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H-00 Per Year Extra Entered at the United States Poetofflce as Second Class * fattet L_ r _.. c ALL POSTMASTERS ARE AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE SUBSCRIPTIONS. , Sample Copies Will Be Forwarded When Requested Ma/j. subscribers in ordering chance of addresa should.be particular to gh« _both NEW and OLD ADDRESS in order to insure a prompt and correct compliance with their request. • . _. HENRY BUR^ESTER, a merchant engaged in business in -the Mission quarter, urges the enactment of a state law requiring full weight and honest" brands for all packages .of ; food and other articles of domestic consumption. The views of Mr. Burmester are generally, shared by retail merchants everywhere because they are made by their customers to bear thej>lame for short weights, although they had no part in making up the packages, which are sold just as they come from the manufacturer. Short weight or misbranded packages are not as such a source of gain to the retail merchant and they mean a substantial aggregate loss to the consumers. The movement for the correction of this abuse was initiated by Mayor Gaynor of New York not long ago. and he has been getting excellent results. The enforcement of true weights and measures means a great deal to the poor people of any and every great city, and the movement started in New York promises to become general throughout the country. It is a plainly logical extension of the pure food laws, whose object is .to protect the consumer* against the dishonest tricks and adulterations of unscrupulous manufacturers. The improvement clubs of San Francisco are now engaged on consideration of a bill to be introduced for these purposes by Senator Walsh, and there should not be much doubt about its enactment. To make the law effective it will be necessary to provide machinery for its enforcement. A mjre prohibition and definition of such practices embodied in the law will amount to little. It is not certain that the matter could not be reached more quickly as far' as San Francisco is concerned by. a city ordinance. The Pro hibition of Short Weights AT the recant bankers' congress in Los Angeles,, George M- Reynolds, the president of a Chicago barrk, committed himself to certain old fashioned doctrines in relation to the 'rate of \u25a0 1 returns that should be permitted in the case of public utility corporations/ In a word, Mr. Reynolds believes that such corporations should be allowed to make what may be called j a speculative profit, and share an increment of value which they have not earned. This position appears to have been very much in consonance with that taken by counsel for the Spring Valley water company in the litigation now at hearing before Judge Farrington in this city. Mr. Reynolds is quoted : We have in this country 'today men of high political circles who profess to believe th,at a public utility corporation never should be allowed to profit greater than a fair return upon the capital invested, but I am frank to say I am not in sympathy with the statement. If a public utility, such as the building of a railroad in a new country, results in the appreciation of the values of land An the territory through which the road runs, and if the extent to which these values have increased is several hundred per cent, why should not the railroad company itself . be entitled to a relative growth in the value of its property? I can remember when the first railroad was built through the state in which I was born. At that time the land in .the state had' only a nominal value. The building of the railroad, which made the markets for the products of the soil accessible, caused an appreciation of the- value of farm land, until now it is being exchanged at $200 an acre. I can not see how any fair minded person should presume to take the position that the railroad should not- share in the appreciation' of the value of the property, at least as much as it has contributed to the conditions which have made the higher values. These corporations are natural monopolies and if the principle announced by Mr. Reynolds were admitted they would be enabled by their position to take all the traffic would bear. ( Indeed, some of them still contend for this principle, which means, of course/industrial servitude for whole communities. The fact that increase of population follows as a consequence of increase" of public facilities does not -entitle them t£> tax the community to the limit of endurance. This is a case where thehuman sense of justice refuses to permit the appropriation of an increment that has not been earned. In substitution for this' principle and measure of value the constitution and: the laws.; allow these corporations' a. fair arfd reasonable return on the investment. This'of necessity, because a monopoly holds a power of arbitrary taxation- that must be made subject to regulation in the public interest. Otherwise they would be public masters and not public servants. . , . , Masters or Servants — Which? IT is an interesting fact shown by the census returns that America has three of the ten largest cities in the, world. These are New York, Chicago and Philadelphia/ No other country but *~~1 Russia has two cities of the first rank. \lt may easily be that comparisons ; of this "sort are misleading,, especially as regards this country, because of the recent- development of.' the U electric railroad and the consequent increase of importance in suburban areas. It will scarcely be doubted; for example, that Boston, now rated at 670,585 population, would, if its suburbs were included, be entitled to first rank; and San Francisco, if the bay cities and the peninsula /were counted ' together, -would come close to the million mark. In a businessand industrial sense all communities included -in metropolitan area are virtually one and indivisible. They are served by the same newspapers and have a common interest* in the growth of the whole neighborhood. The mere fact that they, happen to be politically or municipally divided cuts little 'figure.. In a word, they constitute a single market. \u25a0:'.'\u25a0 •. * \u25a0'. :'\u25a0**/: The striking development of trolley .car lines has -had an incidental effect of an important character on the cost of living. ; The consequent spread of the ' suburbs^Kas driven "the. market gardens (to a considerable distance from the centers' of 'population. Sari Francisco feels the pressure from ; this cause very. keeiily^in;the great increase of the cost ofvegetables. The suburban '• areas ? that formerly were : devoted to market , gardening are; now: either,^ sold orVonfsale as tracts for. building purposes, and the: supply > of Jrnust come. from greater distances at ;a considerable enhancement-of. cost. Population and the Cost of Vegetables EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CALL IN his recent annual report as commander , of the department of California, Major General Barry makes important recommenda tions concerning military conditions on the Hawaiian islands. : ~ The Hawaiian archipelago is the key to the Pacific ocean and the most important strategic base in these waters. Asa naval station Pearl harbor must become headquarters for the fleet , _J because. of' its central position and the facility with, which it can be fortified. 'It should be made an impregnable harbor of refuge. . . . ', 'In order to insure- the safety of the. island^fortificatio'ns an adequate military support must be provided and to this end General Barry declares : • : V The Hawaiian islands are so far from these headquarters (San Fran cisco) that the troops stationed there should constitute a district of this department under the immediate coiiima*id> of a brigadier general or a senior colonel; this to bring about the proper; co-ordination and co operation of the' several arms .of the service, posts and other, military establishments and interests therein.- " : . ' .— I ....... \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 . . \u25a0\u25a0!\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 General Barry recommends that eight coast artillery companies should be stationed as a garrison for the forts, and that an 'infantry and a cavalry regiment should be added to the force on the islands. He is convinced that a garrison of these proportions is requiredrto insure the safety of the fortifications from a rear attack by a landing party of a hostile force. There is no doubt that on the opening of the Panama canal'the Hawaiian islands will become the.most important strategic base in a"ny part of- the -world. If aan.enemy> y should- seize possession of the group he would occupy a threatening position-in easy reach of the Pacific coast of the United States. "."'-. Protection for the Hawaiian Group A STRANGE and suggestive example of railroad book keeping is brought to light by the announcement that the share holders of the Oregon Short Line will be asked^at once to pay its debt ' of something like $72,000,000 to Uniorr Pacific •by increasing its authorized stock by about that amount.- As far as v the general public = . .'or the financial world knew up to the 'time of; this announcement,-, the Oregon Short Line owed no such debt. This condition was due to the;"!act that the Oregon Short Line has ceased to issue separate annual reports, and its book keeping is merged in the Union Pacific reports. The New York Evening Post, however, has been able to obtain the hitherto unpublished balance sheet of the Oregon Short Line as of June 30, 1909, which gives these figures: ' ASSETS. LIABILITIES. Cost of road ...'.: $ 62,238.808 Stock .- ......$ 27,460,100 Cost of equipment ...... 4,88&,60f Bonded debt ............ 156.078,000 Stocks owned ... ... 159,234,327 Current liabilities. ..... -71,636,752 " Bonds owned ........... .13, 092.*62 Miscellaneous .......... ,2,705,468 : . Cash and current assets. 22,804,894 Profit and loss surplus. . 25,877,357 .Material and supplies... 1,274,644 : -- Miscellaneous. .......... 222,535 Total ...... i. .. .V. .. .$283,757,677 A Queer Example of Railroad Finance Total ...... . . ..... .$283,757,677 • ' • \r It {is conjectured that the; large item of "ciirrent;;]iabilities ?J which are to be met by the proposed, issue of .stock... was incurred for purchases of stocks of other railroads under the Harriman regime. It had been supposed that all these stocks were long ago paid for by the holding company, but it appears likely that Union Pacific has • been carrying the- 'debt. In May, ' 1907, it \u25a0 was brought out before the interstate commerce commission that purchases of stocks amounting to $128,000,000 had been made for the account; of .'Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line, At that period Union Pacific had $55,968,000 cash in the treasury and at the same time a bond issue for $75,000,000 .was floated more or less successfully by Union Pacific; which, with the help of the money in hand, was 'supposed to have been applied on the stock purchases^ Now^it; appears A that on June 30, 1909. the Oregon Short Line was holding stocks <Hsted at nearly '$160,000,000/ on ./which it seems that '-Union -Pacific has a claim: for some $72,000,000. \ ; ; ' ;"..• .. " .; : ; v; ,-. The transaction perhaps does not greatly concern the general public except iii so far. as ! the people, may be interested , in the . 'ever increasing pyramid of capitalization. How the announcement v will strike the share holders: of the Oregon Short Line/is another matter, for apparently they were not previously advised that they owed so much money.*. : \v ' }" ' r . ANSWEPS TQ QUBPIES - FAIB^— T. 0. L.. City. What win the", attend ance at the world's fair in St. IxmlB? . •> The official figures show 19,694,853. •.•'-', - \u25a0 - "-..;• ,••--«\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 , -, ; \u25a0\u25a0-. HARMONICA— F. H. : P., City. Is the har monica played by note? \u25a0 • . \ . No, ',;<' \u25a0 / .;. \u25a0-. - •\u25a0• * \u25a0 THEUUG IC HYMNS— SuhsrrlbW, ; - Mountain ,, VJcw. 'What are Vthcurgic liyruns". ?.,' These hymns are songs of incantation, such asVthose'ascribed | to* Orpheus,- per- ' formed in . the mysteries upon the; most solemn occasions. 1 .'.-./ These ' hymns "are V, the first of w^hidh* there is any: account. It Is : supposed that they "originated in , Bgypt. '- \u25a0' \u25a0 ' '•'\u25a0\u25a0 '-:'\u25a0 -;- . \u25a0 \u25a0 • y -'y \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.-. -."\u25a0-" '>:. -.. \u25a0 / * y \u25a0. * ..•\u25a0•-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 --\u25a0\u25a0... ; • SI:BEETS^-H; ; J; C, City. What 1» the '.width?. of the following 1 named streets: Broadway, New York; Market -street. Philadelphia; Market and Dolores ; streets, San Francisco? :>.-;. . Broadway, s New^York, 80 feet; Market^ street, - Philadelphia, J l oo '}. feet ;V Markat ; street,^ San ', Francisco, -120 f eet, : and Do - , lores street,'^ San Francisco, 1 20'' feet.*;-',; .-^ ""'---/-'-; '•'."\u25a0.*• *;'.V».- ._\u25a0-••_ -^ .'•-':\u25a0'-\u25a0' JIILK JtS?A.-I>llir-^ubscriber, l City." -Can an adult \u25a0 lire \u25a0 on .\u25a0 an '\u25a0 exclusive > milk : diet ?> If r so, ; how. much •bonld \ be taken dally ? -y ~1 .-:''-'; v. , \u25a0: %^ v ,f An -adult ycouldt' possibly iilve;v"and* maintain V body .: weight •* oh £ from I two/ a.nd;a\half, to/threevquarts'ofsmilk^a^ day.Hbut \u25a0 it lis said .that; such a regime \u25a0 \u25a0would [be I neither^ advisable "} norj, bene- . ficial. > Condi tlons^which "S. in ;" an < adult '< demand ; an ;, exclusive^ milk* T diet ; arev so : important; that -it: sh'ould^not. be -at- i. tempted ;*except :.under .the -direction of * a physician.;- /. • \u25a0 MOVING PlCTUßE&— Snbecrlber, City." . How ; fast ' should •• morlne '. plctnres ;'. be ; reeled > off , to produce good results? -_ s -- : . •.• . \u25a0\u25a0,-.\u25a0 • - ;•.,\u25a0.- : - :~: ~ ;j^At^tb.e.rate Y of{44-feet;a;'minute; ; :; :^/;\ .-\u25a0.- .-.. ..,.-.- \u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 ,-. •\u25a0 . \u25a0/-><-; -;; , ;-*r.^. t .ri J '^ r >v i : i/s MaS •COUNTRIES— D. F., C«ty. f Publish a list of -the.coijntrlea of the earth. .- ; : .\u25a0« • v 'This department .hais not the* space to publish such a list. You will' find- It on page 657, -World's 'Almanac for the /current year, ; to be; seen iln the "public ijbrary. . " . - \ .._:\u25a0/;_-\u25a0. ."_' ' \u25a0"\u25a0 . ••.' '-. ,\u25a0 ' • '\u25a0 • \u25a0 .- • '"> \u25a0" ' * ':» SPANISH QUOTATION— Reader,' City." What «f«.t!ie m*anin X of the Spanish phrase. "El Tirlr sterno eg Tlrer conhooar?"- > It is a quotation from "The Constant Prince," 'by Calderon'de; Barca, a cele \u25a0 brated 'dramatic : ; authorj jfand 'f; means "Life is but to live. with; honor." _spA>-s BOOKS— Subscriber, ' ; City. What books ha» ; M;anrtce P.: E^ran written? -. '{A He i has written* "That ' Girl \of Mine,". 1 and \u25a0' Sonnets," i'Thb Theater and Christian : Parents,", "Stories 5 of Duty,"; .VA', Garden of Roses.'MVStadies In iLlterature.V.. r "The J.Watson "Girls," '.'Lectures on English^ Li terature,'.' V'Be •\u25a0 linda"^ and- some others. , ' ' • .: TAFT— -Subscriber;;., City/. ; O«n you " tell me" what - is 'the • present t occupation *• of - Charles \u25a0 P. _ Tart, brother of \u25a0 tbe president, i and ;> where '\u25a0 he i/H« : is; the .: editor? of [the Times-Star, ;. Cincinnati,"* OS, and ''resides at 1 316 i Pike s street,> in that^city. v * "' ;V V..>; *~S "• .\u25a0" " \u25a0 "- '_ , ..:'; •*'- ''\u25a0", • " * '.'• : : \u25a0 ' ' \u25a0 vITHB-MILLS or'THB GODS^Gf. H. Oakland. who wrote "The mills of the trods jsrind slowly. but theyj grind exceeding smaH'*?> : :,n ;; . . The'qiibted' words "are - from U'Retribu; ; t> on"?- by,* Frederick 5 Yon . : Lbgau. '',*-. V •*. • " rr.V-1 :';-. \u25a0', :UVI,--"--': UVI,--"--' •''';•\u25a0• •"rV-' ; '\ o .» -C-'*.'i- .".."." \u25a0\u25a0••t : •\u25a0'\u25a0'^ ;-'-.'.' '\u25a0\u25a0-:• RETVEXUE-ij.'- H*- Sanv'Pedro.U Who Us -the > Internal, revenue fcollector in ; Saa"> Francisco "and 'when, was he appointed? i*"'-^:V ; ;, •-";>7"r^. v".:-!i'vy: i/A.; B. Miienter," who^ was; appointed :octoberJi:: i9os^'-* j *^y: : . : \u25a0•"t^:. -::i — St.. Louis .Star. MOJAVE RAILWAY COMPANY FORMED Line Planned by Southern Pacific^ Men to Run to : V Bakersfield • \u25a0 • V \u25a0 : . . . , \u25a0\u25a0 • -.••\u25a0 A . RTICLES of incorporation of the r\ Mojave and BakersflelJ railroad *\u25a0 * company," formed to build arail road beginning at' Mojave and running northwesterly 85 miles to \u25a0 Bakersfield," connecting at each terminus with the Southern Pacific, were filed yesterday with, the county- clerk. The directors, all of whom are Southern Pacific Offl "cials, are E. E. Calvin, TV. .R. Scott and William Hood. When asked about the cor,poratlon.;iast night Calvin said that there was no intention to. buil^Ja rail-: road at present, but the papers were merely 'taken 1 out 1 for a : survey _\u25a0 that had been contemplated . for . some time. . William Saloman, one of the finan ciers of the. Western Pacific, arrived here yesterday and was met by sev eral of the local officials of the com pany. It was his first trip over the line. • .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- , \u25a0. ' - ; Passing unanimously a resolution in favor of San Francisco as the place for the Panama-Pacific exposition in 1915 the members of the California' traffic agents' association pledged themselves to support the project at a dinner at the^Palace hotel Saturday night. - Many of the \u25a0 leading officials of the big lines were present. .Among those who spoke were W. A. Blssell,' general traffic manager for the Santa Fe; C. S. Fee, passenger "traffic manager of *£he Southern' Pacific, and E. Lt Lomaxi*paß senger traffic manager for the Western Pacific ;. :-.\ :'.±.~' ; ,-• V*.v" i---'". 1 : • In . behalf iof % the Western Pacific Lomax offered' the members 'of the as sociation a trip over the line to Feather river canyon: " President George G. Fr'as'er accepted for the -association. The transportation club of San Fran cisco will make, an excursion to Wat sonville tomorrow to visit the apple festival. • ". : " ' J. M.\Fulton, freight and passenger agent for: the Southern Pa cific at Reno, is visiting here on busi ness. -'\u25a0 -' ':' ; . ;'; ' . ;; ', . \u25a0 ' W. M.McDanlel,gerferal auditor of the McKean motor company of, Omaha, arrived in town yesterday. He will spend, a few days -here' on" business for the company. . C. J.: Lehman, president of the Inde pendent steamship company, with head quarters at Los. Angelas, is in-the city on an inspection of the company's local offices. '> ,\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0.'/'\u25a0•'\u25a0\u25a0<; \u25a0'.. •' "":.:\u25a0 ' •\u25a0' -'•'•\u25a0'.\u25a0 \u25a0:.•*'. \u25a0'•'• -: ".\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0.:•..%.-'\u25a0 J. H. P. Mason, traffic passenger agent of the Washington-Sunset line, has bean visiting'here for several days from Los ' Angeles. . F. W. Thompson, ' general western agent of the Rock Island : system, left last night for Los Angeles, j where jhe will., remain J several days on . business. Lb-.A. Bell,, district freight and pas senger;, agent for the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt . Lake route, spent yesterday in San Jose for, the company. \u25a0-:.-. -.- rjf&t .*,.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0* : *j \u25a0 :-..- .", v CM. Reeves, chief clerk in the. gen eral- r claims '"department of : . the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake road, was .in- town yesterday. . '> T.7A. Dempsey, superintendent of the dicing car, -service for the Missouri, Kansas and Topeka'' road, I has accepted a.' similar -position -for the and Rio Grande.-'lv Dempsey A! was -formerly .the Pacific :. coast"', representative for Fred HarveyiofitheySantafFe. * .;\u25a0; \u25a0'• -:r: r ....•\u25a0'\u25a0•\u25a0;•:^ .' v « \u25a0 ; . \u25a0»'\u25a0;\u25a0- ../• \u25a0-S -..' '. \u25a0\u0084., •; ,A. G. Montague, ; ! passenger traffic agent of the Rock' Island system at Los Angeles, is jin the city } for a - few days. ' viC- * .<-•\u25a0 \u25a0"* .• '\u25a0.. \u2666 \u25a0- '•• •' '-' *'\u25a0-':\u25a0' :\u25a0 ! ? H. -I. Hanscombj agent for, the South ern-Pacific at Alhambra," is : in the' city for a few.'days." He ; .ia en-route;to the east. \u25a0 ' . ' ;_ " • - ' • ; Abe Martin ,- 1 ; wonder, howj many/*lrls 'that prom-; Jsedf tV: love; /honor : .an' rf 'obey in June .wish ;, t h ey .w"u z } back ? am o ng ~ t h' J gen 1 1 c* Influences: o*'"h'ome^anVvth' .^dinner, di sh es ? I: f Next .; t'J a j Ca H f or n yS ra i 1 road folder \u25a0 therJ; halnt inothih". as ;allurin*4 as 1 i aYpoultryj^catalofci-v ..-".\u25a0- -,-„" v^ : *«' UNCLE WALT i^he Bbet Phil^sppner I \valk through the streets of the city, as gay as; a bumblesome'lbeev- arid 'my -Heart-. it Hs singing a ' "' ' ditty of gladness ami sunshine "and glee ; . and then I encounter sopie 1 fellows— the. heart music suddenly stops ; for they lean on ; their green umberellas, and talk Mf the weather and crops. I call at the home of a lady :>y heart and my soul are at ease ; I swallow some drinks lemonady, and pretzels, and fragments of cheese: I'm speaking of poets and mystics— how quickly' the mercury drops, for/some one, is'springing statistics concerning the weather "and crops ! Attired in my modest alpaca, and collar of Byronic roll. I call at the store for tobacco, for smoke always comforts' my soul; I light up my trusty old brier, when in come" some effln-whiskefed Pops ; their voices rise higher and higher, discussing the weatfier and crops. Sometimes, when I contemplate dying, I feel a cold thrill of despair"; I fear that the seraphim flying around in the ether up there may weary of singing" their chorus, and send their : hasps back to the shops, and sit in a circle and bore us with, talk of the weather and crops. copyHrt*. wio.br /7v *YY\ LIFE'S L TROUBLES The Morning Chit-Ghat | ££ A ND yet, I imagine there is a great deal more nn y_k" happiness? in these beautiful homes than in those •** \u25a0* simple little houses we just passed, or even in the city tenements for that matter." I've heard the spirit of that remark in various forms many, many times, and I always disagree, vocally when possible, and mentally when not. • For I think this idea, which many people not troubled by the "burden of wealth"' like to comfort with— that riches and happiness are" incompatible, Is de cidedly wrong. Riches and unhappiness aren't inseparable, by any means. \u25a0 \u25a0 But that doesn't mean they are incompatible. Beautiful walls don't necessarily look down on smil ing faces. But that doesn't mean they aren't just as likely to shelter happiness a3 humbler homes, and I think, very much more likely to, than wretchedly poor ones, for I don't believe happiness gets along with continual hunger as well as it does with occasional surfeit. Wealth may be an opportunity to lead a life of license and self-gratifica tion that will end in utter wretchedness of soul and mind-and body, but it i> also an opportunity to lead a normal, healthy life, full of healthy, happy inter ests and used for doing the work you love,' unhampered by the necessity cf translating your activity into dollars and cents. There may be no more happiness within these beautiful homes than there *is in the humble houses across the street, but I do not think we have any reason to believe there is any less. • V I heard a woman the other day saying that she wa3 glad her husband had lost his money, and her children; had been brought up in comparative poverty, because she thought their characters and habits were infinitely better than they would have been if she had had plenty of money. That seems" to "me almost cowardly. Wealth is a temptation, but It is also an. opportunity. -Couldn't she have trusted herself to deny those children the temptations of 'wealth and give them all "of its broadening opportunities? \u25a0•\u25a0•-. ' \u25a0 There are' some foolish and vicious rich people in this country who out of all their wealth only get unhappiness and restlessness and "ruinY But there are others who find in wealth an opportunity for self culture, and. enjoyment of the beautiful, and community usefulness, that must, surely bring much happiness. *. Maybe you are wondering what's the use of all this talk — why not let people who do not have riches, comfort themselves with the idea that riches bring unhappiness? If you saw any one investing in grapes that yoji knew were sour and bad for them, you'd probably tell them, wouldn't you? Well, you see, I speak because I think the idea that riches and unhappi ness are incompatible Is mental sour \u25a0 < . • -grapes and apt Co cause mental colic. * VXxaXJU .C: cv<-w* «^ _«yy» • 4 The Day of Souls,* a Feast For Sunday Gall Readers In preparing to pabllnh "The Day of Souls" nerlnlly The Sunday Call Is about to offer Its readers a literary feait. This powerful novel by Charles Tenner Jackson, which finds Its settlnsr In San FrancUco, Is a full-blooded and vigorous work of fiction, notable for Its solid grasp of the facts of actual life and their portrayal at once faithful and Inspiring. • In reviewing; the new book the San Francisco Bulletin says: . "A more : virile story _of the city that wm* or one that con tains more stlnsine realism than ', «The. City? of ; Souls* has ; not been \u25a0written In many a day— not since Frank Norrls. It . Is ample proof that anew novelist bas arrived, for It Is a story- of [ dramatic In tensity, powerfully told and dis tinctively] noteworthy among the novels .of the. day because of the human [[ nature which pulses In eterr P«6*. M ' / , /"The Day- of (Souls"!( Souls" ! frill begin publication; in The Sunday Call October 23. . * PERSONS IN THE NEWS ELLIOTT JCAHSKAIi of Moont Clalr. N. J., Is i- a . guest at \u25a0 the Fairmont. He is a nephew of f the founder of the SJngcr sewing machine com : pany and is executor of his estate. '.'•'.' • • - •'\u25a0•.. J.':£.;HINE and J.. H. Keet. bankers, of Spring field,:.are among the recent arrivals at the 'Stewart. They are .accompanied by their : wives. . y P. A. HEKEY of Seattle, who; has \u25a0 large Int«r \u25a0 ests in Alaska. Is' among the recent arrivals at • th»" Palace. Mrs: Heney accompanies him. ' '--,'\u25a0\u25a0*\u25a0 '\u25a0•^J '• ' S' :••'\u25a0\u25a0;•' * " .". HY : J. 'jIEDAY, master of the Silver Trowel ;, lodge, ;U._D., Free"; and Accepted Masons, Is ;at the Stewart," rcfflitered from Loe Angeles." •.;"\u25a0!• •.\u25a0\u25a0<* \u25a0 ;: • : \u25a0 JAMES . A TOSHAY, president of Jthe Fraternal '. -Brotherhood, ; ls. at, the St.. rra'ncls" with Mrs. Foshay, . registered 'from '-Los Angeles. .•."\u25a0-•\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0• JAMES ELLISON.BBOCX, secretary of tie Mis fsisslppi Valley trust company. Is at the Palace, registered from St. Louis. . -M. < ERB, an! attorney and oil opera ?". tor of JLbsl Angeles,"^ is i among * the I recent ar ^ rivals at the SC Francla. : : .. " ' .v-V * : * '\u25a0 ' '- • •\u25a0•' J. J. GARABAXDI, - a' : bnslnessman ;of - Merced. "rXandJF.^J: Martin. . a mining man of Angels ' Cainp,.are at -the"! Dale. • ; ". ..-.-\u25a0,. SAMUEL PLATT, ; L'nlted~States district ' attor-~ ' ney of : Nevada; I* at the St. : Francii,- regis-* ."•-'te'red^frojnf Carson. .. •- " - ; . \u25a0 "\u25a0\u25a0 .\u25a0' \u25a0 •"\u25a0 • \u25a0 * \u25a0 • '. ' , ' DX. ELMER E. STONE, snperlntendent?"of'k"th« m Napa ?: asylum 'i for i the • insane,' is at the Palace' \u25a0- with; his tamUj, : i OCTOBER H. 1910 "t'wATT MASON I The Office Boy on Progress the fudel slstem "Was enuff • but a Boss is ftvry bit as tuff .He bullyrags his helpless kind \u25a0•.»»*# •and hands it tew the, Faithful hind the "Castle tower higrh in «ilr was nuthing trw the Swivel chair Nor all the fudel power dire a patchen tew the rite tew Fire they Say the wu;ld Is getting: on but more of that Canard anon And dubble pooh upon the vain delusion that -wo Grow humane the Baron still exerts his sway.' V and .wurks his - minions Day by day Nor ever yet looked down .'the sun except tew find them on the run the whole blamed order of the Bath "Was nuthing tew the 'boss's rath nor all the knights of yesteryear quite like the same upon- his-, ear the Ancient drawbridge and the wali an offls typifies them All v.-v And" In the moat a space tew bob with him who loiters On the job - . • \u25a0 -^ o cruel And unchanging doom O.djeep unutterable gloom a boy Is \ born .Tew have a boss and The rubicon is yet tew cross. 7— St. Louis. Post-Dispatch. SOI. WEXTEK, vice president of th« whttney national bank of New Orleans, Is staying at the Palace. ••• ' v j W. CRAY of Marieopa and Zach. McGbee of Washlnston. D. C. are guenta at the Manx. - . « • . • • F. 0. LUSX. attorney of the Diamond . match company of Chlco, is a guest at the Palace. • • • \u25a0-•*.\u25a0 \u25a0 • .. .• W. H. BUCHOLZ. Tta> president^ of . th* (Wk national bank. U registered at the Palace. A. J. CHILDSUN, founder of the Paeifle Coast ' bankers" association. Is at the Stanford. a'ArBLTTHE, as oil operator of Bafcersfleld. ts reslstered at th« St. Francis. JOSEPH SCOTT, an attorney' of Los Angeles Is registered at. the St. Francis. ": GEO2GE M.RYALL, an attorney of New York. I« staying at ,th« Fairmont. j ..;••-'.-\u25a0•. • . W. 83OTH, a fmlt grower of Medford. Ore.. i 3 . staying •at - the Argonaut. ' - .i-C y-~ \u25a0 - ••\u25a0-.• " •- ' JOH2T McCAira, an automoblla agent of Los fin* geles. Is at, the Colonial. E. C. STBASBERG; a mannfactarer of Chicago, j" Is staying at the* : Manx.' \u0084 F. CTTETIS. a mining operator of, Ely, NeT., Is a > guest at the Argonant. \u25a0 0. BE3MAMIN, ( a shoe merchant of Xew York. U ;; at; the Colonial.' , .„.:;..', V-; .' r. '-.;.\ \. \u25a0 .-• •:*• /: C. ; B.". DUDLEY, an Insurancemaa of ' VlaaHa, Is at. the St^K^aRMHBKHSing