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H"ERBERT KXOX. SMlTH^commissioner of' corporations, is
preparing for E^fde^^f^^ppj^^til^o^^^tion oi
water powers in order that the executive may deal with the
subject in comprehensive recommendations
for legislation when he sends his message to
congress at the regular session. Most of the
stragetic sites for, water: power are already
occupied by tire vast combination that has
been created ini ithe ..last> fivi. years. In a
Coupling
Up Hie
Water Powers
niemorandum on this subject submitted by Commissioner Smith,
he describes the process and the reasons -therefor in- these -wards :' :
And should these strategic sites be "coapled tip" they^ become stillinore
strategic There are powerful economic reasons for such coupling. The
great problem of- the water power companies is that of the "uneven load"
and not only an uneven load, but of an uneven' source- of power, -because. of
the fluctuating flow of the stream. A coupling.up utilizes not i^only -the dif
ferent storages in the same drainage, but, of still greater import, the differ
ent drainage flows of different basins. Also by coupling up the powers which
have largely "day loads" can at night help out the other powers, which have
larger "night" loads, and vice versa." .
Coupling up is rapjdly in progress in the United States. The Niagara
F^lls power company and the Canadian Niagara power company are coupled.
The Southern power company in- North Carolina and South Carolina, the
Commonwealth power company 'in Michigan,, the Pacific-gas and electric
company, the Pacific light and power company and the Edison electric com
pany in California— each concern has its various developments coupled up
in one unit. :'- v:
Undoubtedly • this process of concentration will continue. It
goes on day by day. Last week it was announced that the Gr^eat
Western power company, the largest concern of the sort in Cali
fornia, had been put under joint management with the Edison'com
pany of Los Angeles. In fact, all the important water power
companies in" California- are controlled -by the same interests and
their relations are gTowing closer ;day by day. ' *
All this proceeds in accordance with, ecgnomic law .and 'tendency.;
It is too late to quarrel with the process of combination. It must be
recognized and regulated, and this regulation will constitute the
most important and most difficult work of Mr. Taft's administration
and the congress acting by his advice, or* disregarding his advice, as
;t may happen. The country,is fully alive to the importance of the
situation and feels that action has been too long delayed.
IX tlie degree of its capacity, Vallejo holds up to San Francisco
an example worthy 'of imitation and suggestive of what ( may be
accomplished by municipal ownership of water supply. Indeed,
Vailejo has done so, well by its citizens in
this field that the neighboring town of Napa
feels inspired to follow a profitable example.
These are the facts as stated in a dispatch
from Vallejo: - ; - ;"
-, Stirred by the great financial success which- has
Vallejo
Furnishes ah
Example
auenaea tne operation ot a municipal water system here for the last 18
years,* a party of Napa citizens have started an agitation for the establish
ment, ol a municipal plant in that city. "
Water rates in this city are now 20 cents the 1,000 gallons, while in Nana
the people pay 40 cents, and the.supply is far from the standard of the Valleio
water. .-• _ ; ;-;*:'\u25a0 I- '\u25a0 ' -•.'--•..•.-\u25a0\u25a0-.;
The profits from the local system after providing' for' the sinking fund
and interest for the bonds reach about 540,000 a year.
The experience of . Vallejol in this field of enterprise is not sin
gular. Los Angeles,;workingptra much: larger scale) makes similar
report. The city earns a comfortable profit out of moderate water
rates, land the proceeds are applied ini aid of construction of the
Owens river project, which will give the city a supply equal to the
needs of 1,000,000 people.
The example of Napa: is duplicated in San Francisco, where the
consumers pay exorbitant rates for an inadequate. supply \u25a0furnished
by private enterprise. In fact, municipal experience on this^subject
all over America. The contrast between; Vallejo arid
Napa water rates will; be found 'duplicated wherever; comparison
can be made between. public and private ownership oi water supply.
I MPORTANT industrial changes or developments in the "field of
I agriculture were indicated-byjames J::Hiil, chairman of the Great
* Northern railway, in an interview 'given recently at \u25a0= Seattle; 1 -'i-If
his conclusions are' correct, they miist prove
very encouraging to the wheat farmers, wHo^
a dozen years ago, ' were barely able to make
a hand to mouth . living.' According tqfMrv
Hill, consumption of \u25a0; wheat" in the United
States virtually-, equals production- and-the
Wheat
Growing in
California
surplus lor export ; this year may bc; ; regarded as negligible -' ' ThAV
are Mr. Hill s figures : ;;' .\u25a0; : -. ; / -0 \u25a0
It is a mistake to say James A. Patten cornered, the wheat market It
is merely, a case of, a man uking advantage of "an opportunity It has been
but a few years since it was estimated that the average consumption of wheat
per annum m this country was six .bushels, but -now the experts areue 'itk
*eren bushels. The census; of 1910 will show that we- have a^oooulation Af
90.000,000; .which, will. mean that we/: will require' for our 'own use 630 000 mn
bushels hereafter. - \ ~ 'c^'^rYJ
....* >Ye raise: now. probably 650,000,000.busheis : ofwheat in the UnitedStatpV
vjth good crop; conditions. This will leave' us but 20,000,000 bushels as aiur
•.nusfor export, while in. the past we have exported upward of 120 000 000 '\u25a0
bushels per annum. So. one rcan see that we -will need all our I wheat to l^feed ;
our own people. Within 1 the next five: years 'l the wKeat of cistern ' Washintr
ton will be. shipped eastward to' feed the people^of eastern and ceritrai' western
Wheat prices iti the-Unitedj States have for the- past" three
months ruled higher than in Liverpool; and ;although this condition
can not be • regarded as normal, the growth' *6f population makes it
certain that in a short time the United -States will cease ; altogether
tt) export wheat. ;
On the other hand, there. is not the slightest likelihood "that tliis
country will compjelled to impqrt\wheat^
able for this f staple^will , so ; stimulate;: production* as ? to 1 bring; into
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circulation great areas now neglected. We do not expect ever again
to see California become a great wheat growing state, because we,
can produce more profitable crops, but the ruling prices are such
as to tempt farmers, to. grow enough to; suppli'-the home market.
Wheat: growing is a clean business , and attractive when prices
are good. ,j^g , '\u25a0' \. : . : -;.//\u25a0 %Af^l&CMH&^^t
IT may,be conceded that Marse Aldrich -will have his^ own way
with the ; tariff, :but "the process ; of there is on: occasions
attended by travail .arid abrasion * of <a- temper mot as happy as it
Tribulations
Of Marse
Aldrich
was ; guilty of grave international discourtesy' in thet first: place* and,
further, laid himself open to the charge that he had suppressed this
information, which belongs to congress- and the nation. The" facts
in this relation are thus stated by the Washington correspondent of
the Chicago-Tribune: \u25a0:; ' '\u25a0\u25a0'-';•\u25a0\u25a0; "•; '_.- \u25a0
Among the nations ./-.which responded ; was-.Germany..,, It sent a reply- to
the formally made by Ambassador /Hill in '."the- "name of the United
States. It was this reply to our request' which Senator Aldrich," unfortu
nately, on the floor of the senate declared ; was "impertinent." ;'He; r sought in
that way, .apparently, to make it appear that' Germany had volunteered this
information for* its own ends and was endeavoring in an unworthy way to
aid in the construction of a tariff of the United States. ' ; •
It is true that certain -absurd statements were made in the house of repre
sentatives in regard to the rate of wages abroad, and that the German gov
ernment felt : a peculiar interest in defending itself from the charge of foster
ing an industrial system which put itsmen on starvation wages, but the in
formation! was asked by the United Statesj and the '•.charge of "impertinence"
made by. the leader of the United .States senate and printed in the -official' re
ports was'^an "unfortunate insult, of: which Senator A^rich -would not^ 'Have
been •guilty if he had not been goaded by the persistent attacks, of the, western
senators and by the fact that he was particularly interested in seeing that this
report should not be made public. ; ic!"^* \u25a0;/*( "}J '/' . /s" 7^; - - /
1 The isuppressibhv of this report puts Aldrich in' a very discredit
able light. i-By direction of the president, the secretary of state sent
the German : report, -accompanied ' by' a translation, to 'the finance
committee of the senate,,of which committee ; Aldrich is chairman:
There it remained until Aldrich was questioned about it on the floor;
arid tlien he ! lost; his temper and called it a German "impertinence."
Pressed, further, he produced the report, but explained that it, was in
a foreign^language hot understood by. congress,- carefully concealing
the fact jtliat the secretary of state had sent a translation with trie
original, document. , ;
Altogether., the episode convicts Senator Aldrich of bad man
ners and. petty s
THE OREGONIAN is a careful and conservative paper, well
reasoned and usually temperate in expression, but its yocabju
iary,;is strained to express its: sense of a 'shabby cheat^. which
The 'Mys
terious Mr.
Raffles''
"The mysterious Mr. •;' Raffles'.' : is a : device of the strap. game. order. It
is?a v fak"e,|'cheatj humbug, 1 "delusion, and fraud. It has been "worked" in many
cities, but can. be worked only where there is a faking newspaper to pro
mote.it.; . - '-_ \u25a0':• '"\u25a0 x-. ; V; \' ;'\u25a0)'\u25a0 • : ''[.*••, '\u25a0" ''-L:. '\u25a0'"•\u25a0\u25a0"• *'\-' '-'^'\'''i '*?
Ithada run in Pittsburg^a^year or two ago, was . attempted : at ! Buffalo,
appeared : at Los' Angeles, and migrated to Seattle. Now it has moved on to
Portland. V .> •..'..' ' . 'm « ",,- "
; Reputable • journalism is, ashamed of it. It's a gambling or cheating
device. The N very/ name \ "Raffles"- gives it away. It -is i a worse "cheat > than
many a ; one proscribed Iby ; law. -\u25a0 Yet it may not fall directly, under/ the
penalties f of the' law. I' The (district -attorney- perhaps could 'give '; an i opinion.
But;whether hetake'notice of'it'-or notjdon't 'forget 'that' it's^a} fraud ; and
a'cheat, '\ - \ •\u25a0 i - '\u0084 -'. ->j , T * '\* '' .7 ... ,''.-'"'.''•\u25a0
': All „ true " ; enough \u25a0- but .- perhaps .'scarcely \u25a0 worth ; wh ile. --The good
sensed of "the* people may be; trusted"." to size up a transparent ;and
pitiful cKeat. ; -'" f . \u25a0' ,-\u25a0-. ,\u25a0 \' - - < '"' '
Imitates the Phonograph j ;;
The perversion .of; human, ingenuity
Veems to .knowj:no limit, obs^fves-a
Paris con temporury.; One knows to his
cost the phonograph and. its offsprings, 1
many /of ' thera^rwith» their exasperating
nasal ; imitations \ of i the I- human.', voice.'
V-VfAiT-* a'r tlst~ah l* artist,' ••' \ indeed, - from 1
the Midi— has^dlscovered? ajmeanslbf
reproducing .the; r ", phonograph C'oh'^hls
violin; Jarid 1 he- nVoudly^ styles v himself
,'Tlmitateur, v^du^.-tPhohographe'.Vvjille 'j
reproduces -upon'; his::* violin,*:, withedis-'
dressing.; exactness/cthe X sounds <of -?the
phonograph,"' ltself "the Imitator ;'>of { the"
humanl.voice.'i-'.y j> :-.^-'..':i'.v,;L-/ \u25a0;'',\u25a0• /'•- : ~''fi* T"**
-rMayithisla'rtist.jinfhistt'urn.^nndffew;
1 mita to ts^is'i. the v prayer'; b f > 6ur3 con -
temporary.~LondonVGlobe. : :" \ r '
TH^ \u25a0
might be. For; instance, ' when ' the senator
from Rhode Island, in a moment of exas
peration, declared it ..an for
Germany to "send 'official information to con
gressVcoricerning \u25a0 the cost of production^ of
manufactured articles /m that .country,' he
certain . newspapers - claiming to vwear the
riiantle of respectability yet impose .on, their
suffering: readers. Concerning "the mysteri^
ous ' Mr. Raffles," who ; was recently turned
loose to catch pennies f or a local contempof
rary, the Oregonian says : "
I ; Many /Artists • Show at < Salon
: : There are 1857; pictures ;in^thi8>ear's
Paris vsalonrVthejiworki of ? 1384^artlsts.
The foreign '; exhibitors represent^ work
by. 3e4:ipaintersjaesir6us^qf jobtaining
,the \u25a0approbation "of -France.; :' Among
: them ; aret 99 -: En glish j| Scottlsh y and Irish
artists^ 78 1 North f American^ 32 1 Belgian,'?
jlB -s Spanish^ 15 'i RussianTl 1 4 f Dutch,'"/ 14
Italian; ill^Austrian^SlSwiss^^^PoHshi*
i7.Germah/|6iChilean,l9^A"ußtraHahTand
New,Zealfcnd36 Hungarian^4!Bohemian, 3
'<? Portuguese; i4|Braiiiliari,l4{ Canadian,"
3vGrecianf.3;R6umariian;VandH6>6therß.3 v Grecianf.3;R6umariian;VandH6>6therB.
JapanUsirepresehtedvbyrtme-artlst*but=
whatj;dellghtsjjnost,stho|prenchvpebple
is i thatj 2 4?AlsatiansTarid \p Lk>rrantians
send ; examples -of j th'elrjiwork.*^ Occupy-^
ing;distingulshedrplaces ! :istthe"work;of
202 : women.— London: Glober"f^-c^^^
Answers to Queries
JAMES LICK— A. C.d.: City. Wh«t were
the bequests. of James UekT- When did he die?
The following is a list of the : princi
pal bequests made ,by the philan
thropist: 1 $5,000. for a : : monument in
memory of his mother; $10,000 for
scientific - and I medical- books for 'the
Mechanics' institute; $10,000 to the San
Francisco S Society for : the .-Prevention
or 'Cruelty to "Animals; „ $25,000 to' a
similar society, in San Jose; $60,000 for
the Scott Key T monument in Golden
Gate park; $100,000 for' an old ladies*
home; $100,000 for; a group of statuary
commemorative of, pioneer days; $150,
000 for, -free baths In San Francisco;
$540(000- for >a;school * of .mechanical
arts; $700,000 for *an observatory on
Mount Hamilton. He also made a large
donation to I the academy of sciences.
He' died, in, San Francisco October 1.
ALLIGATOU, CROCODILE— C. M. S.. Yos*m
ite ralley. ,-. \u25a0• Wh«f Is the difference ; between the
alligator and the- crocodile?.;-- -
* The alligator, like J the crocodile, be
longs, to the; family/ of -the crocodllidae,
but the : alligator 4 differs from the croco
dile-In. the' : shorter and 'flatter head,, the
existence of. cavities or pits in the up
per Jaw, into which 7 (and not into mere
notches, between the \ teeth, as. In the
crocodile) the lon g: fourth ? teeth of the
lower jaw are received, and the much
less webbed feet.- The head is broader
and-the snout more obtuse than*- In. the
crocodile:. \u0084 . • * - • .
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WAR WITH MEXICO— J. • W.. . City. When
did- the .war between the United States and
Mexico begin?- -. ••.-.\u25a0'> v>v,r"". ..--..< .......
June 4, 1845, -when diplomatic Inter
course was broken^ off. -The 1 Mexicans
defeated^the, Americans "under : Taylor
at Matambras.. April 23, and oh May IJ,
1846, "/congress | declared that " "Mexico
having: lnvaded our. territory., and shed
the j; blood- of ;• our; fellow citizens, by
reason- of. that; act of the 'republic of
Mexico, ; a state of war existed," and
authorized ' President Polk to call- for
50,000 volunteers. .
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; SUPERVISORS— C.".Wm San I.eandro. Wb«t
la the salary "of "the fsuperrlsors -of Alameda
county?' ". -\u25a0 •--":\u25a0 "\u25a0*\u25a0; ::v.;r
; Fifteen hundred ; dollars \a - year and
mileage-not to. exceed $100 per. month.
-\u25a0;- - • \u25a0'\u25a0 ;;\u25a0• \u25a0\u25a0* . ; .. '• .'• \u25a0 »'.'
. LECTURER— R. f*T. X.; Monterer. Plean*
publish 'the. name of - tlif Massachusetts temper
ance -lecturer, a ; Tery ; eloqnent. man, -. who »t,
one time was addicted to the use of liquor, sank
Into j the gu tter, _; but i reformed \u25a0 and became world
renowned „• In , the ; cause • of ; temperance. *"<-\i" < -
\i John Bl Gough /of Worcester, Mass. '--'"
\u25a0\u25a0 \ 'J- ". '-,•.•' ' \u25a0• • " \u25a0• \u25a0 •'-\u25a0\u25a0;\u25a0:• \u25a0*.: s-. c
LAEEI^-rA. S., Mountain View. Your ques
tion ai tto the use of a label on "bottles con
taining ; a mixture" . y . is ;• not : clear - enongh \u25a0'- to
admit \u25a0of \u25a0an c answer, "as .-. you ; do : not -state
whether > the v preparation yoa intend ;to put np
is v medldne.vr liquor \u25a0 or, oil. ; \ Correspondent*
who ' want answers ; should clearly set forth the
subject. .'-" . -*-'. '' : " \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0-'<• "> -•
.r - :\u25a0'\u25a0 ['•\u25a0\u25a0 :-': -' ' '\u25a0•:•.-'.'. * f-i *; \u25a0 '\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0 ''"^ ' \u25a0
£ CUUISKEEN LAWN'— R.-"'. n.- »'.,; ) Stockton.
Have asked a great many to gire me" a transla
tion of the following,, the > chorus {of ;"Crul«feeea
lan, LVt but * hare -, not i met with • success. v Can
the query; department' do ;so?" \u25a0-»"-•' -- -, "-.»
;' - Gra-ma-chree ma crooskPfn,
Shlantj-a gral ma-Toiirneon . •• - ; • r
• '8 Gramachr*e,' aicoleen.bin. '. -
;The 1 1 tlf 'wr l tten ; tnV- the dri glnal
"lan.V but j commonly ?,wrltten" "lawn""
means£.';iittle < jug*full. f:\-.rf :\-. r The chorus
translated' is:: 'X; : >.<^"- " ; .*
;;\u25a0 . <Jjrre of. my heart mr little Jug' ' •
'\u0084.'. Bright* health -.to ? my- darling! : <\ "
.--.; -f The lore of my heart is her fair hair.
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TEST FOR AMBER^-Subscriber. City. How
can one I distinguish S amber i from J celluloid r mad»
In • Imitation thereof y. . \u25a0-) \u25a0 .: - • : .- J »- - .
The'; test: for! amber "\u25a0 is .made" by \ rub
blhgfthe'pieceTonisome"goods, as a coat
sleeve, * which; « if/amber, : wl 1 1 . pick Xup i a
small jbit?' of paper. y? Amber >will - burn
and '^ chip/; off :at \u25a0 a ; certainf; heat; - but
celluloid:.wiH;burn' up 'and: explode.' :
\u25a0" ''-'\u25a0\u25a0?/'\u25a0' \u25a0\u25a0' . '-\u25a0-•.' -', •.. ) -v;'V.V". '. ' \u25a0 -
? TRUCE ; OF GOD— J. W/> C, City.- What is
.I'therTruce of. God?" -;•:>\u25a0\u25a0-» : - -',"* : ;-- : •
jThat . was^a curious^ medieval : custgm:
"designed^to - protect^ thef people /to \u25a0 some
extent lagalnstHhe,lawleeß,tyranTiy7of
the i feudal ; lords.* slf Jwas^flratVdecreed
at ?a- church? synod • convened l&t : >,ftous
sillon,\,Ffance,^lo27, that; none/ should
attack^hls^enemy/: between/ J& Saturday.
evenlrig ; r at] nones and i Monday; morning 1
atsthe; ' : hour.->of prime.; f'AboutJ 1042 "a
similar/ compact] was rent ered \ Into ? ba-"
tweenlftheli churchTand Cthe"' barons V of
Englaha.^j'Thelchurchj'forbadefbarbns
tormake "any^/attack I bny eachTother be
tween fsunsetf on^.Wednesday"f and " sun
rise fori Ithe; following^ Monday, 1 or aipori
any^eccleslasticallfast'orifeas'trday. : It
al£o^prpvided|tliatVnd^ man ; should, at
[ tack^orlmblest a\lab6rer r wo~rkingiln the'
| field, < orvS laylhands Jon any^i implementn t
of i husbandry (on | pain : of iexcommunica
tion/j|; The |truce?ofj God '\u25a0\u25a0 was 'confirmed
Jby2ntany ;^councils. s fespecianyAthe i Lat-
Q-o SAUR^T SET o-G |
r\OCIETY has dedicated 'the. month of
'to" weddings 'and the attendant
it : would' "seem. ; With
every day ; comes* news concerning the
bride and her" brMal; party, with all the
fascinating details; that constitute the
gossip of a' weddlng r in these early
summer-Ldays.- -In /the devoted atten
tion ,of society ... today, there are two im
portant ceremonies.- The one* is .that of
Miss Frances "Reed rand Henry Milner
Rideouti-.'whjch ' will take place this
morning at Christ-church in Sausa
lito. The service" will be read by Rev.
.Edward 'Maxwell- In .the presence of a
large number- of guests, many of whom,
are old family friends of -the; bride. .„.
'The . reception .- that ? : follows the
church service will take place at the
home of the bride's mother. Mrs. Henry
C. Campbell, and is limited to the very
near and. dear frlendsT" of the couple. ..
'The wedding of Miss Hester Borden
and Paymaster 'Harry Collins, U. S. N..
is the second wedding of the day. and
will take place at .Trinity : church." with
several;. hundred guests In attendance
and a large, bridal -party. _;The ap
polntrr.ents. will" be ' with the navy
pomp and display, and .-"doubtless- the
wedding will; be 'memorable' as one of,
the prettiest of the In military
circles. The, bride .is- just out of her
teens,: and, will wear, a'gown more than
ordinarily 'becoming and fashioned of
exquisite "white satin. 'There' will be a
reception after .the ceremony at \- the,
home.- of-; the bride's parents,'" Mr. and
Mrs. .Ivy L. Borden.' In Devisadero
street. . . .. \, ; ; ;~
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Cards \u25a0 are out fol* the wedding of
Miss Bertha, Eldredge Smith and Cap
tain, George' ,Bige low Plllsbury, U." S.
A., and 'the details of, the ceremony
have just/been, completed." The wed
ding .will take, place' at" noon in St.
Luke's -" Episcopal" church, * with the
Right" Rev. William Ford Nichols as
the officiating clergyman, assisted by
theißer. Edward Morgan. . The church
will be crowded "with, friendsf but only
relatives^ will attend the wedding
breakfast at the " home of the bride's
sister, Mrs. "Philip "Van Home. Lans
dale; In Broadway. ; Mrs. Lansdale la
to-be the matron of honor, and "the
1 bridesmaid will be another sister of
I the bride. Miss Sidney Smith. The
; bridegroom will, be .attended by'Cap
j tain Robinson,' U. S< A. T6P9 army, will
be well represented at ,the ceremony,
since : Captain PiUsbury-is one of the
popular men In j the - service and has
many friends -in this j city. . although he
Is stationed in New . York, where it
is. probable that the couple will estab- .
Hsh their home.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield Baker. have
closed their home (in .Pacific avenue
and are established in their bungalow
at Castle Crag for the summer months.
They have taken their little daughter
Marian with them, also her friends,
Marian. -Lee - Maillard and » another
g-uest.' in the person .of Miss Helen
Baker, fiancee of Drummond MaeGavln.
Miss Baker will remain only -for a few
weeks before- returning to her
Mrs. L. L. Baker, who Is In san Rafael,
but the Bakers will remain during the
Gossip of Railwaymen
"(^T. HAVE read. 'some where, or have
•I" beard at. the Trantportatlon clnb.
: * that a laborer Is'worthy of 'his
hire," remarked. Hercules Erasmus Jar
man to hl3 bosom friend, Norman Hall.
"That \u25a0Is • true," replied the erudite ;
Norman. "I , can't say where I beard
it. but I think it is .one of thd Rashes
of genius from the lips of E. M. Pome
roy." - v f
"That's it. He is the man who ap
preciates .hard work. Now this is .what
I am getting: after, v You see, we have
moved * the . Lacka wanna office nearer
the ferry, and do what_ I can,, I get
to the office 7 minutes earlier every
da>\ and "because the. boats ran so
funnily 'l- am 7f minutes later at' the
office every day. '. -.: •
. "Man- alive!" screamed Norman- "You
a"re . actually !^ivlngr the Lacka wa nna a
present of ,14 minutes a day."
- -'That's just- what, pinches .me." said
Hercules Erasmus, sadly,
-"iiit's awful." answered Norman, shak
ing his head.;: - v : : •; -
-"/"Yes, but see what it amounts to
when figured out.". replied Erasmus.
'^Fourteen minutes a .day is 1 hour
14 minutes per! week.
. ."It i«;,5 hours and 28 minutes per
month:.". * ; ' \u25a0 . "\u25a0
"It is 65 hours and 12 minutes a year,
and taking -8 hours r as the tvorklnß
day,- the tackawanna makes in a year
8 days I hour and 12 minutes out'of
me." \u25a0 •-*. ,* .' -v - .
"Put in a claim against the line
for it," said . Norman? "or else you
might be running up. against one of
the provisions -of the Interstate* com
merce act. ,1 would " take no chances
with that act.; It's one of * the greatest
crimes;, a'/ man ;'can T commit to work
overtime". "That's just, what .the com
mission was formed for, to protect the
poor- public."-.- ; \u0084 -"
Henry Avila- of the" Union Paclrtc has
started' on his vacation "and will spend
a week or two at Eagle's Nest.
Another, evidence, of Improved condl- \u25a0
tions is shown in the award of a con
tract v for , the *; first 40 "miles; of the
Santa Fe's new- cutoff from Texico, . N.
M., ; arid . Brownwood,". Tex.;":' which -will
give the" Santa Fe a- short line be
tween Los Angeles and Galveston. Tex
lco;ia;at .the' eastern ; end of the. Belen
cutoff, where it join's . thie , Santa " Fe's
panhandle line. The new extension
will run 300 ' miles southeast from s Tex- '/
ico'to - Brownwood,- In central Texas,
i where 'lit <w!lli reach* -a', -branch,, of, the
Gulf, Colorado ; and ' Santa Fe * running:
west from Temple, .and that .will • give
a'^ through S line 'to ; k d««P; water' on -the ,
gult 'at, Galyeston.* r Ati present all San- '^
ta.-^Fe" traffic , between -paWeston and the"
Paciflclcoast ' has' tolgo up iinto Kansas
and^thenl down -, through : Oklahoma* I or
westi : through; Colorado. ,-. The new line. .
therefore. ;wilr f save : hundred's of miles."
!and r as;it;will ruh'overlthe level Texas
plains it ' will have easy : grades, v Until """'
Impertinent Question No. 106
What's Puzzling You?
For the most original A or wittiest answer to, this question— the
brieferrthe;^rter~m Gall will pay iFIVE. DOLLARS.
answers' The Gall will pay: ONEDOL^
f?? ze wvinning^ajwwers will be printed next
Wednesdayand checks mailed to the wmners at once. Make*
your ;• answer short and SEND if ON A POSTAL)
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS
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JUNE 8,.1909
season .and will.be joined shortly by.
their sons. - Livingston ao,d -Wakefleld*
Baker, who are coining from' the east,,
where ' they have ' been at school, and
will pass the summer vacation, at the
Castle Crag- home.
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The latest news., from Mr. and Mrs.
Allan Wallace, who are living near
Rome, is v cablegram announcing to
their* friends In this city that they
are the happy parents of a. smalt
daughter, who arrived In their home a
few days ago. Mrs. Wallace was Miss
Fanny Loughborough and the news
just made public has occasioned any
-amount of congratulation by cablo
for "the \u25a0 popular couple- from their
many friends here.
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.Judge and Mrs. Charles Weller,
with their daughter, Miss Anna Wel
ler. are expected to return today after
an "dating in the .Tosemite. where
they have been, taking advantage of
.the early season attractions, .and will
remain in town for part of the sum
mer at least before leaving for an
other, trip - of short duration which,
they have planned' for the season.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Davis, who have
been living in Mill Valley for several
months, have taken .a. cottage at Pa
cific Grove-- for the "summer and will
shortly take possession of their new
home with. their children. Spencer and
'Announcement of the marriage of
Ernest Crooke and Miss Frances Seal
maninl of Sacramento is of particular
interest to friends in this city who
have received the news of the cere-»
mony," which took, place several days
ago in Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs.
'Crooke will make their home at 522 '
Fourteenth street in Sacramento.
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It will be interesting news to th»
friends of A. G. C. Hahn of New York;
to learn that he has purchased the
Goodall estate at Menlo Park and has
decided to make a permanent residence^
there.- This popular eastern maa has
occupied the . A. P. Redding house at
Menlo for a year or more, but no on«?
was quite, certain until hts recent pur*
chase. settled the question that he was
to remain here indefinitely.
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The Slgismund Sterns hare taken
possession of their new country horn«
at Fair Oaks, where they will remain
during the summer.
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Miss Jennie Flood Is an 'enthusiastic*
motorist and intend* to pass th»
greater part of ..the summer enjoying
her favorite diversion. She has re
cently purchased an Italian ear, which,
will arrive here early in July, and a
series of interesting trips are planned
from * the date of the arrival of tba
new machine.
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E. M. C. Whitney, whose place In
Piedmont Is one of. the picturesque
residences across the bay, has recently
purchased a. summer home near Red
wood City with the intention of be
coming'a resident of the latter place
during the summer season.
the opening of the Belen cutoff It wai
necessary for all Santa . Fe traffic to
go over the Glorietta and Raton. passes.
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"*H."K. Gregory of the Santa Fe is re
sponsible for the statement that the
Knights of Columbus made a phenoraw
nanj rapid trip into the Yosemite val- y
ley. He. says that the .knights on. the
first sUge reached the Sentinel hotpt
11 hours from. San Francisco.' and that
tne entire 500 made the hotel 12 hours
from San Francisco.
"I want you* to be careful how you
handle those eggs," said Charles X. ,
Junkins; "they, are very high bred eggs
and have been sent to me from a friend
In Tulare. The chickens that will
come from these eggs will be the finest
in the land. I should judge they would
be very, large chickens.; seeing how
large these eggs are."
"Large, nothing,*: replied a blonde
-*lady>..tn .the-, office. "I could eat half
a dozen of them at a meal."
"Six •at a -meair* inquired Junkins.
"Why. three would choke you." \u25a0 ' ,
"1 will bet that I can." persisted the
-slight young lady.
"Impossible," snapped Junkins. "Six
of these eggs, why they weigh more
than you. You don't weigh 100 pounds."
"What's weight to-do with my appe
tite ?' answered the-' delicate blonde. ~t
wtfl bet you a tenner that I eat six
of .those eggs."
"Six or better," cried Junkins. "but
right now. You have just lunched re
member."
"An adjournment was had to a restau
rant and the" young lady devoured 12
. scrambled and would have eatea the -
other 12, only Junkins handed out $10,
"Good Lord! what shall T say when I
-get-hom^T" was his only ; comment.
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Dr." F. S. Pearson, president *of the
Mexican light land power company, with
E.';D- Kenner. formerly an official' of
the Santa Fe, but no w - vice president,
of the Mexican Northeastern, have been,
looking over the proposed route of,th<*,
new line, and active construction is to L
be begun "shortly on the Mexican North^J"^
eastern. One line Is now being sur
veyed from Minaca. west to the Pacific: *
ocean from a junction with the Chlhua*.
hua-Pacific to El Paso. , Dr. Pearsoa
says he is greatly pleased with condi*
tlons in northern V Mexico and antici
pates that the Mexican Northeastern
'•will be"a paying. investment from tha
start.
.• • •
Bruce Norton, traveling passenger »
.agent of the Union Pacific at Fresno %
reports that ;the grape growers predict
a „ crop iof 75,000 tons from the raisin
growing* district. A crop of 60,000 tons
;is considered = large. . -"•» •- •
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E. E. Calvin, vice president and gen
eral manager of the' Southern Pacific,
" has returned from 'his trip ; north.