The San Francisco call. [volume], September 14, 1912, Image 1

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ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA REMEMBERS ADMISSION DAY
STATE'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY CELEBRATED
Stockton's Historic Parade
Shows Scenes From
Pioneer Days
It was celebrated all over the
state on Admission day, Septem
ber 9th, but Stockton had the best
party of than all. The parade was
miles and miles long, 30,000 peo
ple marched in it, and 50,000 lined
the streets to see it go by. One
thousand automobiles were drawn
up at street curbings and along
the sidewalks, and all the streets
and buildings were bowers of
green and bright colored flowers.
There were floats and pageants
and pack trains and all sorts of
gayly decorated vehicles in line.
The Native Sons of the Golden
West and their families turned
out in force to do honor to the day.
You see, Stockton was one of
the earliest cities founded in the
state, and her citizens like to re
member it when it comes to cele
brating. They like to remember,
too, the founder of the city, old
Captain Weber, and to recall that
his wisdom and generosity caused
the town to be laid out in city
blocks 300 feet square and that he
gave 11 of these blocks as sites for
public parks and squares. Stock
ton is a great tree and flower city,
for her homes are literally em
bedded in flowers.
Stockton parlor No. 7 was the
host on parade day and showed a
pageant of picturesque pioneer
times. With the parlor marched
gallant Charley Peters of Jackson,
83 years old, wearing his '49 out
fit—high boots and slouch hat and
all the rest of it. He carried a reg
ular arsenal of old time weapons
—a revolver bought in New York
in 1849, and several pistols and
bowie knives, which gave him a
very warlike air. He walked with
a cane he had carried since 1871,
and sported a watch which had
been his constant companion for
70 years. He was quite a feature
of the parade, was old Charley Pe
ters, and thousands applauded
him as valiantly by.
There 'were prospectors on
burros; miners, red shirted and
bronzed, gripping pick and spade;
mules laden with pans, provisions
and the general equipment of the
men of '49, each mule bear
ing a label showing whence he
came—Poverty Flat, Jackass Hill,
Angels Camp. The c-rowd appre
ciated these labels and tremen
dous cheers went up as the jacks
trotted along. Some of the miners
distributed quartz as they passed,
and one group guarded with their
rifles a growing apple tree from
which ripe, red apples bobbed and
swung.
Delegations from all over the
state accepted Stockton's invita
tion to join the parade to cele
brate the day, and some of the
scenes presented were the finest
seen for years. "Gateways to
Prosperity," a huge float showing
Stockton scenes, was generously
applauded. Another pretty pic
ture was a large float road* en
tirely of yellow poppies, vitli a
. golden haired girl posing i the
center as the spirit of the f'tower.
Altogether, California had n
royal birthday. Everybody
pleased and everybody was nappy.
And California is 62 years old!
THE San Francisco CALL
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912.
ALONZO AND THE PUP GO FISHING
ALONZO Exiiibits His Finny Pr.ze
JUNHOIR
WHILE ON WHARF
THIN&S HAPPEN
They Play a Little Trick and
Are Surprised by Mak
ing a Big Catch
Dear Juniors: Of course the
first thing you want to know this
week is if Puppy-came back., Well,
he did, late that night, and I tell
you I was mighty glad to see him.
He said he would have been home
sooner, but that he got lost.
I thought this rather stupid of
him and opened my mouth to tell
him so, but I remembered I want
ed him to go fishing with me, and
I didn't want him cross. So I be
gan diplomatically. (My. that's a
tremendous word for me. Maybe
some of you Juniors will have to
look it lip in the dictionary.)
"Pup,". I asked, "how about go
ing fishing today?"
"Fishing?" he said, eagerly.
"Just the thing. How are we go
ing to catch them?" :
Puppy always crosses bridges
before he gets to them, wbiclv is
another way'of saying that he al-'
ways bothers about things before'
he has to. "He's the all-rightest
kind of a Pup, but sometimes he
can be exasperating enough to
make you dizzy. This was one of
the times.
You see, I felt sure I was going
to catch a fish. I didn't know
how, I'll admit, but you can sel
dom tell just how you are going
to do a thing right at the minute.
Puppy was as anxious as I to
catch one, but the Pup is short on
ideas at times. I put on a bold
front, and just trotted along.
It was a pretty long walk to the
wharf, and when we got there
Puppy lay down and yawned in
the sun. But I kept my eyes open,
for now that we were at the
wharf I had my eyes fixed on that
fish. Not that I wanted it exact
ly, but I did want to show it to
mother. I knew how pleased and
proud she'd be.
Puppy was almost asleep, when
I spied a man fishing a little dis
tance off. He was having good
luck, for his basket was more than
half full. I ran up to it and looked
in, but the man wasn't at all a
friendly sort of person, and only
said, "Get away from here, you
mutt, sniffing at those fish!" and
I believe if I had stayed anotlier
minute he would have—well,
there are some things too terrible
for words.
But I kept my eyes on lvm, al
though I lay down at Puppy's side
and pretended to be asleep, same
as he was. Ami so when the man
got up after a while and walked
off to the side of the wharf,
I saw lie fiact left his line and reel
lying-** ll the boards. Then such a
bc*^** l ' ( ' ea came to me that I
nearly fell over the Pup. Why
not have some fun with that line.
The man wouldn't be back for a
few minutes, perhaps, and 'fiat
would give us lots of time.
"Pup," I whispered ecstatically.
''See that line?"
The Pup got me in an instant.
Continued on Pune Two