The San Francisco call., 1905-01-15

place soon unless some unexpected and
powerful opposition develops to the
measures suggested.
The California Anti-Compulsory Vac
cination League with headquarters at
Berkeley is going to make the fight in
favor of the anti-vaccination bills that
have been introduced and the medical
boards of the State will find it neces-
sary to send a lobby to protect the ex-
listing law that stands in the way Of
smallpox making ravages among
school children. The Berkeley society
has had w. T. Baxley here as it's agent
and he has attended to the bills that
are intended to strike the blow at the
use of vaccine.
ANTT-VACCINATION FIGHT.
The State Board and City Boards of
Health will doubtless be able to pre-
vent the passage of the anti-vaccina-
ton bills. but the fight will come up at
every Legislature, as there are many
people who believe that vaccination is
dangerous and that it is not preven-
tive of smallpox, Notwithstanding
the fact that the government of every
civilized nation recognizes it as eff
cient and vaccinates it's soldiers.
Through Assemblyman Jones of Tou-
lumne, the cattlemen who were wont
to run their herds on what is now the
national forest reserve near the Yo-
semitic Valley will try to obtain the
privilege to again use the reserve for
grazing purposes. Jones will intro
duce a concurrent resolution asking for
a Legislative committee to investigate
on behalf of the cattlemen the condi-
tions existing and make a report to
the Government. At present some Of
the cattle-o%ners have to get Gov
ernment permit to drive over the re-
serve to reach patented land owned by
them.
The new school fund apportionment
bill has finally been introduced in the
Assembly with the apportionment
based on the number of teachers em-
ployed and the amount for each teach
er fixed at $780, Under this San Fran
cisco would receive $649.930 26, as
against an apportionment Of $780,
425 AZ last year under the pupil per
capita scheme. difference of more
than $4,000 that the metropolis will
have to make up by taxation if the
bill becomes law. Many of the coun-
try members are opposed to the new
bill as they believe apportionment
should be based on the number of pu-
pills.
While questions of greater moment
will come before the Legislature at this
session it is safe to sav that none will
occupy more time than those relating
to the protection or the game DlruS
of the State, the destruction of it's
birds of prey, the conservation of its
feathered songsters and the annihila-
ton of its winged myriads of mosqui-
toes that are neither birds nor beasts. !.
To pass with the mosquitoes into the
realm of extinct creatures of the earth
are bluejays, crows and hawks, which,
it is claimed, destroy more game than
all the gunners that sweep marsh and
mountain with their leaden hail. This
is the verdict of the legislative COM
mittee of the State Fish and Game AS
sociation, which held a meeting here
few days ago to consider what meas
ures should be adopted in line with the
purposes of the organization.
The association first took up the
question of the determination Of blue
Jays and crows. 1t was stated by sew
eral experienced members Of the assoc
ciation that these birds eat the eggs
of the quail and other game birds and
prevent their propagation. The Legis-
lature will be asked to place bounty
of 2h cents on these birds and in adj
dition the association will fight every
measure providing for the protection Of