The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-26
LATEST BERKELEY ITEMS.
Mass Meeting Held to Discuss
High School and Street
Bond Systems.
DR.. Julius KoebIg Lectures on Sugar
BeetS-To Save Dampened
Almonds.

BERKELEY. CAL, Sept. pa large
number of West Berkeley citizens as
sembled last night at the call for mass
meeting by the Progressive Club, for the
purpose of discussing the proposed street
and High School bond systems. The mat
ter of improving the school system was
first taken up, and after much discussion
a vote was taken as to the best policy to
pursue in the matter, to erect a $4,000
high-school building or to expend that
amount on grammar-school buildings. 1t
was unanimously carried to follow the
latter course.
The street.-the nding scheme was agitated
at length, but no decision was reached
further than to present petitions to the
Town Trustees asking that Fifth, Sixth
and Delaware streets be improved under
the bond system. Superintendent of
Streets Guy Chick announced that of the
eighteen street contracts now in course Of
operation only one was in West Berkeley,
thus presenting the need of work in that
section.
Another m ass meeting was announced
for two weeks from last night, at which
the street propos ition will be further dis
cussed.
DR.. Julius Koebig, an industrial chemist
from San Francisco, delivered the first of a
series of three lectures before the agricul-
tural department this morning on the gen
eral culture of sugar beets.
The next two lectures, which will be
open to the general public, will be held on
Friday morning, September 81, at 11:15,
and on the following Monday at the same
hour The topics will be on the processes
Is ha haa IL,
after it has reached the factory.
Another Vine Pest.
A. P. Hayne. instructor in charge of viii
culture at the university, has just returned
from trip to Napa and Sonoma counties,
where he went to investigate certain vine
pests which have been injecting the vine
wards in that section. When asked to-day
as TO the result of his work he said: The
trouble seems to be due to the non-resist-
ance of stocks upon which the gratis have
been made. 1t has been supposed that
only riparla or vines grated on rlparia
were affected. but investigation showed
that this is not the case, the trouble having
been found to a greater or less extent on
all kinds of vines"
To Save the Almond Crop.
Professor Hilgard, head of the depart
ment of agriculture at the university, is
conducting experiments with quantity
of almonds which were exposed to the re-
cent rains, and which in consequence are
covered with a species of mold. He is en-
deavoring by means of chemical processes to
make the almonds which received wet
ting marketable without doing any injury
to the kernels. The kernels of the sam
pies are hard and in perfect condition, but
the shells are much affected. He says
that 100 tons of the nut are concerned in
the investigation.
To arrange for Their Parties.
A meeting of the class of '99 has been
called for next Friday afternoon, at which
will be determined the time and place for
holding its glee. The sophomore class
will hold a meeting on next Monday for
the purpose of arranging the details of
its hop.
Life on a Man-of-War.
Lieutenant Commander Wadhams, for
thirty years in the employ of the United
States Navy Department, will deliver q
lecture at the First Congregational Church
on next Friday evening on the topic, Life
on Man-of-War." The proceeds of the
address will go toward the Christian En-
deavor building fund of the church.