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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

helping people out OF hotels ana khsnnA
Orpheum stage filed with trunksL rfr,
can't get across Market street. No.
Fire got across about 10 o'clock
Wednesday night. Worked like the
devil getting trunks out. Morrfsey
had moved his stuff from the Palace
hotel to the theatsr. Had to move il
all out again. Thought OF the glasses.
Packed them carefully in a bag. Went
out In the street. Squad of soldiers
coming around the corner. Every
body skip Can't I said. svvaitino~
for wagon for trunks sNaitin' for
hell? says one, and he gave me !
whack with the stock of his gun. The
blamed fool smashed clean through the
bag or glass. After wee opened ar
tne Cndres the man called for his glass.
Notning doing Didn't lose a piece at
nome House saved Man st8rted to
eau tne Orpheum- / offered a pass Nix.
season ticket Nix / said il was one
of the accidents of the shake He said
| should have returned them when
had finished with them and NOT ksn+
them laying in the, property room. He
was right, and he taught me the hir
DIG lesson OF returning things as soon
as the act closed. Vanderslice used to
roam me Jewelry, and I was foolish
enough once to borrow a diamond
necklace But no more of that for me-
II any one wants diamonds they must
furnish them. for If I find them on tha
property plot I'll be ready with ona
large pot of paste and soms pieces OF
glass. That's ALL,
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

had left the stage and we were clearing
st for the next set when back be comes
with little bottle in his hand He goes
up to the mantelpiece we had pushed to
the back wall, takes down a candle-
stick he had ordered, poured a little
over IL out of the bottle he had. and
then turned on me. You're a lot OF
cheap stiffs here he shouted. I mo-
ticed while I was on that there was
no sparkle to that candlestick- 1 asked
you for a silver one. This is pewter
And the next day he made me go all
over town and ar last we found one In
a second hand shop on Folsom street
kept by an old Jew who used it for his
Sabbath lights.
But I had a hard one the other
night said Rosemond, as he clasped
the arm of Big Mack the special.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

Ralph Johnston. the bicycle man.
wanted an Is foot ladder to get up to
his stand with. He forgot to put 1t
on his prop list and I had to get 1t.
OF course. like all the rest OF those
fellows. they forget all about every
thing until Saturday night. and they
oren on Sunday mat. Eighteen-foot
ladder, mind you, but I got it.
Walked around town from IL till near
ly in the morning. Way up on Oar
rell street we saw painter s scaffold.
Saturday night. No work Sunday. Must
have it for show Sunday. Found
painters name on ladder and went into
fat. Told lady I'd come for ladder.
Swung the scaffold around and dragged
the big one into the fiat window.
Walked with it to the theater. Ia
luck; no cops on the way. Called up
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

three makeup tables taken and us at
Twelfth avenue and Fulton street and
20 minutes 10 and the opening show
any old table. 1 tried TO gel one from
Wsilenstein, who runs the cafe. Moth
ing doing 1 begged the candy girl.
No response ] tried to steal Manager
Nrorrisey's desk Frost: he had his
eye on it. ] tried to get Miss Car
isles typewriter table. Nix. l walked
over to the park. cut down two trees,
stole two boards from the back fence
and made a table Time, % minutes
L guess that's bad?
Things do not always come as easy
together of makeup table. Some
times he's called or FOR the Impossible
al the very last moment before curtain
rise
Take Burkhart. for instance said
Harry. with sad, far away look
shes an actress ali right She's there
before any kind OF a house. But for
a woman who wants props and don't
know exactly what she wants she beats
them all. She wants anything that will
look nice and she doesn't tell US what
look nice means And worst Of all,
she waits till the music rehearsal on
sunday morning to ix up her scene"
Despite the sad tones and the rush
and jump OF it all, the men in the
f.prop" room get lot OF fun out of it
all No man takes more pride in his
work than ne does when he sees his
efforts" placed before an admiring
public Harry Rosemond is a bit OF an
actor TOO, and is seen off and on by the
OPPORTUNITIES playing small roles when
2 change of bill is made and no one
in town available for the part. His
knowledge Of the stage and absolute
familiarity with the what's what be-
hind the footlights helps him greatly
in handling his property room to the
best advantage.
Big Foster Of Foster & Foster
kicked right on the stage during his
act because the piano stool did not
match the piano. He growled and
grumbled the whole week. but We only
on with the stool that did not match
the piano Twas the only one 1 could
find in town. But that Is not marker
TO the fellow who went on in the old
O'Fsrrer street house. He was so all
fred particular about his setting that
he hung around the prop room for
three days before he went on to see
what ] was digging UP TO dress his
scene with. He looked all over the stuff
that l had borrowed and had made up
for him and seemed perfectly satisfied.
Tested 1t With Acid
We'll sunday came and the show
went on for the matinee and everything
was going lovely. The drop came down
after his act for a stunt in one He
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
Wanted-Only a Safe

we do have some funny stunts
thrown at as back in the prop room,
continued Rosemond, smile coming
over his face and his eyes lighting up
Yes, sir. we certainly have some funny
stunts thrown at us back in the prop
room. We opened the Orpheum at the
t-butes on the 2lst Of May after the
fire and the FIRST rattle out of the box
alonS comes Bergere. says she wants
10 plav The Red Thief, and nothing
but a real safe will do for her to blow
me door of. I tell her we can't get q
safe She does not believe me, but
takes me All over town. Not a safe TO
he had. All the safes here and in Oak
land being bought by wholesale houses
starting Offices in fats and residences
in the Mission and Western Addition
we come TO the corner OF OFarrell
and Van Ness and stop TO look at the
bread line in front of the cathedral.
She grows pathetic. Can't stand it.
Must cry. Turns her head away. Looks
down the block OF ruins Dunbar's old
place, O'Farrell and Polk. Big safe
sticking out of ruins Harry says
she, Harry. look at that. that's the
safe we want Marine guard on oFar-
ren street another on Polk. orders
% snoor any one looting premises I'll
admit ] gave up. Chalk it against me.
Bergere did not play The Red Thief
until we got to the new house a year
zfterward. Plenty of safes then. Plen-
" Of time TO make a safe. I made one.
You see, after the ERE, when we
started at the Chutes We had nothing
in our prop room except the regular
tables and chairs. The first Sunday
we got our first dose of Harry. forgot
10 put it down on the prop list, but
you know. make q quick change and
need a table. You know, Harry, any
old table will DO. Any old table. With
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

NJ A HEN the famous ma meier gave
NY the famous advice to his son,
w NY boy get money. honestly
II you can. but get it." every
propertv man took off his hat 10 the
name Of the famous hnancier. Strike
out the word .'money," insert proper
ties" and YOU read the mandate every
vaudeville manager hands TO his prom
erty man. To be a property man in
vaudeville does not necessarily mean
70 be dishonest He must have friends
friends who have nice furniture,
friends who have swell ornaments.
good pictures, nice glassware; friends
who have things necessary to dress a
scene.
To the property man all gold must
glitter, no matter what it is made II.
In the Legitimate" that is. al the thea
ters playing shows on the road. or
At the stock houses. the property man
las time 10 spare in which TO produce
the properties needed. Usually these
houses make up their seasons attrac-
tions long before the season starts. and
as all plays have scene and property
plot attached 10 the manuscripts. it is
a eompa ratively easy task for the prop
erty man 70 prepare. months in ad
vance. for a show that il is TO come.
In vaudeville things are different. es-
.pecislly at the Orpheum. The mana ge-
rnent may know who is coming. may
have an idea OF what the act will be
hf
til the actors arrive in town. which is
usually on Thursday OF the week pre-
csdfnE their appearance in the bill.
And II the management does not know.
ths men "nehtnd" surely do not.
There's chs rub. Harry Rosemond is
property man at the orpheum. He is
one Of the oldest in the business on
the coast. and when he throws up his
hands you know that get properties
boneEtIy II you can" has failed TO work.
Te ss then that Harry Rosemond goes
on h1s stiIl hunt and returns not until
he has either the props" needed or the
material with which to make them.
About Thursday we get our prop
erty plots" said Rosemond. Fifteen
minutes after we read them we go
crazy. Did you ever see property
pJoc2 Here's ones "A Jolly 'Jollier. They
hsRe - props IN their plot and carry
1E The other 50 we dig up. Ny boy,
get properties. That's what the man
eyer parts US here for. Just plain, get
them Look down that list. They have
3 menu cards, soup spoons. 1 silver
soup dish 1 silver fish dish with cover,
/ silver bread plate and silver knives
and forks Nothing breakahle, see2
and they want such things as cham
pzEns glasses, sherry glasses and soup
plates We go 10 work looking up what
we have in our property room and
who OF our friends have what We have
not. II we can only dig Up IS pieces
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

they throw up their hands, declare
their act spoiled and add that they
never vet met property man who
cared a cuss whether their act went
lf- not.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22
By c. w. Rohrhand

NFIHEN the famous insncier gave
NJ the famous advice to his son,
" MY boy, get money. honestly
II YOU can. but get it," every
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
STILL INTERESTED IN THIS CITY
Well Known Landscape Architect
Will Send Drawings

C. b. Blake, the landscape archi-
tect. who lectured here during the
chautauqua, and who gave day OF
his time to going over the city and
suggesting improvements, mas n"t
forgotten the city. A letter has Just
been received at this office, showing
the interest he is taking in the civic
Improvement scheme that the lrl-
hume has been working for. Ihe
letter follows:
Port Clinton, Ohio. Aug. H. Us
Mr.. C. II. Wolfe. Greeley, Colo.
NV Dear Sir;-The copies OF the
Greeley Tribune to hand. thank
YOU for the compliments paid me
hut above all | wish to congratulate
YOU on your persistent work for ciN,S
Improvement. In day or so VIII
send YOU sketch or two Tor 'hs
shrubbery paintings by the schoo'
walk and building as per your notice'
Your city is a real marvel ana my
dav spent with you was one OF "h-
alloyed pleasure.
With best wishes for you and your
city, ] am, ,,
Respectfully, c. b. BLAKE
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
ncfrn,lunt Wins

The case of T.. c. Pyles VS. W. r.
Weatherford. which was one OF ior
chile entry and detainor. was de'lu,o
in favor of the defendant IN the
county court Wednesday aIternoon'
Pyles is land owner ana Wea'hoi
ford had n contract To take '"'e
some bccts on the formers ra"''
Tho tenant had given the rah,nv'
no local cnuse to oust him. but there
hod heeu hard feeling between the
man for some time and Pylcs want
cd to get Weathcrford off the place
wep.herford refused to go. me
case was an appeal from decision
s.i,,or NV Justice G. f. Chipman III
tho iustice court at Windsor.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
GETS A NICE SUM OF MONEY
Plays Part of Travelling BrOther-in.
Law and Raises $O8

Gottleib Stroh, alias John Lowe,
is wanted in various parts of the
country but cannot be found. Stroh
Is Russian and worked in this vici-
nifty last fall but the road to wealth
through the beet fields is supposed
to have been too slow for him and he
has discovered several short cuts.
Last spring he purchased a horse at
Windsor, paying SO down, drove to
Fort Collins, sold the horse for a
good sum and left for parts un-
known. While here Stroh became
acquainted with a substantial Russ
ian tenant eight miles west of Gree
ley. named Adam Beitz. The latter
was at that time expecting his bro
their-in-law, John Lowe, from Rus
sia. Shortly after Stroh's disap-
pearance Beitz received Telegram,
from Rock Island, H., signed John
Lowe and asking for SOS to continue
his journey to Greeley, as he was
stranded at that place. The money
was promptly sent but no brother-in-
law appeared and Beitz has since re-
ceived word from Russia that John
Lowe has not yet started.
In the meantime the police of
Rock Island are making inquiries by
letter and kilograms of the marshal
here, about a man. whose descript-
ion tallies with Stroh, but who pass
ed by the name of John Lowe and
claimed to be brother-in-law to
Beitz. Stroh or Lowe is wanted in
Rock Island for several offenses.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
CHILDREN RODE
SEVENTY MILES
MADE FICTION AN ACTUAL FACT
Remarkable Stunt by Three Greeley
Youngsters and Ponies

The old story about the man who
started out in Colorado to walk to
the mountains before breakfast and
found these to be 60 miles away. IS
we'll known, but it remained for three
Greeley children the Oldest not over
IA years to make the story an actual
fact.
Early last Friday morning Elmer
and Mabel Benton. son and daughter
of Mrs. II, NJ. Benton, and Maud
Connor. daughter of V. c. Connor
and wife started out for their usual
morning ride on their ponies. they
went out west OF the city and when
seven miles out tclephoncd home
tNat they would go on Little farther
= 10 o'clock they found themselves
in Loveland. The foothills, appar-
entity only mile or so distant call
ed to them and they went that iar.
The beauty of the Loveland Grand
Canon. again called and they went
up there another eight or nine miles
They let the ponies rest for hour
or SO at about noon time, ana sraae
along the wayside. but all the emil
drcn themselves found to eat was
an ear of raw corn for each that thSN
picked in II corntield by the road
side.
AT Z o'clock the party returned
home. having covered not less than
20 miles In their before breakfast
ride.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
MANY FAMILIES TAKE UP LAND
Want School House immediately For
Thirty Children

Somewhere out west of Grover
township 10. r. SO. to be exact-a
Russian colony IL being located.
Nine of the members of the colony
came In to file ON land In the Dist
rict court Wednesday. and each OF
the nine 10 married and already a
|paterfamilias.
They are German-Russians. Just
over from the old country for the
most part and seven of them had yet
to take out their naturalization pa
pers. They are here for keeps, 1t is
no speculation scheme, and they are
willing to take up their little wind
swept homesteads out in the desert
and wait for the bitches to come
through.
But they want school house. they
are following in the footsteps of all
successful Americans. and their
first demand Ia for a school. They'll
put up with their old shacks, and a
thousand wants and inconvenience,
but Uncle Sam must please give
them educational facilities for the
80 or more little Russians who are
all going to grow up American citi-
zens.
They will put In the usual dry
land crops on their newly acquired
territory, but are not going to trust
entirely to what they raise for a
living. They will come into the irri-
gated sections during the sugar beet
season and hire out for work in the
fields.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
MANY WANT TO
VOTE THIS FALL
OVER 20 APPLICATIONS NOW
That Many Waiting in District Court
For Action

There are - applications for ad-
mission to citizenship are now pend
ing in the district court.
Some of the applicants are Eng
lishmen who have grown up with
the country and incidentally acquired
farmer-princes' fortunes, but who
have heretofore retained their loyal
ty to the King of England. Some
of them of provincial birth, being
Canadians, Scotchmen or Welch-
men,
But even more numerous than the
are the Swedes
who are making Application Tor
citizenship. Within the last year
there has been marked increase in
the number of these people who have
sought to become citizens of the
United States. which they already
are in everything but the name
The new naturalization laws went
into effect in September OF 1905.
Since january. when the first man
was admitted under the new law.
there have been 81 applications
made Two of these would-be Amer
leans we're turned down, but the
others. saving the 81 whose applica-
tions are now pending, were admit
ted to citizenship.
Russians, or rather the German
Russians. also make frequent appli-
cations, for. like the SWedes, they
are here to stay and naturally crave
the rights and privileges of their
adopted country
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
A SMALL GROVE OF TREES
COULD DO WE'LL.
WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE
Lake Lindcnmeier Near Fort Collins
IL . Sample of . Hit Of Fore
sight on the Part Of the
Owner.-.Same Wanted
in Greeley

Since the advent of the electric
street car system at Fort Collins,
that city has been put into close
touch with really good pleasure
resort. This is Lake Lindenmeier, q
beautiful body of water, couple
OF miles north of the city. 1t is al
most mile long and a third as wide
and very deep; in some places over
forty feet to the bottom. Its owner
MIR. Lindenmeier. whose ranch house
is on its southern shore. long ago
realized the natural beauty OF the
place, and added to that beauty by
planting trees near it. These trees
are now come to maturity and afford
fine shade for picnickers. besides
lending much to the attractiveness OF
the lake itself. The lake is stocked
with fish, and since the electric line
has been extended out there. Mr..
Lindenmeier has built a pavilion
for dancing, also a refreshment and
boat house. a bath house, and has
purchased a half hundred rowboats
for hire, and 30-foot gasoline launch
that now plies the placid water OF
the lake for pleasure seekers at ten
cents a ply. Already the proprietor
Is reaping the reward OF his enter
prise, not only from the crowds that
20 out from Fort Collins, but from
outside towns as we'll. Just last
Friday an excursion numbering over
800 was run from Eaton to the
lake and spent the day. ~.
All this reads like an advertise
ment for Lake Lindenmeier, which
it is not II is only preliminary to
noting the fact that Greeley has nc
such place. due solely to the lack oi
forethough on the part of the own
ers of some of the reservoirs that lie
near Greeley There are half doz-
en- of them, where lot of shade
trees planted now and cared foi
would return a hundred fold on the
original investment in few years
when Greeley has grown little
more, and the county is gridironed
with electric railroads, which are as
sure to come as the next census.
Seeley's lake has the natural ad-
vantage necessary to such resort
but the trees that originally, skirteo
its shores are all dead. due to the
raising OF tUt udll lev SSo'S oS'
no new ones have been planted and
today Seeley's lake is about as desc
late body of water as exists in the
county. If its owners could be IN
duced to start new groves a llttl.
farther back from the banks
would in few years not only be
beautiful resort, but in case OF sale
of the property, would bring enough
more because of this permanent I'M
provement to pay very large interest,"
on the cost of setting and caring foi
the trees.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
NOTED JAPANESE
VISITS GREELEY
CONSUL GENERAL OF JAPAN
Hon. ChiOzO kOikO Holds Brief Re-
ceptiOn at Depot

Hon. ChioZo Koiko, consul general
of Japan, with headquarters at San
Francisco was in Greeley a few
minutes Monday afternoon, while
enroute from San Francisco to Dem
yer and on to Washington on an
officials business trip.
The consul held an informal re-
ception at the train where he wal
met by all of the Japs of Greeley
and vicinity.
The little brown men were dressed
in their best and carried American
and japanese flags. Each was given
hearty hand clasp and CHEEKY
greeting by the members OF the dis
tinguished party. With Mr., Kofko
were his private secretary, G. kum-
abe and T NJ. Kobayashi. who edits
Japanese daily newspaper in Ogden
The party was received in Denver
last evening by committee OF local
Japanese and in the evening Mr..
Koiko delivered an address at the
Peoples tabernacle. He declared
that the diplomatic relations now
existing between Japan and the Uni
ted States are most friendly.
He complimented the japanese in
Colorado on their industry and
thrift. declaring that the class of
his country found here is much high
er than that to be found on the
Pacific coast He dwelt at length
on the necessity for the japanese to
conduct themselves honorably, both
in their private lives and in their
business. declaring that they would
have no trouble with the United
States authorities so long as they
conducted themselves properly.
The Greeley tribune., 1908-08-19
CLUn1 WILL TAKE UP PRO.
0IAMs IN FEW DAYS
YEAS WORK ARRANGED
WIN r. Jude Study Of Topics As
VI Jed As Natures OF
embers That Go To
Make Up Greeley
H.. ClubdOm.

VAcat3on time for the club wom-
en- as veil as the school children is
about 0yer
The Coming years work of the
many clubs has been arranged, the
programs printed and in the hands
of the members, who are already
preparing their papers for the first
meetinss which will be held in
few weeks
A majority of he clubs begin the
years work in September though
a few wait until October, and close
in May.
One Of the oldest clubs is the w.
T. K. Which was organized in 1890,
and hrs iitty-one members. Mrs.
Charles Seem is the president This
year will be spent in studies in the
drama Of today. The program will
open with a picnic, September 23,
with Mrs. II. A.Healy, mistress of
the revels.
The Progress Club is four years
younger than the w. T. X, and has
. membership of twenty-seven. Mrs.
Is. b. Wright is the presiding officer,
and this year the subject is Scot
lanA", and the arts, literature. sci
ence, Philanthropy, politics and ec-
onOmics OF the country will be stud
led and discussed. October Z, is the
date set for the first meeting
The New Century Club will meet
lSapkamber .. and this year will study
A1TS84k literature, political econ
omy aid other subjects. Mrs. Isabel
Rienks IL president and the member
ship is limited to twenty.
The Graphic Club members will
continue their study of American
Painters and Development of the
Drama The membership numbers
| twenty and the first meeting will be
held Monday. September IA.
The Centennial Chapter, d. A. r.
was formally organized in Greeley
in 1903 and has about fifty members.
Mrs J. G. Hughes is Regent, and
fine patriotic programs will be given
throushout the year celebrating the
| flag days.
The Salmagundi Club has for its
members sixteen young men and
women who meet evenings to dis
cuss topics OF the day. Miss Ger
trude Norris is the president and the
year will open with social evening
| October s.
Mrs Helen Starr is president of
the P. E. O. Sisterhood. and meet
ings which are more of social nat
ure are held every two weeks. On
September IL. an afternoon of va
cation Echoes" will begin the year
| for them.
| The Saturday Afternoon Club,
consists of sixteen matrons. and was
organized when they were young
girls. lust out of school. Mrs. Har-
ry II Shaw is the president and the
first meeting will be early in Octob-
er. \ miscellaneous program has
been arranged for this year.
The North Side Country Club.
with Mrs. Jennie Hill. president, has
thirty-one members. who are farm
ers' wves, so the club continues its
meetings through the summer and
takes a vacation at harvest-time, in
the fall They have excellent pro-
grams of interesting topics and this
wears work will close September is.
The Social Science Circle which is
Limited to 80 members, men ana
their wives. meets every two weeks.
They have no special line of study
and heir topics are varied The
/ first meeting is the third TUESDAY
| in SeUtember. Mrs. ID. ID. Hugh, vice
president is acting as president
since he resignation of f. b. Coui-
ter. resident.