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/ I >HE pictures shown on another page of this issue -offer a
1 ..." comparison of convincing demonstration of" what can' be done
c by the scientific and businesslike expenditure of public money
m road making. These pictures show a ban
Joaquin county roadway 'before and since
the money raised on an issue Of bonds for the
purpose was applied .on. the highways. The
contrast .makes a revelation .that requires
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no'comrnent .Ear-h* last year the farmers'. of San Joaquin and the
businessmen of Stockton and other towns within- the county made
.upltTieir minds that the slipshod and wasteful ways of the past in.
relation -to the care and construction of roads were commercially
ihjuribu'js and, in fact, intolerable.- The' people backed them and
voted a large sum of money to be raised on bonds. Its administra
tion. \yas put in the hands of accomplished, businessmen of demon
strated executive ability. They selected Frank A' West, S. .P.
Elliott and Burton A. Towne as their highway commissioners, "and
voted bonds for 51,890>000 to be" expended by them in making an
adequate system of county roads. The pictures referred to serve
to ,slioV . something of what. has been done, and the: revolution 'in
road rriatcing that. is in process :iri San- Joaquin. Politics has been
kept out of the administration of the funds, and the" commissioners
have given their valuable services to the public without ;cpmpensa-
-good roads movement is becoming general. ' Toda}-
Contra \u25a0 Costa : county votes on an issue of . . bonds • with similar
purppse.:': It will be a great boost /for the county if it' gets; in.
line with i the movement. ..;.:.:'. \u25a0;.;:\u25a0': '' \- \u25a0
Roads in San
Joaquin and
Contra Costa
will undoubtedly be many disappointments in ambitious
: I / : ;citits arising out of the coming census returns, and Chicago is
• A- making up a sour, face because the' confident expecta
tion, of 3,000,000. population will not be real-,
ized. Indeed, : the figures'.will not conjefany
where. near that total. \u25a0•.'. \u25a0' .'
The school census of Chicago, recently
taken, indicates a :populatiprr of only 2;i00,0Q0,
-andHfre: director of the federal census. for the city intimates that this
: estimate, is about right. Of coarse, no exact figures have. yet been
given out by the federal bureau, but approximations are suffered to
becomev public. In. further confirmation. of the school census esti
mate, the iiiaker of the Chicago directory admits that he can not
;firguire but a greater population than 2,367,334 within the city limits.
Nbw" the Three Million club of, Chicago will have to take another
ten years for fulfillment of .its aspirations. •'.. i \u25a0
.'.;;*\u25a0 :Bqt Chicago has been doing very -well in the last ten years.
In. 1900. the population was 1,698,595. The town appears to have
made a. growth of at least 500,000 persons— -more than a 25 per cent
gain. There is no cause for complaint in these totals, and tlie
resources of annexation have not yet' been exhausted. . It ."is inti
mated,-indeed, that Chicago. may yet reach. out and take in- a part
...of the state of Indiana. " .• • ""' ' -' '. '.
.\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0•ln "the meantime the town' is complaining of the shortage of
- babies in" the fashionable residence quarters. ; The 'superintendent
of census says: -: •\u0084. \u25a0.
• •': Judging from the number of marriages and the size of the birth fate
. of the various nationalities, -the future Chicago 'will be the cityvof-.the
German, Jhe Slav and the Italian." In contrast with the low percentage of.
infants in the twenty-first. ward is that of the twenty-seventh ward, the •
heart of the Polish district. There the total population is 123,265, i0f
which 8,888 are infants, a. percentage' 0f"7.2.
In thefashionable residence quarter the percentage of babies is
onl>' 2.9 per ?ent of the whole population. The Three Million club
is disgusted over these returns, but sets of resolutions do riot appear
. to exert much influence- over the matter of race suicide.
Census Figures
and RaceV j: .
Suicide". /
IT used .to c be a political maxim that a surplus was ; easier to
handle than a deficit. This was one of those m'pp'ant half .truths
that come trippingly off the, tongue in campaign -seasons. The
nation has not been troubled by any ''.'incon
venient surplus for, some : time past, but \u25a0? it
seems that the state 'of .'Minnesota ;is
confronted by a problem of this 'Sort... There
is more money in the state treasury"- than (tte
customary uses of .government callrfor, and by -consequence, the
politicians are busy looking for plausible holes- in which it .may be
dumped. A^° Minneapolis i dispatch .says: . .
Not only have large sums of money come into the treasury, but they
will result in constantly- augmenting streams of gold -in- the direction of
the state's coffers, so that Minnesota bids fair to become, a state unique
in the history of taxation— a 'state that" may find; if -. not. necessary ;to
tax its people one cent for. the general maintenance of the \u25a0 state
>\u25a0 government. . • ' ', _ •' . : \u25a0 \u25a0.-
Of course" it wtmld be bad politics from the professional point
of view to let the people get out of the habit of; paying taxes. It
would be <a fatal mistake to discredit the ancient proverb that "there
is nothing certain but death and. taxes." . Labor and pains > have been
spent in cultivation of a cheerful tax paying spirit^ and l^ even ttie
doctrine is seriously propounded that a nation may growfrich .by
paying taxes. Such is the carefully coddled gospel of the; tax eater)
and in that view the heretic who dreams of an ideal, commonweaMi
where the tax gatherer would be unknown sliould^be burned*, at 'the
stake. - . ' ',"f
The present inconveniently plethoric condition of the Minnesota
state treasury proceeds from the fact that seVeral|of'the,bigTcofpora v
tions have at length been forced to pay up; th'ejta)ces^rthe^ h^ivej been
fighting for years. Hence this perplexity of the: politicians- ancl
the fear that the people may lapse into' bad habits if they are
permitted ;to believe: that- a state- can -be run \yithout)taxes^?iv A - J
A State
Free « .
From Taxes
EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL
A Chip of theQld Block
T should be gratifying to all those who have entertained Hhe
hope that effective measures' \yould ; be: taken : to; save the' fur.
seal industry of the Alaskan islands to hear that Mr. Tart has
reversed the order of Secretary Nagelfpermit
ting^ trie; killing: of , seals this season "on' the
Pribilofs. .The' case presented by Director
Tlorhaday of the Gamp Fire club of America
in ;his. correspondence with Secretary Nagcl
was sufficiently convincing, , as -has been set forth in .these columns.
In .fact, it showed that the secretary had assumed an untenable
position.'. The influence- of the bureaus and of " officialism generally
is so strong in Washington that only the most convincing proof
"can avail to" secure redress. . - . .
Mr. Hbrnaday demonstrated -by citations from - the records of
congress in the hearings on the Dixon bill that it- was the intention
.'and .the understanding of legislators .and. the president ithat'Tseal
killing" on the islands should cease for a period of years in order,
in the first place, to 'permit, "the herd- an opportunity i to recover
something of its former .Strength',, and : secondly, by way^of • prelimjn
.ary .to .diplomatic negotiations with, England, Japan and .Russia,' -to
put limits to the-, destructive practice of pelagic sealing.' If the
United States insists on . its right to kill seals -on thevislarids any
•negotiations looking to a limitation of pelagic sealing would eorne
with an ill grace from this country. It is quite 'certain, moreover,
that if seals continue to be:kille.d, : both on land and on .sea,, the abso
lute extinctibn of the herd can only' be a- matter of a sljort time. This
would -be burning the candle at both ends.- •,' • . l . "^
Saii Francisco has a . direct . interest i;i this matter, because the
city has- always be.en.the American "headquarters of : the industry,
and many large fortunes .have-been made in its' pursuit. ' We would
not willingly see' it destroyed by* a selfish and' short lighted policy.
Reversal of
Nagel Order .
on Seal Killing
/*"""S CONFESSING- an imperfect acquaintance with the form of
1 • literature embodied in the "Pansy books,^" arid taking theni
BeS^ chiefly on; trust and the,< certificate" of good mofal^ character
implied in -their general acceptance by the
\u25a0Sunday school libraries," The Call'iwbnders'
if the- library board of >, Palo + Alto was riot
unduly particular in putting, the banojir exclu
sion on one of Mrs.; AidenV;books.^ ' ' t - .
. The aim'of this class of literature is supposedtoxombihe fnstruc-
tiori with entertainment— a- certain emphasis being laid on the former
element; These works belong to the class described: as' "improving*'
and are sometimes ' recommended \u25a0 as^the.' safest remedy for' a 'wet
Sunday. .One would scarcely suspect the devil- of one of these
works as a disguise.: But, apparently, thelcase- ;. is '•. closed, and the
Palo Alto board will-listen to ribthing about the Mormons from- Mrs: :
Alden any more ;than : it vAvould tolerate a revival . of the ancient
scandal, about Queen "Elizabeth. • * \ N • .X". X " ' •:
Indeed, the : somewhat "erratic: idiosyncrasy--that soun(ls ; like -a.
good word f or it— of library, boards in . other places than Palo Altp
has become matter^of- current debate in more than^ one heighborhood;
Tlle sJcerc5 Jcerc ? se of censorship island 'always has been^a^^rilous power,
and responsibility arid^the judgments of : the^censors 'I have, as: often
asnot, subjectedtliemrto'the inextinguishable laughterfof a scoffing
world. ;A recent semiliterary. excursion of this character put Robert
Herrick and H. G. Wells under, the official ban of -Minneapolis.^ In
an older. day it was the practice to 'have the condemned book burned
at; a convenient cross roads : by the public hari^man!% Nowadays^our
library boards have assumed this function "'.'of the; iiangmah-omitting
his, fire. .ViWithbut yenturrng.to decide-in the :case of the; Palo Alto
board, .we may suggest ;that sometimes the^ze^l of; these authorities
is misguided; , / • ;. ' ; \u25a0 : : ". - ; .-; ...\u25a0• \u25a0\u25a0•\u0084;.
Censorship
in Palo Alto
r T7\VQ great ; concurrentvmpvements"are.adTancing;tHc prosperity
I and wealth- of^California by- leaps. and.bomicls..^Tliese^are-the
x development'of'the'oilindustry : ana the \u25a0cxtensioir of 'irrigation
\u25a0 • systems planned- on -a //scientific scale/;;: v :
\u25a0'; .. '", Toother day we noted {the
: !tion pf ; thjß^Orland|irrigatiDn -project;
\u25a0!Ayill]add^millions- to -taxable: values: in \u25a0the^Sac*
-framento ' valley., rln Stanislaus^county^milr
lions nave aireaay been added to the, -assessment 'roll -by the opera
tions of the -Modesto, and Turlock;and; ; other irrigation districts >:Trie
increase invtiie;'Stanislaus assessmeritf roJpforUlre^cur^ent^y.eaiV^s
andVvthe : f Stockton :'^lail;Vca|a^
going^to make up'the|t6tal t as follows:' : "'"'.* :
\u25a0\u25a0.'.\u25a0 \u25a0•.\u25a0•/ Although Stanislaus|county\\'as formerly.; one of 4tlieneaclcrs inverain
Production, and .stilUhast ß2,soo Nacres ; miwlicaf,';l3O,Os6?irKtbarley|ancl^ 1
••\u25a0\u25a0-; J7.oMmSoats^
u/jOZO^acres* iiv grapevines.^ l'. •'•_' -^ ' .' ] C~ ' '\u25a0'' \u25a0 : - '\u25a0 :^ n '^-} "<-"'•'\u25a0\u25a0*.\u25a0\u25a0 "\u25a0'•\u25a0 ; ; -- v
v The pro(iuctioni9ffal£alfa:has»broughtrStanislaus couiity to the front '
;^^ • -V?^. " rcgl()1 V : | n^V tllc i^ ssor ;Sybooks -sho\v-that there; are' 17,344: \u25a0
cows; and; ll,46lvstbck?cattle|iri¥th~eTco'unty. - '•:"\u25a0:-. :? \u25a0 >\u25a0
• Traveling a httle^arthersouth^we^ndUliatMn^Kern county the
oil- industry; has :-add^^;ra,ooo ; ;^
current \ear. The same' things are true, or~will.be true, of> other
counties that are making Wi; intelligent, use of{tlieir : resources., .- .'
Adding
Millions to
Taxable Values
HENRY WAS GONE,
BUT NOT MISSED
' 'Uncle: Hughie" v Tells i; An
"Amusing Tale of Old :
' Railvyayman;' .'•: .'i;
; ;; T| NCLE HUGHIE," as he is
I J .known in' railroad circles up
T^.and'i down; the coast; occasion-;
ally -Is \u25a0; found inva \u25a0\u25a0 reminiscent mood.
During \u25a0 those •: moods he r,tells .of some
unusually amusing- happenings. ;
"I r remember -when " I was • in the
auditing -department of the — — - — r°& d
back in ,'S6,"*'he started in; yesterday.
\u25a0 "The're~were two old'men in that office
whose^desks" weee A within three , feet .of
each -other. V Now.v' Bill, ': as we older
men 'called 'him . (the .office boys' called
him ff r "aiways! minded his
own.: business^. \u25a0 '. \u25a0 . - . .
"Despite his "age he' was. able to ac
complish, more work than v .the ordinary ;
man. He.djd his work andipaid'no at
tention to those around rhim.'What^l^
was coming to when. I started to tell
the story about 'Bilh' and .the otlter
old :' fellow,- happened in the .-.office One
morning -.when Henry > from /a
six :-, -months' - vacation. (?: Every -one in
the : office came up r to ' HenryJ and'shook
hini'by' the hand,% telling him'.hbw glad
they were :; to see [ him ». back. ;". After
nearly, every one in the'offlce had greet
ed | him, 'Bill" arose, ~, walked over to
Henry's desk; took him by. -the hand,
and ;said:v •\u25a0;,. .^., . , "
-\u25a0';-\u25a0,. " 'Going away P Henry'?^ I notice 1 every
one is | saying " gooiiby :to you- and'f'l
thought' I would i.wish you a pleasant
journey".' :, V/ -*.•'
-"And to think," -chuckled Uhcle
Hughie, "that old' Henr,y had just re
turned;,from-; a ' six ";\u25a0 months'. -"• trip, and
the man a't;the next, desk hadn't known
even- of his absence." — ' V .
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Two "appointments were announced
'by the traffic department of the West
ern . Pacific yesterday", C." R. Miller,
formerly with the San". Pedro, Los An
.geles and" Salt Lake- road -at Los An
geles, was appointed general baggsjge
agent, with headquarters at the ferry
building, .and Walter 3. Townsend re
ceived' the appointment : of , district
freight '•;• "and passenger I agent,' with
headquarters at* Oakland. j .
Since the "Western, Pacific .began to
do a freight; business \u25a0 Townsend has
been traveling passenger agent, and his
record has been so good -that "yester
day's .promotion is the result. E.L .
Lomax," passenger trafftc manager, -and
(C.( C. M. Levey, second vice president in
charge of traffic, left early, yesterday
morning for, an Inspection trip over the
road; as far as Salt; Lake City. I. They
will return the latter'part of .the Week/
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1 E. E. Calvin, -vice : president and- gen
eral manager "of the' Southern Pacific,
whohas been in the southern part of
the state" for several days, Is expected
to return' in 'a day or so. ''. . v i
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.Ballasting on. the Oregon and "Wash
ington, line has progressed 'so far that
trains on- the • Grays Harbor branch
pfobacbly will be'j)laced in operation by
August. ls. . '\u25a0>.} r " ."
.-\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0 ':' '\u25a0\u25a0' * --' \u25a0 -.'\u25a0•*.. •'.£•; - •' \u25a0 \u25a0 .'.
\ According to the Tegular, monthly re
port of"; the •relief department of -the
Pennsylvania lines, .issued- .yesterday,
$188,110 was paid to .the ni embers dur- i
ing the-.month of^June. ' The total pay
ments of the relief fund since its estab
lishment ,in* 1889 amount. t0"}28,658,
\u25a0000.20. •;- \u25a0 :-. • ,';'.; .... ..
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' ,The ; Salt 'Lake ;rbute* passenger?-:de
-partmen't has: just issued'-a vhandsoiae
descriptive folder of Yelldwston'e park
scenes. The .trip to.thepark over this
.route from .Los -Angeles* is said to- be
one'of the most beautiful" scenic .trips
in the west. '\u25a0-', ' ." .. ." ; ,
'\u25a0' . .• I '"'.'-; -\u0084'*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0:* "::\u25a0.•../:-\u25a0 *'.--.- , '
; Walter. J. -Moore been. promoted
to Che chief clerkship of "the general
traffic department of • the New 'York
Central lines, under. Vice- President
Daly. • ' .' . "
.'.'\u25a0\u25a0•'••\u25a0 ? '..- \u25a0'",'.;'\u2666.'. "-"l*' I' '\u25a0 * •• '\u25a0'."'."."\u25a0 "
The 'British [(consul ;at". Sallna •Cruz,
the Pacific terminus of -the Tehuante
pecnailway, states that {the freight
carried over the Mexican I VthniusTroute
in -1909 reached- near.ly • 1,000,000 tons.
The Pan -American railway, < cdnnecting
.with -the Tehuaritepec line,; handled of
theM9o9-lo Chiapas coffee -Crop 8,500,
0.00 pounds, fully 75 per cent of which
"went^to London and Hamburg.
\u25a0. .\u25a0•\u25a0-./ ,..:-' "\u25a0••*'.•. •--.r.*- .\u25a0,;%\u25a0•"-''\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0-. ' '. *'"'" '
r; Advices from; Mexico City are to the
effect, that the National lines have
placed . an. \u25a0 order for new equipment
amounting to : $4,000,000 • gold. - It : calls
for 20 .Mallett * articulated- compound
locomotives, -mail, baggage and- express
cars and 3,2oo, freight cars;" V '.
AMBITIONS
lido- not knbw.iwhat: can *be done l^ .'-' ' /: :
With my. perplexing little son, •"'* V
What' fine -profefsioh or.'vocatfon""?"^
Will. suit vhis» wandering inclination. -
.One day h#*_ says ' his"; longings are"
To be a chauffeur .on" a- car; .', \u25a0 \u25a0 ':
Next > day \u25a0'•''he's "careful to expjain
He's s bound, to run a railroad train.
Another 5 day this klry 'dreamer ,
Would "6ark"f or an excursion" steamer;
Again > his. 1 weird i ambition begs "f-J -'••
•He'll be .a • surgeon, • sawing legs. ; »."
Tomorrow it, is -likely, he . * '*\u25a0 /\u25a0'
Ay-major general J.wouldibe, .
Or, ifihe. can- not 1 reach to that, J
A limber ; circus I acrobat. \u25a0" " -
At other times," above"^ them all, \u25a0• \u25a0:"'\u25a0 > * .'•;
He; puts .the £ art -of .playing : "ball; i 't
Again.x" no c* fortune*;'.. will .content
«Is .wish -tlll:he is ".president. ;. ...-
He'dtbe>a ; Jockey,,* or. a clown '\u25a0
Or.telsei a* statesman Jof 7.
But nothing>longjcan \u25a0 give him joy-
Still, thaf Is being- just 1 a 'boy. ',
':~ ~- / ~ -^Chicago News! f
P E.R Sip ;N S i ll;N THE : iCTS;
PROF. ; W.-.W. CAMPBELL 'of the Lick ': obserTa"-*' i
;tory is' at, the^ Fairmont with his family. .They
'-'\u25a0- hare been spending the summer at MrCloud. . . \u25a0
;-'/- : :^'.yi'..': '\u25a0.;,•\u25a0 ;, •_\u25a0- l ; *(\X' • *\u25a0;•. •"\u25a0"•',-' \u25a0"' \u25a0'\u25a0"'*; • '" "'••'
LEOPOLD VMICHELS; returned from ; a vtrip to'
* Europe ; yestftrdny <and " has " taken •; permanent. :
": . apartments at the St. - Francis. >\u25a0" . .' .';-•
.'.' ' '''\u25a0:.'' '"\u25a0''\' 1 . * " <-. ? * ",' "•".*' \u25a0'-\u25a0'•
DR. E.*;R. : BITRNHAM of i San Diego and J. L. ;
.';• Adams .of /Los- Angeles /are 'among the "recent"^
. ' arrivals at the Mans. \u25a0. ' ' .' . ";'";.. .
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REAR 'ADMIRAL. R." F. NICHOLSON, head of
*£ the i: bureau :6t navigation, 'Is -at the .Palace
\u25a0\u25a0• with Mrs. Nicholson. .
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DR. ; FRANK ASHWOBTH, a capitalist .: from
New/-. York,'- ; and s ~ Mrs.'fAsh worth ;. are" at" th«i
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F. B.",WATERHO.UBE, a" commission merchant of
;;•' Toronto,' is r among the frecent \u25a0 arfifals at ; the ;
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S. F. ZOMBRO, M president of the Centralnatlonal '
bank of Los'Angeles^ls" staylng'at tbe'Palace/:
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E. \u25a0; N. BRIGOB . and G. M.r gtark." ;'f nmber men : of
:; SaginaW,"' Mich. , ; are ; guests at , the ' Palace. :
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M.";N. i NtWMAK, < a 'sanitary; inspector froni New
'.'\u25a0 iyork;-*an(l-Mrs.'Newmanare r at^the Dale. ' :
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J. j ;L.^ GILLIS, , state librarian "ot, Sacramento, is
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ROBERT, J;. KERR of Mexico jis * among-;the , re
"rfccnt'arriTals attheSt^Francig. "';' '"'"'\u25a0 ' ' \u0084' ' '
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ALBERT LETTB,'/a. merchant of Los .Angeles,; Is
l ' !
TKe Insidier
Telis how James Lieb left his beloved city of San Fran
dsj:o to assume new duties in Chicago, and how he came
back after tarrying for two long,, dirty days. ,
[T is: not likely that James Lieb, _ maitre
vd'hotelot' the St. Francis, will soon wish
:r /Unmake a pilgrimage to the middle -west
or. the Atlantic border. \u25a0 \u25a0He made one recently, when, an inviting, position
was offered .him as maitre 5 of. .the new. La Salle hotel in Chicago. He
remained just about long .enough ', to have his baggage checked to its
proper destination and then. checked. back again tQ his old stamping ground.
Lieb is one of the best -known men in his profession. He came to
this ; country a about: 20 years :>ago, after having served an apprenticeship in
the finest cafes of' Berlin and Paris. The Waidoff was quick' to recog-*
nize' his merit, and when -that house opened in New York Lieb was one
of the captains in the main' dining room. *-' „
James Wood's, manager, of the St. Francis, met Lieb at the Waldorf,
and^ when he came west >to^ take" charge of the hostelry in Union square
he persuaded Lieb to come with him as maitre d'hotel. That "was five
years ago.
Recently the wanderlust crept - surreptitiously into Lieb's soul, and
jie 'answered the call of -the La Salle management in Chicago., The pic
ture painted by the astute bonifaces of the Windy City was "Very tempt
ing. Lieb listened to the call: Waiters around the hotel and cafes of the
town twill tell you that no man- is 'more beloved by his men than the
subject. of this little story. Lieb- had built.up a perfect organization.^ in
fact,; when he was about l to depart ,his associates gathered together in a
downtown cafe and presented him a. beautiful gold watch and fob. Victor
Hirtzler, chef of the St. Francis, made the address of bon voyage, and he
wept real "tears. .There is no doubt that Lieb had the friendship- of ma
assistants 'and. he. went away regretted. ••
. . But Lieb came back. For two days, he stayed Tn Chicago., That was
all he: could endure. -He possibly said .how do you do to the management,
but he could hardly have become acquainted with his new duties.
. "I changed my shirt three ;times the first morning I was in that terrible
city," ' Lieb said, in explanation of his hurried., return. "And I wasn t
working. Gee! what would it be if I had to work 12 hours a day in such
a>place? V . » • •'• • . . \u0084
"I. saw that it was no place. fo t r me. I told the" management so* Anic}
in as short a time .as 'possible I hati packed my traps and started home for.
California. Any man that livens outside of California is cither crazy or
can't help it." \u25a0 • . •\.'' \u25a0}..'• '
\u2666 ' Well.rjim Lieb is r back again* at the* St. Francis in his old position.
James Woods never employed another man [to fill it. Possibly hV could
not find one just like his old .friend from ; the .Waldorf. And now tho
question arises, What is Lieb gt)ing to "say about that farewell watch? .
Maitred' Hotel Is : -**
*T rue San Franciscan
In coming to California at this time, Gifford
Pinchpt had. in mind as his chief purpose thd
hustling of votes, for his friend Hiram Johnson.
yet California held another consideration: for him which, dollars to dough*
nuts, he couldn't keep out of his mind. It is probable that while Pinchoi, late .
forester of the United States, was complimenting the growers of the rural
districts upon their big melons; big' grapes and big crops, his secret opinion
was that the- biggest and best crops that are harvested at this-western edge
of the continent' comprise yellowtail, tuna, black sea bass, bonito, .skipjack
and. the countless .."other big game fish that make the waters off the southern
California coast the fisherman's paradise. Pinchot knows all* about them, for
the biggest and best fishing he ever had was. down in those waters. Catalina
•was too ta"me for. him-ptoo many people around, too many amateurs — so he
and Prof. Charlie Holden, and sometimes Senator Frank ' Flint and Dr. George.
C. Pardee used to- cruise around -the other islands of the channel and do
their fishing. ' • . *.
• - 'After a big fish had struck and taken the hook for fair, Pinchot neve*
liked to sit down to it. His great stunt was grabbing up 'the. short ' rod»
bracing himself byspreading his long legs wida'apart on. the little after deck
"of the launch and inviting the 20, 30, 50 orsteen hundred pound- fish to do
his durndest. He seldom^ let excitement warp hi 3 judgment, and he could
catch and bring to gaff more big fish in a day than most of the anglers. He
Jbved to get ashore on some or the islands that had little or no population
anddo some first hand exploring. • .' '. •
On SanClemente, Pinchot found a good natured hermit flying, above his
cabin an American' flag, made by stitching together pieces of cloth of. the
right' colors from women V discarded dresses. The following Christmas that
hermit received a large. silk flag and a library of books of the kind he had said
he:liked.(none of:them* named in Doctor Eliot's five foot list) from Washing
tan; D. C. -GiffordPinchot's card was attached. If FL A.;Ballin^er ever goe3
fishing down among the channel islands he'll do well to keep off bleak Sao
Pinchot's Hobby Is
Gaffing of Big Fish
Fresh in his mind the tragic fate o£ Davidson,
the young engineer who lost his life in the
Death valley country * recently, a certain San.
rrqncisco.mme prom.qier.weni down into the" Arizona desert the other day to
.inspect some claims.' An old desert. miner served him as guide,- The heat
*was"|intense. ; One day they, were plodding along some, miles from camp
under a terrific suri, when they ran out of water completely. The,.promoter's
tongue got a fitt|e thick, and he began to weary, though he knew another
hour would bring him into camp.* Suddenly, in that thorny waste, 40 miles
from a house,* he beheld a large Maltese cat square. in the" trail before him.
1 The promoter gave an inarticulate cry. arid threw up. his hands. He knew
he was; losing liis reason! He was about to .fall over in sheer terror when
the old desert miner'said^to him: ".Go'On, you idiot; I -sea. it, too.- It's a real
cat,, and it belongs to a prospect camp about 10 miles across thehiHs. In
this desert you ain't crazy with tjie heat'until you begin to see things the
Promoter Sees Things,
But So Does Guide
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\u25a0STALE BREAD-r-Subscrlber. City. Does bread
become stale; because of the evaporation of moist
ure? ;\u25a0' -\u25a0.;., . -.-...\u25a0 \u25a0-..
It is generally supposed that the
sraieness of -bread arises from- its-be
coming .actually, drier, by the gradual
loss of water, in its composition,- but
such is not the case.' Stale bread con
tains almost exactly .ithe, same propor
tion of (Water as new bread after.it has
become cold. The change is 'merely in
the " internal arrangements "of the. mole
cules of the" bread. •
. POLICE FORCE— J. H. L.. City. What Is
the numerical strength of the police force of
greater New-York?- . . , . . '
- There are 87 captains, 621 lieutenants.
583 sergeants.-. 8.562 patrolmen, 193
\u25a0 doormen; total, 10,046.< There "are also
70 police matrons. ; -* . *
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BAROMETER— A. O. S..- City. What causes
a high barometer? " ". ;\ : .. .:
•* : In- clear/dry weather the pressure of
the -air is greater than in damp or wet
weather. ; ; In dry weather.the air-press
ing *on - th*e mercury In the bulb" forces
ifupward; in wet weather, the pressure
decreasing, the mercury, returns .to^the
bulb., ' . *
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PERPETUAL MOTION— C.:C. R., City. Now
COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION HART H.
<:' NORTH left * yesterday • for a ' fishing trip in
\u25a0•-the Slerra. r He expects to be gone *lx weeks.
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MRS." J." WALDROP and daughter, from Healds
'\u25a0'". burg, are at the Belmont. . ,» -, :
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COXONEL C.iWAHD, a mining man from AUe
; 'gheny, is at the. Stanford. ' V" ;
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DB. RALPH MOTHEBAI/ of Hanf ord Is at "the
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H. CLIFFORD, an automoblleman from Los An
geles, is at" theT Colonial. "/
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, J.- W.; HATS, a real estate man ' from RlTerslde,
.> is at" the Stanford. , • \u25a0 T
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MATT HOVECK, a mining .man « Goldfleld, is
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f J.I M;t BENEDICT, a. jeweler 'from Los Angeles,"
- is at;the'Turp!n.' . •'"' ;".'.\u25a0 ,-^- ..
JAMES L. \ HOLT, a capitalist of Honolulu. '!•
Stewart.^^SßflJßfflHß
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3. FITZGERALD, an attorney from Reno. Is a t
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..VT.V H. BITRT, a businessman .of Seattle,/ is : at
,Z\ the Stewart... o .' •; :* ...*'-°
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; C C. , CARROLL, ; a ] rancher ' from Merced, is at
'-.the' Dale."' *.v. v :>. : ' ." . " \u0084; :,
R. M. PIERCESON, from WatsonTille, is at the
".. /Belmont. " ~\ ••' -.• ." . - *"
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H/M.-HEWITT'of RedlandsHs at the-Manxi
AUGUST2,I9IO
that aerial narration is no looser douDted. "per
.Pftual motion'" comedo tile front a*ali> an tbm
greatest unsolyed problem, and.: In' the .'light «*
w.releas, <&lor photoeraphj- and- aeroplane*, does
not How tfem tmposat&le, to pleAse state what Is
'-$ }!? tSii*. *'^f I i pct ?i 1 « I »'" to «»" machine t» \u25a0
• *" V 5?V 5 ? £ iIL -Scientifically. ' would class for
matorte] be conaMered perfectly, proof - a sralnst
time', work? And are the natural eleienM?
such, as air. light and. water. In their actlre
states.:allftwable for power If "harneimedr* v
so. a fliachlne made of jcUsa.lrt which no fric
tion-enters, and ran by th* air.'. for instance.
w»ul4 be "perpetual motion."
.Perpetual motion is uninterrupted
motiqn <=for all lime. A machine that,
would run for a long time' and would
haveTtostop for repairs/no '.matter how
short the stoppage, would not bw lix
perpetual motion: Glass.' like all other
I material.- is subject to wear by friction, <
for there. ls nothing that has yet been
discovered in mechanical .appliances
that Oust will not reach, and' when that =
gets between moving glass friction and
! wear will follow. To .create perpetual
motion you will have- to dq what, many
others have tried before, get something .
that will not wear out.' : "
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. EGGS— Subscriber.' City, Which'' piece of tabla
ware should be used to open a boiled 'ess "at
-The knifel- '' .*-. • \ \ .; .
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ICE CREAM— City Subscriber. Who fcmnted
Ice cream? a .. , \u0084 .- \u25a0
The credit is given to. a negro named
Jackson, who kept" a 'small
cry store in • Battimore, "Md. made
custards which he> kept . cool /"on J cakes, \
of ice, and they were very fashionable. "
This was in the early part "of the nine- r
teenth century." 'Jack&oh conceived the
Idea of- freezing the custards and he did
this by placing the ingredients in a tin
bucket, surrounding it with ice. Each
• bucket contained a quart.. selling for $1.
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• OLYMPIC cijCVh- Mr»l I\ 'V. JX.. Jcib".
Where was the Olympic chib located la ISTS?
Did not Its rooms , hare -an entrance, on Suttee
below Montgomery?. , ;• \u25a0
Prior to 1563 it had~robms"at tho
southwest corner of Market ami Second
streets. In 1863 1 the club was movtj to
the floor over. the Metropolitan nv*rK*s»
.with entrance at. 35 gutter *tr4«t % Ju«t
below 'Montgomery.^ It remain?.! *Vkpv*
until 1574. when i it mov«d to th# north*
east; corner .of {New Uontf»ra«ry -ami
•Howard streetv, and it/ ws»* f Kk^i <M
there in 1378.
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THE : CROSSES— Reader. OiVUna. \Vfc*t H
the ' *ymboll»Rr of the vto** of: Christ, tb» Or#»H
ero** . and the - Maltese ; ero** J
The'erossJof Christ, or- crosa of C*N
vary, is always erected on thr*ti pyr»- '
midal steps or stage*, slgnifyln r the 1
.three faith. hop«» un.l charity.^
.The Greek cross has four arm* of equal
length, symbolical of the gosp«l» as It
wasjpreached to ithe four quarters of
the earth J>y; the four evangelists.*. The
Maltese cross'isfour arrow heads meet
ing ;> aC the .points. i the^ eight outward
points symbolizing eight' beatitudes and
thecenter 'of the cross the ninth.''