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Yukon Valley news., 1907-04-10

pebbles and jasper; also n blue-gray gravel which would make any prospector think of gold; yet gold is not there, but in the rivers, the bars and bench gravels. It is matter of interest that in both Tolima and Anto- quia we find a series of elevated placer gray els good hydraulic propositions at some points, but apparently strangely out of place and no part of the erosions brought down by the action of the water courses on the face of the country it is found at present. There seems to be some analogy between these gravels and the outer low-lying gray els in western Columbia. It seems possible that Il great system of rivers emptied their waters further to the west before the time of the intrusion of the more recent non gold-bearing outer range of the Andes.
 This gives u clue to the source of origin of the gold deposits in western Colombia. If the rivers emptied further to the west and deposited gold along their courses and near their mouth, then the gold in the region under discussion can be accounted for The bedrock could have been developed through the aocumuations of volcanic ma terial before the intrusion of the outer nom goid-bearing ridges of the Andes. It is prob able that the volcanic accumulations would have covered some of the gravel deposits which carry gold, and that with the eleva- tion of the outer ridges of the Andes the gold accumulations with the gravel remain ing uncovered would have been washed down to the lowlands of western Colombia to accumulate on the bedrock of volcanic sediments: this would account for the gold found above and below the volcanic sedi- ments, which are reported to form a false bedrock at many places"
 Applying Dr. Nicholas solution of the Colombian riddle to our own country, which also has vast placer deposits the origin of which is not apparent, we would start our deductions at period in history when there were no mountain ranges between the Arctic and Pacific oceans. At that time we would say there was system of gold-bearing riy- CTS between the two oceans, and the source of the river gold was quartz lodges worn down and milled by the action of the water Then to the north and to the south solid mountain ranges upraised, and the rivers assumed practically their present course and have ever since been washing down and accommodating the treasures held by them before they were SO rudely turned from their former channels.
 The Yukon and its tributaries at the present time present conditions strikingly similar to those described in Colomba; and if Dr. Nicholas's theory is true of one country it is doubtless also true of the other.
 Aside from its interest from a scientific point of view the article quoted from treats at length of one of the most romantic gold countries in the world. Prospectors are warned that there is no vacant ground.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-04-10

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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
HOUSE PASSES BILL FOR
BANK IN THE PHILIPPINES
Democratic Leaders Divided
For and Against the
Financial Measure
VOTE rs 1877 TO 90
Rucker Makes Charge That
Certain Democrats
Were Influenced

WASHINGTON, March BY vote
of 1877 to 60 the House today passed
the Senate bill providing for the es-
tablishment of an agricultural bank in
the Philippines. The passage devel-
oped diametrically opposite views on
the part of the two leaders of the
minority De Almond of Missouri vot-
ing for the measure, while Williams,
| the minority leader, stood squarely
against It.
While the bill was under discussion
Rucker of Missouri made the charge
/ that certain Democrats in favor of the
! bill had been the guests of the Secre-
tary of War on his trip TO the Philip
pines last year. which. he said, might
account for the positions taken by
these men. De Almond, Sherley. Wiley
4 and Howard.
| In reply. Sherley said that the "slur''
cast by Rucker upon the Democrats
who voted for the measure was un-
called for. in view of the fact that the
man who had seen the Philippine situa-
tion was better able to legislate than
the man who had vague ideas as to
conditions.
The bill was called from the Pres
ident's table by Crumpacker. who
moved to pass it. Rucker Of Missouri
was recognized as a member of the
committee. He wanted to know II the
bill could be passed without amend
ment.
The House can pass an elephant
under suspension If the party IN charge
of the measure was recognized for that
purpose" replied the Speaker.
Crumpacker supported the bill. Sher-
/ ley also advocated its passage as
move to lend much needed assistance
to the Philippines.
GrosvenCr of Ohio. who advocated
the bill. expressed the opinion that the
United States had been guilty OF more
wrongs than Spain had been. and Long
worth thought tho bank bill should be
passed as P crumb of comfort due in
the face of failure to pass the Philip
pine tariff bill.
Rucxer said that it was his opinion
that the legislation would haunt the
American people as 1t grew more
odious. Williams declared the old
Populist scheme of a subtreasury was
an angel in white in comparison with
the Philippine bank scheme, and that
he would never vote TO guarantee self
seeking, profit hunting capitalists per
cent upon their capital.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Active Work On
Streets. Of the
South Side
Mud Scraped Away
to Let CobbleS
Look Out
CARS PUT TO USE
CARS PUT TO USE

A string OF debris cars on Howard
street reaching from Third 10 Steuart
street: another string on Main, and
still another on First: and three barEes
Cooked along the water front. fupplied
by Healy & Tibbitts and l. c. Sheldon.
were the mems yesterday OF carrying
or the mud an6 muck which an army
Of volunteers and q multitude Of wa
gons waded into in the district south
Of Market street
II the work OF the day had accom-
plished nothing more than the cleaning
UP Of Third street and Steuart a mira
Gle might have been deemed TO have oc-
CURED: but Harrison. Folsom. Howard
Mission-in short south OF the old
slot'-emerged from a Sunday bath
and tidied Up today invites the drOnes
who did not work TO behold what the
industry OF volunteer workmen
achieved.
Steuart was two feet thick IN the
mud yesterday morning st 2 o'clock
At O'Clock the highway was immacu-
late. So was Third street and so were
the other streets which nave been
stretching away from Market under a
coating OF mud.
The hosts on Third street were un-
der the direction OF BENJAMIN Cram. He
was helped by George II. Keyes. a
surominent mining man from Tonopah.
4 Between them and body OF vOlun-
teers they cleaned or the area bounded
by Market Third, Kearny and Gesry
streets. Il was a good job and required
! 2 IRE hose and q stream OF Spring Val
ley product Today it is passable and
VIII be n delight 10 all behOlders. On
Steuart street 7. II. Mitchell. Manager
Macdonald OF the ". G. Stafford Com
pauy. every one Of whose employees
turned out Loyalty and manned the fifty
teams supplied by the Stafford Com
pany; Louis Woule. the nautical in
strument maker: Champion Oarsman
Petersen. and IN short almost everybody
got in" and worked from morning TIL
dusk They declared that Steuart street
and vicinity was the worst job 10 ac-
complish in the city.
Further out the Ransome Company.
the Warren Improvement Company and
the city Street Improvement Company,
with teams and men. accomplished a
successful onslaught against dirt. while
around Columbia Square the refugees
and their children took care Of the
streets skirting their homes and made
them clean.
George Renner on Bryant street, Har-
ney Bros along Fourth the +. & W.
Engineering Company along Seventh,
T. ". Flinn along Drumm. and finally
; Jerry OShea way out IN the Potrero.
with men and teams. were the vfctors
m yesterdays big campaign against
' dirt and for n 'spotless town"
President Duney summarized the
magnitude or the undertaking.
II I had TO- 600 teams and each team
made FIVE trips. the city would still not
be entirely cleaned in day" he said.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Flying Squadrons
Garry Good Cheer
Women CO Through the City
IN Automobiles Distributing
Sandwiches

One ~ the most picturesque features
o1 cleaning day" was the flying squad
ron. which carried sandwiches and
fruit 70 the hungry in an automobile
IN tho car We're a number OF society
girls. They were Miss Ethel Pippy.
Miss Blanche Simon. Miss Belle Lipp
Miss de Neroaud Miss Voorman and
Miss lean Monaghan. They were
heartily cheered by the workers as they
whirled through the streets tossing
daintiiv. prepared luncheons to the men.
Another flying squadron" went from
tho Union Square counter. which was IN
charge OF the Jewish Council Of Vo-
men and was presided over by Mrs l.
1Dreyfuss. An automobile party. COM
rrisfuc Mrs. Arthur Rosenblatt. Mrs
saul " Ehrman anc Mrs. Charles
Eoscnba went about the city dis
fributing sandwiches and fruit The
Union Square counter was materially
aided by the chefs OF the Hotel ST.
Francis.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Vigorous Work Done on the Thoroughfares
Running North of Market Street

crew was numerous and ii was led by
J. L. Mollenhauer. owner of saloon
in the neigbborhood. He made a bon
fire Of waste building materials and
empty barrels found on the block
KEARNY MADE TO SHINE
The streets around the block bound
ed by Washington, Sansome, Jackson
and Battery were cleaned by thirty
men from the United States revenue
department. the men from Main &,
Winchester's establishment and a few
others. On Montgomery street the
stable brigade" made up Of clerks and
others in the employ of the Gunst cigar
stores made the cobbles shine.
A f. Buckman of the San Francisco
Paving Company had charge. He used
scrapers and made haste, but he gath
cred a glimpse of the situation and de-
clared that 1000 teams would have to
work for a week to carry off the dirt
piled up by the volunteers. He be-
lieves that the cleaning system will
have to be enlarged. organized and paid
for.
Kearny street became the really clean
street in the campaign. j. S. Parry
president of the Fire Board, and Chief
Hewitt Of the department of electricity
mustered their forces. The Office men,
sixty or more in number. turned out
and worked harder than they ever did
in their lives. The street, from Geary
to California, was scraped TO bedrock,
and eight Of Gray Bros teams, a few
from elsewhere and several belonging
TO the city were pressed into the ser
vice of hauling away the sweepings.
The Importance OF cleaning the street
was explained in it's being a thorough
fare from the center of the city to
North Beach, and one by which the ap-
Of Nfra T1,
travel. The chuckholes uncovered
proved the menace OF the street to
traffic.
INFANT SAN FRANCISCO
The Parry Hewitt enterprise de-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

had reached a point half mile from
the depot and was running at a high
rate OF speed when 1T struck,the switch
The engine passed over in safety. bur
the cars jumped the rails and drew the
engine after them. Hamilton fell as
the engine toppied over into a shallow
ditch and was crushed to DEATH The
fireman, Arthur +. Wingert, jumped
and escaped with slight cuts and
bruises. The others injured were. Con-
ductor E. Z. Powell, Express Messen ger
+. A Taylor, David Norbie of Riverside.
all of whom were cut and bruised, and
John Thomas of Riverside. who re-
ceived serious injuries by being cut and
scalded-
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

Continued Prom Page i. Column
to q. A. Tveitmoe and p. H Mccarthy.
president OF the Building Trades Coun-
ell. who acted as field marshal before
the buglers on the hills sounded the
hour OF seven.
The California Grays. Young giants
in size and strength, University OF Cali
fornia students and schoolboys from
every section Of the city aided in the
work.
II was figured by those in charge
that the work done had a money value
Of 500. 600 or more. II had cost but
$1,000. Dirt amounting to $4,000 cubic
Yards. 81 was figured. had been swept
up. OF this 10000 cubic yards were
carted away. and the rest. IS 900 cubic
wards. remain upon the streets. but viii
be attacked at once by President Duffey
OF the Board OF Public Works.
CITY FACES PROBLEM
IN this connection the contractors
who volunteered their services yesfer-
dav pointed out that the advantage
gained by yesterdays labor must be
followed up or else the wind and rain
viii undo Il all The sum OF S25 600,
they figure. should be spent upon the
streets every month.
The day was an ideal one for the
work Dark clouds obscured the sun,
no wind stirred and in the air was an
incentive 70 work.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
School Children Take Part in the Work of
Annihilating the Debris

BY the sides OF their elders toiled
hundreds OF school children striving TO
make the city clean Organized at
tenpts upon the part of scholars of the
public schools were few, but the
amount Of good the youngsters and
boys OF the high schools did was an i'm
portant factor IN the cleanup.
Scarcely had the last quivering notes
OF the bugles died away before the
streets OF the residence districts OF the
city were astir with the children. who
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
ENGINEER MEETS DEATH
IN WRECK OF HIS TRAIN

LOS ANGELES, March s.-An un-
locked switch on the Los Angeles, San
Pedro and Salt Lake Company's line
caused a train wreck within the city
limits today. c. S Hamilton of Los
Angeles. the engineer. was ground 20
pieces under his engine: Walter Pruett
of Pomona. aged 16. was scalded and
burned so severely that he died several
hours later. and five others were more
or less seriously hurt.
The train. local from San Bernar-
dino, carrying seventy Eve passengers,
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

made decided impression on the dirt
in that part of the city.
While not able to swing the hoe or
broom to advantage on the caked pave
ments of the city, the girls of the Com
mercial High School found they could
assist the workers by supplying en-
couragement to the "inner man. in the
way of coffee and sandwiches. which
they served from a daintily decorated
stand in Market street, near Ninth.
Little tots too small to do manual
labor on the street were also useful in
supplying viands to the hungry toilars
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
VAN FLEET TO GET PLACE
VIII BE Appointed to Fill New Federal
JudReshiu

WASHINGTON. March s.-The Per-
kins bill creating an additional Judge
ship for the Northern District of Cali
fornia passed Congress today. The bill
as passed makes no reference to the
Southern California district.
Senators Perkins and Flint will see
the President tomorrow morning In be-
half of Judge w. C. an Fleet for the
new judgeship. II the bill reaches the
President in time for approval before
noon tomorrow It Is probable that Van
Fleets name will be sent to the Senate
in time for confirmation. Both Sena-
tors are confident that Van Fleet VIII
be named by the President.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

did their portion of the days work in
cleaning up sidewalks AID doorsteps.
Small arms welded big brooms and
all toiled Justify.
At the Lick and Wilmerding schools
a small army of lads assembled in the
morning and with hoes, shovels> and
brooms rendered spotless the streets
that are paved in the vicinity.
Students of the University OF Califor-
MIA, some hundred strong. arrived
bright and early from the college town
across the bay. They assailed the dirt
foe at the ferry. The "Rahi Rahv' boys
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

cleansed. Little OF the dirt was re-
moved after 1T had been collected. how
ever, owing to the scarcity of wagons.
While the dust flew with vigor dur
ing the morning the unaccustomed vol
unteer laborers did not prove equal to
an all day job and noontime saw the
cessation of most of the activity in the
residence districts
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
MoNuMENT FOR sLoAT

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The House
tonight passed the Senate bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the completion of
the erection of monument TO Commo-
dore Sloat at Monterey. Sloat landed
in California during the Mexican war
and hoisted the first American flag.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT Ill

WASHINGTON, March s.-President
Roosevelt's young son. Archie. has
diphtheria, but it is said he is not Sc
riously i'll. The patient has been. iso-
lated in the southwest room of the
White House. and strict quarantine
is being maintained.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

In the residence district OF the city,
in the Mission and west Of Van Ness
avenue, the dirt evil was attacked with
a vim by the householders. While dust
few spasmodically in the vast region, a
great amount Of good was accom-
plished.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Clean Streets During Morning
in the Residence Sections

With the blast OF the calvary trum-
pet the wealthy hnancier and merchant
arose and shouldered his hoe or shovel
TO toll in front of his domicile. All
along the streets the dust was swept
into piles and then the grounds flushed
with the handy garden hose. Scarcely
a street I'm the residence district es-
capped without some portion being
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
PENSION AGENCY RETAINED

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The pen
sion agency at San Francisco will not
be abolished. The pension appropria-
ton bill was agreed to this afternoon,
and under it's approval the eighteen
agencies now in existence will be re-
tanned.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
MEDALS FOR MccALLA

WASHINGTON. March S.-Senator
Culiom secured today the adoption OF a
joint resolution authorizing Rear Ad-
miral McCalla to accept medal from
the King OF Great Britain and the deco
ration OF the Order of the Red Eagle
from the German Emperor
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
REDUCE rELEGRArHERy HOURS
House Insists on Provision Relating to
RaiIHEaY ErnpIOyeS

Railway Employees
WASHINGTON. March 3.-Aftsr heat
ed debate lasting over an hour the
House decided almost unanimously to-
day to stand for a provision in the bill
regulating the hours of railroad EN-
ployes which will prevent railway
photographers from working more than
nine consecutive hours. This provision
was in the bill as originally passed
by the House. but the Senate elimina ted
it, and tho Senate conferees refused to
accept II when the bill went TO confer
ence
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

marshal. The contractors reported 70
y. B. Lloyd, while the volunteer force
OF laborers was distributed by o. A
Tveitmoe and Michael Casey. d. j.
O'NeI acted team director. and C J.
Wood as director Of volunteers Dr.
William c. Riley served as head Of the
medical corps. and his assistants were
called upon to set broken arm and to
patch up scores OF bruised fingers.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Forces Organized
Like Large Army

The organization OF the cleaning
forces was patterned after that Of an
farmy. A. W Scott Jr. was in COM
mands and P. Il. Mccarthy acted az field
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

What happened north of Market
street2 It is hard to tell. 1t is hard
10 give individual credit where credit
is due. 1t is hard to tell in detail what
streets were cleaned. what streets were
skinned over by the cleaning army
and what streets were left untouched
by broom or shovel It cannot be told
because space Is limited and personal
observance is to be measured by the
ability Of one man TO walk a few hum
dred blocks with notebook in hand
ready to jot down the whole story.
In all quarters there was the domi-
mating icea-everybody working. dirt
stacked into piles and a lack OF teams
TO carry the material to the dumps-to
Oblivion.
This must not be a story Of the thou
sands who worked or of the hundreds
who were fed; because many worked
who did not eat and many ate who had
not worked. Among the many work
ting were the men of the street de-
partments gang; there were more. Of
clerks. Of property owners OF unclassi-
fed enthusiasts who knew so little
about the possibilities of shovel that
they used the tool violently. and will
be sore today in consequence.
MARKET STREET SCRUBBED
Market street was scrubbed and dust
ed. The street crossings became more
cleanly than they have been for years.
The cutters were relieved OF their ac-
cumulation Of sweepings, and the cob
bles were barred to the bone"
Market street, between Drumm and
East, afforded an instance of the pUr-
pose Of the cleaning brigade. Here the
dirt was dug into by men in overalls
and men who wore derbies, sack coats
and kid gloves. The property owners
had organized and. the business men
along the way lent a hand President
Tyson OF the Seaboard Bank welded
shovel: c. L. Kelley. assistant cashier
OF the Mutual Life Company. was be-
hind a hoe; Baumberger OF the South
ern Pacific helped pile the dirt-the
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

On each day in the year there is an
average of twenty-one aliens debarred
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

WASHINGTON, March 3--The Sem
ate today confirmed the nomination of
Paul Schafer as Postmaster at Oak
land.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
Voted roREsrER DEAD
Dr. OrOnhyateIzha PASSES Away mt
Augusta, Ga.

OTTAWA. Ont. March s.-Dr. Oron-
hyatekha, head and founder of the In
dependent Order of Foresters, died at
OF Canada and a full-blood Mohawk In
o.-n- 1AAskAAAx TSk,
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

veloped a rare story-the tale of infant
San Francisco-a bunch of boys all
under H. who had helped clean up
around their own homes and who had
sought a new field to conquer They
lit upon some abandoned tools and
the boys and the implements were soon
mixed in toll that made the dust fly.
One Of the lads was Harry Crocker.
son of Henry j. Crocker; another John
Wright. son of Attorney J. A Wright;
Jerome and Drury Tallant were sons
of the vice president of the London and
Niagara Insurance Company; Sigmund
Kahn was the son of Aaron Kahn, real
estate dealer, and Hal Creswell the son
of the lawyer and Police Commissioner.
West OF Kearny the streets did not
show the same results Of valiant work
seen in the district east. Washington
was partly cleaned up TO Dupont, chief
ly through the activity of the police
and the fact that a Chinese merchant
engaged four Porto Ricans 10 labor in
the shoyeling. Policeman T. w Hand
ley, on the Chinatown beat. suggested
that there would have to be another
special cleaning day for Chinatown and
that the $50 contractors now coraplet-
ing buildings there would have ito fur
nish the tools and the labor to complete
the job.
NORTH BEACH WAY
Out North Beach way the cleaning
efforts were scattered and hampered by
the usual lack of teams Father Cara
her succeeded in getting the streets
around st. Francis Church cleaned, and
the Fire Department aided by washing
some of the surface debris into the
sewers and manholes.
DR.. A f. Pescia and George OLIVIA
borhood and the former had a Sunday
suit spoiled by getting in the way of
a stream from an unmanageable fire
hose. Captain Gillick and his crew of
the Fire Department did extraordinary
work in gathering up the dirt
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
posTMAsTrRs NoMINATED

WASHINGTON, March s.-Nomina.
tions: Postmasters: CALIFORNIA;. s
Wood, Rialto: F. NJ. Kelly. Teenas.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04

Skate on the most perfect floor In :
r at the Auditorium. Fillmore & Page
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-04
WOMEN RENDER valuable
ASSISTANCE TO BATTLE

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