The San Francisco call., 1908-10-06

their families Poverty and disgracs
overlook them. and il they had done
what the railroad people wanted them
to do, they would have died in the
odor Of sanctity, with marble tomb
stones.
Their sons and daughters would not
have married sharks. and their names
would have been written in letters
which would have lasted as long as
these glorious mountains.
But it was not 10 be. The lawyer
that came here and Grated made a
grave mistake. He told them that il
the railroad entered here it would
bring along with it the intellect o.
the universe, for here at San JuA
would be raised a people who woSN
be poets and artists and law givers,
and all that kind of great men.
That talk fixed the fate of San Juan.
An artist had painted the classic
features Of one man and had given him
cast IN one eye. That man wanted
no artists destroying the peace of his
family and his face. The second man
had lawsuit, and the lawyer was
worrying him, so he wanted no lawyers
and the third man had heard somewhere
that all poets were crazy and did not
like to pay bills. That settled him, so
he determined to keep the road out of
the place at any cost
For their ignorance and selhshness,
the very fate they dreaded overlook
them. Moral: Never oppose a railroad.
for special set of angels watches over
railroadmen- Why. of course. aren't
they all rich?
A number of railroadmen will go to
Fresno next Friday night to witness the
baseball games Saturday and sunday.
The first game will be 4tween the Cali
fornia Association OF TraI..Ic Agents
and the Fresno All Star team. The
second game will be between the Los
Angeles Transportation club and the
San Francisco Transportation club
Each team will be accompanied bv az
least so rooters-
Among those who will accompany the
local Transportation club are:
John z. Stone. Dare Morgan. James warrack.
Henry AviIa, R. Stanley Dollar Harry Buck y
w Han, F. G. Cole. f. f. Wade. 81 H Pome.
roy. George G. Fraser; Roy Alum. A. G. KerIy.
Lyman. j. g. McGin. W. NJ. Hinchman. Charles
II II Brown. A. p Nicholson. W. H. Grimmeuan.
Harry Ewing. Andy P Stewart. Joseph McEIroy.
Among the rooters will be:
\. r. Martin. Clarence Haydoek Leo Gibson
Tn, 7; F i, FltIgersid H. R. Bingham. 7. D. Con-
ton, A. A. Polhamus. Grove Ketchum. W, w.
Elliott, Jack Bate. Malone Joyce, E. K Garri-
son. Charles A. Thurston. Frederick webb u
lessen. ]. r. Clark. NJ. 7. Matthews. r. b.
Houghton. S. Fox. K. Fessenden and W. Civ
The following will root for the Fres
no team against the transportation
men:
Charles NJ Burkhaiter. r. W. Hobart. Charles
c5.r,ss :; FsmiFs w. "; R. Van sickIsr Bruce Norton.
Toomey and A. G: Wilson.
II. P. Anwant. assistant general
freight agent OF the Santa Fe, has re-
turned from Albuquerque. where he
had been attending the irrigation con-
gress. He remarked yesterday that
the exhibit from California attracted
the most attention
What surprised me greatly was the
exhibit from the Pecos valley he said
They made an excellent showing of
apples such as the Arkansas black and
the Old Missouri winesap. The fruit
was as luscious and fragrant as any
have ever eaten. The Salt river val
ley made an excellent showing Of
dates. The fruit was large and full
favored, and the growers have every
reason to be proud of their desert
product"