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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

OAKLAND, June s.-Comparative
quiet marked the Alameda county
realty market last week, few large
deals being reported. although there
We're about the usual number of sales
Of small residence property Two fac
tors contributed 10 cause the lull, the
first being the unsettled conditions in
san Francisco, and the second the fact
that many people are out OF town on
their midsummer vacations Real es-
tate dealers express no uneasiness De
cause OF the lulu in business, which had
been expected for some time.
Building operations, like the real es-
tate market were somewhat affected
by the fact that the vacation season
was at hand, many persons who in
tended 70 build preferring 10 wait until
the close Of the summer season.
Conditions in the Oakland labor
world are satisfactory ard there IS
no likelihood of any trouble on this
side Of the bay The best proof Of
this is the fact that within the last
week contracts have been let for a six
story business building in Franklin
street between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
and new contracts have been
awarded for the erection Of the Scottish
Rite temple, which is TO be erected at
Fourteenth and Harrison streets.
The first Of these structures is to
be Of reinforced concrete construction,
and work on the structure will be COM
nnenced Immediately by Clark Walker,
who has secured the contract for its
erection. When completed it viii be
occupied by the Howell Dohrmann
company with e full stock OF crockery
and articles Of domestic use. 1t is ex-
pected that the building viii be COM
pleted by January 1 next.
SCOTTISH RITE CATHEDRAL
Contracts for the concrete work on
the first story Of the new Scottish Rite
cathedral have been let and work is
progressing rapidly Until this work
IS completed no further contracts on
the building viii be let When COM
pleted the new cathedral will be one
OF the handsomest structures on the
coast.
Plans are being made for the erec-
ton. Of another theater in this city
which is being built by q syndicate at
the head OF which is J. Waterbury of
Chicago. and in which H W. Bishop
Of the Liberty theater and NJ. Cohen OF
the BW theater are Interested. The
site chosen for the new playhouse is at
rne northwest corner Of Fourteenth
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
CHURCH
DEDICATED IN BERKELEY
Edifce Erected by Mechanics
Who Are Members of
Congregation

BERKELEY. June s.-Dedicatory SER
vices were held this afternoon at the
new Grace Presbyterian church on
Sixty-second street between Grove and
Dover Rev. E. E. Baker. pastor Of the
First Presbyterian church of Oakland,
delivered the sermon. Short addresses
were made by Rev. l.. A McAfee of the
First Presbyterian church of Berkeley,
III. H Whittier. James McElhiney and
j. ID. Williams. Music was rendered
by Nine. Maretzk, Mrs. A. w. Kirk, Mrs.
Iona Boyer, Mrs. Edward Schwerin. D.
NJ Lawrence and Victor Bardahl.
The building was erected almost en-
tirely through the efforts OF mechanics
who are members of the congregation,
they working on Saturday afternoons
to complete the task The congreea-
ton formerly met at the home of Mrs.
James Baigie, 1914 Harmon street. The
plans for the church building were
drawn by E. Deal, an architect, who Is
a member of the church.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
new SUNDAY SCHOOL
OF TRINITY OPENED
Initial Services Conducted
at Holy Innocents
Mission
FESTIVAL OBSERVED
Evangelical Churches Unite
in Celebration of
Children's Day

OAKLAND. June 9.-Trinity Epis-
copal church opened a Sunday school
and mission at Shattuck avenue and
Fifty-second street today. The new
place Of worship is known as Holy In
nocents' mission. Sunday school was
commenced at 8 o'clock this afternoon,
followed an hour later by the formal
opening. Addresses were delivered by
Rev. John Bakewell D. D.. rector en-
eritus of Trinity church; Rev Clifton
Macon, the rector, and Rev. Nelson
Saunders, assistant rector. The choir
OF Trinity church rendered the music.
Special services were held today in
several of the evangelical churches in
observance of childrens day At Pill
grim Congregational church Rev. Ray
mond c. Brooks. the pastor. gave an
interesting address this evening on
'"The Moral Structure of Life" to the
young people of his charge. The
Children and the Church was the sub
ject of discourse by Rev. Leon L. Loot
borrow at the Eighth avenue Methodist
church Rev. Thomas Boyer, pastor of
the First Christian church, preached
this morning on "Children's Happy
Realm At the evening services a
chorus choir of so voices, directed by
Professor Carl Sawvell, gave a musical
service.
Rev. Edwin S. Sucker preached this
morning at Twenty third avenue Bap-
tfst church on the subject Can Child
Be a Christian" Services were held
this evening in celebration of children's
day by the Sunday school.
Rev. Arthur Hicks, state superintend-
ent Of Sunday school work, preached
this morning at Centennial Pres
byterian church. At the evening SER
vices, in which the Sunday school chill
dren took part, addresses were deliv-
cred by Rev. o. E.. Hart, d. D.. the
pastor, andRev. Mr.. Hicks.
Rev. E. r. Ollie. d. D., pastor OF the
First Methodist church, officiated at
children's services this morning at
that church
At the Tenth avenue Baptist church
this morning Rev. C. w. Brinstad,
superintendent of missions in Cali
fornia, gave an account Of the work in
this state.
Rev. Charles r. Brown and Rev. III.
NJ. Tenney delivered addresses this
morning at the First Congregational
church on The Twentieth Century
Appeal for Kingdom Extension"
Rev. H. ]. Vosburgh, pastor of the
First Baptist church, has commenced
q series of Sunday evening discourses
on the book of Jeremiah.
Rev. J. A. Cruzan, minister Of the
First Unitarian church of San Jose,
conducted services this morning at the
First Unitarian church, preaching on
'Idealism.'
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

BERKELEY, June 0.-Golden we'd
ding bells rang today for Mr.. and
Mrs George A. Tupper. when four
generations of the family met at the
Tupper home, 1884 Fulton street, to
celebrate the iftieth anniversary Of
the marriage of the heads OF the fam
lily. The history of the Tuppers is
closely interviewer with the history of
Sonoma county, where for years George
Tupper was a power in Republican
politics. Since 1902 his home has been
in Berkeley. The northern county
sent representatives TO the wedding
celebration today with congratulations
and gifts.
Hundreds OF guests thronged the
Tupper house throughout the day to
honor the veteran couple. The elder
Tuppers were not told In advance that
any celebration would occur and re-
turned from church service this morn
ing to find the house elaborately deco
rated with flowers, luncheon spread in
half a dozen rooms and guests and
gifts everywhere.
George Tupper came to California In
1853. He was married to Miss Harriet
B. Cooper four years later. Tupper
was a Michigan man, while his bride
was born in Illinois. She made the
journey to California overland via the
oxteam route. He came around the
cape. Miss Cooper was but 16 when
she married. Her husband was %.
Now they are Sc and 73 years old, re-
spectively.
Tupper mined at Hangtown In Placer
county for short time after his mar
riage. but soon moved to Sonoma coun-
ty and remained in Santa Rosa until
five years ago. He was the first re-
publican supervisor elected In the
county. That was in 1874. He served
four years as county treasurer, was
chairman for years of the republican
county central committee. conducted a
mercantile business, operated the old
Occidental hotel in Santa Rosa for %
years and for nearly 20 years was a
member OF the city council.
Mrs. Tupper bore IL children, has
IA grandchildren and great-grand-
children, and today did the honors as
hostess for company of hundreds
with grace and vivacity.
The children present at the ceIebra-
ton today included hrs. e. Thomas of
San Francisco. Charles " Upper Of
Los Angeles, Mrs. A. Schilling, A. L.
Tupper, John c. upper and Harry
Tupper. The grandchildren present
were George Thomas. Ralph Thomas.
Fay Thomas. Reginald Upper. Mrs. o.
P. Stidger, Hazel Cooper and Mrs. Ma
rie Schilling. The great t-grandchildren
who greeted the elder Tuppers were
Vivian Stidger, Helen Stidger. George
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
SCREAMS OF A WOMAN
FR|GHTEN OFF BURGLAR
Mrs. w. L. Dunn Discovers
Man Trying to Open
Window in Her Home

OAKLAND, June 9.-Attracted by
noise at the window of the dining room
of her home early this morning. Mrs
W. L Dunn. wife Of DR.. w. L Dunn Of
1912 Filbert street. suddenly raised the
curtain and was confronted by a bur-
glar, who was forcing open the win
dow.
Whether Mrs. Dunn or the would be
house breaker was the more badly
frightened would be hard to tell. The
woman screamed for help. and the bur
glar took to his heels and ran down
Sixteenth street in the. direction OF
West Oakland.
Mrs. Dunn reported the attempted
burglary to the police. but before theyi
arrived the night prowler had dis
appeared The marks of a knife or
chisel were visible on the sill OF the
window.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
REVIVAL OF BOXERISM
LEADS TO MANY ARRESTS
Prevent Further Trouble in
North China

VICTORIA, B. c., June 9.-The Belle
rophon brought news of revival OF
boxerism in north China. Yuen Shih
Kai's officials have arrested numerous
Chinese recently for preaching and
practicing boxerism and inducing ma
tives to smear their door posts with
blood, on the assumption that this rem
ders the occupants invulnerable when
lighting.
KELVIN, Kwangsi. south China, as a
result of the sudden subsistence of part
of the large walled city. A large area
of shops and dwellings suddenly col
lapsed and the places were buried to
the second story.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
BOY DIES
STICKING TO HIS POST
Physicians Called Too Late to Save
Life of Fourteen Year Old
Willie Mcclure

SACRAMENTO, June s.-With his
skull fractured and brain matter oozing
from the rent. II year old Willie Nc
Clure. employed by the Western Union
company in this city. furnished an en-
phatic contradiction to the popular le-
gend about the readiness of messenger
boys to shirk duty. Willie went on de-
-liyering messages after being injured
in a bicycle collision until overcome by
unconsciousness. When Manager Wy
lie learned of the boys injury he sent
for physicians, but they were unable to
save the messengers life.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK

PUEBLO, Colo. June 9.-Missouri
Pacific train No. Q, east bound, leaving
Pueblo at 1880 o'clock this afternoon.
jumped the track at Diston, 10S miles
east of here. The entire train, with the
exception of the sleeper. was derailed
Omcials here say that no passengers
were killed and none seriously injured.
The injured were a passenger named
Stephen Hand and chef in the dining
car
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
CRIPPLE coNFEssEs MURDER

PHOENIX. Ariz-, June "a tele-
phone message from Wickenberg to-
night brings news of a murder com
mitted at a prospector's camp on Oak
creek. several miles from Wlckenberg.
on Saturday. Jack Minor. a one legged
negro with two or three fingers gone.
arrived at Wickenberg Saturday and
related that he had killed his partner.
William Chateau, shooting him through
the head.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

within few days the installing of
the foundations will be commenced.
The building will occupy a larger
ground space than any structure in the
city except the Bacon building. which
occupies more than half the block The
building is to be of thoroughly mod
ern ireproof construction.
Within 10 days the work Of repaving
San Pablo avenue, from Twentieth
street to Thirty-sixth, the contract for
which has been let to the Barber
asphalt company, will be begun, and
1t is hoped to have the work completed
before the rainy season. The letting
of the contract, which will make San
Pablo avenue one of the finest streets
In the city, has already increased
property values along the street.
LULL IN BERKELEY MARKET
BERKELEY, June 9.-Reaity dealers
here made last week vacation period,
scores leaving their business TO attend
the annual session of the state fedora
tion of real estate men in San Jose.
The lull in business, which began a
few weeks ago, is apparently soon to
end Signs point to a resumption of
the heavy buying which characterized
the market for year after the San
Francisco fire. There is a demand for
homes that is far from being supplied
and dealers say that sales would be
even more numerous than they have
been IL buyers were given a larger
assortment of properties from which
to make their choice The low price
of lumber and other building materials
is expected to stimulate building
operation throughout the summer and
every realty dealer in town anticipates
a good season in consequence.
Values have been reduced but little
by the temporary 1ull. nobody appar-
entity being willing to $sacrifce gilt
edged realty for the sake of a quick
sale
Chick. Sittig & Co. have removed to
their handsome new offices at the
terminus of the Key route in Shattuck
avenue
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
TEAR UP CAR TRACKS

LOS ANGELES, June 9.-Three hun
dred laborers tore up the streetcar
tracks in the business section of Glen
dale. near here, starting to work at 1
o'clock this morning. The citizens of
Glendale were aroused by the ringing
of q church bell and held a midnight In
dignation meeting. They telephoned
the general superintendent of the street.
car company, who said the men were
working under his orders, but would
give no reasons
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
ALAMEDA STREET IMPROVED

ALAMEDA, June s.-West end realty
dealers and businessmen are pleased
over the Improvement that has been
made in Webster street by the installa-
tion of 80 arc lamps. which greatly en-
hance the beauty and safety of the
thoroughfare. The lamps were secured
through the efforts OF the Alameda i'm
provement league and were lighted last
night for the first time, the occasion be-
ing observed with a street parade fire.
works and speech making.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

streets, which it has occupied for the
last 10 years.
The building win be the largest car
riage repository in the United States
and will contain 10000 feet of floor
space, with frontage of 1879 feet in
Mission street and 1871 feet in Fre-
mont street. The exterior will be of
Colusa sand stone and all floors and
roofs will be of cement There are to
be FIVE stories and a basement The
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

The new stone building of the Stude-
baker Brothers company of California
st Mission and Fremont streets viii be
prominent among San Francisco's big
business buildings TO be erected within
the next few months. The company
expects TO occupy the structure about
November I, when il viii move from
its old location al Market and Tenth
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
DIAZ INVITES ROOT To
PAY VISIT TO MEXICO
Secretary of State to Leave for South
ern Republic in Latter Part
of Summer.

WASHINGTON, June s.-Ambassador
Cree1 OF Mexico presented to Secretary
Root today an autograph letter from
President Diaz, inviting Root to come
to Mexico as the guest of the Mexican
republic. Root has accepted the invi-
tation, notifying President Diaz through
Ambassador Cree1 that he will visit
Mexico in the latter part Of the sum-
mer.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
TAFT & PENNoYER BUILDING

One of the most important structures
under construction in Oakland is the
Taft & Pennoyer building in Clay
street. between Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth. 1t will be four stories high
and will cover the entire frontage in
Clay street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth, extending 100 feet west to
the former and 200 feet west on Fif-
teenth street. The excavations for the
foundation work are completed, and
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

Thomas and Clinton Thomas. L. s
Cooper, eldest brother of Mrs. Tupper.
with Mrs. ]. Chamberlain and Mrs. W.
A. Douglas, sisters of Mrs. Tupper
had seats of honor at the banquet
table
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

The Overland Limited crosses the
heart of Great Salt Lake by daylight
on an absolutely level roadbed-most
novel railpay journey
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
ArRoNAuT pRoWNs

GRANITE FALLS, Mimi, Juno a.
Entangled in the ropes of his para
chute, John Puepura. an aeronaut Of
Utica, N. z, met death yesterday by
drowning in the Minnesota river near
here
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
THREE LOST FROM sKIFF

DUBUQUE. IA, June 9.-Paul Kies.
William Stolteben and Nicholas Firret
were drowned today In the Mississippi
river by the capsizing Of a skiff. Two
other occupants were rescued.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
ROOSEVELT OFF FOR NORFOLK

WASHINGTON, June 9.-President
Roosevelt and party left here at
o'clock this afternoon on the. May yfiower
for Norfolk, Va, where he viii. speak.
tomorrow at the Georgia day celebra-
tion.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10
THREATENS TO KILL WIFE

BERKELEY, June s.-William Wiley
took an AK to his piano and other fur
niture while drunk this morning and
also threatened his wife with death.
She ran from their home In Ho1yoke
street near Sixth and screamed for helD.
The police were called and subdued
Wiley. The wife declined to swear to
q complaint
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

first, second and extra mezzanine
floors will be fitted UP handsomely for
store rooms. The construction will be
class A throughout and the building
will have an automatic sprinkling de-
vice as an added protection against
fire.
One of the special features in the
arrangement of the structure will be
an elevator powerful enough to carry
carload of vehicles.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

Something like a panic prevails In
British court circles on an fntimation
from the ShEh OF Persia that he hopes
to be able to pay England another visit
soon
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-10

Conceit may pun a man up. but never
props him up.-Ruskin.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-06

porter of spraying for the white fly.
On the contrary, he considers spray
ing only in the light of an expedient,
a makeshift, and firmly believes that
the solution of the white fly problem
is closely bound up with whatever
success we can achieve in devising
sure and ready methods for intro
ducing the fungi and other parasites.
fungus problem will be the solution
of the white fly problem, and it is
believed that the solution of each is at
hand. The reader is again referred to
Bulletin SO, which will be ready for
distribution in few days.
For more complete spraying direc-
tons see Bulletin 70 of this station
It is also pertinent to the subject
in hand to emphasize the necessity
for destroying all unnecessary breed
ing places of the white fly Under
this head belong the following trees:
Cape jessamine, privet hedge, all use
less and abandoned citrus, chinaberry
and umbrella trees, viburnum nudum,
and the mock orange CHERRY laureD
when infested Of these the cape jes-
samine may be defoliated, but the
work must be complete. ALL the
others should be cut down and burn
ed. During summer these trees are
such prolific breeding places for the
white fly that the latter becomes scat
tered far and wide.
Dr. E. w. Berger.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-06
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-06

Southern States have been more fire.
quent during the past two decades
than during the previous half-century
The earliest cold wave in Florida
that caused lasting damage and of
which the present generation has
knowledge was that of February,
1885, when citrus trees two feet in
diameter were killed. The subse-
quent cold waves doing marked dam
age occurred in January, 1886, De-
cember, 1894 and February, 1906 and
1899.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-02-06
White Fly And It's Parasites.
By DR.. E. w. Berger.

The exceptionally low temperature
at Christmas time 1906 has resulted
IN partial or complete defollation O
citrus trees in some northern section.
of Florida, and this fact again bring!
up questions Of white fly control under
such circumstances.
In trees and groves where thu
friendly fungi (the red, yellow ane
BROWN parasitic upon the white fly
are found in abundance, it is advised
to collect large quantities of the dea(
leaves still cling1ng to the trees, Of
fallen leaves, with plenty Of fungu!
upon them. These should be driee
and stored, since the fungus may b.
useful for again starting it in the trees
and groves next spring. Methods fo1
introducing the fungi by spraying the
spores suspended in water on the
leaves infested with white fly, or BY
pinning on leaves, have been develop
ed (see Bulletin 88) The fungi wher
dried have been found to retain tneil
vitality for two months, and further
observations may extend this time
Should the leaves with fungus collect
ed prove useless by the time they are
required, little labor will have beer
lost. Specimens sent to the station
at the proper time will be gladly test
ed for their vitality.
During December, January and Feb
ruary there are probably but few i
any unmatched eggs Or adults of the
white fly; all are in the young, scale
like stages and live attached to the
under surface Of the leaves. They
are easily killed by spraying while If
these stages, provided, of course, that
the spray comes in contact with them
Drying the leaves will kill them, hence
all the young insects upon leaves
dropped by freezing will die, with the
possible exception of those nearly ma.
tured. For the latter reason all deal
and dropped leaves should be destroy
ed, plowed under or burned, except
ing those wanted for fungi on them.
Now, in view of the fact that freez
ing has begun the work Of defo1iating
it appears desirable to complete it
Or to take advantage of the reduced
number of leaves and spray with the
determination to kill every remaining
white fly larva upon the trees; ever
going to the extent Of using a spray
sufficiently strong to complete the de.
foliation. One drastically thorough
spraying at any time is better thar
several less thorough ones. Spray.
ing, furthermore, cannot be made eff
fectlve unless all cooperate. If but
few green leaves remain upon tree
it is advised to complete defoliatlor
by trimming. If, to complete defolia
ton, spraying is adopted, this should
be done at once before the new buds
start.
While in the above the writer ha:
emphasized spraying, yet he does no
for a moment desire to leave the i'm
preston that he is an unqualified sup