The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-06

an alien who has become naturalized can
vote after he has obtained his second
papers and not before. In some States
aliens who have declared their intention
to become citizens are permitted to vote.
SPRING VALLEY DIvIDENns-sub-
scriber, Colfax, Placer County. The
Spring Valley Water Company of San
francisco paid twelve dividends in 1887
and eleven in 1898, the one for September
for that year being passed.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CALL
FORNIA-Subscriber, City. The Repre-
sentatives from California in the present
session of Congress are: John A. Bar
ham, Marion De Vries. Samuel G. Hilborn
James G. Mcguire, Eugene +. Loud,
Charles A. Barlow and Curtis H. Castle.
COALING STATIONARY Old Vet,
Oakland Cal If you are ambitious and
want to ''go to Pago-Pago to take charge
of the coaling station there you. will
have to file an application at the Navy
Department and then use influence to Sc
cure the appointment, that is II you have
sufficient and powerful enough influence
TRESPASS-W. s., Occidental, Sonoma
County, Cal. How far a person may enter
upon lands belonging to another for the
purpose of pursuing wounded game is one
of those questions that cannot be an
swered without a full knowledge of the
facts of each individual case. In some
it would not be.
MOTHER OF INVENTION-W. ]. H,
City While it is proper to say necessity
is the mother of invention it would also
be proper to say necessity is the mother
of compuson." The want of something
needed will cause a person to invent
something to serve the purpose, and the
necessity to provide food for the family
may compel an individual otherwise in
clined to devise some means to procure it.
THE EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY-A
g., Ukiah, Cal. If you desire to send a
letter to one of the Eighteenth Infantry,
U. S. A, stationed at the Philippines, di-
rect the letter to the individual by name,
rank, letter of company, number Of regi-
ment. and Manila, P. l., and it will reach
him in due course of time. If his COM
pany does not happen to be in the city of
Manila the letter will be forwarded to
the point where the company is located
SAN GABRIEL RESERVATION - P.
F., City. The area Of San Gabriel reser-
walton in Los Angeles County is 573,04S
acres. The western boundary line is dis
tant about four miles from San Fernando,
on the Southern Pacific. The principal
streams in the reservation are Rio de la
Luna, San Gabriel Creek Cow Creek and
Tujunga Creek. The reservation is held
for watershed and timber. 1t cannot be
claimed or settled, because it is land re-
served by the President under an act of
Congress.
LAND-W. s., Occidental, Sonoma
County, Cal. By the act of Congress of
September rs, 1850, the United States
granted to each and every State all of
those swamp and overlooked lands made
unfit thereby for cultivation which re-
manned unsold on the date Of the ap-
prevail of the act. The government of the
several States offered such lands for sale,
and no one would have a right to seize
such lands. The question as to what
rights owners of land on the bank of a
creek under certain conditions would
have is one that this department cannot
answer, as it is one that can be answered
only by a court of competent jurisdiction
after a hearing Of the facts.
THRASHING MACHINE-J S. E., Sa-
vannah, Ga In California there was con-
structed an apparatus for cutting thrash
ing and winnowing grain in the field. It
is a large grain frame, supported on two
heavy driving wheels, and has two lighter
ones in front as guiding wheels. Project
ing from the sides of this frame is a plat
form like that of an ordinary reaper, but
about twelve feet long. This runs at such
height that the reciprocating sickle at
the front will cut off the heads from the
standing grain; the heads fall on an
on the platform and are carried by this
to a hopper that conducts them to q
thrashing cylinder having a tanning mill
and straw separator arranged behind it.
thrown out from the fan mill through
a spout at the side, directly into
the mouth of a sack suspended
under the spout. An attendant riding
upon the platform ties the sacks when
full and throws them upon the ground,
n he collected at leisure.