The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-23
LATEST BERKELEY NEWS.
Captain KeIlner Defends the
Raising of Tobacco at
the University.
Rumor That the Museum May Be
Closed-Newssof Barber
Doane.

Captain Emil Kellner, foreman OF the
United States experiment station at the
university, stated yesterday his views with
relation to comments made by several
local pastors concerning the raising of
tobacco on the university grounds. He
said: Experiments will be made with
tobacco raising in spite of all the preach
ers in Christendom, and any one who OBJ
jects to our growing the weed on the uni
yersity grounds is either too ignorant of
the circumstances under which it is grown
or too bigoted to be of consideration.
"In connection with the university
botanical and agricultural gardens is
United States experiment station. Each of
the States of the Union has one; and it is
our duty, where practicable, to make ex-
periments III growing tobacco and every
other field product raised by the farming
community. Tobacco has been grown on
the University of California grounds for
the past twenty years; IL fact, ever since
the botanical gardens were founded. 1t is
used for the purpose of killing insects that
infest the greenhouse plants, and ii you
had been here fifteen minutes ago you
would have seen US burning ten pounds OF
it in the new conservatory.
1--WE receive communications almost
for information on the subject of tobacco
raising, and owing to these facts, besides
wishing to try new kind of fertilizer from
Germany on tobacco, potatoes and sugar
beets, we raised an unusually large crop
this season.
'sThe statement that the growing of to-
bacco on the college grounds has ten
dency to induce weak-mlnded students to
smoke is all bosh, and even if they did
wish to use it they could not, because the
crop is already harvested and in the barn.
1.-The ro.arists of Berkeley and Lorin
alone use about 1000 pounds of tobacco an
nually for tuning roses and killing insects
common to them.
"People can just as sensibly attempt to
stop the manufacture of wine by the uni
versity as to prevent US from growing
tobacco for the uses to which it is put"
Museum May Be Closed.
1t was stated yesterday by several per-
sons in authority at the university that it
was the intention of the Board of Regents
to close the university museum on account
of shortage of funds.
The museum is very exteD sive, occupy
ing large portion of the second floor in
South Hall, and is filed to OVERLOOKING
with many rare and valuable specimens
from the animal, vegetable and mineral
kingdoms.
In the event LDab pue DOdTu uQQS IL
necessary to put this department under
lock and key, several official heads will
fall, among which is that of Curator
Rivers, besides several of his assistants.
Those who have expressed themselves
with regard to the proposed movement
say that it will be exceedingly unfortunate
for the university to be compelled to close
from the public this one OF its depart
ments.
1t is expected that final action will be
taken in the matter at the board meeting
this afternoon.
Incarcerated at San Salvador.
Captain Raphael Demoro, who resides
on Telegraph avenue, has received advices
from San Salvador to the effect that
Thomas Regalado, former student at
Bates Gymnasium, has been incarcerated
by the San Salvadoran administration
and is in danger of his life.
On Regalado's return to his home, about
five years ago, he became engaged in poll
tics, and being bitter foe of Gutierrez, the
President of the State, he helped to defeat
him.
Recently the Clericals decided that the
time for their return to power had come.
and Regalado, who was devout church.
man. espoused the cause OF the Clericals,
and was at once cast into prison. His cell
is shared by Pablo Ariana, uncle of the
Dardano boys, who also attended the gym.
nasium.
The communication states also that
several other boys from Central America,
who were students in Berkeley, have taken