The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-07
RATS TO Be
TURNED LOOSE
IN SAN JOSE
Curly Bears to Go
With the Argonauts.
TROUBLE FOR THE NATIVES
SLEEP DEsTRoYERs TO INVADE
THE GARDEN CITY.
Some Of the Side Issues of the Ad-
mission Day Celebration.
Three Days Of Hi
larity.
TROUBLE FOR THE NATIVES
SLEEP DESTRoYERS TO INVADE
THE GARDEN CITY.

San Francisco and adjacent points will
send twenty eight parlors of Native Sons
and thirteen parlors of Native Daughter
to the Admission day celebration at Sar
Jose, as follows: San Francisco-Nativ'
Sons, California No. /; Pacific, 10; Colder
Gate. 20; Mission, 49, San Francisco, 40
Ell Dorado, So; Rincon, u; Stanford. rs
Yerba Buena, "a; Bay City, 104; Mantle
los; National, lis; Columbia, 121; Hesper
| ian, 13; Alcatraz. Jas; Alcalde, 1874; South
San Francisco, 157; Sequoia, $50; Precita
| 1877; Olympus, 1885, Preside, 1914; Marshall
| 202
Native Daughters-Mnerva No. Q; Alta
3; Orc Fine, 8; Golden State, so; Orinda
| IS; Fremont, 59 Buena Vista, IS; Las
Tomas. 72; Yosemite, SO; La Estrella, SO;
Sans Soucf, Sc.
| Alameda County, Native Sons-Alameda
No AZ; Oakland. 80; Piedmont, 100; Hal
cyon, 146: Brooklyn, ISL; Athens, 1875. Ma
tive Daughters-Alameda No. IS: Pied
mont, "a.
These parlors-Sons and Daughters
have entered into friendly rivalry, and
tainment of residents and visitors.
~ Now there is the Rat Club, for instance.
The whole gang will be there If they
don't land In jail in the meantime. The
foundation of the Rat Club is lost in ira
dition, but as late as 1898 at Redwood City
1t was known as the Mouse Club 1t
has grown since then, however, and last
year at Nevada City the members sal
lied forth full grown, pestiferous rats.
Like all the species, the rats turn natur-
as they escape from the Southern Pa
cific traps on the night of the Sth they
Will scurry to Suzzalo's cellar, down on
South Market street where they will be-
gin an onslaught on everything in sight,
case goods preferred. For the purpose
of putting the authorities and residents
of San Jose on their guard The Call gives
the names of such officers and members
as are known to the local police. There's
Billy Miller, high rat (also high bald;
Jim Webster. low rat (and everything
culiarly useful as outside sentineD; My,
quel Quinne, grand electrocutor; Fuss
Gaines, the knocker; Charlie Buck the
tor; Shorty McBurnie, temperance ora
tor (who will hold continuous services at
the Fredericksburg Tabernacle); Stub
Jones, exalted Wearer of the made-to-
order regalia; Billy Cranna, exalted Gus
todian of the can; AL White, bearer of the
spigot and corkscrew; Joe Keenan,, su-
preme elevator of rats (and archenemy
piper of Hamlin; Bob MARYLAND. the water
rat; Lew Byington very ratty), and
Charlie Mooser; royal dissector. If there
Then there are the Curly Bears who in
habit Cave No. 8, where they will hold
Grand Growl on the night of the 9Th and
DIS ldT llllO the IOIlOWlUS Ody as an out
ragged community will permit. Judge Car
roll Cook is the Grand Polar Bear of this
outfit; Jim Gallagher (head of the Clan
Gallagher), Grand Curly Bear; Ed Troy,
Grand GROWER (rusher); Henry Martin
Grand Tanner (ask Henry to define the
duties of his office; Henry Litchenstein,
Grand Smoker; Fred Sink, Grand Cub.
The Curly Bears have been pretty we'll
exterminated, butt those that are left are
exceedingly bold and ferocious.
At a safe distance from the cave of the
Curly Bears, the Argonauts will pitch
camp on the night Of the Sth, and a hard
lot of old timers they are. First there is
old man Jamyson, the president Then
Staniels, marshall J. B. Stovall chaplain;
"Croesus" Folsom, Ben Davis, All Davis
Frank Marston, VIII Shea, Louis Non,
nennmann, Billy Shannon, Mayor Phelan.
Dave Martin, Billy Hazeli, ]. F. Bernard
and there are Others
Dixon's Natives Will Celebrate.