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The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21
SUSPECTS THE EXISTENCE
OF A SECRET AGREEMENT
German Statesman Believes the United
States and Japan HIVE an
Understanding.

BERLIN. June 2o.---Theodore Shie-
mann. an authority on foreign affairs,
q man enjoying the personal friendship
of the Kaiser and the confidence of the
Foreign Office, expresses the conviction
that Japan and the United States have
concluded a secret agreement affecting
their respective interests in the Pa
ciac, whereby all causes OF friction
endangering future disputes have been
removed.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21
NORTH SHORE RAILROAD
Via SausaIito Ferry.

Via SauSaIito 2 cry.
For Sausalito. Mil valley, san kafael--
l1:O0 a. M; 1z:zv, -l.45 s3.I5 ASS.
5:15, $50. $50, 7:15. $500. 1915. 11:35
sRuns to San Quentin.
7:45 a. m daily for CazaderO and wav
stations.
3:15 D. m. Saturdays only for Caza-
derO and way stations.
5:15 d. m. daily, except Saturday ana
tions.
Ticket once: Union Depot. foot OF
Market St. s +.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21

To the cure OF these diseases have
confined my practice, and by skillfully
applied scientific treatment / perma
nently cure the worst cases. My offices
are equipped with every instrument
and device essential to the most mod
ern methods OF practice. If you are
afflicted with sny private disease OF
weakness I want you to call and see
me- 1t will cost you nothing to ascer-
tain positively whether you can be
cured
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21
California
Limited
ToChicago in 5Days
Leaves daily at $50 a. m.
with Diners and SIeepers

t.SV a NJ FOr STOCKTON. Nerceu (O1recL
connection for Yosemite VAL
ley), Fresno, Hanford, Visa
liza, Bakersfield and inter
$500 p. NJ mediate points.
$3.50 A. M-Calffornia Limited. days
to Chicago. Leaves every day. Direct
connection to Grand Canyon.
$3.50 A M--Valley Limited for Stockton,
Merced (direct connection with Xo-
semitic Valley). Fresno. Hanford. vi
salia, Bakersfield and points on Sierra
Railway
1885 A M-For Stockton, Rfversbank.
Oakdale and points on Sierra Railway
4:VO +. M--FOr stockton, Fresno and
intermediate points.
500 r. M.-OVerland Express for Den
yer. Kansas City. Chicago and Grand
Canyon.
TICKET OFF1CES-Ferry building.
San Francisco; 1112 Broadway, Fortieth
St and San Pablo ave-. Oakland; Univer-
sity ave and West ST.. Berkeley.
NOTE-Yose Valley r. r trains
leave Merced for Yosemite Valley at
$50 A NJ and 2:00 p. NJ every day.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21
8 candInavIan American Line
Large Past Twin Screw Passenger Steamers
Direct to
Norway, Sweden and Denmark

Sailing from New York at neon.
C.. r. TIETGEN June Is
1st Cabin sec. 90 and upward I'd Cabin $1,000.
HELLlq OLAv,...........-..J July 5. Aug l6
UNITED STATES. ...9........July 10, Aug. 30
ObCAft 49, aug. =, sept. 10
For Tickets apply TO Local Agents or to
A. e. JOHNSON, Broadway, N. \.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21
BAY AND INTERURBAN ROUTES.
MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD,
VALLEJO and NAPA

NAPA VALLEY ROUTE.
Monticello s. S. Co. and Napa Valley
Electric r r. Co. Close connections
6EROuND TRIPS DAILY-8
Boats leave San Francisco 1900, s9:45
San Francisco landing and Office. Pier
2. foot of Mission St, one block south
Market-st. Ferry Meals a la carte.
Phone, Temporary 406-
sLands Navy Yard direct
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21
Mt n

Do you suffer from
Weakness. Varico-
cele. II Y d 7 o c e | e.
Structure, Specific
Blood Poison. Skin
Diseases, or any
chronic or seeming
ly incurable trouble !?
i so. come to me at
once and be thor
oughly cured before
1t is too late.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-21

s. fhOM NEW 1Ohh.
Cretic. .Aug. 4, 10 Il. m. Sept. 25, Nov. 3
FROM BOSTON
Romantic. July 7, II M; Sept. 15 Oct. 81
Canopie Aug. IL. $3.50 p M, Oct. 6. Nov. II
G. d. TAYLOR, Passenger Agent Pacific Coast,
San Francisco Temporary office, 534 Fourteenth
street, Oakland.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

Total .... .$37, 7,02S, ,571.50
The estimates for 1906, 1907 and
1908 are made by the General Land
Office.
This fund is. according to the law,
to be invested by the Secretary Of the
Interior, in feasible irrigation pro-
jects which will repay the amount to
the Government. in ten annual Install
ments from the settlers.
The apportionment OF the fund by
Secretary Hitchcock has been practi.
cally completed and the plans matured
for expending the entire fund on GER
tain definite projects in the West,
which practically brings to an end fur
ther surveys and examinations, and
permits the concentration of effort OF
the Reclamation Service on the build
ing of few important projects.
irrigation and Rivers and HarborS.
There are many people who do not
entirely understand the difference be-
tween the appropriations made for the
retaining of arid lands and those for
the improvement of rivers and har'
bors. There is a disposition to criti-
cize Congress for permitting the ex-
penditure of millions In making hab-
liable and productive large areas OF
the public domain now worthless, and
at the same time cutting down the ap-
preparation for work on our national
waterways.
Apparently the fact has been over
looked that Congress has never made
an appropriation of any specific sum
for reclamation. On June II, 1902, the
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
BARONESS Won STERNBURG.

such cases, that the American girl
should bring to the man of her choice
q fortune of $4,000.
Now Miss Langham comes of very
old Kentucky family, but none OF
its members happened to have $2O,OOO
to bestow as a dowry, and for a time
the course of true love appeared to
run anything but smoothly; but In
the end the Teutonic officials relented,
and the couple were married. When
Baron Won Sternburg took his bride to
the Fatherland, she carried everything
before her by virtue Of her beauty
and sweet disposition, and the Ger
man Emperor remarked; III 1 were an
artist. I would wish for nothing pe'-
ter than to paint your portrait
The BARONESS has violet eyes, WIN
,ono dork Iashes. reddish blonde nalr'
ana marvellous comnlexion. Although
she 20 q native Of the Golden Gate
state. her father was an Englishman
ana her mother a native Of CHICAGO
This mistress of the German EN-
hassv at washington r. almost az
mr. : e home In Eurore as in Amer,
,ca. for she was educated in Paris ann
Dresden and made her formal en'r'
'n+o socia+v IN london.
The Sternburgs are among w"
closest personal friends OF the Presi
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. Indeed the
= ,n. then a mere secretary az the
German Embassy. was one OF Mr.
Roosevel's croniAs IN the days when
the present Chief MAGISTRATE was a
Civil Service Commissioners. The two
mon rode and walked together al
most daily. and naturally the Presi.
dent was delighted when his old chum
chose an American girl for his bride
and the Baron and his wife spent q
nortion Of their honeymoon at tne
! White House.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
DAM SITE ON THE GUNNIsoN RIVER.

GCNNlSON RIVER.
the major portion of the fund arising
from the sale OF public lands within
each State or territory for the benefit
Of their lands, SO far as practicable.
1t is a recognized fact that the con.
tributions TO the fund from the Vari-
Gus States are in most cases not in pro-
portion to the need OF those States for
irrigation. Arizona and Nevada, for
instance, whose lands have contrib
uted very little to the fund, have
probably the greatest need and oppor-
tunity for reclamation, while on the
other hand. North Dakota and Oklaho-
ma, though large contributors, have
perhaps the least actual need for irri-
cation of any Of the Western States.
In some cases the chief aim of polisi-
clans has been apparently not so much
to develop irrigation as to secure the
expenditure of Federal funds in the
section they represent
Has the EnmitY of Land Crabbers.
ment as displayed by Secretary Hitch
cock has of course given rise to more
or less adverse criticism and attack,
especially from men who have viewed
the reclamation act as a great oppor-
tunity for either direct or indirect per-
sonal advancement. The men by whom
the public domain has long been con-
sidered a legitimate prey, hailed tho
passage of the irrigation act as an i'm
proved method of converting to their
| use the nations resources in the West.
fMr. Hitchcock's vigorous measures,
however, have seriously interfered
with their proceedings and they are
correspondingly bitter in their denun
Citations of his acts.
The States thus far to chiefly benefit
through the irrigation law are Ari-
zona, Wyoming, Montana and Nevada,
although some of them have them
selves made to 1t considerable contri-
buttons. Wyoming, because of its stra-
| tegic geographical position and the
fact that much of the water supply Of
the West originates in that part of the
State, must of necessity have the stor-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
Eatw1gxAd, WaIdoa Eaweett.

Baroness Won Sternburg, the Ameri-
can wife of the German Ambassador
and preeminently the most sweeuy
beautiful woman in official life at t e
national capital, has lately returned
to Washington from abroad, a proud
and happy woman by reason Of the
miracle worked by wonderful sur
gical operation performed In Germany
a few months ago. The Baroness
when a youns girl fell from a horse
which has ever since necessitated her
w liking with cane
Some time ago an eminent German
surgeon performed an operation upon
one OF the ladies Of the royal family
who had received an exactly similar
injury, and the success which crown
ed his efforts was such that the beau
t,ful bride Of the Kaiser's envoy IN
America was induced to undergo simi.
lar treatment. For weeks her foot
was held in the grip Of pas r cast
but finally 'he rigid bandaees were re-
moved and she was fr "a to return n
her native land with the use Of the
Ion" inefficient member fully restc-od
Baroness Won Sternburg. VINO wae
Miss lillian Lanehar1. is n California
girl, and her marriage to Baron Speck
Won Sternburg came az phe cu1mfna
Non OF sne of the prettiest interna.
tionaI romances IN whirH an Tmeri
~an Girl has figured. The weeio-~
beauty and The titled German diplo
mat frst met on shfrboard while 'os'
s sing the Atlantic. Tt came danrerc -
4 " near being case OF love Mt first
sight on hoth s'das. INT the Germar
.f--overnmenL which takes a father''
4 INTEREST N its young officers an'
statesmen. threatened to undo Cupid''
worE By insisting, 40 b customary II
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

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pub
rs de-
otices
'seers.
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ldition
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work,
lure of
failure
If this
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so and
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The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

reclamation law was passed setting
aside the proceeds from the sales of
public lands in certain Western States
and territories for the construction Of
irrigation works within the borders.
The law at the same time provided
that every dollar so expended should
be returned to the Government by the
settlers who take up the lands re-
claimed. In other words, the nation
made an advance of the receipts from
the sales of certain public property to
make marketable other public prop
erty. Out Of the many millions eX-
pended by the Government in river
and harbor improvements, not a cent
has ever been returned directly to the
Treasury, nor was it expected that any
return would be made.
Departments Wide Authority.
The irrigation act gives the Secre-
tary of the Interior very wide lati-
tude in the investment of this large
fund, although he is required to spend
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
BANK NOTE EXPANSION.
HANY, NATIONAL BANKS ESTAB.
EIShED SINCE REDUCTION
OF REQUIRED CAPITAL.

Unorecedened Increase of Insti.
tutions and Consequent Expansion
ofBanx Note Circulation May Cause
Depression.
There is boom IN the organization
OF national banks. 1t has been In pro
gress for five years, or ever since the
passage by Congress of the act permit
ting national banks to be organized
WITH a capital Of $25,000 instead OF
the ,ainimum Of $1,000 capital, as the
law stood prior to March, 1900.
Though the multiplication Of small
national banks has been going forward
at a startling pace 1t is only recently
that the great increase in the number
Of new banks has begun to impress It.
self on far-seeing fnanciers as exces-
Bive. 1t Is felt that the unprecedented
increase In banks and the consequent
expansion Of national bank note cir
culation has either gone so far, or soon
may go 80 far. as to constitute ma
tional menace.
There are many flnanciers who
though they look with apprehension on
boom in national banks, yet feel that
we have not reached the danger line
and that the country is able to absorb
all the national bank note circulation
that Is likely to be issued on the pres
ent bonded debt of the United States
II is proposed that at the next ses
sion Of Congress the bonds to be sold
for the construction Of the Panama
canal shall also be made a basis for
bank note circulation and this ex.
pansion 1t is thought may prove ex'
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
BATTLEsHIp IOWA IN NEW DOCK DEWEY"

docked In the dewey" and within an
hour and half from the time that she
was in position, her keel was out of
the water. In the same month, the
United States battleship Colorado, with
a displacement of nearly 1000 tons
more than the Iowa, was docked in two
hours and sixteen minutes.
Win Battle the Toredo.
One of the most essential needs for
a dry dock in the Philippine Islands Is
caused by the accumulation OF a great
amount of marine growth upon the
hulls of all vessels spending any length
of time in tropical waters. Naturally
steel dry dock In such locality
would also become befouled by barna-
cles, toredos. ETC.. and It is at this
point that a most peculiar feature or
the Dewey" is brought to light for IN
addition to being able to lift the heav-
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

cessive. The danger line will be
reached when the bank note circulation
comes to bear an undue relation to the
gold reserve of the United States treas
ury. The growth in national bank notes
In FIVE years has increased their
amount from S216,000,000 to s478,000,-
600, based on government bonds, or
about $50,000,000 per annum. II Is
calculated that the gold stock Of the
country increases annually in about the
proportion that population increases.
During the last fiscal year the basis
money of the nation was increased by
the addition Of $23,000,000 in gold GER
tiflcates. 1t is urged that as the bank
note circulation increases faster than
the growth of the money Of redemp-
ton, the process tends toward imitation
II adds to the burden Of money which
the gold reserve must maintain al
parity.
No remedy for this situation Is In
sight, and 1t is stated that it may be
that an unhappy financial depression
will be needed to call the attention OF
the whole country to the necessity for
caution in loading up trade with toe
great an issue of bank notes. At pres
ent there is no limitation on the or
ganization OF national banks except
that they cannot go beyond the bonded
debt. The bonded debt is now 1896,
100000, OF which $4S2, 100000 Is used
as security for note issues and s65,000,
900 as security for government de
posits. An issue of s130,000,e00 Of
canal bonds has been authorized, and
the whole world knows that other Is
sues OF canal bonds must be made. II
the canal is to be constructed on the
lock principle, this bond issue will
necessarily be doubled and probably
trebled. When the canal is cut dowr
to sea level the cost of construction
will very nearly be doubled and thu
bond issue accordingly increased.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

one each at Portsmouth, N. H.
Charleston, S. c.. and Puget Sound
Washington.
The nearest rival to the dewey
among the floating dry docks Of the
world is that at Bermuda. While 1t is
As feet longer than the dewey" Its
lifting capacity is but 16,500 tons
which is $500 tons less than the
American structure. In Austria, there
is also a floating dry dock OF 15,0OO
capacity, and one in Germany capable
of lifting a burden of 1000 tons.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
NATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
GREAT WORK OF THE GOVERN-
MENT IN THE SUBJUGA-
TON OF THE DESERT.

Thirty-seven Million Dollars to Be
Used by Uncle Sam in the Construc-
tion of Great Works and Creation
of Homes.
There Is no public work being done
by Uncle Sam which has, within a few
years, sprung into such prominence
and which promises such substantial
returns as the reclamation of his des.
ert lands under the National Irrigation
Law.
Thirty-seven million dollars for irri.
cation. This amount, as shown by the
following table, is the estimated figure
Of the appropriation for irrigation
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31
A Peculiarly of Siberia.

In parts of Siberia corpses that have
lain buried for $50 years have been
exhumed and found in a state Of per-
feet preservation. The soil freezes
many feet deep and does net altogether
thaw cut in summer.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

work which will be available in the
fiscal year of 1908. the sum realized
from the sale of Western public lands
since the year of the passage Of the
irrigation law:
YPnr Endinn
The Breckenridge news., 1906-01-31

Continued on next page,)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
TRADING REACHES
STAGNANT POINT
Not Enough Doing in Wall
Street to Arouse Even In
terests of Scalpers.
BIG M0NEYED MEN no
LONGER FAVOR BOOSTING
Amalgamated Copper Fur
nishes About Only Element
of Interest During Day.


NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Speculative
spirit was at a low ebb in the stock
market today. The board room traders
had increasing difficulty in sealping
a fractional profit out Of the movement
OF prices, as their own limited opera
tions were about al there was in the
market The increasing sluggishness
OF prices deferred even this class or
operators from acting, and the market
sank at one time nearer 10 actual stag
nation than has been witnessed in the
stock exchange for many months.
Had it not been for the stirring of
interest in Amalgsmated Copper the
business would have been more con-
spieuous. The placing OF Amaleamated
Copper on an S per cent dividend basis
by a distribution of $50 regular divi.
deld, so cents extra per share for the
quarter has been so confidently ac
claimed that that action should seem
to leave little occasion for surprise.
The way in which the stock Jumped
on the announcement, however indi.
Gated surprise on the part of some of
the speculatlng element. The resist
ence encountered by the stock on every
upward movement for some time past
was the basis for some fears that the
dividend was not to be increased in
spite Of the demand for copper and the
extraordinarily profitable prices at
which the metal is selling.
The backward attention OF the Anal
gamoted copper, IN face of the profit
able condition of the trade and the
general belief that the dividend was
70 be increased, has formed the prin.
cipal ground for q belief now prevalent
that the leading financial powers of the
country are doing what thew can 10
discourage active speculation in stocks,
while protecting prices from any seri-
ous inroads by supporting measures In
the market
II is also evident that the money mar
ket IS playing its part in restraining
stock market activity Call loans went
20 per cent early today, and held we'll
above per cent, thus precluding the
idea that Yesterdays furry was due
only 70 temporary stock market eyI
gencles. The time money market gave
a,still more decisive demonstration of
the narrowing of resources, the amount
OF, funds offered on time loans being
markedly less 4 downward plunge
in foreign exchange near the gold I'M
port point was an incident of this de
velopnSent, although rates for exchange
Subsequently, rallied strongly. The week.
" statement of the Bank of England
shows but a meager recuperation OF
the bullion supply, the Improvement in
condition being principally due TO the
scaling down of outstanding crediSs.
But this Is raising the open market dis
counts and thus establishing the bank s
rate in the open market. Discounts here
hardened somewhat today. The effect
of the 23s point rise in Amalgamated
copper when the dividend was announc-
ed soon passed. and the market closed
easy at the reaction.
Bonds were steady.
Total sales par value. S1.924.00o
U. 5. 2s and new As advanced a per
cent on call.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
FIRM CABLES MAKE
WHEAT MARKET STRONG
Trading Is Active During the
Day, With Prices Up
at Close.

CHICAGO, Oct. ls.-Firm cables
had Strengthening effect today on
the local wheat market At the close
wheat for December delivery was up
Ac. Corn and oats were each up &c.
Provisions were 2l2c higher
Trading in the wheat pit was active
during the first hour, and the market
had strong undertoue. Shorts and
commission houses were active bidders,
but offerings were light. The de.
mand was based upon the strength
OF wheat IN Liverpool which was
due, 1T was said, to continued light re-
ceipts at Winnipeg. Receipts az that
point today were 32s cars, against 1876
q year ago
The market was also bullishly af-
tected by dispatch from Duluth,
which claimed an active demand there
for export. The report Of sales to
considerable amount at Kansas City
and Topeka, also for export, gave
further encours cement 70 the bul!s
During the last hour number of longs
sold moderately, ard prices declined
somewhat
The close was steady. December
opened M@$sc to 2s@1@c higher, at
I4%sc TO 74iac, sold up to 746sc. and
then declined to 4Ac, closing at
74N 674$sc.
RANGE OF LEADING FUTURES.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
DROP IS TAKEN
BY bELLFLOWERS
Famous California Apples
Have Struck Bottom
Price.
MARKET WELL SUPPLIED
WITH NICE CRANBERRIES
Farmers Rushing Products in,
Which Accounts for
Slump.

The record for low-priced Bellhower
California apples was broken yesterday.
These apples sold for S1.25 per case,
which is reported TO be the cheapest
this fruit has ever sold for on the local
market, Last year at this time, Bell
flower apples brought S115 per case.
California grapes are going off the mar
ket fast. They are now selling for 10
cents, or three pounds for % cents.
The wholesale dealers will not ship In
apy more grapes in carload lots, but
will express in enough to supply the
local demand.
The market is we'll supplied with
cranberries, but the early cranberry
does not keep any length of time. Po-
tatoes are still coming ip by carload
lots, as are also all other root vegeta
bles. The farmers are taking advant-
age Of the fine weather and shipping
IN as much of their farm products as
they can readily dispose of, which
makes prices low and the market
steady.
Wholesale Prices.
Grain, -four and hay-Timothy, S16
per ton; alfalfa, $l4 per ton; oat straw,
35 cents. per bale; feed wheat. $50
per hundred; oats, $50; rolled oats,
81 ,65; corn, S130; chopped corn, $40;
rolled barley, Sl.40; high patent -four,
81. straight grade, $40; bakers No.
], 81 40.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-19
New York Flour and Grain.

NEW YORK. Oct. Is.-Flour re.
ceipts. 10000 barrels; exports, II 500
barrels. Sales, 10000 packages. Mar.
ket steady with 2 better inquiry
Wheat receipts. 100000 bushels; ey.
ports. u, 200 bushels Sales, 1000. 600
bushels. Spot for No. red, firm; No.
2 red, 1850, elevator; No. red, sos. c
t. o. b. afoat; No. ! Northern Duluth,
sl'sc +: o. b adost; No. . hard winter.
S2kc f. o. b. ahoat.
SHARP advances occurred early in
wheat on strong cables, bullish Argen-
tina news and commission bouse buy.
ing. On later deBials OF the Argentina
damage reports, longs unloaded and the
afternoon market was easier. closing
only sc net higher. Sales included
No ? red May, 81 7-l66S.Sc; closed,
st,sc; December, s2.S@ s24c; closed,
s2hc.