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The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
How California Growers Can
Realize the Most Money
From It.
SOME PROBLEMS ARE QUEER.
A. R. Hall Says Large Coast Buyers
Have as a Rule No Basis on
Which to Purchase.

A. B. Hall of st. Paul, who has some
original ideas as to how the dried fruit OF
California should be marketed, is at. the
Occidental He said yesterday, when seen
by CALL representative:
How to market the dried-f fruit product
of the State at profit to the producer is
beginning to be of very general interest.
More than the usual number of knotty
problems have presented themselves to the
California fruit. grower in the few wears
that he has been producing fruit in guam
titles sufficient to displace the foreign arti-
Gle, SO that tits not strange he should have
some of them yet unsolved.
From one end of the State to the other
is heard the complaint from growers
that their orchards are proving unprofta-
BILE property and that mortgages and in
terest have accumulated to still further
complicate conditions.
The lack of ready money 10 defray ex-
penses of production in many instances
compels the grower to hypothecate his
crop, and by SO doing he loses control of
the price to be received for it and the
method to be pursued in marketing it,
leaving to another, not always interested
in his welfare, to set the price he receives
for the product of his labor. In this way
seeds OF generalization are sown and in
discriminate consignments East have nat
urally followed.
1t is not to be expected that dried-fruit
dealers will purchase outright commod-
ity when by making reasonable advance
they can secure the product without ineur-
ring the risk of marketing, unless in case
of advancing market, when profit is an
ticipated in buying, which condition, un-
fortunately, has not existed for several
years.
In this way has the coast buyer of Cali
fOrnia dried fruits been driven from the
market, In many cases after financial loss,
occasloned by competing in the Eastern
markets with promiscuously consigned
goods.
Nor is it to be expected that the Eastern
wholesale buyer will make f. o. b. pur-
chases when his market is full of consign-
ments, frequently in the hands of incom-
petent and unscrupulous dealers, from
whom he can buy at any price above the
advance, freight and commissions.
As matters now stand the large coast
! buyers, as a rule, have no safe basis upon
which to buy this product. The wholesale
| Eastern buyer has not safe, staple mat
ket upon which to make f. o. b. purchases.
1t is only when the article reaches ruin
ously low figure that he feels safe in max
| fng t. o. b. purchases.
While this is not very pleasant pros
pect, it is the present condition OF affairs.
/ While it is impossible to name a remedy,
owing largely to the scattered interests OF
the producers, and the lack of sufficient
capital to hold their product until it is
wanted by the consumer, there are a num-
Der OF practices that could be discontinued
to advantage.
A series of ''don'ts" suggest themselves.
Don't dry inferior, undesirable fruit.
1t cannot be produced at profit, and
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

guardsman was Private Cook. who belongs
to Captain Fitzpatrick's company, and
learned further that the tumult was an
individual matter and not a comp af-
fair. The man, who had been drinking,
was inside, and not being able to work the
spring lock. fancied that he had been
locked in. Straightway he seized a mus
ket. and with the butt of the gun smashed
through the panels of the door. No one
regrets the disorder more than Captain
Fitzpatrick.
Colonel Macdonald will order sum-
mary court-martial at once and the
offender will be dismissed from the
service. A soldier dishonorably dis
charged from the National Guard is dis
franchised for twelve months, and unless
pardoned can never hold office in the
State. Cook is spoken of as good soldier
when he is sober.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
Their Nets Brought Them Up
Cans of Opium Instead
of Fish.
IT WAS A VALUABLE CATCH.
The Drug Was Sold in Chinatown for
$1,000 and the Finders Are
Now Happy.


Two fishermen made lucky haul last
week. Gold and jewels have been found
from time to time in the stomachs of
voracious fishes, but this is the first time,
that over $1,000 worth of opium has been
brought ashore in fish net. Yet this was
exactly the luck that befell Mateo Vodono-
yich and Andrew Vunivich. While haul
ing in their nets they discovered two oiled
sacks entanged in the meshes, and think
ing they had found treasure they made
for the little sandy cove near Fort Point,
and after some pulling and hauling landed
their booty.
When the sacks were ripped open they
were found to be almost full of five-tael
boxes of opium. That night the drug was
taken to Chinatown and the fishermen
realized $1,000 on their find. They divided
the money and are now taking what they
consider "a ard-earned holidav.''
When Deputy Surveyor OF the Port
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opening from the bedroom into the hall.
Here she met another fright. Her
screams had frightened the burglar who
at once fed from the parlor into the hall
also. The result was that Mrs. Carolan
ran full tilt into him as he was sprinting
toward the hallway.
Thinking she meant to capture him, the
fellow gave her shove that was not quite
q blow and increased his speed to such a
rate that he missed his footing on the
stairs and gave an impromptu imitation
of tobogganing down an uneven incline
without toboggan.
The burglar could not have been seri-
ously hurt by his long fall, as he was gone
when the people of the house gathered to
Mrs. CaroIan's assistance. 1t was evident
that he had not been at work in the room
very long, for he secured absolutely no
BOOTY
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lowers the price of superior goods. 1t is
the real overproduction. There has never
been too much good fruit produced.
Don't send ungraded or mixed fruit to
market, such as cling and free stone
peaches, bright and dark goods, etc.
Don't consign goods to Tom, Dick and
Harry in the East because they ask for it.
There are plenty of well-known dried
fruit firms in your State to dothe business,
Don't place any confidence in delusive
price-lists sent by parties throughout the
East for the sole purpose of getting con-
signments. Legitimate handlers do not
send such.
Don't consign dried fruit to produce
dealer. 1t is demoraHzing.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
TWO FOOTPADS BEATEN,
Joseph McDermott Yields an Iron
Pipe With Telling
Effect.
He Has a Thrilling Experience on
Geary Street at an Early Hour
in the Morning.

Joseph McDermott, SAT Howard street.
walked into the Central police station.at
an early honr yesterday morning carrying
in his hand piece of iron pipe about five
feet long and an inch in circumference.
He told Lieutenant Birdsall he had had a
thrilling experience with two footpads
and had vanquished them with his iron
pipe.
''I had been out visiting some friends on
the Point Lobos road,'' said McDermott,
"and stayed later than intended. When
l was leaving they insisted that 1 Should
take with me the piece of iron pipe, as the
road was lonely and dangerous characters
were around.
''As | was walking along past the ceme-
terry at Lone Mountain. never thinking of
a footpad, young man stepped up to me
piled, That's none of your business and
he said, oh, isn't it? throw up your
hands,
81 gave him a.swinging blow on the left
shoulder with the iron pipe, and he
sheered off, holding his shoulder with his
right hand, and disappeared in the ceme-
terry. think / must have broken his
shoulder bone. As / turned round.
another young man threw his arm round
my neck and tried to garrote me. l swung
the iron pipe, but could not give him the
full force of the blow. The pipe hit him
on the neck, and he let go his hold and ran
along the road.
81 met two policemen and told them of
my experience. They asked me to go back
with them, and on our way back we met a
sergeant, and he told me, as | had long
way to walk, to go home. I gave him a
description as near as | could of the two
men, but as it was dark could not tell
him much.n
Sergeat Christensen and the two police
men searched the neighborhood, but could
find no traces of the two footpads Ac-
cording to McDermott, one was 5 feet 8
inches tall, with mustache, and the other
feet 81 or inches, and clean shaven.
McDermott got considerable notoriety
six or seven years ago by being charged
with the murder of Herman Vessels, the
keeper of sailor boarding house on
Fourth street. Vessels was brutal char
acter, and took pleasure in abusing sail
ors who boarded with him., McDermott
was one of his boarders and during fight
he threw him downstairs, killing him.
He was tried for muroer and acquitted by
the jury.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
JANIN TO TESTIFY.
The Geologist and Mining Expert to
Show How Nature Formed the
North Star Ledge

The evidence for the defense in the suit
of the Carson City Gold and Silver Mining
Company against the North Star Mining
Company for $S25,oOO is expected to be
concluded in the United States Circuit
Court to-day by Professor Louis Janin.
geologist and mining expert taking the
stand. Professor Janin is to show how
the ledge worked by the North Star people
according to the extra lateral rights
claimed by them was formed by the forces
of nature.
The witnesses who testified yesterday
were Charles E. Wren, Edward Coleman,
James n. Wilcox, E. I. Morse, Cornelius
Reilly. ]. L. Glugas, James V. Bennetts
and d. n. Coffin. The evidence went to
substantiate the contention of the defend
ant company that it had simply followed
the course of its ledge according to law.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

Woywod, was begun by United States
District Judge Morrow and a jury yester
day.
Woywod and four fellow-sa sailors-John
Babis, who had also been beaten by the
prisoner, Coils Thurston, Theodore Mel
son and Edward Chadwick-were put on
the stand. Their story is that Captain de
Winter struck Woywod with a revolver,
and afterward put him in irons and beat
him while in irons. This, they say, was
during its voyage around the Horn.
The captain says Woywod drew knife
on him. 1t is also said that Woywod was
getting sail out of locker andwas acci-
dentaily struck OH the head.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
FIRED IN HIS MOUTH.
Harry Rubon Attempts to Commit
Suicide in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery.


J. ]. Fredericks, a carpenter, living at
34l3 Geary street, was working in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery yesterday afternoon,
and between and clock he heard two
shots fired inrapid succession. He hurried
in the direction of the sound and found a
man lying on pathway with blood pour
ing out of his mouth and a revolver
clutched in his right hand. Fredericks
telephoned for the ambulance and the
wounded man was taken to the Receiving
Hospital.
Drs. We'll and Rhine found that the man
had evidently placed the muzzle of the
revolver in his mouth and pulled the
trigger. The bullets had cut his tongue
and had lodged in the back of the neck.
The probability is that he will recover.
The man after regaining consciousness
said by means of pencil and paper that his
name was Harry Rubon, but he refused to
give his address. He was out of work and
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

felt respondent. In his pockets we're a
flask of whisky, a box of cartridges, So 60
ir silver, q seaman's discharge dated Feb
ruary, 1894, with the name cut out, an
employees ferry ticket in the name of
Harry Rubon, and pawn ticket for a gold
watch and chain and diamond locket, with
the address Mike Milan, East Berkeley
written Oh the bottom.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
COBB GETS MARRIED.
United to the Woman Who Might Testify
Against Him.

John W.. Cobb, who was recently con-
victed in the police court under the name
of st. Clair of cruelty beating little girl
who he claimed was his daughter, was
married yesterday by a Justice of the
Peace to Sina A. Middlekauff, better
known as Nellie Adams, with whom he
has been consorting for some time past.
1t is believed that Cobb, or st. Clair, mar
ried the woman to prevent her giving tes-
timony against him in case he obtains a
new trial, which he has applied for. He
was sentenced to six months in the
County jail and is now out on bonds
pending the appeal of his case.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

BALDWIN THEATER. = Grand Opera = 1.-The
Huguenots."
CALIFoRNrA THEATER-"H endr.ck Hudson Jr."
COLUMBIA THEATER-"Men and Women"
MoRosco's OPERA-HoUsE-"Sins of the Night"
TIvoLI IOPERA-HoUsF--"The Gentle Savage
ORPHEUM.-H Hfgh-Class Vaudeville.
"Joe Girls"
NEW BUSIEST. THEATER. -'Uncle Toms
CABIN"
MAcDoNoUsE THEATER (oAKLAND)-"In Old
Kentucky"
SHOOT THE CHUrEs-Daily at Haight street,
one block east of the Park.
BAY DISTRICT TRAcK.-Races.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
Old Pioneer Passes Awav.

Patrick McAdams, 78 years of age, pioneer,
died of old age and general debility at his
home, 674 Brannan street, early yesterday
morning. The Society of California Pioneers,
OF which he was member, will bury him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
A Chinese Literary Club.

The Wong Wun Sun Keong Suen Social and
Literary Club, the latest. Chinese organization,
has been incorporated. The object of the club
is the promotion of good fellowship and the
cultivation and advancement of the literary
tastes of its members.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
DE WINTERS TRIAL.

Captain of the Ship M. e. Grace Before
the Federal Court.
The trial of Captain John de Winter of
the American ship NJ. E. Grace, who was
recently indicted by the Federal Grand
Jury for cruelty beating Seaman Gustave
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05
Women,s Mass- Meeting ON Sunday.

miass-meeting TO protest against immortality
and to safeguard childhood will be held by the
Women's Federation on Sunday afternoon
February 8, at 3 O'Clock, in the Central M. E.
Church on Mission street, between Sixth and
Seventhi The address Will be delivered by DR.
Carlos Martyr, the Parkhurst of Chicago, on
women's part in the moral salvation Of the
City. Ansoutline of the work of the federation
will be presented by Mrs. Rose NJ. French,
presidanf -
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-05

Tampa, Fla, is Cuban city, large
proportion of the population being Cubans
engaged in the manufacture of cigars.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-23

The above is the actual difference that
others will ask YOU later for similar s,yIes
and inferior qualities.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
TIMELY INrotMATloN.


Answers to Pertinent Questions Put by
Farmers.
Would II bc profitable to raise Sea Island
cc,,or -, ,,o coas, ~, q, Iavoca oountyY
N'' 80
~ what amount can he faisea on nn
mere OF uplanh, or IN other WORDS Wouiu
u phy any better than our SNORT hiali"
crop Nhcre can me socd nc "p'a'n.n
IhoInas j. Lee, lialhtfsVile, I.Nas: hlro
m answer To query OF W. a." houhs'
IeNaa iarmeIs VINO nave eNperlnentod
WIN sea Island cotton stare that II IS
ldf more proilthpIo thhI lne snort simple
ana requires no more attention IN chltl-
Vsuon' The yield u fuily equal 10 ana
oiten greater than the ordinary cotton.
we think II coul1 he successfully ralscd
m LhVncn county for ginning you SIM
ny h"eh 10 nave Il roler placed IN the
klh' An ordinary gan would tear the
i"hg Nthpl" INTO pieces, whiie the roller
process slowly wlnds the long STABLE from
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

mosrherc circulation that distinguish
each from the others. Insect AMI animal
life IN each Of these districts differs very
materially from each CT the other Districts
and IN tine the climates of each of these
districts viii probably produce a race of
man radically differing from the races that
will he produced in each OF the Others.
Probably the northeastern district
should, for several reasons, be called the
first. the East Gulf States second, West
Gulf third. Upper Mississippi and Mis-
souri, valleys fourth. North Pacific slope
nth South Pacific slope sixth.
Tho first weather district covers the
eastern provinces Of Canada and the
Northeastern States OF this country, and
ITS weather is governed 10y two peculiari-
lies not to be found in any of the others,
ono of these is tho Icelandlc permanent
low barometer. This low IS more extensive
in winter than In summer. 1t oscillates
eastward and westward at long intervals
and largely affects the character of the
weather on this continent. When It's os-
cillation is eastward III Januaiy/i mid
winter Is the result
In summer this Icelaraic low has a de-
creascd force ard the North Atlantic hign
immediately south Of Il has its force large
~ increased. This high also oscillatrs
eastward and westward when II comes
west a summer drouth results Ia some OF
tile Atlantic States. and when 1t goes east
foods substitute the drouths.
This North Atlantic high has been on a
westward swing for two or three years
and In 1885 1t covered tho Ohio valley and
the eastern provinces Of Canada with snch
great force as to alarm all parts Of the
United states as It seemed TO indicate 4
permanent change Of climate.
But It will swing back toward Europe
aud our climate will be restored II man
will cease his robherles, restore the forest
and establish other means OF retaining
moisture.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

1t Is predicted by an observing writer
that before long the suntiower win come
into general cultivation in this country.
IA plant It has no superior for visor.
ranld growth and prolific yield OF seed
leaves and stalk. all Of which can be util-
ized The seeds are specially good as
seed fer fowls, and then mixed with grain
,hev are relished by all farm animals.
Fifty bushels OF seed TO the acre is a
fair yield, and this viii proinee hfty
a'aIions az oil worth 81 a gallon. In China
,.al,,ahle fiber. used in SILK weaving. is
ohtsIned from the siSlks. ard they are Of
service as fuel and a source OF potash.
Ths Orientals mix their tobacco with
d,'r.d snI,ioyer leaves and make a yell
lox ave from the flowers. which are rich
In honey and wax, The sunh7wer grows
riotously IN the unitsd sla,as anu s''''S
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23

~, 80, - . 4,
ne'ic FORCES ihese forces stuin ~ iei ,',a,
t,'ei''sedNes u, aoou. tN'.'s - 49,
lucy "nect 'he .eihIcrae'Ies 80 '''a' '"S'
repeh. III apout the sam pc .ou
II t.e ie'is VI u ~. 80 .'s,.ns -
ni"s to''' ar. M ,t, H., a, q,
w W. 90 " Nv ~ ,a,,.
hea,iy silt Wouiu nv a a, 80 no' tor
Tor long range forecasts II II "e'o nv '''
one 'fouoieso''io uIt' ct"s' 49,. ,,,.,,.,
Apou, one oue VI NV " ~, tn 80,
seven uhss Pe'lous . .',7,,,or,t,,r1. aid
iic'io IoIco anu III - atho - d,sco,.or
ne mas NOT so ldF' '''''' AVN "
the cause h,,. o,,o
ne anoNe VIII eNiIal'. w." ,.a'1..e oo,,-
tinhe III i've 'he ioils i dns. r,te hor,-
Pietely ~ 40 " 'Vili,.' O. 49,. oont Of cor
ever sun ieaNos " e. og r''
rect telhl'el"tuie io' ,lss',,, ,,.,,r TOW
ihe IolerH0's io' '"'.'i"i', CO -. oo,,,
exceptions were soou' Al l'aN' sV le. -.
oIIeNl an ~ 49, ,.,,, ya,Iovs the
portions OF tne sltat u'r go 80
tfnll'''d'"te i"' ''"9'9 H-,..,
GENERAL MARCH WEAlhEh'
Temperatures in The nolthern port'on
of the great central valleys VIII aVeItEe
low. ST. Louis, Kansas city, Omaha va
venport, Chicago. Columbus. cincihhan
and back to St, Louis makes a circle IN
side OF whlch WIN De tne Nv ~ ara',,.,
temperatures ~, nalS " a an tcnd
TINS center Oh coII' " 10 ,ba nor
toward warner, iedI"lns W ~ ho,dere q,
MAJ on 'He iacIn. Hiops' W. ~ tho I;ulf
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
PROGRESS IN FARMING.

The farmer who farms as Ills father did
half century ago will surely get left.
The old one crop system so common In
the South then. will not do now. Meat
buying must give way to meat growing.
More grass more forage crops and more
stock and greatly reduced acreage Of
cotton, is the newer aud better way, ana
the number OF farmers In the South who
are walking In IL In, happily. rapidly In
crensing. The true idea Is to diversity,
grow all our supplies have as many things
to sell and as few things to buy as pos
sible. w
S,icktoitiveness ia n prime element OF
success In any pursuit. and especially In
that OF farming. High and low prices
.eem to follow eech other ut intervals.
but with no special degree OF regularity.
This Is true OF other products. such AZ
iron anu steel. When the price OF cot-
ten drope clear down to the cost OF pro-
ducticn, the tendency II TO limit the silr-
ceedlng crop. or engage IN come other
branch OF farming. The right way n to
hang on, for there is sure to be turn
for the better In n short time.--Farm and
Fircside. n
Diversified and Intensive farming IL
making gradual progress In the South, and
when Il becomes general then indeed Will
there be n new South ';ticktoitiveneeer II
a splendid quality. but II Is misapplled
when sticking 10 old and exploded methods !
OF farming or in risking all on one crop !.
that may be failure or so abundant ~
to be yalueiess. More grass more fore9p
crops, more stock, more pork and poultry
and more homemade fertilizer. II
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-23
lAECAST OF THE WEATHER
a''st'cations by Foster, the St.
DO Prophet.
ANAL WEATHER DURING MARCH.
"ao'eal Conditions VIII Prevail.
'y Low Temperature Dur
ing the First Week.

NJ. Joseph, Mo. February 22.-(copy-
(attin ~. ~. ny w. r. Fostcr)-My last
me- ssVe forecasts of the storm wave
,ss me continent from the Sd TO thu
~ Nv me next will reach the Pacific
~ wy The 2Sth, cross the west of
L g,s., soahlry by the close Of the 2ath,
hi w. central valleys from March ] to
hi, n''M IN States by the 4th.
bss. WIN be an important disturbance.
b. Ia eht and of more than tn usual
Isr,,,,," Ahy parts CT the continent all
~ hts 49, Of weather may he expo I'd.
)z,,sI "ay spring days to the uncouth
tM fo,,on former preceding and the
fa,A,snn,""'s the central dates Of the
kSs,ed :. wave following this storm is
fs h " pring Unusually low tetnpera-
Y eopun" great central valleys that
|sivh "Ae through the first weel. OF
Fsaies ea, wave will cross the west of
IA esn,'ry about February y. tie
fxen S,h valleys March l and the
"a N. -s March 3. Cold wave Will
la,vs west OF Pockies countr, obont
Nh ana eFeat central valleys q bout
Il u'e Eastern States about the
ssr -, -oNG RANGE FORECASTS.
fsase na ms out of five my forecasts of
ind ona 10y temperatures prove cor
FRA So uine out 70 five there is q
ssase N. '5puise, battle lost. why?
= The M, system is not yet perfected.
s3I forsrassourt, Ohio and Mlsslssippl
sfsi ino s.ssts Of January temperatures
Sals opDos,,s the temperatures were
~ MS 'e what the calculations iu-
-iily aver, applies only tc the total
.,i,,s9 r1 n about as pr ,dS "'''''' ''''
sresa ss,sSlow Of the national wealth.
,Ie MA, mas exactly tho sane difn-
" h bsl,a,a.. tweaiy-seven days period
iats,Ions 70 b controlled by the
ssfy rseo,i ne found this period by a
IN Europe OF the mag