The San Francisco call., 1898-12-08
COMING MINERAL
 EXHIBIT IN PARIS
A STATE APPROPRIATION TO BE
 REQUESTED.
The Miners Association Will Not Occupy the New Ferry baildlng
 as a Headquarters.

A meeting of the executive committee of the California Miners Assoclauoh was held last evening in the Unlon Leas ue rooms Palace Hotel, for the purpose ol actfnp i1pon several important resolutions brought before the State Convention.
 The question of occupying one or the rooms of the State Mineralogist at the new ferry building, upon the lnVltatlon oi tho+. officer. as the headquarters of the eI.ooia+ion was discussed. The sum of s7oo had been appropriated for the rental end furnishing of such an office, and the committee generally was in favor or ac- centing the invitation and saving the
 money Secretary Benjamin objected on the score that his private business Was untoWn, where his office was sltuateo, iid aud not being dvisible or ubiquitous, ne a tbe same time The matter was WdIihly debated until the secretary was aulhol e . fzed to use S200 of the approprlatlon to. 1a office furniture and to locate Whele . iIo chooses. lie VIII not so 'o ~
 front. +o ,rcrea sing the county branches or tne aosoo,S,s ,,eads of and the raising of funds for the neeus VI tba- association was taken up. Statements were made by several commit leetilSn silnys tending to show that the country meIiipei i oF +ha association were not so enerBeic III
 o+tSrS of vital importance to mln- i,or interests as they might be- In speak- ing on the subject of the sI aLiausr, am 11aetio,, MT Darlington brought up the quSs t,s ttpn tp a of charging the merchant members III .ns Whining centers $25 yearly: MT Hamnnoilu said as a merchant himsef ne was awaS i glad to contribute to the peneht o1 fent Miners Association lie cieeu .anoisco bad always Hberally come to the aiu ol the convention whenever calieu upTr p.a+ no ,erchant he could assure them 'Hat Lio merchants would object couI9 Id I make it up in puei9n tSa bils oi of goods they sold the miners he naively addeo. ,+ ;s vourself." re-
 '''The miner VIII pay 'iiN ~
 said President Neff. levin, tho seiE Hg, Ten Proeck advocated taNlhs tne M mine-owners, or even she E, iiti the State he dtd are apo anS at si a head a goodly sum could be raised. .5 +ba+ a large number of counties had oiatien iaiieu and @ he moved that csllu csat, 'b be called upon for their delinqueh cieS without deldy- .,,.,o,,slx, carried
 rn ne reeoI1ltion appointing commil5ee A nonfer with commercial ana leslsia- s five hodies and RepresentaIiVes ;,o,,nd III 0U1i7 eress in the interest or a pIIl ters .U ,i nf the St+a was taken up and carried; Juuse M GIeayes of Shasta was mace ciiair- man. ,i,;ng exhibit at the Paris Exposition and an apP6ppdTiiseD 6U pdiscnssion the same xews wss moved that s25 900 be, appro- GFiafed Genfeadi and meyM MT shorecraft amended the motion lo aSI SiVyHUS thought s25,OoO reasonable
 A, A; D, ond modest enough for the most ssuano1nicai. sum a1iG Secretary Benjamin stated t6at the of tsS San the FnfnfdGo mdWG tar Fair mineral exhibit, while the Gouli i sndstiea ties raiea of ISIS ISIS fully oooo0 came back s f tbs State and money for such oid an ex do hi bibit in'S would be spent where 1t woulo uo mNfh Mr Mont Montague moved that the State tate ndric,ature ami be asked to set apart one third of it's apprqPFraattonp 0 paps ipr 'Hs The mo tio,o it oi uss e unanimously carried.