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THEIR PLEDGES BROKEN
Railroad Commissioner. Who
Have Not Lived Up to
Promises.
DR. STANTON STILL PRACTICES.
Meetings Frittered Away In Wran
gles Over Patronage and
Minor Matters.
The people of California elected James
t. Stanton, H. M. La Rue and William R.
[Hark to the important positions of Rail
road Commissioners in a State where the
railroad interests are immense, and the
people have a right to know what they are
loing to earn their salaries and the honors
;hrust upon them.
It would take far more space to tell what
;hey have not been doing than to relate
-•hat they have accomplished. It would
ilso take some time to tell of the pledges
lisregarded and the time frittered away by
•nen who were chosen to guard the peo
ple's interests and compel the Southern
Pacific Company to keep within the law.
These pledges were strong and were re
vived with much enthusiasm at the time
>f the election. For instance, the platform
>f the Democratic party, the organization
!hat nominated Messrs. La Rue and Stan
ion, who form a majority of the board,
sontains the following pledge:
We pledge our candidates for the Railroad
Commission to reduce the number of freight
tlassiflcations one-half, and that during their
;crm of office they shall pursue their official
labors unhampered by the demands of any
•tther business or avocation. And we further
pledge them to initiate needed reforms in the
freight schedules and classifications without a
lormal complaint being filed.
Both Commissioners La Rue and Stanton
■vere perfectly well aware that the plat
form contained these words, but was it
iheir intention to live up to them? Ap
parently not from what has happened
since the time they took their seats and
began wrangling over patronage. The
pledge specifically says that in case of
election they shall give up the business in
vhich they are engaged and devote -their
entire time and attention to the business
of the commission. Has this been done?
In the case of the San Francisco Commis
sioner certainly not.
The brass signs announcing that Dr.
James I. Stanton, surgeon, is still in busi
ness and ready for patients stare at
passers-by out of the doorway at 659 Clay
street, and those who mount to the head of
the stairs can walk, at the proper hours,
directly into the snug laboratory of the
Commissioner, who will attend to his
wants as soon as a string of patients who
ire ahead of him can be ministered to.
Dr. Stanton seems to be largely in busi
ness, and if appearances are any criterion
30 much so as to preclude his doing much
»lse than attend to his practice. An at
tendant said yesterday that he could also
be seen from 7 to 9 in the evening by those
who were unable to avail themselves of his
services during the day.
If the words of the platform pledge were
not strong enough to bind Dr. Stanton,
how about those of Andrew Clunie, who
nominated him before the convention and
stood sponsor for him all through?
hen Dr. Stanton's name was men
tioned George T. Marye interposed and
isked:
Is it Dr. Stanton's intention to give up his
practice and devote his full time to the busi
ness of the commission if he is elected? ■
To which Mr. Clunie replied:
Yes, it is his intention to give his life, if
necessary, to down this corporation.
This was nutting it pretty strong and
placing Dr. Stanton more in the light of
an anti-monopolist than he had been pre
viously, but perhaps Mr. Clunie had been
instructed to pursue that course. At any
rate Dr. Stanton's "downing" has been a
very mild operation thus far.
But a more serious phase of the broken
pledge lies in the promise to reduce the
number of freight classifications one-half
and to bring about needed reforms with
out formal complaint being made to the
commission.
H. M. La Rue said, while he was being
talked of as a candidate for nomination, "I
pledge myself to reduce to the lowest pos
sible notch." Mr. La Rue is president of
the commission and a man of standing in
Sacramento.
The minutes of the meetings of the
board, which began early in January, and
have been held at least twice a month since
that time, will show whether or not the
pledge relating to the number of freight
classifications has been kept.
Denuded of the usual verbiage of minute
books they amount to about this much:
First meeting— Temporary organization.
Second— More organization.
Third— Permanent organization.
Fourth— over patronage.
Fifth More quarrels over patronage.
Sixth— Communications placed on file; more
fruitless ballots on patronage.
Seventh— More communications placed on
file.
And so on to the present time, with oc
casional brighter spots when some rail
road officials appeared and spoke against
some of the changes advocated in some of
the aforementioned communications.
Not one word of reductions in the num
ber of freight classifications or in rates.
And this at a time when the echoes of
the campaign had hardly died away and
the people were looking to the new com
mission as to a new broom.
The people elected these men, and the
people have a right to call them to ac
count for their official acts. Will they be
called to time or will they be permitted to
go on breaking pledges and frittering
away the people's time?
Officials of the Southern Pacific make
the startling statement that the company
has voluntarily reduced rales, but how
great or how small the reduction has been
they are unable to say. The figures are
not obtainable. There is no doubt that the
corporation has made some reductions,
and the faithful ones at Market and Mont
gomery streets, who laugh when Hunting
ton smiles and sob when he sighs, say
they were made solely for the benefit of
the people. Merchants and shippers who
ought to know say that no reductions such
as was contemplated in the pledge taken
by the Railroad Commissioners have been
made,* and that all the reductions were
either of no value or were ordered to freeze
out competitors.
J. C. Stubbs, third vice-president of the
Southern Pacific Company, made the
broad statement yesterday that- the rail
way's freight rates had been systematically
reduced within the last two years. He
could not say how much, even appromi
mately. these reductions amounted to in
the aggregate, though he did not believe
they reached anything like 25 per cent.
"Our policy," said he, "has "been one of
voluntary reduction, of freight rates,
though, of course, it is not ; possible to say,
offhand, what has been done in that direc
tion." 'BBCpBatiBBBB-E
General Freight Agent Smurr explained
that changes in the tariffs between local
points in California were being made con
stantly. These, however, were trifling
and cover a great variety of commodities.
In other . directions the classification of
some freight brought about a large reduc
tion. ;
"Our new local tariff of January 1, 1894.
made all-round reductions of over 11 per
cent, or for San Francisco over 16 per cent.
The new grain tariff of December 29, 1894, r
esulted in reductions which in the aggre
gate made a difference of $250,000 iv our
revenue.
"The tariff between San Francisco and
Portland, only recently announced, made
material reductions, some of them as
much as 60 per "cent on certain classes .of
-.eight. - . Between California'; points and
Utah a sharp cut in the long list of com
modities has been made owing to a reduc
tion in freight rates from the East to Utah.
"Montana rates were recently reduced
for the same reason, and that cut will
make an important decreasedn revenue.
"The Eastbound rates on seedling
oranges have been reduced 20 per cent. -
"The adoption of class B rating on
California wines in wood, thereby placing
that freight in a lower and cheaper class
for transportation, has made many liberal
reductions."
"Could you not give approximate figures
on the total reductions?'' was asked.
•'That would bo exceedingly difficult,"
was the reply. "We should have to take up
every item and rind the percentage in each
caseand also estimate the tonnage in other
cases and then compare both with former
tariffs. These instances, however, give a
fair idea of the reductions made up to the
present, and our latest cut is 50 cents per
100 pounds on canned goods from Califor
nia common points to New Orleans and
New York, to take effect August 5."
Frank S. Johnson of the Johnson-Locke
Com Dan v said: ■ '••
"The only reduction we hear the South
ern Pacific has made is in the matter of
canned fruits. This rate was formerly 75
cents, but two weeks ago it was reduced to
50 cents. We understand this change is
made to New York and New Orleans only,
and is not concurred in by the general
transcontinental lines reaching into the
great interior, where, most of the canned
goods are consumed."
Mr. Has well of the same firm added:
"This cut rate does not affect us in any
way. What canned goods we can take in
August, September and October,, on our
ships we have already contracted for, and
consequently could not take any more if
we wanted to. Our rate is not affected by
the reduction of the Southern Pacific. The
only practical result we can see is that the
railroad company has succeeded in lower
ing its own rates, which unquestionably
will benefit California."
Mr. Williams, of Williams, Brown & Co.,
corroborated the statement of Mr. John
son, adding that so far as he knew, there
had been no material reductions in freight
rates in California within the past twelve
months. In this connection it might be
well to state that any change in Eastern
freights, whether increase or decrease, is
not due to the efforts of the Railway Com
missioners of this State. Any interstate
change of freight charges is due entirely to
the railroad officials, or to the United
States Commissioners.
. Mr. Michaels of Langley & Michaels
said : "I can state emphatically that there
have been no reductions in freight rates of
a character to benefit us. It is true there
have been some changes in which the
tariff on certain lines has been materially
lessened, but in every instance the article
so favored has practically no sale from
this point. We have never asked for a re
duction simply because such a proceeding
would be a mere waste of time. Where
there is no competition the question of
rates on a certain article, to a given point,
is wholly within the province of the rail
road. The so-called rsductions do not
benefit us 1 cent." v
The firm of Baker & Hamilton seems to
have fared a little better with the Southern
Pacific than most commercial houses of
San Francisco. According to Mr. Hamil
ton the present rates are perfectly satis
factory to them, and further than this,
they say they have never made a demand
on "the Southern Pacific that was not re
sponded to. Mr. Hamilton said yesterday :
"We are perfectly satisfied with the
rates given us by the railroad, and I think
every other firm in San Francisco is equally
well" pleased. Last fall Mr. Smurr asked
us to send a competent man to Ogden to
look over the field and then make such
recommendations as we thought would
benefit the hardware trade of San Fran
cisco.
"We did this, and yesterday received a
revised tariff for Ogden and Salt Lake City,
in which reductions reaching as high as 50
per cent are made. This enables us to
compete with St. Louis and other Eastern
points something we have never been
able to do until now."
Some of the other hardware, merchants,
notably W. W. Montague and Dunham,
Carrigan & Co., have not noticed the
favorable change reported by Mr.
Hamilton. California rates are the same
to-day with them as "they were twelve
months ago.
Carpy & Co., the wine merchants, have
not been the recipients of any favorable
change, local or Eastern, except a slight
reduction made three weeks ago. The
wholesale grocers of New Orleans made a
bluff at putting on a steamship line be
tween that city and San Francisco, by way
of Panama. The Southern Pacific imme
diately met the proposed reduction with a
rate considerably lower than the steamship
company could afford, and. further, agreed
to keep it theie. The wine-dealers of Cali
fornia are benefited by this, but it is in no
sense due to the work of the Railroad
Commissioners. 7 ; . : HfSjP
W. H. Roussel, assistant manager of the
Dairymen's Union, said: "The rates are
satisfactory to us at the present time, be
cause we are not shipping anything. It is
not our season for doing business in trans
portation. If it were, I should say that
the rates would be quite unsatisfactory. It
is not alone the rates. The whole service
runs contrary to good business principles.
Take the refrigerator service, for instance,
between San Francisco and New Orleans,
or rather take the lack of any such service
as an example of how shippers are
treated. Our freight is mostly in butter.
Our annual shipment of this staple to New
York and Eastern points amounts to some
thing over ' 500,000 pounds. To Los An
geles it is over 180.000 pounds. In
common with other shippers of this
product we have asked for a refrigerator
service over the Sunset route, but could
get nothing. Once they gave us a few
cars, on condition that we should attend
to packing the ice, etc.
" -s to a reduction in rates, I will show
you how most Southern Pacific reductions
are made. All Southern Pacific sched
ules announcing a reduction contain
some sort -of a 'joker.' It is never to be
found on the surface, and it often happens
that it is very skillfully concealed beneath
a mass of apparently favorable figures.
"A year ago last July the company re
duced the rate on butter from 2 cents to
ll_ cents per pound. At the same time
the maximum weight of a carload was in
creased from 20,000 to 24,000 pounds. The
benefit to the shipper was nil. He paid
practically the same rate as before. This
is the only reduction that has come under
my observation during the past year or so.
I have heard nothing of a general reduc
tion either on Eastern or local points.
'The Railroad Commissioners, though
pledged to look into the freight situation
and order some reduction, have done
nothing as far as I have been able to learn.
I don't think the people expect much of
this body."
A representative of Hoi brook, Merrill
& Co. said : "No general reduction in rates
has been made nor is likely to be made,
and the present unsatisfactory conditions
will in all probability exist until we have
competition. In the new road lies our
only hope of release from the clutches of a
greedy monopoly. The Railroad Commis
sion amounts to nothing. From its in
ception it has been a farce. Though its
duties have been clearly • defined by the
constitution it still insists upon sitting as
a judicial body. The . Commissioners are
always waiting for complaints. Why
don't they go ahead and exercise the pre
rogative granted them by the highest law
of the State? It is clearly their duty to
regulate rates and. fares over all lines in
the State. In my opinion local rates need
looking into more, than anything else at
the present time. . ; "777 *
"Take valley rates for example. On
freight of the first class the rate to Los
Angeles is 60 cents, while to Fresno, a
third of the distance, 68 cents is charged.
The company is hauling second class freight
to Fresno for 63 cents, while on the same
class to Los Angeles only 48"_ cents is
charged. On third class Los Angeles gets
42>_ cents and Fresno 68 cents, while on
first class the haul to Los Aneeles costs 37
cents and to Fresno 54 cents. The same
difference exists in all towns of the San
Joaquin Valley, notwithstanding the dis
tinct prohibitions of the State constitution.
"Millions of dollars of overcharges have
been made in this valley by the Southern
Pacific that might be recovered by an action
at law. When the right man takes this
matter into the courts the company will
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895.
be compelled to refund the extortionate
charges squeezed out of the shippers, r :> '
"Whenever a reduction is made by.this
company in its rates it either turns out to
be no reduction at all or the thing is evened
up by an increase in charges at some other
point. No general reduction has been
made in the past ten years on either local
or overland rates. The only hope of the
people lies in the new road." \
■A representative of Wellman, Peck &
Co. said: "We are simply holding our
breath and waiting for the completion of
the new line. We know of no reduction in
rates; that is to say, a general reduction.
Now and then the rate on a certain com
modity to a certain point will be reduced
by. the Southern Pacific for the purpose of
freezing out a competitor or working some
other trick of transportation. Usually the
old rate is put on again after a few months
or the charges are increased to some other
point, which sort of evens up the thing.
As for a general reduction either on over
land or local rates no one with sound
reasoning capacity ever expects to see this
until the company is actually forced .to a
change by competition. .
"The "Railroad Commission, though
pledged to a reduction, has taken no action
at all, as far as we are informed. People
generally understand what the pledge of a
Railroad Commissioner means. The duties
of this body are clearly defined, but eva
sion seems easy, and no doubt profitable."
MISSION WORK.
The San Francisco Presbytery Votes in
Favor of Establishing a Church
Extension Sinking Fund.
A meeting of the San Francisco Presby
tery was held yesterday afternoon in the
Howard Presbyterian Church, to consider
the work of Presbyterian church extension
in this City. b: ;;:
Rev. J. Cumming Smith moved that, in
order to meet the growing needs of Pres-
GEORGE A. POPE'S STEAM LAUNCH MASCOTTE, SELECTED TO
LEAD THE PARADE TO-MORROW NIGHT.
[From a picture taken by Dr. G. K. Frink for " The Call."]
byterianism in San Francisco, the Home
Mission committee be authorized to collect
money to form a "church-extension sink
ing fund." He also moved that a new ob
ject of benevolence be laid before the
churches, and that the pastors explain to
the people the imperative demand, of the
local field, and secure as liberal a response
as possible. This motion, which has been
unsuccessfully brought before the presby
tery, at intervals, for the last tw* years,
was unanimously passed. ,
It is understood that Rev. J. Cumming
Smith, Rev. Robert Mackenzie and Rev.
F. R. Farrand intend to push the work of
raising a sinking fund as rapidly as pos
sible, in order to be ready to afford ma
terial help to the French and Italian mis
sions, as well as to establish missions in
growing suburbs of San Francisco.
A motion was made by Rev. John Hemp
hill with regard to the quarter century an
niversary fund. At the General Assembly
Hall in Pittsburg last June Dr. Hemphill
was appointed a committee of one for this
City to help to raise the million-dollar
anniversary fund. His motion yesterday
was to the effect that the presbytery
should indorse local effort to aid the fund.
The motion was carried unanimously.
• Rev. J. Cumming Smith reported that"
the affairs of the Central Tabernacle had
been wound up, leaving a surplus of _40.
Half this amount the Tabernacle finance
committee, which was composed of trus
tees of the defunct church, had handed to
Rev. Dr. Gibson for the Sunday-school and
library, and the other f 120 Dr. Smith had
been commissioned to give to the presby
tery.
Rev. Eugene Dupuy of - the French Re
formed Church drew attention to the fact
that he had been laboring for months on
his own account, and that the treasury
THE PARADE GROUND LOOKING NORTH.
[From a picture taken by Dr. George K. Frinkfor " The Call."]
was quite depleted. The Oakland presby
tery "had promised the French pastor a
salary of $240 a year; so had the San Fran
cisco presbytery. By unanimous consent
the sum was ordered paid, and Rev. Dr.
Ellis was appointed a committee of one to
confer with the Oakland presbytery on the
subject. -
THE PIONEER MINE,
Pierre Humbert Ji. of Boston the Pur
chaser of Senator Fair's Half
Interest.
Pierre Humbert Jr. of Boston is the pur
chaser of the Senator Fair interest in the
Pioneer mine in Placer County. The order
of sale was issued two r weeks ago, as an
nounced in The Call at that time, but
yesterday a copy of the contract was filed
in the. Superior Court, announcing Mr.
Humbert as the purchaser.
The price to be paid by Mr. Humbert for
the half .'interest is ?v $75,000, instead' of
$72,500, and the money has already been
deposited in the First National Bank of
this City. ■••. . . . • '• -7
.. A sale, of. the other half of the mine was
recently made by A. E. Davis, ***ho owned
the property with Fair. The purchasers
were Joseph M. Cox and Scott F. Bickford.
The Morgue's "Record.
Oscar Johnson killed himself at his home,
438 Elizabeth street, yesterday. He had been
sick for a, long time and Drs. Plymlre and Fris
bie had been treating him- for melancholia.
He shot himself through the lung.
Thomas Torlbert died suddenly at 5 Mason
street. Death was due to natural causes.
Mrs. F. S. Seeley hanged herself in her room
on the corner of Sixth and Mission streets, in
the Manchester House.- She had no friends in
San Francisco, and her neighbors say she was
demented. She fastened the rope to the top of
her door and then closed it. Her body blocked
the way when the Coroner arrived. She was
60 years old. s»
Villa formerly meant a farm and not a
house. - ;-
BELVEDERE'S NIGH OFF.
Final Preparations Before the
Spectacular Water
Carnival.
THE FESTIVAL OF VENICE.
The Director-General Has Left
Nothing Undone for the
.• Occasion.
All Belvedere is preparing for the blaze
of color and the scene of beauty which will
occur to-morrow night on and around the
island. The residents for the last few days
have been engaged in hanging festoons of
lanterns and stringers of flags from one
hom^ to the other, while the director
general, James S. Hawkins, has been
straining his executive ability to harmon
ize the entire programme and blend the
features so as to have detail carried out
with precision and care.
He has placed all his co-workers in abso
lute touch with his desires, and there is no
possibility of a failure.
Every precaution is being taken to pre
vent accidents of any kind, and if tne pro
visions laid down by the members of vari
ous committees are carried out it will
never be necessary to have a rehearsal.
An indication of the crowd is suggested
by the fact that every available boat on the
water front, both on this side and the
other, is engaged, and even single lock row
boats are at a premium.
Yacht clubs from all over the bay have
arranged to send their crack flyers, and
those who have no record will be on hand
as witnesses. Every launch able to get up
steam or spout gasoline nas been secured.
The small wharfs running into the water
from private residences will give out col
ored lights at regular intervals as arranged
by the director-general, and from the time
the Mascotte gives the signal blast and the
procession begins there will not be a dark
spot in the neighborhood of Belvedere.
From the ferry landing to the oridge
overlooking 'the concourse there will be a
system of illuminations, which although
beautiful will not in any wise indicate the
magnificence of the effect which will pre
sent itself when the parade ground comes
into view. Each feature will be more mag
nificent than the preceding One, and the
conclusion will outdo anything ever seen
in the line of pyrotechnic grandeur.
Eugene Davis, J. Webster Dorsey, Rob
ert McGill, Dr. Frink and countless others
have provided for the reception of a good
many friends and the general atmospnere
will be of exceeding conviviality.
The arks— those small comfortable float
ing summer-homes — will be so arranged
that any visitor looking for a friend can be
directed to the right spot at once, and from
all reports it is suggested that no one will
want to get back to land again for the re
mainder of the night.
The "Belvedere March," written and ar
ranged by a Belvedere lady and dedicated
to the director-general, will be played by
the Presidio and the Park bands while the
festivities are going on. There will be,
aside from this particular feature, twenty
other numbers, and the order of the night
will be mirth, music, song, splendor and —
water.
For the benefit of those who are not ab
solutely familiar with the rules governing
the parade and its incidental features Di
rector-General Hawkins, from the official
ark Pollywog, has issued the ' following
manifesto:
Headquarters )
Second Annual Night in Venice, >
Belvedere, Aug. 3, 1895. J
To those Concerned: You are respectfully
requested to give the following rules and sug
gestions your most careful attention:
% Transportation— Guests will leave San Fran
cisco by special boat . from Tiburon ferry, at
foot of Clay street; on arrival of this boat
buses will be in waiting to ' convey only the
invited guests to their destination on Belve
dere. Returning boats will leave Tiburon at
11 M.
Bub rules— Fare shall be 10 cents cash for
each passenger each way. No tickets will be
accepted. . No deadheads*.
Only the buses under the control of the com
mittee on : conveyances shall be permitted to_
enter Belvedere gates after Ip. m. All other
public and private conveyances will be rigidly
excluded. -■'-■'■
■ All buses shall enter Belvedere by way of the
beach road, and buses displaying the white
flag or lantern shall turn to the right at the
first junction and proceed to the ferry by way
of the middle and schoolhouse road. Buses
displaying the red flag or lantern shall turn at
the second junction and run by the upper and
schoolhouse road to the ferry. - -
Immediately after the display of fireworks
the course of the buses will be reversed—one
half going south on the middle road to junc
tion with beach road, and thence to ferry, and
the other half moving south on the upper road
to the second junction and thence by lower
and beach road to the ferry. v
7 Buses must keep to the inside of the road
and passengers to the outside. All buses must
keep off . the beach road during the display of
fireworks. , • " -
Launch parade — All boats entering the
parade must be provided with a good strong
painter at least thirty feet long, all boats to be
decorated. : The * committee will s furnish red
and blue torches to be burned as per signals
from the marshal's boats (Vamose and Cub),
which will * accompany parade on ' port side.
The displaying of either red or blue torches
from the marshal* boats will be the - .usual for
NEW TO-DAY-DRY GOODS. ,^^-^-^-^-~~~~^^
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AND SEASONABLE GOODS
AT FOROI-nTG-OU- 1 PRICES!
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WAIST, tucked or stiff bosoms, regu- trimmed with applique fn contrasting SHEER LAWN HANDK.EKC_iI_-- a,
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ular price $3 per dozen, will be sold at _ . x-rxin. riTTTmn i CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEIL-
-5c a pair. ' T ATlTTiv' VIIITU I ING, in aU colors; double width. Ex-
At 15 Cents a Pair. \ IiAIJIBD OUllCt. «-»>»• _. . _ -
100 dozen LADIES' BLACK COTTON * - . _-- ftC At OU t.entS a I ara.
HOSE, double heels and toes, Herms- ■>• At $4.95. CREAM FIGURED CHANT ILLY BOR-
dorf fast black, regular price f3 per LADIES' SUITS, navy and black scree, DERED VEILING, all silk, new de-
dozen, will be sold for 15c a pair. worth 9, will be closed out at f4 95 signs. Extra value.
MEN'S FURNISHINGS! GLfIfES!JLO?ES!
throughout, worth fl2 50, will be „ ,-_ n^-»4.«
At 121 Cents closed out at f7 50 each. At 70 LentS.
196 <*«-_« fvxi>s . • wn-rV wTVTaw tv — ™« . 10 dozen LADIES' 4-BUTTON REAL
PoTTFn fOTTO^ som in S TIT AOn finnnCl nmn I I KID GLOVES, in brown and tan
SnSISCk WASH GOODS, ETC. ! aa_3_«s«4*
closed out at i2>_c a pair. ; At 5 Cents a Yard At 85 Cents.
At 15 Cents. crinkled seersuckers, 24-inch ioo dozen LADJES' 4-BUTTON GENU-
-85 dozen MEN'S HEAVY CAMEL'S- CREPONS and HEAVY -GRADE INE FRENCH KID YES i: ndark
HAIR SOCKS, full regular made, with SEERSUCKERS, odd lines, reduced J 0^ 0 ™ an f, £" J^A e „l IZ IrlS °
double heels and toes, extra good value from 10c, 12*_c and 15c a yard. for f 1 25, will be offered at 85 ? a pair,
for 25c, will be closed out at 15c a pair. aa. c Cents SL Yard ~~
At $1.00. j". ANOTHER LOT OF HEAVY ENGLISH DTDDfIMO! DTBUfIITQ I
33 dozen MEN'S AND BOYS' ALL-WOOL TENNIS FLANNELS to be closed out tl Itl 1-11 111 nlDnUillJ.
DERBY-RIBBED SWEATERS, in at sc ; value Bj_c. .lUJJ_JUllU.t__Xlx_JJjy-.lMs
colors, navy, black and white, regu- At.7_C^tsaYard . n9TS^^_^^ t^^ Ta
lariv sold for f2, will be closed out at At 7. Cents • -Yard. A t IU v/enis.
leach ' Ar .n n. >« About 50 pieces WIDE-WIDTH VIENNA N0.12 2-INCH ALL-SILK^BLACK SATIN
CREPON, stylish colorings, reduced AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON will be
At 50 Cents. froml2V_c. offered at 10c.
62 dozen MEN'S MEDIUM WEIGHT .. -- r« a „f„ « V n *« At 12 1 f!e-ntR
BALBRIGGAN UNDERSHIRTS and At 15 Cents a Yard. .ttoU *2 v»en is. inn
DRAWERS, fancy silk finished, in Vi- 2 cases BEST XXX DOUBLE-BED- No. 16 ALL-SILK BLACK SATIN AND
cuna and ecru shades, regular price fl, WIDTH SHEETING, unbleached, 81 GROS-GRAIN RIBBON will be offered
will be closed out at 50c each. ' inches wide, reduced from. 2oc. at 12)_c. . ,
UU Murphy Building, /
Market an. Jones Streets.
each boat to light two torches of like color.
Do not light others until the next signal is
given. _r — -■ • - *~ —
Assemble in north end of cove at 8:30 sharp
so as to be in allotted places ready to start
when the long whistle is given from steam
yac""t Mascotte at 8:40.
Fireworks lt is requested that no firearms
be used during the evening. Do not discharge
any fireworks or red fire before or during the
general display, except that the red fire may
be burned on the two occasions when a grand
red-fire illumination of the hills and cove will
take place.
The signals to light the red fire will be given
from the west side of Valentine's Island, imme
diately back of the clubhouse, when the com
mittee will burn red fire in quantity. No ob
jections will be made to any private display
after the general display is over.
. Yachts— All visiting yachts are requested to
anchor and dress ship directly outside of line
formed from Corinthian clubhouse to bark
Dollart.
Steamers— All steam craft are requested to
lie bow on just outside of visiting yachts, and
to blow no whistles between 8:15 and 10:45,
except in case of necessity, as this will materi
ally interfere with the musical programme.
AMONG COAST RANCHES
Sugar-Beet Lands Regarded as
a Good and Paying
Investment.
Rotation In Crops Persistently Fol
lowed the Avenue to
Success.
That the ladybug is doing effective work
in cleaning the scale-infested orchards of
the northern sections is apparent from an
interview with Horticultural Commissioner
Harney in the Marysville Appeal. He
said : "I was extremely pleased to note the
wonderful spread of the little black lady
birds that were placed on the San Jose
scale infested apple trees at Brownsville.
They have spread all over that section.
At Challenge Mills I found hundreds of
them in an old orchard that was once
badly infested, and I found them on trees
in Hansonville. The spread of these little
beneficial insects is a remarkable thing;
they have, followed the scale every where
and have been transported and distribu
ted in the same manner as was the scale,
on trees, in boxes of fruit or empty boxes,
etc. . There are two species, both of the
genus Scymnus. One is known as Scym
nus Lopanthae, about the s'ze of a small
bead, black and with a tinge of : brown;
they generally look siightly dusty. The
other is as ; yet undetermined so far as I
know. It is" shiny black and about the
size of a pinhead. On warm afternoons
they are out by the hundreds all over the
trees. I • really believe these little lady
bugs will solve the San Jose scale question
and tree-owners should become acquainted
with them so that ■ ''■hey can foster them
on every occasion." 7- -
- By continued use of hellebore for one
season it is possible to destroy, all the
worms on currant bushes in any neighbor
hood. It does not travel far, , and fre
quently in the same ; patch ' with bushes
whose leaves are . destroyed will be others
that for a year or two will escape. But to
make sure of getting rid of all of the
worms they" should be trained either to
single stems or not more than two or three
together. It is the great number of small
currant sprouts .that makes it difficult to put
the hellebore on all , the leaves. A few
leaves are/left ; each time, and on some of
these enough worms will feed and attain
' maturity so as to preserve stock for an
other year. 7
. With reference to the raisin outlook in
Fresno ; County : the . Fresno ; Republican
says: The* season is about two weeks
ahead of last year. Wineries and distil
leries will no doubt take many of the infe
rior grades of grapes, thus lessening the
pack, and thereby improving the general
average. There is a persistent purpose
l£Lf, Murphy Building, /
Market an. Jones Streets.
among the raisin-growers to hold for cash
in the , sweatbox. Those who are well
posted in the business, and who nave the
interests of the growers at heart, are more
and more firmly convinced that the con
ditions will be much more improved
if the people will refuse to sell unless
they get living prices in the sweatbox;
or, if they will organize in co-operative
associations. The latter is the favorite
method, yet '. it is not being adopted
so extensively as might be. People are
waiting to sell in the sweatbox. They
believe in co-operation, but hesitate to
take the step. There are, however, sev
eral co-operative associations organized
and ready for business.
The Nanaimo (B. C.) Free Press tells
about four sticks of giant rhubarb, grown
by W. M. Flewett on his farm at the De
Courcey Island. The sticks are 24 inches
in length and 8 inches in circumference,
the largest weighing 2 pounds 10 ounces,
clear stalk of rhubarb. The leaves on each
stalk measured 3 feet 6 inches across.
These mammoth stalks are the second
growth from plants set out this year.
These stalks should indicate that farming
pays in British Columbia, but, strange to
say, the contention is the very opposite.
The substitution of large for small farms
cannot be given a moment's favorable con
sideration. The removal of obstacles to
universal small farming should be the aim
of every well-wisher of his kind, says the
Fresno Republican.
The farmers of this country, the men
who own their own homes and till their
own soil, are the hope of the Republic, and
the greater their numbers and the better
their condition, the more bright the out
look for the future of republican institu
tions.
' Vegetable gardens in the valley around
Sacramento are being devastated by ' the
army worm, and, in some. cases, it is re
ported, entire fields of vegetables have
been wiped out by '_ the . pest. The
Sacramento Bee says that tomatoes shown
in the markets there are in a very bad con
dition. Nearly every one shows where it
has been attacked by worms. Canteloupes
are also in bad condition. In many in
stances the worms have bored into them
and eaten the meat and left notnine but
the rind.
A horse with a lump on his shoulder is
like a • person eating beef on a tooth that
is longer than the rest. You should clean
the collars every time you take them off
because they will clean easier when first
taken off than if left till ,the dirt gets dry.
Always take the harness off at noon"
especially for several weeks in the spring'
Wash their shoulders well twice a day
with cold water and salt dissolved in it
Never use a sweat pad.— National Stock
man.
It is a practice in some places to use an
orchard for securing a crop of fruit and
also have sufficient grass to assist in keep
ing stock for a certain length of time, but
land cannot be made to produce both crops
in that manner. The gain in one direction
may be lost in another. Occasionally a
?;°P° f £ ra .? 3 . ma - 7 £ ce v gown in the orchard
if the land is rich, but a permanent grass
sod is sure to injure the trees soonf. or
The Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec re
cently advised the farmers to think less of
politics and more of agriculture, and they
would not suffer anything. The liberal
professions were overcrowded. Not 20 per
cent of the lawyers of Montreal made a
comfortable living. But the land was al
ways good. The soil was always bounti
ful, and he who cultivated it diligently
never failed to reap his reward.
The Tulare County Bee-keepers' Asso
ciation : will : hold a convention in Visalia
on August 14, when the industry will be
discussed in , all its phases by apiarists
whose knowledge in the premises comes
irom experience. /• . : - , - 7 v
The agitation in favor of wide tires on
roads is bearing fruit. Already Connecti
cut and Minnesota have laws favoring wide
fif l/ Murphy Building, /
Market and Jones Streets.
tires, the latter State exempting farmers
who use wide tires from a portion of their
road tax. - Wide tires do not cut the roads,
but assist in packing the roadbed. They
also lessen the draught and permit of
working where narrow tires could not be
used.
The beet districts around Watson are
mostly held in small tracts as homes, and
very little of the land there is for sale.
Whenever land does sell in that locality,
however, it is for from $250 to $400 an acre,
the latter figure holding on land within
easy distance of the sugar factory. Good
beet lands are regarded as the best kind of
an investment. r.777 v'7'7-
Oil is the cheapest substance to useon
the farm ju3t now as it saves ■ wear of im
plements. Have several oilcans at conve
nient points so as not to be compelled to
hunt for one. Neglect to use a cent's worth
of oil may cause a loss of several dollars.
Oil also saves labor by rendering the work
ing of the implements much easier.
The careful Argentine farmer can raise
from thirteen to fifteen bushels of wheat
an acre, and he can rent land for about 40
cents an acre. The cost of producing
wheat in that country in 1892 was about
13 cents a bushel, according to the average
of several crops investigated by the English
Consul at Buenos Ayres. '
Water is fatal to all life when in excess
because it deprives living organisms of the
indispensable air. Plants must have air as
animals must and will drown when buried
in water. Therefore, one of the first in
quiries of the farmer must be as to wheth
er his land needs draining and next how
best to do it.
Figs in Tulare County.
The fig is a fruit not appreciated accord
ing to its merits. The tree grows readily
in California ' and stands abuse with the
greatest of patience; the timber is of ex
cellent grain and will take on a high pol
ish; the fruit is palatable either fresh,
dried, canned 'or in pickles, preserves,
glaces or marmalades, yet it has received
little or no attention in a commercial way
and is generally passed by for home con
sumption. It will thrive along fences, by
the roadside, in hog lots or around the
house.
In this valley, says the Tulare Register,
the fig will cure perfectly by simply spread
ing in the sun. There is not the ever
present danger of souring which confronts
the growers of the coast counties. By dip
ping in hot water and sulphuring its ap-
Eearance is improved, but there is no en
ancement of its quality. For home use it
needs no doctoring of any sort. No more is
there need for the average producer to put
ter "away his time in preparing an imita
tion of the Smyrna product, for plain
dried figs are good, wholesome and cheap.
Each house . should have its fig trees, for
there is no waste. Not an animal on the
place but will eat tbe fruit readily. .
As pickles or preserves there is nothing
superior. Canned the fig is almost unsur
passed. We must learn to use our own in
comparable fruits in the best way and all
the time before we can expect to carry the
gospel of better food, to the benighted,
bacon-eaters of regions where fruit does
not thrive. 7 :
At the culture station near Tulare may
be seen dozens of varieties of figs that
many people in the valley never even
heard of. Each of : these had a special use
in the countries whence it came. There
may be found varieties suited to almost
any locality— all shapes, sizes and flavor,
ranging in color from an ebony black to
an almost transparent white. They are
all good for some purpose, but not all good
for a single purpose. •
In this valley we ought to and probably
can grow and handle this fruit to as near
perfection as any region does. We ought
to be building ; up a - great fig industry in
the finished product. We ought to use
them ourselves ; and put them upon the
market in half a dozen different ways. It
is not necessary that the whole community
be planted in figs, either. A half dozen
trees on each tract would provide a great
business for a pioneer house, to put upon
the market a product '" of which " the com
mercial world knows little or nothing.