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r I >HAT significant political intrigue which brings Giffqrd Pinchot
I \\aiid Secretary" Ballinger face to face attracts attention, and the
* *; comment that it arouses is not favorable to the secretary of
the interior.
Ballinger insists that the chief forester
must cease superyisidn of the cutting of tim
ber on the Indian reservations and. the protec
tion of forests from fires, which, he^insists,
are functions in the^ exclusive control of the
. hi terjor /department. When Garfield was secretary he welcomed
.Piricfcpt'? CQ-Pperation in this field and useful results were accom
"piisjied; b at, Ballinger stands oh his interpretation of the. law.
;• \u25a0•:::.?\Vith : - regard tq this situation the Chicago News says:
= ."v." ' is able to cite a recent provision" of law to support
';OM*-yipw of the matter. This is simply another indication of the,power
/. °fut efforts' being made to break down the policy of conservation inaugu- '\u25a0'"
.. : rated.. by President Roosevelt. The special interests are not in favor
'\u25a0:.'\)oi fche work which Mr. Pinchot is doing, and through their congressmen
("•they .will hamper him wherqfer they can without arousing too much.'
"<\u25a0* 'public opposition. ;
:.The time to save the country's natural resources is now, before the
• .work o£ spoliation is carried further. Unless President Taft comes to
'\ht aid of Mr. Pinchot and his work, and makes such an issue of the
.. matter as to force both congress and the secretary of the interior to -
. -assist in carrying out the policy of conservation, the golden opportunity
. .- ' The Pittsburg Dispatch, speaking in the same vein, has this:
• It 'is pertinent to keep it in the public mind that the preservation .
•• of .the .forests and the protection of water power against' corporate
"absorption are of the utmost importance.' The full magnitude of this
... may not be fully grasped bj'ahe people, but it is sufficiently realized
•to j-ecognize the duty of an officer in immediate charge of these re
sources to protest against acts facilitating their engrossal, and emphasize "
• thut protest by resignation, if necessary. *
It is unfortunate for Secretary BallingerV position in this matter
that he. comes from a state where special and powerful interests have
; "been active in seizing the forest and water power resources. That is '
"not" of. itself sufficient reason for charging him with favor to those
But it is enough to warrant very close scrutiny of acts that
. ' may break down the conservation policy. •
/:";. Pallingers stand may be merely a phase of the ancient feud
that^ disturbs the harmony of bureaus, but it need not be disputed
that it has created a very bad impression throughout the country.'
T he Feud Be
tween Ballinger
and Pinchot
1..,: 1 RE San Francisco, New York is preparing this fall to celebrate
\u25a0/] ' j the anniversary of its discoverer, and, as here, so there, a grave
:\u25a0 . meticulous dispute rages concerning the credentials of the
defunct hero on whom and on whose memory
these attentions are lavished. What Portola
did or did not and what Hendrik Hudson was
or was not have become matter of curious
research which, it may be, neither of those
heroes would have courted,,
P Those ancient rovers *had a rough way with them, which, if
. examined too closely/might not bear the test of modern standards.
. Neither Hudson nor Portola contemplated immortality,' which some
times carries penalties as well as glories. .The, fact is that New, York
c dpes not know how to spell Hudson's name. * Some such thing.Jias
..been whispered about San Francisco and the pronunciation of
Portola's, name, but it is a slander/to which our chief magistrate
; has given its quietus with a bare bodkin— that is,, his 'fountain pen,
/'from which flows fact, fancy f and erudition in triple ''\u25a0'correlated
\ streams.
The alleged Hudson was hot a . Dutchman of Knickerbocker
' family, but an Englishman, whose real , name was Hodgson. He
landed at Coney island— before Coney island 'Hnew itself as such—
in. 1609, and then sailed up the river that bears his : name, being
• persuaded that the stream would bring him out on "the other side
-of the continent, and quite unconscious of the confused immortality
• his mistake would bring him under a wrong! name.
Call them discoverers or pioneers or what you will, Hudson
and Portola were great people. The bigwigs of the earth conspire
' to do them honor and dispute about the spelling of their names,
which is an established form of fame. Admirals and their squatty
ships are flocking 'from tHe 'ends, of the earth tq ; do tHenrhorior.
The nations gather, the multitude cheers, processions march,' -the
- band plays, the spellbinder lifts his yawp." What would Hudson
and Portola say about it all?- V 1 ; -
The Confused
Fame of Two
Adventurers
A RECENT dispatch from an eastern source declares that power
ful railroad interests are working- to* prevent the . reappoint,
ment of Franklin K. Lane of California as a member* of^tHe
-interstate commerce \u25a0commission. , It is added
that, if these influences should prove success
ful Lane would become a dangerous candidate
for_ governor or senator of this] state. •
The Call does not attach much impor
tance,to the rumor. haye'rio'doubt \u25a0 that
when the time comes Lane will be reappoirite'd to the office AvliicK
he has filled with so much credit to himself. The- Sacramento
Bee says: 'V ;
The editor of the Bee can state positively thatV Franklin' ; 'K. -Lane
has no desire and no Inclination; to become 'a candidate either, for gov'er-U
n6r or for United States senator. " \u25a0"-;.-.*
Lane does not think, notwithstanding, the Baltimore News,, that -the \u25a0;.
senate of" the United, States would be the place r for s him. V. He is more
than content with his present position,- in which he vhas.' made.; a record
which has endeared him to the people " in', whose interests Ihe has ; always
manfully fought. , *\u25a0
President Taft must be fully sensible of the services that Com
missioner Lane has done for 'the public good iiv his place on the
commission. ' To' refuse him re^ppoiritment in the .circumstances
would be to create a grave scandal. - .
The Reap
pointment of
Lane
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
Why Did Governor
Gillett Interfere?
GOVERNOR . GILLETT'S' reasons' for;his tfasty, action" in
;\u25a0 to ; Bradbury, the'Marin county;milHon
aire,; convicted of "perjury arid under 1 sentence to^ a terrnin tlie
penitentiary, are; not fof record. V : / ..,'.. '-.'I
All -that; appears is .that the defendant's {attorney asked the
governor to interfere and Gillett did as requeste;d-^that is, he -stayed
theexecution^ of theVsentence after : the supreme ; court had^said,^ as'
its-last \yord- on the subject, that Bradbury mustf serye.His'sentence:
The tgovernpr's action is not contrary to law; but! it is contrary; to
long established precedent: °v V \u25a0 '•"'•..\u25a0"\u25a0 ' '.'\u25a0
; The Bradbury: case, is hot 'new. It has gamut of .the
ap^eaVcourts"vwith varying •fortune;:- Atonesta^e-it^wasthe'pccasion
of an. astonishing judicial dictum that was' greeted with ilerisiqn all'
over 'the. country. ;,But in due process, of law this ; venerable; judicial
proceeding \u25a0arrives at maturity for execution; of judgment - -
But the defendant is 'wealthy and is i able- to" hire a lawyer,' arid
charter ; -an^automobile to* pursue Governor Gillett to his well earned
seclusion in the trackless wild. There the case is reopened witlvno
other audience than the ; uncritical redwoods. The ; quality of mercy
is not strained by considerations of orderly procedure, and this now
thoroughly seasoned" judgment is. once more. ; suspended. ; , ;Such
appears tobe^ the normal^ Status of judgmerits obtained in California.
The verdict of a; jury, confirmed'pn appeal, seems to be :'ar- trifle
light as air. :' ; \' x->".x ->". -\ .. '\u25a0 .' "' r-^--* : '- '\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 ;;.:'=-..'- ''••\u0084/•-.•;\u25a0-\u25a0'
i : Perhaps -it will appear that Governor Gillett had weighty rea J
sons for this hasty action,' and for a statement of such reasons, if
any there . be, the public', must 'wait? Certainly.^ a • full explanation is
due the -people of California why the law was '-not-, allowed to take,
its course; '_ \u0084 •-.:.> ;
There is no desire anywhere/ to" pursue Bradbury unfairly, but
some regard is due to orderly procedure and there is much justifiable
impatience with the; delays that>hamper and impede the. course
MRS; GERTRUDE ATHERTON ;|n a recent' somewhat acid
\u25a0. ulous characterization of American - girls ; declares that "when
they are walking more thoughtfully in" their twenties;' when'
\they are young, ladies, they 4 evolve a iar^nner
set of tactics; they lose the savagery of ado
lescence * and cultivate those:: qualities; which,
when 4 persisted in long enough, make them
more' than a match for any: man."
This pronouncement takes , help :' and com
fort' from the formidable list of theses submitted by President
jiidson; 'of the Chicago ;'university*; as v testimony . to the ; fitness
of 'certain young ladies to graduate from that institution; as, doctors
of philosophy. 7 The list reads:' >.
'}\ Edith \Ethel Barnard— "The Effect of Electrolytes and Nonelectfo
lytes on the Catalysis of' lmido Esters." .•
Mary Blount— "The Early Development of the Pigeon's Egg Fronr- ;
Fertilization to the. 'Organization of the Periblast.'' , ; , ,
Katherine Blunt— "A Study in Catalysis : The Formation , of Ami
dines." \u25a0 ••' \u25a0'-\u25a0. '- i ''\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0"'\u25a0 '\u25a0' '-''\u25a0. "'•-' : \u25a0 \u25a0 '• '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ... ' '\u25a0\u25a0" \u25a0"\u25a0' \u25a0•\u25a0.--'\u25a0
\u25a0 Mathilde Castro— "The Respective Standpoints of Logic and
'Psychology.": :\ .? ' ; : : ' -
' "' Willey Denis— "On the Behavior of Various Aldehydes, Ketones and -
Alcohols Toward Oxidizing Agents." ' ; ; . \u25a0 ;
June Etta\Downey— "Control Processes in Handwriting: An Exper
imental Study of Verbal: Imagery.", v: : 1> . .1
. Grace Maxwell Fernald— "The ! Phenomenon;: ; o"f^Teripheral-.Visiony
: - as Affected by '=\u25a0 the Brightqess of Background * and by/ DarkJ Adaptation."
Lulu Pace-^--Fertilization in'Cypripedium."; .; ;,^ 1 . ; >> v'< ; ;v. \u25a0•\u25a0•.'
Floi^ice Ella' Richardson— "A Study of Sensory ' Control in the Rat."
Mary : EmilyJ Sinclair-— "On -a Compound Discontinuous Solutioit
Connected With the Surface of Revolution i of ;MinimumvArea;"
Anna Prichett -Youngman— "Economic Causes of -Large ' ; Fortunes."
"More than, a match for any man," says ]\[rs. Atherton—^and
we point with pride to" these appalling items that demonstrate so
conclusively a redemption from" "the savagery of adolescence;'* V ;
Now, what becomes ; of all the doctors of philosophy .?] If a
doctor of philosophy" should come to' you (discoursing on "the effect
of electrolyte's and nonelectrolytes qn the catalysis of. lmido "".Esters 1 ';
would you run or call the police or begin shooting?; .
Confirms Mrs.
Atherton`s
Diagnosis
A FARMER living in San Joaquin county near Lodi complains
Z-Y that his tfo'y, under 12 years of age, who was shooting with
*• A a 22 caliber rifle/ wasaccostedand browbeaten by a game
warden because, he could not produce * a
hunter's license. ". / ' "7/ ;\u25a0
. The incident is important . ( only fas it
serves to indicate, that the chief function of
the v employes of the state fish and game com
mission is the collection of this, tax rather
than the conservation^ of ; game. The sum' of. this tax is very large,
'rurinihg well over $100,000' a year, and it rs expended by the com-;
mission (in a wholly : irresponsible fashion and: apparently -as a
political perquisite. The Santa Cruz News, commenting on\ the
episode, says : V \u25a0'...,. \u25a0"".;. v
Neither boy nor man should be forced to take out hunters' licenses—
certainly not until ; .the* state ; fish; and game commission comes forth
with 'a report •showing.>wljat. it has done . with, the vast -sums it \has';cpl-.
'.'lected from v the citizens of. the state already. . : . " " \
Every newspaper, every citizen, has a right .to demand that : .report.
Every; citizen* should refuse further to swell . the coffers of that ' comrnis
;>sion until it does make a report., ,. = . '; - '^. «r.« r . .
It was a shame" to browbeat that young ; boy who ; was out* in. the .;
; -field .without a hunter's license/, : It' is a 'shame.'.which each -day only,
intensifies, for that ; state : commission ! , to ; j continue' .-to '}. extort /this /tax
.v'from the^citizens of this state; without rendering any: substantial return,,
-and without even accounting for the hundreds of thousands 'of dollars
it so receives. •;..\u25a0' BHkP^^^^^^^^^ -•• \u25a0 \u25a0'*''.
; This * secret : expenditure of -public funds" constitutes^ an-'ugly
scandal which; Governor Gillett; owes- it 4 to^himself to f set; righf;
The concealment enforces the conviction, that these large sums are
iused as a political campaign fund in aid of the machine of which
/'Lydia /Pink htm" Stone is a convenient cog.
Lydia Pinkham
Stone Owes an
Accounting
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I New Cure for Insomnia |
Is so; common an ailment
that . there .are few ; people,rwho . have
reached 'middle age 'who have not \thelr
pet 2; remedy ;i for • . the ; annoyance. \u25a0';.*> The
causes lof i sleeplessness^ are r many and
solvarlous^ that Jdoctbrs^afef apt
puzzled 1 .-when consulted *byi'theirCpa-
tients r i They , may/ be : purely iphysical^
and in that case -a, llttle'extra attention
toVdiet is.. very Y often"" all < that . IsTrre-*
quired.: They, may;- be /due" to -mental
.worry, arid: then there 'J "isj/geiierally^
,trouble; o to be expected.'; The; great fde{"
sideratum^ in S sleeplessness which^ has
its^brigin in, worry: is\to get the mind-in
a : > s\ate"> of i.vacuousness,*:and'-most^me*n'
have r- the i r \ own j. planVof If cr£atl ng f ; that
condi tion ; when \ they/seek < their.", pillow. 5
A favpritet method,. is ; to; recite 'all\the
poetry that , you kho wi u n til I you? Vdrop
off."/: -But; \u25a0 that > Is not]inf allible/; iThere
are ; when •jthejbrain'l will ; ass'ert'
its frights >Vahd V refuse v to ;be- silenced. 1 '
There r is, no for- sleepy
lesshess ': which" can 'be "pronqunced v/in-' :
f all ible • arid \u25a0 unlversai.'V." Sometimes \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 the
simplest, j means \u25a0; ..will X prove /efficacious
.when ;\u25a0 elaborate i devices * : have :\u25a0 failed?
/There,- * '.v-jis "wis^]om;^in Jthe provision
jwhich:use'd_'«to" ; b^JmadeVatcjßntury,£ori : so'
ago ' for . the i kings :6f 'France' when .. tli <r>'
retired! to • rpstl \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0. It. is jseldom J necessary
: a'.chick¥n7iriahe|mlddlefbf
th'eVnight~Cbut' thefe^areHinies^wh'enla
"p 1 ai n b i scui t and VaTglas sjqf C wa ter ; wi 11
give the /relief >tb |an % exhausted^ body
_which -wiliy bring /rsoothirigr'restUoUhe
dißturbed mind.— London 'Globe: '- 1
|; Man>r Millions of Bananas r
1 .As a result' of . a visit to the -'great
banana _ producing^ of^' Santa"
Marta;! so .largely; developed' byXAmeri
can capital, Vice. Consul Albro'L.-; Bur-'
nell of^Barranquilla furnishes the fol
lowingsreport:; ; c.;;,i; ' «" \u25a0 "' "; -- a ,
'\u25a0--The ? town ; of i' Santa Maria ; in , Colom-'
bia t is^sltuatedTieast - of ; Santa- -Marta"
bay.ionrtheiCaribbeari/coast.'ivThe^bay,
affords 5 a"«safe*:: r arichorage \u25a0\u25a0": under «all
conditions \u25a0\u25a0 of HTwojsteeT. piers
putf ships rand vrailroad^inVeasyiJcom-*
munication>for.^ handling £cargo.fV;:iThe'
portii is f -the :" northern^ terminus t of £ the
Santa Marta;railway,\which? runs south-"
.ward'i for; 58 'vmilesioverj a 1 * coastal? plain?
or,* the ; great!. banana* raising S region? of
Colombia/ tDuringUtheiyear; 1908 ' this
road, carried 51,397 tons: of bananas
alone. . *:-; \u0084'.-..\u25a0 .. . \u25a0\u25a0-'•'\u25a0^"\u25a0\u25a0''\u25a0 K^-\- '-..:\u25a0...--.. ;
An ..American *~ and <\u25a0' an ;',.. Englishman;
were.},theifirst^to*Kraise^bananas*|hefe :
for>=export.v*.Their vnrst-fshipmentf.was
made ;( in ;189l;>; and *for«£ 13 w years:? the.
amount ?exportedtibyAthem#and*"6thers
never^reached \u25a0\u25a0 500,000 Ebunches*lns any.
one^y e ar.t % clivqi9o4^S7B7,244svi;buhches*
were » exported,"* andt-ihl 1908; f2,241;580
bunches. v -It -;is*testimated:- that iwithin 1
four,or.;five'years.not;lessithan:s;ooo,ooo
bunches !? of
annually. •; \u25a0 . ;.mp|M
vAThe i current ' prices in gold %l orLffif st
clasßsfrHltiper^buhch|arofds^folldw3:!
August-February. ! |2oScents;*MarchWahd
July,f;2s| cents ; £April,?j May l| and rjune *
\u25a03»9centß:y;.Half|the'Jforegplng|prlc^sJis'
paidDfor second %* class.*
'•Many.sbfV.theT producers «-,liave?! assured!
themselyesfofla«market|for|their.lfruit
ati,the p above ?r prices vfor.r'a-period^bf
five.;years : by ; havingiientered Jinto^a
Pany? 5 * ' ykh the Vnited.^rultvcom-:
rGossip of Railwaymen ;
AS everybody i knows \ William Hood
is .one of the mildest mannered
,6f men a"nd' his, language -is the
reflex yof J**a." mind .which admires
moderation .! in, everything, and ; a
heart which harbors no," ill will, even
to,a niarifWho^has no understanding. of
thei higher mathematics^-'- ' \u25a0'
Hood never uses strong language, at
least so he "says. lie argues that .the
.use j of .^ words not. found- in .the vocab
ulary of the- purists is so much waste
of energy and should be . avoided."
There are others who say differently,
but.not in the- hearing of Hood.". There
is one gentleman living across the bay
whofkhew, Hood. well Vin : his early daysl
.^"1 niet him," hesaid," during.the good
old. times of the Central Pacific, when
Charles Crocker and' Strowbridge were
alive.' / Neither of the - two had any
technical education, but both: men had
ah overweening belief in their own tal
ents, and said that a man with an ounce
of was worth . a dozen men
wlthjtons of knowledge when it came
to building railroads.'. -
>*: : "Crocker " and^ Strowbridge were al
ways relocating the . line*; "of the Central
Pacific, and poor old Montague, who
was chief had to -obey 'or else
go. He 'obeyed. . ' *
'"One day, there came to camp, I think
it .was'at Promontory, a dapper young
fellow, with the blue eyes 'l
had ever seen," well dressed and jaunty,
with an air of . determination quite Ibr-;
eign to the men. about f Crocker ; and
Strowbridge. He began to talk. : His
conversation was original, and ' his re
marks about; the big men of the Central
Pacific were . un i que : and' strikingly. true.
He then began to swear... I had been on
the frontier for many years, had • been
also in the? army? in. the ; war, s but t for
startling) comparisons, 'declamatory de
nunciation , witty personalities : of the
most 7 , lurid; order he was -unsurpassed.
If those' heaven born railroad builders
had heard Hood's remarks there" would
have been murder.; . \u0084 -
'\u25a0. "His rhetoric was, flawless, mind you
I had ' only just j left i West Point ; : and
could . . appreciate; '[classical allusions.
Charmed with. 8 , my .new -found friend I
asked .him \u25a0 his "name. He stared at me
for a, moment .and then said sharply. -'
:;''.'William Hood.'.- :, r v :--j
: VI have; a story which is almost as
good .as tthat," ; said; another railroad
man. "of \u25a0William Hood; v, * : .
"We iwere compelled to; hire a team
in Los'Angeles.'yand Hood was most
particular about, the 'horses.:/ He had to
make Uhe [ point where* he was . going in
a, certain time, and he impressed on the
men .; the" necessity of .covering I the " dis
tance! in : so" many ;hours.,- All the : usual
promises were /forthcoming -and also
the usual profanity.^ : -. : .
r *VMy 4 friend,'; said Hood, 'don'tswear.
It shakes ; my: belief .in .you, and besides
your -language is'horrid.' . ..'\u25a0-<: \u0084
5 "We 'started.;' The l"team L broke down,
and ( then y, Hood: let loose ; such a' torrent
"of expletives '-as % would have made
Bancroft "stare and put" to flight- every
operating man i ln Ithe country. '
"'Why 'don't, you say ' something?'
cried Hood to' the stagenian. in
thunder* don't "you swear?' '\ ":
'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0; ".'HoWiCan I?'. asked the^ man humbly;
/youhaye : left, me/ nothing to say.'" \u0084
'C:: S. Fee, passehger.' traffic manager
of ;'the:'Southern" < Pacific,'Varrived ! -in" the
city, yesterday ;.faf te^his trip, to .Chicago,"
where he' had -been on-."genefal;business
of tfce '; corapariy, and Y also lin regard to
the" advertising of the .Harriman lines
for; the 'ensuing "year. - .
s"The:Harriman; lines,"- said Fee, "will
do as mucll: advertising as ever, and
"even more. 'We have -found that the
illustrated"^ lecture {is } one' of the best
advertising/means ;we;can employ, and
we; shall-; have three \men in the -field
during; the year. One is to be in New
York, •'anotherjlri^ Cincinnati and a*nother
ih'a Chicago.";- iTheSflrst two are :to :be
booked regularly, '^except, the 'man' in
Chicago, who %is to answer 'emergency
calls.' ~\ \u25a0 -'\u25a0-:\u25a0 ;"- ,'*-.
"I suppose' you - are. .aware we have
a': 'man in London :af Earl's;cOurt: lec
turihg, -;and>his . lectures . are ' attended
by/ vast -throngs? v The < o.ffice \u25a0 is besieged
withpeople: looking , for information
about Californlarand thelinquiries conic
fronrthe'solid classesTof the community.
I .expect we? shalL:secure'-a vgreat'num
ber/of English] families, attracted -here
by .these? lectures. ' .- -_ \;. ' \u25a0 ;;\u25a0 '''•"\u25a0 :'
'"v: '-"WeT'shanT: go* into- the work of com
munity~advertising-, more extensively
and-; shall ; cover i "every; ; section .of the
country ;;'f fom'Puget sound to El Paso.
We shall pressj this .work hard and falso
do. a great deal of - work" in printing
pamphlets. 1*",1 *", \u25a0 ' "S.
\u25a0;.; '^Judging from what . I heard from
our, agents .in 'the ; east we shall have r a*
bigs travel Ho the 'coast ithl's fall. ; There
iaiav great i deal- of i inquiry; about I ; the
Portola festival,-; and 1 as : ; the \u25a0 railroads'
have arranged^for.'an'i 1 extension rof- ; the
tickets fpr\those>attending the Seattle
f air^ solas' to stake in\the- time, when" we
holdj our . festival;' 'we-< may 'look for • a
big. travel." • "\u25a0 ii -.; •>
"vE.'E.:- Calvin, -vice president and gen
eral manager,; ot 'the-: Southern 1 . - Pacific, 1
left the . rai lroad -: hospital Vyesterday, for^
horned and Iwhen ! Mrs. i Calvin, iiwho'iils
also in a ;:hbspital,''r : has" sufficiently,
recovered < from : ari 2 operation;'for'ap
pendicitis,'- they /will leave;; for; a* short
stay ; iri the country. /' , f
<-:::r ; - r _;•/:-.::\u25a0•:-;'\u25a0 '-•;.-\u25a0' ';•'\u25a0] ;-'.•\u25a0
V A committee -: of , the locomotive, en-,
girieers of the Southern Pacific is I.holding'ltsj1 .hold
ing'ltsj annual meeting In ithe. city..- :-i
Letters Fromlhe People^
\u25a0 DESIRE .CONCRETE CURBS
Editor ; Call : r^ '\u25a0 '" > ;/ "
*-.Owirig.^\to_: considerable _ misunder
standing of :the*.' position "of the San
BrunoVavenue improvement club in ' re
gard "to thej; proposed new, ; ordinance
relative to. concrete curbingfwe "feel
our ;*p6sitiori ; should be h made clear-Tto
thefpublic. r " : -"•"'. \u25a0 '\u25a0_ ,
r. : "ln the; first. place, we havel no desire
to^aritagorilze:- any,- public ':- officials V or
corporate i;b"6diej3. "',< - : -^ ';; S'--'**?';-'"' ~;
isWe2have^.only^the>good of ;"our dis
trict Tand^ all'; the*, outlying Vdis'tficts^of
the" city ; and /county," of / San-; Francisco
in mind. l^ t Wlien-_ our « sewers ; are -laid
we '.wlH>ha.'ve y'nearly? : 4o'i miles^ of Vside I'
walk curbirig . to'; be '\u25a0', constructed: r Under
present'-' conditions f the •cost/of -granite
curbing,: would- be !abqut]?2Bo,ooo,vwhile
th'eVcost'; of curb iwith'^ -gutter.
atta"ched'\would';beTabout?s7o,ooo,':thus
saving !the>commuriity;s2lo,oooJ'"f ";\u25a0;.:
%^THe^durabilityj and eervice'of. concrete
are'vunquestloned;iri - ; theTci ties 'that tsur-'
t round |us;) and jc» fferi an "}\u25a0 inducement 1 foir
*ourlresidehts|to Jgo Jthereland jliye;,' ~\
MWe^^risiderj'thelrgrea.t^rsaying arid
beauUfulSappearancalof J concretes to-; be'
the|Bolution^bf HhesVubuVban: upbuild
inglprbblem^bf iouir "cltyTS" ;
J Wo therefore idesire^hV'cp-bperatlpn'
of '* allfcivic^ani^f mproVemer^t r"clubßr "clubB -to
aid^usiihl|tliis^i,work; "'."\u25a0' ':•*. \ '"•• [<* .
'^iThankirig|,you;:for : the: use of your
valuable ispace/f ( l^~am^;;sir, ' r
'?\u25a0. "_-r"|V-;*-i: 'X ;ltespectf lillyf yours,' . y> * \
. ', '\u25a0 \u25a0 "" ' 'jI.GEORGB^Y.^MQRTOX,v: : ;
Secretary <San- ; Bruno- Avenue improVe-
THE SMART SET
THE new-s*of an occasional wedding
drifts across i the' social -horizon,
. and although r - the details: have a
simplicity that, belongs to "the affairs
L of 'late /summer, there Ua the never
failing.: Interest that seems to be at
tached;, inevitably ! to such-events. The
wedding. that is _*the gossip of the day
andra topic of particular' Interest in
•the -army set. .is that -of Lieutenant;
•juiin Stuart .Williams. U. S. A./ and
'Miss Henrietta Walker, the charming
daughter, of Mrs. Etta B. Walker of
Los Angeles. The pretty ceremony will"
take^. place tomorrow evening in the
chapel at he; Presidio, and the;ofQclat
ing will be Rev. Edward
Morgan. It will be remembered that
the i v'wedding of Lieutenant . Walker,
the brother of .: the bride elect, and
Miss Willis Williams, the sister of
Lieutenant* Williams, was an event of
the summer in the 'same chapel and
the couple . .will- be the . attendants at
the" wedding tomorrow evening. \u25a0" that*
is to, say, Lieutenant Eugene B. Walker
"will give the bride away. - while the
bride will be attended by Mrs. "Walker j
as. matron of "honor. "Captain John
B. Macy, U. S.A., will act as best man.
The scheme for the wedding will
be red, the artillery, color, but the only
elaborate detail -will be in .the matter
of ; decoraMon, as the reception after
the ceremony .is to be informal - and
only relatives,' with tlie intimate friends
of, the. couple,' are: bidden to the ,wed
ding. Lieutenant Walker and his bride
will sail , Thursday": for . Honolulu," : and
will be ' accompanied ;on the transport
by Lieutenant and' Mrs." Williams, who
are t going to the Phihpplnes.
\u2666 . . - » • i
- The -officers of the Army and Navy
club will' greet their friends this-aft
ernoon ;at a "reception to be held* from
2 >;o'clock until ; 6 at* the .clubhouse in ;
California' street," and a large number
of 'guests are expected to. enjoy the
hospitality of these genial " hosts, who
have been . responsible for several of
the most interesting social affairs of
midsummer. '\u25a0 The afternoon" reception'
is held every 'fortnight, and those that
have already become social history in
the club were delightful occasions," and
the reception this afternoon promises
to be quite, as -enjoyable as those pre
4_4 _ v One. of... the .first dancing, parties of
social, importance this^month, and one
that will be anticipated with pleasure
by .the members of the younger set, is
the dance to .be given August 11 by
Mrs. James A."F,olger in compliment to
her. two attractive daughters, Miss Gen
evieve- and; Miss Evelyn Cunningham.
The affair is to -he. held at the Folger
country home at ;Wobdslde, and .the
guest. list is composed of the girls and
<boys home for vacation, who will enjoy
this reunion before leaving again 'for
school in the east or at various, places
away, from town. - ,
- *\u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0 •- \u25a0 .'* •.-
The Richard, Spragues have .decided
to build a . country home sat Fair Oaks
that, will be. one !of the most attrac
tive of the! suburban places, and their
friends , in" town" are pleased "over the
prospect of "having them so " near- w|th!
SPAIN'S MANY REVOLUTIONS
"Spain has been second only^-to
France. In the- turbulence of ' its history
arid" the 'regularity ''with which -ni;ars ;
and revolutions, have stripped it of its
youth' and Its territories and .altered
its/form of government. ".
(The last great upheaval wa3 that
which resulted in three different forms
of republic and a military dictatorship,
in the stormy years which preceded
the, restoration in 1875 of the monarchy
with Alfonso XII as king.
The founding of the_ kingdom of _the
Asturias' dates- back -to' the eighth cen
tury; that of Navarre to the ninth;
Castile and Aragorr'were founded re
spectively in 1033 and 1035. The two
last were united in 1492.
Spain reached Its greatest glory and
power in the 'sixteenth century. The
Hapsburgs rilled from 1516 to 1700.'
when the >Bourbons succeeded them. .
The. throne wasgiyen .to" Joseph Bona
parte In 1808 and the peninsular war
kept the kingdom in a state of fer
ment-from that": year until .1814.
Charles IV, a weak and' ignorant
ruler, -"- was 'responsible for Napoleon's
accession and the; peninsular war. His
j .wife, Maria Louisa of Naples, : wasf in
love with' a brainless young:man named.
Manuel Gbdoy, and she prevailed on
Charles to make Godoy prime minister
and generalissimo of the army and
"navy.. Godoy was beguiled by Napo-'
ieon.iby a promise ;of principalities for
himself," to* allow the^ French army to
march'!'' through "'Spain to Invade Eng
land's ; ally.r Portugal. -When" it was
'too; late; the Spanish people- awoke to
.the situation, and the peninsular war
' ensued! ' - : ;'. T . .
• Charles abdicated" at ..Napoleon's re-,
"quests and" his son.^Fernando, was taken"
tO;France a: prisoner. \ In his absence.:
a party. pf.' r extremists - met -at -~. Cadiz
and. adopted new constitution, which
was altogether, different ', from anything .
the country had had, before.': Fernando
repudiated it when « he came \ back from ' .
France : mi 1814;;* but- a revolution made : .
-:- N ANSWERS' TO QUERIES
I .. XOT A CITIZEX^-Snbscriber.?Napa. Cal." v I
: was broughf-to v . the United States vrten 2
; ' months : of ape., \ My ,• father ' made a declaration •
| of \ Intention to ; become \u25a0a ' citizen of .* the . United s
I States, bntidld' not > take jont : his .final ' papers;
\u25a0 Am* I*' a :.cltiien--.by .-reason Vof his, first act='
toward*: citizenship? .It', not. tvhat shall ' I \u25a0do
j to .become; one? t ;\u25a0 ' ' .
|; : Y6u'-are-hot, as j*our father did not,
| become 7 a* 'citizen. . "'The law provides , ;
\u25a0that ''the childreVi of persons who; have
! beerk^ dulyj naturalized, -being ' under.-:21
yeafsTof-age at-the" time of the'^natur
alization Jofi their,:, parents, Jah'all, if ,>
dwelling in the i Uni ted , States,^ be "conf " ;
sidered; as -citizens thereof." To '.) be- \u25a0
come a citizen will depend whether you *
are^still~ a ' minor ; or< have passed'^your
; minority." ,, lii i absence « of ."such \u25a0 In- i
.formation , lri" * your, letter -\ of ; Inquiry, ;
suggest that^ you call ; at the superior,*
"court ;bf^the ; county/ in : which you '-live'
and ! be ; advised;; as ; to what course^ toV
follow in" the mattec. -. .
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NEWS MATTER^-F. E. ' X.,' City. . ; Can a
: young s man "who Is ' able '• to : secure * Interesting '
news \u25a0• matter.; In? San-; Franelsco '-. find ra * market : >
f or ; the ; same ; In; the f east ? :
" It would : depend .upon " the kind , of
matter obtained^ •? Some "^of * the eastern -
magazines JoY "syndicates -could answer-.'
after seeing what ; you-offer.~
:'-s- a- \u25a0. : -- v ;:r-.*. c> - :*/:'.*:*-. \u25a0..\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 - '
C.'C.'P.t '£ U a.person born
in i San ;\u25a0 Francisco of - Chinese^ parents •an " elector .
of . the \u25a0 sjate •of > California -by right _ birth ? .?.
.-. "A !Vmale chydvborn ;to ; Chinese parents .
in i California .tor y in/any ,7o_f United •' "
States i lsja"riatlye;bf- r such state, and on v ,
attaining theage.of 21 is entitled to ex
ercise- the ; right: of ; franchise by reason
of birth: ' ' -
\u25a0 *«~. A : y "-'.. \u25a0 ••\u25a0•• \u25a0.'•—< ' # :
ALIENS IK NAVY— P. J.^ A*:;: Yerba Baena
Island. .'\u25a0 Cal. *. -Is -it a . law --' now » that .: an - alien ; ~
who has • serred > in - t!ie -.United.; State* \u25a0 nary «\u25a0 or "
marine ' corps r may tx> naturalized ; without decla
ration •of v lntention? % ~x : »- - -."
.'The'ihat'uralization law; of the- United '<
IjStatesj as Jamended^atlthe^ flrstr session
AUGLJST 3, 19Q9
their attractive \u25a0> daughter' • Miss - Isabel
Sprague, who' has been" enjoying an
• 'Vxteridea visit* as the ,, guest ; of, Mrs.
Eleanor Martin at the home of th« lat-
Mrs. .James Ellis Tucker Is in -town
for a few days, ,but probably will re
turn to her country place at St. Helena,
where'- she has passed most of the
summer days, with' the exception of
these /brief trips to "the city,- which,
have* never been extended over more" •
" than three or four' days, when this pop-_
ular matron has returned- again to
"country homo. hSS
Miss Ethel McAllister Is home' again
after a delightful outing and camping ,
trip of. several weeks ih the Sierras. .
She 'probably will remain at her home
in Jackson during the later,
weeks of the summer, but has been ..
entertained almost constantly otlt of
• town this season*.
Miss Julia Langhorne- wilt remain at.
; Colorado Springs for -several days.,
.longer and is not expected to" return
until August 15, or even a few days
later. . . ' BuM •
• • •
Mrs. Obed Harvey and Mi«s Genevieve .
Harveyi who have been at the Fairmont
for a brief stay, returned a few days
ago to their home in Gait, where they
passed the summer, but varied tne sea* %
son in the country with occasional »
visits to this city, where they. had many
friends and. were delightfully enter
tained. Mrs. Harvey and her daughter
enjoyeoVa stay of several days thelast
trip and were the incentive for a num
ber, of informal affairs, at the Fair
mont. - ' • <
, • . .• * • <
- Mr. and Mrs. George Howard of San
Mateo are anticipating a series; of trips
, during the late summer in their new
touring car, and will leave for a tour
of the south soonV^BHHHBnBHBI
A recent concert in San Rafael, which
,had the', picturesque setting of a gar
- den the interest of a summer con
cert out of doors, was given at the
home of Mrs. James Willard, and the
proceeds. of the.afternoon were. devoted
to charity. \The program was,, one of
exceptional merit, with vocal solos *by
Miss .Ruth Powers, the talented daugh
.ter of -Dr. and Mrs. George H. Powers;
piano numbers by Miss Katherine-Cray,
and* violin selections by Miss Phoebe
McKenzle, who was also accompanist
for Miss Powers..
..,-•\u25a0 " • • •
Mr. and Mrs. "Harry Stetson have
moved to. San Mateo and are estab
lished at -the. Davis home for a several
-months' stay. . ;
-- •\u25a0.' • . *
Miss Roberta Heath - has returned,
after- a delightful visit at .St. Helena,
during "which she was the house guest '
of Mrs. "William Alston" Hayne, who
has been enjoying an extended stay at
. the. picturesque place. ' . >-
- • - * . • \u25a0 •-\u25a0_\u0084
/ Allan Powers, who has been^passingr
the summer, or at least a part 'of the
outing season, at Tahoe. has returned
\u25a0 to his home in Clay street.
him see things in ; another light in
1821. ' e t' :^ ' '\u25a0*' ; ''*'{\u25a0
- The of Jthe revolutionists
was -short lived, however, . for in 1323
Fernando enlisted the help of French,
arms and administered a beating to •
his own impetuous subjects. .When ho
died in 1833 he enjoined upon his .
wlfjß and his infant daughter, '.Isabel,,
to preserve intact all the regal prerog- :
atives. Maria, found this harder to
do than to . say, because the people,
whom,- Fernando had persecuted, had
rallied to Don Carlos, who claimed the
throne, under Salic law; and the
queen regent found it difficult to main
tain her position without their support.
Then followed a long civil war.ln
which Don Carlos'" pretensions were
disposed, of. but the. despotic leanings
of the queen were so at variance with
the democratic views of the party
which .supported her, that Spain Was
plunged into a period -of turbulence,
pronunciamentoes and civil revolts
which' culminated with Prim and Ser
rano's successful- revolution of 1863
and the flighf of Isabel to France.
Then " followed the period described
above, in which* Spain tried a variety
of forms of government. ' Alfonso .
XII, who was restored to the throne
at the ? end' of it. all. *was the only "son
of Isabel. . A jnew moderate constitution
was adbpted.Tand. still .remains in -use.
for the most . part. The years which
have passed since then have been com
paratively, tranquil. , Alfonso XII died
at the age of 2S, and his widow, Maria.
Cristina of Austria, became un
til her /son., the present king, reached
his majority. " "'
The threatened secession of Cuba
brought on . the Spanish-American war
in 1898; and Spain lost -all that was
left of her J ancient western empire.
To the nation as a. whole this was de
sirable freedom * from sui old "burden,
but the loss of the. colonial markets
dislocated • certain- -manufacturing- in
terests, especially in Catalonia. Thl»
accounts * for the « fact that the sep
aratist tendenqy \u25a0 has always remained
strong amongr'the Catalan.— New Yoflc -
Evening- Post/ . - -\u25a0".-- _
of the- fifty-ninth congress provides
that 'any, alien In the United States
navy or marine corps who has served
nve years in the United
States \ navy . or one • enlistment' in the
United States marine corps, and honor
ably discharged., shall < be admitted to>
cUizen3hlp^upon his. petiUon:. without
any previous declaration of his - inten
tion.to become a citizen." \u0084.- .-"*.
.•."-•\u25a0 •*•\u25a0'.
IJXDEU BRITISH FLAG— R. ». F..* Sacra
?/ n *K* ,; Are L, vi?u i?. ste * mm * r9 Asia *nd Persia
of the Pacific '. M*U i steamship company - gull
under abe Rritisli ; dag ;and iHrmltte.l to* e*rry
passensers Detweea;S«n>ifrancla«o and Hotnolnlu.
They - still, fly the: British flag. They
are: only permitted to carry passengers
in transit. •
-MARRIAGE MCENSES— M. P. C. City.
What are marriage license requirements In Cali
fornia as to length of residence at ' any place
before license can <be obta hied 1
There Is nothing In the law that re
quires any particular tim^ as to resl-
PAPKE-KETCHEX— A. C. V.. City. What »
the nationality ;of the parents or - Packe •\u25a0* and
of-Ketchel? .
Papke's parents, German; Ketchel's
Poles.
ROPE : JUMPING— A: E.. North Berkeley
Si l WhSt i<f the '\u25a0 T^!i f ? r fO»« -Jumping! of
None of the lists that record athletic
events give that lnformaUon. v
\u0084•\u25a0"-'*'.. . • \u25a0 '
FORESTRY— Subscriber. City. When was the
name -of the bureau of forestry changed to the
present t on». or forest service? , ?
UFE SAVlXO^absertber. Eureka, Cat. How
many life. saTlnssUtloaa are there oa Ut P»-
Eighteen,