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The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
CITIES AND TOWNS.
How They Are Built Up and What
 Gives Them Permanency.

Towns and cities are built where exist the greatest natural advantages. Growth and importance depends on en- vironments and conditions. Require ments are that there be some manner of employment for their population. Thus the business of the place fixes it's standing. It is then evident that the greater are the resources of a country and the more enterprising it's people, the more important will be its cities and towns. Some locations have fla vorable conditions for certain lines of manufacture, and single industries support thousands, like the textile in facture of jewelry at Providence, R. l. Others have shipping facilities that cause them to become great conner cial centers. No city can exist within itself, free and independent of tribu- tary territory, but must depend upon a large scope of country to supply it with the products necessary for the sustenance of it's people, and for the marketing of it's articles of commerce, and it's manufactures.
 Towns and cities decay when their business interests are destroyed. In the west, particularly in the mining sections, can be found hundreds of ex- amples illustrative of this fact. The discovery of mine is sufficient to gather people to compose city. With the exhaustion of it's mineral re- sources business is destroyed and the town becomes deserted. In agricul- tural sections exist commercial towns, made necessary by the development of the surrounding country. Such towns are supported by the trade that can be attracted from a certain scope of territory, and industries that can be established to employ labor. With development of tributary country, and expansion of industries, and the exer- else of enterprise many of these towns attain the magnitude of cities and be- come important commercial and finan- cial centers. With their growth farms adjacent increase in value. The truth of this is in evidence in nearly every state of the union. While within the boundaries of the United States proper there are more than 86,000,000 of peo- pie there is room for millions and mil lions more. There will be hundreds and thousands more cities pulsating with business come into existence Reader, is not your home town one that may become great city if you only do your part to assist it toward greatness?
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
HOME ENTERPRISES.
Trusts Cannot We'll Compete with
 the Products of Local Mills.

Never in the past has there been such opportunity for the establish ment of small enterprises in the cities and towns of the United States as Is now presented There is barely To- cality which does not possess some advantages for certain lines of manu facture or commerce. There is little prospects for over-production as the population of the country is increas- ing at an enormous rate, and new mar kets are being opened continually in foreign countries for American prod ucts. Imports are decreasing ex- cepting of raw materials, and each year shows an increase of imports. Many lines are supposed to be in the hands of combines, but these so-called trusts can never prevent the success of local enterprises in similar lines if the masses of the people will close ly follow the home trade principle, and as far as possible give preference to local products. The great agri- cultural sections produce the wheat corn, barley, and other cereals which find their way to large mills in far off cities, are converted into four starch and innumerable kinds of foods, and in their manufactured state are returned to the sections where the grains were grown and sold at prices that leave a large margin of profit How much more economical would it be to convert cereals into flour and other foodstuffs in mills located in the districts where the grains are grown. Would not the farmer receive a benefit in increased prices, the say ing of freight rates, two or more profits that result from marketing, and would there not be great benefit derived from the keeping at home wages paid to laborers and the reten- tion in general of profits that go else where?
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
The Necessary Evil.

q have a friend who says he doesn't eat much through the day." remarked the woman, "but every now and then he takes little nip to comfort him. self, I suppose, for not eating. He says it's very good for man who is on the shady side of 50 to take little nips of something strengthening through the day"
 "You tell him frum me- said the Kentucky colonel, that when ge gifts to be on the shady side of the sixties, it'll ben ot only good fuh him, but it will be absolutely necessary to his existence"
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
Beware of PeddlerS.

It will always be found best to avoid dealing with wanderers through the country who have something to dis pose of particularly those who are not known to you as thoroughly hon. est. For years stoves, furniture, books, and hundreds of articles have been hawked about the country by inherent agents. Some have more or less merit, but all are sold at enor- nous profits, far greater than would be required by some home dealer. When money is paid to the come-an- go traveller, just so much money is taken away from circulation in com munity, and 1t is gone to remain.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
OURAMERICANKINGS
FARMERS THE BACKBONE OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
FEEDING THE OTHER NATIONS
Greater Need of Study of Economic Principles by the TiIIers of the Soil-BuIdne Up the
 Towns.

American farmers are the wealth producers of the nation. In the United States annually the products of the farms exceed in value all the gold the country has produced in score of years. If the term can be used in a free republic, the farmers are the American kings. The results of their labors feeds not alone single nation, but assists in supplying sustenance for large part of the people of nearly all lands of the earth. 'Tis the prod ucts of the farms that give the means of support to the great railroad sys- tems, that keep the thousands of great steamers plying the oceans, that make possible the thousands of great enter prises. While the farmer is among the most independent classes of the land, too often he fails to reap full reward for the work he has accom- plished He must fight combine after combine, and pay taxes to support in stitutions from which he receives no benefit This is because of the con- centration of capital in the hands of a comparatively few in large financial centers. But is not the farmer to blame for this condition to great extent? Does he not make it possible for the concentration of wealth in large cities? He certainly does lend his support to the building up of trusts, and to capital concentration, when he fails to patronize enterprises in his home town, and refuses to help build up it's industries.
 There is a penny wise and pound foolish" attitude on the part of farm CTS in many communities that is de- structive to their own interests. It is seeing a profit, quite often purely imaginary, and in striving to gain it lose sight of the truth that they are yielding the sword that will eventual ly inf1ict serious wound to them selves. This is the practice of pur- chasing goods at trade centers distant from home. Towns and communities are made wealthy by retaining as great a part of the earnings of it's people as possible. The larger the town can be made, the more valuable becomes the farm located near it, be- cause the home market is made bet ter and higher prices are secured for products.
 Money earned by the farmers and the business men, if retained at home, generally finds investment, in new en. terprises that give employment to la bor, and add to the wealth of the community and assists in lowering tax ation On the other hand, when the earnings of community are sent away from it, the towns are deadened, and farm values lowered, taxation is made greater and the small imagined gains to those sending away the profits of their labor react against the sender, who assists in concentrating money in large financial centers in the hands of those who pay no local taxes. Generally the monied powers of those distant cities dictate to the farmers what prices shall be received for the products of their farms, and to the laborer the compensation he shall receive for his labor. Is not this proposition plain?
 D. M. CARR.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
Conceit.

"There goes the big-feelinest man in town!" pessimistically said a citi- zen of Pettyville, indicating with a con- temptuous jerk of his thumb a pom pous-appearing parsonage who was passing. "He thinks so darned much of himself that he won't loaf in gro- cery store like ordinary folks-if he can't loaf in the bank he won't loaf at all And, as far as I can see, he aint' so alfred better than some of the rest of us, neither!"-Puck.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
The Telephone.

Rural telephones are boon to the farmers. They can keep in close touch with the markets, and all the doings of the outside world. One tho uses that the phone can be well put to. Is the getting of late market news from the home town. There are very few farmers who cannot use the telephone with profit during the marketing sea- son.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
All Exclaimed.

There Is little story going round the house of commons about certain member who abstained from voting Questioned by one of his friends as to the reason for his abstention, he re- piled: Well, my dear fellow, it's just like this-my wife has sister. I0hn Rull
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

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The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

It is the crushed grape that gives out the blood-red wine. It is the suf. fering soul that breathes the sweetest melodies.-Gail Hamilton.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
The Home Market.

Good agricultural towns afford steady market for eggs and other pro- duce, thus keeping prices even. There is a poor market in a poor town, and prices are uneven.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

had Catarrh for about fifteen years, and DO man could have been worse. I tried everything I could hear of, but no good re- suited. I then began 8. 8. s., and from the first bottle, and after taking it short while was cured. This was six years ago, and ! am as well today as any man. I think Catarrh is a blood disease, and know there is nothing on earth better for the blood than s. s. 8. Nobody thinks more of 8. S. s. than do. M, WATSON.
 Lapeer, Mich.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
Catch of Japanese Fishermen.

Catch of Japanese Fishermen.
 Consul G. H. Scidmore, of Negasaki, reports the estimated value of the catch of the Japanese deep-sea fish ermen in 1906 as $557,085. They also captured fish to the value of $140,415 along the Korean coasts, including whales, worth $6S,000.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

affected by this disease. It is waste of time to try to cure Catarrh with sprays, washes, inhalations, etc. Such treatment does not reach the blood, and can, therefore, do nothing more than temporarily relieve the discomfort of the trouble. To cure Catarrh permanently the blood must be thoroughly purified and the system cleansed of all poisons, and at the same time strengthened and built up. Nothing equals s. S. s. for this purpose. It attacks the disease at its head, goes down to the very bottom of the trouble and makes a complete and lasting cure. s. s. s. removes every particle of the catarrhal poison from the blood, making this vital stream pure, fresh and healthy. Then the inha,ned mem. branes begin to heal, the head is loosened and cleared, the hawking and splitting cease, constitution is built up and vigorous health 3 the stomach and digestion and acts as
 If you are suffering with Catarrh begin the aternent of your case and our physicians will rrh, and give you special medical advice
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The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

It extracts all pains and poisons, plucks the stings and heals the
 lame.
 Hunts Lightning Oil does it.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
The Plain Fucker.

If burn or bruise aff1icts you, rub
 it on, rub it on. Then before you scarcely know it all
 the trouble will be gone. For aia aching joint or muscle do the
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
His Lanuuaue,

Mrs. Cussem-Why did you take the parrot out of the room?
 MT. Cussem-He's just beginning to learn to talk, and thought it was best to keep him out while was putting on my new shirt"
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
Sea Trout Fattened.

A sea trout was caught at Aberdeen recently, which swam 120 miles in 49 days, and doubled its weight on the way. It was marked and put into the Coquet in Northumberland, and when recaugbt at Aberdeen, its length was not increased, it's rapid gain in weight being due to corpulence.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

Big words seldom go with good deeds.-Danish.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
CATAR RH p9s1%spD 65oop
 AND SYSTEM DISORDERED

merely inflammation of the the head ringing noises the dropping back the throat continual hawking and spit would ind cate is blood disease which the entire circulation and the greater involved acid in the blood The Liver Kidneys and Bowels frequently be- and in action and off the the acid This the blood and through it's circulation distributed to all the blood nfame the the contracting cold disagreeabe of caar As the blood to all parts of the body the tarral poison affects all the The head has tight full feeling continually stopped pains above the slight fever
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating, Address A. S. Olr1sted. Le Roy, N. Y.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12
Remember.

It's not how you live, but how's your liver. If not in perfect order, make 1t so by using Simmons Liver Purifier,-tin boxes only. It's the surest, safest and most agreeable aid to that organ ever put up.
The Huttig news., 1907-10-12

The time Is never lost that Is de voted to work.-Emerson.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06

sage. ILwant to wipe out all these useless COM
missions that sucking the life blood Of the
State. Yes. 1t will spoil a few political jobs,
but none that the people of the State cannot az
ford to dispense with. We have highway de-
partment, with its engineers and assistants; q
Debris Commission, with its staff; a Board OF
Public Works and another big stan. and then
the Water Front Engineering Board at San
Francisco.
These commissions in charge Of big pro
jects. The States money is being spent The
whole business Is scattered and conducted with
no particular head. Large expenditures are made
and without proper, If any, check. think the
whole system unbusinesslike- l propose sys-
tenn conducted under the Immediate supervision
of one STAFF directly responsible to the Governor
1t will effect saving IN salaries and it will
spoil some Jobs. but those are the least consfd.
cradle reforms. Our contract system is all wrong
There is no necessity for the payment Of bis
architects fees Why, for a concrete example
with this proposed system we would save $4,000
on architects fees in Santa Clara County alone
on the Agnew and Normal School improvements
There Is no way Of computing with even ap
proximate accuracy what viii be saved by re
placing the present local and disjointed system
by real business methods.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06

at an aggregate salary of $23,0S0. as
compared with $4,000 paid in salaries
to the four commissions he seeks to
wipe out The Governors plan con-
templates not alone the abolition of
these commissions. but a radical change
of the law controlling the manner in
which contracts for State work must
be let. The plan advocated by the Gov
ernor provides for the awarding of all
contracts by the one commission, and
tracts for the completion of an entire
project instead of in parts. according to
the class of work, as must be done un-
der the present law.
SAVING OF $4,000 A YEAR
The first stroke of the gubernatorial
new broom threatens to spoil lot of
executive patronage by wiping out sew
eral jobs, but the Governor thinks the
State will be able to bear up under
this loss in servants at a saving of
$4,000 year In salaries and further
saving through the application of strict
business methods that cannot readily
be figured. or even estimated.
The bills prepared at the instance Of
the Governor and introduced today by
Senator Leavitt and Assemb1yman
Stanton provide for State department
of engineering. The administrative Of
ficers of this new board are to be a
head engineer at $4,000 a year, chief
architect at. $4,000. two assistant en-
gineers at $4,000 each, one architects
draughtsman and two engineers
draughtsmen at $4,000 each. a stenog-
rapher, clerk at $500 and a porter at
$3.50 Upon this STAFF is to be imposed
all the work of preparing plans and
specifications for public highways, State
buildings, river and harbor improves
ments and the supervision of the work.
Contracts for State work are to be let
by the commission proper, which is to
consist of the Governor, the chief en-
gineer. the superintendent of State hos
pitaIs and the chief harbor commits
sioner of the port of San Francisco.
The Office of the new department is to
be at the State oapital.
If Gillett can have his plan enacted
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06

into law there will be no more archi-
tects' fees, no more supervising engi-
neers' fees and one board, headed by
the Governor himself, instead of sew
eral, will be responsible for the con-
duct of all State work. The Governors
bills and earnest advocacy of them
come in the nature of surprise, indi-
a real reform and passing a respon-
sibility for the failure of his scheme up
to the Legislature. The latter element
takes the grandstand feature out of
the movement.
Some of the wheel horses are at a
loss to understand why the political
advantages of the scheme could not
have been sufficiently conserved had
Gillett waited until after his first Leg
islature had adjourned to talk about
legislating jobs out of existence, sim
plifying and economizing in the States
business methods.
There is more than appears on the
surface of these Gillett bills. The saw
ing In salaries is only an item. Based
on the experience of the last four
years, an annual saving of more than
$1s, 900 in the architects change In the
system of letting contracts contains
the real milk of the coacoanut. I'm
der the present law contracts must be
let under the seven prescribed sub
divisions. In fne. the State cannot let
the contract for a complete building
to one responsible bidder. The ma
sonry, carpentry, painting. iron work
and SO on must each be bid on sepa-
rately and awarded separately The
net result is loss to the State, both on
the amount of the contracts and the
endless delay and annoyance The
Gillett bill provides for the reception
of bids under the subdivision now pro-
vided, but 1t also provides for. the re-
cepNon OF bids on the whole project
and authorizes the commission to Net
the work as whole.
GOVERNORS VIEWS
Referring to his bills. Governor Gil
lett said yesterday:
/ have caused these bills to be introduced and
shall lsays nothing undone to secure thar pas.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
POpulace Realizes That the Water
Front Is It's Property Solely

"A million times important than the right of any
railroad reach the tide the right of the people
control the fronts of the harbors of the State and
that right has been restored by the decision of the Circuit
Court of Appeals handed down yesterday Here in Oak
land it is alone the question of strip of 1000 feet
for which the railroads contending, but it gives
people eleven miles of front and places under
their sole control BY the constitution of the State the
people cannot ALLEVIATE it. No private party corpora
ton again control it. The people of the State
establish line outside and hayward of the Southern Pa
cihcs tide lands and make that line the of
Oakland and the railroad will thereby become interior
upland holder The wharves which the Southern Pacific
has built be controlled by the State and the State
charge toll for every of freight which moved
them The railroad has ownership in them. They
on State land and the railroad holder by intrusion and
sufferance alone
BECOMES UPLAND OWNER
In these words William R. Davis spoke Yesterday of
the farreachng and sweeping effect of the decision writ
ten by Judge Gilbert which overrued Judge Morrow at
every point. No has had intimate connection
with and knowledge of the dispute the title the
Oakland tide lands than Davis and his opinion is the
result of years of study of these suits which have been
carried and down the of the State from the day
on which Carpenter bought the front of Oak
land for schoolhouse and wharf till the Circuit Court
Iof Appeals on Monday reversed long line of decisions
springng from original fraud and restored the people
the rights which the Central Pacific and its had
sought for half century to hold to themselves.
The point of the decision it appreciat
ed IS that the title to the submerged lands in front of the
town OF Oakand-and in all like for that matter
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
FREE SCHOOL BOOKS
Bill to Enable Counties to Provide
Them II Introduced

Bill to Enable Counties to Provide
Them II Introduced
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5.-A bilf that
will enable counties to provide free
school books at their own expense
passed the Assembly today by a vote
of 81 to 1s.
The measure was prepared by the
Assembly committee on education. 1t
provides that when a majority of
school districts OF county. by their
school boards, petition the County
School superintendent for the issuance
of text books to be loaned to the pu-
pills without cost. that Official shall
make an estimate Of the cost and the
Supervisors shall call special election
to decide the question. majority
vote is all that is necessary to adopt
the system, but 1t will take a two
thirds vote to discontinue It
ANTIvACCINATION BILL
SACRAMENTO. Feb. Sowing to
the illness Of Assemblyman Eshleman.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
GOVERNORS VIEWS

Referring to his bills, Governor Gill
lett said yesterday:
have caused these bills to be introduced and
shall lsaYs nothing undone to secure thar pas.
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ANTIvACCINATION BILL

SACRAMENTO, Feb. Sowing to
the illness Of Assemblyman Eshleman.
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Now New York has declared that YER
teal handwriting, which the schools
have been struggling for years to mas
ter. must go. Read of the new style in
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1907
WEATHER CONDITIONS

fESTERDAY-Psrtly cloudy; maximum tenn
persture. 81; minimum temperature, IS.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Uoudy; possibly
Light showers in the morning. Page IL
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
Governor Determined to Abolish
Four Expensive Commissions
Bill He Will Back Up With Message Will Do Away With
Boards and Save Engineers and Architects Fees
By George A. Van Smith
Van Smith
CALL HEADQUARTERS.
1907 EIGHTH STREET.

OF boards
noeH n c,and in o
f work are iv in the s reforms
and whn he to be in eA
be orowedby nssage vigorous advoGt acmen.
the Commission do
ad them
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-06
Oakland Victor in Battle Of Decades
Jerome Bates Taw Defense and Deas Fous Secures Control

in h of
the
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The State officially appears to have lapsed
into a condition Of railroad paralysis Gillett
Is the doctor. Page 8
The San Francisco waterfront BILL Page 8
1t is scarcely worth while to take Grove L.
Johnson seriously. Page 8