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SHONTS MAKES A LAME DEFENSE
SOMETHING has been said in these columns of the exagger
ated alarm felt in railroad and financial circles lest the bogie
man whom they call Theodore Roosevelt should devour them
in one fat morsel while they slept. Indeed, Mr. Thomas F.
Ryan, the big traction monopolist of New York and principal owner
of the Equitable Assurance Company, the other day . visited the
ogre in his den at Washington. A report had got about that the
President was about to discharge an incendiary message on the
subject of watered stocks. As Mr. Ryan has achieved, on behalf
of the New York traction monopoly, the greatest triumph of stock
watering known to history, he may have felt that he was right
in the line of fire. Now comes Mr. Theodore P. Shonts, who, having
left the Panama canal, has become Mr. 'Ryan's hired man in New-
York, and makes a defense of watered stocks. If the railroads
have done wrong in the past, why, then, the milk is spilled, and
the best thing to do is to forget it. That is the Shonts line of rea
soning. To quote from Mr. Shonts:
There is no doubt that in the building up of these properties things
have been done which, though legally right, were morally wrong; but because
they were legally right and cannot be legally disturbed, what is the use of
exploiting them when no result can be secured except to furnish material
ior the charlatan and the demagogue and to intensify class bitterness?
If any government, whether national, state or municipal, permits any
injustice to be done, to corporations simply because they are corporations,
whether this injustice is the result of proper or improper motives, the real
sufferer in the last analysis is the small investor.
Let us compromise on the best available and the most practicable. Let
the railroad managers lay aside all subterfuge and come out in the open.' Let
there be a maximum of publicity and a minimum of legislation. Let eminertt
financiers and captains of industry co-operate with the President to bring
about better corporate practice. L '
The argument sounds familiar. The mischief has been done
and if you seek to catch the mischief-makers you find that they
have taken to the woods and left behind them only the "widows
and orphans" to carry the bag.
But Mr. Shonts denies that there is any watering of stocks
in the sense that he puts on that term. To quote again:
The question of whether outstanding securities are watered or not
depends largelj* on the point of view. If by watered stock we mean that the
outstanding securities do not represent ca>h paid in at their par value, then
the securities of practically every corporation are to a greater or less extent
watered. But if you look at the situation from the point of view that none
of the leading railway systems of the country can be duplicated for the
amount of money which their securities represent, then to a large extent
there is no water in outstanding stocks.
If it were true, as Mr. Shonts states, that the railroads could
not be duplicated for the sum of their capitalization, there would
be little sense in raising objections; but it is not true. It is a
ridiculous and absurd statement. Take the Central Pacific, for in
stance. That road is capitalized for more than $200,000 a mile. It
could be duplicated for much less than $50,000 a mile. The Texas
Railroad Commission some years ago employed a competent en
gineer to estimate the cost of construction of the trunk roads in that
State, and after a searching examination he found that it was about
$15,000 a mile. In other words, the roads had been built for the
money raised on bonds and the stock was all water. The same con
dition applies to every railroad in the West and South. \
As far as the President is concerned in this matter, the only
possible action open to him is to order the Interstate Commerce
Commission to make an official valuatioa of all railroads, following
the example of the Texas State Commission. If the assertion
made by Shonts be true, the railroads should have nothing to fear
from such an investigation.
"TRIUMPHANT DIPLOMACY"
THE tripartite agreement relative to Japanese immigration is
described as "a triumph of delicate diplomacy.". One easily
recognizes the diplomacy, but the question whether it is
diplomacy triumphant must be left to the test of experience.
The immediate triumph appears to be that everybody concerned
was permitted to "save his face." Mr. Roosevelt has seen the
error of his first message on the subject. He is ho longer -the
ardent Japanophite who wanted the rights of citizenship extended
to his friends. He has even come to see that exclusion of Asiatic
immigrants may become desirable — not yet, but soon. Triumphant
diplomacy makes exclusion depend on the President's state of mind
If he thinks that Japanese immigration, acts to "the detriment of
labor conditions in the United States," he is empowered to stop
it. He offers the Root amendment as a guaranty ofia change
of heart. N \
Mayor Schmitz, on his part, is convinced that his recognition
as embassador from California in the tripartite negotiations will
work some kind of rehabilitation for a damaged reputation, and
hopes that history for him will take, a 'fresh 'start, from .a day, certain
in this month of February. All previous starts were false. He,
too, has saved his face.
Lastly, there is the Emperor of Japan, on whom diplomacy has
chiefly worked its thoroughly reliable triumph. In these negotia
tions the Emperor has been handled as a man of sensibility, 'with
the object. of stepping on/his toes without letting him know, lit -is
pointed out that the Root amendment nowhere mentions Japan
or the Japanese. Of course, we all understand that Japan and no
other country is meant, but the diplomats wink when they^ explain
that the Emperor cannot take offense because, his people are -not
mentioned *by name. There is no insulting or injurious discrimina
tion. The Japanese are not classed with the" Chinese; It seems ; as
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if diplomacy were compelled to rely for its triumphs on a' mental
squint. The Mikado can save his face by turning his back.
'Thus we find ourselves on one hand' committed to the discre
tion of Mr. Roosevelt, who has not always been noted for dis
cretiqn, and on the other hand to the pleasure of the sensitive
Emperor. That monarch may at any moment take his administra
tion out of the category that now obliquely describes the course
of Japanese emigration. He may issue passports to^laborers coming
straight to the continental territory of the United** States. In a
word,; the triumph of diplomacy relies for /ultimate ,success. on -the
permanence of, two- states of mind— one in Washington arid the
other in Tokio. \u25a0 . . ; T v
While so much depends on the moral hazard, one feels that
diplomacy might*, have gone a little . farther in the general
direction. The state- of mind of, 'the California small boy . has -riot
been consulted. Let us hope that it will not interfere to upset
the triumphs of diplomacy, which, indeed, are shaky enough with
out strewing tacks in their uncertain way. We sHall be kept busy
watching Mr. Roosevelt's state of mind. It has already within
three months executed a complete revolution on this vexatious
question. Between whirls we are treated to a triumph of diplomacy,
compounded in equal parts of make-believe and makeshift, f
THE rather shopworn agitation which comes up as a kind of
serial story, south of Tehachapi, demanding a \u25a0division of the
J_ State, has made its regular biennial appearance in curiously
amended shape. This time it is the indignation that Los
Angelenos feel over the corrupt conduct of the Legislature that
inspires the desire, to secede. ; \
It is an entertaining plea. If there is any more corrupt and
boss-ridden delegation in the present Legislature^ than that from
Los Angeles it has not been discovered. The Los Angeles mem :
bers are quite the equals in subservience of Ruefs- gang from this
city. Walter Parker is the Legislature from Southern California,
and he does business at the sign of the canvasback duck. 1
Southern California distinctly depresses the moral average of
the present ) Legislature and makes the Hon. Grove L. Johnson
blush behind his -whiskers. The only safety for the south lies in
holding on tight to the skirts of. the north.
Gossip in Railway Circles
The meeting of the Transcontinental
Association on March 4 in Chicago
promises to be one of the most im
portant in the history of that organ
ization and' will last from one .month
to six weeks. All the high officials in
the traffic departments of the Western
lines will be present and it is reported
that several San . Francisco j merchants
will 'wait upon the railroad men and
try to secure a reduction in : the tariff.
Applications for a lower 'rate will be
made on everything — from a gasoline
engine to carbide of calcium, but the
requests for lower rates | which will be
most: seriously considered will' be those
for hardware, furniture, \u25a0"[ machinery
and building material. A; new..trans r
continental' tanrf. In fact,^ will fbe ar
rangedvand though there , wllli be no
general change in the rates, it is un
derstood that there will 'be a reduction
in the rate on , all shipments that will
aid to the rehabilitation of:,San-Fran- ;
cisco. The new. tariff will ; be "issued
to ,the merchants ' not later \u25a0 than , May.
The association will pass \ on ! the regu
larjdocket, which has been under con
sideration ' for ' the last five or six
months, and will .also take up' the rul
ings- and ; instructions "! received from
the „ Interstate Commerce Commission
since, the passage of the* Hepburn -bill.
The* railroad men v who will f attends the
meeting from the West wUl,beiEdward
Chambers and W. C. Donnelly •of : th#
Santa Fe; George W. Luce ;of l: trfe
Southern Pacific ;. ! and $, his \u25a0 ; secretary,
Fred* Gough: the' San : Pedro,*:: LosV An
geles and' Salt Lake' line will" be ; Tepro
sented by ' F. : A! frtWann.o trafflc'/nianr
ager;? the Northerns Pacific \u25a0 by : General
Freight Agent * J.'J B. ; Baird ; • theT Great
Northern >• by v : General t Freight : ' Agen t
W. . W. Broughton ; I the Oregon ' Railway
and"" Navigation -Company, by R. '-\u25a0\u25a0. B.
Miller.; and* the 'Union * Pacific.; by J. A:
tMunroe. :';'-''..,'.. :: -- ;„' •\u25a0;•.' .•\u25a0. \u25a0'•".'•' ' r "\u25a0 :'\u25a0-? "''
Guy. Shoup 'of . the ' law, department *of
It Still Haunts HM
A NEW PLEA FOR STATE DIVISION
W. F. Herrin left for the southern \
part of the State on Wednesday.
E. M.Pomeroy of the Starr-Union
line -returned yesterday/ from a : trip
through the northern- part of the State
and | reports . that i the 'prospects of \u25a0 busi
ness from the ; Sacramento ; Valley ; for
the.ensuing season .'are 'better than he
lias known for several years. .
One hundred Elks ...belonging. Uo
Lodge No. 3 -left last, night: to ; be the
guests of Los .Angeles Lodge No. ,99.
They will , return on I Sundays night.\ w;
W.>Webster"of 'the:' Pennsylvania, .Ed
ward: Twiggs ! of ; the Union' Pacific and
Fred Shoup £ot> the' I Southern:: Pacific
are going along " to • see : that the herd
does not get oft the'-rtght track. . •
;.' C. ;E. ,Wantland.vlahd[ agent 'for 5 the
I Union ; Pacific,": arrived \u25a0 in \ this ' city „ yes
terday , and ; will ; leave ?f or \u25a0: Los Angeles
in a day ; or i so> ".\Wantland \u25a0 makes . his
I home JlnDenverJv"::;-!- ;
the Southern Pacific has severed his
connection with I the company." arid will
enter on the practice tofj law? in : Reno,
Ney.">, ' Mr. Shoup','. is; regarded'^ as 'one
of : the ablest -of "the I younger, lawyers
in the Southern: Pacific and leaveswith
the hearty regretsi of his
Shoup ; has formed a partnership with
J udge Mack of Reno; :
J. C. Stiibbs is! iat; present in Arizona
and wiir be back " on
f•, John \u25a0 .W. Brock; •; president \u25a0 of '-" the
Tonopaht Railroad, /arrived \ in' this ; city
yesterday. ;• ; ; * -^ . : '--'\u25a0":',- '
; Harry Adams, ; assistant . traffic : man
ager.- of ,r: the *;• Great H Northern, arrived
in! the cltyi yesterday! from? Seattle and
will make a tour: of ; the; State.^;^ :.
The Smart Set
JOHN M. YOUNG Is the host at a
very delightful affair over the
holiday on Mount Tamalpais. He
. took a- party of friends ;to the
mountain top yesterday afternoon, and
they spent the night there.", They/ will
return %to town this . afternoon. His
guests are: 7 MrV and Mrs. . J/; Brockway
Metcalf,' Mr. and Mrs. -J. Otis * Burrage^
Miss/ Marion Huntingtori. Miss Jessie
Wright, " Miss Louise Redington, Dr.
A. SW. Hewlett, Philip Paschel and
William T. Goldsborough.
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Mrs. Francis J. Carolan will be the
hostess at a luncheon at the Bur
lingame Club in honor of Miss Katrina
Page-Brown today.
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' Mrs. James C. Jordan and Mrs.
Richard Derby were the hostesses at
the second of their bridge tourna
ments yesterday aftevnoon and a great
success it proved to be. The house
was beautifully decorated for the oc
casion, boughs of oranges and greens
being used in the hall with'a screen of
tall ferns tied with lovers' knots 'of
red. Behind this were the Hawaiian
musicians, who added much to the
gayety of the affair. In the drawing
rooms were peach and apple blossoms
and pale pink carnations; the dining
room was gay with red carnations and
roses and beautiful silver filagree
candelabra.
Mrs. Jordan was gowned in a black
lace and cloth of gold, and her jewels
were diamonds,and pearls. Mrs. Derby
wore white satin and lace. The \ finals
were played in : the tournament be
tween the prize-winners at the former
games and those who won yesterday.
The prizes yes terday' were twin drink
ing cups in silver, which were very
handsome and unique.. The grand
prize was an exquisite silver filagree
vase, which was played for by Miss
Ella Bender, Mrs. Albert Sutton. Mrs.
Deering and Mrs. E. B. Stone, the four
who -had the highest scores. It was
won by Mrs. SuttonT \
Among the other bridge players
were: 'Mrs., William Henshaw of Oak
land, Mrs. John A. Britton. Mrs. Ynez
Shorb White. Mrs. M. P. Huntington,
Mrs. Z. P.- Reynolds. Mrs. ; James H.
Bull. Mrs. D. A. Bender, Miss Margaret
Bender. Miss Florence Ives, Mrs. : Ell
Llewelllng, Miss Adelaide Kinney, Miss
Winona 'Derby,' Mrs. :.-. J. E. Berming
ham 'and > Mrs. Johnson. : About 100
guests came in later for tea.
Mrs. Horace Davis was the hostess
at -the closing * meeting of her bridge
!club ..yesterday afternoon, and it
proved : a very- "enjoyable occasion.
Among the members of the club' are
Mrs. : L. L. Baker, Mrs. Timothy Hop
kins/ Mrs. W. R. Smedberg, Mrs. Ogden
Haffman, Mrs.\ Emma' Butler, Mrs.
Henry L. Dodge and Mrs. Gale.
Mrs. Frederick Charles Morgan has
sent , out cards for; a tea which 'she
will give at -her "home, 2206 California
street, on: Thursday, February 28, in
honor of her .niece, Miss Ruth Morton,
whose engagement was recently an
nounced. . ;
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i Mr. and: Mrs. William G. Irwln and
Miss ; Helene Irwin will ; leave ra week
from today for Coronado for the polo
'Miss Eleanor Davenport will return
ilia day or : two from a' week's stay at
Byron Springs.' .
% Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has; recently gone
from .her home; in .Paris :to Italy fora
brief -trip," being accompanied : by ; Miss
Helen who ; is her guest for
several, months, and Miss. Virginia "Vas
sault,\who: returned to Paris last month*
after a short visit* in America. V
Mr. and: Mrs. Francis ;. Carolan and
Miss j Page-Brown will :go to
Corqnado/late next f week to attend the
polo tournament/ " :•'•-. \u25a0-, '\u25a0; .'• • -. V:
Mr. and Mrs. j Leonard Chene:
yesterday „• for Del -; Monte, • x where * they
will remain, until Monday next,
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i^ Miss" ; Mary' Keeney went I to : San • Ma
teo; yesterday, to be the . guest*: of ; the
Misses Parrott. ''^WSXtSBUBBBBi
. Mrs. ! J. E. Shoobert and Miss : Fanny
FEBRUARY 22, 1907
Uses of a Watchman
at a Seminary
Edward F. Cahill
THE real function and purpose of
a night watchman have ever been
a subject of mystery, and counsel
in this field is even made more
dark by the diplomacy of the male
nocturnal guardian of a girls' seminary
recently Invaded by burglars. Possibly
Sister Mills, who watches with the
eye of a Gorgon— a polite and parlia
mentary Gorgon In petticoats— the um
brageous groves of Academe beyond
the bay might shed some light on the
mystery. When Sister Mills, for exam
ple, engaged her night watchman, what
services did she expect from this func
tionary? It may be t£at a watchman
for, a young ladles' seminary is like
those books that no gentleman's library
should be without but nobody uses. He
might be some night blooming flower,
expected • to blush unseen and by
stealth. A watchman of manly beauty
and athletic build seen by daylight or
in the gloaming might rouse unruly
emotions in the breast of the immature
fair. Obviously, the night watchman
for a fashionable seminary should be
heard and not seen. He might be well
seasoned and, somewhat blustery, a sort
of rude Boreas tamed to the conditions
of drawing-room etiquette. The point
whether a red nose is desirable in the
seminary watchman has been debated
with earnestness and even acrimony. A
watchman brilliantly gifted in that way
would not be likely to inflame the femi
nine imagination; but, on the other
hand, his highly Illuminated organ
might cast injurious reflection on the
quality of entertainment provided by
Sister Mills. It is obviously a difficult
question, but It may be stated that the
night watchman at Mills Seminary who
was ignominiously tied up by the bur
glars did not have a red nose.
Not being employed to Illuminate the
grounds, nor yet to pose as a nocturnal
bird of paradise where he was the
single- Adam in a gardenful of Eves,
conjecture wanders in the quest for
what metaphysicians might call h!s
final cause.' What was he for, anyhow?
It has been suggested that a night
watchman's job is the best cure for in
somnia, and we lenow the proverb, "He
sleeps like a night watchman," but that
does not explain the known facts. The
seminary watchman was doubtless as
vigilant as the mythological person
with a hundred eyes of whom the
young ladles know If they are permit
ted a peep in that fascinating volume,
the classical dictionary. But he per
mitted himself to be bound with a 1a 1 com
mon fifty-cent necktie and was igno
miniously dumped In the shrubbery
while the black-browed villains with
dark lanterns and musks fulfilled their
nefarious purpose. He did not even
scream or threaten to tell Mrs. Mills.
The purpose of a night watchman
for a girls' seminary remains a problem
of distressing complexity. No man
might solve it save Professor Howison,
and at that none would understand the
solution, least of all Professor Howt
son.
If we examine the problem from
the watchman's potnt of view it is
quite clear that he rejected any idea
that he was paid to engage In per
sonal combat with marauding men'
who, in fact, had no business to be
within those chaste and sacred pre
cincts after dark and against all the
rules. Further, he. cheerfully acqui
esced' in the robbers' injunction not to
make a,; noise that .might alarm the
; ladies • out\ of ; their . beauty sleep
— ay most \u25a0-"'accommodating \u25a0watchman,
warranted kind and gentle. - "We reject
at once the theory that the watchman
was employed by way of moral support
because, in fact. Sister Mills needs none
such. Fortified by the consciousness oZ
her own rectitude, stronger than triple
brass or nickel plated armor, she flouts
any suggested need of moral support
such as a mere man might furnish.
By this process of elimination we
discover that a night watchman is not
for ornament, not for fight, not for
Illumination and not for moral sup
port. That bundle of negatives sounds
like a description of the secretary to
the State Railroad Commission, Mr.
Judson Brusie, whose lonely affirmative
comes on payday.
Answers to Queries
NtvV YORK PARK— X.. City. One
authority says that Central Park in
New York City is a parallelogram two
and a half miles long and over half a
mile wide and that •it contains 862
acres. The World Almanac for 1907
says that "Central, the great park of
New York, extends from Fifty-ninth
street to One Hundred and Tenth, be
ing over two and a half miles long,
and from Fifth avenue to Eighth, being
over half a mile wide. It covers 843
acres, of which 185 are in lakes and
reservoirs and 400 In forest wherein
over half a million trees and shrubs
have been planted. There are 9 miles
of roads. 5»4 miles of bridle paths and
28 Vi miles of walks.
IS AN AMERICAN— P. S.. Point Rich
mond, Cal. This correspondent writes:
"A male child is born to American
parents aboard of an American ship >n
ferelgn waters. The father is an
American citizen. They land In Eng
land and live there for several years.
The father never renounces his citizen
ship. They return to the United States.
When the child has grown to manhood
is he or Is he not an American citizen
without .declaration of intention?" .
The answer . Is that 'such a child is
an American citizen, for a vessel sail
ing under the American flag is always
, American territory, wherever it may
be. In- the' case cited, the child on
reaching majority would not have .to
make 'a declaration of Intention, being
an American by.blrth.
THREE DOLLAR PlECES—Sub
scriber, City. The coinage of $3 gold
pieces was discontinued In 1889.
Shoobert went to ' Santa Cruz a day or
two ago to visit friends for a few days.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Allen went to
Pel Monte on Wednesday, to remain
for a week.- .'.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Avery McCarthy of
Los Angeles, .who are so well known
here, are at present > spending : two or
three weeks in Santa Barbara.
Mrs. Patton and Miss ; Marlon Chen
ery, v who went abroad severa^ months
ago.^are now ; in Italy, and e*xpect to
spend the summer in Europe.
Miss Marguerite Gros will go to San
Rafael .today, or, tomorrow to spend a
week ; or two as ; the guest of; friends
there. .Miss "Gros and Madame Gros,
who came to California from Paris
some months, ago! to look after their
property' interests ,here, expect to; re
turn-to Europe about the end of April,
although their plans are not definite
because " of e the uncertainty of the ar
rangements :: for ; the buildings that
Madame Gros Twill erect. ;
Mrs..Whitney of Santa Barbara., who
has. been visiting her, daughter, Mrs.
Hafry . in this city, returned
last week to her home In. the South.
Progress of the State
Noted by Press
THE Mammoth Copper Company la
rushing work with a vim along
the route of Its new railroad
from Central Spur to the Quarts
!h!11 mine in .Old Diggings. Over
150 men are now at work and
the Old Diggings section never
presented a more active appear
ance than it dors today. The right of
way has been brushed out for the en
tire distance and actual work of grad
ing for the roadbed is being rushed
along at a lively rate. There are two
crews at work, one at each end. Be
sides this there are two crews of oridga
men at work on the new bridge acros3
the Sacramento River at Central Spur.
There are twenty-five men on each sid".
The excavations for the bridge are
about completed and the piers will be
set In a very short time. This bridge*
will connect the new railroad with tha
Southern Pacific, and In order to make
the connection the banks of the cut at
that point .will have to be dug away.
This Is being done as fast as men and
shovels can do it. Trains will be run
ning over the new railroad early in tha
coming year.— Redding Courier- Free
Press. m . m
Notwithstanding the fact that only
a few years ago there were no oranges
grown in this country, there is at the
present time a large acreage planted
to the golden fruit, and from statistics
recently prepared by the Board of
-Supervisors It is shown that 10.500
acres of oranges are now being grown
in this county and 423 acres of lemons.
Tms is a remarkable showing when
it 4s taken into consideration that
where the orange and lemon trees are
now growing and where citrus fruits
are raised to perfection, only a
few years ago there was nothing but
bare lands, and at that time it was
not known that the golden fruit could
be raised to such perfection as it la
being now produced. •.* • • Many
acres of citrus fruit are being planted
yearly and it will only be a matter
of time until Tulare County will be
recognized as the greatest orang»
raising section In the State of Cali
fornia and. In fact, in the United
States. — Vlsalla Delta.
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What will be the greatest reclama
tion district in the State, if the plans
of ten prominent capitalists of New
York, Sacramento and San Francisco
do not miscarry, is shortly to be formed
In Sacramento County, just to the
north of Sacramento, and SO.OOO acres
of land which 13 now practically
valueless for agricultural purposes,
but which will be worth probably not
less than $10,000,000 when reclaimed,
will be brought under a system of '
dikes and levees which will Insure its
perpetual use. • • • The district
will be about eight miles long and
ranging in width from four to seven
miles. The company promoters have
already purchased more than 13.000
acres of land in the district, and other
landowners possessing several thou
sands of acres have agreed to the
formation of the district, so that a
I majority of , the acreage is already
pledged to the reclamation project, ami
as it is thought there will be little op
position on the part of other land
owners whose land may come within
the borders, there seems to be no ob
stacle in the way of an early con
summation of the desired results. —
Benicia Herald.
- Lively times In a town denote^ pros
perity and that, being a criterion'Por
jterville'is suffering to the fullest extent '
! from that malady. Lands" are changing .
hands and are being <yit up into small
tracts and new people coming In; money
is pouring into the treasury and betngr
distributed for labor, property and
produce. The season for every Industry
has been good and the banks today are
loaded with money, aggregating three
quarters of a million dollars. No more
prosperous community exists anywhere
in the State than here and with the
prospects of .many buildings, new
comers, land developments, planting of
hundreds of acres to oranges, more
dairying undertakings and many new
industries ahead for the coming year
everything indeed looks most encour
aging and bright. — Porterville Enter- i
prise.
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liii H ' II U » | i||iMHWn' | wW»«ft»''»<ByiHi 'kUwllHl* 1111 1
Stockton can boast of the largest and
best equipped glass factory in the West
and the many improvements recently
installed at the local plant in addition
to the buildings represent an expendi
ture of more than $40,000. Many more
blowers and assistants are expected to
arrive next week and when the plant
is in full operation It will employ about
225 men. At present there are 160 men
engaged at the works and the weekly
payroll amounts to nearly $5000. Ev
erything" pertaining to the plant has
been purchased In California and the
special grade of sand which has hereto
fore been taken from Monterey will
after the first of the year be secured,
from Tesla. so it is safe to say that the
factory Is now In every sense an abso
lutely local affair. — Stockton Indepen
dent.
I Personal Mention
J. F. Condon of Goldfleld is at the
Jefferson.
Judge John E. Raker . of Alturas Is
at the Imperial.
Herbert E. Cook, a banker of Gold
field, Is at the Savoy.
Thomas WT. Pike, a banker of Fresno.
Is at the St. Francis.
J. C. Lagier, cashier of the Bank of
Gor.zales, is at the Imperial.
• W. F. Burbank of San Jose la reg
istered at the Hotel Congress. •
L. W.- Burrls, a Santa Rosa banker,
and his wife are at the Hotel Congress.
J. H. Steinmetz. who is interested In
railroading in Mexico, is at the St.
Francis.
E. J. Summerville. a capitalist of
Portland, Ore., and his wife are at the
Baltimore.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Hamlln are F. J. Cox and wife from
Melbourne.
F. H. Poston. prominent In railroad
: circles at Washington, D. C, is at tha
St. Francis.
D. W. Deane. manager of the Hotel
| Savoy, has returned from a trip to
Los Angeles.
. J. H. Murphy and wife of Atlanta.
Ga.. who are touring the State, are at
the Imperial.
Edgar Hofer, a leading fruitgrower
of Medford, Ore., and his wife axe at
the St. Francis.
.William M. Mayers and wife are
registered' at the Hamlln from Phoe
nix, Ariz., where he is a well-known
business man. ,
E. A. Smiih. M. E. Lyons and Frank
Gavin of Concord, Contra Costa County,
are at the Baltimore attending the au
tomobile - show.
-J. F. Slaughter . and F. H-.Pond, Sa-y
attle business men who are spending
a few days In the city, are registered
at the Hamlln.
Edward R. Beliew and his wife, who
have been. touring vthe East and Eu
rope for the last six months, have re
turned to their home in this city.