The San Francisco call., 1904-03-07
important Themes Taken
Up in Wide Range
of Counties.

At the third annual meeting of the
Santa Clara Commercial League Presl-
dent Mention advocated greater support
on the part of business men. The
league has erected two signs, each ten
by thirty feet, one on the Pierce prop
erty south of the station and the other
on the Mention tract, north, which will
advertise Santa Clara to the passing
tourist or the sOjOurner for day. On
these signs is inscribed: Central coast
counties. Santa Clara-NOted for its
municipal ownership and educational
facilities" The signs also give the pop
ulatiOn. the altitude and the mean tenn
perature of Santa Clara. Similar signs
have been put up along the railroad at
towns comprised in the association
from San Luis Obispo to San Mateo.
The new officers elected for the COM
ing year are as follows: President. r.
3. Roll: vice president, F. A. Alder
man; secretary. F. a. Quinn; treasurer.
Earl Jordan; board of directors-A. T.
Killam, W. c. Raymond. G. F. Emig,
Manuel Vargas. ]. w. Black. r. B. Roll.
DR. H. o. F. Mention. c. A. Mace, Earl
Jordan, F. A. Alderman, A. RaventOs
and l. w. Starr.
The campaign Of the Sacramento
County women for better conditions
in the city and county of SacramtntO
has begun. The first meeting of the
executive committee of the Women's
Council-by which name the Organi-
zation formed by the women's clubs
and societies is knOwn-has been
held Mrs. r. T. Devlin is the pTesi-
dent. The most important move
made at the first meeting was the
adoption of a memorial asking the
Trustees of the city of Sacramento to
submit to the people afproposition to
authorize an issue of bonds in the sum
of 10000 to provide for a new high
school building. The text of the resO-
luton that found favor with the wOm-
en- is a follows:
Resolved. That the executive committee OF
sentins 23OO women OF the capital city. hereby
memOrialize the honorable Board Of City Trus-
lated TO any other proposition. the question OF
a bond issue for a new high school, the sum
OF the bonds not to exceed 100000.
At a meeting of the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce the following
was adopted:
We. the directors OF the Sacramento Cham
Der OF Commerce. bearing in mind the many
needs OF the city, and after due consideration
OF the order OF Importance OF clear water
sewer system, City, Hall, ETC., feel that all or
perhaps the most important. II there be such.
a
vote OF the people at once The very maSni-
tude OF the expenditure that would be neces-
sary to give US all these and high school in
addition would probably defeat each voters
pet proposition In It's turn.
We feel that the proposition most apt 10
carry at a bond election is that for a new
high school, We know OF no serious contro-
vcrsy as to the manner Of providing one. II il
certainly pressing necessity and one which
VIII certainly be attended very soon. II not
now II the City Trustees will hasten to sub-
nit the proposition we promise to aid them in
every reasonable way within power 10
carry a bond issue of 500. 900 OF less
We recommend to the City Trustees thar an
option be obtained upon some such site as that
now occupied by the Orphan Asylum. and
that the site and the amount to be paid there
for be made part OF the proposition 80 tbaf
the voters may know what Is to be done win
the portion OF the bonds issued to buy the