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TAINTED MATTER IN A CLEAN NEWSPAPER
IT seems a pity that a newspaper usually so well edited and sp fair
as the New York Times should go to such a disreputable source
as R. H.Hay Chapman for information about the conditions
that obtain in San Francisco. This Chapman, in the first place,
is not a San Franciscan — for which heaven be thanked — and in the
next place, he is notoriously hostile to! everything San Franciscan
upon which he is not permitted to levy for the support of himself
and his predatory weekly, the Los Angeles Graphic.
. The Pacific coast is cursed with publications of this kind, many
of them subsisting on the border line of blackmail and most of
them purchasable at a price — a low price. Gf them all, the Graphic,
conducted by this many named Chapman, is meanest^ and cheapest.
It never did have anything but ill to say of San Francisco or San
Franciscans until the graft prosecutions began to get warm.
Sniffing the rottenness from afar/ Chapman made, a quick flight
from Los Angeles. How he got -himself on the payrolls of the
United Railroads and other corporations,. caught, in 'the act of
boodling San Francisco officials Chapman will probably not . care
to explain, but he got .there' with expert alacrity. For months his
sheet has been among the most offensive of the "tainted press" ;
his sheet has been the one thrust into every editorial room in
California with passages marked to show how Chapman was earn
ing his vile wage. From the beginning Chapman has been
denouncing with the virulence of his kind the prosecution- and
all its works. No issue of his hired journal lias failed to extol
Calhoun or some other indicted magnate. And all the time, in the
space not bought by the interests detected in crime, Chapman's
paper has been rejoicing over San Francisco's, misfortunes, mag
nifying, distorting and manufacturing — anything to injure this city.
And this was the reliable investigator, the unprejudiced
observer selected by the New York Times to inform its readers
about the motives, the men and the methods of the graft prose
cution and the streetcar strike. Chapman's letter, three columns
of it, appears in the Times of July. 29. It is just what might have
been expected by anybody who has had a stout enough stomach
to read Chapman's Los Angeles Graphic. It lauds Calhoun and
it damns Rudolph Spreckels. The graft prosecution is part of a
hellish conspiracy to take the streetcar, monopoly away from the
virtuous Caihoun and give it to the wicked Spreckels. The streetcar
strike was started and is kept going by... Spreckels for the same
purpose. The prosecution's attempt- to hand over the selection
of a clean city government to a council of, citizens was "an effort
to inveigle the civic bodies into a convention with the leaders of;
labor, who are engaged in the criminal restraint of trade," and
the prosecution, "at last whipped into 1 submission and driven to
decency by public opinion, was compelled to elect a mayor of
whom she need not hold her head in shame." While Calhoun
was heroically rehabilitating the city Spreckels was "raising rents,
thus giving labor cause for increasing its demands." Also,
defeat of Calhoun," which seems to be a polite phrase
for the trolley magnate's conviction, "would mean a perpetuation
of those forces with which this ambitious capitalist has chosen to
align himself for the consummation of his schemes of jealousy
and revenge."
Thus and much more of the same thing R. H. Hay Chapman
in the Times. Where Chapman is known he can do decent men
no harm and rogues no good. But the New York Times has the
reputation of a clean paper for clean people. If it wishes to stay
clean it needs to beware of the Chapmans. They arc tainted.
A BALTIMORE VIEW OF SAN FRANCISCO
THE Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore, under the title, "San
Francisco: Type of American Vigor," addresses itself to
the condition existing here. The Baltimore press has been,
as a rule, remarkably just in its criticism of San Francisco.
Fresh from a great fire of its own, its people understood, in a meas
ure, the almost insurmountable obstacles that were here' presented.
Says the Record:
Because on these shores of the lordly San Francisco bay it is inex
orably decreed that there shall be one of the great cities of the world; be
cause the development of this state, this nation and of all the. countries
that border on every part of the Pacific ocean would build a vast mart of
commerce here were every dollar of present investment utterly destroyed
and the city's site reduced to the barren and unpeopled sandfdunes which
marked its primitive state, it is ivorth while to attempt an analysis of the
conditions that' really do obtain; to take stock, as it were, and determine
what the .salvage is; to note the flotsam and the jetsam and to undertake
a true appraisement of the value of all the elements that enter into the
present condition of affairs.
The correspondent then proceeds to analyze the local trade
and financial outlook. Summing up these and setting them beside
the untoward events in politics and the industrial world, which
are being met in the spirit that "it is all in the day's work, '.for it
isn't in the stars that San Francisco can lose," he says: . (
And from ttiis point of view, this attitude does not come from any
mere happy-go-lucky recklessness or indifference to- fate. Jt is because
the San Franciscan knows what is behind him, knows of the rock whereon
hestands, that he simply smiles and keeps on his old gait. He has con
fidence in himself, for he has "tried himself out. He has; confidence
in his city and in his state," for he knows, a vigorous people are
developing. their resources and he knows what they.; will do. He may have
'to go out into the markets of the world to borrow money fora while, which
is a .strange experience andean. awkward predicament for him; but he. knows
that the wealth of an. empire will continue to flow into San Francisco's lap
and that abounding prosperity will.never depart from these shores.
Even the worst pessimists. 1 have long ago got through specuf
iating as to whether or not we have a future. For a time it seemed
as if we were making too rapid progress— more : rapid than materials
and men could > be got together. We have started now on a steady
' srait and conditions are much .healthier. , .The . wild scramble toward.
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rebuilding, while* it evidenced.* the; true spirit* of enterprise backed
by iaith, had its 1 evil - results: < .One man bid? -against .another and
exorbitant prices followed -jas^a- natural sequence*.* * San Francisco
, is working out its own salvation and<is performing wonders. /
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jr*\ ALIFORNIA'S senior 'senator has been dipping/" ther -foxtail In
I . the inkwell and writing a slyly worded interview. I 'He r says : • ' : '
\*J During, the fourteen years. I have had. the" hqnor of J being one. of
the representatives of the people of California 1 in congress I do 'not
call to mind that any corporation,. in its official capacity,' other than pub
lic commercial organizations, has ever-asked -me to support' or'oppose any
pending measure in that body,- nor have they, recornmeitd^d> the appoint
ment of any particular person to -a.- federal; office., : . : ' And ' :X k Sm*i'surc., this has
been the experience of each member- of the California- delegation; •
This is x reassuring. The public;has long been led;' to -believe
that when the Southern Pacific company desired . legislation or an
appointment it proceeded in- its ''official capacity" to operate on
the people's- representatives. It has ; been assumed that the cor
poration minute books were. loaded down with resolutions of this
character : "On motion of Director .-.".'. .... ..,idu1yV.-. seconded,
it was unanimously resolved that- this company \u25a0' * request' Sen-,
ator ..... . . .- . '. to indorse and support the appointment of . -\u2666• • . ; . • .
for the office of ......... ."; or, "Resolved, That Senator \u0084*. . . . *."
be requested to vote against the railway rate bill."
As popular opinion has it, these resolutions, duly attested,
signed and sealed, were, served upon our senators and congress
men. But the senior senator's frank statement carries a bold denial
of this. He "entirely upsets a well-grounded public /impression
and leaves no'substitute. If the Southern Pacific does not influence
legislators, by resolution, how does it -turn the trick? Here's' a
matter that needs lookinginto. ;. \- - . •
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/**] ONSIDER the rich man as a municipal asset. Just now San
|< Mateo-is experiencing. the, opposition of a number of its very
\^j wealthy citizens to^ road improvements. The local tpwns
v - people declare, that no one is. more noisy in demanding better
streets than the^ wealthy, suburbanites when other people's prop
erty is affected, and none so quick to resist when a demand is made
that involves' assessment of their own holdings.
For .many years the pretty suburb to the sonth has been the
home of* the wealthiest San Franciscans. Land could not be bought
there at any u - price. '"Neighbors were undesirable. \u25a0< Gradually, as
the original proprietors. died, estates have been cut up and sold.
Today a new element is: in the majority— an- element that desires
good roads and is willing to pay f6r them — and it looks as if this
element might' be strong enough to; force the hand of the wealthy
Objectors.' ' -\ \\ „., -' ft\u25a0/f t\u25a0/ '' ' "'•;,;.' '.'.-'\ : i."' '*{]
"Judge Briggs of. Fresno is a guest at
tHe"Savoyv ; $.;/ -' •./ \u25a0 '•/ :*. ..;:.:.:. /.;:
. Robert •' Marsh of Los Angeles is at
the Fairmont. - > ' x~;x ~ ; ' : v "• '
A. A. Clark of Salt Lake is a guest at
the. St. Francis. .;:\u25a0/ •/";:;*
J. Parkeri.Whitney of Del Monte -is a
guest at the Falrjnont. \u25a0.\u25a0'.'- \u25a0'-;\u25a0: \u0084'"'. v - \u25a0 \u25a0* \u25a0. .
;R.'C. : .Morwick: of Los Angeles is a
guest- at the 'Fairmont. / >-\u25a0 ,v, v " i . •//
President- Shaw/ of.' the Clovexdale
bank is at;the^Hamlin.' \u25a0'_\u25a0\u25a0-. \u25a0""'\u25a0\u25a0. - '\u25a0;...
#A. H. Bar,; a merchant of Etna,/ is
staying at the Baltimore. ,;, > ; -;
: Dr. Arthur jWcGlhty arid .wife of San
Jose are at the Majestic. ' ... :» \u25a0 \u25a0
,H,r C- de -Wolfe 'and-, wife are at -the
Imperial • from New. York. - J ;"•
/W. T S. Eames arrived "at the StTFran- '
cis from ; St. Louis .. y es.terday. ~ _/> C• \u25a0
;. R; B.yCla,T.kt registered atl t^ieV Jef
ferson yesterday, f ram Spp.kane,. i; . . , ? \u25a0*'\u25a0 j
- George .. •B. -U Church n and- wife,' -from'
JiTxesno.- are jcueats at' the Baltlnior«« ?
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The lawyer Up to Date
LIGHT ON CORPORATE METHODS
RICH MEN AS MUNICIPAL ASSETS
Personal Mention
J. Carnunan . and. wife -arrived at the
Jefferson yesterday trora Philadelphia.
vC.;I. James and wife and R.S.- Hark
.ness, all of Reno.^are at the iJorchesterr
W. M,. Freeman arrived from*Rocheii
ter.N. V., yeßterday and Is atithetS^t:
James, v; \u25a0 \. "i^' /\u25a0'/\u25a0, \u25a0\u25a0'.. . '..'; . >'-.v,';:?{t.*V
\u25a0 H.B.Hohoyed .of the .United State* i
forest reserve service is a guest at the
bt: James.<. . ;\'.Vv>.''"'>\- :': ' :V: V- -\- '\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0'-y' : 'r-
C. A.^Brockington and "family, arrived
from Grass Valley yesterday and regis
tered, at the Majestic. . - .; --fv^v"
John • \u25a0 Henry; . with « his ; . wif c M and
daughter, arrived? from Denver yeßter
day and! are at (the Savoy.^ ".• T. ; . .r T
|\u25a0, John, F. Burke/: and \W. JJ. | Johnston,
mining, men,; arrived < j from 'V* Anaconda
yesterday. -- They'are Vat the Baltimore.
> Dr. :a. -E. i Dickinson of Uklah ' and' J;
D. . Fulton r and i D. ' F. ; Mclntyre [ot \u25a0 Lake ?
port, who are connected iwlth> the: So
noma; a,nd X.ake county railway, are at
thslHamJla: ;: . :«..:,..\u25a0 \u25a0*;. '...•:.>>-:
:|i in J?ai|way;:Circles
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0' B.^A; W. .MORTON, surgreoh for
r the Santa. Pc/ arrived yesterday
' "frpm. Eureka by boat. He went
north by stage last Friday, and
within a few miles of the terminus of
thetrpad f f ramf Eureka} the. ( stage over
turned atfthei^edgre of .a. precipice and
the doctor was crushed under the ve
hicle. Hl* nose' was broken, also four
ribs, anij his left shoulder was sprained
severely. When he gathered himself
togrether he began an investigation of
hl3-lnjuri.es|? and \u25a0*«.' noticing: a looking
glass which had fallen out of a broken
valise*. said to a lawyer who' was a fel
low passenger :,
"If you hold that mirror for me you
will witness a delicate operation."
The doctor thereupon placed his nos«
in position and- no trace of the accident
is, discernible' now. He then, drove to
the railroad, reached Eurekathat night,
sent for a trained nurse, had himself
carefully ruhbed, his arm put in a sling,
and next morning, performed an opera
tion on: a patient suffering from ap
pendicitis. ; Then he took an automobile
ride 0f. 40 miles and performed more
operations, all with one \u25a0 arm. Alto
gether Dr. Morton made 12 operations
while h« was away and ajl with one
arm. In . addition he lectured to the
'students at the Eureka hospital for
three hours one night. ;. -
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, C, I* Seagrave, general colonization
agent of the Santa Fe, arrived In thisJ
city yesterday from Chicago. He is in
terested in a to establish sev
eral colonies in this state, and brought
cheering news of the interest that is
felt, on the Atlantic seaboard regarding
California, He looks for a large immi
gration this fall when the colonist rate
is ; put into effect, and says that the
people that will emigrate to the state
will come to stay.
,W. -B. Scott," assistant to Julius
Kruttschnltt, left. Rocklin Wednesday
for Sparks. He has been traveling in
the state for several months and mak
ing himself familiar with conditions/
" The-, passenger department^ of the
Southern. Pacific announces that a new
local passengar train- from Fresno to
Los Angeles and also one from 6an
Luis' Oblspo to Santa Barbara will be
installed noon. >For the benefit of the
residents of the San Joaquin valley it
has been decided to make the train
which leaves Bakersfield in the morn
ing conn.ect with the seaside express for
Monterey and. Santa Cruz; so that pas
sengers from -Bakersfleld; can reach
Monterey/ bay in the evening.
* George F. Gardiner of the passenger
department 1 of j the Southern Pacific has
returned from Chicago and announces
that arrangements have been made
with . all f.the" eastern lines to alter the
present^' mileage /system which will
make the' tickets good on all trains and
also exchangeable at ticket offices. The
details are '\u25a0'\u25a0 now. . ': being ;\u25a0 worked out.
This will ; be good cews "for business
men 'who have *to use the -mileage
ticket.- ......-;.•: . \u25a0\u25a0-..:"\u25a0\u25a0:: '; :..;--':-/r \u25a0* :
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Hope Is expressed by the'/ofßclals of
the Southern, Pacific that 7. the Bay
Shore- cutoff will be ready for opera
tidn^ by;- October, li . ? The delay was
caused by the nonarrlval of the struc
tural 'material, and when this Is re
ceived .the work "of hastening the \u25a0 road
to. completion will -be commenced. \u0084
:\u25a0:' ' P. 4K. "Gordoftj, * general . agent of • the
Washington-Sunset route, had left for, a
business \u25a0 trip ,to i the . southern" part of
the stated .; Oi . " .-!u' :''-,\u25a0\u25a0 '~'~ -'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'',\u25a0• ; '
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1 '\u25a0Jay-W.'A'danis i of jtbe.'Nlcker Plate Is
In Spokane In 'the interests'" of his com
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THE INSIDER
Throws new light on President Roosevelt's
success as a wild boar hunter and tells of
new difficulties in evading laundry bills
\u25a0 . \u0084 . • ; T^ RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S on-
Mountaineers Fool LJ slaught upon the nature fakers has set
the Mighty Nimrod -*- some o f the local wise ones in animal
dom to rereading the president's books on the out of doors with the view
to ascertaining whether or not he always displays the same care in de
scribing the doings of our citizens in fur and feathers that he so vigor
ously demands in others. In this connection a story is recalled at one of
the -clubs which seems to show that, although the mighty nimrod of the
White House may in nq sense be a conscious nature faker himself, ne ia
sometimes tremendously imposed upon without knowing it.
The story was told here to a party of friends by a photographer who
has served one of the New York weeklies with his camera m several war.,
and in many countries. He has. photographed President Roosevelt in jran-,
ous stunts, perhaps several thousand times, just as he pictured^ President
McKinley before, him. no thought of the story getting into pnnt.
the photographer told of accompanying the gun loving president some
two years ago- when he accepted the invitation of some admirers to enjoy
a wild boar hunt in their community, which was in the mountains not mom
than a million miles from Washington. If you will look up old news, ;
paper files you will find in the account of that hunt that the presidents
rifle brought down the sole quarry of the day, a huge old boar with shining
tusks. ;••••' v .'
"As the rather large party rode into the forest at the foot of a ravine,
said the photographer, "the president turned to several unarmed news*
papermen and' myself and said: 'You fellows are making a good deal oS,
noise, and you may frighten the game away. Suppose you make a detout
arid join us in an hour or. so up the ravine.' .~j:\
"Instantly we spurred away from the party and rode' on up the ravina.
Near its head we were surprised to come across a. newly built pen oi
logs. Climbing up the* side of the pen, we looked down into it and saw.
a large wild boar, which greeted us with an angry snort. At this moment
a mountaineer emerged from the brush and told us that if we didn't maka
ourselves scarce there would be trouble. Hastily we made our way to the
summit and sat down to wait.
< "Jn an hour we heard the popping of .a rifle. When all was still again
we mounted and galloped down the ravine. As we passed the boar pea
we noticed that its rude door was standing open. A few hundred yard 3
down the narrow ravine we came upon the. party congratulating the presi*
dent on his luck in spying the first game and his skill in bringing it down.
He was wiping blood from the hunting knife with which he had s!it r the
throat of .a prize wild boar that had fajlen to his sure aim. We went
back to town, that day without seeing any other wild hogs, and the presi
dent said that the joke was on the rest of the hunters. Very heartily he
thanked his entertainers for keeping their promise to pilot him to the
place where he would be sure to get a shot or two at the wild hogs, and
the few of us who were wise never had the heart to tell him.".
>,\u25a0",' .. ~ \u0084 What is your laundry mark? Have you
Calamity a Double ever looked on your collars and shirts and
. BIOW tO DeadbeatS observed under what number you are re
corded in the places where your linen is made clean? In the identification
of suicides, the capture and conviction of_ criminals, the laundry mark is
often the chief and : connecting link. The laundry mark gives you away.
At one time in San Francisco it was possible to go for a year without
paying your wash bill if you belonged to the Rawdon Crawley fraternity,
but I understand that it is no longer so. Since the calamity the deadbeats
have had a hard time, unless they were avowed "refugees." Laundry ac
counts are no longer permitted to run indefinitely. There were more
people, in society and out of it, who evaded the payment of their laundry
bills a few years back than one could have imagined unless he, had ocular
demonstration of the' accounts. .„'•;
/-» • • * ««Ej«,w.x»'» ' As to the ori B in oi slang, a theological s'ttt-
Ungmot *~ icrCG dent tells me that the Bible is responsible
Found in Holy Writ tor "fierce." Look up Genesis, 34th chap
ter, verse 30 et seq.J "In their anger they slew a man, and in their self
wiir they dragged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce,'*
etc: : v/'v^Hv-
;•; The Smart Set .*.
SAILING on the Manchuria yes
terday were Dr." and Mrs. Louis
Brecheniln of the army, who have
been stationed for the past two
years at Fort Baker. Their destination
is Manila, where Dr. Brechemln wiU
be stationed. Tha stateroom • of- the
popular couple was filled, with flowers.
Among those who were, at the dock
to wish them bon voyage were: Captain
Clark, U. S. A.; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Carrigan. Mrs. J. W. Sperry. Mrs.
>Frank Findley, H, Clay. Miller, Miss
Julia Thomas, Mr. *nd Mrs. Percy
Nicholson and Captain Fenner, U. S. A.
• ,-. • *
Mr. and Mrs./ William, -Dutton and
Miss Dutton also sailed' on the. Man
churia for the orient. .Among those
who saw the Dutton3-.= off were: Mr.,
and Mrs. Joe Howell. Mrs. Harry Bates
(Gladys Merrill) and Mr. and Mrs.
Grayson Dutton.
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!Mrs. Frederick Talleht and her fam
ily have returned from their summer
outing in the Santa Cruz mountains.
Miss Aubrey Tallent will be one of
this winter's debutantes.
• • •
Mrs. Horace PiHsbury, who has been
passing some time with her family
In Boston, Is expected to return here
in a few days.
Captain R. G. Gibson, U. S. A., and
Mrs, Gibson have arrived from Manila
and are visiting here for a short period
before starting for the east.
•\u25a0 • •
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Shreve liav
lng rented their San Mateo home for
three years will soon take possession
of. their town house in Pacific avenue.
It is being renovated and Mrs. Shreve
has planned many pleasant affairs for
the coming winter.
• • •
Mrs. -Mordecal and the Misses Mor
deoai, klnfolk of the Maynard family.
are here for a month from theirsplen
did ranch In Fresno county. Miss Sal
lie Maynafd will do a bit of informal
entertaining in their honor during
their visit.. '
Mrs. .William Babcock was the hos
tess at a beautiful dinner at her horns
in San Rafael -the other evening. He.*
Conditions in California
...' \u25a0 The California. Promotion committee wired the following to its eastern bureau ia Mew-
York yesterday:
California temperatures for the put 24 hours:
Eureka :... ... Minimum B3 Maximum 68
San Francii:o Mlaiiaurn 53 Maxiraiua 63 -
San Diejo ...* Minimum 64 Maximum 72
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday noon, August 3:
~ San Francisco ..... .141,536.391.32. .ISC6 .+33,349. 85C.D9. .Inc. S por cent.
1905 . 32.435,330.93.. 1nc. 2? per cent.
Oakland. .. 2,532,565.20.. 1908
San Joi'a ...... 652,060.40.. 1808 390,650.40. .Inc. 41 per cent.
..5t0ckt0n }:.......... 576,000.00.. 1906 —So cleariß» house.
Two additional companies have recently established their supply depots at Richmond
Contra Costa, county,: which is now headquarters for oil, brick, wine, stone, piles, -- aad
several other commodities.*
The Toy 8c Sonntar building at Geary and Powell streets, San Francisco, will a* turned
over 'to 'the owners next week. It is a' seven story pressed brick and cement stone struc
ture, specially planned for -the use of doctors and dentists. A compressed air system, and
; many other facilities aii" installed. *. .'. •\u25a0« \ ', -,'\u25a0, ">
AUGUST 9, 1907
guests included several debutantes o£
the coming season. » •\u25a0 .\u25a0 - .
• • •
Harry H. Dana and Mrs. Dana aro
motoring through Monterey county,
• • •
Captain Chauncey F. Hujnphreys.
U. S. A., and his wife, who was well
known' as Florence Warring of New
Jersey, have reached New .York: After
a visit with relatives they will travel
on to Fort Leavenworth. where Captain
Humphreys will ba stationed for tha
next two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlnfleld Davis and Miss
Anita Davis of Ross Valley, who hay©
as their guest Miss Anna Bell ot New
York, have reached Lake Taho« an*l
are reveling in tho delights of fishing
and motoring. They will, return to
.their home in tho valley the latter pare
of the month. * .„- \u25a0 ' . \u25a0,- .
•' • •
Mrs. Horace Hill will return August
20 from her summer outing at Tahoe.
• • • ...
Sidney M. Van Wyck ami Mrs. Van
Wyck ieft for New York on last «v«n«
ing's train. Th«y expect to maka. Quita
an extended visit there and in th© south
before returning home.
• • •
Mrs. Ernest Folger and Mr*. William
Porter ~were among the luncheon guests
of Mrs. George E. Vorhees at Santa Bar
bara last week- Bridge was played
during the afternoon and Mrs. Portai?
captured a prize.
Answers to Queries
BRIBE-H P.. City. The man who
accepts a bribe is bad. but the one who
voluntarily offers a bribe la worse.- for
In offering a bribe he commits a c'rlma
against the law of the land and In
duces another to violate the law.
HEAVY ARMOR— O. I. A., Salinas
Cal. Heavy armor plate on war vessels
is placed above and oelow tha water
line. It runs three or four feet below
that line and the same height above
MUSIC— M. L. R., Gazelle, Cal. Thera
Is a conservatory of music la Oakland
It is on Washington street.'