Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1906-09-13
California Letter

California Letter
In The PREss of August 9, the
"types make me say" "that peach
picking and 'haying' has just com
menccd.' 1t should read, peach
picking and drying has just com
menced. With the exception Of q
little alfalfa that is irrigated, haying
was finished several weeks ago.
There have been several cases Of
smallpox in Corning this spring
and summer, and quite o number OF
our citizens have been quarantined.
There are no cases at present that
/ / know of. Lately there has been
one death from diphtheria and at
present one or two families are un-
der quarantine. Smallpox here don't
seem to be so severe as in the cast
The Presbyterian church here Is
being enlarged and improved, and
, the pastor is gone on q vacation
The Methodist minister is quaran-
tined and some Of the other preach
ers arc taking an "outing," 50 at
/, present We are n little short oi
preaching, but the. grogshops are
having no vacations.
On July 9, San Francisco agar
turned the rum sellers loose, on th'
! high.license plan. There are SAG
to have been 3,40O grogshops 7
San Francisco before the earth
quake and fire, paying . license 9
s85 each. The license il now plat
ed at $500 each. / amnot informe
as to how many grogshops are
operation. The papers say--pr(
hibltion papers, -"The first Monda
ID morning after tho reopening Of "
saloons III San Francisco there wei
10, "a victims before the police cour
n, as against s the previous Monda,
us 72 on Friday, as against two on Y
Id previous Friday, and the seeof
ak Monday 1lS, as against three
nd four the second Monday before !
We opening The newspapers sta
that byJuly 6, 1000 licenses h'
w, been applied Tor, with 5So mo
m, applications in tho next few ga,
uPlease don't write CAL, or $
Ike Frisco"
the DpIeaso spell California in iul
MS please use the entire name )
Francisco"
ing aThe Native Daughters OF
) IN Golden West make ecialappeal
YOU, that you give both these be
hen tiful names their syllable va
gin whenever you write them. DC
US chop Of California at the
E. breath, presenting to the wofl'
mutilated Cal. Don't say anyth
less than San Francisco. The
in rarism, Frisco is an offense to
and ear"
mill The above appeal to the publ
said to be part of the educati'
has crusade begun many months ag'
! in the Native Daughters thru th'
own forts Of Eliza d. Keith, chair
inity Of the Landmarks committee,
rood now a past grand president OF
order. Each letter, business OF
and sonai writer, By tic tic y D. 81
arble G.. W., is said to contain one Q
cunt printed forms worded as follo'
"The order of the Native D'
renee ters of the Golden West earn
,rday requests you always to spell
fornia out in full, and always I
order the entire name, San Franz
Compliments of Eliza D
d the past grand president n. D. =
New York. August CO.
teach The most deadly heat waves
nome s.,7 s,:as =. et:ty. :- has eyer expe
ed swept over here to-day 8
se. 20 persons and pfassratinss :
Sex. dred. Tbehospitals we're KEEP
looking after the sufferers.
1903 in the shade in upper
Tnr way. Even in The parks
some hundreds Of thousands soughl
a ia a and shelter under the trees
vas little or no respite fro
deadly, oppressive humidity.
and i While mere in California, 4