The San Francisco call., 1908-10-21
Gossip of RaiIWaymen

"Chickens" said that renowned hor-
ticulturalist and poultry raiser, John
A. Gill, to a party of distinguished
residents of Palo Alto, why, in Cali
fornia you don't know what chickens
are You only have a make believe
chicken here"
Well. where are there any better
fowls in the world?' asked an indig-
nant Palo Alto man; tell me, where?'
In Missouri" shouted Gill with
some heat. I'm the town of Mexico,
Mo-, where l was born. Grandest town
the sun ever shown on, trees and flow
ers."
who is talking of trees and flow
ers?" interrupted III. J. Snyder of Mex
leo, who, being a new acquisition to
Palo Alto. is most jealous of her fair
name; I'VE are speaking about chick
ems
II can show you American Beauties
from Missouri which can't be beaten
by anything on the coast" responded
GILL
I'll just bet $100 even that an Amer
lean Beauty from Missouri can't beat
one raised at Palo Alto said another.
You bet eh?' said Gill, and he
walked over to the telegraph office
and wired to his old home to send him
one rooster and three hens of the
American Beauty Variety. Never mind
cost" added Gill, for his lighting
blood was up
The American Beauties arrived and
Gill had to foot a pretty bill.
There are birds for you," said Gill
over the phone to the man who made
the bet last Saturday. Come over in
the morning and I'll show you that old
Missouri can raise bird that Cali
fornian would be proud to own"
Chuck, chuck" cackled Gill in his
sweetest Missourian way to the i'm
ported rooster and hens. Where in
the deuce have they gomez" he NUT
tered as no birds appeared.
And then he knew.
There in a corner lay the proud bird
of Missouri, dead.
His white plumes, like those of
Henry of Navarro, were blood stained,
his eyes were gone. and astride his
well bred corpse was common barn
yard-but Californian-rooster Growing
proudly.
you've got to show me-" laughed
the Californian. that anything from
Missouri can beat anything raised in
California
K. ii. Torpey, travelling freight
agent of the Pennsylvania lines, in
discussing freight conditions remarked
yesterday:
There is a decided Improvement in
the situation during the last few weeks.
judge this from the fact that a great
number of contractors have been in
the Office inquiring into the cost of
movement of construction material
from the east to the city. We have
now on the road 500 tons of pipe for
one house alone, which means the en-
I'ployment of 25 cars, and that is the
largest shipment for one house for a
long while. Another house has given
our road the haul of 100 tons of hoops
for iron barrels and tanks, which also
is an indication of a general revival
of business
c. f.. Spear, travelling freight agent
of the Southern Pacific at Fresno, was
in the city yesterday, and in speaking
of the freight movement out of his
territory said:
The first oranges to leave our part
of the country will be from Lindsay
and cars are ordered for the 23d and
oath of this month. BY the 1st of No
vember we expect to move out of Lind
say and Porterville about 20 cars
day, and by the. middle of November
from so to 60 cars a day. This dis
triet will send east some 5000 cars"
III. J. Snyder, general agent of the
Mexican Central, and II. r. Judah. as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific. are working on the
schedule of limited train that will
leave this city on December 10 and Los
Angeles on December IS for the City
of Mexico. This excursion in past
years has been patronized literally, and
judging from the number of inquiries
there is every reason to believe that
1t will attract quite a number of peo
pie. The fare for the round trip is
$50 and SS5 If the national lines are
used on the return journey.
|. All the travelling freight agents max
ing San Francisco and Los Angeles
their headquarters temporarily are
| transferring their Offices to Fresno,
where the annual raisin movement is
just commencing. The season has been
backward, but now it is expected that,
owing to the close approach of the
! holidays, business in that section will