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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
OUR IRRIGATION PROBLEMS,

IHILE the petition to the Secretary OF Agr1cu-
lA| ture requesting him to have Elwood Mead be-
gin the Investigations OF the department into
the irrigation problems OF the country by exanina
ton OF those OF California has not been wholly COM
Piled with enough has been granted to be gratifying
to the petitioners. Mr.. Meads services will be re-
quired at Washington for the general supervision Of
the work but Professor H H Hirst OF the University
OF California has been deputed direct the nvestiga
tons here, and provision has been made for the em-
poyment OF assistants as far may be necessary to
procure the prompt completion OF the work
1t would have been pleasing, OF course to have had
Mr. Mead make the California Investigations in per
SON. since as the official chosen to make the inquiry
he could have acted with more freedom than a sub
ordinate and probably would have carried out the
work on a more comprehensive scale, but in other
respects the change is hardly to disadvantage
Professor Hirst has larger acquaintance with the
State than Mr.. Mead, is already familiar with many
factors in the irrigation problems his chief would have
had to learn and has naturally keener interest in
California These advantages largely counteract any
disappointment that results from not having the chief
officer OF the investigation conduct the work in
person. and the petition, therefore, may be regarded
as having been virtually granted.
The benefits to be derived from the inquiry are
many The Government furnishes the money re-
CURED to employ competent men 10 make cOrnpre-
hensve survey OF the State and careful study OF all
the conditions that affect irrigation enterprises When
the information is obtained, coated and dgested, it
will be much easier for to devise means for over
coming all the difficulties whether natural or legal,
that now prevent the extension OF irrigation on a
large scale in many sections OF the State where it is
needed
1t safe to say the two issues OF greatest moment
to Caornians are the protection Of forests and the
conservation and economic use of watercourses The
things are but parts Of and the problem,
and the proper solution OF that problem depends
not only the development of prosperity but its
maintenance All intelligent understand the i'm
portance of entering seriously upon the task
of dealing with those issues in scientific manner,
and it is a matter OF little satisfaction that the
National Government has given its aid in obtaining
the data from which conclusions can be drawn as TO
the best methods of overcoming the difficulties in the
way.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21
THE WASTE OF THE FORESTS.

c OMETHING Of qualification will be felt by all
who appreciate the value OF forests in the
- announcement that the Government has under
taken thorough investigation OF the forests the
national reserves with the intention Of prosecuting
all persons guilty of wasting them illegally cutting
timber from them.
One OF the officers of the Government employed in
the investigation who has been at work in Washing
ton reports the discovery of extensive frauds car
ried out by timber companies under the forms of law
and with such cunning will seemingly prevent
their prosecution The inspector in describing the
operations of the frauds is reported to have said:
prior to the establishment OF many thou
sands OF acres of valuable timber lands patented
by logging and lumber companies. To such as held
deeds the Government offered to give equal acre
age of timber lands at other points, but neglected to
set a date of exchange. These great companies at
put to work an force of men and by keep
ing them hard work had their patent cleared
of all timber then under the law they presented the
land to the Government selecting in return the
valuable timber land that could be secured In other
words they have been double shooting the turn. and
in many where it the intention of the Gov
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Hon John Barrett, former Minister to Siam, is au-
thorty for the statement that Secretary Hay warned
him. just prior to his departure from Washington, to
be careful of his utterances the inference left to be
deduced being that Barrett might unthinkingy let
out state secret or two. Let Secretary Hay be as
sured to the contrary AS long as Mr. Barrett pep
pers the intellectual feast he offers with the liberal
doses of the personal pronoun he has used so far on
his tour the country is safe
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every time I catch more than I want 7
will bring them in, and you can give me
credit for them. Thus l was enabled to
always have good luck"
How did you come out at the end of
the season." asked Major Juniper
Well, said the colonel, Il just got a
going to place the account in the hands
of q lawyer. Life
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One-Sided.

'When began my spring fishing" said
Colonel Spicer, "I was actuated by a bril-
liant idea, and I called upon an enterpris-
ing fisherman with whom | had done some
business on former occasions. / said to
him: Every time l go fishing this sea-
enough from you to exhibit and eat But
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And He Kept His Church.

It was rumored in the city of Provi-
dence awhile ago that the pastor of the
Center Church was about to marry a GER
tain Miss s., beautiful young society
woman, but belonging to the Episcopal
church. The good people of the pastors
church talked it over, and came to the
conclusion that he might choose more
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wisely Finally, 1t was left to the, elders
to wait upon and expostulate with MIN
They visited him and expressed 10 MN
the feelings of the church the pastor
listened patiently till they were through,
and then laconically remarked: Gentle
men, there is more than one Congre-
gational church in the world; there is but
one Miss S"-Iife
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Northern Pacific Railway.

Upholstered tourist sleeper through to St.
Paul every Tuesday night. No change This
co- &c nicely upholstered in leather and is eX
tremely comfortable in every respect Pullman
sleeping cars of the latest pattern on every
train. Tickets sold al lowest rates 10 all points
East. T. K Stateler, Gen. Ast., 63s Market st.,
San Francisco.
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Chinese Exhibitors.

Last Sunday night 107 Chinese artists,
acrobats, actors, mechanics and booth at
,endants for the Philadelphia exposition
arrived on the steamer Coptic, and will
be landed under direction OF the Secre-
tarY of the Treasury.
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CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Sept Or. White of San
Francisco is at the Hoffman; Fred Rock
well and Albert Clark of San Francisco
are at the Netherland; John Harvey and
wife of Los Angeles are at the Marlbor-
ough; D. A Seymour Of San Francisco is
at the Cosmopolitan.
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By way of preventing white men from marrying all
the heiresses in the tribe the Chickasaw Legislature
has fixed the license for such marriages at $1,000.
and the example might be followed with profit in New
York to check the drain OF rich girls from that city
by titled Britons.
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VOTE OF THE FARMERS ON EXPANSION
Verdict Of 90 900 Farmers is Against Hold
inq the FiIipinos in Subiection.
IN THE PHILIPPINES.


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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

Coroner Hill has gone to Merced to put in a couple
of weeks shooting rabbits He might have saved
himself the journey and continued in the city splitting
hairs for the railroad company
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

The best appetizer and regulator Of the d.
gestive organs is Angostura bltters' prepared
by DR.. ]. G. B. Siegert & Sons
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Cal. glace fruit SOC per n at Townsend's. e

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Alen's) 51O Mont
gomery street, Telephone Main 1042
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

The British and the Beers are doing as much fight
ing talk without fighting any prize ring cham
pons and perhaps the challenging and counter cha-
longing will end in much the same way.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Orpheum-vaudeville.
Tlyoi-"Othelo"
Columbia Antoinette," Monday evening Septen-
Alcazar-'Too Much Johnson"
Grand Opera -house-'The Majors Daughter"
Chutes Observation-Disclosures afternoon and
evening
olympia, corner Ellis streets-Speciades
Suro Baths-Swimming Races. etc.
Mechanics Mechanics and Philippine Ex
Circus-Sxteeuth and Saturday. septe-
Der g
Oakland Racecrack-Races Saturday. September %
--- <Is1s1Saezg.O -
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The that Shakespeare knew may be the same
article that Is threatening in the Transvaa but there
is room to doubt it The Bard of Avon wrote of the
kind that had wrinkled front The Beers may be
preparing to that sort, but they have put
whiskers on it to deceive somebody
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

1t will be noticed that among the names Of rail
road presidents declaring themselves in favor of doing
away with the pass system Coils P Huntington's
does not appear. It's absence may be taken as an
indication that the Southern Pacific is still in politics
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

Dreyfus has been pardoned, Guerin has surrendered
The incident is closed, and Paris is now prepared
welcome the world her great exposition and enter
tain the visitors with the attractive show OF har
mony on record
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

Over at Oakland they holding "birdless" hat
show Mliners are hopeful that this end of the CEN
tury innovation will become popular with femninity
simultaneously with the advent OF the moneyess
purse.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

AS expected, the story of the private soldier
sent to prison by General Otis for writing letter
the general has been explained by later information,
and it appears the for his Imprisonment is
that he wrote the letter but that he forged the
that were signed to it. The papers that have made
the story occasion for attacking Otis owe him an
apology, but they won't give 1t.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

A Los Angeles shoemaker named Bennett tried re-
Gently to commit suicide He cut his windpipe with
a knife but contrary expectations, did not breathe
his last
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

DIAMONDS-H and G., City. Dia-
monds are pure carbon crystallized. They
are the hardest of all known substances,
will scratch other minerals and gems and
can be cut only by their own dust. Dia-
mond is infusible but will burn at a high
temperature, as. for instance, before the
blowpipe in air or in oxygen gas. When
burned it will not resolve into charcoal.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS,

ADMIRAL-F. F.. City. The rank of
admiral is known in other than the Uni
ted States navy, for instance, Great
Britain France and Spain.
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NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE,
pFRRY LIKE Ms ,IR .............29 Tribune Buildu
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
sherman House: P O. News Co.: Great Northern Hso
Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel
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WASHINGTON ID. c. OFFICE. Weins ston Hotel
J. L. ENGLISH Correspondents.
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NEW YORK NEWS STANDS.
waldort-Astorfa Hotel; A. Brentano. 81 Union souar
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT,
G C CARLTON .............. Herald Square
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THE LAND OF NOD-A. NJ. H, CITY.
After Cain slew Abel he went to the Land
of Nod and took unto himself wife, but
who the one was that he took to wife
has never been explained in either sacred
or profane history.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

c. GEORGE KRoGNESS.
MANAGER Foreign Advertisina Marquette Building,
Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-21

JHILE the petition to the Secretary OF Agricu-
\A| ture requesting him to have Ewood Mead be-
OH, the Investigations OF the department into
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
WORK OF THE LAWYERS.
Proceedings of the Bar Association
at Buffalo Yesterday.

Buffalo, n. Y. Aug. 29.-When the
American Bar association resumed its
session today the aldermanic chamber
of the city hall was filled with dlstin-
guished delegates and lawyers OF note
from different sections of the country
who had assembled to listen to the ad-
dress of Senator William Lindsay OF
Kentucky.
Several new members of the associa-
ton were elected TODAY, prominent
among them being John G.. Milburn,
president Of the PanAmerican EXPOSE
ton COMPANY.
The committee on commercial law
made it's report, and promised to report
next year upon the subject of involun-
tary bankruptcy. 1t was the opinion of
the committee that the new bank
ruptcy law should be generally sup
ported by bench and bar.
The recommendation of the commit
tee on international law, in favor of
international arbitration, was unani-
nously adopted. The committee on
grievances offered a resolution of
sympathy with Maitre Labor, the de-
fender of Dreyfus, but it was tabled on
close vote.
The committee on law reporting rec
commended that law reporters form an
association, in order to secure uniform-
ity of style in law reporting.
At the afternoon session Sir William
r. Kennedy, justice of <le high court
of justice of England, was introduced
and delivered an address on state
Punishment of Crime"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
BIG COPPER STRIKE.
American Fork Canyon the Place of
Discovery.

One of the biggest copper strikes that
has been made in Utah was uncovered
a short time ago in American Fork
canyon, few miles from American
Fork station The claims are owned
by A and J. BateSon of Chicago, ana
they have given the ground avery
thorough survey in the past three
years They have known that the
claims carried copper. and they have
exploited it thoroughly for copper re-
suits. J. Bateson, who has been on
the ground right along, wired his
Brother ten days ago to come out, as,
in his estimation, he had found results
that proved TO him they had bo-
nanza-
A. Bateson is a Chicago capitalist OF
vast means and has been engaged in
the lumber business in Chicago for up
wards of forty years. He responded to
the call. and last night returned from
the mine He stated that there was
mountain of copper and that an aver
age of ASSAYS showed that it would
run to 10 per cent.
I'VE have not shipped any ore, and
do not intend to-" said Mr.. Bateson
1--WE will build a smelter and handle
our OWL product. L believe We have the
biggest lot Of copper that has even been
discovered. We have an entire noun
tain of it, and it is all on the surface
MOI We don't want any outside cap
itai. We are in a position TO handle 1t
ourselves. We have 1900 feet of pat
enfed lands down there"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
BIG COMPANY FORMED
Wealthy Syndicate Will Operate In
Utah Mines.
FAR REACHING PLANS
PLANS
COPPER STRIKE REPORTED IN
AMERICAN FORK CANYON.
chicago Men Confident They Have
World beaten There - Roaring
Lion In Park City to Be Operated
Again-Dalton & Lark Deal Is
Still Hanging Fire.

For the past several days a gentle
man representing a powerful syndicate
of eastern capitalists has been in close
consultation with Gill S. Peyton, ar
ranging the details of organization Of a
big mining investment company which
will operate in Utah and other mining
sections of the west.
Regarding the scheme, Mr.. Peyton
said yesterday that preliminary action
had been taken during his trip east last
spring, and now plan of organization
had been practically arranged and the
company would be ready for business
inside of thirty days. The company
viii be Incorporated for $5,000,0OO. with
shares of a par value of 500 each. and
the object of the company will be to
secure control of such mines and min
ing company stocks as the corporation
decides will prove paying investments.
A heavy percentage of the capital stock
has already been subscribed, and Mr..
Peyton declares that by the time the
company has secured it's charter it will
be prepared to hop onto anything good
in the way of mining propositions,
either in Utah or elsewhere.
1.-THE company has been formed" said
Mr.. Peyton, with the idea that con-
centrated capital can be more probably
invested than if the same amount is
handled in separate sums by many IN
dividuaIs. We are organizing with
some of the strongest financial talent in
the country and with set of practical,
competent men as officers and directors.
The best experts in the country will be
employed, to make examinations of all
propositions in which the company may
seek investment or to which its atten-
ton is invited, and we believe in this
way we can earn bigger interest on the
capital of the stockholders than they
could hope TO make in any other field
open to capital in this country
The operations of the big company
contemplate getting control of dividend
paying mines and stocks as well as in
vestments in properties that only need
the touch of capital TO bring them to
the front, and where. occasionally, an
investment may prove Improbable
something which is liable to happen in
any line of business-it is expected that
enough of the company's investments
will pay good returns to more than off
set any failure which might possibly
occur. That. Mr.. Feyton declares, is
the strong point in and the main in
centive behind the formation of this
corporation.
While the main offices of the company
will be in the east, local branches Will
be established at points where business
is TO be done, and Mr.. Peyton will be
in charge of the Utah offices and act as
the company's agent at this point.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
Yesterdays Volume Of Business tx
ceeded That of Monday.
DAISY SOME STRONGER
GEYSER- SHOWS MORE
IMPROVEMENT.
Dalton & Lark Active = Mammoth
Records Slight Decline
ern Light Was In Demand at
Lower Figures = Bidding For
Grand Central Stock.

The volume of business on the stock
exchange was considerably better yes
terday, but there was little improve
ment in the range of prices. Daisy
was stronger and showed tendency
to recover recent losses. DAILY was in
demand and was sold at s1.SS and
$1.40. Geyser-Marion did some better,
but the advance made in it was not
up>to the expectations of some brokers.
Dalton & Lark was quite active, at
the usual prices. Sunbeam was con-
siderably stronger and climbed up to
571a cents.
Mammoth fell down to s1.971s a
share. 1t is believed bedrock has been
reached, and good many brokers say
they would be surprised if the stock
should go lower. Northern Light was
in demand, but the stock sold consider
ably lower than it did on Monday. The
stock seemed to be plentiful, there
being too much of it in evidence to
sustain prices. Buyers saw really
more of it offered than they could con-
veniently absorb.
Considerable bidding was done for
Grand Central. Broker Sheets was Of
fering $3.50, and failing TO call out any
at that figure withdrew that bid
and offered $3.50, it is said, in order
to keep quotations down. The bears
are getting in their work on Grand
Central, and some one is preparing to
make a cleanup when it advances
again.
The closing quotations were as fol-
lows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
Yesterdays Sales.

Daisy 0ooa2sc. 5OOa2S1zc, 5OOQ2Sc, 1OOa
2714c.
DAILY, 1OOa140. 1,OOOasl IS.
Daly-West, 1G0dS12.OJ, lOqSl256, 10Oas12 so
Dalton * Lark, 2,5c0ulUesc, 1OOOnlOlzc C,
2,000al0c, 2,000a93sc, 5oOn94c.
Eagle, 1,O00q6l2c, 1OeOu64c.
Four Aces, 1,oOOq29c, 5OUN buyer 80
days.
Galena, 5OOaSsc, 5OOqSS12c.
Disqualification. 1O0d52c, IG0d52Hc
Northern Light. I0O0G3314c, l00Q 345sc
1,6G9dS4l2c, 700nSik4c. 5O0G3ilsc. l100a34c.
Sunbeam, 5OOQ5ec, 5oOq56lsc, 1000 56S4c, 500
@57c, 5O0q57lsc. 5cVa5l4sc, 1,0O0G 5612c, seller
80 days.
Lower Mammoth, 800 shares exchanged
for 500 shares of Galena.
Mammoth, 20OGs1.99, 5OOasl.915s. 40Oa
S1.97I3. 10-aSl.9IS4. 3O0dS1.9si2, 1904 81. 9S34
5000 Sl.9S. IO0qSl.973s, 50eqSi.9S, seller 80
days.
Golden Eagle, 10O0Q5c.
Boston * De Lamar, 7,00ed1Hc.
Joe Bowers, 67@l5c, l0od2lc. 1,500d201sc.
Midnight Bowers, 1,O0oqS12c, 1,0O043$4c,
1,OU0G3;sc, 1,000I4c.
North Swansea, 50q14c.
Hercules. 1,000@61.c.
Orient, 1.000I5c.
Total shares sold 44,167.
Selling value of stock, SO, 1876.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
Black Pine Mining Company.
Especial Correspondence

Ogden, Aug. 29.-The Black Pine
Mining company was incorporated to-
day in Ogden, the incorporators being
as follows:
F. W. Little and Alice V. Little,
Pleasant Hill, Mo, Z. e. Stevens, Mary
c. Stevens and Eliza Stevens, Ogden,
Utah. The amount of capital stock is
S400 900 at 81 per share.
F. w. Little owns $4,000 shares, E. E.
Stevens 5000, and each other share
holder 1000 shares. F. w. Little is
president, Alice V. Little vice president,
E E. Stevens secretary and treasurer.
Each of the stockholders is a director,
Ogden is the principal place of bust
ness of the corporation. The properties
of the company are in Blackbird min
ing district, Lemhi county, Idaho, and
comprise the Cross Cut, the Black
Pine, Black Pine Extension, No. 1
Fraction. Half the capital stock is
reserved as treasury stock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-30
Mining Notes.

Judge ]. T. Mcconnell came up from
Price last evening.
Manager p. T. Farnsworth was out
at the Dalton & Lark Yesterday.
Rome Wheeler of the South Swansea
directory came up from Tintic night
gefore last.
Six cars of ore from Tintic and one
from Idaho were received at the Conk-
lin sampler yesterday.
George Dern went out to Bingham
yesterday TO inspect operations at the
West Mountain placer.
The Swansea will post its regular
dividend of $1,000 within the next Few
days. The South Swansea will do like
wise.
The Taylor & Brunton sampling mill
was in receipt OF fifteen cars of ore
from Tintic and one from Fish Springs
yesterday.
Z. II. Buchanan, manager of the Pic
mic property at Silver City, is down
from the mine for a short visit. He
reports the drift being run to intercept
the Park vein as being in some $50 feet,
and from the indications in the face he
thinks il is not far off now.
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WILL OPERATE ROARING LION.
An Old Park City Mine to Be Sys-
tematically Worked.

Sam Levy gave it out yesterday that
he had secured the assistance of Chi
cago and Colorado capital and that by
the 18th of September operations at the
Roaring Lion property, which lies close
under the best developed portion of the
Crescent mine, would be commenced.
The Roaring Lion has produced several
thousands of dollars worth of ore in
years gone by, but the owners-Sam
Levy and Barney Riley of Park City
have never felt able to equip and
handle the proposition as they knew ii
should be, but now, with ample capital
behind them and a splendid vein of ore
in the mine, it is only a matter of time
when the property will again be pro-
ducing.
a hoist and pumping plant will be
installed and every preparation made
for an energetic winters campaign.
The mine has been opened by an in
cline, which is down some $50 feet on
the vein, and very little stopping has
vet been done.