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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

tarines. apples and figs. The prunes Of
Napa valley find a ready market, not
alone In this country but in the market
places OF England, Holland and Ger
many Cereals are grown IN all parts
of the county.
Stock raising is one of the chief in
dustries of the county. In the eastern
valleys attention is given chiefly to
beef cattle. and because these. as well
as the sheep and hogs produced. have
to be driven but q short distance to
market, they arrive in good condition
and bring top notch prices. Dairying
and poultry raising are among those
of the smaller Industries which bring
rich returns.
It's mineral resources are one prime
cause of Napa county's prosperity.
Cinnabar deposits, the largest known.
have been discovered here. and mines
which have been worked for over 40
years have produced fortuns In divi-
dends In Pope valley deposits OF
chemically pure magnesia are found.
and magnesite Is procurable in paying
quantities. Near Napa Junction is q
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

valley, for high mountains on the north
and the adjacent counties of Yole, So
lano and Sonorna on the east and west
form effectual barriers against both
enemies. It hasn't any irrigation facili-
ties, either. It doesn't need them. A
generous rain in the winter will pro-
vide all the moisture necessary for the
successful growth of all crops and the
covering of the hills with a aSiuxuriant
vegetation which will furnish ample
grazing facilities for stock. Never has
there been a drought or q failure of
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
NAP A
N A "A
N Al "A
N AP A
N AP A
NAP A
N Up A
COUNTRY HOMES
AND INCOME RANCHES

$50 oOo-Fine country home; 1.soo acres;
good hunting and fishing; splendid
house of i3S rooms and bathrooms,
cottages for men: carriage house sta
bles. barns. cement reserTotr; IN
come from vineyard; some fruit and
olives; close 70 railroad and electric
s25 0o0-Rauch 81 acres; finest valley land;
30 acres Bartlett pears. full bearing,
e no pear blight; 50 acres Iszss peaches,
falfa; Il acres corn. ETC.. dne mod
ern house Of s rooms; gas, hot and
barr barn. Wr Windmill, niIG ehs psns. & 1000 gal gai
stock and complete outfit: VIII pay
10 per cent and all expenses every
year; only 10 minutes to F.. 4. sta~
s17.ooo-oonntry home 100 acres; good ausse
and outhuildings. cost 5000; level
land: suitable for prunes; viii ex-
change for San Francisco or Oakland
income property.
s6.5Qo-Raneh 80 acres; u cherries, pears,
pes eap;pr elf grain nssapa ssiaase naxtale lali
good house OF 8 rooms. barn, etc.:
good income property; near town; y
cash.
is acres fruit. fuIl bearing; new
house 8 rooms and bathroom. wind
mil and tank, barn. etc; can hare
s.. 5.ooo--Country home close to Napa: 10
acres: fruit Z hay and PASTURE
good house rooms and bathroom:
barn, chicken houses. windmfl and
tank. horse and surrey. COW, chickens.
furniture; can have telephone service.
$le oD0-Fme country home. only L i5 miles
from Eapa: good house Of 10 ruomb:
hard finished: good outbuildings and
equipment; windmill and tank; abund-
ance OF excellent water; also medict-
nal spring; 10 acres fruit and
grapes; % acres bay and pasture;
this ID q delightful home and Just
the place for q city merchant
ae.O0o-Ranch 20 acres; II fruit; balance
hay and grain; good house and out
buildin4s stock. implements. furni-
ture; win exchange Tor residence
property IN San Francisco Of value
$4,000 to 5000.
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Se\b Napa man. "Give me
place where man can work
in his shirt sleeves all the
year round. where he gets just the
right amount of rain to raise his crops
and where he can sleep under one
blanket at night, and that's the place
for me-"
The Napa man is not alone in his Tx Y
ing for the Napa valley. mo portion Of
California can boast of more excel
lent combination Of scenery and soil,
climate and geographic situation than
can Napa county" states pamphlet is
sued by the state board of trade, and
that this is true every one who has
ever visited Napa viii testify.
Napa county claims slice or Califor-
MIA which covers 500 square miles.
The valley extends from the foot of
Mount ST. Helena 10 the waters of the
bay, a distance Of 35 miles. while it
varies from one to FIVE miles in width.
1t is subdiyided into several small VAL
leys by the spurs Of the Coast range.
Ocean fogs and summer heat have no
terrors for the inhabitants of Napa
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HILL RANCHES

s1oo-25 acres at Napa Soda Springs:
good for simmer camping. cottage
rooms: rolling wooded land
81 60O-160 acres 10 miles from station; IL
acres fruit and vines 80 acres ttl-
abIe: some good level land. balance
pasture and wood; cottage rooms;
barn.
so 2o0-l5 20 acres In the hills: good income
for small outlay; 2.Q00 vines ful
bearing table grapes, some figs. Al
monds. lemons etc; some vegetabie
land with several springs for 1rriga-
tfou: cottage. barn, implements
So 5oO-Nountafn home. 20 acres. 10 fruit.
2 hay: good house Of 7 rooms; Wild
mill and tank: ? horses, cow. chick
ems: poultry plant: furniture. etc
81 75O-Rarch 103 acres: 15 acres grapes. >
orchard. 10 hay: baiauce pasture and
wood: house ] rooms. barn. chicken
houses, stock
IS. ooo-f4o acres. Q prunss. family or
chard, 10 vineyard. 10 haT. some pas
ture ard several thousand cords
standing wood; house Q rooms fur
nfshed; harms. stock. vehicles. In
plements: good income
81 500-Ranch As acres: 12 choice fruit, 3
grain. balance pasture and wood;
house rooms. good outbuiIdl1zs. 2
horses. cows. wagon. implements.
furniture: mountain home; Only 5
niles from Napa-
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huge deposit Of limestone and clay
from which Is manufactured Portland
cement OF the highest quality. The
Standard Portland cement company has
a mill at this point which turns out
some 1890 barrels OF cement a day.
There are quarries of excellent sand
stone and volcanic stone for architsc-
turaI use. which is used In building
some OF the largest and most beautiful
stone bridges west Of the Rocky noun
tains Napa county Is celebrated for
its picturesque bridges and It's hard,
smooth roads, The bridge constructed
across Putah creek near Monticello is
built OF beautiful blue sandstone from
a quarry near at hand All the roads
are kept watered during the dry sea-
son. thus making them perfect for
either wheeling or driving all summer
Permanent improvements Is the watch
word OF the Napa county supervisors.
and they are finding out that II pays.
ID. GRUETTNER, NURsERfMAN
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SMALL RANCHES
POULTRY FARMS

s2.oOo-f1 acres good valley land. only 4
mile from electric cars Ia acres
berries acres y0uns orchard; new
cottage 3 rooms. barn and chicken
houses. = cash.
s. 20OO-P0uItry farm 10 acres: cottage 5
rooms. barn. chicken houses. ornoder
house. incubator; horse and buggy.
wagon. go hens
3.OOO-Poultry farm. wen equipped: so
houses. IS scratch sheds. br0ocer
house with - orooders' concrete n
eubatOr house. windmill and tank;
good cottage rooms and BATH harm.
carpenter shop
Sc, ,20c-Ranch . acres: fruit. good val
lev land. house. barn. br0oder and
chicken houses. windmill and tank
81. .e0o-Ranch IS acres; al good grain land
Or scitasle for poultry or vineyard.
house aud barn
s1.500-l0 acres; bearing fruit; crawfazd
peaches. apricots. apples and pears
small barn; good buy
s., 500-Ranch 10 acres; fruit and grapes.
5 hay and pasture: cu5t1ge. barn.
chicken houses. COW. chickens. iuipie-
meats.
s., S00--13 acres. near town on good reads
acres family fruit. balance bay
room piasfeFed aouse. barn. chieSen
house; cows. horse. buggy; par
time.
s2.eoO-s acres. 30 rinutes' walk fom
court house, 8 rooms. bath. barn.
tank house, young family orcharde
s. 200-Ranch q II acres. Is valley land
po1ltry plant. fouse. barn. 80 hens
horse and surrey. cows impie-
s.. 5oo-2a acres: acres bearing orchard
balance for hay aud pasture: cottage
rooms and bath; barn.. poultry
plant living creek; has teiepAone
81 5000 acres IeveI valley land on elec-
rric cxrliue; house, 1arus erc-
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GENERAL FARMS

railroad now buildIngl: 200 acres un-
der cultivation; to springs and
running stresm: penty OF wood, good
house OF 8 rooms and large barn;
me stock farm
SIS, ,oOo-Another Investment IN vineyard and
winery that wiz pay 20 per cent; 81
acres resistant vines. full bearing; 10
acres hay and pasture: wine cellar
ceoperage. 20. 600 gallons; horse,
barn stcck implements; hal. cash.
SIS OOo-3ee acres s raiIes from Sapa al
good land. divided into fields. wind
mill and tank aud running stream for
stock; good farm buildings: house.
barns. sheds. etc; a acres bearing
vineyard resistant: acres bearing
orchard mostly French prunes: near
good school ! mile from r r. sta
fiou 2 miles from steamer landinS'
eucalyptus trees enough 10 furnish
wood FOR the place
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Of Industrial work. is well on the road
to fame and prominence in the future
history Of the state.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
GENERAL FARMS

* o5o-Rancb Of l50 acres; half ullable.
balance good pasture and 1000 cords
standing wood: house 6 rooms: barn
and chicken houses; this place is close
to Napa and Will carry 40 head OF
stock Ell the year: fine income can
be made WITH stock, hogs. chickens
ana turkeys: well fenced; u cash.
20 s0o--Tinevard Investment; 26 acres
yrapes: 20 acres for grain OF alfalfs;
Ali productive valley land. acJeins .
p station and electric depot; house
rooms barn Windmill and tank;
horses COW chickens, implements
s1n oon-.Ffne investment in vineyard prop
s's erfr. As acres valley land; II acres IN
resistant vines bearing tons to the
acre: income 5000 a year; house
rooms large barn; cows, impie-
ments: on electric carline.
sff 0oo-Rhuch 360 acres. 30 acres young
vineyard; 10 acres more suitable for
grapes or fruit; grapes when fuH
beaffng Yield to tons to the acre
IN this section; balance good for
stock. hogs, turkeys and chickens;
several springs: abundance OF wood;
small house and barn; 40 head Of
ss,5oo-ii4 acres miles from Naps; 30
acres orchard; prunes, apricots. ap-
ples. etc.; IS acres hay or grain lsnd.
haiarce pasture and timber land; well
watered By living springs house OF
rooms. barn. chicken houses, etc. :
sprinx water piTed TO house.
915 o00-1 200 acres IN Chiies valley on line
Of proposed Napa and Lake County
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NAPA GRAVES, Real Estate, Browns. at Third APA

Beautiful Valleys the State
Mare
evening mechanics working at the Navy faro
San Francisco
aiods-Southern Pacific California
connecting with cleo
n Vallejo
canney large wineries tanner
shirt hat factory factory
lumber yards planning MILL machine works. etc.
excellent and high schools college, pub
Write Complete List
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COUNTRY HOMES
AND INCOME RANCHES

COUNTRY HOMES
AND INCOME RANCHES
$15, ,oO0-Ranch $40 acres: 80 acres bearing
vineyard. berries. 10 fruit. p OIL
Ives. 50 grain. balance pasture and
wood: good house OF 9 rooms. cottage.
2 barns wine cellar with cooperage,
implements, Wagons; one-haf CASH
xs Ooo-Ranch AZ acres; II fruit. fuli
bearing: balance hay and pasture, or
suitable for vines: house Of rooms,
barn. chicken houses, stock and ir1-
plenents.
So 6Oo-Corntry home; new house OF
rooms and bathroom; good barn and
other buildings; horse ana sprins
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Hjul's coffee and lunch house. formerly 427 Mont
Eomery ST.. now 62i Sacrz mento below hearny-
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26

ID. GRUETTNER, NURsERYMAN
The art of floral decoration. the Great
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
NAPA CLIMATE AND
NAPA INDUSTRY

.LPA suits me-" says the
Napa man. GIVE me a
place where a man can work
in his shirt sleeves all the
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-26
N APA
MAPA
NAPA
NAPA
NAPA
NAPA
nAPA
HILL RANCHES

Sc. s.0oo-Ranch ss4 acres. niles from sta
ton: Is acres grapes. family or
chard. Is corn % potatoes. 81 hay.
balance pasture and wood house
rooms; ? barns: abundance of water
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Partial List of Properties for Sale
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
FROM An OLD SOOT-COVERED POT

a. his pictures continued TO multiply and 10 meet
hin. face to face on every hand
when We came combine the different gum
factories into a single corporation Doc deciihed
to take all Of his interest IN stock he eeiiiA1o
lI.5 ,.1 in g.sb + want that much money a
r. bile in front of NE so that can count II he
said paid him myself He sold some OF MS
shares afterward but he left $4,000 In dividend
paying stock TO hts heirs
VIII you tell me-" 1 asked, about your start
IN business
THE morning after receiving my diploma from
a commercial school in Toronto, Canada. my father
said Come with me- AS We drove along I was
told ne had 1ettered to a firm Of wholesale
zrocers' I was to serve thre years On being in
troduced one OF III epartneTs. he took me aside
and Iectured me for nearly hour the evils Of
drinking Liquors were sold in the store and II
sucurnbed TO temptation I would go TO ruin Then
the second partner called me 10 his Office and re-
peated the lecture.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

the starting OF the balloon with her two little
girls They were watching the fight Of the Ameri-
can balloon. when they suddenly q pun Of
smoke spurt out from its side. They thought at
first that the balloon fire, but realized
that It had burst when II began fall A sound
half gasp half shriek-burst from the spectators.
The men seemed falling 10 certain DEATH and the
spectators believed that nothing short Of miracle
could save them The two little girls dropped TO
their knees and folded their hands prayer tie
deliverance OF the Americans. The crowd
stood silent in the presence Of death The
mother Of the children said that, because the lives
Of Forbes and Post spared. the two little
believe absolutely that their prayers were
swered-
Jaques Faure and hts balloon five minutes
and several miles ahead Of the American balloon
when # burst Faure could distinctly all that
happened until the falling went behind sorne
OF the tail buildings, but he could in no way make
the result Oscar Erbalsh at the time just
starting. He passed the building which
the Americans had aIighted and the
scramble out OF their basket a few hours later
the balloons Of Faure and Erbalsh within
hafing distance, and Faure asked through his meg
sphone about the fate OF tA4 Americans He re-
cslved assurances OF their safety, wrote his
gratulations and dropped the note while going
the next village The Americans received Il the
next morning breakfast while the Frenchnan
was still IN the air.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
AUGUSTUS POST.
The other survi"or OF the long fall

Weather was fine all the way with splendid moon
light nights and a gorgeous display Of shooting
stars American Samoa is fine place The
natives are well built and good looking Most OF
them missionaries now.
only first class men from the ships were al
lowed to 20 on shore. about sixty from each vessel
during the daylight. Natives from all the ISLANDS
IN the American group came 10 Pago PaSo on
board the Annapolis. which will take them oack
home after the fleet leaves Governor Parker
brother-in-Iaw Of ex-PTesident Harrison, and re-
tired captain Of the navy visited each snip ana
received from each a seventeen-gun salute The
natives gave the officers talking welcome, called
fano and q prodgious feast. called 'talolo- Every
one is making arrangements for the target practlce
but no one finds 1t possible to take much heart II
work 1t is too hot, and there is too much rail-
and humidity L makes fellow feel Ike Ioa1ng-
The Anna polls is station ship here, and me htt4e
craft for the purpose. The Solace caught Up WIN
US on the 18th. Each ship sent a boat ana got tne
mail then she went to the cable station we
obtained from the Solace the news OF the wreck
o4 rbe Aeon on Christmas Island There should
be some way OF getting the mail without the de-
laws which are now necessary 1t IS pad enough
IN live here without being so completely cut Oh
from, civilization and the means OF COMMUNICATION
with the rest Of the world
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
THE USES OF ADVERSELY.

..G-osan" said the head OF the cepartrnent stoEs:
ewing him sharply. you've quit drinking maven
YES sor' answered the red-headed Hioerhls!1.. ma.
.,,bo worked In the packing department = aaVen a
taken dhrnk anything stronger III - 49,
tay f'r three months" ~, axa t+ an
7 am glad TO hear IT, Grogan- y. I1a 5 brss- ~
object to you TO stay quit But no" o1N ~ ~
Yourself of the habit? ,u- ,-h.-,
BE hittin me- thumb-nali via L4Aii
7 was oackin' q box o goods
y don't see how that could cure you. =, T,d
.e1E-a1 Nistber Barker, il was this way II I u
-, eobar d'y4 u1oind I'd niver have done y;
PIt r wasn't Whia I whacked me thumb lassesio s. =
- 1bs nail I was thryin TO dhrtEe, II H4aue g =
bIack snot at the root me- thuTIlo-IAltI y
~ r@asaIf C3rogan I'll punish ye IT th1l- -
sban'r have dhrink av ayti;er Deer
nil that black spot has gone s
well sor. II WIS two months DeIare .I, ~ n@f 1at
- ,I,t - rhe end o numb an cIu -
srCMeu ~" - mat time ia lost all me appetite II
beer an whusky- . ~.-- TN rausrf We
Thin I says 10 mesilf. Grogan. -, -, ve'1 stay
- 49, we're a sober man 1oN, 1n = 80 80
sdhe That's the whole story, cor'-f outh O0iii
paIion.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
GLASGOW STUDENTS
PLAYFUL FRANKS
HOW THEY ELECT THEIR
LORD RECTOR.
They Break One ArOther,s Heads,
Riot and Destroy PrOpeTts
While Spectators applaud.

Among all the savagss Of the colIeg1ate world
who play football engage IN rushes er fight duels.
the students Of Glasgow University stand well n
the lead. The election Of new Lord Rector. III
stead Of being grave and -evsreEt procedure. a.
people imagine. the occasion for the loosfnS
primitive instincts orgy OF fighting which
almost compares with Russian pogrOm- A fort
nights campaign Of bioodshed. riot and destruc-
ton OF property Is part Of the regular curriculum
this venerable institution Of learning No
object II. the police cO-operats pre-
serve order that the scheduled disorder may
continue II Is huniiating q patriotic American
to think that the licensed ferOctty OF the young
at srets centre OF culture should surpass
the performances OF undergraduates Chicago
and Yale
How those who thirst fer knowledge at Glasgow
commit triennial assault and battery on one
other Is ve-aciously described by OF the
oatants IN The Wide World Magazine" Thsrs
are two clubs II the university, the Conservative
Club and the Liberal Club which exist for sIeccnz
Lord Rectors OF their own political faith These
are Ike our political campaign committee, with
the difference that the tactics OF education frankly
include suggt1g and the distribution lireratErs
Is supplemented with the dissemination Of cratefIs
OF rotten eggs A campaign fund OF several thou
sand dollars. mostly contributed BY the candidates
for historic honor their outside Darrisars i5
managed by small COMMITTEES OF each club. No
publicity IS given 70 the details of expenditures
But the articles OF war governing the jOfnE
physical debates OF the campaign are published IN
the club magazines. When Mr Asqufth now
Premier OF England. ran for the rectorshfo TIRES
years ago the following announcement made:
The Glasgow University Conservative and Ifb-
eTat clubs hereby agree 70 the following arrange
menrs for the conduct OF the recrOriaI election.
L The rooms OF the clubs shah be usad for fight
ing on and after October 25. with the exceptions
hereafter mentioned
2 Pianos shall be held tnviolabIe
J. There shall be no barterfng rams used OF sim
liar appliances whose Is dangerous
4 MatTfcuiation and class tickets shall not %
taken
{. Fighting shall be With open DOORS T. e. 10
insuperabe obstacles shall be placed IN the door
way.
s. Gas fittings shah be invioIabie
Z Canvassers and canvass sheets shall bs
vioIable
s The evenings which smokers held oy
either club shall be trucss-
q Truces shall extzt till haIt an hour after al
other meetings.
JOSEPH DAVIDSON,
Hon Secretary, 9. L. Conservative Club.
= c WATSON.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
PUT DOC" ON WRAPPER.

Doesn't pepsin come from pigsy Beeman an
swereds
II knew what ought 70 go on the wrapper but l
held my views back and let Dec talk He was a
banepoisnt locking person. in middle life. and
had determined ito use his photograph / wouldn I
have pasted my own picture piece Of gum for
the world. Presently 1 gently limited al what was
In my mind. Doc ticked TO death. So his
phslanthroplc countenance and fine. old bald head
went on to the label and on 70 the billboards ard
into the newspapers all over the land he rarnped
gS and deNn ths sssIh si-h IncrsAztng dsliSht
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29
OUR SAMOAN WARDS.
Picturesque People Second to No
Americans for Patriotism.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bu-eau.I
Washington. Nov. 2s.-The Pacific feet recently
visited the United States naval station at Samoa
which is OF the least frequented Of the gov
erument possessions beyond the seas. The visit
OF great Importance TO the naval officers
who are stationed there and took the quality
OF & nomentous event in the estimation OF the
natives. In q letter which was received al the
Navy Department q few days ago from Off
with the feet brief description OF the visit
was given:
We left Honolulu September 10 and arrived
at Pago Pago the morning OF September &c. on
schedule time" said the writer. The crossing Of
New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

capital Of 100000 White was the first president
George Heber Worthington, entirely different
tvpe OF man, is his successor. White is still en-
toying the good things which came from the soofy
but ma gical pot Only recently he bought szOoeo)
house.
Alrnost contemporary with White was an odd ana
leislreIy character known Doe" Beenaan, who
having practised legitimate medicine in little
coTpt-v town. moved Cleveland and got into
peDsia which he made from the inward parts OF
pigs sns sold to persons suffering from indiges-
tion Theoretically he manufacturing chem
ISL: practically he was barely making q living, II
he even were doing well that People were
eassiping about White and openly rfdiculing and
secretly envying his spectacularly growing for
tune.
And now we reverently approach the birth OF
another momentous idea. and about to pass
into the inscrutable precincts Of another psychic
logical moment. Beeman had bought something
a. a hook and stationery store. The cashier
shrewd and suggestive young woman. seeing his
he7isr countenance framed in the window before
her desk exclaimed: Say, doc, why don't You
make gum and put pepsin in t?
well BeeTnan draw!ed in reply, that sounos
reasonable Much obliged. III make some expert
rents
Make the gum first and experiment att-rward
the cashier said
DOC" sa W the point. Moreover ne vas honorable
s,ouph to let the cashier have a substantial in
terest In the business. In few years she was a