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Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

ceasingly for the aequittal or release
Of accused persons she has known
every class of criminal from the MUIR
derer down to the tough brought up
for petit larceny. She has known
gamblers and thieves, great and small;
women of the streets and men about
town, but for all of these she has
found place in her heart and her prom
Use to see them through" has done
more for many a man and oma than
the services of a hundred clergymen.
Mrs. Kicker does not pray with her
clients. She brings to bear that great
common sense in which at that time
sound argument rather than religious
prating does more for the cause of a
criminal in the dock and brings to
the courts mind a clearer insight into
the cast right then before him.
Mrs. Kicker has a unique person
ality. She is tall. rather mannish,
wears her iron grey hair short and by
her ready wit, infectious laugh and
clear insight makes everybody about
her forget that she Is a woman
lawyer"
Her permanent abode is Washington
and in that city she has worked IN
ceasingly for forty years. Publicans
and sinners will go far out of their
way to do a favor for Marilla Kicker,
the one who of all in the vast army
of wealthy ONE devotes her time
and money toward freeing unfortun-
ates. Mrs. Kicker believes in free
dom. 1t makes no difference whether
or not the person she is defending is
guilty or innocent. She is working
for his freedom and means to get it.
Ebert Hubbard, era Elbertus)
wrote of her recently: "Marilla! who
is Marilla I'll have to tell you-she
is Marilla Kicker. Crank? l think so.
Wheels? BY all means. Bughouse?
Beyond a doubt. Everybody who
knows her loves her; those who do
not love her do not know her. And
there are plenty of people who do
not know Marilla Kicker because their
mental processes run on a totally diff
ferent schedule from hers. They are
not on her wire. ! once heard her
quote the prayer of St. Augustine;
80 God thank Thee that thou hast
seen fit not to allow me to be tempted
this day beyond my strength to re-
sist." The life business of Marilla
Kicker has been to be a friend to the
f~riendless-to be a friend even to those
who were not friends to themselves"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

| be reproduced In our columna
The story alone ia worth $50, hut you can get nan
INV sending Ic. 10 nav for one fun years suescrtptieA
Ito the HOUaEHOldD, MONTHLY, three
Years for 2hc- bond miss the opening chapter, De-
use II Ia fascinating from the very FIRST lines.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

From "Gfdphlc."
Calhoun, Lennox County, New Mex
leo, was a town OF one hundred and
fifty people. This included the saloon
bummers, of whom there were a score,
and the st~ock-raisers of the neighbor-
hood numbering a dozen. These ranch
men, with one of the store-keepers,
were the only inhabitants with much
pretence to responsibility, the bulk
of the population being cowboys,
herders, rough-riders, and their
friends.
Calhoun was a cattleman's town
Id in this warm May weather Jeph'
sons saloon bubbled over with cow
boys They were a mixed lot, repre-
sentative, for the most part, of every
grade of blackguardism. Here and
there, however, you might find an
American, and even more frequently
an Englishman of good up-bringing
Tho had drifted into the whirlpool oil
cow-punching" as some men drift to
sea before the mast, through inclina
ton, possibly for a wild, unconven
tional existence. An Englishman, Of
this class, one May morning, swung
himself out of his saddle at Jephson's
10 1OFIlIy uuIuES Will a nutShey on
his way south. He was the son of 6
manufacturer in Lancashire, England
and his brothers we're being educated
for the Army and the Church, while
he, John Ogden, the eldest, twenty-ont
years old this day, was a wanderer or
the western prairies, earning a living
as a "cow-punche-."
John Ogden had done fairly we'll
He was not without s%elf-control ant
living in a land where all men wen
about armed to the teeth, he had KEEP
his temper SO far, and had never beer
in serious trouble.
The bar was crowded at Jephson'I
today, and it was some minutes before
! John could get his drink. Wher
served, he withdrew to a table and sip
ped at his whiskey slowly. He was
very tired, having ridden forty mile!
thai day and herded cattle most o.
the preceding night, so that he fel'
drowsy and languid. Near him wer,
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

two saloon bummers, their feet orna-
menting the top of an unlighted stove,
The swing-door of the saloon opened,
and a man staggered up to the bar.
One of the bummers pointed back
wards with his thumb.
That's him, Sammy-the new Sher-
it," The other grinned.
"Jedge Sanderbach's choice. Burt
Lassiter is the biggest tough in town."
"Why-naterally, he's friend of the
ledge"
You bet"
They both laughed, and then re-
lapsed into silence, while John looked
curiously at the man who had aroused
this comment. He was tall, broad and
stout, with long heavy face, thick lips,
and beetle brows. Coarseness and
brutality were written in every line
of that face, and his eyes small, rest
less, and lear together, contained a
sinister expression that made the Eng
lishman frown involuntarily. The
Sheriff did not notice Ogden. He was
seeking for familiar faces.
The swing-door opened again to adj
nit another man, who stood a moment
looking about him, n%ervously Kicking
a raWnlde against MS DOOtS anu SidnC-
ing doubtfully at the bar. He was a
Mexican with the full dark eyes and
graceful figure of a Spaniard and the
coarse, immobile features of an In
dian. His dress was a complete suit
of grey buckskin, gaudily ornamented
with beads, and deeply fringed. His
sombrero, also new, was bound with a
smart cord of yellow and green, and
was tilted rakishly over his left ear.
His boots were polished, his spurs
silver-plated, of large size, and, being
pendants of steel, jingled like bells as
he walked. At the sight of the
"greaser" there was a general growl
of disgust among the cowboys, and
had Jose Gallegos been a wise mar he
would have gone elsewhere to assuage
his thirst and indulge his passion for
gambling. But Jose was not wise, nor
at the moment particularly sober. He
had been left a small legacy, some six
hundred dollars, and a portion of this
was still burning his pocket. Work,
therefore was out of the question;
drink and play with the white man
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

they may UNDERSTAND
what HE IN a big city
really means. They
should read this story to
learn what Lady Lefty
learned In her effort TO
reform London's East
end. She sees there the
molly crowds t~hronginR
the streets; the ragged
and hungry looking
children touch q chord
In Der heart. AS you
rrsd this wonderful
narrative OF the condi-
tions OF life In a great
city, you appreciate
more fully the blessings
OF the country.
The squalor and suf-
ferlngs are pictured by
the author OF this won
derful story; the mon
and women searching
the turbulent sea- reach
ing out and savina oct
souls; also the eHeat
work Of the Salvation
Army. Lady Lefty be-
comes so strangely fas-
cinated by the new
Views Of life that she
abandons her own PAL
atial home, forsakes and
| denounces the arfstocr
among the lower elem.
story fascinates strangel
the greatest EmHlts
1t has been tho cause {
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

dsnUunC,Hhs ~ I 1va HrisL anns ma 49, W u'r IT, "
story fascinates strangely bat t also cducstes. IL In
greatest English story CIV FL. written.
1t has been tho cause OF the London city govern
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31
IN Old Lke Verified.

Said Tom to Bill, pray tell me, air,
Why Is II that the devil
spite OF all his naughty ways
Can never be uncivilf'
Said Bill to Tom, 1.-THE answers plain
To any mind that's bright,
Because the imp OF darkness, cir
Can ne'er be imp-o'-IiRht.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

Niagara river in its course from
! IKE Erie to Lake Ontario, falls a dis
lance of 627 feet.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-03-31

ment recognizing the
wonderful work Vt the
Salvation Armysan ex-
tending to G~n eral
Booth the freedom OF
London.
II you love your chH-
dren, and OF course you
do. you viii want them
TO read this story that
they may know the hor-
rors, the dangers and
the temptations OF city
life. II they are dissat-
isfied with the old farm
this IN the story they
should read that they
may more fully under
stand the full meaning
OF life I'm the city. There
Is one ether character
In this story and this
Character has big, tired
eyes which gaze out
from the throng at the
beauty Of Lady Lefty
with a strange envy.
The teachings Of the
story point to the ideals
OF Christ. 1t In grand,
instructlve. fascinating
and awak ening. Every
picture drawn by thS
skilled pen Of Arthur
Applin, It's asthor, Will
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
VALLEJO WILL SUE
PIPE CONCERN.
Corporation Said to Have
Cheated Navy Yard
Town Out of Big Sum
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.


VALLEJO, July 6.-Citizens of VAL
lejo and the advocates of municipal
ownership generally throughout this
part of the State will watch with in
terest the suit which will be Instituted
before next Tuesday by Mayor j. J.
Madigan on behalf of the city of VAL
lejo against the George H. .Tay Com
pany of San Francisco, who represent
the Central Foundry Company of Ala
bama, AND who hold a contract to sup
ply the municipality with seven miles
of the new universal pipe for the mu-
nicipal water system main line exten-
sion at a cost of nearly $4,000. The
city has already paid the contractors
$3.50 on the plan of partial payment
as the pipe has been laid by Supervisor
D. NJ Fleming. Recent tests made by
Civil Engineer Otto Won Geldern of San
Francisco show the pipe to be de-
fective in weight and quality. The
matter promises to be test of strength
between the pipe trust and it's only
rival. The contract was awarded after
bitter controversy over the merits of
the two makes OF pipe.
Meanwhile the city is liable to be
put in an embarrassing position by lack
of water The municipal water system
of Vallejo is the second oldest in CAL
ifornia, and has been the most sue
cessful in the United States. 1t has
advertised Vallejo throughout the coun-
try, and it's facilities have done much
to boost the Mare Island navy yard,
which buys over $275, 900 yearly of It's
product The old pipe line is leaking
and in bad shape.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07

After the baseball game and the
carriage rides in the afternoon the
California Veterans Association held
a meeting. Lunch was served in CO.
Ed Canyon.
The big rally of the day was in
Harmon gymnasium, beginning with a
praise service at 1880 O'Clock. Then
came the Junior Choral" an original
composition by Professor Carl Saw
veil. director of the music at the con-
vention.
The remainder Of the programme
during the evening was as follows:
Address-"The Opportunity Of the
Home" Rev. E. r. Ollie, Oakland (Par-
ents are the Bible commentary that
children must Tead,"l; c9nyention Choir
sor Carl Sawvell, director; address
Gods Call to California EndeaYor ers, "
Rev. William T. Patchell, San Jose;
floating endeavor illustrated lecture)
Mr.. J. Makins, formerly of Nagasaki
japan.
Tomorrow the convention will elect
a president. Paul c. Brown, the pres
ent secretary. will be chosen by the
rule of succession.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
PHIL WALSH WANTS
LEAV|TT'S TOGA.
Is to Battle
With State Senator at
the Coming Primaries
Contest Will Involve
Leading Politicians
of Alameda County

OAKLAND, July 6. = Assemblyman
Philip M Walsh, Chief DeputG District
Attorney of Alameda County, will con-
test against State Senator Frank w.
Leavitt for the Republican nomination
from the Sixteenth Senatorial District,
which Leavitt has represented for two
sessions of the State Legislature.
Announcement of Walsh's decision to
give Leavitt a run in the Sixteenth has
stirred the politicians, for the past af-
hliations, political and personal, of the
two Oaklanders have been of the clos
est. Walsh has represented the Forty
eighth Assembly District for two terms,
and this district, with the Forty ninth,
comprises the Sixteenth Senatorial Dis
trict, which Leavitt has represented for
two sessions
In county political circles interest in
the forthcoming battle in the Sixteenth
is stimulated by the possibility of COM
pliactions that might affect the county
ticket. Both Sheriff Barnet and Super
visor ]. NJ. Kelley reside in the Six
teenth. Barnet will be an important
factor, as he is seeking nomination for
the office to which he was appointed
by the Board of Supervisors after the
death of Sheriff John Bishop
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
WIDOW OF GENERAL
MEAGHER DIES IN
NEW YORK STATE

NEW YORK, July 6.--Mrs. Elizabeth
M. j. Meagher, widow of General
Thomas F. Meagher, who led the IA
nous Irish Brigade in the Civil War.
died yesterday at her home in Rye,
,Westchester County, of heart disease.
She was born in Southfield, Orange
County, New York, In 1890. and was
daughter of Peter Townsend. Mrs.
Meagher's great grandfather made the
chain that was stretched across the
Hudson during the Revolution to pre-
vent the British from ascending the
river above West Point. Her grand
father was the first man in the coun-
try to make steel rails.
Mrs. Meagher met the man who later
became her husband in this city while
he, an exile from ireland. because of
his connection with the patriotic
league there, was becoming famous
for his oratory. Mrs. Meagher attend
ed her husband during the Civil War
and was with him at the first battle
of Bull Run. She succeeded in nursing
him back to health when he was given
UP for dead after the battle.
When he was made Territorial Sec
retary of Montana after the war she
went with him. One evening he was
drowned mysteriously while crossing
the Little Missouri River at Fort Ben
ton. Mrs. Meagher had divers hunt for
his body, but never found it.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
HAvENs DUE FROM EAST.

Of the Realty Syndicate, who went East
a few weeks ago ostensibly to arrange
for the financing of the Contra Costa
Water Company's sale to the Syndicate
Water Company, is due to return to-
morrow. In financial circles it is un-
derstood that a cash payment of $40 a
share will be made on the 81, 900 shares
outstanding, and that the remainder of
the purchase price will be taken in
bonds. Thus far officials of the syndi-
cate have declined to admit more con-
cerning the project than that the nego-
tiations for the purchase of th9 Contra
Costa Water Company's plant are pend
ing. william ]. Dingee. president Of
the company. has gone East.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
CONSTRUCTION WAS Rad.

BERKELEY, July 6.-The joint COM
mittee made up of Chamber of Com
merce directors and members Of the
conference committee Of Improvement
clubs received from a subcommittee on
schools report tonight, in which z. J.
Martin, chairman of the subcommittee,
condemned the manner IN which the
Berkeley High School was constructed
number Of years ago. The earth
quake did great deal of damage to the
school building. Captain Martin ex-
amined the building after the earth
quake. and declares in his report that
the mortar and cement used were very
poor and that a proper job was not
done. Captain Martin submitted a
somewhat similar report several weeks
ago, and now supplements his original
findings with more details bearing on
the subject
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
RETREAT To HoUsEToPs.
Waters of Colorado Force Pale Eerde
Farmers to Live on Roofs.

SAN BERNARDINO. July 6-The
Colorado River continues to Hood the
Palo Verde Valley on the east side Of
the stream and on line almost direct
Iy east from this city. The ranchers.
according to word received in this
city. have been compelled 20 retreat
to their housetops. wnere they are Hv-
ing on scant rations and hopes that
each day will witness the receding of
the stream. The ranchers are pre-
pairing to take immediate steps to
send big petition asking Congress to
appropriate enough money for the con-
struetion Of a huge dyke for the pro-
lection of their farms. Unless the
waters recede within the next few
days many people will be drowned. as
boats are scarce.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
STRIKE OF WORKsTEN ADDS
To RICHES OF EMPLOYERS
Winnings of Heavy ShfnGIe Operators
Traceable to Trouble with the
Men at Mills.

SEATTLE. July 6.-Instead OF Grip
pling the shingling industry and fore
ing the mill owners to their own terms
the union shingle weavers have been
the unwilling agency by which
number OF the largest manufac turers
and brokers have cleaned up a big pot
of money in the past two weeks. 1t is
estimated by wefl-posted Single men
that the winnings Of the operators
'traceabIe absolutely to the strike OF
the workmen will run between $4,000
and $4,000. None of the officers of the
shingle mills bureau viii admit that
the foregoing statement is accurate,
but the facts are known and the big
operators themselves do not deny
them.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
PARE ENTAGE
OF BRIGHT BOY.
Mrs. Alma Miller Swears
She Is Not Mother
of Now Notorious Lad
Woman Who Raised the
Child Tells of His
Adoption Years Ago

OAKLAND, July 6.-Calmly and
without any perceptible feeling Mrs.
Alma Miller yesterday looked upon
Willis Miller. who is supposed to be
her son, and denied his parentage to-
day in the Superior Court. At first
she stated positively the boy was not
her child. but later admitted he might
be" the babe she had given into the
keeping of Mrs. Minnie Hennessey
who subsequently told her the child
had died. She said she did not know
whether the boy who is known as
Willis e. Miller was or was not her
child.
When Willis Miller was born his
mother was working as domestic for
the Drossell family in Alameda. The
mother declared to Miss Minnie Dros-
sell. now Mrs. Hennessey, that the
child, must be cared for and that the
Drossells were the proper persons to
assume the responsibility. She ac-
cordingly left the babe on the door
step of the Drossell home and disap-
peared
For twelve years Mrs. Hennessey
has cared for the child, but she says
he is incorrigible, and asks that
guardian for him be appointed. After
hearing the various versions of the
story, Judge Harris continued the
hearing of the application until Mon
day.
From the testimony taken it ap-
pears Mrs Alma Miller deceived
her husband, James Miller, in that she
admitted the parentage of only two
children, although Willis was at that
time big, healthy boy nearly year
Old She had been married twice, and
both her husbands were named Miller.
After telling her last husband that
she had only two children she was
ashamed to admit there was another
one, and 1t was that reticence on her
part that caused the complications
that Judge Harris is trying to
straighten out.
Since the boy has been in the juve
nile ward of the Receiving Hospital
several persons have offered him a
home. Mrs. Hennessey has petitioned
for letters of guardianship with the
intention of sending him to refor-
matory, and Mrs Elsie Henry. 1864
Ninth street, is resisting the motion,
believing that the boy can better be
reclaimed in the surroundings of a
home.
Mrs. William Foltz. S14A East Four
teenth street, sent word to the court
this afternoon that she was an aunt
of the boy and would adopt him rather
than have him sent to a reformatory.
Never has there been waif in the
courts Of Alameda County that has
attracted so much attention as this
child, whose. own mother looks at him
piacidly and will not admit that he is
her offspring
Mrs Miller is now the wife of John
Miller. master of the scow schooner
Ellen.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
SAN BERNARDINo COUNTY
ENRICHED BY RAILROADS
Law Giving Assessor Right to Tax
Switches and TurnOuts Greatly
Increases Revenue.

SAN BERNARDINO. July 6.-Aecord-
ing to the report of County Assessor
McIlvaine there is an enormous in
crease in the county assessments this
year over those Of last. The increase
is due largely to the new ruling Of
the State Board of Equalization which
provides that all switches, turnouts
and buildings aside from the main line
of railroads shall be assessed by the
counties. The increase in the assess
ment of this year over that Of 1905
amounts to s1.S08.372. large part
of the increase is in the Salt Lake
road, which has been built within the
last year. The county real estate Is
assessed. at $s,ss1, 440; improvements.
s6,117,725; personal property $1,TS0.-
$50: money and credits, sl19,132; rail-
road sidings, s21.2S5. The total Is
$17,o20,172, as compared with the sum
of $16.3s3,7s9. the total amount oe the
assessment OF 1905.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
SAN JOAQUIN RIVER
STILL RISING.
Hot Spell Sends Stream
Up to Point Alarm
ing to the Farmers
Force of Men on Guard
Night and Day toPre
vent Break in LeveeS
sPEc1AL pIspArcH no rHE cALL.


STOCKTON, July 6.-The fun effects
Of the warm weather on the water
sheds are now apparent in the alarm
ingly high condition of the San Joa-
quin. The river is rising. and the
worst is looked for before sunday.
Reclamation men say that Victoria ISL
and and the middle division of Union
Island will surely go. AT Clifton Court.
which is above the Kuckuk break on
Union Island. the river was stationary
this afternoon at eleven feet two
inches Eleven feet three inches is the
highest mark attained before the break
The water from Old River continues
to flow through the Kuckuk break
across the lower division OF Union
Island and out through the cut in the
levee into Middle River At the Middle
River bridge the water was even higher
than In Old River this morning. This
was due TO the surplus water which
was received from across Union Island
1t is stated that the cross levee on
Union Island cannot hold out and that
the middle division is sure to go also
At Paradise cut this morning the
river dropped one inch. but was still
alarming gly high. The farmers have
men out patrolling the levees night and
day to guard against breaks and the
cutting Of levees.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
WOMAN SCORES LAWYER s
FOR PROSECUTING YOUTH
Slayer Of "Holy Roller" Creheld
Is Defended by an Irate
Seattle Matron.
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

SEATTLE. July 6.-This morning for
the first time since the commence
ment of the trial of young Mitchell for
the murder of Holy Roller Creffield
the sentiment of resentment against
the attorneys for the State, which has
been evidenced in many ways by the
spectators, took the form OF personal
abuse. Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
ney John Miller. who has been the ac-
tive counsel for the prosecution, was
subjected to a TRADE of abuse from
the lips of an elderly woman just as
he was leaving the courtroom at the
noon adjournment.
Sir exclaimed this woman as she
grabbed Miller's coat, tyou ought to
be able to get fine clothes without
grating in this case and trying to
punish this innocent boy. Your ef-
forts at this trial viii never do you
any good and you will live to be sorry
for what you are trying to do"