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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
THROUGH KAwEAH PASS.

party composed of A. G. Wishon of Tulare
&c orge Hanna, John A. and Elmo r. Pirtle, of
Los Angeles, and Dick Lane OF Lemon Cove re-
turned Sunday from a mountain tour of OBJ
servation and pleasure combined. All had an
enjoyable experience, and the sights they saw
repaid them for all their trouble and expense.
Mr.. Vision was interviewed by Visalia
Times representative. "We went up to the
headwaters of the main branch of the Kaweah
River" said Mr.. Vision, "and found great
quantities of snow on the way. 1t rained on
US two days and we had one snowstorm. On
horseback and with pack animals we went up
the Tharp trail and came back by the Giant
Forest and the great road built by the kaweah
colonists.
"And want to say right here that it will be
q lasting disgrace II the Government allows
that magnificent mountain road to go to ruin.
The people here should unanimously insist
upon that being kept up.
''The road is about twenty miles long and
goes up the east branch of the North Fork OF
the Kaweah. 1t has frst-class grade-in fact,
1t is railroad grade. The grade is so easy
that team of horses hitched to a vehicle may
trot along either up or down forgot my gun
On the way home and had to gallop back after
1t on this road several miles and my horse took
that gait easily. AS the road runs most of the
way through the park it is owned by the Gov
eminent and hence should be maintained by
that authority. For about $500 that splendid
road could be put into prime condition and
the wonderful Giant Forest would then be
ccess1Dle 10 all kinds OF vehicles.
'The road ends at the top of the mountain
covered by the pine woods that go to make up
the Giant Forest. The scenery along the last
part Of the road and at the top is simply grand
the whole Mineral King country on the south,
and also over the vast stretch of mountain
country drained by the north fork. For this
road should be kept in repair. What is a
National park for If the people can't have
access to it?
"That road must represent cost of 800, 900,
should think, and it Is pity to see 1t gradu-
ally destroyed, for the winter rains wash it
bauly In some places Here and there on the
lower side of the road are compactly built
walls to hold the earth. The giant forest that
his road taps is the largest and finest body Of
sequoias now in existence. From the head of
the road to the heart of this forest is about ten
miles, and this distance must be travelled on
horseback, but the Government could build
road that ten miles for very little money, as it
is nearly level up there. "-Visalis Times.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
AN ENCOURAGING SIGN.

The very emphatic refusal of the Street
Committee of the Board of Supervisors to
accept a piece of bad paving on Guerrero
street is notice to contractors that the days
for swindling the public are drawing to an
end, and to the public that it is good policy
to elect to Office men who may be de-
pended on not only for honesty, but for
hard and intelligent work.
This Guerrero-street matter is peculiarly
interesting. The former Superintendent
of Streets had accepted the work and his
example had been followed by the present
Superintendent. Meanwhile it had come
to the hearing of the Street Committee that
some of the residents on the street had dis
covered the faulty character of the work.
The chairman of the committee sent his
private agent to inspect the pavement-an
expert whom he employs to assist him in
the discharge of his public duties. This
expert closely examined the pavement and
reported against it's acceptance. Further
investigation confirmed the correctness of
his report, and so the claim of the con-
tractor was thus Endorsed by the COM
mittee:
"The committee reports against the &C
ceptance of the street work on the ground
that it is simply outrageous. Under no
consideration can this street pavement
ever be accepted. The foundation shows
no solid concrete work, and the contractor
is not entitled to receive 81 for the at
tempted swindle on the property owners.
In its present condition the street will
never be accepted"
II this recommendation is not based on
absolute facts it is hbelous and the con-
tractor can recover heavy damages. If it
is true the contractor seems 10 have had
very strong backing in his effort to secure
payment for the work. This backing came
from high and responsible officer of the
City, in whom the people reposed conf
dence both as to his energy and intelli-
gence and his honesty. In view of Street
Superintendent Ashworths report that
the work had been properly done and his
recommendation that it should be paid for
the committees action seems to place him
in an unfortunate light and apparently
calls for an explanation from him. If the
contractor brings suit and it is discovered
that he has not done the work according to
specifications, Mr.. Ashworth's position
will be made still more unfortunate. The
public will watch the course of events in
this seemingly small matter with great
deal of interest. The position of the con-
tractor is not of so great interest as that of
the Superintendent of Streets, and if the
suit should be brought its determination
either way would mean great deal to Mr..
Ashworth. The principle involved is as
wide as that which governs the construc-
ton and maintenance of every street i'm
proyement in the City, and hence the pub
lie will await the outcome of the apparently
trivial Guerrero-street matter with lively
interest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
A PREMATURE REFORM.

The Supervisors in San Francisco are gener-
ally several years behind the times in the mat
ter of reforms, but occasionally they get so far
ahead as to become unnecessarily lonely. The
modern art of constructing high fireproof
buildings Is only few years old and has barely
reached San Francisco. but the Supervisors
now propose to suppress as a nuisance what
has hardly yet reached the proportions of
convenience.
Other cities have waited before taking such
action un til the construction OF high buildings
has reached a point at which it has threatened
the public welfare or impaired the rights of
property. In Chicago the height of future
structures is limited to 100 feet, but Chicago
rests on crust of hard pan everything a deep
stratum of mud and there has been serious
apprehension that too heavy buildings might
break through the crust and hamper the efforts
of the Two-million Club by engulfng portion
of the population. New York is agitating a
similar restriction, but the lower part OF New
York is a network OF narrow alleys, which are
being converted into sunless mountain can
yons by the unbroken rows of lofty buildings
that border them.
There are no such conditions in San Fran
cisco. Our streets are wide and sunny and our
foundations would hold up the Tower of Babel.
Our architecture hitherto has been poor and
commonplace. We need the distinction of
lew slatels DulIUluSs. 1ncre is no DANGER OF
our getting them with such rush as to over
whelm us before we have time to suppress
them. There will always be plenty of time to
pass such an ordinance as the Supervisors are
now considering. If we ever get SO many tall
buildings as to threaten to deprive the pedes-
TRANS on Market street of needed sun and air,
II will be easy enough to forbid the construc-
tion of any more. At present there is not
building in San Francisco whose height dis
commodes anybody, and there are no indica-
tons that there will be any such for years to
come. The construction of such building
takes time and money; 1t is an event that
casts its shadow before; and there is no danger
of our waking up some fine morning to find all
the downtown streets shut in by marble walls
800 feet high.
The construction of high buildings affords
profitable investments for otherwise idle
capital, good wages for all classes of workmen,
and occupation and training for the highest
order of architectural talent If the structures
are properly designed they beautify the city
aud add to its protection against fire. From
the latter point OF view the Supervisors might
well afford to tolerate them until they could
succeed in stopping the construction of wooden
houses within the fire limits.-San Francisco
Examiner.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
HOME RULE BOUND TO COME.

Ihave no inclination whatever to dispute the
greatness, the completeness of the Liberal de-
feat. 1t was, as Mr.. Ruskin once said on very
different subject, not a fall but a catastrophe.
Yet am NOT particularly cast down by it. For
the great reform measures in which I am
chiefly interested it is delay, and nothing
more. The home-rule cause, for example, will
have to wait. But the man who thinks that
home rule and its movement have been put
out of the way by this Tory triumph must be
utterly incapable of understanding the forces
of & national principle. Amid all our difficult
ties and discussions the cause of home rule
carried off two seats from the Tories of Ulster.
In that province, supposed to be the stronghold
of Toryism, we have again majority of the
representation in the ranks of home rule.
Therefore l feel not the slightest fear on that
subject. l am sorry that the national cause
should be delayed in its movement, but it will
not have to wait long; its time will come
Justin Mccarthy, in the October Forum.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
THE STATE GRANGE.

The annual session of the State Grange
Patrons of Husbandry, which will begin
next Tuesday at MERGED, will be an occa-
sion of great interest not only to members
of the order but to thousands of farmers
who were formerly connected with 1t, or
who are accustomed to look to it for sug-
gestion or guidance in the various prob
lens OF rural life. Upon its first introduc-
ton into California in 1872, the order of
Patrons of Husbandry literally swept the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
MENU FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 90.

BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Wheat Granules. Milk.
Broiled Lamb Chops. Stewed Potatoes.
Toast. Coffee.
DINNER
Cream of Beef Soup.
Roasted Green Goose, Potato Stuffing.
Apple Chutney.
Boiled Corn.
Mayonnaise of Tomato.
Waters.
Coffee. Jelly. Whipped Cream.
SUPPER.
Hot Lobster in Chafing Dish.
Brown Bread.
Coffee
Stuffed Cantaloupes. Waters
Household News.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
Right Age for College.

If three years are enough for Oxford and
Cambridge and for the German universities,
why are they not enough for Yale and Har-
ward? The old answer used to be that boys
were kept longer at school in England, and at
the gymnasium in Germany, than was the prac-
tice here. But this is true no longer. The
average age for entering Yale, instead of being
16, has risen to 1S or 10. If young men of that
age have not learned as much at school here
as is taught in any other country, it is their
own fault, or that OF their parents in sending
them to be taught by inferior instructors
New Haven News.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
Reeds Chances.

There is every indication that Mr.. Reed will
go into the convention with the solid support
of the New England States. Outside of New
England, however, he has considerable follow
ing, and it would not be surprising If the vote
of New York was cast for him when the time
comes to cease Irff1ing with the name of Mr..
Morton.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
The Blind Tiger in Texas.

The blind tiger is causing great havoc in the
prohi bition districts of Dallas County. This is
the only sightless animal that almost defies
detection and appears to multiply in great
numbers, despite the vigilance of the vigilant
hunters ever on his track. The average blind
tiger has seemingly more lives than twenty
black cats.-Fort Worth Gazette.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
OPINIONS OF EASTERN EDITORS.
A Topeka Conundrum.

When man is arrested for being drunk on
the street is 1t because he is drunk or because
he is on the street, or both? And does the de-
posit OF So make him sober or filter to be on
the street drunk7 If not, why is he turned
loose? Perhaps some city Iaw-maker can and
will answer these questions. = Topeka State
Journal.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
A Brooklyn view of Morton.

The nomination of Levi p Morton as the Re-
publican candidate for President is not i'm
possible, but, in spite of the Endorsement of
tho Saratoga convention, it is highly improb-
able. II he should be fortunate enough to Sc
cure the nomination, however, it is hardly
probable that Allison or any other OF the men
named above will be found willing to accept
the nomination for ce-President.-Brooklyn
Times
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
IDEAS OF WESTERN EDITORS.

tmay not be too late to attach pertinence to
the remark that England finds 1t much easier
to wrest golden dollars than silver cups from
this country's keeping.-Portland tOr) Tele-
gram.
When towns inhabitants become strongly
imbued with the idea that good streets, good
sewers and plenty of them are necessity the
prosperity of the town is Observation-Disclosures
Independent.
Undeterred by all the silly objection to tall
buildings urged by some people of Anticipated
ideas, we venture to say THE CALL will raise its
lofty tower serenely. San Francisco Is not
provincial town and we have passed the AZ
period.-Alameda Telegram.
OF course one swallow does not make sum-
mer, and a few determined and enlightened
women do not prove that the majority of
women are ready for suffrage. To obtain that
proof would be the most effective work that
could be done for the conStitu tional amend
ment.-Oakland Times.
1t most earnestly to be hoped that the re-
cent settlement of the Lux estate means an
early throwing upon the market of several
hundred thousand acres of good farming land
at prices somewhere near their actual value
for farming purposes-general farming, we
mean-San Luis Obispo Tribune.
producing population means wealth and
prosperity. Few can realize the change there
would purchase the $500 acres of gilt-edge
land offered on the market by General Bidwell
and place upon every 100 acres of the land an
industrious family.-Chico Chronicle-Record.
The voice of the silurian is again heard in
San Francisco. He is Directing to the erection
of sky-scrapers and is demanding that an ordi-
nance be passed limiting the height of build
ings to 100 feet. Ii he had his way he would
reduce San Francisco to a city of dugouts and
its inhabitants TO the condition OF troglodytes.
Stockton Mail.
This is a year of plenty in Nevada. All kinds
of crops are great. The hay crop is the best we
have had for a number of years. Wheat is all
right, and there is an abundance of potatoes.
fruit, vegetables, etc. The cattle upon the
ranges are in frst-class condition, the mines
are equal if not superior to those Of any state.
and we think the people of the Silver State
have no cause to grumhle.-Yerrington New
Rustler.
The rules of civil and criminal procedure are
so numerous and so intricate that no man liy-
ing up to his tables of mortality can master
them. Precedent has been built upon prece-
dent until the substantial element in the ad.
ministration OF justice has been lost in the
refnements of law. The reform of our whole
judicial system is perhaps the most important
matter that can engage the serious attention.
OF the people.-Stockton Mail.
The people all want Republican prosp.ritv
to come back again, so we are quite safe in as
surfing the country elsewhere of two Republi-
can Senators from Utah. They need not feel
alarmed on that score, for Utah ranks third in
intelligence, according TO the last census re-
port. her people have education enough to
prosperity. Utah is Republican.--Provo (Utah)
Enquirer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

Scanty grapes but high prices make the
vineyardists smile on both sides of the
mouth.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

According to all reports, New Jersey will
enter the Union this year by big Repub-
lican majority.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The mugwdmp boom for Olney seems to
have peen only summers Irritation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

Henry o. Houghton, head OF the publishing
house of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. of Boston,
died suddenly at his summer residence in
North Andoyer recently Of heart disease. He
was 70 years old. A son, associated with him
in business, and three daughters survive him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

In fighting the combine by every
means known to the law, the Civic Fedora
ton serves the people well.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The Cleveland administration will be
kept busy this winter answering questions
or dodging them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

We may yet have to join the people of
the East in singing the song about abb
normal weather.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The courts may not sustain the Mayors
vetoes, but the people will on election day.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

1t is too late to predict hard winter
when it is known that we are going to have
baseball combination with US and every
town in the league expects soft snap.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The French in Madagascar and the Span
ish in Cuba have probably mutual SYM
pathy just now in the tired feeling.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

New York Democracy offers the State q
Cleveland platform and Tammany candi-
dates by way of compromise
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The next Grand Jury report should
sound like something that was loaded fol
bear.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

Coxey's only boast in these days is that
he will carry two counties in Ohio, and
even that is regarded as campaign lie.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

In advocating the retirement of green
backs Mr.. Cleveland has furnished Democ-
racy with an issue that will suit it like a
boil on the neck.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The single tax is something of side
issue in politics, but it is big enough to FL
Delaware so full you can't put the lid on.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The Republican Congress can be counted
on to enact measures that will put an end
to the export Of gold and the deficit in the
revenue.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

In the prohibition counties Of Texas one
blind tiger is said to have more lives than
twenty black cats.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

If it be true, as reported, that the power
behind the throne in France is Nine.
Lucifer, that country ought to be able to
make match for any nation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

A Cambridge Judge has almost lifted the
roof off Harvard University by declaring
the next student brought before him for
stealing signs should be sent to the House
of Correction.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

As Corbett has weak knees and Fitzsim-
mons had his leg hurt by his pet lion, the
affair won't end in a cake walk at any rate.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The tariff will be enough of an issue this
year at any rate to make the free-traders
back down and crawl out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

Every time pretty Miss Cuba scores a
success she looks at Uncle Sam, and the
old man ought to lift his hat and bow a
recognition next time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The primitive condition of life in Okla
homa is manifest by the fact that farmer
in advertising for wife says he wishes a
blonde 20 years old who won't object to
cutting corn.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

DIR. SIEGERTs Angostura Bitters, pure yege-
ia ole tonic makes health and health makes bright,
rosy cheeks and happiness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

IF you want a good medicine to purify your
blood, give nerve strength and build up your
tire system before the advance Of the winter sea-
son, take Hoods Sarsaparilla, the great blood
purifier.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

This is the day to leave orders for The
SUNDAY CALL and make sure of good read
ing for the day of rest.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

Whatever may be thought of Cleveland
as fisherman, he is much better at that
than at anything else.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

According to some experts the South
will get more money for the short cotton
crop this year than for the big one last
wear
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

1t is said the export of gold is due to a
demand for that metal in Europe to pro-
mote South African mining schemes, and
If this is true the sooner California miners
get in and turn the tide the better.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

The renewed interest given to the propo-
sition to retire greenbacks will recall the
saying of Hoke Smith that any attempt Of
the kind would add every State in the
South to the Populist column.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

GENUINE specs, 15c to 40c. 3D. Fourth ST., mr..
barber. Sundays, 73S Market (Kast's shoestore.p
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

Republicans and Democrats of the Great
West working together to promote the i'm
provement by the Government of the rivers
and harbors of this section of the Union
will add great deal to the public appre-
citation of the era of good feeling.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28

CHOICE cream mixed candies, 25c h., in
Japanese baskets, Townsend's, Palace Hotel.