davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22

1t Is every girls secret hope that
some day she Will be hugged 80 tight
that rib will be broken.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
YUBA WOMEN IN LINE.
improvement Club Takes Up Work of
Identification.

The Sutter Independent says that the
Womans Improvement Club of Yuba
City isNactive. Several committees have
been appointed in which the following
named ladies are included:
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22

On Public Hall-Mrs L. Schillg chairman
Mrs c. A. Duncan. Mrs c. L. McQuaid. Mrs.
L. III. Woodworth Mrs. d. D. Green Mrs. S.
+. Warren. Mrs. e. ]. White Mrs Ida Camp
Mrs F. E. Luyster. Mrs L. j. Cope. Mrs G.
II Magruder, Mrs ]. c. Gray Mrs A. A.
McRae Mrs O. II. Kimball and Mrs. w. F.
Bird
Slough committee-Mrs A. G. Bremen. Mrs.
M e. Sanborn. Mrs. c. G. Kline. Mrs. H. II.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
FACTS ARE TEACHERS.

Without the irrigating ditch Los An
geles could be nothing but the village
Il was before, and Pasadena, Redlands
and Riverside could have no existence.
There would be no oranges there, and
the millions of dollars that this indus
try alone brings into tnem would not
be theirs. To illustrate: Thirty years
ago the land where Riverside now is
raised nothing and was indeed a "des-
ert." To-day there live, in afiuence,
On 1900 acres Of this desert" land,
10000 people, with churches. schools,
libraries and banks galore. And moth
ing under heaven brought this about
but the putting on Of water, through
the irrigating ditch, at such times and
in such quantities as the intelligent
orange grower knew his trees de-
manded.
Take Fresno for another example. A
quarter Of a century ago the land that
produces a great part of the raisins
the United States now uses was prac-
tically a desert. worth, for sheep pas
ture in the springtime, 50 or SO an
acre. although the average rainfall
there is about nine inches per annum.
But since the water Of Kings River
has been put upon 1t that land is
worth $3.50 to $500 per acre. And, where
formerly the sheep herder- was lord OF
all he surveyed, to-day. on $1,000 of
those irrigated acres, there live, on
farms and in the wealthy city of
Fresno, $4,000 people, whose average
bank accounts are greater than any
other community of which I have any
knowledge.
The great valleys of the San JOAQUIN
and Sacramento, from Bakersfield to
Redding, with the great rivers travers-
ing them from end to end, now, 18th
here and there a small and notable ex-
ceptiOn, raise but a tithe of what
there should be raised. The towns are
small and few and far between, and
one rides sometimes for miles without
seeing even farmhouse Yet the 20
O00, 900 acres Of land lying in and i'm
mediately tributary to those great
valleys is at least as fertile as that at
Riverside and Fresno. And were its
owners to put their dependence no
longer in the rains that fall from
heaven, but turn upon their acres the
water that now runs swiftly by them
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R PARDEE DEALS WITH IMPORTANT TOPIC OF IRRIGATION
JR r. BRIGGS DEFINES DUTY OF THE STATE BOARD OF TRADE
Projected Colonies Engage
Attention and Are
Promising.
Forthcoming Publication
Will Well Describe
Every County.
BY ARTHUR r.. BRIGGS.

MANAGER STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
A true understanding of the work Of
the California State Board Of Trade
and comprehensive view of its useful
ness can be had only through some
what intimate knowledge Of what the
board does. The superficial observer is
disposed to think it's obligations begin
and end in the daily routine of dis
tributing information in mechanical
way and of keeping up and caring for
the exhibits of the States resources,
which are maintained in the exhibit
room. Even contributors TO the support
of the State board, as rule, do not
find time to famaIiarIze themselves
with the work that is being done, but
for the most part have but the brief
mention from time to time in the col
umns of the daily press as a basis for
their belief that good results are being
accomplished.
RELATION TO GROWTH.
The relation of the State Board of
Trade to the growth and prosperity OF
the State is by no means expressed
through the clerical duties Of receiving
and answering the vast number of let
ters that come daily. asking for infor-
nation of various kinds; or in enter
tanning the throng of visitors that seek
the exhibit room. or in the interest
manifested in the books, pamphlets,
maps and newspapers always at hand
and ready for use in the reading room.
This is a necessary detail, as is also
the looking after the preparation and
mail distribution of printed matter re-
lating to the State, which calls for the
exercise of intelligent and patient In
terest on the part of those having it
in charge. But the more important
work requires a wide knowledge of the
geography of the State and of its re-
sources; a close relation to all the va
ried interests and the ability TO analyze
conditions and treat them in an intelli-
gent way.
Inquiry, largely of a specific kind
continues to increase from month to
month. and the State board rooms are
sought by Eastern visitors, who repre-
sent colony projects and who must
have practical demonstration and
actual knowledge on which to base re-
rorts and recommendations to the peo-
pie they represent. Since the beginning
of the present year much of the time
of the manager has been given to this
specific work.
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to the ocean, villages, towns and cities
would spring up like magic, and where
now but tens of thousands live millions
,..nl,Il hn,.n thall. IN hita tinrne
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22

and are about to do. viz: irrigate.
RESULTS ARE CERTAIN.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-22
PLACING THE EXPENSE.

After completion of the entire system
the aggregate cost of the same viii be
apportioned pro rata per acre on all
lands reclaimed and for sale or sold,
and such pro rata figure will be the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-22
C. HAPPENINGS,

Read the MINER ads and profit.
Mrs. Jos. Seraphine attended the
funeral at Tower.
Paint your houses with Manhattan
Cottage Colors. For sale at Fenske's.
John Roberts is visiting friends in
Tower this week.
Mayor Weinzierl spent Wednesday
IN Tower.
Chief of Police Beatty was up from
Tower Wednesday for a few hours
You can buy flannel worth 12t cents
per yard for s cents at Berglund Bros.
You can buy flannel worth 12t cents
per yard for s cents at Berglund Bros.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. LaBeau attended
the funeral in Tower. Wednesday.
II. W. Thatcher spent a few days in
Tower this week.
Miss Mamie Murphy returned to
Tower Wednesday after a few days
visit at Winton.
The city council met Tuesday even
ing. In another column will be found
the proceedings.
School Board proceedings in another
column. Read them over, they are
interesting.
Henry Chinn, chief clerk at the
Chandler, visited friends in Tower
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wakefield be-
came the parents of a baby boy last
Friday.
Fifty pieces of Is cent flannel for
124 cents. One lot at 5 cents peryard
worth 10 cents at Berglund Bros.
"Billy" Boyce is confined at the
Shipman hospital with a serious axe
cut in the Leg
Rev. S. A. Jamison 'was up from
Duluth Wednesday evening or a visit
Ito Rev. S%wander.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Densmore were
made happy Tuesday by the arrival OF
a boy at their home on Harvey street,
Fl. c. Kelly and family returned
Saturday evening from their visit IN
Chicago.
Chas. Scheaffer was in Tower Mon.
day for a short time on a visit to his
family.
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friends of the DR.. in Ely are pleased
to hear Of the engagement and wish
him all kinds Of happiness.
Capt. w. HI. Wicks, formerly a re-
sident Of the Vermilion range and a
well-known figure in the early days OF
the range. died two weeks ago at the
Newberry, Mich, hospital for the in
sane. He was, buried at Iron Noun
tain, Mich.
Word was received here this morn
ing of the death Of j. j. Morton at
the Stevenson mine at Hibbing.
Some machinery in the machine shop
where Mr.. Morton was employed
broke and caused his death. Joe has
many friends in Ely. The funeral
occurs tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock
at Tower and will be in charge Of the
Masonic orders. The relatives have
our sympathy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-22
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
of the
CITY OF ELY.
(OFFICIAL.)

Ely, Mimi, Jan 10, 1904.
The regular meeting of the Common
Council Of the City of Ely was called
to order at 8 o'clock pm. by Mayor
W~einzierl.
Roll Call = Present, Aldermen
Ellefsen, Grabowsky, Knutson and
Skala. Absent, Aldermen Porthan
and White.
Moved by Grabowsky, supported by
Skala that the minutes Of the pre-
vious meeting be approved as pub
lished In the official paper Of the city.
Carried.
A communication was received
from Marshall Wells. Hardware Co.,
regarding the water pipe line recently
installed by Runqulst & Engle, in
which they proposed to repair the
break in the pipe and make tests of
same until it would stand a test pres
sure of $50 lbs and then to make three
additional tests il desired. they to
furnish the labor and material for
the doing Of the work. Moved by
Knutson, supported by Ellefsen that
the same be accepted and filed, and
that the city clerk be instructed to
notify the said company of the &C
ceptance Of their proposition by this
council, and request them to do the
same as soon as possible. Carried.
A petition was received from a COM
mittee appointed by the Fire Depart
ment asking the council to purchase
a 36 foot extension ladder for the use
of the department. Moved by Grabo-
wsky, supported by Skala that the
same be accepted and the purchasing
committee be instructed to purchase
the ladder as requested. Carried.
The clerk announced that an an
onymous communication addressed to
the 'city council regarding nickel
boxes had been received. Moved by
Grabowsky. supported by Ellefsen
that the same be laid on the table un-
til such time as the sender saw fit to
sign same. Carried unanimously.
The annual report of f. L. Cowen,
city treasurer, showing the condition
Of the city's finances and the transac-
tions in the various funds:during the
period beginning January 16. 1903 and
ending January Is. 1904, was read.
Moved by Ellefsen, supported by
Knutson that the same be accepted,
filed and published in the official paper
Of the city. Carried.
The following report of Finance
Committee presented.
Ely. Mimi. Jan. 10, 1904.
To the Hon. Mayor and common
council.
We, your finance committee, to
whom is referred the matter OF
auditing all accounts against the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-22
To Milwaukee, Chicago; The
East and South.

Use the Wisconsin Central, com.
Portable, solid wide vestibuled trains,
leaving Minneapolis and st. Paul
every morning and evening at con-
venient hours, equipped with Pull
man sleepers, free reclining chair
cars and modern coaches. Meals in
dining and cafe cars served a la carte.
For tickets and further information
apply to nearest ticket agent or write
Jas. G. Pond, general passenger agent,
Milwaukee. Wis.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-22
Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. GRABOWsKY,

Marshall Wells, Hardware Co., belt
VIZ CemeHC - OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES oI.So
Respectfully submitted,
CHAs. GRABOwsKY,
Chairman.
Finance Committee
Moved by Knutson, supported by
Skala that the report Of the finance
committee be accepted and the clerk
be instructed to issue orders in pay
ment Of the various accounts. Carried
The following report from the Sec
rotary of the Ely Fire Department
presented:
Ely, Mimi, January 7, 1904.
To the Hon. Mayor and Common
Council, City of Ely.
Gentlemen,
l herewith submit to your honor
able body the annual report of the
Ely Fire Department for the year
ending December 81, 1903. Within
the same is a list OF manual force Of
the department and the amount of
plOpCl W Ill use dlu lCSCI We.
The Department, during the year
has responded to 8 fire alarms, 4 of
which were chimney fires. The De-
partment also respond ed to 4 practice
calls. The average number of men at
each alarm Is 81. Total loss by fire
for the year was $3.50. The amount
of insurance received being 81, $50.
In answering alarms the Depart
ment laid 1890 feet of hose. The De-
partment received for their services
during the year $433.50. The list of
manual force is as follows:
Chief-M. E. Gleason.
First Assistant Chief-Thos. Jury.
Second Assistant Chief-A. D.
Ellefsen.
No. l hose cart-George Holmes
captain and s men.
No. 2 hose c%art-John Habian soap
tain and 8 men.
Hook and ladder truck-Wm. La
Beau foreman and 6 men.
Hydrant men, 2.
Total, 80 men.
The list Of property in use and re-
serve is as follows:
1000 feet Of hose. 3 hose carts complete
with bars, wrenches and axes; l chemi-
cal engine; / 40-ft. extension ladder;
/ Aft. roof ladder; 1 1S-ft. ladder; 2
loft. ladders;,1 2O-ft.ladder; l Siamese
connection; 5 play pipes with shut off
nozzles; ! play pipe with common
nozzle; Those sleigh; l hook and lad
der truck complete with axes lanterns
pals, pike poles, fire extInguishers
and pull rope; 10 rubber coats; IA
rubber hats; % pair Of rubber boots;
30 uniforms; $3.50 feet Of water main
and Is hydrants; register fire alarm
system with IL alarm boxes.
During fires we receive water pres
sure direct from the pump.
Respectfully submitted,
Harry A. Chinn,
Secretary.
Moved by Grabowsky, supported by
Knutson that the report of the fire
department be accepted and filed.
Carried.
Mr.. II. A. Chinn presented a bill to
the council for 1926. 90 for services as
secretary Of the fire department dur
ing the year 1903. Moved by Grab
owsky supported by Ellefsen that the
same be referred to the finance COM
mittee. Carried.
The bill Of John Martin against the
City of. Ely amounting to S1S.0 90 for
rent of building to poor persons, land
which was thrown out by the finance
committee was presented to the cOun-
Gil. Moved by Grabowsky. supported
by Ellefsen that the same be laid on
the table. Carried.
Moved by Glabowsky, supported by
Skala that the council adjourn.
Carried.
L. j. White,
City Clerk.
N. " for acceptable Ideas:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-01-22

city do report that we have ex-
amined the following accounts and
found them correct and recommend
their payment.
Duluth & 1. r. r. Co., exchange ......... 5 200
Harry Chinn. Secretary, fremen's
services $500
W. J. Cowling. PM, stamps and
stamped envelopes---.-......-..... 29.40
David Brown, services as special
JuuBe ----. 400
American Electric Co.. telephone
WIre ----------.... 2Z.31
K. S. Miller. line and cord-...... .. I.35
Vail Hardware Co., hardw are ...... 4.SS
w. McCurdy, engineering ........ ll2.O0
John Habian, straps for fire depart
--..----.....-.... 6.U0
U. S. Carbon Co., carbons ......... 1900
Marshall Well. Hardware Co., CRATE
bars 1855
Marshall Wells, Hardware Co., belt
and 1913
Respectfully submitted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
Necessity for Rubber Cultivation.

FROM cent Ter cent.
In these articles I have referred more
than once to the impedments to any great
or sudden increase in the production of
rubber from native sources. and the condi-
ton appears near at hand when any in
creased consumption can be possible only
by means of cultivated rubber. Seeing that
all the plantations now under way cannot
do more than offset the yearly destruction
of native rubber resources. there must be
much more rubber planted-requiring sew
eral years to become OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
anything like materially lower level of
prices need be expected to result from
planting operations. When such conditions
dc arrive the plantations now developing
should have been fully paid for, and in a
position to require no further yearly outgo
than the cost of harvesting.
Under such conditions rubber ought to be
the most profitable of all cultures, even
with selling prices at only half the present
figures. There is no such risk involved as
in the case of coffee. for example, which
must be harvested at a particular time or
be lost or of fruits, liable to perish through
accidents or delays in transportation. I'm
like other crops. the rubber tree will not
require cultivation after 1t has once made
a good start, and the collection and ship
naent of rubber can in large measure be
regulated by the convenience of the planter,
while the product is not perishable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
Work of the Cigarette.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
Gen. Lyttleton, commander of the British
army in South Africa, declares that the
cigarette habit is playing havoc in the
army, and that unless something is done
soon to check it Great Britain will be de-
Tended by "a collection of weak-minded
and weak-bodied youths. capable of no real
effort of any kind" At the present time
South Africa is great training school for
raw recruits from home of whom 1t is In
tended to make competent British soldiers.
But one of the officers declares that it will
require three years of feeding and training
to bring most of the recruits up to the point
where they can do days work without
breaking down. The case seems TO be that
thousands of young men, who by self
indulgence have made themselves unfit for
doing any other kind of work have en-
listed in the army under the impression
that they would have an easy time. The
habits about which complaint is made were
not acquired in the army but before en-
listing. This gives rise to an inquiry why
such recruits were accepted. Probably the
answer is that they were the only onas
who presented themselves. 1.-THE chief DIS
position of many of these recruits" says
one of the commanding officers, seems to
be to hunt some place to lie down for a
rest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
A New Partisan Loan.

From the London Pail Mall Gazette.
The municipality of Paris is presently to
launch another loan of 2J0o00,000 francs.
There is no end to municipal borrowing, il
seems. Part of the new loan-a hundred
millions-is the contribution of the city to
that huge undertaking, the Metropolitan
railway, which. of course, will constitute
an asset of great value. Much yet remains
to be done to complete the system, which
aims at uniting the different railway ter
mini of Paris. Already the Place de Opera
has been lined to the p. l.. NJ. station.
By the original contract with the municipal
council the company agreed to finish its
excavation for the opera station and
make good the place by Christmas but the
recent heavy rains have hindered the work
and an extension of time has been neces-
sary. Nevertheless. the work is proceeding
with great rapidity. Paris promises to be
the first of the great cities to possess
complete underground system of railway.
AS to the new loan, that will probably be at
2H per cent subject of course. to the usual
IL per cent government tax. But there is
always the '.gros lot to dangle before the
investing public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
Elementary.
From, Puck.

.She bought that cloak because it look
ed well on cloak model"
Indeed? She ought to know that cloak
models often show how cloaks don't look
on other people,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
The Anthracite Coal Troubles.

"But do the men keep such contracts?'
YES" replied Senator Hanna. especially
in the old and weli-organized unions. Take
the case of the United Mine Workers dur
ing the great anthracite strike of last year.
You will remember the situation. One
hundred and fifty thousand men were out
OF work, the families of many of them were
on the edge of starvation. the mines were
closed down, and the whole country was
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25

ent parts do Justice TO their nobility
OF architecture and general grandeur.
Then again in the ground plans and
bird's-eye sketches-the only possible
manner Of showing 1.-THE fan-shaped
arrangement Of this group looked stiff
and unsatisfying. Far from that, It is
quite as remarkable in it's way as the
famous Court Of Honor Of the Column
biSn Exposition. In one respect It Is
even more notable. for instead OF two
grand vistas II offers a dozen. The
main vista is, Of course, the one look
ing up the Plaza Of st. Louis-whose
browning feature is the great Louisi-
ana Purchase Monument-and across
the Grand Basin to the Cascade Gar
dens. On the right are the Varied In
dustries and Electricity buildings and
on the left Manufacturers and Edu-
cation, these-with Transportation and
Machinery stlll further to the right
and Liberal Arts and Mines beyond
at the left-msking UP the body of the
fan. For its handle the fan has the
Cascade Gardens--rising in a grand
terrace to a height of sixty-fve feet
above the floor level Of the buildings
mentioned and crowned by the great
Festival Hall, the Terrace Of States
and the East and West Pavilions-and
the Fine Arts building directly behind.
The Pike has in the Tyrolean Alps
the finest concession that have ever
seen. There is a great square with
many quaint buildings, little village
street, and above the snow-clad noun
tRins-which look very real as the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
Locating the Rlame.

An amateur actor, who has a pro
found faith in the efficacy of advertis-
ing, was complaining, after the enter
tainment, TO the chairman of the com.
mittee on arrangements.
who got up the programmed"
asked the young man.
81 did" replied the chairman. 81
suppose you think that your part of
the performance was not given SUM-
Client prominence"
II don't see that you ought to say
anything about the way in which we
called attention to you. The audience
didn't seem to know you we're there"
ION the contrary, number Of my
friends told me was first-rate, espe-
cially when sang that comic song. "
II didn't hear anybody laughing"
"Of course not. And that's where
/ say you are to blame. How could
you expect them to laugh? You didn't
state in the programme that It was a
comic song"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-08-25
The Limit Reached.

DR.. w. H. Tolman, director OF the
American Institute Of Social sciences
told the following story the other day
as an unconscious illustration of the
prevailing sentiment in regard to the
race suicide" problem:
"A family OF my acquaintance has
a certain pewter cup which has been
the property Of Ave children in sue
cession, at the period when they first
begin to use cups, The other day
one Of the cider children. a small boy,
was discussing the propriety Of be-
slowing this cup upon some poor
child. His little sister remarked;
why, no. ven keep It for the next
baby
Well, said the brother ! sh'd
think Cod wS,ild have sense enough
to know that 1--WE babies 10 one fam
ny was enough New York qipes.