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LIBERAL EXPENDITURES ON THE HARBOR WILL PAY
THE prosperity of California lies first in productive capacity
and secondly in access to markets, and of these the latter
needs most attention. Production will usually take ; care of
itself, but the avenues of commerce are subject to constant
Obstruction, due either to selfish interests or to neglect. . v
Of these avenues the harbors of our coast line are the most
.valuable and important. The frontage of these ports should all
belong to the commonwealth, as is the case ..in San Francisco,
land the state must, in turn, acknowledge and fulfill the correspond
ing and correlated obligation to bear . its ; share of the burden,
hot of maintenance but of installation. The cost of' maintenance,
iTalls properly on the shipping as current expenses. Hitherto it
bas been the practice to make the shipping pay the cost of. instal
lation likewise. Every wharf and • dock on the '• Sah Francisco
Jwater front has been built from the. revenue 'collected from ship
ping. These charges have made a heavy burden on commerce
that has reacted to the injury of the whole state, in so far as its
itaeans of access to the world's markets is furnished by this port,
tit is just that all California should share the burden of improving
the coast harbors — not San Francisco " alone, but all water front
ages in their relative commercial importance. > -
That is the view taken by the legislative commission now in
session in this city. This body will recommend an issue of state
bonds for $10,000,000 to carry out plans for the comprehensive
and scientific improvement of the San Francisco water front. It
Is a considerable sum, but 'lt is needed, and it is economy in the
long run to handle the work on a large scale. There is nothing
feo wasteful as the patchwork made necessary by inadequate
appropriations.
While $10,000,000 may seem a large sum, in one sense it is
moderate when compared with the vast investments cheerfully
taade to create or improve European harbors. Consider the fol
lowing list of expenditures for opening harbors:
Rotterdam w $26,000,000
Havre ............. 28,000,000
Antwerp 25,000,000
Glasgow .....r 73,750,000
Newcastle-on-Tyne 27,000,000
Hamburg * .........,.. X .... ...39,400,000
Liverpool a....... ....200,000,000
The list might be greatly extended, but enough is shown to
prove how an investment of this character is regarded in -the light
of experience of great commercial communities. Moreover, it is
fchown that the investment pays large returns.* For instance, the
iport tonnage of Rotterdam increased- 4,641,422 tons in twenty
years from 1880 to 1899, surpassing^ Li verpopi and giving it third
rank among European ports. The ? gain for Hamburg in the same
period was 4,9D9,144 tons. In 1880 the ports of Hamburg, Antwerp
and Rotterdam did about half as much business as. Liverpool. In
,1899 these three ports had*all passed* Liverpool in the race for
business. They came into their own* as soon as they realized the
wisdom of a liberal investment in harbor facilities. '•
The disposition is growing in^California; to. regard this ques
tion in a broad way. Speaking at "the San Diego' \u25a0conference in
iDecember, 1906, comprising representatives of the 'several counties.
p.-H. Miller, secretary of the Sacramento^ Valley development
iassociation, said in part: , , VVV V . . ' /
The harbors of this state belong to the people of .California; they are
;the property of all the people, regardless of where they may live I ikewise
|ore those natural agencies which connect them with the interior communities
the producing communities, mind you, the' property i>l "the- people arid we
cannot even attempt to separate them, but they must be considered as ioint
assets of our state and our people. . ~ ' : „
The resolutions adopted by . the conference, after a fulf dis
cussion of California harbors, and their needs, recommended that
'*he legislature provide for. the regular "and permanent improve
ment of the harbors of California at the expense of. the whole state.
jit is in pursuance of this initiative that the legislative commission'
headed by Senator Leroy A. Wright of San Diego, is now engaged
in formulating a ,well digested plan for the improvement of this
port, the most important of all the coast harbors and the market-"
place for most of the products of ; California. ,
THE CHINESE CORMORANTS
THE proceeds of the _flour sent from this country to relieve
the famine in China went into the pockets of the mandarins;
The starving people -got none of the food unless they had
the price. A large shipment of cheese took, the same devious
course. The American contributors effected nothing beyond fat
tening the pockets of a lot of pigtailed grafters. . •
This is a rather discouraging result. It seems \u0084as if the Red
,Cros3 people might have exercised more care. The character of
the Chinese mandarin and his : appetite "for plunder are. notorious
the world over. It is quite useless to send food' or money for
the relief of suffering in China if : it. must pass through the hands !
of these cormorants.
This is the meanest form of graft known to suffering humanity i
and beats filching pennies out of a blind man's tray, i: ;* > I
SCHMITZ PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK
THE quality, of counsel that prevails; in the Schmitz <*mp: finds
illustration in the: game-of hide and seek which the sometime
mayor is playing with the municipal authorities of San Fran^
Cisco. ; Obviously,; Schmiu is persuaded that there is -some
Pfficial magic in the great seal of; the /city.v It is \u25a0 somelcsort of
EDITORIAL PAGE
Prospective Net Result o£ Peace Cotritiiisswh
charm or fetish, partly an object of worship and in part a means
to work miracles. 'As long as he can contrive to hide the seal the
government of San Francisco must remain at a.' standstill. V \u25a0
Something of a like superstition appears , : to .i attach "in the mind
of Schmitz to the big red automobile that the city owns. The
reasoning appears to be that no man can be : mayor of San Fran
ciscp unless he rides in thisniachine. It is ""strange, and touching
confidence in the outward forms of things: The .melancholy band
of tax eaters that once made up the -mayors personal- staff has
propped its failing courage by hanging in the window of. an
empty; office the printed sign, "Mayor's office." 1 ' If" the' implication
sought to be conveyed were true^ the sign-.- should, be 'hanging on
the ' county jail. . - ; , ;V, . ;. 7"r'" ,"u * . r ' .;' '
These strange, uncanny maneuvers suggest Sa^ cross "\u25a0\u25a0 between
Jerry Dinan and a voodoo doctor. No other, such combination of
stupidity and superstition is conceivable^ \u25a0; . :^ ; \u25a0' '
ONE learns with amusement •• that Sir Arthur Conan- Doyle,
the creator of the ingenious ' Sherlock Holmes, Uias applied
himself to . solve the mystery . that ; veils a' theft'/'of; -jewels
belonging to :i the most' (noble : order. of rkriights.'of. : ,StV;Patrickr.-.
These dazzling gems were supposed to be kept under* guard in the
strong room of Dublin castle,- like the : crjown^jewels^inf the tower
Of London./ ' '^X- ;, : ;^.'r- ;.;"\u25a0 ~V " \u25a0 : .-.:«-'- ':.\-.r:i::'^" : '.'"" \u25a0-;('>!
It is not the first time that royal or vice regal- insignia 'have
started on the way to the pawnshop. , XJnder.Xharles, ll, Colonel
Blood stole the king's, crown' from "the tower; and 'that sacred
emblem was sorely battered before it was recovered.r •:• ;
Presumably, Sherlock Holmes is interested; in ';the'.; recovery of
the lost jewels as. a form of sport. 'lt is inipossible- to .believe
that he or any other sane man cafes a bawbee "about "the absurd
gewgaws, which are y merely^ ; survival of medieval barbarism.
No man in his senses would be seen "wearing a diamond v sunburst,
except under compulsion. When- knighthood was in flower "such
trinkets might impress the rabble and even ddelight-butt t -but the twen
tieth century knight is a purely ridiculous figure of fun. ' "•
Whether -these jewels are recovered or npt; nobody will be
a penny the worse. Without being. works of art they ; represent
nothing but waste.a nd barbarism, first cousin to ;the; passion for
gauds that inspires the South Sea islander to wear a ring in his
nose and tattoo his body. ; ;; :7. '
. There are other thieves in Dublin i castle that Sheriock Holmes
might more, usefully pursue. , . \u0084 ' ";.
ALREADY 37,000 licenses ,to : shoot game have 'been issued
under the; new law in; that regard. '.lt is estimated that quite
50,000 licenses will be taken'out' before 'demand is
.'satisfied. It means that the man behind the shotgun is very
numerous in California. It As surprising that"^anything "that wears
fur or feathers can escape. : Most 6f the shooters come from the
cities. Possibly; they can't shoot straight. Fifty, thousand t guns
peppering away !. Good Lord! ; ' , : . : - ' r
There are plenty of true sportsmen" in California^ but there
are^ some of the other kind. There was once r a: millionaire wh'd'
resided on the /outskirts* of - Oakland and \u25a0 maintained largeVorna
mental grounds.,:pn the fences he set up monumental; and, as he
believed, terrifying, signs proclaiming, -' "No Shooting on the Prem
ises on Pain^of;^Prosecution."^- These signboards fulfilled an unex
pected \u25a0' use.v \u25a0•; They -proved " admirable^ targets, : and any Sunday after?
noon might.be. seen an excited, and vociferous Oakland delegation
of sportsmen pouring chilled shot into' them. No true : sportsman'
would shoot at ; a sitting i signboard; We ; are persuaded that 39,000
out of the possible; 50,000 are^ like that! They 'could not hit Mr 7
DingeeVsignboai-d with aload'ofpotleg" on a : Sunday afternoon.
THE, project set onfoot by Mr. ;Rudolplv"Spreckelsto;:cstablisli'
a ;combined; detective and auditing 'agency to have supervision
administration' in San Francisco' is much discussed
in eastern cities as xthe; newest device for insuring^officiai.-Hon-i
esty. On this subject (the Wilkesbarre, Record offersfsome criticism :|
1 The^ San-Francisco (CalFbclieves that! th'ere^should^^a nonpoiiticall
organization}inithe3 Bnape*of ;anjindependeht^dctectiveraKehcyarircveryUarjre
;rnunic^ality ;^wajtcli>admiriistrAticms;an4:comp e i:them
! l aw - t^ s^!? e^ Cal l' as sV r^ l^ o^ ld >. not * be -necessary'.-tb : Jemplby:'ahotHef.
!«t of. detectives /to, keep .anjeye ;on:set^No.: l.iand so-on?ftlf the police
S^^^f '&&&&?}}&*\ i & t }!!*fyW \u25a0•?«o«tjkind?;6f:'grafters:an > d.itools>:iff
the • hands , of the ; politicians, , what hope , is ' there that an auxiliary : pblice -or
detective force would-be less vulnerable? - . :.
Itji s,^ of ; course, impossible^to guarantee, the honesty , of any
human institution. But \u25a0 tlie proposed . auditing -agency : ;'would'^- be
n fe^ v^^^Sp^^MS
In a word;uhe ;. common motives^ for dishonesty would -be reduced 1
to the lowest ;fa^torjanHcthe;fagHc)r would :be responsible to- some
;«???^P n i^; : *«jPayere: which> would haveHKe^powerbf appoirit
!meht;and'dismissal, \ ! '". ' \u25a0""'*. ; ;;'" ,:-,*--' , ' "
• " 0> . • \u25a0 \u25a0""'\u25a0/'\u25a0 ' / ' . . . ', " ,' ".'•"-/ '•'\u25a0
SHERLOCK HOLMES ;OW THE "TRAIL 1 ;
VERY MANY MEN WITH i SHOTGUNS
PREVENTION \u25a0 OF MUNICIPAL' FRAUDS
—LOUISVILLE HERALD
I Personal Mention'
>*- — '?.:,::,•;;;, ;... ' — ; — -*
F. A.Vollket of Guatemala is at the
Savoy.f_:". s :\u25a0";.-*•;\u25a0*";-."•\u25a0 .;'- . ', "
John' Hanson of St. Louis' is at the
Hamlln." \u25a0"
A. ; W. Batchelder;of Boston Is at'the
Majestic..^*- "\u25a0•.>".'. ."\u25a0>
.\ A. C. Vrornan of Pasadena Is at the
Fairmont.' 1 --.;. .- • . \u25a0. \u25a0
L. P. Olmstead of St. Louis is at the
Dorchester. •\u0084';.
D. Schwab of New York is at the
Dorchester. • \u25a0 : - \u25a0' .
P. S. Gardner, of Goldfield Is at the
St. Francis. „\u25a0'.\u25a0 ~; /...• -"
; Charles Rule of D.uncan's Mills is
at the Savoy. x s "v •
Benjamin Trieber -of Chicago is at
the Baltimore. • ' v
.William Jayne and bride of Unesca
ture, la., are at the Palace.
>R. H. ".Ronnie, --a prominent merchant
of Chicago, is at \ the Hamlin.
_H., R.- Howard of .Chicago, . who Is
touring the : .coast, is at the Hamlin. "
Rev.' David M. Crabtree and" wife of
Washington, D. C, are at the St. Fran-
lifh v> v*--- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-".:.\u25a0 -\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 >'
; \u25a0\u25a0* t J.^ A: j Graves, S.E. Graves and H. C
.Graves- of Los Angeles are at the St.
Francis. '
A. C. Smith, prominent 'in business
circles > in Portland, Or., is at - the St.
"Francis.
P4C Thede of the Mad era sugar lum
ber; company of Madera* is at the St
Francis.'
Frederick C. Hotaling of San Rafael
is at the Dorchester for. a stay of sev
eral days." : *'"
Crowder, : , manager of the Los
Molinos land' company of Los Molinos
Is at.' the- St. Francis.
-R- B. Murdock, : representing the Pio
neer roll^paper company of Los An
geles, Is at the Baltimore..^
7v James D. -Connor, a capitalist of Colo
rado. Springs,, with big coast mining
interests, is, at : the. Majestic.
v; A. J. Clarke and wife and Miss Caro-
UnrrClarke of Philadelphia, who are
touring the coast," are at the Majestic
Los Angeles arrivals at the Fairmont
yesterday wqre ,W. T. Hook. R. D.
Davis, ;W.8..-Mervin.y Charles Sutton,
H. S. • Cook, " 11. H. Colton and T. .H.
Adams. . |
. ' John". H. Foley, past head consul of
the:,Woodmen'of, the World, and" J. P.
Transue. s Btate\bullding and , loan ; com
missioner, arrived in* this city yesterday
on their way from the south to Seattle,
,where they .will.- attend the biennial
session ;,of the ; order. ; . ;
Answers to Queries |.
. -.THE .THREE BROTHERS— A. and
8., City. "CA Is right. The old time ship
Three; Brothers was 'one' time a
United States s government /vessel: In
the : springs of - 1862 Commodore Cor
nelius,Vanderbilt made a "gift of tho
steamship.; yanderbilt to the United
States: government.:- Thfe vessel was a
large ."and ;.' powerful one. It .was of
s,ooo;tons,; tons, burden;^ cost $800,000,- was/a
sldeVwheeler /and jhad' a\walking';bearn;
It .was \u25a0 used as a fgunboat ' and was 'sold
In. April, ;1873,^t0 ' Jabez , Howes of San
Francisco.;. who I altered it ' into ia a sail
ing vessel' under the name of the Three
Brothers.; The Three Brothers*, was
used in Hhe"; California grain trade -for
severar ; years; and was - subsequently
sold'to.theCityof Liverpool, ship com
pany: and V p"ut sunder .the v British' flag.
It next fell into the hands r of the Hen
defson . Bros. v. at Glasgow.'. '•\u25a0 Scotland,
when'ltlwas' turned' into a hulk.
BUTTONS-^Subscriber. Petaluma. Cal.
Yes,^ there are button . factories in the
United States. /According to the cen
sus; 6f. : 1900,- there .were' 238. For a de
tailed ": account of • the button industry
see ' bulletin -: No. - 172 •of • the census of
1900. " \u25a0 , ; '•••:: :> . "
\u2666 \u25a0' •.' •*
ONIONS-^A. S.,City. The following
is ?given;lasc : a:: recipe Uoiiremove the
sniellfof. onions. from lthe hands: ' Rub
the? hands font a; stick of celery^ after
peeling f onions \ and"? the '; smell will be
entirely removed. "
k'MATOR ; PHELAN- W. .. S.. City!,
James \u25a0 D.'v Phelari* served I his : first ': term
as ; mayorj of ; San Francisco: 1897-1898.'
His f; eecond'-j term 7 was .: only ~ one * year,
1899." and.his • third ;term was two years
1900-1901; ••".\u25a0•'•\u25a0*,'.;>.; .; vi : <"\u25a0.".>'•
,: .TIME-^Reader, City. -To ascertain
the ;in time ;1 between any
two ! places', discover' how) many." degrees
of nongitude; one; is from the, other and
allow four. minutes for each degreel*
• FRISCOr-E.r- Belvedere, . CaT. it is
that ; there *is* no - such' place as Frisco
on'the map of California,^but there Id a
place : of I that \u25a0name' in' Summit county,"
Colorado.-?"'. ... -.-,?. ,, r
The Sriiart Set
THE engagement; of Miss Brent
Watklnsrand John North will be
announced this afternoon in .Los
Angeles and will be of great in
terest here, as „ well as in southern*
California. ".The. news v/ill be told at
a tea to be -given by Miss Grace Mel
lus. who^is also well known here. Miss
Watkins, who is an attractive girl,
pretty and fascinating, is a cousin of
Mrs 1\ Ynez; Shot b White and Miss Ethel
Shorb of 'thi3*city, and has .frequently .
visited in San ; Francisco* having been
here/ at " the time of the fire last year.
SheisTa" daughter of Edward .Watkins
of ; Alhambra-.and has V lived- in 'this
pretty; ;' suburb of ; Los Angeles for>a
number of yeara.t" John North is a son
of -Judge ';-. North of y Riverside and is -
assistant "district -attorney of Los An-,
geles^ jHe j Is ; very, popular and is^ coh
sidered;pne of the rising young lawyers
of; the -southland. 'He. is a nephew of
Mrs.' John.^Metcalf • of -this city. ,The
wedding will probably be an event of
October. r \u25a0 \ •
Miss Malzle Langhorne and Richard
Hammond,, whose, engagement' was an
nounced ,a few weeks since, have
chosen; Saturday, "A ugruat 24. as the date
of their wedding, which .will be a very
quiet affair at the home pf the bride*
parents,. Mr. 'and, Mrs. K. James Potter.
Langhorne. » on - : . Pacific. \u25a0 avenue. After
their. marriage Mr. ..Hammond and. his
bride will, leave California at once,.go
ing .first .to Colorado for* a time • be
fore proceeding to.Arlxona.
> The wedding of Miss Edittt Miller and
Lieutenant IThorallnaon. V/S. A., will
be celebrated . about the mlddl© of
August. ..Mrs., Gustavus : C. Simmons
(formerly Miss Gertrude Miller), the
bride's sister, will act as matron . of
honor. Mrs. Simmons* two little daugh
ters, Edna' and Eleanor, will also be
attendants.
Mrs. Charles. Plummer Perkins, who
Is at, present living in Berkeley, was
the hostess on Thursday at a very en
joyable luncheon .at the Claremont
Country club in! honor of Miss Mary
Ba_ily, \u0084 whose ..engagement was an
nounced recently, to Lieutenant Seth
Williams, U. S. M\ C, and whose wed
ding .will be one of the, events of the
early falL Lieutenant Williams has
been in the orient for some time past,
but - has . been ordered to • Mare ; island
and is expected to arrive In the near
future.. The table "was prettily decor
ated with pink roses. Those present be
sides - the hostess and guest of honor
V Gossip in Railway Circles :*.
p-Tf HE grading for the Peninsular
.;- 1 .'railroad has been /finished from
\u25a0fit Mayfield to its intersection with
'_::.'- the old narrow gauge road at
Vasona near Los Gatos. It Is expected
that the ballasting will be done at'once
and that rail laying will be commenced
within a, few weeks. Trains will be
run - between San Francisco and Los
Gatos in one hour, and fifteen minutes
when the -Bay. shore cutoff Is opened
arid the Peninsular road completed. It
is understood that work will proceed
as promptly as possible on the electric
; road, which is already built 10 miles
west of San Jose, with a junction with
the Peninsular road. -It will use the
same right of way as far. as Mayfield
arid then go across the Stanford uni
versity along the foothills to Redwood
City and San. Mateo, the .right of .'..way
having \ been ; purchased. ;' The,; street
gradingr.^and: cements are being : v put
down « ln .the town of JLos. Altos-on-the
line,' and surveys, are^ being completed
for, the. .town *of . Elevada.' Congress,
springs,' which has been purchased by
the '.railroad, 'Will .-be improved to some
degree this year, but not till next sea
son will plans be made. for its ultimate
development as one of the great Cali
fornia resorts. It. is the Intention of
the railroad to give Cdngress springs
one hour and a half service from the
city.
Evidence of the better understanding
that. now. prevails between the South
ern Pacific and the Santa Fe can 'be
seen from .the fact that they have
finally reached an amicable settlement
over, the lumber business. For some
tlme'the lumber rates from California
to the "east from points on the Southern "
Pacific did. not apply" to 'points on the
Santa Fe' and its connections, and it
will be good news for the lumber ship
pers to learn that on .August 20 the
rates formerly in effect will be restored.
This action will ; permit lumber carry
ing from points on, the Southern Pacific
to points on the Santa Fe. and its con
nections.; The same rule will apply to,
deciduous fruits, which were in the
same condition, and - the rate .on these '
shipments will be restored" likewise.
\ E. H. Torpey, traveling freight agent
of the Pennsylvania fast ' freight sys
tem, has returned from a trip of inspec
tion, through: the raisin, center of
Fresno' county. He inspected the vine
yards . of ;, Malaga. Fowler, ~ Selma: and
Fresno and came to the conclusion that
the yield would reach a total of • 60,000
tons. .He also examined the peach crop,
and says the peaches are luscious and
the figs look as large as pumpkins.
In the Joke World
•Kathleen— Well, mother, do you think
if a success? Is the painting like me?
4 Mother— Yes. the portrait •is excel
lent; but no one would think that dress
cost ''your poor father 60 guineas.
London ' Tattler.'""
:- .-"Why .don't you call in Dr. Flea?"
asked L the* friendly cricket. '
1 \u25a0>\u25a0\u25a0 "Not '" for - me," promptly replied the
sick^-centlped. "I had him once."
; ."What's the matter? Did he pull your
leg?" -:\u25a0 ; \u25a0•\u25a0' . "". '- ;:\u25a0•'
"Did he? ;*Why, he , pulled all of
them !"— Catholic Standard and Times
.' -•, •\u25a0-' •-\u25a0..• \u25a0"
'\u25a0-.. Parson Bagster (severely)— Loogy
yuh.Brudder.Bing! What's dis I hears
aboutyoV beatin* yo* wife' In dat radi
cal manner?
"Brother. Bins— Dar wasn't , nuthin" "
radical 'bout < de . eppersody. Pahson. - I
was.nootral wid.de l lady— dess nootral.
; Parson What does -
yo* mean- by- "nootral," sah? . .
* Brother 'Blrig—W'y.~ I dess 'slapped
her dis-uh-way an* den I slapped her
t*t -- -
Conditions in California
.- C«iif ornia. temperature* for the- p«*t 24 hoon': S. '
2^«^^~::::::::;:::::;:;::;;^™ 2fc: ; ;^~ «°
E . e ?° ••••••••• •• --.Minimum 63...... 1Uxinjun, 7j
• S*n Francisoo bufldla* permit* for' July -i»y. '
Permanent .........." 'o tr »
JUL¥ 20, IQQ7
Viere- Miss Pansy P«rklns, Miss May
Perkins.. Miss Elsie Sperry. Mrs. Tnez
Stbrb /White. Miss Elizabeth Keith
Pchd Miss Eleanor Phelps, Miss Kitty
Ki>z, Miss Fish. Alias • Anna. Pray and
Mi 4 Winifred Rhoads. ;,
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JiWe'and Mrs. J/M. Allen and Miss
Clarl Allen, who have been traveling
in t?e east for- several weeks past,
are expected to arrive here today.
Mrs.VEdward Barron and Miss Mar
guerites Barron are spending a few
days mY towns having come up early
this week from their country place at
MayneldA ,-' - .
. Mr. . and Mrs. Ooppee Thurston ar
rived rece-jtly from the east : and ; went
directly .to\ Ross valley. Mr. Thurston
has gone east again on a brief business
trip* but Mrs. Thurston Is here, with
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Miss y Eva Uaynard. who Is spending
the month at White Sulphur Springs.
Is in town for a few days. '.
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Mr. . and • Mrs, Wakefleld Baker and
their ' family ar« spemding thre* weeks
in Santa Barbara. - • \u25a0 • '
Mrs. Langhorce. Mrs. Gwln.; Miss
Julia Langhorna and the Misse« Martha
and Margaret Calhoun returned to town
yesterday, after a stay^of several days
at .William Fisher's ranch near. Moun
tain view.*i9HH£9HMHE s -
Mrs. J. de BarthT Shorb wlir-leav»
today for' Los Angeles, where qhe will
spend a few. weeks as the guest of her
son. Dr. De Bar th Shorb.
Miss Persls Coleman. Mis* Janet Cole
man and- Edward Coleman have re
turned from a trip to Santa Barbara.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Eugene Freeman and
Miss Maude Payne, who have been tour
ing some of the northern counties In
their motor car, are spending several
days at Bartlett Springs.
Miss Sue Nlcol of Stockton is visiting
Miss Maye Coleman at the latter's home
in "San Rafael.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fife "and Miss
Beatrice Fife have gone to Menlo
Park, where they are occupying their
recently completed cottage.
Mrs. Emil Dlnkelsplel and Miss
Sophie Dinkelpiel left a day or " two
since for the east and will sail almost
immediately for Europe, where they
will spend a year or more traveling."
'iorpey is greatly interested tn a new
winery which Lindsay Rogers is put
ting up near Fresno. Rogers was "for
merly the'district attorney In Salt Lake
City and when his health broke down
under the exertion of holding political
office he went to Fresno and boagrht a
small vineyard, and since then has been
buying much land. Torpey says that
Rogers is a progressive citizen and will
attempt to solve the problem of making
dry wines In Fresno. The story of Tor
pey*s adventures with a score of stage
robbers had preceded his arrival at
Fresno and he gave an Interesting de
scription of his bravery on that occa
sion before the members of the Sequoia
club.
The sum of $9,000,000 will be paid' to
the growers, of deciduous fruit in this
state by the consumers In the east.
At the present rate 75 cars a day are
being, sent away, whlqh are averaging
11.500 to;the ear, :'an.(f -before the' sea
soniis over there will be 6,ooo 'cars of
green fruit sent to tlie principal mar
kets of the, eastern states. Prices are
high, owing .to' the fact of the 'great
shortage of fruit Ih the. east, being
about 40 per cent higher than last
year. Though the fruit crop is short
in California, more fruit will be sent
east . than in former years, owing ,to
the big prices obtaining.
All railroad men . agree that from
their advices fuel will be. extremely
high this winter and the warning Is
sent out by eastern lines to consumers
to Increase their stock of coal, as
prices will rise with the beginning of
next month. Some intimation of .this
Is shown in the weekly report issued
by H. J. Merrick. superintendent ,of
freight transportation of the New.Yprk
Central lines, who says the demand for
coal cars Is iucreasing dally and
further that "we must Insist upon this
coal car proposition being watched
very closely at all points. Loads must
be released and empties moved with
the greatest possible dispatch."
Paul Shoup, assistant general pas
senger agent of the Southern Pacific
has leased a house In San Mateo for
one year and is making arrangements
to build a home In San Mateo park. *
. W. W. Elliott, district freight and
passenger agent of the Burlington in
Los Angeles, has been here on business
for his company.
\u2666i. /* Dlenbl«h«D l enbl « h « who has represented
the Oceanic steamship company in Lon
don for several years, has returned to
the city.
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dat-uh-way. den dis-uh-way and den
dat-uh-way, an* so on; dafs what I
means,, sah.— Puck.
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•C A ," my * rlend ." »ald the man' who
was fond of moralizing. "It. Is true that
we can really accomplish nothing until
tn * c , rooke <* has been made straight."
Of Interrupted the man In
the loud clothe?, "you except cork
screws."—Philadelphia -Press :
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••Hello. Rummel; I hear your watch
has been stolen?".
arrested. Only fancy, the stupid fel
low took It to the, pawnshop! Ther,
tV Wa *l, a S Once reco »n«zed as mine, and
Blaetter W " locked ' u Pv ~ F »«?ende
t First Suburbanite— I see they have
Second Suburbanite— Oh. nothing like
as much as I used to miss it- when 'It
was. on.— Philadelphia Inquirer