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BIG PILES
OF MONEY
IN SIGHT
Vast Hoards Now Being
Weighed by the
Ton.
(TOE sam coins HIS cash.
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Fifty Million and More Dollars
Filling Three Large
Kooms,
RIYILUG MURHUH RAXSO3I.
Quadrennial Counting of the Gash in
the Vaults at the United
States Mint. '
Money by the ton; money by the cubic
yard; money by the roomful; so much
money that the finite mind cannot grasp
the quantity.
That is the way Uncle Sam has it piled
up; and while ordinary mortals are
happy if they can count tneir little hoards
by the dollar, that mythical personage
Counting Solid Piles and Ba s of Silver at the Mint.
who is supposed to represent the great
body politic is glad to get rid of the job
with the aid of a big pair of scales.
That is the way the United States
counts the money in the Mint every four
years, and that is the way something more j
than $50,000,000 is being counted now,
for the snperintendency of the Mint is !
changing hands, and John Daggett is j
as anxious that the count should square j
with the books as is F. A. Leach, the in- I
coming guardian of the vast pile of dol- '
lars, to know that every dollar is present j
when the roll is called.
Nor is it an easy job to count this enor- I
mous quantity of coin, even when fifty
five men are wonting and the big scales
click off a thousand dollars every ten sec
onds. They get rid of but two or three
millions a day counting it by the bagful.
"Don't you count any of it?',
In reply Chief Clerk Ben Day looked at
the questioner half in scorn aud half in
pity. b_£Nß
"Count it! How long do you suppose it
would take a man to count the lot of it?"
That was a little too hard, but it set the
questioner to figuring, and the result was
that it would take a man, working steadily
six hours every day except Sundays and I
holidays, and, providing that he did not j
go crazy before he got through, some- I
thing more than five years to count the
piles upon piles of coin sacked up and
piled away in the vaults of the Mint.
The first question that naturally comes
to the mind of the visitor when he sees
the bulk all together is, Where did it come
from? And then he. wants. to know. why
it has never been sent out so: that tue
world can be using it. „ ' ' •
It all came right from the coming
rooms upstairs, and some of it has been
there over since the Bland act went into
force, away back in 1878. nearly twenty
years ago. ■ It has been accumulating and
piling up year after year, until now the
big vaults are nearly all full of that dollar
for which Bryan shrieks *so loudly
dollar of our daddies.
It is not out in the cold world being
handled by everybody, but is as. bright
and clean as it was on the day it was born.
But it has its representatives out doing
business. The treasury notes are out and
also the silver certificates, and while the
flimsy material is floating around, getting
torn, and worn and dirty, the clean,
bright, white silver dollars are sleeping in
the dark vaults up on Fifth and Mission
streets.
Not a ray of gaslight, much' less a ray
of sunlight, has rested upon the bags in
two vaults containing a total of $33,400,000
since four years ago, when the official
seals of the Government were placed upon
the doors. The yearly counts have noth
ing to do with 1 this .sequestered cash. It
is only when an administration changes
and the incoming authorities want to have
the books overhauled that the seals are
taken off and the heavy steel doors are
swung open. Nor is the big pile of silver
, dollars all that is being counted. There
is a little pile of gold, and there is a little
pile of silver bullion. True, these two
little items ao not amount to much. Only
a little side issue, as it were, of something
more than seven and a half million dollars'
worth, but they have to.be counted just
the same, in order that the books may
balance. _P§____i
The first impressiou one gains upon an
tering the Jong corridor between the
vaults is that he has entered a grain ele-
Tator and dozens of men are carting bags
of grain to the hopper for storage. Away
up near the door a little pile of silver dol
lars is seen— a thousand dollars or so —
but thase have come from a bag that was
faulty and let the contents slip out or else
a bag showed a discrepancy in weight and
it has become necessary to make -a count
of tbe pieces to verify it with the -tally.
But, bless you, don't imagine that they
even count th. thousand dollars that were
in the bag. They just count twenty of
them ami then stack un the rest in even
, --and there you are. . . ■.
Did yon ever see a long string of ants
walking along carrying, each on-, a little
white body? 1 That is what the string of
men, each hauling a little cart piled with
white bags, reminds one of. But these
white bags in piles represent $25,000 each,
and as the men hurry out of a vault and
along the corridor to the scales they are
watcned und checked by two men stand
ing near the door with little books
in their hands. Then _as the bags
are placed on the scales two more men
are there to see to it that the keen-eyed
man who cries out "Right" every time a
Da*; ie placed on does not go to sleep. At
least that is what it seems they are there
for, as they do nothing but look at him
and the scale all the time. Then there are
two more men on the other side of the
scales, and they, too, have little books and
lead pencils, and they check off the bags
as they go back from the scales to the
trucks and are hurried along to the receiv
ing vault, where they are met a; the door
by two other men with little books and
pencils, and again the bags are checked
off before they are tossed to the three per
spiring men inside who are piling the
bags away to be sealed up for another
four years.
And so it goes on, and bas been going
on since the first of the month, and will
go on until the iast of tbe month, for six
1 hours every day, and these men almost
have a cont-mpt lor money just as the
I cnild turned loose in a candy-store turns
■ from the best of it for something sour.
These men handle their millions every
'day until it has become so monotonous
that they are almost ready to become
members of the Labor Exchange and do
away with a circulating medium entirely.
They have become surfeited with money
other people's money. Probably they
would not feel as bad if it were their own.
"How about stealing some of it?"
Again that look, half disgust and half
pity.
"Steal it! Why, it would be utterly
in. possible for nny one to steal a single
dollar of it and it would be difficult to
steal any of it, even if everybody down
here was in collusion."
"Say!" It was one of the sweat-be
grimed men hauling the trucks who spoke
now. "There was a fresh reporter on one
of the papers here who wrote an article
about some fellows tunneling under these
vaults and getting in. That reporter was
the worst I ever saw. Why, to tunnel in
here a man would have to go through
three yards of concrete and then through
four plates of steel, and by the time he got
that job done he wouldn't need any
money, for he would be dead. See?"
Steal it! Why, of course not. It isn't
in s ght and a man can't very well walk
off with big sacKs weighing seventy
pounds. And as for the gold bars. Well, '
just try to lift one off the platlorm and
then say whether you think you would
be successful in trying to get. away with
the $20,000 lump. No, the Mint will never
| be robbed, even if the Carson- mint did
lose something like $125,000 through the
connivance of several employes. They
got away with the money, but they are
now in jail. And they had to give up the
money, too, and pay the Government
$5000 each for the fun. •
It is not only the retiring superintend
ent and the incoming man who are inter
ested in this count. The Treasury De- i
partment at Washington likes to know all
about what Is going on, so Secretary Gage
has three men Btantiing around just loot
ing on, but looking with both eyes wide
open. There is Benjamin F. Butler, who
represents the mint department at Wash
ington, and William A. Lamson. and Jo
seph Firebaugh, of Chicago, who are just
sawing wood down there in the vaults.
They keep their eyes on the scales, for \
even if the three men from the coiner's
| department upstairs have but. three hours
I at a stretch loosing at the scales, these
keen-eyed men from the East know that
men's eyes get very tired in three hours.
When Frank Hill, George Kent and F.
C. Berdan leave the seat before the scale
after they have watched the little metal
tongue for three ■ hours their eyes look as
if they had lost two or three nights' sleep.
But they come on fresh next day and have
not gone quite insane over the strain.
Just how long they can stand it -they are
not prepared to say, but think they could
count twice as much as in these vaults. - ,
Ben Day looks after the interests of the
retiring superintendent, and while he un
doubtedly is not übiquitous he seems
to be for he is apparently all over the cor
ridor at the same time and keeps a most
watchful eye upon the work going on all
around him. Keeping pace with him 'in
their efforts to see to it that Mr. Leach
gets every dollar coming to him are F. A.
•Pedlar, J. H. Powell and A. A. Jones. -
Now for a few figures to winu up. There
are vaults nnd vaults, but only a few of
them hold interest to ns now," for we are
looking after the millions of dollar..
Here is the big vault. It had $21,000,000
in it a few days ago, but it is being emp
tied into another vault. Then there is a
smaller vault holding $11,400,000. and then
a smaller still, holding $11,000,000. Then
the cashier's vault with its $2,000,000.
Then there are great piles of silver b<trs
amounting in value to $4,000,000, and a
little pile of gold spoken of before,
containing $3,500,000, making a grand to
tal of cash and bullion to ne. counted of
$51,100,000, and just $16,000,000 has been
tallied up, so it can oe seen that, the
counters are not quite through with a
third of it all.
I Shot in the Thigh.
William Holmes, a boy about 10 years of age,
living at 134.£ Seventh street, found a loaded
revolver at Eighth and Natoma streets yester
day morning. Not being accustomed to fire
arms the revolver was accidentally discharged
and the bullet lodged in- Willies lett thigh.
He was taken to the Receiving Hospital.
Three More Blasted Hearthstones.
. Divorces were granted in the Superior Court
yesterday as follows: James A. Wheeler from
Carrie T. Wheeler, for desertion Florence M.
I. -tts from Mortimer E. Letts, on the ground
•of willful neglect;, Virginia M. Sheehan from 1
ihomas J. Sneehau, for desertion ana neglect
The fac-simile /TJ^ ' j/WJSTTST* ** on ****?. wrapper
signature of -Ufc^^^SSir t of CASTORIA.
THE SAN CISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1897.
GOLD FROM THE
YUKON RIVER
Half a Million Dollars'
Worth of Dust Comes
by. the Excelsior. .
One of the Miners Has Over
$40,000 to Show for a
Year's Work.
Among All the Steamer's Passengers
Not One Has Less Than $3000
to His Credit. ,
Over hall a million in gold dust from
the Yukon River came down on the
steamer Excelsior yesterday. Gold and
concentrates to the value of $250,000,
owned' by the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, was at once sent to Selby's smelting
works, while the miners chartered the
Palace Hotel bus and took their hard
earnings to the Mint direct. In one sack
alone, owned by D. S. Lippy, there were
over 200 pounds of the precious metal, and
as it is valued at $17 50 an ounce the owner
can be considered a well-to-do man.
The Excelsior brought down forty pas
sengers, and not one of them had less than
$3000 worth of gold dust with him. All
expressed their determination of return
ing to Alaska in the spring, and gave as
their only excuse the desire to see Califor
nia and civilization again.
Amoug the passengers were T. S. Lippy
and wife. Mr. Lippy is the owner of the
200- pound sack, and his wife has the
honor of being one of the first women
whoever crossed the divide into Forty
mile Camp.
"It was hard work and rough traveling,
but with the assistance of my husband I
got along fairly well," she said yesterday.
"The climate is very severe, and Forty
mile — well. Forty-mile is not a place you
would choose for a summer residence. We
left Seattle on April 15. 1896, So we have
been gone a little over a year. My hus
band was very lucky, as you can see," and
she pointed to that"2oo- pound sack with a
smile. ; At this point Mr. Lippy tooK hold
of his $40,000 worth of gold dust and,
dragging it across the deck and down the
gangway as though it were so much lead,
and then getting a man to assist him,
placed it in the waiting bus.
Resuming her story, Mrs. L^ppy said:
"The stories told about destitution on
the Yukon and elsewhere during the gold
fever are not founded on fact. During
the winter months steamers could , not
reach Forty- mile, and some of us ran
short of food, but those who were out of
flour generally had plenty of bacon and
potatoes, while those who bad plenty of
flour were short on the other articles, and
we traded provisions. We did not have
luxuries, but we had enough to keep us
alive until the supply steamer arrived.
When . my husband; goes ; back to Forty
mile Camp in the spring I shall return
.with him; bo you see that life in an
Alaska mining camp has no terrors for
me." .. *vi.-b
Mrs. Lippy is a slight woman of medium
size, and no one would think she would be
able to stand the hardships of a trip from
St. Michael's over the divide into the val
ley of the Yukon. She has a winning
face, is bright and vivacious, and her
laugh would put heart into any downcast
man. The sunburnt appearance adds to
her attractiveness more than it detracts
from it, and anybody seeing her on the
deck of the steamer would never think
she came from the wilds of Alaska.
Another passenger Aas F. G. H. Bow
leer, who has been in Alaska for ten years
this being his first. visit to the Cily in
that time. The other passengers say that
he is rated in bt. Michael's as worth a
quarter of a million. There is a little ro
mance connected with his visit to your
City. On his last visit to Unaiaska he
met a young lady from Oakland who was
visiting her aunt. His return to the min
ing camp was considerably delayed, and
when he made a start it was with the un
derstanding that on his return the young
lady would become his bride. Mr. Bowker
at once got his many mining interests
into shape, married the young lady from
Oakland and is now on his honeymoon.
Speak of > the mining prospects of
Alaska, Mr. Bowker asserted that it would
finally become the greatest gold-producing
country the world ever saw. There is
hardly a _ river or stream in the whole
country in < whose beds gold • cannot be
found for the looking. Of course in some
spots it -is very rich, but there is no place
in which a man cannot make good wages.
After a tour of California Mr. Bowker
will return to Forty-mile Camp.
b Mrs. J. M. Wilson, wife of the general
agent of ■ the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, and Max C. Sloss also came down
on the Excelsior. Mr. Sloss said: "The
steamers Alice, Belle and Margaret have
had more than they could attend to on
the Yukon during the last month. They
have been _ running ; regularly, always
crowded with passengers and freight.
Labor is very scarce all over the country.
Many of the rich holders are paying $15 a
day wages, and in some instances th«
wages are $15 a day and board. At many
of the popular saloons at the canip^ $2000
is considered only a fair day's work.
Alaska is a great country.
The Excelsior made a smart trip from
St. Michaels to San Francisco, the only
stop being at Unaiaska. ;i Captain Higgins
says that he does not think the revenue
cutter Bear will be able to reach Point
Barrow this season. When he .poke her
Dr. Sheldon Jackson was on board, and
Captain Tuttle expects to leave with him
for Port Clarence on the Ist in-t. There a
number of reindeer were to be secured
and the Bear was to proceed to the rein
deer station on the Alaskan coast. On
July 4, while at Unaiaska, the steam
whaler Navarch came in irom Dutch Har
bor, and the captain reported having
taken four whales, landed . 8000 pounds of
bone and then sailed for the Arctic.
The Corwin was in port at Unaiaska
when the Excelsior left, and the steamer
Portland arrived at St. Michaels on June
27. Captain Higgins reports that the ice
was very light during the season, but on
vis way down he passed through a strip
forty miles wide. The steamer was not
much damaged, but will at once go on the
drydock ior repairs.
Water Front Notes.
The ferry steamer Oakland and the
scow-schooner Francis E. M. Bernard were
in collision off the ferries yesterday.
About the only damage of any conse
quence was the loss of the schooner's top
mast, but the passengers on tiie steamer
got a great scare. The schooner was leav
ing the wharf and the crew of two men
were hoisting the mainsail. No one was
at the helm, and when she jibed she went
right across the course of the Oakland.
The latter was stopped, and lucKily the
scow went about again and ranged up
alongside of the steamer. Soon after the
sailing vessel was got on her course again
and the steamer made her slip.
An attempt was made to burglarize
Nob-nan's saloon, on the corner of Wasn
ington and East streets, last Tuesday
night. The thieves made their way from
Oregon street over the roofs of the inter
vening houses and bad boxes of cigars
and cases of whisky, brandy and claret all
stacked up ready for removal by the roof
route when they were frightened away.
The rear entrance of the saloon was forced
open wilh a jimmy.
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families. P. O. and telephone. Round trip SIO. S.
P. oflice, 613 Market st. Address
J. WALLACE SPAULDING, Mgr. !■
YOSEMITE AND BIG TREES
ANB RETURN FOR 924.50.
For particulars apply to McLOUGHLIN <S_
BCRKE tSB-i Market st., or JOHN MOSS, "Valley
Road" oflices, 321 Market st., San Francisco, CaL I
SOLID COMFORT HOME.
I 1 MILKS. FROM NAPA CITY, ON MOUNT
I I Veder; elevation 1666 feet: mountain spring
water; flue scenery; healthy climate:** postlve
cure for asthma. Address MRS. A. F. ALLEN,
Napa City.-- . - '■. ■■- ■ ■ - ■'-.:■' - ■ „ ' .
ORR HOT SPRINGS,
1 A MILKS FROM URIAH. 7 FINK FISHING
J T and hunt I inc. Baths free. Water sure cure for
rheumatism and all skin diseases. Round trip,.
$9 60. Board. *7 per week. J. it. ORB, Orr Post-
office, Mendocino County, Cal..
TAHALPAIS VILLA.
ROSS .VALLEY,' NEAR san RAFAEL: COT-'
tates and tents, with or without- board; I dano-
ing paviliou; salt water bathing, ''•-...
7 MRS. PETER SMITH, Manager.
BURLINGAME.
FOR Ri_sT AMD COMFORT. 7 REASON ABLE
prices. . Address .
" IRA' G HOITT, ; •':
Burlingame, Ran Mateo County CaL
HIGHLAND SPRINGS,
On the Border of Clear Lake.
LAKE COUNTY, CAL.
New and Commodious Hotel Just Completed. I
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED AND LIGHTED i
■J by electricity. Largest dining-room north of !
san Francisco.
THOUSANDS CURED BY THE WATERS AT '
HIOHLAND SPKINOS. '
Waters unrivaled ln ihe cure of Dropsy, Rheu-
matism, btomach. Liver and Kidney troubles.
On sale, bottled and. in Siphons, corner Thirteenth
and Webster streets,; Oakland., Cal.
Indorsed by Leading Physicians.
Over thirty kinds of mineral springs. Resident
physician. Superb climate. Fine trout stream**.
Deer and small game plentiful. All kinds of
amusements. Mineral baths in variety.
Table Unsurpassed.
Reached by shortest and best stage rout« Into
Lake County. Pound trip from S. F. via S. F. and ;
N. P. to Hopland *8. or via -. P. to Calistoga $9.
Open Every Day in the Year.
Terms reasonable. For further information ad- '
dress J. CRAIG, Highland Sprints, Lake Ca, Cal. '
Or see in San Francisco LB I. D. CRAIG, 310
Montgomery st. Send for Illustrated pamphlet.
MD HOTEL
Pa VENDOME
™ ' .~ ' San Jose, Cal.
THIS BEAUTIFUL HOTEL is too well
and favorably known to require extended men-
tion here as a charming summer resort, access-
ible, homelike, and every department in willing
and efficient hands. Write for rates and Ulu_-
irated souvenir.
yyy. GEO. P. SXHL,
- ■ ■ Manager.
nn SODA SPRINGS,
California's Faraons Mountain Sp\ !
jnonfeet aiwroi Napa Valley. Climate unsur-
passed. Views magnificent. Tains supplied from
•orchard and ocean, field .and farm. Hot and cold
, Napa Soda water baths. . Telephone and Postoftice.
Burros to ride. . Bowling alleys, tennis, croquet, '
■wings and hammocks. Gas and running water in
every room. Re ._ for asthmatics. WARM
WATER SWIMMING. TANK. An Ideal sum-
mer resort. ; • xti.-a ren's . paradise; ' mothers' de- '
llgnt; husbands' rest. 'Address
ANDREW JACKSON,' *
Napa Soda Springs P. O.
A==E==T==N==A
CDCI I C UP A I TU Perfect climate
OrLLLO riCML I n. no mosqultos.
Swimming tank, tub and steam baths-, fine hotel,
and above all marvelous mineral w. ters. Bates,
$10 to $14. TaKe 7:30 a.m. Southern Pacific
train for St. Helena, where the stage connects.
Round-trip tickets, good until January 1. 1898,
$7. Particulars at ;.18 Battery street, or of W. L.
MITCHELL, LldeU P. 0., Napa County, Callt
SODA BAY RESORT.
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.
Soda Bay, situated on Clear Lake, ls most pic-
turesque. Spring Is famous for the vast volume
of delicious sodawater. Hunting, fishing, boating
and swimming are unsurpassed anywhere. The
table Is supplied with the very best the market
affords, and the comfort and welfare of the guests
carefully looked after. Dally stage from Pieta to
Soda Bay direct. -Fare from San Francisco $5 60:
round trip $10.
F. B. HEATH, proprietor. Soda Bay, Kelsey-
vllle, Lake County, CaL
hotel i;o\i.[:i*i:m\,
THE PICTURESQUE SPOT OF BEN LO-
MOND, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. New
hotel ana 'rustic cottages, containing 60 rooms,
ALL HARD FINISHKD, with large closets.
Two tennis courts and bowling a.ley. Buildings,
grounds and river lighted by electricity, a. mil*
of river for boating. Bound trip tickets. $3. For
particulars address THOS. L. BELL, Proprietor,
Ben Lomond, cal. - ■_
MADRONE
MINERAL SPRINGS,
SANTA CLARA COUNTY. MOUNT HAMIL-:
ton range, elevation 2200 feet; best mineral
water on this coast for cure of indigestion and
urinary troub es: unexcelled hunting and fishing;
special rates to parties of four or more: stage con-
nects at Madrone with morning trains Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays; send for terms and
descriptive pamphlet.
JaMES CARTER. Manager.
SEIGLER SPRINGS,
LAKE COUNTY.
THIS DELIGHTFUL WATEIUNG-PLACE IS
located in the mldu of the Coast Rauge.
Abundance of mineral springs, hot and cold
plunge batns, largo swlmmiug-tank of mineral
water, .fine stone dining-room; . telephone - con-
nections, electric lights, livery accommodation;
good trout-tishing and hunting. Round-trip tick-
ets at S. P. offices, $10. -
JOHN SPAULDINO. Proprietor.
HOTEL PORTOLA
NOW ' OPEN. DAILY STAGE CONNECTS
with 3:30 train from San Francisco at red-
wood City. . super, or a, com modatlons; lirst-claa.
table- For particulars address
• J. ... DUVKS, Portoia, Cal. :
LAUREL GLEN FAR!
FINE SPRING WATER; PL- NT V OF M _'__,__
cream, trail and home comforts. For carricn-
lars address MRS V. STUBENRAUCH; box 159,
KLAMATH HOT SPRINGS,
"DESWICK, SISKIYOU COUNTY _L. A
s^p n hTbatha nKMdhealthreBort *» '»«"»
■EPSON BROS., Proprtetora.
HOTEL DE THORNTON,
-b POTTER VALLEY. . bb '
rint-Claw In Every Reißsat"
;. „ . K.J- HOLBROOK, PRO PR IK TO li.
vSce,te£ »ff and con.
POPE HOUSE.
THIS WELL-KNOWN AND PO "CHI! MV
resort Is open ( he '«" round: cottage^ :
families: .tennis and croquet: electric-Tara rto the
beach and baths: bus me?ts a'l .rains
7 . ■ MRS, a. PQPI_, santa Cms. Cal ■-.
* QLENBROOK,
ot_? the ' IUI *#" "HARMING RESORTS
brook, Lake County, Cai. t,DWiY ' UleD- j
PALACE HOTEIT IKIAB.
HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURIST^
i and commercial men. Free bus and ba«ga« to
and from all trains. ..• ; - - yy oaggage- to
PACIFIC
CONGRESS SPRINGS
SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS.
i Only 2% hours from San Francisco.
Remodeled and under new management. '
For rates and printed matter address
JOHN S. MATHESON, Manager.. '■
AiIHAI HOT SPRINOS. Sonoma ':'
Vlf II I 1" V ' <>, only 41/2 nours from
a 1 1% ll fill San Francisco, and but 9 '•■
VIInVUV miles' staging. Waters . -
noted for their medicinal virtues and generally '•••
conceded <o be the finest natural bath water In tna
Mate. Kxcellent climate aud grand mountain .
.cenery. Long distance phone: dally mall and
express; well-stocked lront streams. Round trio. .
from san Francisco only $5 SO. rake Tiburon '•
ferry at 7 :30 a m. or 8:30 P. v. Terms, %i a day'
or $12 a week.
J. K. MULGRKff. Proprietor.
MINERAL MUD BATHS
For Hlipnma' Sclxtica, '.. nml* tgo,
tiout, etc., at the
MILL VALLEY SAMARIUM. .
— - — MARIN COUNTY, CAT.. =i
MASK WEST SPRING^ |
Nine If ilea from -an* l;**«n.
THE FLACK WEEKS vol XXXI. AT HOME, .
Table first class. Croquet, Billiards Bhnflle- ''
boards, swlups, Swimming Tool, Kancing Pavll-' '■.-.
ion. Fishinit, Hunting, New Mineral Plunge Hath: ' _
?10 «nd $12 per week: children ander 10. $0. "
Special rate . for clubs and large families. Baths ' :
free, t-.ound trip, $3.75.
. * REESE A JUEROENSEN. ';.
3F>__a^_Ei.:__-K: _i__co , , _E3i_i., ...
Hen Lomond, Santa -nil. Mountain*,
BOATING. BATHING, FISHING AND HUNT- .
Ing In immediate vicinity of the hotel. Booms •
an board are firs class: terms very reasnnab.e.
Open all the year. A. Ha Ll>hß, Proprietor. '•
MILL VALLhY SANITARIUM
Now open for the reception of guests and patients. •"
i Applications for accommodations ran ne made to
; the manaser, __ Steele, at the Mill Valley nani- ■
: tannm, P. O. Eastland, Marin county, Cal.. or . :
I n.oin 81 9-6 Market st. , 8a 1 Fr&nclscu. •'.,
■ ' Mud Baths on Europe-n Flan. -' "
LAUREL DELL. """"*
PLEASANTLY LOCATED ON LAUREL •
Lake; new dining-room, new livery stable. It '-,
is now one of the most attractive outing places -In '
LaKe County, ' i.ate. $8 to $12 per weeic. Boating
and bathing free. Bilnxyour bathing suits. Ad-'--'-
-dress H. AM BOLD, Bertha P. U„ Lake io.. CaL . '
•' MONTE VISTA."
THE PICTURESQUE GEM OF '• HE SIERRAS
(elevation 3500 teet). This mos. popular re-
sort under new ownership is now open; delightful
climate, lawn tennis, photo dark-room, boating,
fishing, hunting: four trains dail*: V_-mlle . from .
station: free carriage. For circular ad*. reas THUS.
E. MOKGAN, Monte Vista, Dutch Flat, CaU
IE TRIANON HOI El., SITUATED AT THE - .
J head of the Blue Lakes, Lake County, now .
open; thoroughly renovated; fine fishing, hunting, •
boa Ing, bathing and ele ant scenery; rn.e. $8 per
wee.; b ing your bathing suit«. Addre-s H. F. '
BISHOP, Le Trianon Hotel, Bertha P. 0., Lake "
County, Cal.
OTEL RKDONDO.— THIS MAGNIFICENT •
structure, 4 stories high, with every modem
convenience, is the crowning effort of all hotels $■
the Paciflc Coast; completely surrounded by beau- .
tiful lawns, flower beds. etC. Boating, fishing aod '
surf bathing are the chief amusement. Write for .
rates and one of our beautiful souvenirs. .E. DUN-
HAM, proprietor.
GUA CALIENT.. SPKIX.S HOTKL,"
Sonoma Valley— 2 hours from S. __, vlaTlbu-'
ron Ferry, Warm mineral swimming and tub ••
baths. Hotel completely remodeled and refur- •
nished. Wa er, g*s. electric bell*. Ha $10 to $12
per week, $_ per day. Address a GUA CAI.IENIE ; .
KP-UMi. , Aqua Callente, Sonoma Co inty, Cal. ■
GOOD BOA D ON RANCH." BUBURBS OP '■"".'
a.lstoga: plenty fresh eggs, butter chickens •:
and milk: $6 and *7 week; hotminera baths free. •'
MRS. J. MONTGOMERY. Calistoga Napa Ca.Cal.
SUMMKR BOARD ON FRIbIT~FARM NEAR -
i.os Gatos: hunting and fishing. Address A. :
C. W.. le Fiauc station, J. rutin's P. 0., Santa
Clara County. • .
TDEAL FRUIT RANCH, T. EXTUN, SO- '.
-I noma' o ; furnished collates with free fruit,
ye „ horse. $12 to $22; lovely healthful locality.
ANDERSON SPRINGS, LAKE COUNTY. .'•"
open May 10; telephone connections; write ' .
for circular, Address J. AN DKKHu.v. Middletown. . '.
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