The morning call., 1894-01-05
Opening Branch Offices
in the State.
THOSE ALREADY SELECTED
At These Places picturesque
California" Can Be Found.
JOHN MUIR's WONDERFUL WORK.
A Brief Description of What He Has
Done for the Valuable Premium
Distributed by "The Call"

Offices for the disposal Of numbers of
Picturesque California" are being opened
ell over the State, and soon nearly all
out-of-town readers Of The CALL will be
able to secure the wonderful premium by
visiting a centrally located place in their
own city or village. Below will be found
the list of offices now open in this State
for the distribution of the work. AS fast
as possible other places will be added.
Subscri bers realize more and more every
day what valuable work it is that The
CALL is offering its readers for one coupon
and one dine. Probably everybody who
reads this newspaper has noticed the old
subscribers coupon and the new sub
scrlber's coupon, both of which appear daily
on theninth page. For the first day or two
alter the announcement was made the
great majority of coupons received were
those OF the kind first mentioned. This
was but natural. The old friends of this
paper were anxious TO secure their pre-
miums. and The CALL was only too
anxious to have them DO so, for two rea-
sons. One was that by all justice they
deserved having an equal share at any
treat. and a second was that The CALL
that it wanted everybody 10 see IT, And
now the evidence that old subscribers
have been talking and that people have
been examining is coming to the front, for
by each mail there arrives snOwstorm of
new subscribers coupons.
Each day since the announcement re-
garding picturesque California" was
made the number of orders has Increased
over the day previous, and the demand for
1t is something marvellous.
When the title of The CALLS premium
was made known persons thought there
must be some mistake, that it could not
be the picturesque California; about
which the newspapers and magazines have
had so much to say. But when they saw
copies OF the first number they were con-
vinced and when convinced they mar
Veled ana asked how such a thing could
be done, how one of the most valuable
works ever published could be issued in
numbers, each number costing only one
cOupOn and one dime.
Yes, after examining number one thew
realized that il was "PictuTesOue CalifOr-
MIA" edited by John Muir and containing
articles by Professors Holden and LIE
COnte, JOAQUIN Miller. Kate Field and
many others, that THE CALL was almost
giving, away and they understood that the
illustrations for the entire work were made
by the leading artists OF America. When
all this was compTehendeG the rush began
and 1t has kept uD ever since, copies of
picturesque California" disappearing as
rapidly as clerks can handle them. q
Everybody has of course heard of John
Muir, who was lntTustPd with the task of
edi,ing Picturesque California" For the
benefit Of those waO may not have had the
pleasure of reading any Of his vivid pic
lures of life IN the mountain regions of
this coast, 1t may be said that he has q
more intimate acquaintance than any other
man with the Yosemite and the high
SeTTas; that his speciality is geology and
botany, and that his love for nature and
his passion Tor exploring new fields led him
to spend two seasons In Alaska and TO ac-
company the revenue cutter Corwin on
her cruise in Bering Sea and the Arctic
Ocean.
He was thus wonderfully equipped for
the work, and how well he has accom-
plished the difficult fear of giving an ade-
quate idea Of the peaks and glaciers Of the
high Slerras may be seen from the first
number of Picturesque California" Mr..
Muir also gives fresh and graphic sketches
OF Yosemite, dwelling on scenes that are
unfamiliar 10 the tourist; of Mount
Shasta and the beautiful loothill region
that forms the seward fringe Of the Sierra
Nevada, and Of Alaska, which has only
recently begun to excite the admiration of
the tourist. For. although most of the
scenes in picturesque California" are re-
productions of the wonders of his State,
yet there are scores of engravings that pic
ture pits oil nature in other parts of the
Pacific Slope.
Below is list of the places where
coupons may be presented, Send them by
mall or present IN person:
San FraneiscO-525 Montgomery street
40 Market street.
OakIand-IOi Broadway.
Alan eda-"Cau'' Bra CHI, 1885 Park St
Berk eley-E. Z. Bancroft. Center street.
East Berkeley.
Napa-D. L. Haas Company.
WOOdland-E, z. Huston.
Santa Cruz-Cooper Bros.
Martinez-G. 4. sherman.
Eureka-,J. 4. Mathews.
stocktOn-W. f. Fox. 444 Main street.
sacramento-John Savage, lOl6 Fourth
street.
SaratOga-GeOrge Smith.
MarysvilIe-J. w, Cass.
Visit one Of the offices mentioned an d
examine PICTURESQUE California" FIR
yourself. Those who wish to secure thu
work Will please follow these instructions
NEW UBSCRlBERs-FnI out esNew
Subscribers Coupon" to be found ou
page Q. Take it to .'The Call" either at
71o NJ arket street, city, or 1910 Broad
way, Oakland, or the offices in other
towns mentioned. HAND 1T with one
dime to the clerk. He viii present
you with Part One of "Picturesque Cali
fornia." Should you wish the number
sent by carrier or mail just in cl ose cou-
pom and dime in envelope TO ssThe
Call" San Francisco. YOur order will
at once be filled. When your coupon is
received your name VIII be placed on
the subscription books and you Will be
served with "1he Daily CaII'' at the
regular rates, 50 cents per month. Then
watch the Columns for the announce
meDts Of the issuance Of other numbers
Of the valuable premium.
OLD UBSCRIBERS-Us the cold
subscribeF's Coupon" page o, and
follow instructions given above to new
subscribers.
THE EASTEpM CHpISTMAC