eater
tain this afternoon at an informal tea
to be given at the Fairmont. A num
ber of armj- friends ar- on the srue3t
li«t and alro several members o£ ta©
voun cc r sc * .
A number of 'the younger girls and
others interested in the cause of char
ity are goiner to the brldsre party to
bo given Monday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. "Wain Morgan Draper in Saa
Rafael. The proceeds of the affair will
be devoted to the fund for the ilarla
Kip orphanage, and those who do not
go to play cards will attend the tea
from 4 until 7 o'clock. Miss Elaa
Draper has charge of the arrangements
for the afternoon.
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The first In a series of Friday niffht
dances will bo given this week In Cen
tury hall and a large number of ac
ceptances have been received for the
event of that evening. Those who will -J
tbe - patronesses for these dances are:
Mrs. James Potter Lanjrhorne. Mrs.
Georsre lloorf, Mrs. Louis Monteagla
and Mrs. WaJcefleld Baker.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Leventritt. who
have been in New York during the
summer, have returned to the coast and
are at Hotel Vendome in San Jose
for a brief stay.
otherwise pay them less than carload
rate. It is probable that the arrange
ment under the new transcontinental
westbound tariff will be discontinued.
It will be necessary then for "dealers
who desire to consolidate shipments to
do so through forwarding agent 3or
discontinue the practice.
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"There is one thing I admin? about
the interstate commerce commission,"
observed an old railroadman as he
glanced over the last pamphlet issued
by that illustrious body, "and that i 3
they nre always trying to help the poor
creature who works for a railroad a^d
not the railroad company. There is so>
much humanity about thes*;..'commis
sioners that you would imagine, they
had all bee*i brought up in the railroad
business.
"Why. when they come down to th*»
pass question, which occupies most of
their attention, they remind me> of tho
generosity of old C. P. Huntington and
Charles Fred Crocker, who. on the
death of A. N*. Towne. cut out the an
nual to the family but gave them the
use of a prlvat© ear. The commission
works on the same principle. Look at
th*; latest orders and regulations on tho
pas's Question.
"It lay 3 down as a law that all passes
to a family must be revoked if an'em- >
ploye dies a natural death in the serv
ice of the company. It doesn't matter
whether the company works him to
death; no courtesy Is to be shown the
family, but free transportation may ba
given a family if 'an employe is killed
in the service of a common carrier.*
"If a man then wants his family to
have any favors after_ hi 3 death, all he
has to do is to chuck himself under the
cars, and then ten chances to one the
commission will meet promptly and bar
passes to a man who commits suicide."
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Colonel George G. Fraser has to be In
Waukesha by December 1. having
been called thither on account of a" law
suit in which he Is said to be heir
.to an immense fortune. Fraser declines
to give any particulars as to how much
he expects to obtain out of the suit.
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Fred Shoup and John Ros3. travel
ing passenger agents of the Southern
Pacific, returned yesterday after accom
panying the former's train through the
Sacramento valley and report . that It
met with a most enthusiastic reception,
at every' stopping point.
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C. H. Speers. general passenger agent
of the Colorado Midland. Is In the city
attending a meeting of the scrip people.
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H. J. Snydcr. general agent or the
Mexican Central in this city, is In Los
Angeles.
• • •
D. Burkhalter, superintendent of the
Sacramento division, had to leave the
inspection train after the run to Sparks,
on account of Illness, and was taken
from his car to the hospital.
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The Southern Pacific will put on their
overland trains sleepers identically the
same as those used by the New York
Central on their Twentieth Century
limited and on the Pennsylvania limited.
There will be 23 for the Portland serv
ice and 15 for the Owl. These cars have
two staterooms and wider passage
ways. Delivery of these cars will be-
D. L. Bliss of the Lake Tahoe trans- "\
portation company has" left for the east •
and will soon be joined by his brother,
Walter L. Bliss.
