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ANNIVERSARY OF
RAILROAD'S BIRTH
IS CELEB RATED
Sacramento Welcomes Many
Thousands, Who Come to
Witness Unveiling of
Memorial Tablet
SNOWSTORM FAILS
TO CHILL SPIRITS
Old Timers From All Parts
of State Recall Incidents
of Pioneer Days
who was the leader of the "old boys."
related hie experience of the early sev
enties and said that these "new fangled
lines are all right, but we used to go
pnme when the steamboats came up to
Marypvllle."
General Chipman and Olonel Crocker
kept the travelers in a jolly humor all
the way and Judah was not backward
In telling his early experiences. At
noon a delightful luncheon was. served
in a special diner. <
AITOS PARADE STRERTS
Before the arrival of the San Fran- '
cisco guests of honor a string of auto
mobiles bearing the members of the
Sacramento Chamber of Commerce and
led by the machine of John P. Skelton,
marshal of the day, who escorted Miss i
Eva Lowry, the pretty young misa who
was to unveil the tablet, paraded the
streets to the scene of the ceremonies.
Miss Lowry won the honor conferred 09
her by securing the first prize at the
Sacramento high school with an essay
on 'What the Building of a Transcon
tinental Railroad Meant to California."
Miss Lowry took her seat on the plat
form and smiled happily despite the bit
ing wind and the persistent flurries of
snow.
The big whistle in the railroad shops
sounded and instantly every wheel in
the great works ceased to rotate. The
bells of the city rang a welcome, and
above the sound was heard the shrill
toot of the approaching San Francisco
special, that soon poured forth its
crowd of visitors.
MARSHAL OPENS CKREMONIES
Marshal Skelton opened the cere
monies with a brief address and Intro
duced R. A. Donaldson, "one of the
oldest and the best of them."
Donaldson fared the storm and in a
clear voice told of the conception of
the tablet and how the retired em
ployes of the Union. Central and South
ern Pacific had decided to place a last-
Ing mark upon the historic spot where
the ceremonies of 1863 gave to Cali
fornia a new life and ended the' toil
and dangers of the plains. The tab
let, ho said, stands immediately over
the very bit of ground that was turned
to pioneer the way for several thou- v
sand miles of railroad construction.
The speaker told of the work of
Theodore T. Judah in the sixties when
he was employed to make the original
survey for the Central Pacific, and he
spoke of the difficulties that beset the
founders of the line. Judah died No
vember 2, 1863, but his life's work will
go down into history as one of the
greatest achievements of man.
TABLET FITTING MOMMEXT
"I see before me the faces of
many men whom I knew in the early
days of the Central Pacific," said the
speaker. "There Is every reason for
these men to feel that they were part
and parcel of a tremendous undertak
ing in the matter of development, even
after their predecessors had succeeded
in constructing the line. This tablet
here is a fitting monument to those
who worked to make, and later worked
to perfect, the Central Pacific railroad.
The tablet will also be a fitting re
minder of those great men, Leland
Stanford and Charles Crocker.
Donaldson was followed by Rev. A.
B. Patten of the Congregational church
of Sacramento, who delivered a brief
Invocation and a prayer.
CROWD CHEERS IN VEILING
Marshal Skelton then introduced Mies
Eva Lowry, and while the band struck
up a lively air the young woman pulled
the cords that held the American flags
covering the handsome work of bronze.
The crowd cheered lustily and craned
their necks to read the following in
scription upon the metal slab, plainly
visible in large, bold letters:
At this point January 8, 1863,
ground was brokeit inaugurating
the construction of the Central Pa
cific railroad. «.
The first transcontinental road
banding the continent welding the
Atlantic and Pacific roasts, and the
<»nly one butlt from the Pacific
toast eastward.
Dedicated by retired employes,
January 8. 191".
VOMER ENTERTAIN VISITORS
The rest of the afternoon ceremo
nies were continued at the Tuesflay
club's hall, opposite Sutler park. Au
tomobiles conveyed the visitors to the
< lubhouse, where a procession headed
by the wom<»n officers of the club es
corted the San Francisco guests to the
platform. A women's reception com
mittee looked after visitors from other
cities.
R. A. Donaldson presided as tempo
rary chairman and introduced William
11. Crocker as chairman. Colonel
• 'rocker made a brief address and
spoke of the work of the railroads and
their manifold difficulties. He referred
ff-elingly to the placing of the tablet
and eafd that the day was one that
Lad added mon history to thp ac
• -umpliKhiiients of California. Colonel
Crocker .thanked the club women for
their arrangement eft the clubhouse
and paid a tribute to the visiting rail
road men and their wives.
REVIEWS WORK OF PROMOTERS
Colonel John P. Irish was the next
speaker, and he reviewed the work of
the promoters of the Central Pacific. ,,
II" said that we could not realize in
these days what such an undertaking
meant. Colonel Irish also spoke of the
work of the California Development
board and mentioned its relations to
. railroads in the matter of spreading
the fame of the state.
General N. P. Chipman spoke of his
associations with railroad and
• Hon. Charles E. McLoughlin of the
court of appeal spoke for the Sacra
mento commercial bodies. William M.
Bunker of the San Francisco Chamber
of Commerce spoke of state progress,
after which the guests adjourned to the
club's assembly hall to swap yarns.
General T. H. Goodman, who was at
one time general passenger agent and
traffic manager for the Central Pacific,
enjoyed pleasant chats with M. Ek
Gateß, a former official of the same
line, and James O. Hara of the South
ern Pacific and told of his early ex*
periences at the ticket gate at the old j
Market street depot In San Francisco. '
i.Vbe Deal, an old time engineer, said >
DIED
FARRELL— In this cily, January 8, TWsT.
Mk-hael J. Farrell. a natiTe of Leujrhrce,
County Galwny. Ireland. #
Kemeins at th*« parlors of Mfßrparty A- Me;
Coinick, 010 Valencia street Dear Twentieth. i
GOLDBERG'S GUY
Building of the First Overland Railway
Construction Schedule of Central Pacific
I - ►
; Broke ground at Sacramento January s, 1863
I Laid first rail October 27, 1863
; Sacramento to Hosevtlie (18 miles) Constructed in 1863
? Road opened as follows t ,
To Newcastle 31 miles, January. 186R i
Anbnrm 36 miles, May IS, 1865 j
Clipper Gap 42 miles, June 10, 1865 \
( olfax .' 54 miles, Sept. 4, 1865 j
Secret Town Oβ miles. May 8, 1566 «
Alta 78 mile*, July 10, 1866 *
<i*eo 94 mile*. Nov. 9, 1866 ]
Summit 105 miles, July, 1567 ]
State line 278 miles. January, IS6B «
llrnn ■ 294 mile*. May. 1868 )
Wmlswort■ 329 miles, July, 1868 {
(Constructed 362 miles durine 1868) '
Monument Point 667 mile*. April 15, 1869 •
Ogden 743 miles, May 10. 1869 j
Driving la»t spike—and opened np fur business from Sacra
mento May 10,1869 ]
(San Francisco to Ogden [per Time Card] 883 mile*.)
ROSECRANS HELD BY ANCHORS
FROM REACH OF THE RESCUERS
rigging aboard of It and probably
saved most of the crew.
"The minute the vessel was reported
we began preparing to launch our
boat. The combers were running
mountain high. Captain Riner of our
station gave the command and off we
drove for the line breakers.
COILDXT BREAK THROUGH
"After we had pushed through the
first line of breakers we could dis
tinguish three men hanging to the
rigging, but try ac we would we
couldn't break through that wall of
mountain high combers which picked
us up and tossed us back as if we
had been of cork. When we had be
come entirely exhausted ourselves
Captain Rlner reluctantly gave the
command and we returned to our sta
tion.
"It was then about noon. Not a
man of us could eat. The thought of
those poor fellows hanging onto that
rigging was too much for us. We
wandered up and doiprn the beach,
waiting for the sea to calm. At last
we could stand it no longer. We went
in a bunch to the captain and told
him we wanted to try again. Cap
tain Riner was as anxious to go out
as wo were. This was the trip that
proved our undoing.
"When we pulled from the station
there were in the boat seven men,
counting myself. There were Captain
Riner, keeper of the station; John
Doty, Theodore Roberrange, Edward
Johnson, Thomas Anderson and Robert
Therand.
PLEADS ON HANDS AND KNEES
"When we got out to the combers
again we found we were no better Off
than before. With our little boat we
were unable to make the trip and we
pulled up alongside the tug Tatoosh to
get them to tow us out, but Captain
Reed wouldn't hear of it. It was too
dangerous. Captain Riner actually got
down on his knees and begged Captain
Reed with tears !n his eyes to tow us
out, but the Tatoosh'e captain could
not risk hit ship under the conditions.
We wore going to save those poor
fellows or drown in the attempt.
that he was one of the first engineers j
on the Central Pacific line, and Peter
Kelly claimed the same honor. Deal
recalled the speech of Charles Crocker
at the opening of the railroad when
fcrocker said: "All that I have and all
of my energy shall be given to per-
feet what I have undertaken with
others in building this line."
The San Francisco special left on
the return trip at 5:30 o'clock, but
many who dme up with it remained in
the city over night.
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VKSTKItI)* VS FIRE REPORT •
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Box 198, 9:37 a. m.—Three story
frame structure at 451 Filbert street,
owned and "occupied as a dwelling by
J. Sertogglni. Children playing; with
matches.
Box 56. 3:25 p. m.—Four story and
basement brick stiaucture, 60 Federal
street, owned and occupied as barrel
factory by Western Basket and Barrel
company. Spontaneous combustion. No
damage.
Box 141. 4:45 p. m.—One story corru
gated iron structure, 3069 Sixteenth
street, owned by J. Gunlivltz and occu
pied by Kreling Brothers as a saloon.
Damage slight.
Box 141, 5:05 p. m.—Two story frame
structure, 3065 Sixteenth street, owned
by .1. Boyle, occupied as a dwelling , b3 r
J. Thompson. Damage slight.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913.-
Copyright. 1812. by R. L. Goldberg
Continued from Pace 1
'When we reached the line of surf
about a mile from the boat I went
into the airtight compartment to at
tend the engine. With full speed we
charged the line, but we were beaten
back.
• "Three times we tried this, and on
the third attempt a big sea picked us
up ami turned ue end over end. Bang!
The door of the compartment flew open
and out I vfent, my lungs of
engine gas and with my leg out of
commission from a jam against the
engine when the boat lunged.
"I was caught in the ewirl of a big
comber and eucked down among the
rocks. I was under water several
minutes, and, filled with engine gas as
I was, I was about all in when I was
pulled into the boat. Three others
went whyi I did, but were picked
up.
SPLIT FROM STEM TO STERV
"Our boat had landed with such
forre that it was split almost from
stem to stern and it began to fill
rapidly. It was then that the Point
Adams' crew came to our assistance
and towed us two miles to the tug
Fearless, which towed us to the Point
Adams station. .
"Soon after we were aboard the
Fearless our boat filled and, the air
compartments being broken, it was
not long before It broke its hawser
and sank..
"Though I was so sick that I could
hardly hold my head up, when I learned
that, the Point Adams' crew had res
cued threeltoen I was so relieved that
I turned over and went to sleep."
In addition to Nelson, partial Iden
tification of four more of the bodies at
Ilwaco was made late today. These are
supposed to be Captain L. F. Johnson;
Hans Tonda, second officer: H. D. Cross,
cook, and A. McDonald, mesi man. Cap
tain Johnson's mother has requested
that when his body is found it be re
turned to San Francisco for burial.
The Rosecrans is a total wreck. It
lies about a half mile south of North
Head and is almost entirely submerged,
only its mainmast standing. The finan
cial loss is estimated at |200,000,
PLOOD THREATENING
r THE OHIO VALLEY
PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. B.—Portions of
western Pensylvania, Ohito and W«est
Virginia are facing a serious flood sit
uation tonrfcht, owing to a steady and
rapid rise of the rivers and small
streams. A wide acea of lowlands is
under water.
Hundreds of persons have been
driven from their homes, many build
ings are partly flooded, a number of
transportation companies are crippled
and several thousand men employed by
industries in the flood zone have been
thrown out of work.
A stage of 29 feet was registered
here tonight, at the headwater of the
Ohio river. Flood water continued to
How into the Ohio from both the Alle
gheny and Monongahela rivers and the
Ohio was rising at the rate of six
inches an hour.
A stage of 32 feet, 10 feet above the
danger mark, here is expected before
noon tomorrow.
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THREE HELD FOR TTHEtfT
William .Henry, Walter McCoy, Ben
Willie and James Fox were arrested
yesterday in Townsend street for
lire.iklng into railroad cars and steal
in «r holts nf cloth,
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CLOUDS OPEN ON
CITY; SNOWFALL
INVALLEYTQWNS
Sierras Capped With White,
Insuring Supply of Mois
ture for Crops; Rain
Flood in Ohio
<>B«lan»d From Page I
many districts were shriveled by the
cold between Sunday night and yes
terday afternoon, growers unite in the
declaration that bearing trees were un
injured.
Great havoc was wrought, however,
in orchards where the trees were
young and not yet come into bearing.
On the basis of a 50 per cent crop
damage, the railroads stand to lose
$9,000,000 in reduced freight receipts,
according to estimates today. If the
loss to oranges and lemons reached 80
or 90 per cent, as some reports hold,
railroad exchequers would suffer to the
extent of $14.000,000.
Minimum temperatures reported by
the weather bureau sHowefl that it
was uniformly six degrees warme»
throughout the citrus district, except
in San Bernardino, where the ther
mometer registered 19, the coldest of
the night. Temperatures were record
ed .officially as follows: Los Angeles,
36, Pasadena 28. Pomona 24, Riverside
25. Redlands 2?. San Bernardino 19,
Santa Barbara 33 and San Diego 34.
Little Damage in North
SACRAMENTO, Jan. B.—A flood of
telegrams j-ecelved at the office of State
Horticultural Commissioner A. J. Cook
in response to queries sent out by Sec
retary E. O. Essig, who desires get
some authoritative Information on the
extent of fruit damage of the cold
wave, indicates that little hurt had been
done fruit or trees in northern Cali
fornia, but that the damage will be
great in the south to oranges.
According to a wire from Fresno, the
injury to young nursery stock there
will be considerable.
Horticultural Commissioner Earle
Mills of Butte county wires from Oro
ville that the navel oranges, which are
95 per cent oT the citrus crop there,
have all been marketed. lie says a
few Valencias and seedlings remain
unpicked and only the tender growth
of trees will be injured.
FoY all of southern California the
California Fruit Growers' exchange re
| ports that it is impossible to estimate
the damage for several days, but that
the freeze is the worst in the history
of yfe citrus industry. Those who
smrfdged well think they have saved a
high percentage of their crop.
Commissioner F. C. Schell of Fresno
states that about 40 per cent of the
fruit on the trees is damaged, and about
BO per cent of the uncovered nursery
stock has been damaged, but no bear
ing trees are hurt.
Commissioner C. W. Veers of Santa
Barbara says the damage there is con
fined to small portions of the lemon
territory, and that the loss will be
comparatively small.
While reporting the situation in
Riverside very serious, R. p. Cundiff
says It is too early to be estimated.
From Porterville Commissioner A. Q
Schulz reports no loss on navels, which
have all been shipped. Grape fruit
and lemons have been about half
shipped and the balance of the crop
will be 90 per cent loss. The same Is
true of Valencias.
The snow fall in this city was light,
the snow melting as It fell.
After the recent unusually cold
weather and several weeks without
rain, the snowfall In the Sacramento
valley today was welcomed by the*
farmers. v
Snow is reported from every part of
the valley in quantities of from 15
inches or more in Siskiyou to a few
flakes in Suisun.
No damage is reported, except in the
more northern counties, where the snow
will cause a little suffering among:
stock. In the orange sections the fruit
was picked weeks ago, and snow is bet
ter for tire trees than a temperature of
20 degrees above zero. The growers of
deciduous fruits have been pleased with
the cold weather, as it kept the trees
back, thus lessening the chances of
damage by frost in March or early In
April.
Snowballing in Modesto
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
MODESTO, Jan. B.—For the first
time in 28 years Modesto was today
visited by a real snowstorm, which
covered the ground to the depth of an
inch.
Snow started to fall shortly after
noon and the ground was soon covered.
Business was practically suspended for
several hours while every one Indulged
in snowballing. Battles between auto
ists and pedestrians were numerous.
The snowfall covered all parts of
the county and reports from the Sier
ras, received by the district manager
of the Sierra and San Francisco,
indicate one of the heaviest snow
storms for years in the high mountains,
and local farmers are now assured of
considerable water for irrigation.
Shows Air Day at Auburn
<Bp#elal Dlepatch to The Call)
AUBURN, Jan. B.—After three day* of
the coldest weather ever known in this
vicinity, during which a low mark of
20 degrees above wae recorded, snow
began falling at daylight today. Young
and old were deligMed. TKe fall is
general over the foothills and as Jt fol
lows a long stretch of dry weather is
welcomed. It continued snowing all
day.
Rocklin Crop Marketed
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
ROCKLIN, Jan. B.—No damage has
been reported to orange groveg in the
vicinity of Rocklin or Loomls. All the
orange crop has by this time reached
eastern markets. It is too early in the
season for damage to the deciduous
To the Connoisseurs of California:
We take this opportunity of thanking you for your
generous patronage of "Asti ,, wines during the past year.
Especially pleased are we with the splendid reception
given our GOLDEN STATE, EXTRA DRY, California
Champagne.
The sale of this exquisite "Grand Prix ,, wine, since
it was put on the market on November Ist, has been little
short of remarkable and has far exceeded our fondest ex
pectations.
It proves that the discriminating people of California
believe in encouraging a meritorious home product and
are no longer influenced by a foreign label.
, Assuring our friends that we shall do all in our power
to merit a continuance of their patronage and good will
during 1913, we are, .Very truly yours,
Italian Swiss Colony.
RAINFALL TWICE LAST YEAR'S
Mount Tamalpais Capped by Snow
t
The record of the rain and snow which fell yesterday over the central
and northern part of the state as officially tabulated by the United States
weather bureau follows:
San Francisco, 1 inch. This brings the total season rainfall for this
city up to 6 inches—twice the amount received to the same date last year.
Eureka and the northern portion of the state, 1 inch.
Fresno, .02; Sacramento, .02; San Luis Obispo, a trace.
A light fall of snow capped Mount Tamalpais.
At Sacramento also snow fell.
Seven inches of snow in the Sierra.
Temperature in San Francisco, 46 degrees.
Temperature for Los Angeles, 50 degrees.
fruit trees and practically no evil re
sults are expected by growers here.
Stockton Streets Whitened
STOCKTON. Jan. B.—lt snowed today
in Stockton. Great flakes covered the
ground and banked in the corners and
on the roofs of buildings.
The snowstorm extended over the
entire county and lasted several hours.
Shoots at Snowballers
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
WOODLAND, Jan. B.—T. R. Goyet,
a barber, angered by a crowd of
schoolboys who were snowballing from
a building across the street this after
noon, shot into the crowd five times.
None of the shots took effect. Hβ was
Immediately arrested and fined |20.
Snow began to fall here at 8:30
o'clock this morning. The storm con
tinued intermittently until 2:30 this
afternoon. Tonight the mercury is
28 degrees above zero. It is believed
that the snowstorm is over.
The farmers are delighted with the
! outlook.
Dixon Whitened
(Special Dispatch to The Call)
DIXON, Jan. B.—Snow balling was
great sport in Dixon this afternoon.
The flakes began to fall at 9 a. m.
The storm subsided early in the after
noon.
Fall of .29 Inches at Vallejo
VALLEJO, Jan. 8. —The rain gauge
showed a rainfall here of .29 of an inch
within the last 24 hours. Tb# total
precipitation for the season to date is
4.93 inches.
Bakersfield Still Freezing
BAKERSFIELD, Jan. B.—A tempera
ture of 20.degrees greeted Bakersfleld
and surrounding territory this morning
and the condition of the wind made the
weather sharps predict that the cold
would continue at least another 24
hours. At Edison and San Emidio the
orchardists have made a winning fight
to save their young trees. Thousands
of smudge pots have kept them warm
since the snap started and more were
put in place this morning.
Drought at Fresno
FRESNO. Jan. B.—The lowest tem
perature recorded by the weather bu
reau last night was 27 degrees. Pre
dictions are for warmer weather to
night and rain tomorrow. 4
Fresno county is suffering more from
drought than from front. Stockmen
are badly in need of rain.
Fruit damage here is small, as nine
tenths of the orange crop has already
been picked. It is estimated that per- j
hape half of the fruit remaining on !
the trees may be marketable.
The local weather bureau f-ecelvrd
word today that there was a light fall
of enow shortly after noon five miles
i west of Fresno. A trace of snow waa
recorded by the weather bureau in
Fresno. The flakes melted as soon as
they reached the ground.
Rainfall in Oakland
OAKLAND, Jan. B.—Rainfall for the
24 hours ended at 1 o'clock this after
noon was .71 of an inch. The seasonal
fait has been nearly 6 3 /a inches, exceed
ing the record for the corresponding
period of last winter by more than two
Inches. The rain has been of great ben
efit to farmers in Alameda county.
Snow Blockade in North
SEATTLE, Jan. B.—The worst
snowstorm of the season is raging In
the Qo»cade mountains tonight, accord-
Ing to reports received at the offices of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway.
Ten inches of light snow fell during
the day and at Laconia, near the sum
mit of the range, and at 6 o'clock the
storm increased to a blizzard.
The Milwaukee is running trains nine
hours late. The train from Chicago
due here at 8 o'clock tonight arrived
at Laconia at that hour and was held
there to await the clearing away of a
small slide that had just swept down
the mountain this side of the summit.
Operating officials said the elide was
not serious and the track probably
would be cleared In a short time.
Northern Pacific officials said a light
snow fell all day along their mountain
line and were optimistic of having no
further trouble until they received
word of the approach of the heavy
snowstorm which struck the Milwau
kee's line at 6 o'clock. This storm
probably win cross the transverse di
vide separating the Milwaukee and the
Northern Pacific before midnight.
The Northern Pacific night trains
from the east were reported six hours
late, with the probability of further
delay. Four hours of this delay*was
attributed to trouble east of the Cas
cade mountains.
The force of men fighting the snow
blockade on the Great Northern,
which has been tied up since last Fri
day, are facing the task of removing
virtually all the snow from the moun
tainside above the tracks. As fast as
one slide is cleared away another
comes tumbling down, and the work
has to be done over again.
Reports from the mountain Indicate
that this continuous battie must be
kept up until the storms have passed
and the elope above the tracks is
cleared.
A workman was burled by a small
slide on the Great Northern today, but
was rescued alive and uninjured after
100 men had worked an hour shoveling
snow off of him.
Captain 11. H. Karbee of the steam
ship Jeanie, which arrived from south
eastern Alaska tonight, reported that
he encountered a succession of gales
and blinding snowstorms all the way
down the coast.
The Jeanie sighted a deserted boat
and several dories adrift in Clarence
strait. The fate of the fishermen who
manned the boats was not known.
The Alaska halibut fleet is still
stormbound, the large fishing steamer
Chicago of Seattle, which is manned by
strikebreakers, being the only one to
take a catch.
Cable advires from southwestern
Alaska say a fierce gale is blowing
there.
Telegraph lines
1 in east broken
CHICAGO, Jan. B.—Telegraph wires
between New York and Chicago were
prostrate today as the result of the
sleet and wind storm last night. Con
ditions 'were reported the worst in
years.
When the markets opened, only one
Chicago broker had a wire, and he
offered to help out other brokers so
far as possible. This wire, the only
one working, went down after being
in use only half an hour. Telegrams
of all kinds were congested in the
offices , of the telegraph companies.
- Hundreds of poles, with their wires,
broke under the pressure of the storm.
Eighty poles went down in Toledo
alone. Greatest damage was done In
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Below Zero in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. B.—Tempera
tures ranging from 8 to 28 degrees
low ztero were recorded throughout
Kansas today. There was no wind.
A shortage of gas was general, de
spite urgent requests from officials of
gas companies, asking citizens to cease '
using the product for heating. Salina
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BELLEVUE HOTEL
A <»I*IET HOTEL OF ITNUSUAL
EXCELLENCE
POSITIVELY FIREPROOF
European plan, from $2 a day; American plan
from $4 a d«y. Erery room with bath.
WEEKLY CALL, $1 PER YEAR
experienced the lowest temperature, the
mercury standing at 28 below zero.
It was 20 below at Hutchinson,
Concordia, 10 at Wichita and 8 at Doc» A
city.
Suffering in Texas
EL. PASO, Jan. B.—The cold wave
over the southwest has extended far
into northern Mexico, say unofficial re
porte.
Much suffering among the natives,
unused to cold, is reported not only in
Mexican border states but along the
American side of the border. -
No lower than the 2 degrees above
here early today is expected tonight.
Peach Loss in New Mexico
ROSWELL, N. M., Jan. B.—Roswell
and the Pecos valley in eastern New
I Mexico is again basking in sunshine,
t with the temperature 13 degrees above
J This morning it was 19 below. There
will bo no crop loss except peaches.
Firemen Frost Bitten
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Jan. B.— The
cold wave which set in Sunday still has
the central part of New Mexico in its
grasp.
Laet night was the coldest on record
here, 15 degrees below zero. It was 12
below in Santa Fe, the coldest it has
been there in :?0 years, while at Las
Vegas 20 below established a new
record.
Whil« responding to an alarm early
today three members of the fire depart
ment were severely frozen and had to
be taken to a hospital. Oscar McMul
len. driver of an auto apparatus, had
both hands frozon and their amputation
may be necessary.
ONE INCH OF RAIN
IN SAN FRANCISCO
Rain fell throughout central and
northern California from daybreak yes
terday until shortly after ' midday,
bringing joy to the farmers, while in
the Sierras and in the interior valley
snow fell.
While the precipitation was general
both north and central, the south re
mained dry. The temperature, however,
in the southland took a Jump, relieving
the orange growers from the killing
frost.
In San Francisco the rainfall was one
Inch, which brings the seasonal figure to
double that of last year at this date.
Points to the north received an equal
amount, while in the valley towns the
rainfall was less.
At Sacramento there was a slight fall
of snow and all the mountain peaks to
the north were capped with white. Eu
reka received one inch of rain, Fresno
.02, Sacramento .02 and San Luis Obispo
a trace. There was no precipitation
south of this point.
Mount Tamalpals had its usual winter
fall of snow. In this city the tempera
ture rose from the S€ degrees of Tues
day to 46 degrees. Showers are pre
dicted for today in this city and north
ern and central California with a south
wind.
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HOTEL ARGONAUT
Society of California Pioneers' Bid*., Fourth si.
Dear Market, California , ! Moat Popular Hotel
400 room*. 200 bath*. European plan SI o#»
day and up. Dining room seating 500." Tabl.
4'Hote or a Iβ Carte dinner, with wine 7v
SPECIAL LUNCUEON EVERY DAT PHOM
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latest modern iJcproTemeots. ' f
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