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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

varieties OF peaches and plums. which were al
lowed 10 remain on the trees in California until
they reached much fuller ripeness than has
pre- viously been considered safe by Shippers dis
closed the fact that such fruit can be delivered
IN, eastern markets In practically as sound CON
tiitior rs when token from the tree The g1,peri-
ogity in 6ayor and wholeson1fness OF such sound
ripe fruit as compared with fruit either over
ripe and decayed or prematureiy picked and
wilted, which makes up so large portion Of
the commercial supplies Of our cities was clear
" apparent.
Special treatment OF these experimental shin
rnents consisted simply IN the quick cooIin1
OF the hacked fruit from the high tenperat1re
which 1t possessed when picked from the tree
to Temperature of forty degrees to fety de-
grees Fatrerenheit before 1t was loaded In orSi-
nary iced cars for shipment. Carloads OF fruit
thus treated not only required less ice in transit
but maintained more uniform temperatures IN
the top and bottom of the car, With resultant
greater uniformity OF condition OF contents when
unIoaded.
Along similar lines. but with cioser attep
ton to methods of harvesting and mgnipuJatinr
the fruit careful study OF orange -bandiins
methods In southern California was made TSas
revealed many interesting and important facts
II was found that the difference in the csrry
ing quality Of ORANGES from different producing
ny 70 the me thods Of handling practised rather
itself Oranges free from mechanical Injuries
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
MUCH LEARNED FOR
AID OF FARMERS

The Secretary OF Agriculture. in his
annual report just submitted to the
President. calls attention to certain
alfalfa and other new crops introduced
by the Bureau Of Plant Industry. He
says:
The most distinct Of any Of the slfaisas is
tne newly introduced Arabian. characterized
% us large leaflets, hairiness and vigorous
growth. It's Quick recovery after cutting renders
a. extrs euttine possible in long seasons. Il IS
proving OF special value N the irrigated sections
% Cslifornis and the SouthM est though its
lAck OF hardness makes IL unsuited 70 the colder
paris OF the country. Attempts sre under way
70 establish strains resistant to cold ana drought
species OF vetcb called the Tsnrier pea
hss proved superior 70 all others IN California
g its fuxuTisnce OF growth having yielded as
high as nine tons OF green feed per acre On
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

account Of this great amount OF heritage II
chokes cut weeds very efreetualiy As green
manure crop il promises in Ca ifornia to super
sede all others. Its value az forage remains TO
he ascertained. A large quantity of seed Is
being grown 80 as TO introduce it extensively
next season.
A most luxuriant subtropical grass. called the
Coast region Arizona and California. Where
sufficient moisture is provided this grass VIII
yield about eight tons OF hay per acre. II Is
coarse In quality. but very nutritious. The seed
is very poor in quality. but the grass can readily
be grown from cuttings. one plant GOVERN 100
square feet or In II Is pla = to
distribute the cuttings extensively in the spring
Of 1907
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

tary says:
The department has worked out by careful
meteorological investigation methods OF control
ling this serious menace 10 the pear and apple
industy. The discs trous attacks of the old east
ern pear BLIGHT upon the magnificent pear or
chards of California have brought into prount-
nence the Importance OF this work. During the
past six years the department has been en-
gagged IN demonstrating g suHH scils IN
certain Isolated orchards the practice biltry OF
controlling the disease. mainly by the eradica-
ton OF the blighted portions OF the tree and the
anrsssnfis Treatment Of the wounds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

fruit included in the above experiments was
very much above these general averages. the
important fact developed being that prompt
II transit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09
COMBATING PEAR BLIGHT

Regarding the pear blight. the secre-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-09

experimental carload shipments . ., peri.has.e
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

the impossible attempt to rescue be-
longings. Example is contagious, and
it was necessary to keep fire-mad folk
out of the area of destruction. 1t was
not proper or possible to leave it
to their option whether or not to put
their lives in jeopardy. The cashier
of a bank attempted to enter the tot
tering, smouldering ruins of his insti-
tuition to secure some papers. The
sentinel halted him and forbade him
to pass. He refused to obey, ran by
the sentry, and was shot. 1t seems
cruel, but such incidents restrained
others-perhaps maryland thereby
prevented loss of life. Hence it was
humanity. In short time the panic
stricken learned that martial law was
inflexible, but kind; that the hand of
federal authority was stretched out to
soothe and relieve, not to smite; that
above all one must halt when the man
with the rifle on his shoulder said
Halt"
Within a few minutes of the time
that the troop of cavalry deployed in
front of the Palace hotel several COM
panies Of regular infantry, armed with
axes, for service as pioneers, arrived
in the business district. The presence
of these grim, infieXible regulars was
to the affrighted populace like a cool
hand upon the brow of fever patient.
1t helped calm the panic of the peo-
pie to see the soldiers facing the fire
as if If were human foe directipp tho
movementsof the refugees and bringing
order out of chaos. What does not
San Francisco and the United States
owe to the army for its work during
the fire? Had there been no trained
body of fighting men, disciplined to
obey orders implicitly, yet discrim-
inatingly and with common sense, to put
duty before everything, even before
life itself, there would have been a
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
SAN FRANCISCANS OWE MUCH
TO THE KHAKI-CLAD REGULARS
SAVED LIVES OF THOUSANDS AND MUCH PROPERTY


There has been unlimited criticism
of the national guardsmen and they
have been compared unfavorably with
their regular comrades. This is not
altogether fair. The California ma
tional guardsmen have the making OF
splendid soldiers. They are not vet
Grams now, and 1t would take a long
campaign to make them so. They were
gathered up from the farm, the work.
shop, mill, Office and university, and
pushed into the smoke and confusion
under conditions more trying than bat
tie, and told to be as steady and show
as ripe judgment as the regulars. Like
young recruits on outpost in a lonely
land, there were times when the temp
tation to hear the sound of their own
rifles was greater than they could
withstand. Most of the stories of
wanton shooting on the part of any of
the troops proved, however, on being
run down, to have originated in the
superheated imagination of somebody
unused to the severity of military
regime. 1t is a shock to a free, self
governing American city to suddenly
see all law, all government, concen-
trated in the person Of young man
with a magazine rifle, pacing across
the street, stopping vehicles, pedes-
trians, civil officials, and all, and di-
recting the coming and going OF all
classes with i'm artialitJ 1t gives
the average citizen peculiar aud per-
haps not altogether an agreeable SEN
sation to have this young man shout
Fall in there, you, with the working
squad" and be made to contribute his
services for half day or more to
the general good, unremunerated. A
bank presidents son does not like to
be directed by a mill hand with a
gun to take broom and clean up a
furlong or so of sidewalk or remove
the debris of brick building with a
coal shovel.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
Gay and jaded Paris has new SEN

Gay and faded Paris has n new SEN
sation.
Wearied Of great crimes and tan
gled political plots, the gossips of the
French capital are busy with the mys-
terry concerning the identity of the
Man In the Mask.
Handsome and apparently wealthy,
the natural inference is to set him
down as a notoriety seeker, but this
is not enough for Paris.
Who is he, and why does he fear the
recognition Of the world?
No one has yet been able to satisfy
the Parisians on either of these points.
His First Appearance.
The Man in the Mask appeared first
about two months ago. Tall, slender
and graceful, CARRIED in the most mod
ish of evening clothes, he appeared
in the fashionable Maison Doree, in
the Boulevard des Italiens. At first
glance there seemed nothing strange
In his appearance, but on closer in
,pection 1t was seen that drawn tight
ly across the upper part Of his face,
and fitting the shape of his features,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

death of the first officer under whose
command steam vessel ever crossed
the Atlantic ocean. Undaunted brav
cry exhibited in the suppression OF
the slave traffic In the African seas,
a character unequaled for enterprise
and consummate skill in all the details
Of his profession, recommended for
arduous service, Lieut.. Richard Rob.
erts, r. N. In accomplishing It he sur
passed not only the warmest antict
pations OF the present, gave to science
triumphs she had not dared to hope
and created an epoch forever memoir
able in the history of his country and
navigation.
"The thousands that shall follow In
his track must not forget who 1t was
that first taught the world to traverse
with such marvellous rapidity that
highway of the ocean, and who, in
thus connecting by voyage Of a few
days the eastern and western hemis-
pheres has forever linked his name
with the greatest achievements of navA
igation since Columbus first revealed
Europe and America to each other.
God having permitted him this high
destination, was pleased to decree that
the leader of this great enterprise
should also be It's martyr. Lieut.. Rob-
erts persisted with all on board his
ship, the President, when on her voy-
age from America to England. She
was lost in the month of March, 1910.
AS the gallant seaman under whose
guidance was accomplished an under
taking the results of which centuries
will not exhaust, it is for his country,
for the world, to remember him.
Ills widow, who erects this melan-
choly memorial, may be forgiven, IL
to her even three claims are lost In
the recollection of that devotedness Of
attachment, that uprightness and
kindness, Of spirit, which, for alas!
but three brief years, formed the light
and Joy of her existence.
"(Vessels): British Queen, Black
Joke Sirius, President"
------------
Honeyed Rebuke.
Robbie was in the habit of running
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

hind him while the other, with quick
motion, reached for the mask to tear
it from the mans face. Twice his
fingers clutched at the mask, then, just
as the sergeant sprang forward, the
man fell back as if frightened, and
stood staring in establishment at the
masked one.
The man in the mask smiled slightly.
The other assailants, when the
sergeant grabbed them, released the
man and all three of the young roi-
sterers we're placed under arrest.
Seems to Become Invisible.
AS usual, the victim of the assault
was requested to accompany the ar
resting officer and enter complaint
against his assailants. He bowed his
acquiescence to the officer, and an in
slant later had disappeared as If off
the earth-leaving the officer and the
three prisoners standing dumb with
establishment.
The roisterers were released on pay
ment of nominal fine, and then the
one who attempted to tear the mask
from the face of the mystery told to
his friends of the cafes and concert
halls the strangest thing Of all. He de-
clared that the mask was no mask
but part of the face of the man. He
vowed that either some thin material
had been pasted to the skin, or that
the mask was a strip Of skin itself, col
ored with some pigment.
Effort after effort has been made
since then to solve the mystery, but
with no success. The mystery Of the
Man in the Mask continues to stir
| the faded sensations of Paris.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

him-and was seen no more until the
next day.
There was just one clew which for
a time promised to reveal to the Gu
rious ones something tangible regard
ing him-that was the fact that he gem
orally appeared 10 the public gaze
coming from the Rue de l'Echelle into
the Rue de Rivoli, n short distance
from the Palais Royal and the Tuil-
cries. Once he was seen to turn from
the Rue Saint Honore into the Rue
de pEchelle-a short half block from
the place he usually appears in the
Rivoli. But beyond that he never has
been traced.
Some declare that he slips on the
mask while walking along the street,
and that, when he wants to disappear
and elude pursuers, all he has to do
is to take off the mask and walk past
them unconcernedly.
They declare their belief that his
statement that he never would re-
move the mask was a mere pretense.
Greater Mystery Than Ever.
short time ago three young men,
sitting with party of actresses In n
boulevard cafe, drinking wine, saw
the Man In the Mask stroll out and
they pledged themselves in q cup Of
wine to follow him and unmask him.
He walked down the Boulevard
Beaumarchais, closely followed by the
trio Of young men. He turned to the
left into the Rue st. Claude, with the
men pressing close behind him. The
man seemed absolutely ignorant of the
fact that he was being Swallowed, and
walked leisurely, playing with glove
that he carried In his hand.
About that time a sergeant of police,
in citizens clothes, observed the odd
procession, and, noticing the suspicious
actions of the three young men, fell
into the shadowing game to see what
was happening.
Directly In front of the Church of st.
Denis du Saint Sacrement, in the Rue
de Turenne, the three men sprang for
ward and grappled with the Man in
the Mask. Two pinioned his arms be-
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
Especial Correspondence.)

Rarely has the United States army
been called upon to wage war upon Ma
ture in her wrath, but the San Francisco
earthquake disaster offered the finest
sort of spectacle Of the army of great
nation in action. From the hour when
the earliest heavings and quakings of
the earth began on the morning of April
Is until the present hour Gen. Funston
and his men have been fighting a win
ming fight with the titanic cosmic forces
of the neither world, followed by patient,
determined campaign against the law
less passions Of the human race and
the panic fear Of stampeded populace.
Earthquake shock and fire! What
possibilities of horror and despair the
thought of these two phenomena con-
tains! Let one imagine himself stand
ing at vantage point amid the falling
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

story of horror from San Francisco
such as would have appalled, the ages.
Civil law would have been impotent,
crime unchecked. Looting would have
become an industry, ravishing and
murder pastimes. No hand but the
strong hand of the army could have
held the bestial passions Of the Grim
inal element in check.
Praise for Men Of the Navy.
In praising the regulars it must
not be forgotten that the term ap-
plies generically to the men of the
navy as well as the army, and
that navy includes marine corps.
To Capt. Mcbride, of the navy, and
the men from Mare Island navy yard
is due credit for the work of wreck
ing the eastern side of Van Ness ave-
nue., the grewsome work of blazing
a trail" which stopped the flames at
that thoroughfare. These men, vet
Grams in the handling of high eXplo-
sives, experts at destruction, worked
throughout Thursday night, April 49,,
torpedoing alike the palaces of million
aires, aristocratic apartment hotels,
business blocks and churches. The
destruction Of these buildings, which
would have been a crime of colossal
magnitude in ordinary times, proved
to be the sacrifice that saved the pleas
ant residence district of Pacific Heights
and the western addition, the beauii-
full regions around Golden Gate park,
from being obliterated, and with them
the last trace of the once proud city
of San Francisco.
A battalion Of youthful sailors from
the training station at Goat island was
among the first regulars sent to the
relief of the burning city. Fresh from
the drill ground, they appeared in all
the ship-shape smNtness of new leg
gings, white duck trousers, natty blue
jackets and soft skuil-caps. They
were SO trim and neat appearing that
it did not seem at times as if they
could be the real thing, but they were.
With them came the far-famed handy
man." the Jolly" Soldier and sailor,
too" the United States marine, with
laurels from Guantanamo, Tientsin
and Samar, to which he added the
credit which long sustained and trying
duty under distressful conditions de-
serves, and to him, as we'll as to his
soldier and sailor brethren will the
people OF the New San Francisco some
day dedicate monument.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

A salesman travelling out of San
Francisco returned Immediately upon
hearing of the catastrophe, to succor
his aged parents. He found their
home destroyed, the family vanished.
Frantically he searched the crowds
packed in the parks and vacant lots.
Suddenly soldier in one of the streets
barred his way.
Fight fire!"
Il can't. | am searching for my
aged parents. They have uisap-
peared."
Flight fire!" was the still sterner
mandate. Again the searcher plead
ed. The sentry lowered his gun and
the breech-bolt snigged menacingly.
Fight fire."
20, yes, I'll fight fire, willingly"
exclaimed the exhausted man, and for
4S hours he worked with the firemen,
volunteers and "involunteers," if one
may coin the word, snatching a mo-
ment's repose beneath the trucks when
the work Jagged. After two days, with
a crowd of fellow workers, he was re-
leased. Somebody who knew of his
mission suggested that his folks might
have been taken to Oakland by the
authorities. He started to the ferry.
By the time the Oakland mole was
neared he fought hia way to the bow
OF the boat. The instant before the
gate was raised he looked beside him.
There In the press at his elbow stood
his aged father and mother, hand in
hand. The soldier who stopped him
to fight fire had been the means OF his
finding his parents.
ALDICE GOULD EAMEs,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

errands for an old gentleman next door
who never paid him except in effu.
sive thanks. He had just returned from
the third errand one morning, and the
old gentleman, patting him on the
head said:
Robbie, am very much obliged to
you. You're fine little fellow. Thank
you, my boy, thank you"
Robbie looked up in his face visit
fully, and apologetically replied:
"Mr. Jones, you don't know how
l wish l could thank you for some
thing."-Harper's Magazine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07

revealing, yet concealing them, was
gilken or eel skin mask.
From the nearby tables it could be
seen that he was disguised, but from
any greater distance the mask was not
noticeable.
Some smiled, thinking he had
dropped in on his way to a masked
ball, and but little attention was paid
10 him. A detective who noticed him
gave him a little thought, then dis
missed any suspicious he might have
had.
The man dined well, handed the
waiter a liberal fee, strolled out into
the boulevard, and walked away.
The next appearance of the mask
was at the Coincide, where he was in
one of the premiere loges. The fact
that he was masked attracted consider
able comment among those near
enough to detect the half transparent
pigment drawn across the handsome
face. 1t attracted SO much attention
that one of the house detectives ap-
preached his seat and spoke to him.
The man made slight gesture of an
noyance and dissent, and continued to
watch the performance.
Sworn Never to Unmask.
The little scene was witnessed by
scores, and the next day the mystery
Of the man in the mask began to take
shape. He appeared that day walk
Ing on the Boulevard Poissonniere late
In the evening, and later he appeared
in the Cafe de Paris, behind the
opera.
Really, 1t was there that he became
q mystery. A crowd of merrymakers,
noticing the mask, called to him, and
without hesitation he joined them,
seating himself at the table with them
manner indicated high breeding and
refined manners. If he knew any of
the party, he concealed the fact, and
when they, after some time, spoke jest
lngly of the mask, he appeared slight
ly annoyed.
Take it of, let us see your face"
remarked one.
81 have sworn never again to I'M
mask" he replied, quietly.
That remark, the only one so far as
Is known that he ever has condescend-
ed to make concerning the mask, made
him in a moment one of the most in
teresting features of Paris. The re-
mark was repeated everywhere, and
one Of the journals printed something
about him.
All Paris Talks of Him.
From that evening he was famous
Everyone in Paris, that is, all who
frequent the boulevards, the theaters
music halls, or restaurants, talked OF
him and wondered who he was and
why he wore the mask. He went
everywhere openly and without seek
Ing anything in particular. He evi.
IDENTIFY loves art, for frequently his
Afternoon strolls are through the gal.
Ieries. Always he is plenteously sup.
Piled with money-yet no one ever has
seen him in a bank.
Effort after effort was made by GU
rious ones to trace him to his place o.
residence. The very freedom witt
which he entered apartment buildings
hotels, and other public places protect
ed him from the shadows. APPARENT!
totally unconscious of the fact tina
he was being followed, he always dis
appeared suddenly from the view o.
the person who was striving to trace
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
INTERESTING INSCRIPTION.
County Cork Monument Bears Trib-
ute to First Steamship Navi-
gator Of Atlantic Ocean.

The following is a copy of an in
scription made from a monument
erected In the churchyard of his native
parish the marriage and premature
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
Safe.

Stella-Is she legally divorced In
every state?
Belle-Certainly she got one In
each.-N. Y. Sun.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-06-07
Must Be.

What do you know about Sanskrit?"
81 don't know thing; they must bs
a new family in the neighborhood."-
Houston Post