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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED
The Civic Federation Adopts a
Set of Bylaws ana
Constitution.
Obieots and Methods of the Organ"
izatIon Set Forth-Present
Condition.

The Civic Federation held q long execu-
tive session last night to reorganlze, ana
complete set of bylaws as well as a con-
stitution was adopted. Several important
matters on which the organization expects
to act before long were touched upon, put
no definite plans were laid. The matter OF
taking the electric railroad companies into
the courts to force them to put lenders on
their cars was one of the things mentioned
and the opinion was expressed by mem
bers that the sooner action was taken In
vie W of the recent accidents the better.
The constitution and bylaws provide
that the name of the organization shall be
the Civic Federation of San Francisco, ana
its objects:
First-The formation OF an influential. non
partisan, non-sectarian association, EN- bracing
all the forces that are now laboring to ADVANCE
the municipal, philanthropic, industrial anu
moral interests of San Francisco.
Second-To serve as medium OF acqualnr
ance ana sympathy between persons VINO ,,, re
side in the different parts OF the city, VINO pur
sue different vocations, who are by Dlrtn OF
different nationalities, who profess dl1erene
creeds or no creed; who for any OF tnese Tea-
sons are unknown TO each other, but Wno'
nevertheless, have similar interests IN the Well
being of San Francisco and agree IN the desire
to promote every kind of municipal we1sre;a
Third-To increase the number ana ems
cheney of agencies designed TO discover anu
correct abuses in municipal affairs and to
increase the interest of the citizens in such
affairs by securing the utmost practicable
separation of municipal issues from state ana
National politics.
The methods to be employed in attain
ing the ends sought are set forth as fol-
lows:
The principal means to be employed by the
federation are investigation, publication, agl-
tation, prosecution and organization, toge-
Their with the exercise of every lawful infiu-
ence needed to carry into effect the purposes
of the federation.
The federation as now organized con-
sists of a central council of sixty-eight
members, fifty of whom are selected by
the council at large from the citizens OF the
City, and the remaining eighteen being
representatives from each of the district
councils. The central council is the SUI
preme body and has the selection Of the
board of directors representing the corpo-
ration.
For the better systematizing of the work
the federation is divided into six depart
ments as follows: Political action, mu-
nicipal, philanthropic, industrial, educa-
tional and moral, each in charge of sub
committee
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

The bike-and possibly the bloomer-has
come to stay with the w. G. T. U.
Mrs. Peet in her remarks said: ERE
formed dress is no longer question en-
gaging the attention of few families but
is now universal. All know the value of a
strong unburdened body, and for this rea-
son the Punishment of the corset and re-
stricting bands is taking place. But dress
reform pressed its claim for forty years
with little progress until the bicycle, that
graceful, silent steed of motion. dashed
through and burst the door of prejudice.
The mystic steed of steel is the mute
but telling advocate of dress reform 1t
demands simplicity in dress, it encour-
ages physical exercise, and utterly refuses
to carry a drunKen rider. In short, the
wheel is reformer, for it has discouraged
the use of cigars and cigarettes to the
number of 65, 000, 600 year."
The evening session was an able and in
structive address upon the Evolution of
Woman" her advance from primitive bar
barism to the ballot-box being illustrated
by tableaelx: One of the pictures which
Miss Severance, the speaker, drew was
woman surrounded by her political COM
panions or rather political equals-a con-
vict, an Indian, Chinaman, an idiot and
baby.
The convention will meet this morning
at 9 o'clock for an election of officers and
national delegates. In the afternoon the
addresses and discussions will be upon
abstinence in moral science, and in the
evening David Starr Jordan will address
the convention on ''The Sober Mind
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
Drying California Black Figs.

A, B. Leckenby contributes the follow
ing suggestions to the Bakersfield Califor-
MAN: 1t is timely to say few words on
the subject of fig drying, especially con-
sidering the many that are going to waste.
Last year we read up on the subject and
followed many formulas, in most if not all
cases to be disappointed with the results.
The following simple, common-sense way
we found productive of results that gave
all we desire: Gather your figs off the
ground or off the tree when they are per-
fectly ripe. Dump them in clean water.
If any rise to the top they are not ripe,
and we do not believe any process will
make desirable dried fig OF them. Take
those that sink, put into wire basket and
dip In boiling water until the skin is ten
der, but do not allow them to boil soft so
as to fracture the skins. Spread on wire
trays until dry. 1t is good plan to dip
the dry figs in boiling water before packing
them away, in the same manner and for
the same reasons that apply to other dried
fruit. Our experience with this process re-
lates only to the California black fig,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

Sargent has estimated the yield of orchards
under his observation and feels warranted
in making the statement that at bedrock
prices prune-raising is a profitable indus
try in Oregon. r. f. Meyers of Jefferson
has twenty-three acres of prunes. The
trees are years old and the orchard
promises an average yield. Mr.. Meyers
estimates the yield atfrom $4,000 to 100, 900
pounds dried. The cash price being offered
for dried prunes is from 4 to 5 cents
From the lowest estimate, $4,000 pounds,
and at AZ cents per pound, the income
from this orchard will be $500, or little
more than $147 per acre. The cost of
evaporating, at cent per pound, will be
about $35 per acre. Allowing $12 for
spraying, cultiyating, etc., leaves net in
come of 800 per acre. Secretary Sargent
considers this conservative estimate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
THE BIKE A REFORMER,
Mrs. Peet of the w. G. T. u.
Welcomes the Silent
Mystic Wheel"
THE SECOND DAYS SESSION
Reports and Addresses by the
49,. State Officers-Work OF the
Past Year. :.

The second day of the sixteenth annual
convention of. the California Woman
Christian Temperance Union was called to
order by the president, Mrs. Sturtevant-
Peet, yesterday morning in the Y. NJ. C. "A.
building. After devotional exercises the
following committees were appointed:
Committee on credentials-Mrs Henrietta E.
Brown, Mrs. Grace Kimball and Mrs. Annie
Little Barry.
Committee on resolutions-Miss s. NJ Sever
ance, Mrs. D, S.. Dickinson, Mrs Maria A.
Croley. Mrs. Jennie Phelps-Purvis, Mrs, Stod-
dard, Mrs. j. n. Croake, Mrs Laura Knowles
and Mrs. Bowman
The animal reports of the officers were
read, Mrs. Henrietta E. Brewer, the cor
responding secretary, reading that of the
recording secretary, Mrs. Dorcas ]. Spen-
Ger, who is i'll. Mrs. Ella S. Pringle was
appointed to fill the Office of the absent
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
TO RESCUE LITTLE WAITS
Organization of the Children's
Home Finding So
Ciety.
1t Proposes to Take Youths From
the Slums and Teach Them
Useful Trades.

The Children's Home-Finding Society
has recently been organized in this CITY
and its officers and directors are among
the most prominent people in the State.
The first move in this direction was made
many months ago, shortly after D. M.
Carman gave series of lectures in this
city on the subject of slum life in the
larger cities, with stereopticon illustra-
tons.
1t was found on investigation that San
francisco had large number of this class
who were not eligible to or fit for the ordi-
nary orphan asylums. The plan of work
at That time outlined was the result of a
thorough investigation of nearly all the
systems adopted by the various child saw
ing institutions of the country, and a
prominent feature of the proposed work
was that OF making the children taken
from the novels of the City wholly or par
TALLY self-sustaining.
Chlldren's Home-Finding Society with
the following officers:
President, D. NJ Carman, San Francisco
1ce-presldents-Thomas Magee, San Fran
CISCO; Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, San Francisco :
S = John Reynolds, R. S: Cantine, DID,, R.
Crawford, Santa Rosa; Hon. L. w. Elliott.
stockton James Horsburgh Jr., San Francisco:
peteI p; DQni sacramento; Hon. A. NJ. Mccoy,
Red Bluff; George Mccormick, DID, Salinas: :
9ndge =. C. Bush, Redding; Professor Walter
Miller, stanford University; Mrs. DR.. Cushman
ana others. Mrs. J. E. Barrow, Md, of Oak
ieno, is the recording secretary; the Column
plan Banking Company OF San Francisco, treas
urer; Hon. H. v Morehouse. San Jose legal
counselor; Rev: II. w; Brayton, San Jose, State
superintendent and financial secretary.
Board OF directors for the first year-D. NJ
Carman, San Francisco; F. D. Bovard, DID,
Alameda; Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery. Mrs
:. +. barrow, D., Rev. w. Fl. Latourette,
oakland; G. II. Street, San Francisco; Rev. T..
Delos Mansfield, Rev. John Harmon and S. B.
Hunklns, San Jose; Mrs. NJ. Fell, San Fran
cisco; q. Stedman, Alameda.
The headquarters of the society will b
in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
CTS A DEAD COLD FROST. .

las JAMES J. CoRBETT SAID OF HIS RECEPTION IN
SAN FRANCISCO ON THE OCCASION
OF HIS LAST VISIT
October frosts predicted in the pugilistic ring.
If it comes then twill be welcome; tits thing we
need full sore
Just to check the epidemic of the mouthy 'scrap-
ping bore.
Tired people got of sully, they're haf-sorry now
While the best they wish for Corbett is
Dead
Cold
Frost.
If the Texas Legislature doesn't squelch the takish
If the Lone Star beams a welcome to the braggarts
and their train;
If exchange OF siangs arrested by exchange of lab
and whack-
If the pugs brought together by the magnet OF
'Twould be halfway satisfaction, should a game to
Give to corbetts type of gentleman"
Dead
Cold
Frost
Fell frost to Goss and coburn, and the same to
Ryan fell,
And the Boston gladiator's tale no need for me to
tell:
It .'wear and tear and whisky" laid the Bean
And the boy that knocked that wreck apart the
fates have got in tow:
And Octobers close may herald, TO the tall lad s
That at last he's chilled his record with a
Dead
Cold
Frost.
Whether Dallas gathers Doodle from show of
swiping dukes,
Or the Choctaws acquiesce in taking risk of pale
face hukes;
Whether down among the Aztecs or on Arizona 8
waste
Anywhere that James and Robert can each other
safely paste,
Still some kind folks are wishing that Fitzsmmons
will if crossed,
Make has been" OF big Jimmy with
Dead
Cold
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
ga Trick In Irrigation. !"

Under the above headline the editor of
the Woodland Mail writes as follows
About this time of the year, or earlier per-
haps, almost Immediately after the april
cot, prunes or almond trees have been re-
lieved of their crop, it is great scheme
to turn the water on to them. 1t has a
wonderful effect. Trees that seem to be
sickly will revive and throw off by re-
newed vigor the disease that had already
half killed them. Trees that before bore
meagerly and miserably seem to become
instinct with life, and as though they had
changed their species commence the fol-
lowing season to produce large and lus-
cious crops.
There is logical reason for all this.
The fruit buds for next years harvest are
forming now. The long, dry summer and
the burden of maturing crop of fruit has
left the tree exhausted to that extent that
it is liable TO be attacked successfully by
pests and tree disease. Moreover it is not
equal to the emergency of responding to
the instinct that impels it at this time to
form the buds for the next seasons crop.
AS consequence the buds do not set well
and the vitality of the tree is at low ebb.
1t is often wondered why an orchard after
1t passes the age of six or eight years seems
to collapse and fails to make good the
promises OF its first years. 1t may have
been cultivated properly, yet it does not
get there. The owner bewails his hard
luck, and declares there is nothing in the
fruit business anyway. This farmer wants
to learn a trick in irrigation. If he will
give his trees thorough watering in the
summer soon after the crop is off he will
administer to them the very dose of medi-
cine that they are furnishing for. He will
surprise himself at the result. His trees
will brighten up, and in the early spring
they will give early promise of the abund.
ant harvest that will surely follow. Try
it once, and you will be convinced.
No vendors of lntoxicants are allowed tt
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.

Leo Green the Prob able Victim of g
Runaway Accident.
Leo Green, rancher at the Ingleside,
was found in an unconscious condition on
the electric railway, between Ocean View
and Sunnyside, at o'clock last night.
The seat of buggy and robe were found
lying beside him.
It is supposed that his horse ran away
and threw him out.
He was taken in car to Thirtieth street
and San Jose avenue, and thence in the
patrol wagon to the City and County Hos
pital. No marks of external injuries were
observable by the physician who examined
him, but it is believed he was injured IN
ternally. AT late hour last night he was
still unconscious. ~.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
Timber-Cutter indicted

The United States Grand Jury brought in an
Indictment yesterday against James Forbes,
charging him with illegally cutting 1000 tan
bark oak trees on Government land in Mendo-
rested, and the document was placed on the
secret file. Informations filed against Richard
Ryan and Peter Kelly, charging them with
perjury in connection with a mining transac-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
Garrity Exonerated.

Thomas Clarity, a young man who was ar.
rested by Secret Service Agent Harris for pass.
ing counterfeit dollar, was examined before
United States Commissioner Heacock Yesterday
and by consent of the United States District
Attorney discharged from custody. There was
no evidence TO show that Garrity passed the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

Elk Grove-Mrs. A. R. Gage, Mrs. Mary J.
Mackey.
Lockeford-Mrs. E. C. Allen Mrs. S. L. Locke.
Oakland-Mrs. NJ. S. Bartlett, Mrs O. e
Clifford, Mrs. Hattie McMath, Mrs. o. H. Burn.
ham.
Oroville-Mrs. D. w. Gray.
Peachland-Miss Lulu Tallman.
Santa Cruz-Mrs. Ella Pringle, Mrs. P Fl
Iruax, Mrs. A. NJ. Comstock Mrs. Lulu Greene
Mrs. Jennie Baker, Mrs. Eva Heath, Mrs. Mary
Corralitos-Mrs. Alice Bowman.
Salinas-Mrs. Christine Armstrong
Yuba Clty-Miss E. B. Hamlin.
Ch1co-Mrs. A. B. Huff, Mrs L. A. McCargar
Mrs. Alice Mocum.
Oak Park-Mrs. C. B. Lightfoot, Mrs. E. E
Beck.
San Francisco-Mrs Emma L. Howard, Mrs
caroline Parker, Mrs. c. B. Williams, Mrs. H, l.
Gear, Mrs. N. E. Gardner Mrs. L. NJ Carver, Mrs
F. 5. yeslit, Mrs. Putchet, Mrs. Mary F. Gilley
Mrs Cochran; alternates-Mrs. s. B. Mccoy
Mrs S. NJ. Gardner Mrs. G. A. Davis
Mrs. 81. P.rVan Kirk addressed the con.
yention on 1.-THE Gospel of Physical
Power and Miss I. c. de Yelling upon
Unto the Third and Fourth Generation
The presidents annual address was mas
terry argument for the cause of temper
ance, and tender plea for more earnest
action on the part of the women who were
devoted to that end.
inspired and moved by the most sacred
ties OF human and divine love-" said the
speaker, true daughters and mothers OF
the republic have battled these many years
for the greatest need of the period-God's
eternal justice This would quench the
fires of every distillery and brewery, write
over the door of every saloon To rent,
stay the hand of every illiterate voter, send
to prison every briber and political boss
and place woman in her Iightful position. u
Upon the subject of physical culture
Mrs. Peet scored her highest oratorical
triumph, and when she fguratively tied g
white ribbon on the bicycle and hailed il
as a co-refoTmer the hearts of every
woman, young and old, were with her
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
Prune-Raising In Oregon.

. According to the estimates of G. /. Sar-
gent. secretary of the Oregon Board of
Horticulture, there are 565, 600 acres of pit
and core fruit in that State, and 1900 acres
OF the berry variety. OF the former esti-
mate $4,000 acres are set to prunes. Mr..
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

OI1OsFI1IE <tI { IO-OIfty > tIItIItS'
First race, eleven-sixteenths OF mile, SELL
ing, light weller weights-Joe Cotton 129,
John Payne 132, Monitor l05. Detective 12S,
Easel 106.
Second race, eleven-sixteenths of annie, two
year-olds-Long Lady 115, Crafty lis, Grady
49,
Third race, three-quarters of a mile, selling,
three-year-olds and upward that have not Won
two races since August 81, 1895, winner to be
pounds allowed for each 800 to 800; horses
that have been beaten twice since August l
allowed five pounds; entries close $50 A. NJ /;
no declarations.
dieap-Mainstay 10S, Duchess of Towers 1O4,
Morven 80, Red Bird 80.
Fifth race, one mile, handicap-Claudius IFS,
McLight Ill, Rosebud 105.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

Good start. Won driving. Winner. b. g., by imp.
Midlothian Electric Light
tetting Midlo TO 5, Charlie Boots 212, Treach-
cry g. Little Flush FLY 80. Phyllis 40. imp. Miss
Brummel 8, Billy McCloskey so. Margaret N So
Runart So
tO. ems; three-yearolds and upward; maiden
Jockeys: purse $3.50 Time, 1:l6.
Ind. Horse weight jockey. st. IA Str. Fin.
Little Flush colt, 102
81 5#s5sSsR25i j ); i
SO Willie Gibson, los Oliver
80 DR.. Gardner, 100 (wilson). 8 Al 5
Good start. Won easily. Winner, b. g., by Alex
anderLittIe Flush.
Betting: Little Flush colt 31a, Jefferson to S,
Coleman to 5. Dr.. Gardner so, Willie Gibson so.
II FOURTH RACE-Five furlongs; selling:
L I. all ages; purse $500. Time, LOLA.
70 Ta mGFsf o %ssh los 0fssy s Fin
10 Kathleen. 107 (Shaw). ........2 1I1a In %
% Arctic. l07 (Mackin) ........l 21a AZ 81
(dds)Red Will SO (Chevalier) ......3 Al 81 IA
II Virgie A, 81 (Shepherd). .....7 z IS
80 Veragua, "a ca. Stuffiett)....6 615 90
Good start. Won easily. Winner, b. f.. by imp.
Darebin- ellie Peyton.
Betting: Fannie Louise l to 2, Kathleen TO-
Arctic 10, Red VIII g. Veragua so, Encino so.
Virge A 90.
AZ FIFTH RACE-One mile; selling; purse
to. $500. Time, :4l1a.
Ind. Horse, weight, Jockey. St. 1a st. Fin.
~ Agitato. ITO lShaw) ..:.....1 Ia l. In
(34)Uncle Giles, l07 (Donahue)5 AZ % %
81 Ransom, 50 (Cheyalier) % 3b 81 IS
% Silver, 80 tE. Jones) ........4 22 45 43
34 Ledalia, lO1 (Sloane) .......3 8
Poor start. Won driving. Winner br. g., by
imp Cyrus-Frolic.
Betting: AgItato 2, Uncle Giles to 8, Ransom
lO, Ledalla II, Silver 90.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

In 1869 there were in London only 500
miles OF underground wires, whereas there
are now 1900 miles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
AN APPEAL TO WEAK MEN,

positively
and BIad-
invention
The fact
trouhIas
a
lTYwhh forceis the element
Improved Electric Suspensoy ENLARGE SRUNKEN
of
sealed by application old man
slightest
EASY STRENGTH AND HF All n
WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE HAS FAILED. or address
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

An orchard should be cultivated as deep
and as often as possible.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

The Guinda News has this to say about
Capay Valleys fine fruits: F. Swete is
shipping his crop of Bartlett pears to
Eastern markets. The fruit is as large as
any we have seen. A sample, representing
the average of the crop, measured twelve
inches in its shortest circumference and
weighed eighteen ounces. One of the
largest weighed over twenty-five ounces.
A Kelsey Japan plum, picked from one of
j. q. Woodbury's young trees. is on exhi-
nearly eight inches in circumference.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

A fact that should be generally known
among fruit-growers is that drying the
fruit too dry Injuries it's flavor when
cooked
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
SANDEN ELECTRIC CO.

6s2 MARKET ST. OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL SAN FRANCISCO
once Hours-s to 9; evenings
Portland. Oregon. once. Washington street -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

The Pacific Coast Jockey Club has removed
its Office from parlor G to more eommodious
quarters in parlors A and B OF the Palace
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02
Following are to-day's entries:

Betting: Agitato 2, Uncle Giles to 8, Ransom
10, Ledalia II, Silver so.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

Nine bookmakers were doing business in the
ring yesterday, an increase of one over last
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-02

Tod sloane has received a telegram from his
brother, Cash, who was recently suspended for
a suspicious ride ON favorite at Oakley, stat
ing that he had been reinstated and would
come 10 California if he could secure employ
mani m ride for some good stable
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-24
KAAIEHAMEHA!

Time Of game hours, 10 minutes.
Runs earned - Stars, 6 Kams, z;
Bases on balls-By Hart, 2; by Davis,
4; by Lemon, /; Struck out-By Hart,
) by Lemon, 3. Left on bases-Stars,
9; Kams, ). Two-base hits - Wode-
house, McNicholl, .; CroweH, 9.
Three-base Wodehouse. Double
play-Mahuka, l. Passed balls-H.
Wilder, j; Pahau, 2. Wild pitches
Hart, i; Lemon, 2. Umpires-H. NJ.
Whitney, Jr., and NJ. X. KeoholIa-
Iole. Scorer, w. J. Forbes.
BY INNINGS.
1894 4567s9
Stars ................6 2 3 1910 2-21
Kams .................2 / ] o 4 ! % 2-,1l