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'.'..:' .... 1.00 Per Year, Extra Entered at the United State* Postofflce as Second Class Matter. \'~-'''^L ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded /When 'Requested. ", \u25a0 - 'A:-/ Mail subscribers In ordering change of address should be particular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS In/ order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request . - - m mmm mmm tmt m mm^ m — m mmmm mmm mmmm mmmmm mmm mm m ' mmm^ l^ ii^ a^^^ M^^^^^^^^^j A WITNESS AGAINST HIMSELF NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR H. A. EVANS, stationed; at^the Mare island navy yard, writes to complain that The Call has done injustice to the men of his profession in '.government employ. The strictures printed in these "columns were based on the concurrent authority,, of such experts as Charles M. Schwab" . and Receiver James Smith, whose connection and experience with ship building will scarcely be' questioned. To such testimony we can add t£at of eminent civil engineers who have been engaged .on the work of warship construction' for years. It is riot necessary to mention names of these" men, " because -they are no£ seeking controversy. 'v^-.'lr -"\u25a0 '.'\u25a0".* Constructor Evans appears to have misread or .misunderstood the purport of the article printed in these columns. It was/not stated that all constructors in employ of the navy department were incompetent. That would be an absurd and foolish charge ; but the trouble has been that,, the ; best men do not ; stay with the • department. Mr. Evans in fiiijMett£ r supplies abundant and con clusive proof of this fact irt^he<lS^t|kt } ; hejse~nds of'menrwho have left government employ* because they could make more money elsewhere. We quote from Mr. Evans' letter on this point: Referring to the statement in ..which, you quote Mr. Smith -regarding incompetent men, "not one *of whom could hold, a place for a- week in the service of a well conducted commercial corporation," the inference -from your article is that such men are naval constructors. J doubt if Mr. Smith intended to refer to naval -'"constructor's,' -arfd if he did he could ; not have been well informed on the subject. This is clearly shown from the- fact the ship building trust offered Naval "Constructor Bowles the position of president of the corporation, carrying with; it a. /very large salary, and that • this offer was_ declined- Mr. Lcadi^ijixon,'- f ormerlj' .. a naval constructor; was then appointed to this position.* Xaval "Constructor John G. : Tawresey^ : now on duty at the Union iron works, was offered the position of president iof the Union iron works by the same-corporation. This would seem to . clear-Iy dispose of the statement made.: in j-our~ editorial/. * .... 'V " To bring this out further, however; it might be well to invite your • attention to the positions 'held by former naval constructors inVprominent ship building, concerns throughout the United States: • > Naval Constructor Francis T. Bowles is now president of! the Fore River ship building and engine company. *.; Naval Constructor H V G. Smithjis general manager of the same concern. Naval Constructor LawrencevSpearf is ;noW vice; president and general manager of. the Holland submarine torpedo boat company. Naval Constructor H. L. Ferguson' is superintendent of construction 01 the Newport News ship building, and drydock" company. ' >> ' Naval Constructor F. \\\ Hibbs is engineer of the Moran Brothers ship ; building company at Seattle. i* - . .V ,„. .^'»val Constructor j; W. Powell ; is: assistant to the president of .the : Wxlham Cramps ship' building and "erfgine /company.' " Naval Constructor D! H. Cox is a* member :6f the fil-m of Cox & : Stevens, naval architects, New York. •.• - -".'*' '-\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0> '-'- ". ; Mr. Lewis Nixon, a prominent tiaval architect and ship builder, was .formerly a naval constructor. .: \u25a0 , We ask no better proof thdn this interesting list in support of jthe conclusion that the best men are picked out for private 1 service jfronr the- government staff. It is a process of elimination that jrejects the incompetent and leaves them in government employ ;to plod along or. make mischief for the -public service / Indeed, ; the testimony of Mr. Evans: goes far jlo explain and justify v MrV .•Smith's chargfc that there- are many incompetent men lefty.in -the service. It seems needless to say that there are competent, men on ithe present stafi', among whom we are \u25a0 sure that Mr. Evans may jbe classed, but he will not pretend thati the process Vof -elimination, •of which he has given us' a glimpse, makes ; for the^good of ithe service. We quote again from Mr.'. Evans Jon the subject of \ delays in .ship building: , / I think-it may be asserted without fear of contradiction that 'there: is Jjiobrancn of engineenng.that has made more rapid* strides in the last i years than that of warship design. At the battle^ of- Santiago the battleship Oregon (which.^th^waV^s'designed byjthe^ry same-incompetent naval constructors 'who form the subject of your articlVarid.has.in'spite of | that fact, met with some measure of success) was considered to be > one of the most powerful warships afloat' Today, this! vessel. is almost 1 obsolete .This rapid advance in the : scien.ee makes --if' necessa ry at tim esito i hi rb 'ducc I changes in the. plans whale, a war vessel is building in, order" to 'keep- it"a* I closely as possible up to the- latest standard; r - . \u25a0 : >" ' . This amuses; The lpgical .conclusion of the argument is that jwe should stop building ships until: the' final type is settled -by (the constructors. The fact that; the science "of "makingT^arsliip^ iis progressive- did not prevent England from building the-Dread^ [nought in about a year. -Under our .system, it takes from diree to ifive years to.build a battleship; >Britisli navaFconstruction 5 methods jotter' an example worthy of imitation!- 'j- T v,r .S \u25a0 7 -."-:.\u25a0 :\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0;/; - v ; :^ : We feerceVtaih that Mr. Evans, on . recorisideVation /oi-iiis ovvi [arguments, will agree that The Gall was right" - A TIGHT ROPE RAILWAY i/^V' NGE m ° re the . law of gravitation: is repealed! Of course .that jl lis nothing new. We are; doing^it e\-ery ciay; -The 'flying V machine. people threaten to do it twice; a week* \u25a0• but this^most * recent discoverer i is,notquiteso ambitious, i: He only proposes to run:a .train; 10p;miles ? an'li6ur 6n ;; a rsingle'; rail, with 4he : Heljv Conditions in Calif ßirriia^ The California PromoUo.^mmlttee wired the following to 7 It. \u25a0e»»t»rii bureau la : >>sT.\Yorlc ye«terdaj-i'- ; -'. '"^BBiBB \u25a0"' '\u25a0' '' \u25a0''"\u25a0 f - \u25a0''" California , trmprratnrea - ~f or the pa»i 24 hiumt JinFrt8d^,....;.:.. ; ; .... . . . . . ; ; Minlmuni; 5i . Maximum, «l Sall . Dir *°- * •;\u25a0•"• ' • ' ' •I*• >: • •;•-••• :-•'> vv • • -Mlnlmnin,- R2. . Maximum,'? «« San TrßßfUro bulldinic permit n for MaY 24^ ";;-:"'?;' "* - '" Permane.t v . .Value /aggggfo . jajLOoe Altrratioaa :". . . . ..... :..:. , 1. . Valne ;...'! . .'..V. ; . C; J; . ;\";'"V. ' >^'*4b* ' The power plant now under eonatrnction oa^ the > Feather Wver, near OrovHle. wUI be the largest Blnarle electrle plant In the world,' generat ing: 100,000 kenrponrr. - ' I&SBSSBB&RBBIK^'r** -' ' EDITORIAL PAGE of a^de\uce' that :/\vith?a sirigulaf^indifferen^e' ; tb;the v fate :bf, Greek roots he has named: the "gyroscope. ''^;V-^A!iU^'.'':; ; ,'^:.'* ; ' ; '',^r' : 'l-V=-. ':': This J gyroscope, . in; brief; is 'nothing \u25a0 m<sre : in"' essence :!thah the schoolboy's top,- which, as we -know,, defies : the lavv V of gravity so lohg.;^ itspins\ r This^^ ing.- machinery: ;\u25a0 "its ;:f unction ';.is a6 Jhold^ the;itraih^ rlevel it speeds along ": the "single^ rail. :^t "!isTa -'tight 'rope ; per f6rihance ;^y machinery. •/: It should be Explained uth^tVtfe expected .to sit inside •the;^evolying^ea^^m of ; the carVt6;inake it '} stand up^ We venture to tliink that- this discovery* exhibited ''in model before the R6^ of the - charmed, boundaries * of/.toyland.- . li.;in -the- course of its]; revolving flight some. refractory; obstacle 'shouldtihit the or its. machinery, -^ the gyroscope; might be: converted^ scop^ andKtjie^ pas^ without wings.-; That would -be -Vbiie sort fof/an^ervto^thelquestion^ "Where doiwe get off ?" • If ; one ;were: asked torturri-b^d^rcek into' good l English }inniight be- fair to ; translate vgyroscope^as -a new yaftety. of Quite possiblyv, this ?' interesting discovery 'i? nothing "more tlVan another symptom; of _the " prevailing- epidemic^of bu g n o u ?e science. 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THERE: is * a proposition afopttoyiold^'a^pfiz^ the Nevada .'miiiing/camps' on Memorial: :< day. •: That Jis^riot 1 - 1 fit observance of van . occasion solemn, Vand 'the sentiments of the J Sacramento -Union on ; this program' may _be f quoted witlr approval : - ' * ' *'"' ' ' '. - * ' - v ...- ' \ ' ,'- : \u25a0 : \,' -\u0084 " \ .- Menioriallday/vvas ,not .set .. apart:; asVa? prizc'lnght carnival oK :a::dfinki fest. : Itis'a'sacfedtdajvand' if -'it 'cannot btrsovregarided," in : some ; degree j at least; itshoiild forever; be^drbpped^fromithe cataloguerof :qur r days;meh^r£l able.: It was riotim^ ago, when • the ~ Potomac ".ran" red^\vith>i tlie ir .*lif eblbo'd*"' tpi the'^ea : f when-; tlie"" sides;,? of old^Lobk^ut -vyerescarhadined;l.wlieh^tlie *K6rfdf;'*O ! f \u25a0Cha'ttafibbga m?ght :have made^guardian angels^ wdep;;when^ Pittsburg" 'tanking \u25a0'was i,the landttigbfrDeath; desolation, \ and : the >: blood 'of? her "son's mingled; in .oiie-red? tide*:, with Uhe blood of ithe^sbns^ofjtlie nortK;- : : .- : -~.: :\u25a0/. '\u25a0'\u25a0 .' — . > ,i:;, i : ; \u25a0. '••'".\u25a0 - ; tr \u25a0 • , T^'f. wasriot atime of joyancc,I j sajv and- thc ; persons. who would- devote to , a .'\u25a0prjze];figHt':theiday;setjapartltb;«its.^m arid _;. fiends -might, db:, a; thing VsoVunseenily,^ but; higher; beings ! would not^V'r . There " ; ;ma^be someYsupe^^ sentiment^.is .sound. , Therej^should/^ forms off amuseiiientA 'permissible; oii ifemoriai day^lWe^are^aware that ;it;|s useless 'ta^rbid^ sary, : but •..-the occasion -shoiiici/bej treated ;.with^ respect /asl^u'nday^^ do 'not -believe;\foj;iinstancer-that^pi^ pnze? figKr on^ Ghristmas 1 day^^Tlje^f-is^inHeed^a- proposition on foot: thatj:Memorial^ay.;shan;;in-;future' be^ h^ in May;; and- this;^ IT/IS tthatlthe'eastecc rjob bers-Intend,to call the.; attentions of ; the interstate (commerce •commission ;«to the rate:ondrU>d/fruit from' Cali fornia in boxes ahd-saVks. " They /; allege that the j differential "-"rate -should -:not be" allowed\and;'.that';drie.df fruit should take either jih" boxes or i ri "sac k8.;"k 8.; " The . r a t e i n ; box e s i V i s, $ 1 -jp er .100!pound8;ln^carl6adjlbts»andHn; sacks* $lj2o.^The^contentlonTof|;th«lpackerß Is"jthat{the¥differehtial,iratefshouldstie continued.jsThey/urge|that)thelea9terff jobbe"r|,wants|theXdollarirate|enforcVd soXthat|he^wouldjbe]ableVtoXmanipula.te. the^fruitJ?after f XarriyAl**in ln^other^words;ihf Icoiild; takpfCallfor-' *ni a i unpacked^f rij i t;j blend \ i t|wi tli|pther" fruit?pack»itSand!s*oTre"aHy|destfoyAthV identltyTof«'CaHfofniatfFuit;|jThlßXis^6ne: of the"-f ew^ t im^^whenJtlTelpaclcerJ'sus^ tainsl^thei'|raj|road J-jand Jis readyi,to^take(the/jstandaand-/"urge|the Commissibnato|let-4a <t rdlfferentiais"';rate fetand v \ ; ' -'. - ,;\u25a0 C \u25a0 In o,this 5 ? connection.:? a;, big. shipping- i man } said: A^'lttisTour /opinion Jthatithe j present fdi ff erential [ STrate \is { f airjf pr|the' I reasohlthat)theUruit!Bhould%o|to?th'e coriVumeri 1 n |Buch"|cbri4l i tlonl th at] it \u25a0 w i i 11 appear]in}tholmost<tav6r*bie]itgH^ pUtlfniit^irifthißXcpnditoijUt^ißfneces-' sar y that] it ; bet manipulated Iby \u25a0 experi^ enced •hands.'jjandilonly^wherel-larg'e* '"•uantitiesj are) packed {can^ such'eujeri Confessions Jfr&iM MEMORIAL IXAY -Qitfi SUNDAY \\i>% In . Railway Circles ence*b«; gained. ;„ Enormous ?au"inV|have been % Invested ,l in £ packing i houses % and fcome I of itheyafge {establishments *diir-*" Ing £th c \ season * have! mon thly a payrol I s bf,'.fromSsS r ooo^t6\s6,ooo3 'Good .results Gannot^b^'f obtained? withlrfruitlpacked away 3 f roml'C^alif ornia^* no Jmatter-4 how Koodithe]tntenti6hß]oftthefeaaternVjbbr ber. ,».»\u25a0" ;?.\u25a0,- .-> : '. : '."\u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0.'\u25a0'\u25a0>". ".'• \u25a0'.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'> " • • \u25a0 "^"Taking .-dried .: fruit -rate, in 'boxes as^Aj basis itheTratelisJl; 'j; Every j jobber nguressthatlitlwillfcostUollandillilS^ per:; 1005 pounds. 1 CThetp resent % rate Yon' dried?| fruity in«bags|iis|slL2oj|per^ioOl Poundsr.v;vA7.bag*weifhs^ approximately fivettoieightioun^cesiahdjthe^aridedfcost* .would |"be>* a' mere J dne.'SW© ! caff sayAthat]the;perce^ntagefofi6urjibuiine«s a,mountsitojtipericent, <ss L shippedUn'aackß againstfibdxeß,^the?rj!aß_onjbeing::|thatl pn'sfruitVshippedjihrsack^welfoundlthe" rI f KatpPi «f feat;f M|lt]ls|Habl«* to i injury f romi dampnessf and * caYele'sslhan'dUtff; i iWe4beHev«lthat|aufncientW*difrerentlal! •ftQUld^exlstsbetweeriTdrieaJfruit packed lll ! bO3 F*s!andspacked£insbagßJ ! lnS6rder to Senable^the railroads fto grelmburse 1 themselves 'for/thelrlsksytakenV'^ - '• • *r.The;frelffht-omclalsj©f: the! Northern' Pacific | deelar* Jthat ; they/ ar«|makiiig about 4 thejb««t^tim«Vacroßs|,thoTcontl nentfand|alle»«lthftt|th«3rrciuifdeliver* 'reig||t:in f San Franclfco'fromSti. Paul in :> 1 2 ;?. days.i;^vTheV«ch«d«lrE tlra«t t rom 5 f ml» utaa,-| and |aceo«Un* ; to | u»* THe'Smaft Set" I>« VRS. E.vBRAMEN HARRIS has 1,1% /\u25a0 ;' sent out cards announcing, the . rV J' * carriage" of 1 her daughter, Miss :l - t ;ir : ' SylvVa -Fowler -Harris, to Dr." Sim'uel Percy" Hardy -on Saturday 'after nbbn.yAiay-11, In this city; \u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0" i: ':.\i< \u25a0 * \u25a0.'.\u25a0\u25a0•;'.\u25a0' '•.\u25a0/\u25a0•.;\u25a0"/•:'-\u25a0•••\u25a0 .-":\u25a0.•"• 'Ah interesting eveln of ;\u25a0\u25a0 next;' month Wilt i be 1 / the t wedding |of A Miss v Edna i •Foote s arid s; Porterj Garnett, .which vis , to^ ] be 'celebrated f onl Saturday, 'Juhe^li'a^ the; home" of the bride, ..Ca«stog"a:v Miss* Foote "has^visitetltherejfreftiuently/and' haß' \u25a0: many V friends f- in i San f ~ Francisco* Mr.JGarnettf comes i of *a' distinguished Virginian); family^ and -; one which J has been v prominently 4 ; identified v with!- the" earlyilife Toll Sani Francisco. "~i He is a clever; writer and: critic -arid 'is f one of the> .leading -members of > the > literary eet;here..w v -; v^ '\u25a0' - \u25a0;."•:.- •\u25a0", :• -• \u25a0 )'\u25a0'\u25a0 ..-i-^i ''"'..', 'r '. \u25a0' • •• .. \u25a0'-\u25a0*\u25a0:'' \u25a0•':'\u25a0•': \u25a0'. ..- - .-'.»- .Dr.-and J Mrs. Joseph .Marshall Flint} the latteriof:,whom wasrformerly Miss .Anne fj'Apperson.'j fwhp-Uf whp-U' have 7-been In Europe forlthe "past year." have recently t>een • the guests , of Mrs.' PhoebelHears t/ Mrs.'! Flint' s; aunt," at > thet latter's ' apart-: nient ;ln "= Paris, f but ,- have now .'gone I for several -weeks* . travel' through - the Brit- 4 ishr isles:;. . : • : • :.-.,' y ;'.-'\u25a0 \u25a0;\u25a0' '\u25a0 Mr."/and; r ; Mrs. Henry Foster : Dutton and j Miv and"Mrs.' -Wakefield Baker, left yesterday^ in? a: : motor >f or ' Monte and jaf ter|a ;' stay, there of a day - pr : two .wiHgodowntto Paso' Robles to* remain 'until "..the"' middle; of .l next' week." _\u25a0 . :.-:V,"V-",'"-,v:-, : *-\u25a0-.'•-. \u25a0'\u25a0*•\u25a0 ' '\u25a0-\u25a0 -.-',\u25a0 .'. j. Mr.; and ) Mrs .: Jr C.' Brown, v <he latter bf-whoni; was': formerly. Miss ; Ruth Mc- Nutt,\ write j that Rafter; a" three, months' honeymoon ;:>, they >V have S ! \ returned to' .Parta^The^^will^leave this month for* New : York," coming west a little- Jat.er/.y '-_\u25a0";\u25a0'\u25a0; " ' '\u25a0 - /.• . V" .'"^:; . Miss v Eleanor Terry^ the /daughter .'-of RearJ'Admiral Terry,; after having "spent thejiWlnter,* in j: Washington; jIMC. 1 ;*. will go> T tO; Germantown;'; Pa.'.* on June * 1 a* visit; to •friends, there.- ' *\u25a0 ; -;.--. '• '/; *'^y.f* '\u25a0-. • \u25a0''.'.'' '\u25a0!•'•_ yi/lisa \u25a0 Ethel Melbne has spent several days 'this ;week ; >in - town : as th"c"'guest of .fcomirig f rom v her" home in Napa ; valley^.. \u25a0:•' :^'".v '" l " V ."*' ; ' • .'\u25a0-- \u25a0 "- ' ;"• *. ; Mr. and I Mrs.^Bourke Cockran ; <Miss Arine^i lde),*^Vho-: have been abroad -on their/"honeytrioon ; l journey,., are j'now* in New -York.';* - ; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0"-.•-" \u25a0;: -•\u25a0\u25a0'-:<."" ---,\\i.~. ;;: : Mrs.",M.;.S.,Hannlgan. arid- Mi.isVjose phine Ha.nnigan.*who,,wentUo",Los,'An-. geles'rlast^morith^are' enjoying -\u25a0their stay,?; in Vj the^f south ;;| greatly -± and r have taken ;S apartments j,*in^; West'; "Adams street !fbr*:'sbmer weeks longer.. ' \u25a0 • >;" V; '"- * -.'"\u25a0"\u25a0'\u25a0'* '-•'\u25a0 "-':\u25a0 *':--' '\u25a0 ;.• - \u25a0\u25a0 . - . r Mr., and : Mrs. '.\u25a0 Robert .'Bolton . will I close & their ?Broadway\ home, on July U ! and3.wiliygb_\toißlythdale -for the rest of the season. \u25a0'.';\u25a0 ,'.. .. r ' *T" .\ " , Mr. v ana -Mrj. -^Lawrence 'Foster, tthe I latter.^ of '.iformerly^Miss : Violet < Fife/- are"- building 'an attractive j 6ottage • near ; the -Fife" hofrie" at . Menlp [park.,* \u25a0 ':\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0:-'* :- -•.-".\u25a0\u25a0<•-.\u25a0•-; :'{ =- -~. \u25a0;"."-, -..-\u25a0.-\u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0-v \!plo iVlr.-. X * -> \u25a0::,• \u25a0,'. \u25a0 \u0084[ |.^Mr.*and!Mrs.VNorman^D."Rideout went ! to|Maryaville>fbrJa\vislt!'recently. 1 j"\u25a0 - "*:"._ '•-'\u25a0:.\u25a0 \. \u25a0>,\u25a0'* '. ? -« : \u25a0.-%\u25a0•_,-•.\u25a0,;.»,-•\u25a0 ;\u25a0/ - \u25a0 1 ;,./; Mr.l and ; Mra.-^ Saffo'fd ? Colby have re . turned |to H Calif orttla^ af terT: a*; trip Yeast !of.i six \weeksV: duration?. and 2are; now, ; at"% Bly thdal cVi where ,'th ey: will V remain i for; the "season;' *: ; ; V' ; '.'^'' ; ' '.. "'-''\u25a0 V \u25a0\u25a0* "'\u25a0 : \u25a0'„'\u25a0'.'\u25a0'\u25a0"\u25a0 .•\u25a0;;-.•\u25a0-•';• \u25a0•':,- * -"..«i. \u25a0' ;>? Mr/: arid \ Mrs. \ Hiram. Smith,'- who left early.i; in> the % spring 1 j- for r Europe' \u25a0 and whoJexpectitblgOjlater'in'theTsurrimer td"v Norway,^* have 'gone £ recently! from Rome "'itolNaples'iforra 1 ; brief Fstay. p>Mrsy'f Jbhn'^Galeh * Howard - of ; : Berke ley^is^iri^ Santa for -a stay of several7weeks.^" r ' ; -3^^a^ri-. ; ''r ?••*•'--;'\u25a0• reports^for the^;last : lO'daya -these tr§in«^have 'J hot been more? than^ 12 hours jil^sr V: Freight ) for; this s city? is shipped^JeresbyJ steamer from s Seattle" which Stakes ;three|fdays^|and as 3 th« Bteamerjleaves \u25a0? once ? in " >fi ve^ days ?the NorthernJ|PacifleJggiyes|a>Jservice\of about *12 \u25a0 daysltoi SanrFranciscb: ' " ' C.,Hoß«^lngrt6niwaß^theVrecipient f of inaijy/coniratulationßJyeaterdayronnhe newsjoflhitlappolhtmentlas'asßlstint treasurer? of (the | Southern i Pacifle. ' He' had r ibeenlfor^mahyiyeajs]wittf the cprri; Wnrl** lQrtt *«*lstant i to' the ; late' C4pi" The lnsider Recalls the^Villbws and Wood ward spleasure resorts and lingers ov^r memories of famous ni^n who lived in the "olden, golden days v ci^«* jv.; CiAo^ TVTOTHING is so dear to the heart of the Ifl s a^ §!*H? S ' of other "days, .The Willow 3 wasione of these^ The same flood that destroyed tbat famous resort made Woodward's garden. Woodward, after wlibm the gardens were • named, was a pioneer who kept the : What Cheer , house, corner of Sacramento and Leides dorff streets^ Travelers used to present him with curios of one kind or an otherrunUl his^'cbllectVbri became famous and people used to ask, per mission to- examine ft •at : close Quarters. •. - The gardens^ site was the old ; fftmily; homeland the bid house which was turned into the museum was tha Woodward residence. It got to be quite^the fashion to .ask the privilege of giving^ fetes there, the same sort of an Imposition later practiced upon Adolph Sutrb, I have heard." ; "In the floods. of the early sixties both the Willows and Woodward's wers under, water, but .Woodward turned his -place 'lnto a pleasure garden and the Willows was "abandoned.. There must be quite a few of us left who recall the old fgarderis.vthe animals in the zoo, the circular boats, the circus in the pavilion^ and the art galiery, in "which the famous "Beatrice Cenci" head was hung^ \u25a0 There was a^ haunted room in the gallery building," it was reporteil. and many a time I remember myseif standing staring, affrighted but fas cinated/at the terrible window upon whose pane was thought to be imprinted the 4 spirit face of a woman who had been murder.cd. / ; The "gardens were 'used 6y -the Sunday, schools of the dty at .a ••union picnic every year. Little ones of all religious sects romped and laughed and "played in harmony. On one occasion the public schools went en masse to thV pavilion to greet' and shower flowers upon -President Grant, who made a fipeechto them. The last relic of Woodward's was the pavilion in Fourteenth street used for prize flghtfl. ' . . There. was an' old resort in Nortji beach that I faintly remember, where there jwas a fine collection of birds- and animais. It was In the rear of the famous "Cobweb palace,": which succumbed to the" march of progress a good many: years .before the^ fire. , -V .'^ oj^-.-,!-. d^«-^— j-. ; Another of the oldtime Bohemian club men PICHWt Bohemian. passed away thls Week in John F. Pope, who, jPassestOnisJ<est though, he had been off the'ron "for some years, was one of its earliest members. He was 84 years old and had lived in this city since 1849. H& had a home in Mason street, near North beach, up to about 15 years ago, when he built a more modern residence in Pine street. He, belonged ;to 'the. Society of California Pioneers and was th© first member of the First Baptist church i which was establlshed-ln 1849. Golden liny* Dtch '* "'.sThe'ploneew are .passing away very rapidly '\u25a0 \x/i*i?ri 1 "i* '•" now » and it seems as If one should' make at With Lively {fates ; ieast an attempt to gather from those who are lef t some Mata . of \u25a0 early days in • San - Francisco, since so s mucli of that history .as written and i published was lost in the fire, "I could teilyou some stories" .about. the' 4arly! legislatiYe sessions,'*^ said an old pioneer to me the others day, "and they'd .make more amusing reading than these grafting tales that fill : the papers nowadays." f^l. remember one of our sergeants at arms, Billy Williamson; who came here in '49.: : He ,was a celebrated horseman, and there wasn't; a! tiofse^ i^We^brld/rbeiieve, whose pedigree didn't come trippingly off his-tongue.j;He had^a racetrack in this city once, but I don't just remem ber^when.^ln '54 Billy was told' off to [accompany Bailey Peyton In a stump ing: tour/ for/ the' flEaownbthing^ or ' American party candidate for governor. Johnston.; One of the towns "'-they visited was Sonora, which had mostly a Spanish population then, and as" they ; passed up a street where the women of .the.half world "many of J^e.farr Jones' appeared at the windows and called^but,^Henor^iy';' l H Williamson?* • ' \u25a0j-.;Peyt9n,:not-. 'knowing the character of tine : quarter, remarked, "Why,- how popular you ; .are, a hereabouts, Mr.^illiamsottjeverybodyseemsto know you.' 'Yes/r&ssented « Billy^without a « blush, * *I ". used "to live here; was" engaged :n I the stationery" business.* , . """.. IT r?3*; •\u25a0'. . V * • "When ; they reached the' hotel, Peyton stbpped ; for a chat with^the pro^ prietor, lwhjje his companion moved, on to theiban .'Mr. Williamson. is well known ;here,' observed Peyon; 'he told me he was a statlonen Must be quite a : popular .business.! y/StaUpner ?' gasped" the*' proprietor of the inn. *he dealt in 'cards fand . ivory^-dealt jfarb.'; After that Billy's stump companion did not so much .wonder at his large .acquaintanceship in the towns that they visited. Court Held Sundays One tlme wben Bllly waa 1M * S ! "'-riv D^r~ /,;cf/^ 9! l 7l 7v he wa ? a -iustlce of the peace and at the -Yoy- reave justice same time ran a gambling" house. Among thel mining cases that came before him oneVwas later carried before the supreinfj* ??y£h Jud ?es Murray, .Wells and Heydenfeldt forming the court. Murray* tha chief 'justice, rendered a decision in which , he did not dispute the legality & the decision, but. said that the judgment would not hold because the justice** court had _been held on Sunday. ' Billy;^did not question the decision, but, prob ably thinking faro dealing was more profitable than law giving, resigned hU office." |9HHBHBBHHH|Hhh| Wife Drags Solon ; ./The pioneer, drew.'a long breath^ and I asked \u25a0Fromaaminrthhre hlm for ' anoth ! r reminiscence. saitl :£&J n ;£W/Z*J-$° I & be. "perhaps you've heard of Colonel Jack Gamble, who died.a^few.years ago out in the Mission, where he lived after he "^ Sacramento: - He used to keep a saloon in Sacramento, his' partner beins T r an? Jones, 'j and.^ I've heard them both tell some good stories about the senators and representatives orthe fifties and sixties. 1 remember one about Remember from the 'cbw^ counties,' Colusaxand Tehama, a man named' Dun lap. : Dunlap : had just • received f 500 and proceeded -to blow it in bn a f aor a - m *i l ?,9 amb z le ' 8 T Hm ne y was all laid out, in chips and the;game was in; full blast,- when lo and behold a vision appeared at the door . was -Mrs^Dnnlap^af big/ raw boned six footer. She paid no' attention t( ? 8 . remaining on the tabler.but yanked . . the legislator by his collar awa3r v? r ° m . > the.tempting. game, downstairs Into the . street and home Then back she came and demanded. her husband's | money, which was given' her' with out^ protest The.next day Dunlap^ appeared in-the assembly^ socks and woolen slippers, for he had : lost : his shoes in the street during his transit under, his wife's' chaperonage.": /^s nis transit f ersonal Mention :.n.;H.;R<.y,,.lumbVtmi nof.S aKlniw. Baba.tQpol.ris at the, Savoy. > ;:^f^ A: -p'^r. aVfumUure man of LosrAnseles, la.at theHamlin. r\, ,-Guytß^Graftrand^CharleV^SrSnt^ well of Spokane:are at the' Fairmont- : ; I>.-F.;Sheehan;:a,weU,known-min^ s <3reat Story arid Photo^pihs of o\u25a0i g . \u25a0\u25a0:-,: -:\u25a0: : , - the Civil War i article : of torpMwn, ; i»t.mt iu >V^ ; w.iia ,f ' £l oirll .L f ; ~ i t« \*y} XiSi M:\ TukaUri <h* f iSiou. • wtaor of ' "Th. Ti#*> >t^ : - -** MAY 25, 1967 Pran/l" ot st- Paul- ".« the St. and *la brid^ wh; D«tro^ M'ch.. .^ s;, XnV Jr :-i!"^!?.:-i!"^!?.? 1" and his wife \ capitalist. at Vhe^£^llVF o ™^* iom »*ny> ** c»ty '?o estabU^h Vh "' C.° mes"to thls paAm^t Tk^coS;^ 01"o^* *-