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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

II. G. Prick. who attained some unen
viable notoricty during the big strike Ia
Plttshurg a few years ago. has just paid
100000 Tor a picture.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

Maybe the habit OF girls marrying
veterans 70 enjoy pension as their
widows comes under the head OF all be-
Ing fair IN love and war.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

The proportion Of killed to the num-
Der of railway travellers is in France
one In nineteen million, England one
In twenty weight million, and in the
United States one In two million four
hundred thousand.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

Geographically the Chinese queue is
located IN the same direction IA the
British Lions tail, but the powers take
care TO handle It IN a different way.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

II Is neither the ease which wealth
glves-for riches as often bring carking
cares with them-nor yet ascetlcism.
nor yet athletics, which enables men
TO reach advanced years. While the
controlling influence is so obscure that
we may not confidently assume to point
It out, we think 1t will be found that
the possession Of a clear conscience
goes as far as anything to prolong a
mans life. The worries of life, which
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

We ARE apt to lnugh ut Russia for so
long pcrsIsting 10 the use OF the an
tlquatod calendar which was pre-
acribcd by Julius Caesar. and which
Is now twelve days behind the calcn-
dar in use by other civilized nations,
but Russia ls now going not only to fall
In line with the rest OF the world In
her mode OF reckoning time, but to take
another important step In ADVANCED
step from which America, progressive
in most other things, shrinks with all
the timidity OF child urged to take his
first dip IN the ocean. Russia has de-
cided 10 adopt the metric system OF
weights and measures, thus leaving the
United States and Great Britain the
last OF civilized nations TO retain tho
old-fashioned arbitrary method Of
weight and mensuration. II has taken
Russia $40 years TO adopt the GRECO
rtan calendar; let us hope II win not be
quite so long before the United States
adopts the metric system.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

We presume that mt that vegetable
dance M New York the german was led
by sa ,r kraut
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

II VIII be observed that the Atlnnta
protests against kissing do not come
from the girls.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

thing In the world. just add up what
have received and substract from that
what have paid out TO show what ia
due the club, and then make my hus-
band give me check for the amount.
There's really nothing hard about keep
Ing books when you know how"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-04-29

The first thing girl does when she
has mastered kodak, is to put the
palm on the piano and take picture Of
IL
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30

vice he to the State as a whole The southern delegates i'll agreeing to support State display at the Paris Exposition only upon the proviso that Southern California is to have ground space for a distinctive exhibit have overstepped that limit They should stand for the State display whether there IS to be space for strictly sectional exhibits not.
 It is to be borne in mind that 1t does not rest with any in California to determine the amount Of space the State is to have. The Parisans have the first voice in the matter. The exposition officials ot the United States next in authority. It will be for them and not for to determine the amount Of space to be allotted California and if the space be not sufficient to permit subdivision for sectional or county displays without destroying the effectiveness of the whole, it will do for to refuse to make display at all
 The French have granted to the United States a larger space than any other naton but the United States is large country and every State in 1t will demand a portion of the allotted The rich States of the East the newly awakened common weaths of the South the thriving region of the Mis- sissipp Valley, and the domain of the mountain States from Colorado to Idaho, will each have its claim allowed
 California cannot expect to receive very large area. She must manage to make the best use of what Is allotted to her The Southern California delegates should therefore, reconsider their agreement of Mon day and stand in for grand State display at Paris upon the best terms that be obtained Where the interests of the State are sake there should be sectionaism.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
W. J. Brodrick, s62 800; G. A. Dobinson, Sl66,200; L. M. Kords, $500, and E. F.
AMONG THE WHEELMEN.
The Famous San Francisco Road Club
 Has DiSbanded

The San Francisco Road Club, one of the foremost cycling organizations in the city, has disbanded. This course was decided upon at aameeting of the board of direc- tors held yesterday, and to-day the effects of the club house at 503 Golden Gate ave- nue will be removed and sold. and the club will be non est
 The road club was organized about four years ago In the heydey of cycling popularity and for several years held a prominent place In the sport here. Latter ly the interest has been waning, and the directors thought best to close its career while the association was still solvent. The club therefore goes down with colors flying. Some of the members will contin- ue their pleasant social relations of the past by holding weekly meetings at one another's houses, and others will be ab- sorbed by the remaining clubs
 Frank J. Cotter, the speedy Olympia, Wash, professional rider arrived here yesterday and will probably remain here permanently.
 c. M. ("Bunt') Smith, the noted record breaker, has joined the Bay City Wheel men.
 The annual election of the Associated Cycling Clubs will be held next Saturday night at the Olympic Club, and a good deal of interest is being taken in it by the or ganized cyclers. The control of the asso- citation means a good deal to the racing clubs, and they are all pulling wires to at tain that end. The session promises to be a lively one.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
THAT OAKLAND CITY HALL.

IMMEDIATELY after the defeat of the bond ! proposition to pay quarter of a million for a small part of the Adams land for Oakland park Mayor Thomas said that he had offer o 5000, ,ooc for the City Hall Park and that half of 1t would buy the Adams land and the other half would get site and build new City Hall in some part of the city where land is less valuable.
 year ago the matter of selling the City Hall site was preached and a committee appointed by the Council to consider its feasibility This commit tee did not report and recently discharged and another was appointed with Mir. Brosnahan chair
 
 As soon as the scheme made public the Mer- chants Exchange condemned it, and all sorts of ar gu1nents for and against it have been made by per sons whose opinions were solicited
 It seems that Oakands reform charter contains joker on this subject, which has escaped attention until now. That charter authorizes the City Council to sell city property and invest the proceeds as it thinks best without any reference to the people or their wish
 The proposition to buy the Adams land for park, with forty years to pay for it, having been beaten so recently it is not credible that the peopl- would indorse it's purchase for third of million
 Mayor Thomas has not and will not make public the name of the proposed purchaser. MT. Brosnahan has said that he knows parties who will contribute $4oooo toward buying City Hall site, but he wthholds their names. Because of the charter pro- vision and the absolute independence of the City Council to do it pleases with city property there under the scheme takes features which spread ing feeling of uneasness and alarm among the peo- pie Such provision is clearly against public policy. Under 1t Council may sell property that is increas ing in value and may go into any scheme for the pur chase of other property, to the individual advantage Of members and no other citizen be any the wiser
 That the City Hall is inadequate is a fact. But in view of the movement, which will soon succeed, to consolidate city and county government, the feel ing is that this valuable property should stand as it is for under consolidation the county buildings will be ample for public use and then this property could be sold for more than 1t will bring in these days of depression and the proceeds be applied a sink ing fund to clear off the existing bonded debt of the city and to construct much needed system of inter cepting sewers which every day becoming more necessary to the health of the city.
 The Mayor and the members of the Council who are pushing the matter have certainly not increased public confidence in their scheme by the air of mys- tery and secrecy with which they have surrounded it. for it has the earmarks of cleanup at the end of their official term.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
A LAKE COUNTY RAILROAD.

IN communication to The Call correspondent
 from Lake County directs attention to the oppor- tunity afforded for the profitable investment of caoa1 in the construction of railroad which would open up the county and enable the people there to make full development of the rich and varied re- sources 1t contains.
 The subject is pertinent to the times and the re- vving spirit of enterprise The long depression IS over and we are about to enter upon epoch of railroad construction. In no part of the Union ought this epoch to be marked by greater increase in railway mileage than in California Certainly no other State at this time offers such advantages for safe investments in new railways, for in no other are there such rich and wide of territory devoid of railway facilities.
 Our railway mileage in proportion to the area of the State Is small when compared with that of most American communities, and of that nearly the whole is of a nature that would soon attract settlers and become populous and rich if ample transportation facilities were provided Among such sections of the State none is notable in it's and pos abilities than Lake County It is renowned for mantle scenery, healthgiving waters bamy climate, fertile soil and the wide variety of the products of farms, orchards and vineyards
 By reason of the lack of railway communication with the outer world the county remote. In reality is one of the cluster of counties that enough to the metropolis to be accounted almost as suburban in these days of rapid transit A railway would bring it into such close connection with the city that its lakes and streams would soon be among the popular holiday of pleasure seekers, and that fact alone would make large passenger traffic for the road.
 While the mountains around the county high and rugged competent engineers said to be well assured from personal survey that there is no in superable obstruction to modern railway work. The length of road required would be short Our respondent outlines a route by which Lakeport could be connected with the North Pacific Rail road requiring the construction of only twenty-iv
 miles of road and on least half Of that the construc ton would be easy.
 The subject is well worth the consideration of cap itaists California behind her sister States in the matter of railways It is time for her to make known the opportunities that are afforded within her limits for profitable enterprises in that direction.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
ANNUAL DIVISION OF
 THE COUNTY MONEYS
SUPERVISORS WORKING OVER
 APPORTIONMENT
Fire Department May Get an Addi- tional $71 ,oo0 for Much-Needed
 Improvements.

There will be a superVisorial caucus at Il o'clock this morning at which the seg- regation and apportionment or tunds TOT the next fiscal year will be considered. The Finance Committee of the board met yesterday morning and spent it's session in the discussion of the extra funds that will be required by the Fire Department.
 A number of improvements projected by the department, notably the new engine house in the Sunset District, and other necessary fire apparatus, and the purchase of a lot and suitable building for the nous ing of the water tower at some place south of Market street, in the vicinity or the Palace Hotel, will necessitate addi- tional funds to the extent of s7l,0Oe, and this amount the committee yesterday practically agreed to apportion.
 When the matter comes up In caucus to- day. however, Supervisor RottanZt pro- poses to fight it's passage. Rottanzi claims that the Police Department Is in more fire people, and, with Chief Lees, he has set his heart upon the new station that 1t is proposed to build at Seventeenth and Folsom streets. Rottanzi Is backed by Delany, and a warm time is promised when the discussion opens this morning.
 The Fire Committee was also in session and passed favorably upon number of important communications and petitions affecting the department. The petition of the Sunset District Improvement Club for s15 900 appropriation for an engine house, lire apparatus, a nose wagon ana enough fire hydrants to assure the safety of the district was passed, as was con- munication from the department recon mending the purchasing of two monitor batteries and six hose wagons. The second petition of the Sunset District Club for a second appropriation of s20,000 was re- ferred to the Chief Engineer of the de- partment.
 The Sunnyside Improvement Clubs pe- tition for fire alarm boxes at the corners of Chenery and Diamond and Sunnyside and ICnIn et1.A ,1r- nl will be granted permission to erect at Central Park a steeplechase railway If the Fire Wardens agree that 1t will not be a menace to surrounding property.
 The board will meet in special session at 2 o'clock this afternoon
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
AROUND THE
 CORRIDORS.

A. w. Collins of Napa is a guest at the California.
 Ex-Judge s. F. Cell of Salinas Is at the Occidental.
 R. M. Kennsey, U. S. N, Is registered at the Occidental
 F. H. Colcott of New York Is registered at the Occidental.
 Attorney A. G. Wissel of Fresno is a guest at the Lick.
 Captain c. w Fisher of Martha's Vine yard is at the Russ.
 Captain o. F. Bolles of Menlo Park is registered at the Lick.
 Banker F. P. Wickersham of Fresno is registered at the Lick.
 H. S. Blood of Angels, a prominent min ing man, is at the Lick.
 Armstrong Smith from Honolulu is a guest at the Occidental.
 Colonel F. B. Wright of St. Paul is registered at the Palace.
 Warden Charles Aull of Folsom Prison is registered at the Grand
 Deputy Sheriff William Fowler of Red Bluff is at the Russ House.
 William c. Curlburt, a railroad man of Portland, is at the California.
 F. C. Barry of Klondike fame, a resi- dent of Salinas, is at the Lick.
 Banker George E. Goodman and wife of Napa are guests at the Palace.
 w. R. Carithers, a prominent merchant of Santa Rosa, is at the Lick
 " s. McClatchy, editor of the Sacra- mento Bee, Is at the California.
 Commander J. J. Brice, U. S. N, Mare Island, is registered at the Palace.
 Dwight Hollister of Courtland, a promi- nent ranch-owner, Is at the Grand.
 William T. Cressler, prosperous mer- chant of Cedarville, is at the Lick.
 Raymond. Duncan of New York and London is guest at the Occidental.
 A. Cane, a well-known travelling sales man of New York, Is at the Palace.
 F. s. Weston and E. Fl. Brocklebant of London are guests at the California
 A. W. Jones, a prominent railroad man from Monterey, is a guest at the Palace. A. Brown, member-elect of the State Board of Equalization, Is registered at the Lick.
 Samuel Matthews, prominent cattle man of Eden Valley, is registered at the Russ House.
 l.. A. Scowden, an expert mining en- gineer from British Columbia is a guest at the Palace
 w. G. Roberts and family are guests at the Palace. MT. Roberts is a large dye manufacturer of Philadelphia
 S. c. Evans Jr. and George Frost of Riverside, prominent orange-grove own CTS, are guests at the Grand.
 J. J. Hebbron from Salinas, the man. ager of the Pacific Improvement Com pany's ranches, Is registered at the Grand.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
MIXED UP PAVEMENTS.

THE recommendation of the Fire Commissioners
 that strip of basalt block fourteen feet III
 width be laid in certain streets to facilitate dragging fire apparatus in rainy and toggy weather will be apt to strike the local advocates o smooth pavements with surprise. The Commissioners de clare that when the btuinous streets are wet It IS almost impossible to make time with the engines, water towers and hook and ladder trucks and they state that strip of basat through the center ot each block would give them the necessary foothold.
 Heretofore smooth pavements have been a desid- eratum for which all classes have yearned. Outside propertv-owners have not only refused to enter into contracts for laying any other than btumlnous rock roadways but they have appeared before the Board o Supervisors and vigorously opposed all attempts to force basalt blocks upon them. The Mayor and Street Committee, amid the paudlts ot the people, have recently caused Market street from Second to Sixth to be repaved with btumen and only the other day contract was let for continuing the same work tC Van Ness avenue.
 Now it seems that the Fire Department condemns smooth streets and wants a strip of stone laid throuqhout the length of all blocks heretofore paved with btumen. We do not know exactly how the bturninous rock contractors and the properyowners who advocate asphalt pavements are going to meet this new situaton but that 1t must be met in some way is certain Whatever the Fire Department wants n will ultimately get for IS the protector Of life and property-the most important organization in the city If property upon bitumnzed streets IS endan- gered by the absence of fourteen feet of stone through the center it is only question of time when a change will have to be made in that respect. Prop ertyowners must have protection, whatever the cost
 From an artistic standpoint however, the improve ment suggested by the Fire Commissioners cannot be said to commend itself to the understanding. At present many of the accepted streets conglomera tions of cables car tracks, cobbes, bitumen and ba salt To lay fourteen feet of stone through every bituminous block in the city would the entire town into a similar mosaic and send laundering down the ages the most mixed up people on the subject of pavements that ever existed.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
Deception Alleged by
 Organized Labor.
QUEER CHARITY PROPOSITION
FIVE PEOPLE CONSTITUTE THE
 ASSOCIATION.
Women's Cooperative Sewing Society Is Under the Ban of the Trades Unions and Makes 8
 Statement.

The executive committee of the San Francisco Labor Council has been busy for the past week running down an or ganizaton which 1t characterizes as fraud, preying upon the trades union men of the city The organization in question Is known as the Women's Cooperative Sewing Society, conducted by the Friends of Humanity.
 Representatives of this organization called at a recent meeting of the Labor Council and tried to dispose of tickets for an entertainment to be held next Sat urday evening They said that the organ ization was composed of sewing women and that 1t was run on the cooperative plan The Labor Council is not inclined to take anybody's word without fnvesti- gation, so 1t placed the matter in the hands of the executive committee.
 The executive committee called at the headquarters of the Society of the Friends of Humanity on New Montgomery street and found a great bare room containing three sewing machines and a pressing table. Three women were working. Ihey were Joanna Wayne, president or the so, ciety; Mrs. Ansden, vice president, ana M. E. Knott, treasurer.
 A careful inquiry elicited the informa- tion that the society is not co-operatlVe in any sense of the word. It Is run by the three women already mentioned and two persons whose names were not disclosed These five comprise the association and have done the most of the work received up to date. When they have more than they can handle they hire somebody to assist them, but the helpers have no snare in the profits. They are simply employed by the association at the rullnS wages or a trifle over.
 The three women mentioned have made g. systematic canvass of trades unions and have received considerable assist ance as they have always claimed to De representatives of a cooperative organl- zation. They have always been accom- panied by two men and 1t Is stated on good authority that these two men are the two silent partners in the concern
 Monday night they called on the Coast Seamen's Union at East and Mission streets and told the usual ale. A mem Der of the executive committee Of the La bor Council happened to be present al the time and he denounced the alleged cooperative union as a fraud. He sald 1t was simply company formed 10 take contracts for work and the majority or the workers were given wages instead or a dividend from the profits.
 ell the whole affair will be denounced as a fraud and subordinate unions warned to keep away from 1t.
 A representative of The Call called upon Mrs. Wayne yesterday afternoon and she freely acknowledged that none but the original five had voice or vote in the at- fairs of the association. She said that IT a crowd of old women got in there would be no managing of affairs, as everybody would want to run it; so the original five decided to keep 1t to themselves. At pres ent the profits are divided among the original five, but we may make different arrangements later on if all goes we'll.
The San Francisco call., 1898-11-30
TOO MUCH SECTIOhALISM.

N CONFERENCE, attended by five State Sen / \ ators and twelve Assemblymen, representing the seven southern counties of the State held al Los Angeles Monday to formulate plans of ac- ton during the legislative season, is reported have adopted resolutions in favor of State appropriation for display at the Paris Exposition, provided ground space be obtained for distinctive South ern California exhibit"
 The action of the southern delegates in holding this non-partsan gathering for the purpose of agreeing upon legislation favorable to that section of the State is to be commended. It would be well for Central and Northern California to follow the example The interests of the counties and the section they repre- sent cannot be too carefully studied by legislators, and whatever tends to make that study more compre- hensive and more thorough is in itself desirable.
 While all that is to be admitted 1t is none the less true that there are limits beyond which the service of delegate to his district his section should not go That limit is fixed by the requirements of the ser