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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
SAYS BILL WOULD ROB
CITY OF WATER SUPPLY
Marsden Manson Denounces
Measure That Is Be
fore Governor

That the bill providing for the regu-
lation of water supplies in irrigation
districts, which is before the Governor
for his signature, is framed for the ex-
press purpose of robbing this city of
a supply from the Tuolumne in the in
terests of corporations, is the firm be-
lief of Marsden Manson, a we'll known
civil engineer of this city. who has
been closely identified for many years
with the project of tapping the Tuol-
umne
In discussing the question last night
Manson said:
The bill should not be signed because 1t Is
intended to prevent San Francisco from storing
and using for domestic purposes waste flood
waters from the Tuolumne elsewhere The
discharge of the river at Turlock is, for months
In every year, far In excess of 2500 second feet,
and the excess not only goes to waste but In
doing so does great damage by flooding the dis
tricts along the Tuolumne and San Joaquin riv-
ers. To pass and make effective a law which
would prevent the of this water for the
highest purposes for which. water is used is
neither reasonable equitable.
Should San Francisco utilize both Hetch
Hetchy and Lake Eleanor there would still be
left in the drainage basin ample reservoir areas
to store all the water the districts would require.
This fact is well known to those who imported
objections into the district, and makes it appar-
ent that the object of the bill is not to protect
the districts. but to turn this city over, bound
and helpless, to monopoists and SPECTATORS
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

THREE VESSELS WRECKED
ON AUSTRALIAN COAST
Crews Saved From Death
by Government Steamer
From Sydney
TRAVEL 1000 MILES
Captain and Two Sailors in
Boat Make Perilous
Trip to Rescue

VICTORIA, March 16.-The steamer
Aorangi from Australia brought
news today of several marine disas-
ters in Australian waters. The Gov
ernment steamer Captain Cook re-
turned to Sydney shortly before the
Aorangi sailed with the crews of the
British barks Annasona and Maelgwyn,
both abandoned as total wrecks.
The Annasona from Callao, for New
castle, in ballast, went ashore on Mid
dleton Reef, and all hands took to the
boats. The Maelgwyn, from Pisco.
Peru, in ballast for Sydney, was
thrown on her beam ends when
she was thirty miles from Lord Howe
Island. The crew left thesvessel in the
boats.
A thrilling story was told by the
crew of the schooner Catherine, wreck
edson the Crozets. A boats crew, con-
sisting of Captain Rec and two men
went 1000 miles in an open boat to-
ward the Australian coast before the
bark De Ruyter was met. The three
were almost dead from exposure.
Eleven men, left for two months on
the Crozets. were rescued by a steamer
sent from Cape Town, seven days
steaming distant from the islands.
They were in pitiable condition
when rescued.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
ROUND MOUNTAIN ACTIVE
CastOm Mill, Ice Works and Cold Stor-
age Plant Planned

3 GOLDFIELD, March .16.-Round
Mountain viii have a custom mill and
an ice and cold storage plant as soon
as they can be built. c. IL Nazro of
Colorado, who has the project in hand.
has secured the necessary water right in
Shoshone Creek within three-fourths of
mile of the principal mines and of the
town. The business has been financed,
grading has commenced and the pro-
mOter OF the scheme has left for the
East TO purchase machinery. The ores
of Round Mountain, as far as devel-
oped, are free milling. The product
of the reduction works will be in the
form of gold bars. The mill will have
an Initial capacity of so tons every
twenty-four hours and will be equipped
with ten S5O-pound stamps and a cen
trifugal mill.
aThe ice plant will turn out e00e
potInds every twenty-four hours. Round
Mountain. is coming to the front in a
most substantial manner.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
HAS A COTTON STALK BEARD

Oscar Wilkerson, prominent livery
man of this city, has the proud dis
tinction of being the only man in the
United States that has a cotton stalk
growing out of his face. The stalk is
cut whenever Mr.. Wilkerson is shaved,
the same as the whiskers on his face.
When quite lad Mr. Wilkerson re-
ceived a blow under the right eye in
a fall from a wagon, and Immediately
after sustaining the injury a piece of
seed cotton was put on the place. and
no attention was paid to 1t, allowing
the skin to grow over the injured part.
Periodically the plant grows out, and
Mr.. Wilkerson has to have it cut off.
The plant seems in no way to cause
any trouble to Mr.. Wilkerson, who at
tends to his duties as any one else
Ardmoreite
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
OPENS FIGHT TO MAKE
TAFT NEXT PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Asks Deneen to
Capture Illinois for
War Secretary
Continued From Page 20, Column 3


arrived to swing it to Taft. Uncle Joe
Cannon is, of course. the choice of a
majority of his party in Illinois, but
some of the shrewdest Republican lead
ers in that State are inclined to side
track him, and it is by no means cer-
tain that he can secure the indorse-
ment of the State convention If he
should declare himself a candidate.
Among those who do not want Cannon
is Governor Deneen, who was opposed
to Cannon in the Gubernatorial fight
Others who are against Cannon are
Charles G. Dawes. former Comptroller
of the Currency, and Representative
Billy Lorimer, both of them notably
able politicians and influential men in
their State. If Governor Deneen should
decide TO take up the Taft fight and
offer himself as a candidate in Tafts
interest he could do dangerous things
to the Cannon boom.
One reason why the President is sup
posed to be getting busy in behalf of
Taft is that legislatures in many States
have informally declared in favor of
Roosevelt himself. The third term
movement is stronger today than ever,
in spite of Roosevelt's repeated state
ments that he would not be a candidate.
date. If the President is to sidestep
strong third term movement, which
may complicate me situation and pos
sibly knock his plans out for a success
sor, he will have to make 1t plain who
that successor should be- 1t will then
be up TO the people to decide whether
they agree with the President in his
choice.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
HOADURAN REBELS ARE
DEFEATED BY BARAHONA
Government Forces Said to
Have Scored Signal
Victory

SAN SALVADOR. March 16.-General
Barahona, the War Minister of Hon
duras. according to advices received to-
day, has defeated at Maleras, Izaga and
Salsana Larga, 1000 men commanded
by General Gutierras, the general in
chief Of the Hondurean revolutionary
forces. The dispatch adds that Gen
erals Gutierras, Balladares and Gamere
were killed. and that Generals Bara-
hona and Lopez we're pursuing the de-
feated troops.
General Gutierras' followers are said
TO have left many killed or wounded
upon the field, and the Government
force is reported to have captured a
number Of prisoners. The fighting is
alleged to have extended over a front
eight miles long.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
MELLEN TO CONFER
Wires to White House for
an Appointment

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Questions
affecting the railroad situation held the
attention Of President Roosevelt today.
During the morning there were In
formal talks with some OF his callers,
and a dispatch came from President
Mellen Of the New York and New
Haven Railroad. asking for an ap-
pointment In the afternoon there was
a visit from Governor Dineen and At
torney General Stead OF Illinois. A
semioficial denial was made that the
Governor and Attorney General talked
either finance or railroads.
From statements. however, which
have come from authoritative quarters
the Inference is drawn that there was
some reference TO the Chicago and Al
ton deal, which figured prominently in
the recent Hartman investigation by
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The President is known to be availing
himself OF every opportunity to be-
come acquainted with the railroad
question.
A rumor gained currency during the
morning that the President intended to
issue a statement defining his position
toward the railroads. An impression
10 that effect apparently got abroad
from the fact that the President had
read to some OF his callers extracts
from his speeches and letters bearing
on some features Of the railroad Ques-
tion. These reports however. proved
groundless, and later IL was ascer-
tained that the President would not
issue such a statement today, nor has
he such an idea IN contemplation.
One of the Presidents callers was
James Speyer of New York, head OF
Speyer & Co. To many his call looked
significant, as ii followed that of
wednesday closely. IT was impossible
TO ascertain from either the White
House or Speyer the purpose OF the
visit.
On Tuesday the President IS to have
q conference with President Mellen OF
the New York, New Haven and Hart-
ford Railroad. Mellen is one OF tho
railroad presidents with whom J. p.
Morgan asked Roosevelt to confer as
to what steps might be taken TO allay
the public anxiety as TO the relations
between the railroads and the Gov
ernment" So far as ascertained at the
White House Mellen is the only one
Of the presidents who has asked for
an Interview, and Il IS not known here
whether he represents himself alone
or all four OF the presidents named by
Morgan.
Mellen is well known TO the Presi-
dent, and usually when he comes 70
Washington he makes a social call at
the White House.
It was said at the White House that
nothing had been heard from z. Il
Hartman as to a proposed second call
on the President.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
EUROPEAN COAL DEMAND

According to the calculations of a
leading firm of coal impoI ters at Ham
burg, the total imports of British and
Westphalian coal into the port last
year amounted to 100000 tons. of
which Great Britain supplied $4,000
tons and Germany 2,330,000 tons.
The cold weather which has pre-
vailed all over Europe this winter Is
making a tremendous demand for fuel.
1t is not merely in Russia and North
Germany, says the London Statist, that
the cold has been intense. In Southern
Italy, Southern Russia and at Con-
stantinople the frost has been unusual
ly severe.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
HOW SOME BILLS ARE BORN

Wrlte me b1II TO amend SOnletnlng.
I haven't introduced bill this term.
This request for assistance is said to
have been made by a New Hampshire
legislator to friend recently. Poor
man! He didn't know of any needful
legislation. but he felt he must intro
duce a bill to square himself with his
constituents. 1t is the feeling that a
man must go back home from the Leg
islature with record that gives birth
to fool bills, which clutter and clog the
legislative machinery and run up the
expense of each session. = Vermont
Phoenix.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
WATER FOR MANHATTAN CAMP
Pipes Are Laid by Company to Connect
With Reservoir

MANHATTAN. March 16.-The Home
Water Company has been Incorporated
to supply this camp with water. The
mains are now being laid in Main
street. The company obtains it's water
from wells at the foot of the mountain.
A large cement reservoir Will be con-
structed on the top of the mountain to
maintain an even supply. The new SER
vice will afford Manhattan protection
against fire
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

have been hurt by the decline. This
is explained by the fact that the pub
lie was not in the market when the
smash came. and the rich men VINO
were hurt had ample means 10 make
good their shrunken margins. II is
the first panic that has ever occurred
In the history OF Wall street in which
there has been no failure.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

Cordite used in the cartridges was
found to be the cause of the bursting of
several rifles during the target practice
of the Canadian militia.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
CHICO MAN

CHICO NAN DIES-Stockton, March I6.-
Joseph Henderson, evidently laborer, was
taken to the Emergency Hospital last evening
suffering from cramps and died Papers In his
pocket Indicated that he was from Chico.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
WATERWAYS commission
IS NAMED BY PRESIDENT
Members VIII Prepare Plan
for Improvement of
River Systems

WASHINGTON, March 16.-Comply-
ing with petitions presented by numer-
Gus commercial organizations OF the
Mississippi, President Roosevelt has de-
cided to appoint an inland waterways
commission, whose duty II viii be to
prepare and report a comprehensive
plan for the improv ement and control
of the river systems OF the United
States. Eight public men have been
asked to serve on the commission. Rep
resentative Theodore Burton OF Ohio,
chairman OF the rivers and harbors
committee In the last Congress, will be
chairman Of the commission. In a let
ter which he mas addressed to each OF
these persons the President sets out
that he is Influenced in appointing the
committee for the broad consideration
OF national policy that the railroads are
no longer able to move crops and man
ufactures rapidly enough to secure the
prompt transaction Of the business Of
the nation. and that there appears TO be
but one complete remecy-the appoint
ment Of a system Of transportation by
water. The Presidents letter in full
follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, March
a, l907-My Dear Sir Numerous commercial
organizations OF the Mississippi Valley have
niftee to prepare and report 3 comprehensive
plan for the improvement and control Of the
river systems OF ne United STATES. i have 0e-
cldeo 10 comply with these requests by ap-
pointing island waterways commission. and
] have asked the following gentlemen 10 act
upon At. ] shall be much gratined II you viii
consent 10 serve. Theodore f. BursOn CHAIR
mani. Senator Francis c. Newlands Sena tor
william Warner, John H. Bankhead. General
Alexander Mackenzie Dr. ". G. McGee. r. II.
Newell. Clifford Pinchot and Herbert Knox Smith.
CONTROL OF WATERWAYS
In creating this commission I influenced
BY broad considers tons OF national policy. The
control Of our navigable waterways lies with
the Federal Government and carries with II
corresponding responsibility and obligations. The
energy OF people has hitherto been largely
directed toward Industrial development connected
with field and forest and with coal and iron.
and some OF these Of material and
power are already largely completed while our
Inland waterways a whole have thus far
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
BAD HEALTH FOR THIRTY-SEvEN YEARS


tried doctors medicines but they failed have taken
be am N
stomach in form
all friends medicines Humanity
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

France published the first newspaper
in 1905; the first English newspaper
appeared in 1922.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
REMOVES BOOKS TO EAST
Sphinx Mining Company of Round
Mountain Locates I'm New York

GOLDFIELD, March 16.-The books
of the Sphinx Mining Company, which
owns the Sphinx mine at Round Noun
tain. have been shipped to New York,
the main office of the company having
been transferred to that city. The
Sphinx owns the Sunnyside claim.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
NATION is INTERESTED

The questions which win come before the
Inland Waterways Commission must necessarily
relate 10 every part Of the United States and
Affects every interest within its borders. Its
plans should be considered in the light Of the
widest knowledge OF the country ana its people
and from the most diverse points Of view. Ac-
cordngly. when its work Is sufficiently advanced.
] shall add TO the commission certain consult
ing members with whom / shall ask that rec
concentrations shall be fully discussed before
they submitted TO The reports OF the
comm ission should include both a statement Of
the problem and recommends tions 10 the man
ner and means Of attacking II. Sincerely yours,
(Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Bankhead has just finished his tenth
term in Congress from Alabama, Gen
eral Mackenzie is chief Of engineers of
the army, Newell is director OF the
United States Reclamation Service, Pin
chot is Chief Forester Of the United
States, Herbert Knox Smith is Commits
sioner Of Corporations, W. ]. MCGEE is
an anthropologist, formerly in charge
OF the Bureau of American Ethnology
and formerly president Of the National
Geography Society.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
SECOND STRIKE IN MUSTANG
New Ore Body Is Reported to Have
Been Exposed

Been Exposed
TONOPAH, March ia report is
current that another find has been
made in the Mustang Manhattan mine,
but this is not fully credited. Local
men who have looked over the Mustang
since the strike say that the ore body
exposed is a remarkable one. The
Mustang people have a number of
sacks OF high-value rock piled up at
the mine awaiting shipment.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
TASK A GIGANTIC ONE

II is not possible properly to frame large
q plan TITS for the control Of rivers
without taking account OF the orderly develop
ment Of other natural resources. Therefore. I
ask that the Inland Waterways Commission shall
consider the relations Of the streams TO the
OF al the great permanent natural resources and
their conservation for the making and main
tenance Of prosperous homes.
Any plan for utilizing our inland waterways TO
be feasible, should recognize the means for ex-
ecufing Il already in existence. both In the Fed
eral departments Of War, Interior. Agriculture
and Commerce and Labor. and in the States and
their subdivisions; and il must not involve un-
duly burdensOme expenditures from the national
treasury. The cost viii necessarily be large IN
PROPORTION 10 the magnitude OF the benefits to
be conferred, but Il would be small in
parisOn with the 81 600. .OOO. 600 of capital
Invested in steam railways IN the United States
amount that would have seemed enormous
and incredible half a century ago. Yet the IN
vestment has been a constant source Of profit
TO the people, and without IL industrial
progress would not have been possible.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
UTILIZING INLAND STREAMS

While rivers are natural resources Of the first
rank, they also liable to become destructive.
agencies, endangering life and property, and
some Of our most notable engineering enterprises
have grown out Of efforts to control them. 1t
was computed by Generals Humphreys and Alb
bOrt half a century ago that the Mississippi
alone sweeps into its lower reaches and the gulf
900. 1000, O00. 600 tons Of floating sediment each
year (abOut twice the amount OF material TO be
excayated in the opening of the Panama canal.
besides an enormous but unmeasured amount OF
earth salts and soil matter carried in solution.
This vast load not only its channels 10
close and food the lOWlands OF the lower river,
but renders the flow caprciOus and difficult TO
control Furthermore. the greater part Of the
sediment and soil matter is composed of the
most fertile material Of the fields and pastures
drained by the smaller and larger tributaries.
ANY plan for utilizing inland waterways
should consider foods and their control by for
ests and other means; the protection Of bottom
leDds from Injury by Oyeriows and upands by
loss from soil wash; the physics Of sediment
charged waters and the physical OF other ways
OF purifying Them; Ahe construction of dams and
locks, not only TO facilitate navigation, but 10
control the Character Of the waters, and should
look 10 the fun use and control Of our running
waters and the complete naturalization of our
waterways for the benefit Of our people
erlOle
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

The worlds annual production OF raw
silk is 61.OOO.OOO pounds. of which China
produces about one-half and Japan one
fourth.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17
Roosevelt Begins the Battle
to Make Taft President

received scant attention. IT Is becoming clear
that our streams should be considered and con-
served as great natural resources Works de-
signed 10 control waterways have thus far
usually been undertaken for a single purpose
such as the improvement OF nagivation, the
development OF power, the irrigation of arid
lands. the protection Of the lowlands from
manufacturing purposes. While the rights of the
people TO these and some users Of water must
be represented. the time has come for merging
local projects and uses Of the inland waters in
a comprehensive plan, designed for the benefit
OF the entire country. Such plan should con-
slider and include all the uses 70 which streams
may be put and should bring together and CO.
ordinate the points OF view Of all users Of water
The task involved In the fun and orderly de-
velopment and control OF the river systems OF
the United States Is great one, yet IL is GER
tainly not too great for us 10 approach. The re-
suits which il seems to promise are even
greater.
It is common knowledge that the railroads
OF the United States are no longer able 10 move
secure the prompt transaction of the business Of
the nation. and there is small prospect OF i'm
mediate relief. Representative railroad men
point out that the products OF the northern
interior States have doubled in ten years, while
the railroad facilities have increased but one
eighth, and there is reason TO doubt whether
any developments of the railroads ia the near
future viii suffice 10 keep transportation abreast
OF production. There appears TO be but one
complete remedy-the development Of a com
Elementary system of transportation by water.
The present congestion affects chiefly the people
Of the Mississippi Valley and they demand re-
lief. When the congestion OF which they COM
plain is relieved the whole nation viii share the
good results. .a.z.zsaaaz
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-17

that nothing I ate would digest. Spe
to all my friends as one of the bes
with catarrh of the stomach."-E. Il
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1907-09-07
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