The San Francisco call., 1899-09-12

-HE Examiner has long sought to
attract the attention of the people
of Larkspur to its existence. Last
Sunday it succeeded. Almost an en-
II tire page of its meretrlclousiV
colored supplement was given
over to an account Of a so-called
"bacchanalian revel" in the redwoods of
Baltimore Canyon, in which according to
the writer,
Five hundred men and women
enjoyed themselves, with little or no
restraint, many of them behaving
like the creatures Of the Nymphla,
drank like Bacchanalian Satyrs,
danced the can-can and the couchee-
couchee, dispensed with bathing
suits at the bath, caroused all night
and made the peaceful redwoods re-
sound with their unseemly jests and
songs.
Until the attention of the dwellers at
Larkspur was called to the article they
were not aware that such state Oh al
fairs has existed for three months IN
their midst. They did not know that
satyrs had become so up-to-date as to
dance the couchee-couchee and the un-
canny can-can right under their noses
with out being noticed. They did not
imagine that Amaryllis, multiplied an
hundred fold, had recklessly displayed
lingerie unfit for publication even In the
unspeakable Examiner.
They were Mortified at the state or al
fairs set forth in the head lines: they
were shocked at the Police Gazette
pictures that accompanied the arucle'
they were absolutely dumfounded when
they read the conglomeration of mixed
metaphor sophomore striving, bad taste
and worse English that followed. 1t TOOK
them fully twenty-four hours to recover.
When they did they exclaimed with one
voice:
IT'S another page of Examiner lies!'
That was self evident but the people of
Larkspur were at loss to understand
why that paper should single out their
little paradise, for pollution from It's
Shiny presence A little inquiry satisfied
them on that point. Robert ID. Duke,
who has made Larkspur his home for
seven summers, and who, Immediately on
the publication of the story, sent letter
to The Call refuting the slander, let
them into the secret Of the attack.
THAT story was written he said, by
F. Bailey Millard, the Sunday editor Of
the Examiner, to vent a personal spite
he has against the members of Occidental
camp There is not a word of truth in
1t from beginning to end. It's all lies and
fake and even if the Examiner can af-
ford to be used in that manner, to
slander good men and defame the char
acters of the women of Larkspur, L do
not propose to let the matter rest.
1.-The reason Millard wrote, or had writ
ten and inserted that article in the Tx
aminer is as plain as pikestaff. He has
a residence and couple Of acres OF
ground at the head Of Baltimore Canyon.
About 200 yards from him was Occidental
camp the ground for which was leased
to the young men by Foster Azevedo. Mil
lard's premises are supplied with water
from a spring the Forbes-Coleman
tract, controlled under lease by Azevedo,
who charges Millard S4 year for the sup
ply. Under their lease from Azevedo the
Occidental campers were also supplied
with water from the spring
"Some time ago Millard who seems to
dislike the Occidental campers, wrote
them a letter saying if they did not pay
him 81 for the use of the water he would
send around a plumber to shut off the
supply. He accused them of felony in