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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-09-05
A Fortune Awaits Someone.

A model of one of the most
useful and practical machines
ever invented may be seen at
Billy Williamson's, south of
the Academy. The Cooper
Extension Scaffold for me-
chanics, painters, plasterers,
haymen and farmers.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-09-05
COVERED Witt scaLEs
Eczema In Worst Form
Face a loathsome Sight
Could not Leave House
HAD To SACRIFICE HAIR
In Despair Dismiss Doctors
and Begin the Use Of
CUTICURA REMEDIES
Effect Wonderful
In Three Weeks Scales Gone
In Six Weeks Cure Is Complete

About four years ago Eczema made its ap
pearance on my head in its worst form.
was attended by two physicians, but notwith-
standing their treatment it continued spread
ing, until my face was covered with scales
and became a horrid loathsome sight. Fol
three months 1 cid not leave the house, and
people passing would turn and look back
when seeing me at the window. had fine
head of hair, seven years growth, and had to
sacrifice it. was in despair. The physicians
had failed even to relieve me, when one OF
them recommended CUTICURA SOAP. My
father dismissed the doctors and procured
full set of CUTICURA REMEDIES. i COIL
menced using them according to directions,
and in three weeks from the time i began,
the scales had left my face and the skin lost
its fiorid hue. In sir tceeks tcGs entirely
cured. My face was smooth and my COM
plexion clearer and finer than it had ever
been before. used three boxes of CUTIcURA,
one half dozen cakes of CUTIcURA SOAP, and
one bottle of CUTICURA REsoLvENE. Persons
ing genuine can write to my address and 1
will cheerfully tell them more about CUTI-
CURA REMEDIES.
Miss MARION A. SMITH, Sunbury, Pa.
The almost miraculous cures daily effected
by CUTICURA REMEDIES prove them to be the
greatest skin cures, blood puriners, and
humor remedies ever compounded
SPEEDY CURE Warm baths
with CUTIcURA SOAR, gentle applications Of
CUriCURA (ointment), and mild doses Of CUTI-
CURA REsoLvEsT (blood puriier).
ss-" How TO Cure Every Skin Disease" free.
PorTKR DRuo CHEN. Corr. Sole Props, Boston.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-09-05

If you want to plant a few trees,
or large orchard, it will pay you
to visit these Nurseries and select
what you want, or write for prices,
and order what you want.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1895-09-05

Lock box sJ6. yinita, Ind. Ter.
ONCE in Hill building.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
BARRED FROM FOOTBALL
A Scholastic Requirement That
Results in Loss to Both
VarSitieS.
Simpson, Hall and Garton Cannot Play
so the Olympic.Stanford Return
Game Is Off.

Simpson, Berkeley's star tackle, and
Hall, promising halfback, are deba FRED
from playing in the California team in the
great intercollegiate game on Thanksgiv-
ing. And Carton, the giant center rush
at Palo Alto, is also disqualified. Such is
the decree of the faculty athletic commit
tees of the two universities.
By an intercollegiate fve-year agreement
entered into last year Berkeley and STAN
ford decided that special student. to be
eligible to the Varsity. must have to his
credit ten hours university work, and
must also be taking a. least ten Rotations
of one hour each week. This was done
for two reasons. Primarily it is to prevent
men of particular physical fitness from
being faxed into college simply as football
material, without their having to undergo
and generally without being able to pass
the rigorous entrance examinations i'm
posed upon the regular student.
A secondary consideration, and one in
which the FACULTIES are more concerned, is
the check thus placed on the improperly
prepared student, whose college work
might suffer from attention to football
But when special shall have been in col
lege long enough to receive ten hours
credit the supposition is that he has come
for the purpose OF study and not simply to
try for gridiron glory with the slimmest
possible scholastic requirements.
So much did the Berkeley men prize
Simpson that they forgot the intent of the
agreement and offered to overlook Gar
tons ineligibility if the Stanford manager
would permit California new found tackle
to play.
Among Berkeley's list of eligibles this
year appear the names of Archie Pierce.
last years center rush, and for several
years q member of the faculty; Walter
Henry, '93 graduate and student in the
Law College, and Kington, center rush of
the Olympic team, who is a member of the
College of Pharmacy.
The Stanfords' manager has protested
Pierce's name for this reason. Neyerthe-
less Pierce has played year after year ON
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19

was understood and prearranged that no
other bids would be permitted for the
bonds than that offered by the contractor.
This, practically, is the Taxpayers
Unions case against the city officials OF
Santa Rosa. The case is entitled Mock VS..
Santa Rosa. We stand prepared to sub
stantiate all these allegations in court"
"Not all of these particular allegations
are false" said City Attorney W. f.
Cowan, who is defending the Mayor and
Councilmen of Santa Rosa against the suit
brought in Wesley Mock name ''but the
Claims of fraud and illegal procedure are
certainly false IN every particular. They
ulous ones as well, and are not really be-
lieved by the few men who have sub
scrIbed to the tenets of the Taxpayers
Union.
"No one seriously believes that the
Mayor and Common Council of Santa
Rosa are corrupt. These allegations are
made in desperation, in order to make the
proceedings in this matter, so that the
courts may be invoked on technical points
to defeat the will of the people as eX-
pressed in that overwhelming vote for the
issuance Of water bonds.
at is false that there was a conspiracy
to suppress free bidding on the contract;
1t is false that the contract was let for
been done for; it is false that the con-
tractor is nearly or quite insolvent, or any
thing but solvent and reliable it is false
that insufficient security was given for the
right performance OF the contract; it is
false that-but why go into details at this
stage of the proceeding? Every allegation
OF fraud or conspiracy is utterly false and
groundless and will fall fiat and pointless
before judicial investigation.
90 If the mon whO hack Of this Suit
have the courage of their convictions why
do they not put up the required bond,
have the work stopped at once and the
suit heard in court now? True, it would
require heavy bond to secure manda-
tory injunction, but if these allegations of
fraud and conspiracy be true there can be
no danger of any loss from the placing of
such a bond
"The whole purpose of this suit is an at
tempt to throw odium on the present city
officials, but the attempt will be fruitless.
These men have carried out the wishes OF
the people who elected them by an over
whelming Majority. They have taken no
step without competent legal advice, and
they retain to this day the entire conf
dence of the electors who clothed them
with the authority they have rightly en-
ployed for the benefit of the whole peo-
pie"
Associated with Mr.. Cowan in the de-
tense of the Mayor and Councilmen is At
torney Thomas Rutledge, one of the ablest
| lawyers of Sonoma County. The Tax
payers Union is also ably represented in
| the legal battle that is now languishing in
the courts, for Mr.. Ware is assisted by At
torney Farquehar, who is also secretary Of
the Taxpayers Union, and is known as an
| a. BILE counsel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
SANTA ROSAS MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM,

the will of the people finally defeated by
the technicalities of the courts. This they
determined to prevent if possible, and to
this end their work was done quietly and
without any blare of trumpets. In Octo-
Der Of last year the contract was let to the
lowest bidder, after due and legal adver-
Using.
Robert Effey of Santa Cruz and Garrett
q Co. of San Francisco were the only bid
ders and under the law the contract was
awarded to Effey. He transferred the con-
tract to Paul B. Perkins, who, in Septem-
Der of this year, became the purchaser OF
the bonds.
1t was this latter transaction to which
the Taxpayers Union has taken eXcep-
ton. When the bonds were placed, this
contaminated the contract, and the work
was commenced at once. Everything was
done in a regular and legal manner. The
Council had the advice of the best legal
talent in the county in all its actions, and
results will prove, l believe, that these ac-
lions were honest, sincere and in due legal
form.
"You will find that the Taxpayers
Union has very small membership, and
that most of them would be financially
benefited by the failure of the new water
system. Complaint has been made that
the city has no adequate bond for the per-
Torrance of the work. That complaint is
groundless, as the city is amply secured In
the fullest manner against the failure
of the contractor to perform his work
honestly and according to specifications. u
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
PROMINENT CITIZENS.
Well-KnoWn Business Men Of Santa
Rosa Express Confidence in
the New System,

The following brief interviews are ex-
pressions of opinions of some of the promi-
nenJ citizens of Santa Rosa on the i'm
portant water question:
A. B. LENNON, editor and proprietor
of the Santa Rosa Republican, believe
that the action of the Mayor and Council
men IN this matter has been not only con-
scientious and entirely legal, but also for
the best interests of the entire community.
The allegation contained in Wesley Mock
suit against the city, to the effect that A. L.
Fish would have taken the contract to put
in the plant at a material reduction falls
completely, / take it, when the fact is
shown that Fish put in no bid at the
proper time, and that he only made
his offer on the street after
the contract had been let. The
old water supply was inadequate. We
needed better service; the people wanted
it and authorized it and are certainly
going to get it. When completed it will
add one more to the long list of advan-
tages that Santa Rosa has to offer to home
seekers and settlers. We paid the old
water company about $4,000 year for its
inadequate service. Our bonds bear per
cent interest. Any one can figure out for
themselves the pecuniary gain to the city
under the new system.
e. e. MORROW, hardware merchant
The old water company was given every
possible opportunity to sell its plant to the
city at reasonable appraisement. Their
service was inadequate, both for domestic
consumption and for the Fire Department..
A better system was an imperative neces-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
the strength of being registered as gradu-


ate student.
The Olympic Stanford return football
game agreed upon for this afternoon is off.
The Stanford manager notified the Olym-
pics Yesterday that the lateness of the
hour of the proposed game would make it
necessary for his men to hurry to the last
train without bath after the contest and
then not get their dinners till o'clock,
and he considers such Irregularities in
furious to the teams condition when so
few days remain before the intercollegiate
match.
The Olympics could not go down to Palo
Alto to play, so this afternoon they will
have another of their secret practices with
the Berkeley eleven at Central Park. But
the Reliance men have decided to practice
with the Stanford Varsity ON the college
campus this afternoon.
Events seem to have shaped themselves
so that the two athletic clubs are taking
sides with the college players. The Olym-
pics, with Porter and Kington as students
in the professional colleges of the State
University, are getting practice with the
Berkeley team, and both will be greatly
benefited for their coming games. The
Reliance team, with its captain and three
other men, eX-Stanford players, has ap-
parently become an ally of the wearers of
the cardinal.
On Saturday afternoon the Olympics
and the Reliance elevens will struggle for
supremacy, and it is expected that the
long-existing enmity between the two
teams, caused by their early contest for
players, will result III game that will be
little less gentle than is usually the case
with ordinarily fierce football matches.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
CASWELL RECEPTION.
A Special Committee Will Meet the
Returning Commander at
Port Costa.

At meeting of the committee that will
receive Thomas Hubbard Caswell sovereign
grand commander of the Supreme Council
of the southern jurisdiction (mother coun-
Gil of the world) of the Ancient and Ac-
copied. order Scottish Rite Freemasonry,
held yesterday, it was decided that on his
approach tomorrow morning he will be
met at Port Costa with private car and
welcomed home again by the committee
composed of August l.. Otu, J. L. M.
ShetterIy, C. A. Wagner, H. j. Lask, C. L..
Pierce, Z. II. Goodmano and w. f. Pierce
and then escorted to the mole, where all
the members of the Rite will be in waiting
to receive him.
The members of the Rite will assemble
at the Masonic Temple early in the morn
ing and in a body go to the mole. Upon
his arrival in this City the sovereign grand
commander will be driven to his home,
and when he has rested from the fatigue
of the trip he will be rendered formal
reception and banquet at time agreeable
to him. This will be either in the Masonic
Temple or in the hall of Golden Gate Com
mandery.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
BLOOD ON THE MARSHES,
Brundage, Head Keeper of the
Teal Club, Smashes a
Hunters Nose.
The Sportsman, on Entering the Cars,
Was Knocked Down by the
Gillie.

James Brundage, tie head keeper OF the
Teal Shooting Club. whose headquarters is
at Teal station, Suisun Marsh, distin-
guished himself yesterday afternoon by
drawing the first real warm blood that has
been shed on the Suisun marshes this year.
The trouble came about in this way:
Some hunters, who had been domiclled at
Bells ark, which is anchored in one of the
principal soughs within half mile OF the
Teal Clubs rendezvous, were returning
from shooting in the company of guide
named Aiken. AS they were crossing the
railroad bridge, which spans the slough
near Teal station Brundage, who happens
to be a colored man, shouted at Aiken, and
then calling the attention of the sports
men said: Aiken, you are a thief and an
ex-convict." Brundage repeated this
statement with emphasis again, and
then Aiken replied by telling Bum
dage that he lied. Mother, the sports
man, who was guided by Aiken
over the marsh, grew angry at the
language the keeper used to his guide, and
turning to Brundage said: you ought to
be ashamed of yourself; why they hang
niggers in the South for such language as
that" Brundage grew furious, and imme-
diately telephoned to Suisun for a con-
stable, who arrived on the 4:30 P. NJ. train,
which was in charge OF Conductor Avery.
As the hunters were boarding the cars at
the station Brundage was waiting on the
platform for the arrival of the man who
had so deeply insulted him. Mother was
the last man to step on board and as he
landed on the second step Brundage
aimed a well directed blow with his fist at
the hunters face and struck his nose, in
ticting deep cash from which the blood
poured freely. Constable Kinloch I'M
mediately placed Brundage under ar
rest. He was brought before Justice
Maynard, pleaded guilty to a charge of
battery and was fined So and costs. The
hunter who was struck said that Brundage
will not get off as lightly as he expected,
He proposes TO employ legal talent to-day
ard will prosecute Brundage to the fullest
extent of the law. The head keeper is re-
ported to have said that one of the en-
ployes of the Teal Club was shot at yes
terday and for this reason he telephoned
the Constable for the purpose of having
the shooter arrested, but there is very
little faith placed in the head keepers
statement, as there are none of the keepers
under him prepared to show any signs OF
injury from leaden pellets.
Sportsmen who happened into the pre-
serve were handed notices to vacate the
premises, but of recent date no iniunctions
have been served. Trouble on the marshes
is daily expected, and unless a settlement
is soon had of the long-pending injunction
case which is to come up before Judge
Buckles of the Superior Court at Fairfield
on Thursday somebody is liable to get
hurt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
A Large Majority of Voters
Support the Present Ad'
ministration.
THE OLD WATER COMPANY
Interviews With Many of the Leading
Citizens Concerning the New
Plant.

The inauguration OF municipal owner
shin of a water supply by California city
is a matter of general interest to every citi-
zen in the State. 1t seems to be the pres
ent tendency of municipal governments to
take under their own control two of the
great common necessities of any consider
able community water and light. AS yet,
this tendency is in the experimental
stages, and every example OF its realization
is watched keenly by all Thoughtful cltl-
Zens.
The busy, prosperous city of Santa Rosa
offers the example at present. In May,
1898, her citizens Endorsed at the polls, by
nearly three-quarters majority of the en-
tire vote of the city, plan to issue bonds
IN the sum of $165,000 for the erection OF
water-works plant to be owned and oper
ated by the municipality. In September
of this year the contract was let, the bonds
placed and the work begun. Early in the
spring of the coming year the work will be
completed, 1t is calculated, and Santa Rosa
will have her own water supply.
Naturally enough there have been some
differences of opinion among the citizens
of Santa Rosa concerning the ACCESSIBILITY,
the practicability and the meIhods adopted
of securing the new water-works plant.
Heretofore THE CALL has published brief
kilograms from Santa Rosa which have in
dictated some OF the opinions held and
statements made by various persons inter
ested in the important measure. These
have been read with keen interest by the
citizens of other municipalities who are
watching the progress of the work at Santa
1. |, TIoy, ho In
ness of disinterested spectators.
1t will be recognized as aself-evident fact
that paper like HE CALL, that wishes to
be impartial to both sides of controversy,
can do nothing better nor fairer than to
allow the representatives of the opposing
factions to present their arguments in their
own way, leaving the decision of the mat
ter to the judgment of the public.
If Santa Rosa's plans are carried to sue
cessfuI fruition Santa Rosa will stand
as an example to other cities that
are interested in similar movements.
On the other hand, if Santa Rosa
fails in this respect she will remain as an
example to those who oppose the further
municipahzation Of public utilities.
With the end in view of presenting more
complete data concerning the difference of
opinion existing in Santa Rosa on the ques-
ton OF the multiplication of her water
supply, THE CALL assigned to one of its
staff reporters the duty OF interviewing, at
Santa Rosa, a number of the more prom
inent citizens who have been active on
both sides in the discussion of what is
certainly a living issue and OF far more
than local importance. Some prominent
citizens of Santa Rosa who would natIlr-
ally be expected to speak on this matter,
while willing to express their opinions in
private conversation, did not wish to be
publicly quoted, and consequently their
views do not appear in this article.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-19
SANTA ROSA'S MAYOR.
E. F. Woodward Says the Council
Carried Out the VIII of
the People.

"You will find that Santa Rosa is prac
tically unit to-day in favor OF the rapid
completion of the city water works under
the plans that are now being carried out, u
said Mayor E. F. Woodward.
"You will find that what little opposition
there is to these plans comes from very
few men who would be. financially bene-
fitted by the failure of the municipal water
works. Let me give you brief history OF
the matter In May OF 1893 the election
to decide whether water bonds should be
issued or not was held The vote stood
$50 for the bonds to 251 against them.
Previous 10 that we had an imperfect and
inadequate water supply. Complaints were
heard on every hand. In the dry season,
when water was used for irrigating, house
holders suffered greatly for a'lack of water.
More than this, the quality of the water
was bad at times, and often it was not fit
to drink. The present Council and Mayor
were elected, without regard to politics,
because they were pledged to give the city
an adequate water supply that should be
owned by and operated for the whole
people.
''At first it was thought desirable to buy
out the plant of the ola water company,
and such a proposition would have been
submitted to the people had it not been
that the owners of the existing water
company valued their plant at what was
generally conceded to be an exorbit ant
figure. I believe the Council would have
Endorsed an offer of $l75,0o0 from the water
company. 1t would have cost about $780,
COO to put the plant in proper shape for
supplying the needs of the City. But the
old water company held out for 1925, 900, or
Whereabouts, | believe, which would have
entailed much greater Indebtedness upon
the City than the Council was willing to
assume. Experiments were then made
and estimates secured of the cost OF a
pumping works and reservoir. 1t was
found that an inexhaustible water supply
was at hand and experts pronounced it to
be of the best and purest kind. 1t was
found also, that the needed wells could be
sunk, the pumps put in, the reservoir
built, and the pipes laid-in fact the whole
plant complete for the sum OF $161 600.
This was the proposition submitted to
and ratified so enthusiastically by the peo-
pie in May, 1893. The bonds bearing per
cent interest were duly issued. The finan-
cial crisis came along just then, and as it
was impossible to dispose of the ordinary
municipal bonds at par just then we
changed them so as to make them paya-
bic In gold coin of certain standard semi
annually and al the city of New York.
There was some question as to the legality
OF these bonds, SO test case was made,
ana an the Supreme Court pronounced them
Illegal. Then the bonds as authorized by
tne election were issued, but could not be
placed at once.
The city officials knew that deter
hIneo effort would be made by those in
terested in the old water company to pre-
vent the placing of these bonds and the
IetIng OF the contract. They had before
them the experience Of eight other cities
#here water bonds had beeen voted and