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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
MILTON f. BABB.

A Youthful But Clever Exponent of Kent
and Blackstone.
Milton E. Babb, a practicing attorney OF
this city, comes of an old and honored fam
lily whose home for generations was in Vir-
ginia. He was born in Hardy County, now
a portion of West Virginia. on March l,
1854. His parents were of English descent
but his ancestors had been among the ear
Hest colonists of the Old Dominion, settling
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offices, notably that of vestry clerk and
solicitor TO st. Pancras, the largest parish
in London. Although possessing lucrative
practice he came to America in 1856 and
travelled extensively over the Eastern States,
in many Of which he followed his profess
sion and held Offices in the gift of the pe0-
pie. He was resident of Memphis, Tenn,
for many years, and had an extensive prac-
tice there, but gave it up to spend the re-
mainder of his days in the sunny climate of
California. He is gentleman of pro-
nounced Republican principles, and thanks
to his scholarly attachments, has large
circle of friends
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FREDERICK $. srRATroN.
A Young but Gifted Lawyer of Lare


A Young but Gifted Lawyer of Large
Experience.
Frederick S. Stratton, native of the
Golden State, was born January %, 1859,
and received his education in the public
schools of Oakland. From the High School
he went to the State University and was
graduated from there in 1881. He inimedi-
ately decided upon preparing himself for
the legal profession, and with that intent
entered the Office of Latimer & Morrow, and
subsequently that of w. III. L. Barnes. Two
years thereafter he received his diploma
from the Hastings Law College, and Two
years later entered into partnership with
w. W. Morrow, the firm being known as
Morrow d Stratton. Since then Mr. STRAIT
ton has been connected with much OF the
itigatation whose importance has attracted
public attention. He was attorney for the
Government in the Benson cases; for the
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Wholesale Wine-dealers' Association in the
ex-parte Kohler case; and besides winning
decision invalidating the Pure Wine Law
also secured ruling affecting million
dollars worth of school lands which had
been patented to individuals by the State,
sioners for four years, and is the regularly
retained counsel of large number of mer-
camille, manufacturing and mining firms.
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W. H. JORDAN.

The Descendant of an mustrious Family
of Soldiers.
Hop. W. Fl. Jordan. who, during his
second term as member of the Assembly,
was chosen Speaker of the House, very
difficult position which he filled in highly
satisfactory manner, not only to the men,
beers Of his own side of the House, but also
to his opponents, by his neutrality, firmness,
dignity aud uniform courtesy, is a lawyer of
this city, who has won his way to fame and
fortune by hard study and persistent effort
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DIR. JosEPH PEsCIA.

A Leading Physician and Member Of tho
Board of Supervisors.
The name of DIR. Joseph Pescia is familiar
to every resident of this city. He has been a
practicing physician here since 1880, and
during the last five years has attained great
prominence in our municipal affairs.
Joseph Pescia was born in Genoa. Italy,
and was brought to this country by his par
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DIR. j. H. WIDBER.

A Forty-niner Who Has Been Honored
With Positions of Great Trust.
Among the older residents of San Fran
cisco it would be hard to find a man
more deservedly popular than DR.. ]. II.
Widber, who, at the recent civic election,
was elected to the Treasurership Of the city
and county. A native of Maine, he came to
California in 1S49. and after spending two
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
DIR. HENRY NJ. FIsKE.

A Pioneer Physician and Member Of the
Board Of Health.
One OF Governor Waterman's most popu-
lar appointments was the nomination of DR..
Henry M. Fiske as a member Of the Board
of Health. DR.. Fiske may almost be styled
a pioneer of the State, having resided here
since 1851. He spent number Of years in
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z. b. READ.

The Fortunate Candidate for the Record
er's Office.
Mr.. Read, the Recorder-elect for the City
and County of San Francisco, is native of
the State of New York. where lie was born
in 1910. He received his education in the
East and came to California when 90 years
of age. During his thirty years residence
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
GEORGE A. KNIGHT.

An Eminent Jury Lawyer Who Carved
His Own Way to Success.
George A. Knight, whose oratorical abi!i-
ties have won him recognition in every cor
ner of the Golden State, is native of
Worcester, Mass. He came to California,
with his parents, at a very tender age, and
with them settled down in Humboldt County.
His education was commenced in the title
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DAVID STERN.

A Successful Business Man Who Has
Been Elected Assessor.
The recently successful candidate for As
SCISSOR was born in Baden, Germany, in
1927, and came to America when 10 years
old. Nine years later he arrived in Cali.
fornia, entered upon mercantile career.
went from that into the lumber trade, and
for years was q well-known hotel proprie-
tor. being prominently identified with the
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j. II. BURST.

The Successful Candidate for High and
Important Office.
j. 81. burst, the recently elected City and
County Attorney, is native of Colusa, and
has not yet completed his tbirty-second
year. AS boy he attended the public
schools and received sound education.
His first employment was as school
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A. NJ. ARMSTRONG.

How Industry and Perseverance Brought
Him to the Front.
A. NJ. Armstrong is anatve of Lake City,
Mimi. and was born June Q, 1861. He came
with bis parents to San Francisco when but
10 years of age, and received his early edu-
cation in the public schools of this city,
graduating from the College of Letters of
the State University with student honors at
the age of 20. Mr.. Armstrong paid his own
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cHARLEs S. LAUME1srER.

A Sheriff Who Conducts His Office on
Business Principles.
Charles S. Laumeister. the present Sheriff
of the city and county of San Francisco. is a
man of thorough business principles, and
owes his present success in political life to
that fact After assuming the reins of Office
two years ago these principles were at once
enforced, but in such careful manner that
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Mr.. Highton has been engaged in many
cases which are now historical His argu-
ment in defense of n. b. Spreckels for
shooting NJ. II. de Young, is universally
conceded to be one of the ablest oratorical
efforts ever delivered in court of Justice
Mr. Highton is justly considered one of the
ablest attorneys In the State.
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Republican County Central Committee DUR
ing the recent campaign and received warm
praise for his efficient work. He is an able
and industrious lawyer, well read in his
profession and specially fitted for the Office
to which he has been appointed.
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JAMES A. wAYAIIRE.

A Pioneer, Veteran Soldier, Lawyer and
Ex-Judge.
The subject of this sketch is 6ative of
Buchanan County, Missouri, where he was
born on December 9, 1912. When 10years
old he accompanied his mother to Oregon.
and after many hardships settled down in
Roseburg, Douglass County. 1t was Wild
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JOHN T. GREY.

Smart Young Attorney Who VIII Sit In
the Justices Court.
John I. Grey was born in San Francisco
in 1862, and received a general education In
the city schools, after which he, was enrolled
as a student in the Hastings Law College,
from which he graduated in due course.
He was associated for eight years with the
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DIR. j. X. DAVIDSON.

DIR. j. r. Davidson was born in Salem,
Oregon, in 1854. He received his earlier
education in San Francisco and graduated
from the University Of California. He
then became student in the University of
Philadelphia, where he completed his medi-
cal course. Returning to California he
. commenced the practice Of medicine in 1875.
As physician DIR. Davidson is careful and
reliable, assiduous in his attentions to his
patients, and very successful in his practice.
He was appointed to the Board If Health
by Governor Waterman. He has taken
prominent part in the deliberations OF the
board and is one of its most active
members.
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in Oregon until the attainment of his sew
enteenth year, when no entered the Ohio
NJ ilitary Academy, at Cincinnati He spent
year at this institution, and then returned
to his fathers farm. In 1868 he became
in St Augustine's College, at Benicia. He
attended TO his duties withszeal, and occu-
pied his leisure moments in studying law.
He was admitted to practice by the Supreme
Court in April, 1873, and. having opened an
Office in this city, began his professional
career few months later.
During the seventeen years In which he
has been engaged In legal work Colonel
Dickinson has built up practice with
revenue as large as that enjoyed by any
lawyer In the city. While we'll read In the
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gained no little celebrity by his c0ntribu-
tions TO newspapers and magazines. His ar
ticles, which have been chiefly upon medi-
cal topics. bear evidence Of research and
cultivation.
In political matters DIR. LIE Tourneux has
always been consistent Republican. He
is prominent member of the Union League
Club, and was frequently mentioned as a
desirable candidate for membership on the
Board of Supervisors. DR.. LIE Tourneux is
public-spirited citizen and has always
taken great interest in the advancement of
the interests Of this city and State.
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MYER JACOBS.

An appointment That Has Given General
Satisfaction.
The announcement that Myer Jacobs had
been appointed First Assistant City and
County Attorney has been well received by
the members of the bar and by the general
public. He is "a years of age, a native of
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course and was graduated with honors far
in advance of his years. He was called to
the bar in 1856. but owing to i'll health
abandoned his profession and took to min
ing. He was connected with enterprises of
that character as Superintendent from 1857
10 1870, and was one of the original devel-
Opers of the famous Del Monte mine. He
has always been a consistent Republican,
and has several times held offices in the gift
of his party.
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in that same year was nominated for po-
litical office, but was defeated by a small
majority. Since that time Judge Hebbard
was n successful legal practitioner until
1888, when he was elected Justice of the
Peace. His rulings in court have inspired
the resrect both Of attorneys and litigants,
and last mouth a large majority of the elect
ors declared Judge Hebbard to be their
choice for Judge of the Superior Court. His
friends predict for him brilliant judicial
career
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CLEMENT F. WOOD.

Starch Republican Who Has Been
Elected to the Bench.
Clement F. Wood, one of the newly
elected Justices of the Peace, but not new
10 the Office, having once before filled it in
this city, is a native of New York State,
where in due time he took collegiate
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-25
G. w. F. COOK.

A Magistrate of Ripe Years ard Scholarly
Attachments.
G. ". F. Cook. who was recently elected
Justice of the Peace. is a native of the
East Indies He was born in 1927, and
received thorough classical and legal edo
cation in England. where he held important
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firm of Mcclure & Dwinelle, and became
member of the bar in 1887. Mr. Grey Is re-
garded as one of the ablest of the younger
lawyers in San Francisco, and is thoroughly
posted in the work of his profession. AL
though he has been in practice only three
years he has conducted a number of suits in
manner which commanded general admi-
ration. He has of late been chief-clerk in
the Office of the District Attorney. where he
acquired knowledge of routine work, which
Justice of the Peace, to which he has been
inst elected.
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CHARLES S. TILToN.

He Returns to an Office He Is Well
Qualified to Fill.
The newly elected Surveyor for this city
and county is gentleman of sterling worth
and sound integrity. Charles S. Tilton first
saw the light of day nearly fifty years ago
in Lowell, Mass. He is descended from the
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which overcome all obstacles. Born in Gin
cinnati in 1919, he COMES of stock which
has made its influence felt for nearly three
centuries. The first of 1.-THE family to come
to this country was tie Rev. Robert Jordan.
n Episcopal minister. who left England in
1880 and settled in the State of Maine. The
man held high and honorable positions
during the War OF the Revolution. the War
OF 1872. the Mexican and the late Civil War,
and have numbered among their members
some OF the most eminent dsvines, lawyers
and MERCHANTS that the country has pro-
duced. The senior member Of the great
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this city and popular member of California
Parlor, No. ], n. S. G. w. After passing
through the public and high schools, he, al
an early age, entered the University of Cal
if0rnia, graduating in 1876 with the degree
of PHI. Il. He spent the next three years at
Columbia L=w College, New York. received
the degree of l.. l.. b. from that Institution
and ais A. M. from the University of Cali
iornia. He was immediately admitted to
she bar, first in New York and afterward in
California. where he has ever since. in his
legal practice, given special attention to
commercial law and to land and probate
matters He has taken an active interest in
politics and has rendered important ser
sices to his party. he was Chairman Of the
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specially is the law OF patents, and In this
he is an adept. His superior knowledge Of
this branch Of the profession Is SO generally
acknowledged that large part OF his prac-
tice is placed in his hands by other menu
in some of his methods and principles, Mr..
Miller is thoroughly alive to tfWInterets of
his clients, and Is untiring in rs efforts in
their behalf.
No legal firm in the city has better stand
ing than I.anghorne 81 Miller. It's members
possess thorough knowledge all the de-
tails of the profession. Their sillty is evil
denced by a long succession q legal tri-
umphs; their honor and integrity are I'M
questioned, and they enjoy the 80nfdence
alike of their clients and their brother at
torneys. The practice of the firm becomes
more valuable every year, and nsires
handsome income to its members.
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ST. Nicholas, Nucleus and Brunswick hotels.
Four years ago he engaged in the real estate
business, and, as in everything else that he

undertook, quickly got to the front rank.
and has ever since been considered one of
the shrewdest operators in the business.
Though never before elected to Office. he
was previously a candidate for the office he
has just succeeded in reaching, and suffered
defeat with bis party
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law. In 1885 he became First Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, which Office he resigned year

eral to the Kingdom OF Hawaii After a
year in that high Office he resigned, returned
again to San Francisco and is now enjoying
the fruits Of large and lucrative practice.
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ROBERT FERRAL.

A Self-Made Man Who Has Reached Emil
nence in the Law.
Among those who have attained celebrity
in the practice of criminal law few are more
prominent in this city than Ex-Judge Robert
Ferral. He was born in Philadelphia in
1S41 and has been resident of San Fran
cisco for the past thirty-eight years. In his
youth he mastered the printers trade and
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-31

DURING the next decade we
may expect prosperity in Oregon
such as has not been witnessed for
many years. From the trend of
public sentiment it may be con-
sidered certain that the natural
resources will be developed and
the waterways opened to the pro-
ducer. The era of mossbackism is
past and the future will display
a unanimity of sentiment regards
everything which will tend to ad-
vancement.-Times-M es-Mountaineer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-31
SKINS ON FIRE.
With Itching, Burning, Bleeding
Eczemas Instantly Relieved
by Cuticura Remedies.

Our little son will be four years of age on
the 25th inst. In May 1885, he was attacked
with very painful breaking out of the skin.
We called in a physician. who treated him
for about four weeks. The child received
little or no good from the treatment, as the
breaking out, supposed by the physician to
be hives in an aggravated form, became
larger in blotches, and more and more dis
tressing. We were frequently obliged to
get up in the night and rub him with soda
in water, strong iniments, etc. Finally, we
called other physicians, until no less than
six had attempted to cure him, all alike
failing, and the child steadily getting worse
and worse, until about the Goth of last July,
when we began to give him CUTIcURA Re.
SOLVENT internally, and the CUTICURA and
CUT1CURA SOAP externally. and by the last
of August he was so nearly we'll that we
gave him only one dose of the REsoLvENT
about every second day for about ten days
longer. and he has meyer been troubled since
with the horrid malady. In all We used less
than one half of bottle of CUT1CURA Re-
SOLVENT, a little less than one box of CUTI-
CURA, and only one box of CUT1cURA SOAP.
HI. E. RYAN,
Cayugo, Livingstone Co., Ill.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
fourth day of January, 1887.
NJ
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-31
KNO OWLEDGE FOR FARMING.

The mere ability to read and
write cannot keep people from
sinking down into the mental con-
dition of the louts and Doors of
England and Holland, of whom
European writer's say that they
care a little above gorillas intel
lectually." Unless the mind is
exercised it must sink into imbe-
cility. 1t requires to be used.
The man who lives upon the land
and contents himself with farming
without any thoughts, or study of
his business or of anything else,
but just plods along, year after
year, ruminating and vegetating,
and brings up a family in the same
way, is guilty of crime against
civilization. If any one will
journey through eastern districts
of our old states, or through Eu-
rope, he will find many families
who have not one single idea above
the raising of grain, pigs and
chickens, just as did their fore
fathers. They do their work with
out any thoughts as to how or why
they do it. And worse still, they
have not one single object on earth
in which they have the least in
tellectual interest. All people are
prone to fall into this death in life
existence unless they take care to
have some intellectual employ
ment. And he who makes a study
of any one subject even will find
his intellect expanding to the COM
prehension of other subjects, like
the young man, Hugh Miller, who
studied the stones he was break
ing until he took in the great
globe itself. The literature of ag-
riculture is now very extensive.
Farming, that was ever considered
a poor, narrow, degrading subject
because of the ox-like stupidity of
those who carried it on, is now
known to be the grandest, most ex-
tensive of all themes. No one
mind can begin to comprehend it..
The final object is production, but
myriad of subjects require atten-
ton in order to do it, just as
though the aim of life is death,
much is to be done MEANWHILE
Statesman.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-31

SOME men imagine that the
mortgage tax and usury laws
should stand because they protect
the money-borrower against the
money lender. But has the oper-
alton of these laws in Oregon
proved this in single instance?
We believe not. The mortgage
tax law provides no way for its
collection, and if such taxes be-
come delinquent there is no way
to secure them, without great dam
age to the mortgage. If the land
could be sold for the payment of
the loan, the money-borrower, who
owns the property would be the
sufferer, and not the mortgager, or
money-lender. The usury law, by
limiting the price of money in Ore
gon drives it elsewhere, and not
only individuals but the industries
of the state suffer in consequence.
Before these laws were in opera
ton. Oregon was for ahead of
Washington in industrial develop
ment; but since the last usury law
was passed capital has sought a
better market in the neighboring
state, and her development has
been phenomenal. We have nat
ural resources that require large
sums of money for development,
ana capital at almost any price is
desirable. Like wheat or oats the
price of money should be govern
ed by supply and demand, and
legislation is futile to change this
natural law of trade.-Times-
Mountaineer.
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The Santa Cruz Sentinel in not
ing the splendid exhibitions of
fruits at the pavilion makes this
effective point for the farmers to
consider: 1.-The Mckinley law
puts a tariff of twenty-five cents
upon every bushel of apples i'm
ported into this country, and two
cents a pound on dried apples.
That law also puts tariff of two
cents on every pound of dried
prunes imported. That law also
puts tariff upon every pound of
raisins imported. Here are three
leading productions of your orch
ards and vineyards which are pro-
tected from foreign competition by
this beneficent Republican meas
ure. Do you know that the demo-
cratic congressman from this dis.
trict opposes, and would have vot-
ed against that measure if he had
been present when it passed, and
would do it again if he is re.
electeds"
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The Fresno Republican says:
''The grasping Pullman monopoly,
so badly conducted on the Pacific
coast, last year netted its stock
holders $2,3OS,OO0. Every state
in the Union should enact laws
limiting Pullman charges to a
maximum of $3.50 a day and 81 a
night. The Pullman charges are
excessive now.