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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

IN HE Llewellyn setter is still prime
favorite among Southern Califor-
Il MIA sportsmen who love to go
afield with a good bird dog. These
dogs are more than holding their own
against other breeds used in the South
ern California quail coverts. Since
breaking dogs has gone out of vogue
and that method has been superseded
by the modern way of training, hunt
ers who prefer to educate their own
animals are turning from the high
strung and stubborn pointer to breed
which proves equally as intelligent and
much more tractable. In this way
Llewellyn setter is considered by many
as an almost ideal breed.
There is among fanciers divergence
of opinion about the relative value of
the large setter and the small, light,
quick type. Among those who prefer
the large, strong dog is Floyd H. Tay-
lor, who is the fortunate owner of the
magnificent litter of pups shown on
this page. Taylor's Mollie has shown
some of the best settlers ever trained
in Southern California. They have
been much in demand by sportsmen
who care more for the hunting instinct
well developed than for the finer drawn
and more strictly bench show dogs. The
yard of little beauties shown above
were sired by Singers Bud Stamboul.
AS the parents of this lot are both
famous, pedigreed dogs, and both of
the hunter type, they were naturally
much in demand. Both Bud and Mol
lie it should be remembered, are ca
pable of making a good showing in any
California bench show. Bud Stamboul
has a number of blue ribbons to his
credit, which show that there is moth
ing lacking in him. Settlers make cap
ital watch dogs and are of such an
affectionate nature that they at once
become favorites about the house.
This makes them in almost every in
stance such pets that they are likely
to be overfed and out of condition when
opening day arrives
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

Z HERE are many expert wing shots
in the ranks of local sportsmen
and hunting is a favorite pastime
with them, but probably none is more
expert with the gun or more ex-
perienced in the field than George
Cline sr. The sporting goods merchant
is shown in the accompanying picture
with the evidence of his skill in hunt
ing ducks, his record for last Sunday
on the Moore Gun club grounds near
Naples, being the limit for the day.
Mr.. Cline and a party of friends, all
members of this club, experienced good
success, all getting the limit Where
other hunters have been reporting a
scarcity of ducks and the difficulty in
getting the limit, this party brought in
the full measure all down the line. The
ducks seemed to be more numerous
there than at other points where hunt
ers were seeking them and the party
found plenty of sprig, teal, widgeon
and canvasbacks. Mr.. Cline is among
the first in the field opening day of the
season for ducks, quail and other
game.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
TENNIS IN CALIFORNIA

NOR more than year after the San
Francisco earthquake and fire.
Il April IS, 1906, tennis was at
standstill on the coast. The lack of
enthusiasm was of course felt in San
Francisco and the surrounding cities
and towns. Tournaments were held
as usual but the entries We're few and
the defaults many. The summer just
passed has seen a revival in the game
that has placed it on a footing with
eastern tennis.
At the recent Del Monte tournament
for the championship of the Pacific
states the crack racquet wielders of
the Atlantic coast found that the line
smashes of the westerner were just
as sure and hard as any ball that is
lobbed across the green courts of New
port during the particular week of the
year when national champions are
eliminated and made.
A few years ago California could
boast of but few good tennis courts
and as few tournaments. At present
every college in the state has its courts
collegiate players of the north none
are more worthy of mention than De-
lano and Cowan. While Southern Cali
fornia retaliates with such players as
Bundy, Sinsabaugh and the Rogers
brothers. to say nothing of the invin-
chile Sutton family, particularly Miss
May Sutton, who has upheld the Cali
fornia tennis honors on two continents.
No other game in existence is taken
up with the enthusiasm by young peo-
pie as it's tennis. 1t is a game that
has no harsh extremes and, while de-
veloping the physical organs, culti-
Yates the mind and quickens the eye.
The Golden State Junior club, organ
lied and presided over by DR.. Martin,
deserves special mention. 1t is without
a doubt the strongest and most en-
thusiastic boys club on the coast.
Maurice Mclaughlin, Pacific states
champion, is a member of this club.
He is debarred from championship
events as a junior on account of win
ming other open events.
The winter colonies at Pasadena and
Los Angeles include many enthusiastic
players and a number of racqueters of
note will be seen on the local courts
during the coming months.
Among Southern California colleges
the game has been in a measure neg
lected, but it is understood that a move
ment will be begun soon to organize an
intercollegiate tennis association to in
clude the University of Southern Cali
fornia, Whittier, st. Vincent and other |
schools. The coutrs on the grounds of |
the State Normal school, at Fifth and |
Hope streets are in constant use
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15
Hot Shot

De Hitt-Hello! Where are you going
with the gun?
De Wit-Shooting. Where did you
suppose?
De Hitt-Why, you couldn't hit a
barn door.
De Witt-Perhaps not; but could hit
a darn bore, and l might be tempted
to do it now.-Illustrated Bits.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

1.-THE negro in order to gain the confidence
OF the whites should stay at home outside
of working hours and go to bed with the
chickens"
"Ah, went to bed with one last night,
sub, an it suttenly tasted good."-Houston
Post.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-15

NOR more than a year after the San
Francisco earthquake and fire,
4 April IS, 1906, tennis was at a
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17

single drinking place outside OF FIVE bona Hde
hotels. no saloon licenses being granted. so that
there is only one drinking place to about nlteeh
hundred inhabitants. and the prospect is that
now. because OF the increase Of the zee, the
number of hotel licenses will be decreased 10
two. making only one drinking place TO o''oo
inhabitants With such IN example set In so
prosperous and rapidly growing city as SUM
nit it seems highly discreditable that IN an
adjacent rural township with scarcely hVe nun
fred popuatfon there should be two licensed
saloons within half a mile Of each other
II is necessary Of course for such admins
;rations as those Of the two cities mentioned TO
be actively supported by local public opinion
much more SO than where reliance is placed
upon a general state law. That Is the funda-
mental principle of the local option system. ana
it must be the basis Of all good municpal gov
ernment New Jersey has no local option law
and may not yet be ready for one. but the peo-
ple are beginning to discover that without
special law TO that effect they can exercise
large measure of local control In excise as Wen
as in other matters. Their action upon that
knowledge is highly gratifying. both in its re-
nression of the evils Of too many and disorderly
saloons and in its stimulation of active and ag-
gressire civic Righteousness.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
d. FRIEND or SIMPLICITY

As If was once the custom for King 10 Keep
2 human skull in plain sight ON his dressihs
table to warn him against placing TOO lnuch
confidence in worldly success and pleasures, SO
today do the people of New lork tlty keep
Mr. John V Sheridan in the Assembly chamner
at Albany to caution them against iettlhs past
legislative successes tempt them into negligence
Mr. sheridan is Democrat of the sood oIo
school. believing thoroughly in the saving power
of Jeffersonian simplicity For the frills and
fnickv fancies of this apostate republican age he
cherishes only the profoundest contempt. Which
he frankly shows in his legislative act'Nltles'
Ee ahhors modern iuxuries with the loa1hlhe OF
an Arkansas statesman and battles against the
decadant indulgence of his fellow foWnsnlen by
a bill Assembly No 1897. aiming to restore IN
some measure the good old ld-fashioned home life
that was ruthlessly stamped out by the tene-
ment law of 1901. In the happy days before
that fatefuI year Jehersonian simplicity was a
reality. not n dream: the plain people of New
York CITY could and did sleep in windoWless
bedrooms keep horses and poultry in their
Easements dispense with fire escapes and run
ming water and have as many roommates as
their democratic consciences dictated SO out
rageolsIv did the law Of 1901 Interfere with the
nlain peoples right to life, liberty and the pur
suit of fthiness that to-day more than one mill
ion New Workers are forced TO dwell IN new
law flats and DraCtiSe tne elIete etiquette III inc
sanitary reformers. Mr.. Sheridan proposes 10
deliver the occupants Of certain three family
houses from these rksOme obligations. If his
bill is approved about three hundred thousand
citizens may revert to nature.
Unfortunately for Jeffersonian simplicity of
the picsty variety, whose cause has always been
ardently espoused by the leading local school Of
successful statesmen public taste has been ut
terly perverted during the last decade Under
the name Of civilization fat dwcllers arc openly
approving Of the effemniZing Injuries guaran-
teed by the Tenement and Health departments
and are even camorng for more. 1t is accord
nclv foreordained that Mr.. Sherldan's measure
will meet the fate that befell it last year,
when it not reported out of commit
tee. We trust. though. that second rebuff will
not discourage the ASsembyman. However
much his defeats may make him doubt 'FOr
"they also who only stand and wait with
a bad bill up their sleeves. Mr.. Sheridan should
continue to offer his bill to every Assembly
long he has enough political influence to
get it introduced, for by doing he will not
only give pleasant vent to his Jeffersoniansm,
but also keep the public awake to the tenement
situation. Perhaps. if he urges his ideas insis-
tently he may arouse enough. interest in the
subject TO secure the enactment Of still more
pampering laws
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
TEACHERS Equal SALARIES BILL.
Would Mean Increase of Between Eight and
Nine Millions, According to DR.. Maxwell.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
SIR In re the Conkling bill. whose purpose IS .
eauaIza the salaries of singl women teachers win
those Of married men teachers whenever men nap
pen to be in the grade. the following extract
from Superintendent Max~elTs report FOR 1915
should not be overlooked;
According 10 calculations made oy A1oI1o'
Cook had Senator Whites bill passed. the n
creased cost Of teachers salaries would have been
between eight and nine millions dollars for the
nrssAnt wear Owing to the recent disturbances ~
financial circles it is quite clear thai ms
burden thus laid upon the taxpayers would hdNs
been greater than they could bear II must also
he perfectIy clear that great sn increase II t7
Immediate cost of schools would prevent the exte-
sion OF the school system every year Whcn is necs
sarv 70 nset the demands OF All increasing 7opuia-
tion II is difficult present rate OF expendl
ture to secure sufficient funds 10 erect the addltons-
buildings and to pay the additional teachers needed
10 provide for an annual increase IN the scnooi
ponuIatfon OF q. goo children (page l-0l-
Superintendent MaxweH also stated C7ase ID
that the part-tins students in Brooklyn on sso-
ten1ber 80. 1907 number 2,6o3-
AS TO the cost of schools for 190s19o7, the super
intendent states (page f0S) that it ssssslSS g.
OF course this does not include the interest ths
city pays on bonded Indebtedness for sites OF ouid
tngs nor amount that must be yearly carrisd
into the sinking fund to provide for the redepton
of the bonds. h q
Brooklyn, Feb. Il. 1903.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17

rack contracted before he could get TO tne eA-
aminer and have his stature properly certified
Whether the Postmaster General believed that
under the Constitution of the United States tiie
rights of the smaller minority of American clti
zens were being r1lthlessy trampieo uhuer 'ne
departmental foot. or whether the officials were
moved by the reflection that many men or
yepius had been unable to get into the
service under the old regulations does not
appear The famous Corsican. we are !ou
Snuldn't have got into mail carriers UNIFORM
with step ladder, and there may have peen
feeling that so vast business as that OF tne
Postoffice Department needed to develop VA
poleon now and then. Perhaps the ruiihg was
a covert compliment to the senior senator huh'
Uiscons,n-a recognition Of the fact that the
man large enough to be a United States Sen
ator and Presidential possibility is tall enough
TO carry valentines, tailors' bills ana govern
ment free seeds.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
LESSONS NOT LEARNED.

That element Of uncertainty which gives at
traction TO the stock market and the racetrack
seems TO have certain charm for nearly all
members of the human family ase il must
be assumed that the memory of the average
/ individual is shorter than the proYerbial June
! bng's tail. How else can We account for the
persistent disregard which individuals and na
tons show for the lessons of the past? In vol
canic countries find the peasants erecting
their huts and planting their vineyards up to
the very SUBMITS of the cones which are likely
at any time 10 burst forth in eruption, and in
those localities where foods are Of periodic
occurrence, resulting in great loss of life and
property, sooner do the waters return to
their accustomed channel than the ploushman
goes forth to turn the soil. seemingly oblivious
10 the fact that as sure The sun rises and
the seasons succeed one another the banks will
again overflow and crops be ruined perhaps
not next year nor the year after but eventually
The lower animals and even plants possess
some instinct which leads 1hem 10 avoid dan
gers of this sort, but human beings advancing
10 civilization. seem to have lost the instinct in
their haste to get and 10 have secured
nothing III its place Not only do individuals
refuse TO a great extent to learn from the ex-
perience of the generations that have gone be-
fore, but they frequently fail 10 learn the lessons
which should come to them from their own
experience. \ springtime rarely comes with
out floods in some part of this country and the
newspapers are filled with stories of loss of
life and property due 10 the Ligh water but
these losses are usually in places which have
suffered in the same manner before The same
streets of river cities awash and the same
cellars are flooded. Yet each succeeding flood
finds that conditions permit OF a repetition of
the story OF the previous disaster
In, l,r;af iipac
attention 10 the food that threatens PittsbIry
Time after time the waters of the river in
creased TO twice or thrice their usual volume
by the melting SHOWS from the mountains. have
swept through the streets and cellars of the
lower part of the city and caused damage TO
the extent OF hundreds of thousands OF dollars
not TO mention the loss Of life which is the in
evitable accompaniment of the unusually high
water. At Cincinnati and other Ohio River
cities it is the same. Now and again the lower
parts Of Memphis are flooded East ST Ionis
H., one of the greatest railroad centres of
the -DuDtry, is i'll constant danger from the
water. and il is only a few years since the
Mississippi, rising to height Of MANY feet
above the danger line, swept over tho low banks
and insufficient levees aud covered almost the
entire city, practically cutting ST Louis for
which 1t ls the gateway. off from the East and
causing great loss. not only by actual damage
from the wafer, but through the unavoida bile
suspension of business. the story of which was
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
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Cof<oNIAr-s-s-EspoeTlhe ,,.,..-,
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rssI--S-s:sG-Adrienr LeoouvTe1r-
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Tc1sF-N NfsEFc-Tte World II wax
testers
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gsppis-r-s .en-Fifsy Miles from Boston
fsrENar-s:i5-Nas Ihr Volt
r. -.TK -S:l5--T7e Nitchtrg ttou..
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af,,si-g sNRst.le Of Arthur 4he f0of
seasons p-.5 Winter Carnival. .,
,----sS-sS s-oe-The Homer cf the FANNY
ENTCkERBOCEER-s-la- The lath 0l -
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The Thief
ryRIC-S-i>Crd Duncres-c- .
nsTTsoS stor- :so-The Nofth OF '
:, /. rr-S1-Tc-e.Es- -pandsnna Land
OPERA House, -fNeoseN'o-
ssr~rFT ScC1yTS HALIe-5-fsecitsL $780, -..-,ut
aE-poroT IRAN OPERA HOUSE, ~
sTr aysTTRD AN-s:15-T1le Merry Nl"o"-
.-x-vr S-TTsf-r s:T5-fcnesorne Town
,-f-yE yaT Gothic Soul kiss he
S.yor~s-a Po. OF Broth and I~en's Da's "
e--z-vT rS .>---r-rs-s Grand Army Men
" ..-F<rS-e:ea-A Fintgh- tor DaN- -. Merry
r-TTEp-S rr-erC FAiL-s:15-Buriesoue OF INK '-
Widow.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
told in the Clearing House statements for the

told in the Clearing House statements for the
weeks when the flood was at Its helgnt
When the water.i is nigh and rising every niho
ia filled with plans for the prevention of future
calamities. but such is the optimism of human
nature that as the food subsidies the Victims
draw long breaths of relief and return to tneir
labors and as the days pass and the recollec-
ton of the event grows more indistinct une
plans for permanent Improvement of ievees OF
the prevention OF foods by reservoirs ana .o.
estation gradually evaporate and another Visit
alton of Providence finds conditions much Tue
same as did the preceding one. 1t may conn
IDENTIFY be predicted that with the increase oi
business in all these places subject TO periodic
food the loss will continue to grow greater
each inunda ton costing. perhaps directly ana
indirectly. more than would be necessary 10
protect the city for all time. Who can say
then with such examples as these before US
that we are not a nation of optimsts! Disas
ters financial and industrial of mine, earth
quake. food or fire, are soon forgotten, ana we
reckessly build new hopes on the ruin OF the
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
PRACTICAL EXCISE Reform.

New JERSEY begins TO show unmistakab!e
symptoms Of being tired Of ranking as an cz-
;rerneIv "sct' state. II showed them last year.
indeed. in its election Of Governor who WIS
strongly pledged 10 enforce the existing excise
laws in sliTil and TO the letter. and who frankly
iooks 80 focal option rs perhaps the ne%t step
toward fhe solution cf The liquor problem o..
its ultimate solution. Al present it is mani
Testing the same disposition generally by giving
cordial popular support 10 the Governors law
enforcing policy. and locally by specific and ef-
fective acts which have been found practicable
under the existing laws for the restriction Of
the evils of intemperance.
Thus IN various cities where the long stand
ing law against the Sunday opening of saloons
has been fiouted there has been marked moral
hracing up. Municipal officials who hitherto
have refused or neglected 70 take steps for the
enforcement Of the law have seen Il great light.
which has revealed 10 them prospect of iadict-
ment or summary removal from office Of just
such uDfafhfu public servants as they are and
in consequence they now making haste 10 do
their long neglected duty. The window screens
are coming down. the back rooms are being
closed and the latchstring no longer hangs out
side the side door.
Also, some hitherto faithful and efficient nu-
nicipal governments are adding a few turns TO
the screw In two of The finest residence cities
CT the Stale advanced ground has been taken
toward The rigid Limitation of the number Of
drinking places and the exaction of higher
standard OF orderliness and decency in them
Thus in Planfeld the number of licenses is not
permitted TO exceed certain ratio 10 the non
niation Or TO depart from certain geographical
distribution, while it is Enthusiastically made
known that violation of the law. liberation Of
disorder or sale of liquor to intoxicated persons
or to iiabtual drunkards viii deprive 3 place
ssf its license la Summit the excise board has
sust increased the retail license fee from 500
10 $50 and lie wholesale fee from 500 TO
&o5o. Al present there is in that city not a
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
HISTORIC DOORS FOR VALE.
From The Yale Alumni Weekly.

From The Yale Alumni Weekly.
Two doors of the parsonage in Branfcrd Conn.
where the ten ministers met in The year 100 and
gave the books for the founding of Yale College.
are TO be mounted and placed in the university
library. The two doors were originally mounted
on swinging hinges and opened into he where
the ministers gathered They are the gift OF
George Dudley Seymour. OF New Haven. Conn.
who obtained them when the old house was torn
down and presented them TO the university the
time, of the bicenteunal celebration. It was
planned make them into panels in the doors
which open betwe-sl Linsly Hall and Chttenden
Library. and for this purpose they preserved
unmounted. When Itnsley Haul completed
however. and the old doors We're inspected IL was
decided that they were too fTai TO stand the wear
and tear of actual service and it has been decided
mount them on swinging hinges in "A glass ca b.
met. where they will stand in the same relative
position 10 each other in the old Branford
house. The relies especially vaIuable from
an antiquarian standpoint, as they the oldest
parts known which belonged to any building
nected with Yale history
New-York tribune., 1908-02-17
HUGHES, THE PEOPLES CANDIDATE
Governors Name Household Word AL 0Tee
the Country. Says Upstate Admirer.

TO the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: Having been constant reader Of your Jo'rTlaI
for the twenty years. and realizing II IS th7
official organ of Grand Old Party, u gives
me pleasure 10 voice my sentiments with thousands
Of others In behalf of His E.xcerency Governor
Hughes as the one candidate for the exalted ofics
Let the People Nominate is undoubtedly ths
forerunning call that will best m Charles r
Hughes. for the people want him. as the ones
wants the man.
In his official capacity Governor OF the great
Empire State he has given evidence OF those ms
qualities that have already caused him TO be ths
choice Of the peOple-yes. the peoples candldat9-
At no time I'm the history Of political agitation
bearing on candidates for high Office has therr
been such loud call TO the individual 20 accepe
nomination as I'm the case OF Governor Hughes
For many weeks that gentleman was very re-
Iuctant about coming the front and listening 10
garding their wishes for him TO accept the nom
ination. 1t was only after due consideration ah'
freedom OF action from any political serviity ths'
he would consent 10 have his name placed on ths
honored rollcail.
His conduct in that regard but added higher
praise TO his history honest man. Charles =
Hughes is a household all over thS
country. In this section % the state he Is ths
choice OF his party. and likewise II might be saia
OF tho state in general Since he is the peopieS
candidate IL is safe say he will be our neA'
Chief Executive OF the nation.
HENRY ocoSNELL
willard ~ Y Feb u lNS