The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-19
COLONEL ANDREWS, CALIFORNIA; REGULAR CON-
MISSIONER TO NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND
ALL KINDS OF ExPosITIoNs
[Sketeded for "1He ouHn by NankiveuI

OF the Legislature to supply the Commissioners
with sufficient money to carry on the work so
they viii not have to wait for an appropriation
| two years from now. California intends max
ing grand display in Mexico. It will necessi-
tate good deal of work and it is wise 10 give
US plenty OF time. There viii probably be
three or four other Commissioners associated
with me and have no doubt that by working
in harmony and for the best interest of Califor-
mia we can demand recognition from all the
countries of South America and those on the
isthmus."
Colonel Andrews drifted from expositfons to
diamonds, his fayorite theme: "About twenty
five years ago man named Louis Nathan
showed me seven-karat stone.
"'Paste,' said.
well he wanted to bet, and took him for
tenner. We went to Louis Schwartz, to Maui
rice Schmitt's father, to Dinkelspiel & Co. and
to several Others They all said it was a rose
diamond Of the first water and was rare gem
"All we could do then was TO take IL to
lapidary and have it filed. The first one who
touched it agreed with me, but this didn't
satisfy Nathan and he had several others take
whack at it. They all pronounced it paste"
The colonel paused moment, and, throwing
up his hands, said, "What do you suppose be-
came of it?"
'fWhat?"
"why, they filed it all away applying the
test" and he laughed at the remembrance OF
Nathan's discontinue"
Colonel Andrews is an interesting character
to the insurance agents. He has number OF
policies on his life. An expert has figured up
that he pays $109 month, or 1926 year.
in premiums and dues, and when he dies his
heirs will get $72 900, providing his insurance
is ali sound He belongs to no less than thirty
three lodges and societies. though how he finds
time TO attend to them all is difficult TO COM
prehend. No doubt much of that $72, 900 was
taken out when the colonel was younger than
he is at present, and so he has the satisfaction
Of feeling that every day he is getting nearer
the winning point. He takes such good care
of himself that his friends console themselves
with the hope that he will live forever.
ssWhile San Francisco and almost the whole
State of California, in fact, is urging the con-
struction OF new railroad, there is one COM
munity, at least, up in Oregon, where such an
innovation is looked upon as foreboding dis
aster," said w. w. Merrill of Omaha at the
Palace yesterday. "There is project on foot
to build road through Prineeyille, in that
State, and quite recently the Review, paper
published in that town, contained the follow
ing article: THE railroad would not only
absorb the money upon which our freighters
now subsist, but dump into our county large
addition to our already sufficient number of
surely and speedily follow its advent. Does
any one suppose that railroad would raise
the price of a single product raised upon the
farms hereabouts? In the last eighteen years
our wheat has brought an average of S3 eentsa
bushel In what direction, may we ask could
our wheat have been shipped to have brought
more money during these years? No better
illustration is needed of the utter fallacy of the
doctrine that the only hope for a millennium
SS-pOVarpd of
County is through the railroad agency. AS far
as wheat is concerned, it is higher in Crook
County to-day than at any point on the Pacific
Coast and, without Boosting, we may add that
the residents of this county have the money to
buy it and the appetite to eat it. >"
"By judgment rece ntly given in the supe-
rior Court of Clallam County, Wash, a woman
under that construction of law, cannot hold
office in that State said S. T. Lane of Portland.
at the Baldwin, yesterday. "The case was that
of a Miss Guptill, who was in November last
elected Superintendent ofSchools in the county
named. In fact, she received the largest ma
iority of any candidate in the field, thus
demonstrating, at least, her popularity with
the masses. But the Acknowledgement of the
State gave an opinion in the matter which led
to contest of the lady's election, which re-
suited in the verdict mentioned. Sc far as the
Superior Court is concerned this decides the
they will take the case to the Supreme Court"
William Be Dell, the agent of the Pennsyl-
vania lines on this coast, has just returned
from Los Angeles. He says the oil prospectors
in that city have dotted the place over with
derricks. and there are now over $50 of these
towering structures within the limits The oil
is cheap, costing but about 80 cents per barrel
and is in extensive use for fuel purposes. All
the wells are pumped, as no gushers have been
struck as yet.
]. B. Hammond of Portland, who registered
at the Palace yesterday, met with quite a sur
prise when he stepped up to the hotel counter.
AS he picked up pen he noticed that very
valuable diamond set was missing from finger
ring on his hand He was unable to account
for its loss, but supposed il had become loose
and dropped out of position while he was en-
route from the ferry to the hotel
A. NJ. Holt, a Denver commercial man, who
spent day or two in Dixon recently says that
the ranchers up in that neighborhood have
recently developed disposition to adopt
euphonious names for their various properties