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The morning call., 1891-07-20
OAKLAND CLrR.
BOYS BEHIND BARS.
'hree Little Miscreants Spend Sunday in
the City Prisnn

Three Little MiscreantS Spend Sunday in
the City Prison.
Three little boys in knickerbockers spent
Sunday in the "bird-cage" at the City
Prison. at first they were placed in a cell
18th older and hardened youths. Captain
Stone, the guardian of the prison, caused
their removal TO more secluded retreat.
The little fellows wept bitterly while telling
a CALL reporter why they had been ar
rested for the first time in their lives.
Willie MckennR, aged 10 years, was steal
ing wheat from car on Kentucky street,
when Officer Mcclure swooped down and
arrested him for petty larceny. He was
home of his parents on Perry street.
Petty larceny is the charge against Willie
Wolf, whose parents live at 709B Minna
street. Although only 9 years old, Willie
has acquired fondness for reading the
MORNING CALL, and WAS borrowing" a
copy OF tbs paper from doorstep on Grant
avenue, when seized by Special Officer
COchrane.
The third member Of the unhappy little
trio is Nicholas Stafford, aged years, who
is booked for the Industrial School. Early
in the morning ne sailed forth from his
home at 20S1a First street, and joined two
older boys. They entered an unoccupied
house at tile corner OF Second and Brannan
streets, and were engaged IN the pleasant
-pastine of removing lead pipes when
Nicholas was captured. Ills companions
escaped.
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AN ODD RAILROAD.
1t Is Literally On Stills, and Is Known as
1.-The Peg-Leg."

1t Is Literally on Stills, and Is Known al
'The Peg-Leg."
One of the oldest railroads ever con-
structed any where on the face of this planet
was a little four-mle line that fourished
like a green bay tree for two years in the
heart of northern oildom. and then ended
its career with horrible catastrophe. It
was literally built on stills, practically it had
but one rail, and passengers got aboard from
the second stories of stations. II rejoiced
in the euph0nious pet name of "rhe Peg
leg" term that was peculiarly approprI-
ate, and which was bestowed on it by the
quick-witted oil men who were its chief
patrons. There are q number in this sec
ton who viii recall it. Its real and baptis-
NAL name was the Bradford and Foster
Brook. and its termini were Bradford and
Derrick City. 1t was put in operation in
October, 1871 Travelling Auditor Campbell
of the Pittsburg and Western, who was
located in the northern oil regions, gave a
Post reporter Interesting details in regard
TO It's construction and operation.
As stated, there was but one main rail. IL
was an iron one, although there were two
auxiliary wooden ones. This rail rested on
strong wooden beams, which were supported
BY massive stanchionS, strongly braced
About two feet below the top beam ere
TWO wooden rails about eight inches in width.
L.
ing stanchiOns. These wooden rails were
chiefly for balancing purposes. The height
Of this oddly among railroads varied, being
sometimes % feet and sometimes less than
half that elevation, according to the LAY"
of the ground in the pleasant little valley of
Foster Brook, through which it ran. There
was method in the apparent madness of
this construction, however, for without this
elevation the original and peculiar scheme of
the inventor would not have been possible.
The cars fitted on the rail like saddle
bags, hanging down on each side, ana were
really two-stUry cars, the upper portion be-
ing for passengers and the big wooden sad
dle-bags for the storage of freight. The
stiited rails and tho peculiarly constructed
cars, which seemed to slide along as if on
groove, presented a sufficiently grotesque
sight, but the strange appearance of train
was increased and intensified by the fact
that practically two engines, or species of
Siamese twin engines. headed the proces-
sion. one being on each side of the rail, the
two balancing like the divided ears. When
the fireman stocked up" he had to descend
TO the tenders by ladders. The engines and
the cars ran on a series Of central wheels,
and as they protruded through the center of
the floors ar engagements were made by which
they did not inconvenience passengers. The
cars were narrow, the main rail broad, and
whenever the car tilted there were side
wheels which caught on TO tbs wooden rails
ami thus aided in preserving the equilibrium
of the trains.-PittSburc Post
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HOWARD CLUB PICNIC.
A Very Pleasant Reunion Held at Gl
Ellen Yesferdav

very ileasant Reunion Held at Glen
Ellen Yesterday.
The Howard Club picnic at Glen Ellen
yesterday was attended by 1921 people.
Notwithstanding the large crowd there was
no disorder, and nothing occurred to mar
the enjoyment of the guests. Several rep
resentatiyes of State and municipal offices
were present.
The first number on the programme was
an address by Hon. T. J. Tully. The ora
tor made quite hit by complimentary
reference to the ladies who had assisted the
members for many years TO make the an
pual reunions successful. The popular
floor manager of the club, Eugene Wegs-
hider then invited the guests to witness the
contest Tor prizes on the outside of the
pavilion. The fat mems race between
king" MeManus OF the P0trero and Jack
OConnor, bailiff of Police Court was first
called. Heavy odds were staked on Nc
Manus. but 0'Connor brought cheer to his
supporters and won the prize of an order
for $50 suit of clothes.
The second number was fat mems race,
free for all. The contestants were: Martin
Kelly. John Greene d. j. Crowley, NJ
Sehidler. P. Regain, b. Dougherty and John
Dorgan. ID. j. Crowley was the fayorite in
the pools but last in the race. The prize,
ton OF coal, Was won by John Greene.
The thin mems race brought out num-
Der OF skin-and- bone members, and the
guests were greatly amused. The race was
won by John Mcnamara.
The tug of war between the Howard
Club and all corners provoked much merri-
ment. The contest was awarded to the
club. Another tug of war between the
Offices OF County Clerk and Sheriff resulted
in the triumph of the latter. Six boxes of
imported cigars was the prize, and the vic
tors presented each male guest with cigar.
The committees were: Reception-F. j. Gray
b. Dougneriy. Floor-Peter Kelly, d. j. Sulii-
van, NJ. j. Barry, Fred Frey. Sports-W. I.
Fitzgerald, John McNamara ana /. j. Tuy.
At the conclusion of the programme the
prize OF S25 donated by Charles Rooney for
the handsomest lady ON the dance floor was
awarded to Miss GLADYS Waters,
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SUNDAY PASTIMES.
Good Rifle Shooting at the
SchuetZen Grounds.
Medal Shoot Of the Lincoln Gun Club-The
CALIFORNIA; Defeat the Burnaby Crick-
eters-Athletics and Hand-Ball.

The regular monthly shooting Of three
prominent Schuelzen clubs took place yes
terday at the Schueizen Park, near San Ra-
fael. The large crowd in attendance during
the entire day, most Of whom were there
for business, were given quite treat before
the scores were announced and the medals
and prizes awarded. The morning was es-
pecially propitious for the shooters, for the
light was soft and no wind to have to cal
cuIate against, but the afternoons sun
shone brightly on the targets and reflected
almost as brightly into the shooting stand.
The wind also brushed up and blew from
all directions in proy0kiDgiy fiful and mis-
leading gusts.
The San Francisco Tarner Schuetzen Club
was the FIST 10 announce its results. The
shooting was for FIVE classes and medals.
for which there we're Thirteen contestants,
each of whom shot twenty times for pos
sible 500 rings each. They were as follows:
Joe Straub $50. F. Aeker 800, i. Bang 29i,
L. Bruno 3d. Captain thinner dropped out
r. Finking Jr. $50, B. Thierbach 574, o.
HauSer 30 Hermann KlaeDberg 1873, A.
Eiermann 2l5, George HeitZmann 277, L.
kommcr al. Gus SchwaI tZmanu 275, john
Uischig 427, 4. Attinger3S7, and Jacob
Schabarum $50.
The medals were awarded as follows
Champion Class-John Utschlg ST., 427
rings. First Class-F Attinger. 3S7. Sec
Ond, l.. Thierbach, 374. Third. Jacob Scha-
barum, $50. The JacOby medal for the first
best shot was won by II. Il. Brown, who
made % rings.
The contest with the California Schuet-
zen Club took longer TO decide who were the
winners as the method was more arduOus.
The shoot was at bulrs-eyes, and no less than
a score of persons shot at ten each on an
aVArapp- Elftapn of these scored less than
1000 points, which is the dividing point be-
tween a good shooter and an Indifferent one.
The prizes were small cash sums of from
% cents to So, and were awarded to the
shooters on the merit of the following
goTss: A. Strecker, first prize for 262
points +. o. Young. 313; Captain j. Klein,
$50; A. Reubnld, 4l4; V on der Heide, 447 /;
\. Johnson, 459: J. Utsehlg, 4Gl; o. Bur-
mester, 734; f. kuhls, ISL; \. Gehrst. 1888;
/. Babin, 500; L. Simon, 9l6H; a. Polak,
941; Mr.. Waller, 95S; Mr.. Rumutte, $50; E.
Hover. 1913; q. Helm, 1881; II. Walthem,
100; g. Rogers, 1853.
Considerable interest was shown by the
veterans in the shoot of the California
Schue;zen Club of Cadets. They, like theiI
sres, shot a bulfs-eyes and scored well.
They were awarded cash prizes and medals
by the Older club. The medals were awarded
as follows: First class to G. Glndemann
for 392 points; second, L. Reubold, 3I6
Their JacobY medal for the last best shot
went to l.. Reubod for twenty three rings
The first best bull S-eye was won by Glinde-
mann, second by Reubold, third by j
Utschig, and fourth by Il. Finkiug Jr.
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There Were 300 proprIetors

The big office buildings downtown are
quite frequently the scene of humoro as
episodes. The other day citizen of West
ern Pennsylvania stepped into the main
entrance of Aldrich court and asked man
in uniform for the proprietor"
"W-h-a-t?" inquired the sub assistant
janitor.
II want to see the proprietor" said the
stalwart Pennsylvania.
1.-THE proprietor of what?"
'The place-this building-the man who
occupies it. This is 45 Broadway"
There are 500 men who occupy this
building said the young man in uniform.
We'll. IL want to see-here il is" phil
ing slip OF newspaper from his pocket
book, II want TO see the man who put this
piece in the paper"
1t was the advertisement of tenant on
the ninth floor. The man was promptly
sent up.-N. Y. Letter.
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PERSONAL NOTES.

j. Willard, merchant of San Jose. is at
the California.
William Ferguson, a capitalist of Los An
geles, is at the Lick.
c. L. Ruggles of the Stockton Indepen-
dent is at the Grand.
j. w. Kinds. the Los Gatos banker, is
staying at the California.
A. F. Gartner, a banker of Portland, Or
egon, is at the California.
Elwood Bruner. the Sacramento Assem-
blyman, is at the Grand.
w. Eastman, a prominent insurance man
Of New York, is at the California.
Major George Ii. Bopebrake, the we'll
known banker of Los Angeles, is at the
Palace.
V. S. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee
and w. S. Green of the Colusa Sun are at
the Grand.
Consul Lambert arrived from the East
yesterday en- route to the new scene of his
official labors at Mazatlan, Mexico.
Justice j. J. de Haven came down from
Eureka Yesterday. accompanied by his wife
and daughter. and is stopping at the Grand.
Miss Jennie May Sherman Gibson of
Eureka, who has been correspondent
abroad for several New York papers, is at
the Grand, on her way home from Algiers,
Africa, where she has been residing during
the DaSL year.
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AN AUTHOR IN A FIX.
He Masquerades in Woman's Cloth
and IL

He Masquerades in Woman's Clothes
and Is Arrested.
An old gentleman, who gave what he
termed the nom dc guerre Of Luke Limner,
and who said that he lived In Ormond ter
race. Albert road, Regents Park, was
charged before Mr.. Newton, at Marlborough
street, Yesterday, with being in a public
thoronghfare dressed in female attire. His
appearance in the dock was grotesque. He
wore blue serge skirt fringed with red,
black jersey bodice, which. by its appear
ance, suggested the presence of corsets and
padding fashionable lighl-colored cane
with Medici collar. and pair of unusually
large high-heeled shoes. The most incon-
gruous feature OF his attire, however, was a
dark green matadnr hat" eneircled
by narrow yellow ribbon, and decOra-
ted with three large black and yellow POM
pOns. aud two streamers half yard long
falling behind.
Detective Sergeant Scott said that about
II o'clock at night he saw an old gentleman
who. in addition to this disguise, was wear
ing mass of artificial curls on his fore
head. walking along Regent street, arm in
arm with woman, and, on account of what
some brstanders told MIN, he approached
him and peered into his face. The woman
told him to "leave the lady alone" but he
tried to raise the heavy black veil which
covered the strange lady's face. The latter.
however knocked his hand away, but. sat
isfied of The persons sex, lie took him into
custody.
The old gentleman was found, on exami-
nation at Vine street Police Station, TO be
fully attired as a woman. When asked by
the magistrate whether he had anything
10 say the prisoner pleaded that he was
quite justified in dressing up as he did.
and continued: 81 am an artist ard the
| writer of one of the most popular
little works extant. Encouraged by the
| fact that my publisher is Just about 70 issue
fifth edition of it, l conceived the idea of
| writing book upon ladies' attire, and, OF
| course, | could not properly understand the
| subject unless | had had experience in
| wearing a modern woman's outfit How
| could l tell whether corsets and high heels
really hurt if did not walk about in them
| This hat, you know, was originally worn by
| men, but now it is adopted by women.
| This cloak (pointiug to the high shoulders
| and Medici collar was fashionable in the
| reign of Henry VIII. This" (referring to
his skri) sis, can assure your worship.
| remarkably airy and nice this sultry
| weather"
| Mr.. Newton inquired of the jailer
| whether the prisoner was known.
Prisoner-Oh, everybody knows me-
Mr.. Newton-I shall remand you for
! week to find out who and what you are
London Globe
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A Bigger Man Than shakesn..,.

Colorado Senator who was building a grand
opera-bouse in Denver. On one of the
Senator's visits to the opera-hcuse he saw
an artist putting the finishing touches upon
a mural portrait OF Shakespeare.
who is that?" he demanded.
THAT is Shakespeare" was the reply
well, who is Shakespeare"
HE Is the master dramatist and poet NJ
The world" the artist replied.
We'll. what did be ever do for Denver pn
the Senator wanted to know.
Nothing that he hasn't done for all the
rest Of the world" Jug
wen. just scratch that picture ont and
put mine in its place." and Shakespear .
portrait in the new Denver Opera House
gave way for picture of the Senator =
Boston Herald.
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NJ. Wand, scratch; W. N. McCaw, three and
a half yards; w. II. Toomey, three and
half yards; A. NJ. King, four yards; W. II.
Lang, four yards. Wand won in 10A sec
onds by yard and McCaw ran in second.
In the fin al heat The contestants were Wand
MeCaw, Kortick and Espinosa, with handi-
caps stated. Wand won the heat ana the
race in 10 3-5 seconds and McCaw vas
awarded second place.
a 44o-yard scratch race between Toomey
and McCaw was won by the first N toned
in 81 % seconds.
Various other athletic contests were held.
\. L. Bakulich put the fifty-six pound
weight % feet and 10 inches.
A. Kelter eclipsed his opponents by vault
ing feet and inches.
The following members played tennis:
Eugene Kelly, A. Treat, J. n. Haley,
Frank Wanzman, George kavanagh, c. II.
Yates and Messrs. Larkin, Kempster and
TupV
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son. put spur to my horse and succeeded
in gaining an elevation from which good
view of the chase could be had. The rab-
bit, to all appearances. was very much be-
wildered, and would run first one direction
and then another aud sometimes in circles.
its pursuer, the eagle, following its every
turn. Finally the eagle. as if tired of his
sport, with q vicious downward swoop and
stroke of the wing, laid the rabbit out
lifeless on the prairie. At this moment l
gave a tremendous yell. and at the same
time rode rapidly toward them, which had
the desired effect of frightening the eagle
away, leaving his victim in my 20 session,
which turned out to be the only game I
bagypd that dov -
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AT ALAMEDA POINT.
Fourth Monthly Medal Shoot of the Lin
coin Gun Club.

Fourth Monthly Medal Shoot of the Lin
coin Gun Club.
The fourth monthly medal shoot of the
Lincoln Gun CLUB. for the season of 81,
was held yesterday at Alameda Point.
There was a good attendance, both Of con-
testants and spectators.
In the first class Karney. Campbell and
Potter each scored Is points out of a pos
sible q. and so shot again Tor a freeze-out.
This resulted in victory for Karney. who
has thus won the gold mslal of his class
three times in the four contests which have
been held, CadWallsder 81 San Jose having
the most points TO his credit at the June
shoot.
In the second class Allen lead the other
contestants, thus winning the monthly
shoot for the medal of his class twice,
while Quinton and Fisher have each at
tanned q similar honor once.
The result of The competition in detail is
As follows.
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The meeting of the Single-tax Society in
Pythian Castle last night was opened by
Thomas Watson, who stated that single
tax placed on the value of land would moi
be tax upon industry. Land values are
created by the presence of population, and
Increase as population increases, and is al
penses; so that with its adoption all other
taxes could be abolished. The remainder
OF the programme WAS rs follows: Instru-
mental music and song, Mss Cu-rie
speeches-James E. Mills, Walter Gallagher
and John T. Pandpr,
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HOW TO FIND THE TRUTH.
The Rev. DIR. EastOn on the Christian
Touchstone of Faith.

The Kew. DIR. EastOn the Christian
Touchstone of Faith.
The Rev. DR.. Easton preached in Calvary
Presbyterian Church last evening, taking
as his text st. John vii II: '1f any man
will do his will he shall know of the doc
Urine, whether it be Of God or whether it be
of man."
In the course of closely reasoned SER
mon the preacher called attention to the fact
that III making this declaration Jesus was
making wide departure from the formal
ism OF the Jewish religion. Christianity
was the only religion that rested its claims
on experiment Confident in its eighteen
centuries Of experience it rings out the chal-
lenge, Put me TO the test"
The rush and hurry of life were the very
places for the religious life, ana not in the
monastic life. net in sacerdotalism.
The man of hard logic, of calm reasoning
would know God when he did his will-that
is, believed in the Lord Jesus Christ All
the powers of darkness cannot remove from
the cOnsecrated worker the consciousness
that he knows that his faith is sound.
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AT THE wICKETs.
The CALIFORNIA; Top the Burnabys' Score
by One Hundred Runs.

The CALIFORNIA; Top the Burnabys' Score
by One Hundred Runs.
Webster's strong defense was the main
factor in winning yesterdays game between
the California and Burnaby cricket clubs,
for the former club. Going first, he played
all the bowling with the same confidence.
and was out eighth. and was credited with
81 out of The total of 1876 at that time.
The Burnabys battcd first and quickly
lost four wicsets to Robertson's bowling.
Newton and Warren on becoming partners
put better complexion on the game. and
took the total TO SO, when Newton jumped
out to drive Sioman and aid the penalty.
Warren was run ont seven runs later, an
the innings quickly closed for 3d. Robe TT
son was credited with i've wickets at a cost
of 10 runs.
The CALIFORNIA; passed this total with
only three wickets, Webster and Sloman
while together taking the score from Al to
50. Sloman and Robertson at that total fell
TO successive balls.
On Randall, a new member OF the Cali
fornias, joining Webster, a prolonged stand
was made. the sixth wicket adding 81 runs.
The remaining batsmen all added a few,
and the innings closed for 153 exactly 100 to
the good
Reynolds bowled well under discouraging
circumstances. The fielding of the Burma
bys was good and bad by turns. 1t was es-
pccially loose at the start but redeemed by
the catches with which Newton got rid Of
Webster and Franklin dismissed Moore.
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OLYMPIC ATHLETICS.

y. NJ. Wand Wins the Hundred-Yard
Race in Good Time.
There was considerable animation on the
grounds OF the Olympic Athletic Club yes
terday. The most interesting event of the
day was the 10o-yard handicap run, with the
following entries in the first heat: j. C.
Kortick. scratch; NJ. L. Espinosa. three
yards; j. II. Spino nine yards; j. Little,
eight yards. The heat was quite exciting.
1t was won by Kortick in 10% seconds.
Espinosa crossed the scratch SIX inches be-
hind him and gained second place.
The entries In the second heat were: P.
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Late Arrivals.

The steamer Record came in last night
from Westport with a cargo of 100000 feet
of lumber. The bark Saranac from Depar-
ture Bay has cargo OF 100 tons of coal for
r. Dunsmuir 81 Sons The schooner Jen-
ME Griffin came in from Point Reyes with
seventy boxes OF butter, and the Ocean
sons Landing
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Landed ON This Side.

About sixty people went over TO Angel
Island yesterday on the schooner Josephine
from Oakland. They report having had a
jolly time, but when they started for home
the captain found that owing to the strong
tide and the absence of breeze it would
take all night to get back to Oakland. So he
made the best of bad job and landed his
passengers at Jackson-street Wharf about
O'Clock last night. and they returned home
by the ferry steamer.
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Dangers of Chopninr Hasb.

Felix Sanguinary, cook in a Broadway
hotel, was chopping hash for the Sunday
dinner yesterday afternoon when he met
with painful accident. Blinded by the
juice from the onions lie let the chopper de-
sceud on his left wrist and severed the ra-
dial artery. His friend T. Giampalini took
him to the Receiving Hospital. where the
flow of blood was stopped and tbs wound
stitched up. The unlucky cook says if Or
dered 10 prepare hash again he will 90 On a
strike
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Dangerous Wreckare.

The Spreckels tug Vigilant reports that at
noon yesterday she passed three heavy
spars from the wrecked ship Palestine a
short distance outside the nine fathom buoy.
These are the spars cast adrift by the wreck
Ing steamer Whitelaw late Saturday night.
When seen by the Vigilant they were right
in the channel and menace to vessels pass
ing in or out of the harbor.
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Collided With a Wagon.

As Il. Levy and son were riding on q
Howard-street car yesterday morning the
car collided with brewery wagon on Six
teenth street, catching Mr.. Levy. who was
standing on the step, between the wagon
and the ear. He was knocked off the step,
bruised and rendered unconscious for sew
eral hours. He was afterward taken TO his
home and last evening appeared thoroughly
recovered from his accident John Cramer,
driver of the wagon, was arrested for
hatt
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CALEDONIA CLUE.


The Golden Gate game was very hollow
affair. and is chiefly remarkable for the
fact that the Oakland eleven were dismissed
by Lawrence and MacLaren for ten runs.
eight Of them from the bat. This is the
smallest total for which whole side has
yet been got rid of IN league game.
The Alamedas on going TO the bat put
together a total of no Hogue, Treator and
Hood contr ibuiing sixiy-fve between them.
1t is a C urious coincidence that both of yes
1erdays games were won by exactly the
same margin, 100 runs. The full score fol-
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sausalito Improvement Club.

The Sausaiito Improvement Association
met yesterday at $50 Post street. A roll
was opened for membership and.was signed
by number of persons interested in the OBJ
iects aud purposes of the association. 1t is
the Intention of the association to have a
mass-meetlng in Sausalto next Thursday
evening, when it is proposed to take active
measures to forward the interests of Sausa-
Tito. The Board of Supervisors of Marin
County will be invited to attend.