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The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
TERRACES ARE
OLD IN STORY
Scientist Of University
DeIves Into Mysteries
of the Orleans Basin
OPINION OF HERSHEY
Millions of Years Taken
to Bring About Natural
Phenomena in California
OPINION OF HERSHEY
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call.
214S Center Street, Nov. %.

Zl4S center SITeel, NOV. Ao'
After delving deep into the secrets OF
the river terraces of the Orleans Basin
in California, Oscar Hershey of the ge-
illogical department of the university
has put the results of his investigation
in a lengthy and exhaustive bulletin
issued to-day from the press of the uni
versity. Mr.. Hershey says of the river
terraces problem:
During the first few years Of my residence in
California the river terraces did net appear 10
/ delve into their history the more fascinating
grows the study. They are important because
they indicate oiogenic disturbances and changes
Of climate and because by means of them we
will be furnished ;he best chronometer OF gla-
cial events. 1t is possible that they may yleld
facts bearing strongly on the cause of the great
Quaternary glaciations. They furnish the basis
for the classification of Quaternary land taunas-
Further the relics of early man in Calltornla
may be referred to the different terraces ana
thus some idea gained Of their relative ages.
So far in the Orleans Basin, l have failed TO
secure authentic evidence of the presence OF
man until after the completion of the 45-foot
terrace.
Mr. Hersheys bulletin outlines the
bedrock geology and the gecmorpho-
geny of the region, and includes a de-
tailed description of the various ter
race remnants with a summary of their
characteristic features and differences.
Concerning the age of the terraces, Mr..
Hershey says:
/ arbitrarily reduce the assigned age Of the
highest terrace to 250. 900 years. The portion
Of the Sierran Canyon above the S50-fo ter
race is more than three times deep as that
below several times wiGe, and has charac
terstics indicating a mucn greater age IL Is
undoubtedly conservative to assign II a PERIOD
of erosion not more than three times as great
as the age OF the highest terrace. or t9000o
years This yields total age for the Sierran
Canyon Of 600. eco years. and that figure also
represents my idea of the probabl length OF
the Quaternary era.
Tie Sherwood Valley has the appearance OF
being at least five times old as the Sierran
Canyon or :. 5.O00, 900 years The geologists who
are working the Pacific Coast country are IN
clined to assign much longer periods OF dura-
ton to the Pliocene and PIeistocene than DO
those whose field lies in the Eastern, States
Recently Dr. A C Lawson has given as a
possible duration for Quateraary time 2 i54 eco
years However. he includes in the 9uater-
nary the period OF erosion of a series Of nigh
valleys OF the Upper Kern Basin, which valleys
appear to me to be the correlatives of the
Sherwood valleys of the klamath region. My
figure corresponding to his given above is ., =
600, 900 years.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
THROWN FROM A BUGGY
AND SERIOUSLY INJURED
With an Accident Which
Nav Prove Fatal.

SANTA ROSA, Nov. 23.-Manuel
Rashel was severely injured this after
noon at SebastOpOl. He was driving
along the main street, accompanied by
his 3-year-old child. when a dog ran
out and frightened his horse. The
animal shied to one side and upset the
vehicle in which Rashel and his child
were riding. The little one escaped
injury. but Rashel was thrown with
great violence to the ground and in
jured internally.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
FINAL MEETING
OF GRAND JURY
Reports That There Is No
Necessity of Going Over
the Books of Officials
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
l0l6 RrOadWav Nov %

10l6 Broadway, Nov %.
The Grand Jury met to-day after an
adjournment lasting over a month
made its final report and was dis
charged by Judge S. P. Hall.
In the. report submitted a recon-
mendation is made in regard to the
County Infirmary. in which it is stated
that the ward for incurables is made
quate for the number of patients, and
recommends that the entire ward be re-
modelled.
In regard to other county affairs the
report states that a preceding Grand
Jury had gone over the ground so re-
Gently that there was little for il to do.
The county offices had only just been
examined. and there was no necessity
for appointing an expert to have the
work gone over again.
Other matters such as were brought
before it were investigated, but did not
justify further action.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1016 Broadway. Nov. %.

OdhIdIlu OlAlCC odIl Il dIiCiSCO Odl4,
1915 Broadway, Nov. %.
Fire threatened the destruction to-
night of the armory of Companies A
and F, Fifth Regiment, n. G. c., on
Twelfth street, near Broadway. 1t
was the night of the annual ball and
reunion of Company A.. an event of
much note in society circles. The
large drill hall had been superbly
decorated. Just before 8 O'Clock.
while the myriads of electric lights
were being tested a fash of flame
startled the soldiers. A flare from
gas jet communicated with the decor
ations and the swapping of an cleo
trio wire short circuited the line.
In an instant the east side of the
hall, covered with light draperies, was
in flames. Quickly an alarm was
sounded that brought out the Fire
Department. The lights were shut
off to prevent what appeared to be
short circuit on the electric wiring
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
STEAMER CITY OF SEATTLE
ASHORE AT EAGLE RIVER
Vessel Meets With Disaster While
Making the Trip From juneau
to SkaoNvav
to SkagWay.

SEATTLE, Nov. 23.-The steam
ship City Of Seattle. bounu from Ju-
neau to Skagway. went ashore at Ea-
gle River at $50 p. m, staving a big
hole in her hull just beneath the boil
ers. No lives were lost and the. YES
sci is reported resting easily. THE
Seattle is owned by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
SHOT BY FATHER WHEN
HE REFUSED TO STEAL
Gus Stock Jr., Seattle Naval
Engineer Killed in Nor
folk .Nehr
folk. Nebr.

NORFOLK, Nebr., Nov. 23.-Gus
Stock Jr., aged %, a naval engineer of
Seattle, Wash, was shot and killed by
his father early to-day. Before the
young man died he made an ante
mortem statement to the effect that
his father did the shooting because the
son refused to join him in a raid on
a neighbor's chickens. The father de-
clares the shooting was accidental
Young Stock was visiting his home
during the Thanksgiving holidays.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
San Diego Honey Crop Is a Failure.

SAN DIEGO. Nov. 23.AReports
from the back country state that the
honey crop in this county is practi-
cally total failure. The lack of feed.
following the long drouth, is the
cause. Local beemen have become
honey buyers in order to keep their
bees alive and some of them have lost
their swarms. Other stands were saved
by their owners taking them to Ne
vada.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
Notables Acc AS PaIIbearers

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-The funeral
OF General Louis di Cesnola, director
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
took place in st. Patricks Cathedral
to-day. The Italian Embassador
Baron Mayor des Planches, ]. pier
pcnt Morgan, D. o. Mills and. c.,
schurz were among the pallbearers,
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
PLAN TO CONSTRUCT
IMMENSE RESERVOIR
Berkeley Citizens Propose Scheme 20
Supply College Town With Pro-
lection From Fire.

BERKELEY, Nov. 23.-At a meet
ing Of the Ashby Improvement Club
last night the plan of having an i'm
mense reservoir IN the hills back of
the university, into which salt water
from the bay would be pumped, was
given Endorsement and steps Will be
l. ken to secure concerted action by
all the improvement clubs of Berxe-
ley TO have the project carried out.
The water in the reservoir would be
pumped. through system Of pipes
owned by the city and used so- fire
protection, according to the plans of
fh' sc who have suggested the idea.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

REMAINS BROUGHT TO OAKLAND
Oakland, Nov. 23--The remains OF N D.
Chamberlain. a former resident OF this city
who died in Oxnard. have been brought to his
old home in this city for burial.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24

Wigg-'1 don't believe art pays. do
you" Wagg-'Well, know artists
don't"
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-24
NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA x
BRANCH OFFICES
OF THE CALL IN
ALAMEDA COUNTY
OAKLAND.

OAKLAND.
1O16 Broadway.
Telephone Main 1888.
BERKELEY.
214S Center Street.
Telephone North "a.
ALAMEDA.
14S5 Park Street.
Telephone Alameda $50.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
BROTHERS, STRANGE MEETING.
Two Young New Workers. Who Fought on
Opposite Sides in the Civil War.

During the Civil war, while the Fed
erals were lined mp on one side of the
Rappahannock and the Johnnie Rebs on
the other, in an interval of fighting there
was some trading Of tobacco for news
papers" said q. II. Upton
The Yanks and Johnnies would alter
nately cross for the purpose of such bar
ter. and there was no breach of the I'M
Outstanding that while the trading was
going on the fighting should cease. was
in Go. q of the Senevtny- seventh New
York, one that had been recruited from
the young men of Saratoga Springs. We
had in our company a lad named Thomas
Matthews. This lad knew that an older
brother of his, John by name, was fight
ing IN tn ranks of the COnfederacy. John
had left Saratoga, his native town, when
child, to go and live with his aunt,
down in Macon, Ga, and as he grew up
he naturally imhibed southern ideas and
prejudiccs.
Il effected a trade one day with good
looking young private on the other side,
giving him copy of n home paper fol
| some tobacco. As soon MS he looked ut it
he said: Good heavens this paper is
| from my old home. | was born in Sara
| toga and have a brother living there |
am named John Matthews and my broth
| er is named Thomas. 10 you happen TO
4
! ewS! Well. ! guess so! We had en-
| listed together and were especial chums.
| After telling all this, and finding ont how
| eager the Confederate was To see the
! brother from whom he had been separat-
| ed for ten years, | promised to arrange a
meeting between them, il possible, that
| very night. 4 lot of the bows were told
of the affair, and when Tommie Mat
| thewS himself heard of il he was almost
| crazy with joy at the thought OF the re-
| union.
That night the brothers were brought
| together, aud touching meeting it was.
\ number Of the hoys who had known
John Matthews were witnesses, and they
| begged HIM 10 come back and Join his old
/ comrades who were fighting for the
| Union. Ne, boys he answered. I have
| east my fate with the south. and shall
stck by il. | am glad to have seen YOU.
aud maybe we shall be friends once more
! after the war is over | never knew
| what his fate was or whether the broth.
| er> were ever reunited" Washington
/ Post
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
Fine Watches Wanted.

The chance for American manufac-
turers TO furnish 800 timepiece suit
able for use On torpedo boats seems 10 be-
ignored: ut least, no American watch
makers have replied TO the navy depart
ment'S call for bids for the delicate
mechanism. There is foreign TYNE
which the navy department is anxious
to have adopted for use in the service.
but the preference win naturally be given
TO American makers of n watch which
comes up to the standard The MANN
facturers say there is not enough in the
navy departments order TO justify going
to the expense of establishing a special
plant. and that future orders from the lie
par.ment are Of doubtful quantity. Tae
department officials say that not only will
the government buy numbers OF Suci,
watches, but there should be a sale fer
them among owners OF automobiles and
yachts. as well as to the railroads. Ii i
proposed to have Il test of these time
pieces covering six months. beginning in
January. The prices offered by the de-
partment's specifications range from $40
to $3.50, according TO the result of the
trial.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
TO KEEP OFF MOSQUITOES.
Pyrethrum Powder Burned on Live Coal
Is Effective.

Anyone who is i'll with malaria or yell
low fever should be carefully protected
from mosquitoes. for, should a person BE-
bitten by an anoDheles. the malariaI mos
quito, or stegomyIa fascata, the yellow
fever mosquito at this time there would
be great danger that the insects might
fly away and bite someone else and tins
spread the diseases.
Screens for both doors and window
form the best protection against mosqui
toes ut all times; but il often happens
that the insects get into our houses, ever,
though they are thoroughly screened
generally through some door or window
that has been left open by mistake. or
they may gain an entrance by coming
down an unused chimney if the flue is al
lowed to remain open during the summer
time.
A houSs or a room may be cleared Of
mosquitoes ny burning pyrcthFum powder
and allowing the smoke, which is not al
all offensive TO most people, thoroughly
MI the room that is under treatment.
rms smoke Kills or 20 stupcies the IH-
srctS that they will not bite
Pyrcthrum powder is a preparation OF
the plant pyrethrum roseum. and is somr-
times sold as Persian insect powder ur
Dalmati0n powder: is can be bought nt
any drugstore for about 80 cents a pound
1t is a very fine, light powder: and al
ounce of II will go long way, making
large volume of smoke
\ pyrethrum smudge or smoke may be-
started by covering live coal, taken
from the kitchen stove, with the powlcr.
first placing the coal upon n small shove.
so that il may be moved about con
yenicntly without danger Of setting any
thing on fire The pyrrthrum will quick
~ begin To smoder and give off a den-n
smoke. All that is necessary is to adj
from time to timn a pinch OF the nov
der as occasion requires merely keeping
the smOldering ashes covered 50 that the
smoke viii continuc.-Popular Science
Monthly
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
BIBLES IN MANY TONGUES.
Translated Into $50 Languages--fts
Enormous Circulation.

Three hundred million copies of the
Bible have been printed in century.
The British and American Bible socie-
ties alone circulate some 100000 copies
year. Forty per cent. OF the cost is re-
covered from sales.
Often the payments are made in Gu
rlOus substitutes for money, such as
cowFy shells in Uganda, corpa and ar
rowroot in New Hebridcs. swords, dag
gers, sandals, amulets, straw hats, pieces
of silk, eggs, butter, rotten cheese. dogs
teeth, seabirds eggs and other pie
turesquc circulating material. Occasion
ally, even, Bibles are stolen
Something like 2000 colporteurs and
Bible women travel in all manner Of out
landtsh places, "by railroad, carriage,
boat, bullock wagon, sleigh. bicycle.
wheelbarrow, on mule. jinrikisha or
afoot." to distribute Bibles.
Bibles must be packed in water-ticht
parcels to ne iandcd through the snrf IN
Madras; they are made M in Jt;-pound
packages to fit coolies backs in AMMAN.
century ago the Bible was printed
IN forty languages. II is now printed in
fJO. and new ones are being added every
year. sometimes languages are Dractc-
ally made by the Bible-that is to saw, it
Is the first book printed in some obscure
tongue, SO rude that it does not even
contain words enough TO express thought
Take for example. the translation just
made for the Sheetswa tribe in East
Africa. They had no word for Supreme
Being, or home, father, heaven, house
and other ideas equally fundamental
Other recent translations have been into
Mare. Persian. Uganda, Labrador Eski-
mo. kongo-Baldo, Wedan, Fang NADIA
reese and Nogugu
And there are said to be ON the boz
ders of the Indian empire alone los Ian
guages in which there is no Christian
scripture printed.-Cpntury
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
a SOLDIERS THANKSGIVING.

was sitting down TO dinner
In q farm house DER the sea.
To turkey, brown and tender,
And Il cup of steaming tea.
There were crullers sweating richness
And row of pumpkin pies,
With the lightest, whitest biscuit
That were ever set to rise.
There my dear, oid-fashioned mother,
In her purple printed gown,
Meekly bent her silver tresses
a IS she called the blessing down;
She was Just about to nelp me
TO rhe sugar and the cream
When the reyeille awoke me.
And / found it all Il dream.
Though tomorrow is Thanksgiving
/ am miles and miles away
From the farm house and the turkey,
And the mother old and gray;
Clad in torn and faded KHAKI,
And the raggedest of hats,
In country where the menu
Runs TO fricassee of rats.
II Is not the least of hardships
nat a soldier has to bear
Dreams and pleasant rceollectious
OF the days of better fare
Nnlle the peaceful home folks gather
Round board with plenty spread.
He IS lying In the trenches
waiting for Il lose of lead.
But. all friends and near relations
Far among the smiling fields.
W no are grateful for the bounty
Ihat plenteouS harvest Yields
Don't forget who guards the glory
OF that golden land for you,
Ana Just spare n th0rght. Thanksgiving
To your absent boys In blue.
-AIinna Irving, In Leslie's Weekly
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
Plus x. and Children.

Plus N, although benevolence an,
good will incarnate, has hitherto had iit
tie experience of children. He has ju~
had his first lesson in their likes and di,
likes and remained somewhat aStOnsheu
Some Lauretane nuns were received h'
him and took with them two children
about and years old. They dutiful,s
knelt and kissed his hand and answer"
shyly the questions put by him. But th-
done, conversation became rather din
cult. the holt father finding himself az
tually embarrassed before their time
rcticence. Finally the nuns had IT,,
happy inspiration to make the little ol0e,
repeat the PRAYER for the Pope whlca
they say every evening, and who
touched the pontiff very much. Goo
something for you" and when the hlS
ly expectant youngsters came TO hi
knee he presented each with a silve
medal, ard was much astonished VII"
the effect was less joyful than he ann,
pated. rs there anything the matter
he asked helplessly of the anxious nun
Don't they like them? Come mere, d. g.
tie woman. and tell me what yOu WONT
like best in the world" "A doll. 30
swered the child promptly. "a big go
low-haired doll" And that you sha
have" replied the pontiff, immensely i'
feved, and, in fact. his sister went OF
-he next day and got two Of the be
which money could buy, so that
children have cause 10 remember I'"~
y. After the audience the Pope. >TfaA
inc to his secretary. said that q row
audience is not half as fatiguing, an
that be feels for fathers with large IAN
les.-Rome Correspondence in FalI Nh
4 Vs. ~
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

Some establishment is being expressed
because the Gar, who so distrusts the
Firms i'll their own country, appoints 50
many to responsible positions in the fight
ing service. His minister of marine.
Admiral Avean, is, of course of Fin
nish origin. SO is Admiral Wirenius,
who was recently given an important
command. Gen. Grippenberg another
Firm. who comes of a family that fought
for Charles MI. and Gustavas Ill, is to
be the colleague and equal of Kuropat-
kin if he does not supersedc him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26
Colony of Owls OF Southern California

On the banks ut the Santa Ana rivcr
in southern California. is n ouecr ,olnn,.
II is situated in the cliffs which rise
ahuNe the surface ct the river, and has
- multitude of inhabitants. In passirg
along the river by daylight one wouL,
not imagine that tie cliffs were inhohit.
,d, for the members OF the colony ar,
fast asleep IN the chambers of the chm
hut at dusk there S a change. Al cy-
cry one of the openings with which the
Guns are perforated appears countc-
lance 50 humauIike in its EXPRESSION
that the beholdcr is apt to ina CINE that
these must he the faces of the mixes
aud elves of whom he delighted to hear
~ ms childhood days.
lhr TINY faces belong to a family HAY.
inS "a name nearly Is large rs the ind.
NthlaI> are small 1t is the family NJ
S'rN praincolu. or monkey-faccd owl.
80 much de- their faces resemble tha~,
Oh human features that They are often
",''d inc bumun-iaced owl In tn
i'IrN "i Tie cliffs they pass their 1ayS
"u" rear ,helr Young. At night they
'H'rS" IN tockS ana search The E,iI< for
'nl'r gvpher> and insects, upon which
l"r} i've This owl does not huot. as do
M"Ni owls. hut uiteU> low, ,nuc',inr
whistle as 1t flies about in search IF prey.
Farmers and fruit rajSerS i'm southern
California are warm friends OF the bird
Tor u destroys many of the ppsis Nl,;r,.
annoy Them aud iniure tueir crops. Tho
e-SS ~ the little owl are white and i've
or >N FORM lItter.-loS Angeles Times.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

In spite % the increase in the number
Of railroad trains throughout Germany
the number of accidents which happened
during the year 1902 was considerably
smaller than in previous years. The cas-
ualtics were about 10 per cent. less than
last year. or about 1000 Railroad Off
cials in that country are taught to value
lives, even at the cost of running train
behind the schedule.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

OF the 1000 white settlers scattered
among the total population of 100000 in
German Southwest Africa, not much
more than 1000 are at present German,
and these are very largely composed Of
the military and official element:
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

William II. Grenfell, NJ. F., now prom
nent AS a tariff reformer, has played
many parts, though still quite young
man. lie is the beau ideal of British
athleticism. having distinguished himself
at cricket, rs oarsman, as pedestrian, as
mountain climber and az hunter of big
game. He has climbed the Alps shot
in the Rockies and the Himalayas, swan
twice across Niagara and was stroke Of
a racing eight that crossed the English
channel
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

There are 190.227 professional bcggars
in Spain. Of whom 51,94S are women. In
some nf the cities beggars are licensed
10 carry on their trade. Seeking aims IS
recognized rs legitimate business ana
She municipality demands percentage
upon the collections. Seville is the only
city in the kingdom which forbids beg
ging in the streets.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

The successful test Of wireless tele-
graphy from a balloon which assembled
from the Worlds Fair at st. Louis Is
not surprising, in view of the success
Of tclcgraphing from point to poiut on
terra frma, or over the sea. There IS
nothing 70 dispute the right of way with
a message sent downward from cloud
land. or upward to the clouds. from the
earth.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

Twelve million six hundred thousand
is the estimate of the number of the IA
nous Rocky Ford cantaloupcs shipped
from the Rocky Ford district, in Colo
RADIO, this season. Seven hundred ears
were sent out, as against 592 carloads
the previous year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

The San Francisco grand jury has in
structed the foreman to request the pre-
siding judge Of the superior court to i'm
struct the district attorney TO commence
proceedings to Gust the election commits
sieners from Office for dereliction of duty
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

There is more smoking Of pipes done in
cold weather than at any other time,
and, excluding the vacation season. there
are more pipes and smoking tobacco sold
during the cold weather than during the
temperate and heated spells.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

The various railway companies Of the
dominion Of Canada have agreed among
themselves, in response to II circular from
the railway commission, to draft a set Of
rules, signals, etc, to govern the opera
ton Of trains.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-26

The Institute of Social Reforms Of
prohibition of bull fights on Sunday
throughout Spain. This resolution is con
sidercd as the coup dc grace to bull fight
ing, rs bull fights on week days would
not pay the promoters