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The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
CLUB PUTS BAN ON
SALOON WHISKY.
Mining Company Kills Ii
quor Dealers 5. Business, So
He Sues for Damages
ACTION Is UNUSUAL

OAKLAND Nov 3-Because the
Lassen Mining Company. owners of the
Golden Eagle mine at Hayden Hilh
Lassen County. provided club gym
nasium and dance hall for their en-
ployes. they have been sued by T E.
Driskel a saloon keeper OF Hayden
Hill for $4,000 damages, the complain
ant alleging that by reason Of the in
novation at the mining camp his busi-
ness has been ruinsed. The stock Of the
Lassen Mining Company is owned by
Leon Louis Joseph and Justice Max G.
Sloss Of san Franc Esco, and Edward H.
BENJAMIN. WE'LL known mining man
Of this city. all of whom. as well as
John H Collier. the superintendent of
the Golden Eagle mine, have been
made defendants in the action insti-
tuted by Driskel Ben jamin declares
that il is the intention OF the corpora
ton to fight the case to a finish.
When the mine was purchased by the
Lassen Company and Benjamin as
sumed the direction Of the property,
he found little he says. for the miners
10 do after they had finished their
work for the day except 10 sit around
IN the boarding houses Of the camp or
spend their time in DrisloeFs saloon. On
his return to san Francisco he proposed
70 his associates in the company that
a suitable building be secured and
fitted I'D as a clubhouse, with gym
nasium and reading-rooms. and that
this be turned over 20 the use OF the
miners.
The other members of, the company
at once agreed with the suggestion of
The manager and about a year ago
BENJAMIN. on behalf OF the corporation.
purchased q large hall IN Hayden Hill
and. after installing the apparatus of
the gymnasium and subscribing in ad-
vance TO all the popular mining papers
and q number OF other monthly maga-
zines. turned the place, with its equip
ment. over TO the employees OF the
Golden Eagle The success Of the or
9anization was assured from the first,
and the club is now in iourishing
condition. the funds collected in dues
from the members being sufficient for
its maintenance.
Twice each monthEa dance and enter
tainnent is given in the clubhouse. to
which the members have the privilege
OF inviting their friends. the result
being that the entire camp shares in
the benefit OF the organization.
After electing officers and directors.
one Of the first rules adopted by the
club was TO impose q fine of $5 on any
member found freqysenting DriskeIs
saloon.
In telling of the success Of the club
and the consequent reduction in the
business Of Driskel. which has resulted
in the filing Of the suit for damages
against the company, Benjamin. when
seen al his home, 90S Linden street to
day. said:
within a few days after the estab-
lfshment Of the club. which has now
been in existence more than year, the
members voted TO fine any man belong
ing to the club who frequented Dris-
kers saloon, IS, and this had the effect
OF keeping our men away from the
place. as every man who works in the
Golden Eagle is a member of the club.
Now Driskel is angry and has brought
this suit against the company, hoping
TO secure revenge.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
woMAN sEEKs LosT TOOTH.

ALAMEDA, Nov. 3.-Mrs. J. E. Han
sen reported TO the police last night
that she had lost a false front tooth
in a fight with a neighbor, and the
complainant wanted a search made for
the missing incisor and a warrant is
sued for the person who knocked il
out Detective William Wahmuth in
vestigated the case and ascertained
that Mrs. Hansen was under the in
fiuence Of liquor when she engaged in
the fight that cost her the artificial
tooth. Mrs. Hansen was arrested today
on complaint Of Mrs. Rose Nielsen and
charged with peace disturbance.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
BUsINEss MAN DIES.

ALAMEDA, Nov. 5.-Fred F. Hobbs,
a San Francisco business man and a
popular member of Alameda Lodge of
Elks, succumbed last night at his
home, 2629 Buena Vista avenue, to an
attack of typhoid fever. He was a ma
tive of Massachusetts, 80 years of age,
and is survived by his wife, a daugh-
ter and a son. His funeral is to be held
Monday afternoon from his late resi-
dence and will be conducted by the
Elks Hobbs is the nrst member of the
local lodge of Elks to be summoned by
death
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
MUST HUSTLE FOR $4,000.

wood. who was granted a franchise
last winter to construct a double-track
electric traction system on Clement
avenue TO connect with q projected
ferry line to San Francisco. has been
granted an extension OF four months
time from November 1e. in which, un-
der the terms Of the ordinance award
ing him the franchise, he will have to
deposit $4,000 with the City Treasurer
as a guarantee that the work will be
carried out. This is the third extern
sion granted Greenwood
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
RENEws FIGHT FOR FORTUNE.

OAKLAND. Nov. Mrs Frances I.
Spencer today revived the litigation
over the estate Of her stepmother, Mrs.
Sarah Leroy Trembly, who left prop
erty valued at $5s,991. Mrs. Spencer
filed a notice OF a motion for a new
trial, and this action was taken be-
cause II. A. Powell, executor of Mrs.
Trembly's will. asked permission to
sell part of the estate. Mrs. Spencer
contested the will on the ground that
Mrs. Trembly left her only $4,000.
whereas she claimed 10 be entitled to
half the estate, as her fathers heir.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
RIGHT SWING VS.. JIU J1TsU.

NJ. Fugitoni. a Japanese. yesterday
became involved in a quarrel with an
Irishman in the Union Pacific black
smith shop. The Jap resorted to the
jiu jitsu and the Irishman to a right
swing and the Jap recovered conscious
ness half an hour after he arrived at
physicians ofaoe.-Cheyenne Leader.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
JOHN MARTENS WEEDS.

OAKLAND, Nov. 3.-John Martens.
who for many years has been in the
insurance business in this city, was
married this morning to Miss Alice
Bredhoff, also well known in Oakland.
The ceremony was witnessed by a few
intimate friends of the contracting par
ties Martens is prominent In a num-
Der of German social and fraternal or
ganizations of Alameda County
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
MAN INJURED BY TRAIN.

OAKLAND, Nov. 3-E h Miller. a
clerk, AZ years old, who is blind in one
eye and has difficulty In seeing with
the other, tried to avoid a Key Route
train today and jumped in front of an
other train going in an opposite direc-
tion. He was knocked down and re-
ceived a severe scalp wound He was
given surgical aid at the Receiving
Hospital by DR.. c. G. Curdts.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
WILL oRGANIzE mILKMEN.

OAKLAND, Nov. Appropriations are
being made by The Central Labor coun-
ellis Of this city and San Francisco to
organize union of the milk wagon
drivers Of Alameda County and to es-
tablsh minimum wage scale, such as
is now in force In San Francisco. A
meeting of the milk wagon drivers has
been arranged for Monday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
CHARRED WILL Of
MOFFITT FILED.
Testament That Just Sur
vived Late Fire Framed
and Is Offered in Court
FAMILY GETS ESTATE

OAKLAND. Nov s-The charred
will of the late James Mofftt. pasted
on paper and cardboard and inclosed
in a picture frame covered by glass
was filed for probate today by Attor-
neys Olney & Olney. 1t he'd been de-
posted in a safe in San francisco. and
had been badly damaged BY the fire
but it was still legible. Everything
was left TO the widow and children
in the proportions provided by law IN
the cases Of those dying without max
ing provision for the disposal OF thetc
property. <
Mofitt. who was a member Of ~
firm of Blake. Mofitt & Towne died
October %. The will was executed
September 1s. 1887. when he was 81
years old The will is Photographic.
The petition for the probate OF the
will states that the value of the estate
is unknown. but that IL exceeds $780,
900. 1t is likely that the appraisement
will reach nearer a million. as Mof-
nit owned much real and personal
property, consisting OF real estate in
Oakland and San Francisco. and stocks
and bonds. The will reads:
San Francisco. Sept. IS. 1887.
/. James Mofitt. revoking all Wills
heretofore made by me, do hereby make
and declare this TO be my last will and
testament. viz, give. devise and be-
queath all my property. consisting Of
real estate. bank. Insurance.. gas rail-
road and various manufacturing and
business Incorporation stocks: also
money [ may have TO my credit in bank
or with the house Of Blake. Mofltt q
Towne- or elsewhere: also any mort
gage that may be unpaid, all TO my
beloved wife. Della. and my beloved
children, James. Herbert. Lucy and
Alice Mof1tt. proportion in it as they
would take II I died intestate. I ap-
point my said wife. Della. and my said
sons. James and Herbert Mofatt. exec
utrtx and executors thereof without
bonds and give and grant them power
to sell and convey or otherwise dis
pose OF all my said property and any
part thereof - they may Judge best
for my estate without any - or au-
thorizatfOn Of any court whatever.
JAMES MOFFITT.
The dashes represent a few words
that are not legible. Since the max
ing Of the will. nineteen years ago. tho
daughters Of the Mofitt house have
married. They are now Mrs. Lucy
Lynch and Mrs Alice Doubleday, an
both live in New York city.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

A mans beard fourteen feet long is
to be sold at Mr.. Stevens auction
rooms In Covent Garden. 1t is the long
est beard in the world, saws the London
Mail and was the personal propertv of
the late Amos Broadhurst, who was
exhibited by Barnum & Bailey.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

According to United States Geologi-
cal Survey reports, the Forty-mile
basin proper comprises more than 2100
square miles, an area double that of the
State of Rhode Island ----s~
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

Finding that matches and petrol do
not go together very we'll and that
smoking at high speed is not com
Portable, English chauffeurs now use
American chewing gum as a solace in
place of tobacco.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
horization OF any court whatever.
JAMES MOFETTT

To obviate delays by storms the tele-
graphic trunk nnes are being put un-
derground in Great Britain. The uu-
derground line between London and
Glasgow is already completed
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

Herr Joseph Ronchett of Ornavasse,
near Novara, is said to be the possessor
of the biggest beard in Europe. 1t is
nearly six feet long.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13

SSA
ANIME AND PULLMAN STAND
AND AND TOURIST sLEEPERs
on AL MAIN LINE PAssEN.
aER TRAINS. STANDARD
sLEEPGRs ON NOS. II
AND Il, PALousE BRANCH
passenger Schedule for lewiston:
No. g-Spokane and Palouse.
arrives ............ $50 p. m
No, ll-spokcue and Palcuse.
arrives ......... 1880 q. m
No l7-From stites and Clear
water points .........
.......s:oo q. m. eek. Sunday
No 2l.-From Culdssac. ar
rivss...s:so p. m. (Ex. Sunday
No 1o--Palouss and Spokane.
departs ............ 7:3S a. m
No. 12-Palouse and Spokane.
departs ......--... 11:o0 p. m
No. ls-For Suites and Clear
watAr points .........
.......1:l6 p. m. eek. Sunday
10. a3--Yor Culdesac ........
1855. $500 p. m. LEX. Sunday
TWO TRAINS A DAY TO KANSAS
CITY. VIA. THE NORTHERN PA
cIF1C. KILLINGS AND THE BUR-
LINGTON. Train No. 4 leaves Spo-
Kane at 1885 p. m. daily. equipped
With through chair car. standard Pull
man and Tourist Sleepers. Strictly
6rst GLASS. Dining car service. Close
connections made at st. Joseph for St
Louis. For further info mation. call
on or phone
w. J. JORDAN, Agent.
Lewiston
A. o. CHARLTON, A. g. P. A.,
Portland, Oregon
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13
Conditions in the Chicago Packing Houses

~ Facts Found by Commissioners ind Reynolds.
i statement as fact which verified by
Floors tubs
Meat racks and
scraps a adheng to them even after they washed
Closets for both from by
wooden partitions Lunchrooms
soap toilet Men and directly the
sum OF naueatg dirty
one New York is model contrast with Chicago
constructed largely of iron and thoroughly
workmen climb piece
throw dirty
leather rough sackng ndescribaby
shoes on tables which handled At lunch hour they sit
these tables All this is under of superintendent
Meat
tables pushed dirty
spnters filth expecoaon tuberculosis dis
eased workers.
carted barrow with handles filthy with table
limbs w hands
with dirty apron and trousers in contact with meat
though these
proportion
added from dirty floor
ahery be which
bits other rubbish to be used IN
passed
ment guaranteed
old canned goods which Their heated to
given fresh labels
all considerations those
account book
tuberculosis disproporonatey prevalent
which falling
shoveled to be converted into food 49, 49,
for comfort of employees Girls stand
hoursa day at well done sitting
morals and to health of en-
ployes - . -,... - .,,, ,s. 1ors
consumer No inspected
Secretary Of agriculture should be given
M"mhr Of INSPECTORS should be largely
specia carried continuously
other countries should be studied ana pup
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13
TEAMS AGAIN
HAUL LUMBER
Special to Evening Teller.

Special to Evening Teller
Winchester, Idaho, June 13.-(By
Nezperce Cooperative Telephone.)--
The hauling Of lumber from the noun
tain mills to the railroad at Culdesac
has been resumed after several days
delay occasioned by the heavy rains.
A large number of teams are engaged
in the work and several weeks will be
required to move the spring cut to the
shipping point
The Turning of lumber by the Colby,
Coryell & Howe company is practically
completed, the greater portion of the
mills product having been transported
during the past ten days. The COM
pany will make later delivery by
teams, but most Of the hauling will be
from other mills.
The weather conditions are favorable
for all crops and large yields of tim
othy hay and grains are assured. On
account of the railroad work through
the country the farmers are assured
OF good prices for all products and ne
gotiations for fall contracts are now
being made.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13

volver. Presenting the weapon to the
mother Of the young woman he pro-
ceeded on his way. thinking little of
the circumstance.
II want to know" declared the young
woman as she stood In Mr.. Shideler's
office. III q mail carrier has right to
take a woman's pistol away from her."
"Hum-m. l would have to know
the circumstances" evaded the a. Visit
ant postmaster
After some difficulty the entire story
was extracted from the young woman.
who finally admitted that she had been
q patient In q sanitarium.
"But that ID no reason why he should
take my revolver away from me-" she
said. upon leaving the office, remem-
bering her first question In regard to
the carriers right"
Mr.. Pellet thought 80 little Of the In
cident that he failed to report II to his
superiors and consequently Mr.. 6hide-
Ter will call the 'culprit" to account.
1.-THE complainant seemed very anx-
ious that he should be scolded." said
Mr.. ehideler "At least. we want to
know about the affair.""
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13
4 Natural Mistake.

Oliver Herford once entered . doubt
full looking restaurant in small New
York town and ordered . lamp chop.
After . long delay the waiter returned.
bearing . plate on which reposed .
dab OF mashed potatoes and . much
overdone chop Of microscopic proper
lions with remarkably long and
slender rib attached. This the waiter
Get down before him and hurried away
"see here." called Herford. II or
dered Z chop"
"Yessir." replied the man, there Il
II"
"Ah, % II H." replied Herford, peer
Ing 1t II closely. Il thought II was I
crack IN the plate."--Everybody',
Magazine
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13

.zcd, in person or through a subordi-
nate. to hire temporary men. purchase
material and supplies. and pay for
their transmission from place to place
to extinguish a fire. When the cost
is likely to exceed 5000 the supervisor
televraphs the forester for authority
to incur the additional expense.
Forest rangers are required to report
monthly to the supervisor regarding
all fires occurring in their districts.
These reports cover the location. dam
age done, probable cause, by whom
the fire was discovered. when discov-
cred. when brought to the notice of
the forest officer when the work of
f-~ht'ng the fire was begun and fin-
iAhed. how many extra men were en-
ployed, and cost of fire. At the end of
the year the supervisor submits an
annual fire report to the Washington
office.
During the calendar year of 1905. SO
~ tra ~ reserves escaped fires alto
gsther. On the remaining 81. areas
NJ -"s ranging from l to
7o,oSe acres (northern division Of the
sierra reserve) and amounting to 279.-
592 acres. The largest amount of tim
Der was destroyed on the Lewis and
Clark reserve (southern division)-
43.ss3.000 board feet. The total for all
reserves was l52, 567 900 board feet
Nth a value Of $1O1.2s2. but the great
eat loss III money value was $27.32O on
the Priest river reserve. The total
cost OF extra labor and supplies for
fire fighting was $12.S7352.
: The seasons OF greatest danger from
llre are spring and fall. The FIRST II
now fully at hand. AZ the Michigan
losses already testify and. unless every
precaution IL taken by all concerned.
vast damage from fire. on both public
and private forests. may again be ex-
pected. General cooperation Of all
coming In contact with the forests II
earnestly to be sought, first. to guard
seriously against the starting Of fires.
and second, to aid in every way In ex-
tlngushing such AZ occur.
In California the forest service. the
state forester and the lumber COM
panies are cooperating to prevent and
hight fires. all forest rangers having
been made state f1re wardens. In Ore
gon and Washington the forest service
IL cooperating with the timber conn
panies to the same end.
The governor OF Idaho 10 inaugural
ing Z movement to orRantxe the timber
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13
FACTS ARE THE KEYNOTE
II Regulations Are Injured by News
papers They Deserve Il.

Facts are the keynote of modern
Journalism. Get the facts before the
people in the most condensed form
possible without impairng the mean
ing is the rule in we'll regulated daily
newspaper offices. In consequence
thousands read the cheap dailies where
one reads the weekly reviews. The
thereby. They are kept constantly in
touch with the whole world. In this
atmosphere bigotry. selfishness and
narrowness cannot thrive.
The allegation that daily papers as
class are run solely as money maxi
ing enterprises Is absolutely false.
There are black sheep IN every flock.
Newspapers are human institutions
and as such partake of human frailties.
No honest man pretends to run a
newspaper without regard to returns
on his investment. Any paper to ex-
ist must give the public the sort of
news that it wants. None can be
daily, one that compromises with
wrongs or crime for a consideration. is
rare exception. Proof Of this was
furnished by the recent insurance in
vestiagtion. On all sides prominent
people were branded as grafters and
thieves. but not a newspaper, even the
yellowest, was smirched. When we
consider how rampant was bribery and
the temptations to which the papers
were exposed this fact Is most re-
markable.
Instead Of corrupting the people the
daily newspapers more than any other
agency on earth tend to purify society.
Fear OF publicity prevents more crimes
than all of the courts. 1t keeps more
men and women in the straight and
narrow path than all pulpit orations
ever delivered and all codes Of moral
| ity ever promulgated. Human nature
| 10 30 constituted that men dred the
scorn OF their fellow men. With an
alert daily press they know that
chances are against their being able to
hide wrongdoing One criminal ex-
posed In the press means dozens Of I'M
dividuals with criminal instincts kept
from criminal careers.
| From the overthrow OF BOSS Tweed
three decades ago. about the time daily
papers began to be force in Ameri-
can public life. to the overthrow Of the
iniquitous Durham gang in Philadei-
phia and the driving from power Of
thieving insurance officials a few
months ago. the history Of the daily
| press In the United States has been
filled with conspicuous Instances Of
reform wrought by the agency Of
newspapers.
Regulations are slaughtered by daily
papers constantly. That. though. II not
the fault Of the papers. but Of the Of
Tending individuals. There 10 not &
case on record OF person who has
been diagraced or dishonored by daily
papers who did not deserve to be dis
graced and dishonored. The papers
render q public service OF inestimable
value IN exposing these crooks and
scoundrels. They do not make people
bad; they merely SHOW up bad peo.
pie. and the world IL q thousandfolt
better for It. Alexander Hamilton
made NO secret Of having : mistres,
while IN Washington's cabinet. Ths
daily newspapers have made that sor'
Of thing impossible today.-B. Bois'
seau Bobbitt. In Long Branch IN. u
Record.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13
FIRE FIGHTING
BY FORES1ERS

The worst enemy OF the forests is
fire. To combat 1t the forest service
maintains a fire. fighting system. How
effective Is this system IL shown by the
following figures for the last two years
OF the total area of forest seserves in
the United States exclusive Of Alaska
and Porto Rico. and the proportion Of
the reserves which has been burned
over:
Acres Acres Per
Year OF re- burned cent
ending serves. over. burned.
Jan. /, 1905. .5s.052,O54 sss.s72 o.s6
Jan. i, 1905. y. .s2.741.oso 152,557 ole
In other words, while the reserve
area has almost doubled the burned
area has been reduced by more than
one half. and the percentage Of area
burned has been reduced by more than
three fourths.
Only since February l. 1905, have
the reserves been under the adminis-
.tration Of the forest service. This re-
duction IL therefore the showing Of the
first II months Of administration b.
government foresters. The working
out Of system Of effective control Of
IRE on the reserves II still in its In
fancy. "Too much IRE" II still the
Judgment OF the forester on the situa-
ton.
OF course. bad seasons play large
part in determining the fire losses OF
! year. Even with the best possible
system OF protection there are bound
to be wide fluctuations between indi-
vidual years. But It II believed that
under expert care the injury to the
national forests can BE- rapidly and
permanently cut down. The direct loss
from forest Ares In the United States
runs annually into many millions OF
dollars. while the indirect loss Il be-
You'd estimate. -
IN developing IT. system OF protec-
ton the forest service awaited itself OF
past exeprfence, home and foreign. The
reserve officers-fores guards. assist
ent forest rangers. deputy forest
rangers, deputy forest supervisors and
forest supervisors -are under the al
rect supervision Of the office at WASH
inetc-, guided by llennite code Of In
struct. ons: but large authority. with
corresponding responsibility. II placed
upoa the local officers themselves.
AN except the forest guards are
civil service employees. and the salariea
raid range from $50 to e1.s0o :
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13

The Northern Pacific railway viii
sell tickets In connection with the Inn
perishable excursion from Portland
Tune ~ 70 San Francisco. 1t rate Of
$3.50 for the round trip. This; in-
cludes berths IN Pullman Standard
sieeper. going and returning. also IN
ciudes meals IN dining car. Tickets
on sale Tune ~. Returning out ol
Portland June -. For further infoe-
nation cali or phone Northern Pa
ciflc depot.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-06-13

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