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*~T"*HE manner in which individuals, civic organizations and the
* public generally are co-operating with the supervisors and
the bonds campaign committee furnishes but cold comfort
— for the private interests and reactionaries
who are making common cause in the fight
to defeat the several bond projects to be
submitted at the special elections on June 22
and June 24.
-.. The campaign committee's first request
for halls in which to hold public meetings met with most gratify
ing responses. In a single day the committee received hall assign
ments which enabled it to arrange immediately for six public meet
ings and it is believedthat by the end of this week the committee
will be enabled to announce one or more meetings for each day
\u25a0entil the end of the campaign. -^i
People
Favor Bond
Issues
The campaign made by the supervisors last year for the
authorization of the Hetch Hetchy project taught a valuable lesson.
That campaign* was waged on the part of the city wholly by mail
and advertising. . Their vital interest and the date of the election
were impressed on thousands of voters on whose failure to vote
Spring Valley relied to defeat the will of the people.
The overwhelming victory won for the people in that fight
showed conclusively that organization on the part of the selfish private
interests must be fought with organization on behalf of the people.
The vote on the Islais creek improvement bonds was another
illuminating demonstration of the virtue of taking the people's
rights to the people. The work of the campaign committee charged
with the advocacy of the pending bond issues can not fail to meet
with the same signal success. /-;^
The people generally are not fooled by the interests' fulmina-
Jions about ruinous tax rates to meet principal and interest of the
civic center bonds, nor will they-be frightened away from the Gearv
street railway project by the wails of a 10 cents to the ferry fare,
set up by interests whose first business it has ever been to get more
nickels out of the people.
The people know that the tax burdens involved in the civic
center project will be insignificant and that they will be offset many
fold by the material advantages -to be derived from the consumma
tion of that project. The people know that municipal ownership
of the Geary street line offers the only apparent, means of bringing
the United Railroads to an active appreciation of its obligations to
San Francisco and the only means of preventing that corporation
from securing a monopoly at its own terms and in defiance of
the people.
The great majority of the people of San Francisco will favor
the civic center bonds and the Geary street railroad bonds as
heartily as they favor. bonds for parks, playgrounds, the polytechnic
school and the detention home when the merits of those proposi
tions are placed before them in their true light.
The. hearts of the great majority of San Francisco's- people beat
true and loyally for San Francisco's development and commercial
advancement. The Call believes in the sound sense of the majority
and so believing is confident that the efforts of the bonds campaign
committee will meet with the same measure of success that attended
the efforts of the committees which worked for the Islais creek bonds.
THE referendum has been invoked iri Los Angeles to prevent
the operation of a 1a 1 law or ordinance which would enable 'the
telebhone comnanv tr» tli#» ratp fnr rociAAi.i.L "-«.u'__ •'_
by a horizontal raise of $1 a month.
The company, was about to make th"c
raise, which would have resulted in additional
revenue of $145,000 a year, when the.referen
dum feature of the charter was invoked by
petition bearing 4,000 signatures.
Referendum as
A Corporation
Regulator
The outcome of. this test of the- referendum in Los Angeles
will be awaited with marked interest throughout the state. The
initiative and referendum agitation has resulted in a wider division
of opinion in the ranks of those who stand for reform legislation
than any reform proposed in the last two decades.
There has been a thoroughly honest fear on the part of many
conservative men that the initiative and referendum would be > a
two edged sword in the hands of the people and that its use 'would
result in more harm than good. This fear was based on i. the j>eiief
that neither the initiative nor the referendum would be used except in
time of great, popular excitement, when such use might be expected
to result in unfortunate radicalism.
The Call has preferred to await practical demonstrations of
the virtues or weaknesses of the system. A single demonstration
may not be conclusive,, but " if in this instance the desired end is
accomplished Los Angeles' will furnish' an argument .measured by
dollars in the pockets of its. citizens that will be fairly conclusive
to those immediately affected. ' -
Quite apart from the merits of the referendum, as a system, its
application through the petition of 4,000 Los Angeles' citizens
and the cutting of the telephone wires by theY Pasadena councii
are indicative of a disposition in; southerns Galifornia- to ':resist?corr
porate aggression 1 which might well be emulated in Sari
Happily; San Francisco has! no present quarrel , with \u25a0 the . tele
phone company. That cprporatidh is obeying the* la\v~and* endeavor
ing to give San Francisco the service, provided for by/ its franchise
undertaking -and /in consecfuence it: is -enjoying! the%bod will of
the-pebple and savin^.'attorneys'; fees and campaign! funds.
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Co=operation the Price of
Commercial Independence
THE :Pacifio Mail "steamship company;^ announcement /of the
discontinuation of its service to' /Boca; on the, isthmus, -on
August 3 should arouse the commercial interest of San
Francisco to a full appreciation of the necessity of united co-opera
tion with the Merchants' exchange traffic, organization in its fight
for the commercial freedom of the Pacific coast.
It is not understood that the Pacific Mail, will take its -ships
out. of the Panama service entirely, but that the discontinuation
announced will apply only to the receipt of^shiprnents from San
Francisco to New York and the Atlantic: coast ports.
This latest move on the part of Jhe Pacific Mail is of a. piece
with the strategy of the persistent campaign waged b y the trans
continental lines against the Panama canal and to nullify" the benefits
the people of the Pacific coast expect to derive from the completion
of the canal. It is not denied that the .Pacific Mail has accepted
shipments to New York via the canal only when it could not divert
the business to the rail lines and when refusal of the freight meant
that . it would be given to ; other water carriers. *-
The custom house records • show that the Pacific, Mail' has
averaged only 250 tons for New York via the isthmus;- while ; sail
ing vessels rounding the Horn have no difficulty in securing regulat
5,000 and <5,000 ton cargoes. Apparently the loss of $500,000 a
year, which Harriman called to the public's attention, has been
preferable ttr an acceptance of freight for the 'Atlantic via" the
isthmus at a profit, but which would also involve 'the development
of a public appreciation of the advantages to be derived from the
establishment of isthmian routes. .
The transcontinental lines' fight for the proposed adjustment
under color of the decision- in the Spokane "case is only another
phase of the same fight.* The transcontinental lines are more than
willing to ruin the jobbing and manufacturing, interests of California
and the coast in order to nullify the advantages that would naturally
flow from the completion of the canal. The latest move only
emphasizes the lengths to which the transcontinental lines are
prepared to go. \ V
It should result in bringing\ together not alone the jobbing
and. manufacturing interests of San, Francisco, but every commer
cial interest in support of William R. Wheeler and his' associates
in the Spokane rate case fight, and it should further result in uniting
all the best interests of San Francisco behind a permanent organi
zation devoted to a continued fight for the commercial independ
ence of San Francisco and the Pacific coast.
SPRIKG VALLEY'S farcical attempt to enjoin the sale of the
Hetch Hetchy bonds Ms a political rather than a legal proceed
ing. The action Ss inseparably bound up with the strategy of
the political campaign which the combined
public service interests purpose to wage
against the people of San Francisco and which
is well under way.
Spring Valley can scarcely entertain any
robust hope that its technical fight waged
over the shoulders' of Root, dummy, will result in the judicial
decision which it pretends /to seek. Rather does Spring Valley
hope that by recourse to court after court, basing its contentions
upon a foundation of flimsy technicalities^:it can. put off the'
sale of the Hetch Hetchy, bonds until it and its public service cor
poration allies can elect a board of' supervisors : the \u25a0\u25a0'.majority* of
which will be false to the people. V.v ;
Spring Valley
Wants
Supervisors
•'\u25a0 Tbe people know what to expect from Spring Valley. In spite
of the water company's most strenuous efforts to conceal some of
its underhand moves, the people have managed to keep generally
informed and have been able to come off victors so far. The"*people
are reasonably familiar with the methods employed by Spring
Valley at- Washington in the fight to defeat the Hetch Hetchy
grant made by Secretary./ Garfield. '
- The agencies and methods employed in that fight were as
transparent as were the agencies arid methods empioyed»by/Spring
Valley in the campaign preceding the special election hlld on
November 12, 1908. The people know who of their sworn public
servants served them in those fights and who did their utmost to
serVe Spring Valley.
Spring Valley purposes' to fight to the finish to tire out the
people. It does not purpose to part with its rich pickings from
the public purse: It has repeatedly refused to make a reasonable
offer of sale and it is fighting- now for the election of a board of
supervisors which will betray the people- into its hands.
Spring Valley's political efforts will be attended by the same
disastrous results that followed its campaign in 1908 if* the people
are alert to their danger. The Hetch Hetchy, project is one of the
dominant issues of the campaign. Every man who seeks nomina
tion and election to the board of/supervisors must be putsquarelv
on record on that issue. There can be* no half way .declarations.
The candidate for- supervisor must be for or against Hetch Hetchy.
It is up to the electors of San Francisco, /regardless of their partisan
affiliations, to weed out the incumbent supervisors with Spring
Valley tendencies, and replace them with men with the same sturdy
purposes and fighting spirit exhibited by tire majority of the
present board. , - . • .
ANSWERS TO QUERIES
POIITOL.A— J. C. Ijok Gatov and S. G. S..
Richmond, Cal. Who was Portola and - what
did be do? What. ls the name, Partala or Por
tola? . ; : \u25a0 .4--.-. •\u25a0-/\u25a0 \u25a0• \u25a0:. \u25a0 .\u25a0-" \u25a0: : - ; ; - :
'\ Gaepar de Portola was the first Span
ish governor of ' California, from 1767
to i -1811. .He . was^ governor of Lower
California,': de fac.to, but/ dc, jure 'his
jurisdiction extended over the terri
tory '- then known • as / Upper ' California
and now ; known ', as,* the ' state - f of/Cali
fornia..'lt'was not until' 1769... that ".he
visited Upper .California" and , made his
residence'.; there/ /" It is said 'that in
that. year he passed, through I the Golden
gate and sualled on=:San Francisco bay.
The name is Portola. .
f • KDTTCATlOX— Subscrlljers. City. Has '- Ireland
at I this . time the ' advantage of , higher edncation ?
/.There are j!a number ,: of/ institutions
in that country /ithat^lmparti what : is
kno.wn as /"higher \u25a0education,".': such as
Trinity college,- Dublln;"<UniversitycoK
legei St. Stephens \u25a0, Green; ; ; Dublin ; /the
National /university/ .Queens/co llege,
McGee college- at Londonderry,, the
Royal College/-; of Science /and many
others. . . " ; : "(\u25a0% r •y'\u25a0 \u25a0•\u25a0
. L.i: BOIIRGOGNF>-Snl>seribrr. City. What
wur , the datß of : tbe.- fonndcrln^>of '"thp ; French
steamer La - Bounzopne? . JIow : many : IWea \u25a0 were
lOSt? . - \u25a0 -•\u25a0. .. " V-;-; r ,:, :. '. " v \-
It foundered July 4, 1898, after col
lision with the. British iron ship/Cro
martyshlre,*; 60 / miles ' south •of -J, Sable
Island. ./; Five hundred and -thirty-five,
out of 725 ; persons on -boardrlosti, their
lives. \u25a0 . \u25a0 \u25a0 . - - : -\u25a0\u25a0 - - \u25a0 :n
-:- RESERVATIONS-^- M." -.. L., ; City.' ' and ; a dozen
othecicorrespondpnts'. 'city" and- country^; -TVh* i re
can \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 1 .. obtain .;• Information '\u25a0; In V. relation \u0084t o \u25a0 the
lands that .\u25a0 the \u25a0 (coremment : !b V about ito '/open \u25a0in
reservations in ;. Washington and ; other • states ? . \u25a0\u25a0•'\u25a0
\: Communicate \ with; the "Commissioner
of the general land "office,. •\u25a0Washing-'
ton;;D.;C ; ; ;
IN «ATH— M. I'.G.. Alamcla. Cnl.i AVhat Ik
meant ,bj •\u25a0 the.exprrsßlOD.':.VTrir lt not in Gath" ?
'.The saying;, is from ' David's :.;iarnen-.
tation.bver/.theSdeathJdf j Saul "i'andj" Jon
athan."/; Gath) wa s one of th»'trbyal r cities
of: the' Philistines, Uo^whlclv, Davidson
two- .occasions,- -has "fled >from" Saul."
Tb«^' nTeanihc* of ; the words ' "as-" he'
used; them was, Do not tell of the
death ;of;Saul and Jonathan in a place
where the news would cause rejoicing.
The words as; now. used; mean, Do/ not
spread • the news 'abroad. -\u25a0 '
;. THE : DOOn— SubscritxT, City. When leaving
tbe a. friend, who opens the door, the
visitor, or «the; hostess? «
That'depends * upon \u25a0 the degree of in
timacy; between .the -visitor and the
.hostess." -If it Is one who is' in the
- habit- of ,< "running; in" and .becomes;
,_ as i t i were, t one of the family; the - one'
visited does not, a3 a*; rule, attend to
the door. If it is a ceremonial visit,
the lady, of t the house,- if /she accom.
panics theTvisitor;ttr:therd6or,:opens ; It,
as the. visitor Is notsupposed to;under
stand the , mechanism of the 'doorlatch
or knob on a strange door.
-KICHEST INDIVIDUAI^-W. E. l/.. Ci'ty.
\\bo,ts the richest individual In tbe world?
/The -world is -a .pretty big/ territory
and : ln : it there are many, rich-men; but.
as none of these j very '• rich . can them
.se;vns;-te.n/with millions of dollars'
howi much they/; are- worth, and jwhat
they. do know, they; doi/not- tell "the
public, it is i impossible: to 'answer the
question.;? There; have -been many/ wild
guesses : ; of ; thej wealth of Individuals, i
but no satisfactory figures. • \u25a0--.'\u25a0*\u25a0\u25a0"
- th Ll^ \u25a0 ?*"; pAtent-m: :j. \u25a0;!.•.-; citr." • What : v
:~! A l *t ot ; *\u25a0 Lnlf fd ' States patent— in other
y.ords.'how long does it run?. ."•" '
1 f Every, patent "contains i a^ grant to the !
patentee, his heirsor- assigns, for .'the
term of 17 • years.. except! im-the ; case iof
: design patents, -of ,; the \u25a0' exclusive^ right
to;make,luse^and\yendstheHnventiori
. or "discovery r . throughout the United
st * t , es ; an d th^ ; territories, jref erring! to"
the; specification for the particulars
thereof.' : ; " - : - \u25a0 .-.
\u25a0•;CALH ; ORxiAv't;ANbs^.E. i .V.^D.- Berkeley
; Cal. \u25a0;: Jo whom! shall ;r write relative:to govern
ment lands in; the uorthern part of. California?
to/: United^ States land
:- w t i^,i to ?^ he sUn'ted|Statesl land Joffice/
• : Susan ville, . If v you? refer ' to : state l land
/ wr ?te;tp^ the, surveyoVp general^ Sacra"
- Gossip :qf Railwaymen ;
iif~\ F / course, James J. Hill 'is a
'\u25a0"': I Vy great \u25a0 man," said a railroad-
S^.man,who had followed <the ca
reer of the : northern^ magnate for many
years. 1 - ; "I remember Hill when he was
in the coal business 'and had as an
outside interest the Red River* trans
portation company.
"No one has ever been known. to do
vp t Hill. He is undoubtedly the clev
erest Canadian that -ever came 'over
the border. : Some of the sharpest men
from the New England states have
been pitted against " Hill and he did
them up.,
"I \u25a0 remember one of . his ' partners
telling me that he often tried to do up
Hill, but ; he never succeeded..
'•/: " Yes, I did once," he remarked. "Hill
and I had a row. This was nothing
uncommon, for he | was always_ fight
ing with his partners. :This time, how
ever, he . made me , good and mad, • and
we-got to scrapping. Well, I 'knocked
him clean over, a dry goods box, and
this is the only time I ever got ahead
of Hill.
"Did I regret It? Not 'at the time,
but he" did me up beautifully after
ward, and it was my own fault that
I did not follow up ray victory when
he was' sprawling on the sidewalk.".
\u25a0 When the rate on canned goods was
advanced 10. cents a "hundred pounds
there was some question as to whether
the Increase would curtail shipments to
southeastern territory to which the rate
was somewhat higher than the common
point rate of 75 cents a hundred pounds.
The southeastern territory furnishes, a
market for the lower grades of canned
goods and it has been ascertained that
the .advance to some extent has been
curtailing the movement- The question
is up for consideration and it is prob
able that the rate will be reduced to
the former figures. This would , Btill
make the rates higher to* the south
eastern" territory : than the common
point rate, which at the present Is 85
cents a hundred pounds*.' The transcon
tinental lines accept to the Mississippi
river the same' proportions to this'
territory as they receive to, the terri
tory covered by the "common point rate.
The reason for" the higher rate to
southeastern territory is due to the
fact that- lines sooth of the Ohio_river
will 'not accept the same proportions
as. the, lines north of the Ohio river
in -/central freight and trunk line ter
ritory. V .
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Harry E. Toll, who was with the
Southern Pacific for many years, has,
been placed in charge of the tarM^de
partment of the Western Pacific.
appointment .creates. some curiosity as
to what the Western Pacific will do in
establishing a headquarters* \u25a0" staff. . ,It
is expected that the road will be, in*
operation^ about the end of October,
but no hint lias been- given as tp what
will be done in* the way of an estab-'
lishment. The part of the road which
is now. in operation between Salt Lake'
City and Shafter is run as an extension
of the Denver and Rio \u25a0 Grande, and
whether the Western Pacific will be
operated in its entire length as an
extension of the Denver and Rio
Grande or separately .is hot known. The
engineers who have been employed In
the construction of the line" expect" tb ;
leave here in September, as no Infor-'
jnatlon has been given out whether
_the Western Pacific Intends to build
any branch lines in' the "state! ~ The
present Indications are that branch
lines will not be -built.' for some time.
The Union Pacific received Informa
tion yesterday of the number of special
trains which will - arrive in Los An
geles with Elks to "attend the conven
tion.iti July. Columbus, 0., will have
|one train. There will be. three trains
from Cincinnati .and about 150 persons
in each train. The South Dakota Elks
have chartered one train. Milwaukee
will .send, one train and; so • will | the
central Illinois Elks. New Haven will
make up one train and so will the New
England Elks. Rochester and "Syra
cuse; have combines and will have one
train each. Chicago and Louisville will
have a train apiece and so will New
Notice has been given by the Rock
Island that it will, readjust its Colorado
freight rates to and from the Missouri
river and that . it will, provide for, a
general and marked reduction. This,
It is expected, will compel other roads
to follow, suit.' :The Union Pacific will
readjust; Its rates also from the east
era seaboard and the Missouri river to
Salt; Lake and "other Utah common
points, Tarid .will" make reductions in all
Utah rates proportionate to the haul.
Heretofore / these rates have been
based upon the haul to San' Francisco
and back, which practice, it is -said, is
to be abandoned. While the effeetifof
the change would be to allow Utah
manufacturers to invade the field of
Colorado competitors. 'virtually putting
them out of^business by^ reason |of the
advantage t©f low rates.\ the plans of
the Rock Island may" neutralize such
a' .condition. ; . Shippers \u25a0; and "consignees
have been advised by. both roads \to
hold; shipments until theTnew rates are
agreed upon and published. - : The Hill
lines will .make ..: reduction jin . some
cases equal to; 30 per cent:' The out
look, suggests that .there is -to be V
spirited /contest; between ; the- Rock
Island and the-Harrimajh and Hill sys
tems. .';. \u25a0 \u0084' • : \u25a0 v. -
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, According to a statement Issued by
the traffic, department; of. the Southern
Pacific X the r totals number .of cars of
greert. fruit -shipped from the state up
to June" 2 ' was ' 79, *as compared • with
107;for -the same period last year. The
lateness; of 'the; season -.is said to be
the cause for the decrease in the num
ber of cars.- . ' " "'."\u25a0\u25a0--'
" : 'V--'".'". •-'.'-.?;\u25a0' \u2666;.;•: • ;
1. 1 T; ;; K. Stateler • of -the • Northern Pa
cific .will *! leave for Seattle about the
middle": of' next,, week. ' ".'
. - \u25a0 - •-' \u25a0 '- '. ..-•'* . ..- ••> \u25a0;.'..•
,W. .R. Van; Sickle*n. city ticket and
passenger -* agent of the \u25a0 Southern Pa
cific at Fresno," was in the city yester
day. ~ ' ;'\. : :'. : ...._;\u25a0'. '.
\u25a0' \u25a0 " \u25a0'' \u25a0.'\u25a0'••'-.*:•-\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0'• • \u25a0-.;- •-. \u25a0
At the next. meeting of the^transcon
tihental!frejght bureau Klines a request
will -be considered »that|the : transcon
tinental \u25a0 lines join f with the .- \u25a0-\u25a0 Pacific
Electric railway company- in: making,
joint rates; on. sugar.from,factoriesYslt
uated? on ..'their The Southern
Calif ofnla: sugar'; compahy: charges i that
;the;railroadsiare|dlscrlminating in re
;fusingr.toi:make-; joint Crates /with ; the
Paciflcj* Electric -where : such \u25a0• rates are
.made ; ,withTotKer, railroads for, the bene«
fit'-of /sugar.; factories. "\u25a0,."\u25a0' : .
;\u25a0'•.\u25a0 ; '.'\u25a0•' - _\u25a0 \u25a0"' ** : •-t ; • \u25a0\u25a0
' ;, J.'\J. ;Geary,- generaU passenger ,j agent
of the. California j'Northwestern,^ re
ports (that" the'eompahy ?wlll : bridge \ the
Russian .river ; at \ River; landing,. ( which
will bring ,it just ibelow Jthef Bohemian
grove. " The fconipany; commenced ? yes
terday ',- to*: broad •-: gauge, the; line^ from
Monte^ Rio '* to 'Duncan's T^ilillsVO; Some
time in, the^future."; the;, road, will
broad 1 : gauged - tojthe terminus at "Caza
deroit.f Geary \ says . tlrere will, be * albig*
business ;* on 'his line .this v summer, ~i as
it "passes ; ; through \u25a0 a -favorite" part /-of
the state for^camping. .
i,--.v \u25a0•".. : ;'\u25a0-•:\u25a0'-"-\u2666 \ '.« ;~i ','\u25a0\u25a0',-_ \u25a0
'/According:, to: the; latest^ reports -re
ceivedJatSthe^offlce^of; the/ chief en
gineer "of -the cWesternlPacific,; the' track
is*n6w4s^miles7e^ s trof;Battle^"mountain
and '40: mlhis VwestT,of Wihnemucca; i
'\u25a0\u25a0 i Clyde., Colby \u25a0 has appointed -HflftD?
Henvis-JitravellngApassengerf"' agent -of
the^rieTattSeattle.;/.;- 5 -.V ,
TTHE SMART SET
q-HE month of June has become
I almost the exclusive property of
A brides and brides elect, so far as
social affairs* are concerned, and every
day sees two or^three of these delight
ful parties that precede a wedding and
bring together the closest friends of a
bride elects/or the afternoon teas that
are signals for felicitations anent the
wedding that will come later In the
season. '
Last evening, \u25a0 however, the scheme
of entertainment was varied with a
stag party given by George E. Murphy
and , Theodore ;P. Murphy, in compli
ment to their brother, Frederick Law
rence Murphy, whose marriage with
Miss Alyce' Sullivan will take place the
last day of June. The dining room In
the Murphjr home was turned Jnto an
oak forest by the decorators, and two
large stag heads occupied the center of
the table. A touch\of red was intro-
I duced in the scheme witfi roses and
' satin ribbons, while covers were laid
I for 12 guests.
• • •
Miss Helen Baker, the , fiancee of
Drummond MacGavin, entertained at a
luncheon given in San Rafael. In
town Mrs. John Henry Meyers enter
1 tamed at an elaborate luncheon given
atthe Fairmont in compliment to Miss
Ida Wlckson, the fiancee* of Hudson
Thomas of Berkeley.
• • •
Mrs. Sterling' P. Adams' tea today for
Miss Peggy Simpson is engaging the
attention of the younger set, since Miss
Peggy is one of the truly popular girls
this season and this, the first elaborate
party since the announcement of her
engagement to Lieutenant Harold S.
Xaylor, U. S. A., will give all her young
friends an opportunity of presenting
their felicitations. The fact that she
leaves shortly for a. trip to the Yo
semite.with her father, Colonel Simp
son, and, indeed, leaves for good in
September, when her wedding will take
place in the east, gives an additional
interest to the party today, which
might well be turned into a farewell
tea. Every . one hopes to see more
of the fascinating little bride elect be
fore her departure, so the tea will be
a festive occasion without any of the
farewell sentiment. Mrs. Adams has
asked half a dozen girls to assist her
in receiving her gueats, and -among
those who will fill this pleasant office
with the hostess are Mis 3 Dolly Mac-
Gavin, Miss Marie Lundeen and Miss
Mabel Gregory.
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- 'Mrs. C. O. Alexander and her charm -
Ing daughter. Miss Harrfet Alexander,
are out of town for an indefinite stay,
and it is hoped that the trip will prove
,of permanent benefit to Mrs. Alexan
der's health.* She has not been very
well recently, but is regaining her
former strength .and will probably re
main away with her daughter for sev
eral weeks. They will pass part of the
time in Los Gatos, but have not any
fixed plan for the season.
•\ • •
Mrs. R. P. Schwerin has been at Mare
island for several days, .-where' she
attended the. wedding ot Ml?s, Eleanor
Phelps and- Ensign William Alexan
der. Glassfdrd, .U..S.Z N. Before her re
turn, to .town she will enjoy a motor
trip through iXapa county. It is prob
able that Mrs. Schwerin will visit in
j Undelivered Royal Letter!
\u2666 \u25a0 - •
Our Paris contemporaries are just
now reveling in belated letters, some
accounts of which have appeared. Here
is the latest. In the year 1630 Louis XIII
wrote a letter to the sultan of Turkey,
the most high, the most excellent., the
most powerful, most magnanimous and
Invincible prince, tha great emperor of
the Mussulmans, Sultan Amuzath, In
whom all honor and valor abound, our
most dear and close friend. . The letter
was sealed with the royal arms, so
there could be no doubt as to the sender
and the destination. The chamber of
commerce at Marseilles at that time
was the most direct means for the con
veyance of letters from Paris to the
Levant. • . v
There is no doubt that the letter was
handed to the care of the chamber in
1630. Possibly the plague of the pre
vious year had disorganized the public
service. Be that as it may, the cham
ber carefully guarded the letter, and
does so still today. It can be . seen
preserved in company with another let
ter addressed -by the government of
the king to the most illustrious and
most grand Seigneur. Calil Bacha, grand
vizier of the porte. It is presumed, for.
these missives have never been opened,
that -the king of; France ' was ; seeking
from % the sultan of Turkey facilities
for. trading with corn at a time when' it
was badly needed in Provence. .
Our contemporary suggests that the
people. of Marseilles were more inter
ested than- any others, to prevent the
dispatch of this letter- and its com
panion missive. . A legal question is
raised, in" regard to ; these two greasy
and time' worn letters; who has the
right to them? In_law it is suggested
that. they could be claimed by the suc
cessors'-both of the sender and the
addressee. But " the chamber at Mar
seilles has . possession,' and .'possession
for? 279 yearswould doubtless- go far
to establish a prescriptive right of
ownership.— London- Globe. r
Impertinent Question No. 106
What's Puzzling You?
For- the > most; original or wittiest answer to this question—the
-briefer the better — The Gall will pay FIVE DOLLARS
; Forthe next five answers The Gall will pay ONE DOL-
Sr^S winning answers will betprinted next
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once. • Make
Vyour answer short and SEND IT ON A POSTAL
CARD to v \u25a0—
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS
\u25a0 .•; THE CALK
Winning An.infri to "What's n Picnic;**
\ }spriie to; Miss Jenale- Smith. *.7« Sooth Third street. San Jose
: 'ThiCall-oF the. Wild."
,-.- |1 prize to N.' A. SparllnjV Be^tete".
An outing for the old -and an inning' for the young
$1 prize to R % Sherwocdf 1434 Grant street. Berkeley.
\u25a0 '" A- state of; mind. '\u25a0'\u25a0"_\u25a0
\u25a0"- $ljprl»ejto E. Pani -Jones,' M73W»shlnstOT street, city.
'.->. -> A spread of luncheon ; underneath the bough
;'\u25a0• Trampled on and eaten by a cow; ;\u2666 **
Then we. belated, mis's^ the lastr"expres3^'~»'
: A picnic, is a wilderness enow.*
(Apologies to Omar Khayyam.)
-. : : *1 prize to; Mrs. (H.( H. G. Edniondson. 2114 Point Lobos avenue, city.
; 'A miniature Portola."
\u25a0; . ;|l»P^«e to L. a.-; Ed^ard». : 635 Thirty- foarth street, Oakland.
;;.;.; 'Cupid's : best? invention. ..\u25a0,.'.••-:.,_{ " , -' '- \u25a0 • \u25a0
JUNE 4,1909
the city ff l or a few days before going
to her summer home at San Mateo,
where she will pass th» season.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butters, whose
attractive home in Claremont is one
of" the.. hospitable houses about the
bay, have closed their suburban resi
dence,for the summer while they are
in Europe. They sailed a few days
ago from New York and «ill travel
.during the summer months, but ex
pect to return in the early, winter.
Before their departure they enter
tained Mrs. Harry Qo-rode at their
Claremont bom*, and that popular ma
tron was extensively feted during her
stay. Another bit of gossip from
Claremont of interest to society here
Is to the effect that Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Campbell will le^ve today for
their summer home A Boston, but will
return to occupy their palatial home In
Claremont this winter and. inciden
tally, will entertain a great deal la
the new home.
Paymaster Eugene Hale Doagla?.
U. S. X.. and Mxs. Douglas- who was
Miss Gertrude Russell, have return-d
after a honeymoon tour of the south
ern part of the state and are at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr. ami
Mrs. William Russell, for a brief visit
before going to their own home mt
Mare Island. During their stay in the
south they were guests at the Hotel
Potter and were the Incentive for anr
number of delightful affairs, for th»
bride\has a -wide acquaintance socially
and Paymaster Douglas is one of the
most popular men in the navy.
• • •
The Douglas -Sloane Watsons expect
to leave town in July or early in Au
gust and will occupy their new sum
mer home, which Is at present in
course of Construction, near Redwood.
The pretty summer home Is to be
quite an attractive dwelling, but will
not be ready for occupancy as soon as
was anticipated.
Mr. and Mrs. Josiah R. Howell have
been at Del Monte for sever*! days
and were down there for the golf tour
nament in the "early part of the week.
The San Franciscans played quite a
creditable game, and among others
present at the outdoor recreation
were:
Mr. and , Mrs. Arthur Mm. R. D. Girrto
B. \Vst<n'3 >!)•* Lr« Clrrta
Mr*. Troxtnn Bemle " IMrs. Fr«l ileSenz
Mi.-s Alice Oge
As the season " advances. . the beach
trips to the southern part of the stat^*
are growing In favor ?.r.d „« number
of society people have gone down ;«
Santa Cruz, either by train or motor,
to pass the week end at the Sea Bea^h
hotel in that city. Among those ou:
of town on this- trip are:
Mr. and Mrs. J. JJMrs. W. W. Vaa A-~
SpieV»r : dale
Mr. and Mrs. Joint Mr. and Mrs. Ealstir'n
Dram t W««l
Mr. and Mrs. Hsrry'Slr. and . Srt. Eoberr
W. Stetson J IrTios Bent>y
Mrs. Duncan EL McKinlay and her
mother. Mrs. J. James, are enjoying a
three months* visit as the guests of
friends in San Luis Obispo, where, it
is hoped. Mrs. James will entirely re
gain her health.
I Fighting the Locust
Con«ul Jesse B. Jackson, writing
from Aleppo, describes the Turkish
plans for preventing a recurrence this
y*ar tof the scourge of locusts In
During- the months o? June and
July. . 1905. ; this province was visited
by great swarms of locusts, permeat
ing every locality to such an extent
that the crops then standing, as well
as the vegetables in their early state.
were entirely destroyed. As this is
purely an agricultural country t'hs
hardship caused thereby to the p*a-
antry amounted to almost a calamity.
In partially Irrigated districts the s-c
ond crop was planted, the product of
which was sold to local inhabitants at
exorbitant prices.
It appears that the locust lavs an
enormous quantity of eggs soon" after
a long flight, depositing them in a
protecting sack in a hole It makes in
the ground. These eggs hatch out In
the following spring, and unless the
climate Is exceedingly cold, dnring the
winter season the increase therefrom
is enormous.
T* prevent a recurrence of the de
plorable devastation of 'last veax a
commission was lately appointed by
the government and designated as th"c
locust commission." empowered to ex
ercise such means as appeared most
effective toward exterminating the n
%??*' I\ c com ™l**ion therefore rl
?"'"* yy sst.s * t .? yer >" rural inhabitant col
\tl\r ?» i elrv 5V° th? government at
least 20 okes (oke equals 2*l pO urd«»
al tO^ about 53 'Pound*.'* orß
£ggs. under penalty of a fine This
has resulted in the gathering of var !
«l 9 |«S a « n m llles .' roni the different tl
calities amountinjr.to a total of °9'»o4<
okes. equal to «23.552 pounds " WVW V
/In i art.lltion the s»urfac2 ct cer-ate
territories was plowed over cpr --»«i
t>>:V ! . S », aS!lUmeil by those ln authority
that these measures, while not IlkeU
to entirely prevent the reappearance of
the locusts during the cominff^prSn?
and summer months, win terd to
greatly reduce th^n in numbers 1?
least sufficiently s«j to enable a mof^
successful, combat and d*»truct!o? of
S^th h er U pf o h ce^s U3e ° f •BSS&^S