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The San Francisco call., 1908-07-01
ALAMEDA'S COURTHOUSE RING

n RATER LEIDECKER OF Frutvae has been guilty the
- unpardonabe snunprdonabe in Alameda county In other
political divisions OF California the of Mr. Leidecket might
be regarded form of virtue and payers rise up
call him blessed But Alameda county the to
reduce public rebuk and usually
industrious mouhpiece OF the courthouse ring
In the present instance Supervisor Mitchell ocaed
capacity Mr. Leideer offers do ali any printing for the
county twenty per less than the paid the
official approval OF the board Of supervisors he backs
with sufficient bond plain might suppose that proposal
of this would be welcomed by honest board supervisors
and he would be right but the Alameda county board
kind The printing steal of the latest pums basket
chiefly worked conjunction with Darg with incidental
rakeo for anybody who has held political cowba
comfortable program of addition division and silence.
Therefore Mitchell rebuked the audacous Ldecker had
but there painful note of hesitation
his voice Mr. Ledecke untmey His broke
rules of the game played Alameda county The
for printing fixed the advice of he
interested expert the community Mr. Ledeckers offer could
considered because made the wrong He
would do well to forget 1t.
The Alameda county courthouse of the busiest cogs
the Herrn machine which the Lincoln league proposes
drive from power The ring lives off public plumber
strongly entrened but determined public opinion
make end OF this agency OF corruption The work
completed this year, but good beginning will be made
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pATERNALIsM UNDER A DEMOCRACY

TN ESULTS of sanitation in the canal make extraordinary
showing view of past experience the ground It
is familiar tradition that rytie laid on the Panama railroad
human life With the improved sanitation enforced
the the death does vary greatly from
that Of cities in the temperate The of the chief sanitary
officer for May gives these figures
In the of Panama for May 1907 the 1000 2679
May 1908 the annual death rate 1000 0a slight
annual death
which 342l 1000 last
with 2979 per 1000 for this May
Colon and the canal
May 1907 of 35 1908
extremely showing
sanitation during the just passed
The death among employees the government works
much figures show The for white employees
year May 149 per 1000 compared with 1884 per
the month last year The rate for black employees
May 1907 3S per 1000 ard May this had declined
to 8Z2 per 1000, very extraordinary showing.
An almost paerna exercised by the commission
employees An found the provision of wash houses
drying every labor camp 1t wise precaution
the rainy abore usually
when knock off work and they urged change
their clothing These heated by blast
operation night day and provide precauon against
dangerous naara and lung diseases prevalent that climates
OF the district OF Colombia and OF the canal
supply conspcuouy successful examples of paeasm under the
rule of Paternasm Porto Rico complete
failure the Philippines results dcouaging far
have got.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-01
THE BUSINESS SITUATION

BRIEF item printed in these columns June 80 the last
day Of the fiscal year, gives these interesting facts:
Figures specially compiled by Journal
and Commercial Bulletin show that July total
will be dividends railroad industrial
S24Z8 OF grand dividends contribute $82752812
l20oo4o than long list
which either reduced their dsbu
holders On hand, disbursements will
the heavy OF bonds and during the last
It encouraging showing and demonstrates that the wounds
inflicted the financial system by the October panic healing
rapidly The patient convaescent and ready 60 The
bank cearngs equal those of they
distinct and gratifying those OF last The process
of recovery almost complete and OF comparisons
safe that conditions normal because the correspond
period last the business than the available faci
ties could handle
The marked improvement business conditions due the
prospect of great crop this fall All the mills begin
hum because known that mercantile stocks all the
country virtually exhausted and will call for big
replensh them Under the influence reduced prices the
trade has taken life and the mills that
for months starting up The railroads resumng
strucon and making up the Of repairs AT Sacramento
and Sparks the railroad shops of the Southern Pacific have
working The reduced
The quadrennia turmoil and political contention promises
be less than former presidential campaigns and fact
the platform builders finding difficulty providing issues
that may be expected fire the popular heart The country
attending business with comfortable that contemporary
politics will take Of itself In word conditions
o indicate the election of Taft
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-01

The Smart Set

in Palo Alto. The Van Burgen mar
riage about two months ago was one
of the large events Of the season
Mrs. Charles E. Green and her guests,
who. have spent the last fortnight tour
have returned to san Mateo. Miss Dolly
Cushing. who was one of her guests.
came up yesterday and Is in her own
home in Mill Valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Emerson left
for Guatemala last Saturday for a trip
of several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A Rossier will close
their home here in September and viii
spend the winter months in Egypt. Wis
iting several OF the European cities
on their way home in the spring.
Miss Laura Farnsworth was. hostess
at an informal card party on Satur-
day afternoon last. to which several OF
the girls of the smart set We're bid
den. Her guest of honor was Miss
Pearl Judson. who is shortly TO be
married to Frank Alton Somers. After
the games tea was served and the aft
ernoon ended with an hour OF good
wishes and congratulations for the
bride to be-
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Pissis and their
daughter. Ethel. are In New York
where they will spend a week or 10
days before sailing for Europe.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Thomas and
Miss Ruth Thomas have left Los An
geles and will spend several weeks at
Santa Barbara, Coronado. Pasadena
and Yellowstone park on their way
east. They Will sail from New York IN.
September and spend the coming
twelvemonth In Europe.
Mrs. Maurice Lowenstein. who was
a few years ago. returned from Japan
on Monday. and has taken a house In.
Piedmont for the. summer. Business
still detains Mr.. Lowenstein in the orient,
but he viii join his wife In the fall.
Miss Angela Coyle is the guest OF Miss
Grace BrOmdeld in her San MateO home
and will spend another week In the
southern town. Arthur Hooper. who is
also a guest OF the BromieIds. will be
detained there several days because OF
a sprained ankle
Willis E. Davis will leave Santa Bar
bara tomorrow for San Francisco and
will be Joined here in a day or two
by j. U. Gamble. who will be an ac-
QUESTION TO the local artistic colony.
The two viii occupy the Davis home
in Scott street. Mrs. Davis and her
daughters, Edna and Sidney-who have
been abroad since Aprfl-are expected
here about August 10.
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is AN AMERICAN. B. c., City. A
man was born in this city. Father
French. but not naturalized. Some say
he is an American, some say French
man. How is that?
A man is native of the country in
which. he was born. consequently the
man being born in San Francisco is
American by birth. He may. at any
time, If he. desires. become citizen of
France or any other country that per-
mits a change of. citizenship, but that
would not alter his nationality.
INHERITANCE taxi. H. D., City
What is the law as to inheritance tax
in California?
The law Is very long and this depart
ment has not the space to give it.
You will find it in the general laws OF
the state. at the free public library in
Hayes street near Franklin.
ENGAGEMENT--A. Y. L. Is there
any law on the subject of returning en-
gagement rings?
There is no law in regard to such
matter. Somebody has said that "a
woman of refinement would scorn to
keep ring after the engagement had
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Gossip of RaiIwaymen

Mr.. Wallace, you are wanted in the
office" said one of the clerks of the
maintenance and way department to
the assistant chief engineer of the
Southern Pacific yesterday.
Wallace followed the clerk into the
big room, where the other employees Of
the department were assembled. He
was met by W. w. Slater. signal engi-
neer. who said;
.Mr. Wallace. your old associates in
ask you TO accept this loving cup as a
token of their esteem"
WaIIace's voice faltered when he
spoke:
Gentlemen" he said. II thank you
most heartily. We have been long
while. together. and the saddest part
of this leaving is that I feel as if it
were parting with members of my own
family. We have seen each other daily
together. I am, however. not leaving
the city. and / hope to come and see
you often. This is indeed a beautiful
cup"
The loving cup is of silver and about
two feet high and carries this inscrip-
tion:
John Herbert Wallace, a token of
esteem. from his old associates in the
maintenance and way. department of
the Southern Pacific
Wallace was nearly 80 years with
the Southern Pacific. He has received
several fattering offers since the news
of his resignation became known, but
intends to take a long rest before en-
gaging in business. He will leave to-
day for the Van Arsdale place on the
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McCloud river and after that will go to
Lake Tahoe.
John quincy Barlow, WalIace's sue
cessor. arrived in this city on Monday
from Baltimore and will take hold OF
his duties today. His title will be the
same as that Of Wallace. assistant chief
engineer in charge Of maintenance and
way.
". S. PIadweIl. who has had charge
Of the information bureau OF the South
ern Pacific at the Oakland pier. will
be brought across the bay and put in
charge Of the ONCE in the ferry build
ing. The Oakland ONCE Will be main
tained and will be under the control
of the operating department The ferry
offce will be kept open from $40 a. nj.
till D m
The Western Pacific has gap of
six miles between. Sacramento and
Marysvflle. Work is progressing rap
idly on the bridge. over Alameda creek.
Some 10 carloads OF material for the
line passed through Ogden last Satur-
day billed for Marysville.
George G. Fraser left yesterday for
Chico. but his baseball suit will go
TO Auburn by express in time for the
great game on the fourth OF July.
John MeGinnis of the city freight
Office of the Southern Pacific in Los
Angeles has been promoted to travel
ing tarin inspector with headquarters
in Los Angeles
c. A. Rutherford of: the Rock Island
lines is in Reno on business.
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n WEDDING Of interest to society
~ here. took place on Monday in
- Chehalis. Wash. when Miss Minna
= NJ Hazard and George w Twiss
were married. Miss Hazard is a
sister OF Lieutenant Oliver P. H, Haz-
zard. She has spent the great part or
the last two years with her brother and
his wife in their home at the Preside.
She is charming and pretty woman
and was a great favorite in service and
society circles here Miss Hazard re-
turned TO her northern home few
months ago, since when the news or
her approaching marriage was received
by her friends here. Her father has
large real estate interests near Che
halls and built handsome bungalow
home there few years ago. The
house is surrounded by a large gar
den. and Mondays wedding took place
on the lawn under the great trees. A
large number OF friends and relatives
gathered for the occasion. Lieutenant
and Mrs. Hazard being the only mem
bers of the family who were not able
to attend.
The wedding of Miss Gertrude JOS
selyn and Gerald Rathbone. which took
place at noon yesterday, was one of the
prettiest of the seasons home affairs.
and was witnessed by about $50 of the
city's society people The ceremony
was performed by Bishop William Mich
OILS. The guests We're assembled in
the front drawing room. which was
decorated in green white and pale pink.
The bride, who wore white liberty
satin, trimmed with point lace. was
attended by her three sisters, Mary.
Marjorie and Myra, and by Miss Mar
garet Newhall. Miss Emily Wilson.
Miss Elena Robinson and Miss Maude
Bourn. The bridesmaids wore lingerie
frocks and carried pink Canterbury
bells. Harry Poett was best man
a wedding breakfast followed the
ceremony. Mr.. Rathbone and his bride
left in the afternoon for the southern
part of the state. where their honey
moon will be spent.
Miss Jessie Wright is staying with
Miss Frances Howard in the Howard
home. Hopeful Hail. in San Mateo.
The G. Alexander Wrights. who have
been touring Europe and Canada since
December, left Vancouver on Monday
last for home, and will stop on their
way down at Portland and Seattle.
Miss Hilda Spong returned to town
from the southern part of the state a
day or two ago, and will be the guest
of Miss Nevada Hebron in this city
for three weeks before leaving for the
east.
Mrs. Edgar Van Burgen has re-
turned to town after a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Tourny.
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States Honest Press Praises
Presidents Message
GALL AND BITTERNESS

For weeks the Los Angeles Times
has been abusing Francis j. Heney as
a cheap border. ruffian who is seeking
to send some of San Francisco's best
citizens to the penitentiary on the
charge Of grating. and denouncing
Rudolph Spreckels as a rich fool, who
is allowing Heney to pull his leg for
money with which to conduct this cam
paign of prosecution. Hardly a day
passes that the Times does not at
tack one or both of these men. and If
it misses a day there is sure to be
some mean fling at Langdon or some
coarse attack ON the people and the
newspapers who have had the temerity
to support the graft prosecutions in
San Francisco.
A few days ago the Times printed in
it's telegraph columns a letter from
President Roosevelt to Spreckels, but
We notice 1T was not played UP with
big headlines nor indorsed with any
editorial comment. 1t must have been
gall and bitterness to the Times to
publish an article in which it is placed
in the pillory by no.less a person than
the, president. of the United States
Riverside Press:
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THE LIBRARIAN AND Mr.. BUNDLE

DISTRESSING controversy RACES in Los Angeles between
the children of Mammon, who in their usual wicked
have seized least acquired control of the municipal
government and Mr. Charles T. Lummis who has
himself the public library, from which point of vantage
throwing assorted viuperaion his fellow citizens The
of the lamenable failure OF Mr. to
call their city by its right Says Mr. Lummis
a
by
pro-
Of and before his And
andea Loce Angel-ess
The way OF the crusader is hard Mr. Lumms, with more
confidence the nfaby OF municipal governing
bodies brought grievance picturesque language
10 the of the city council The result disastrous
think said Mr. Bumbe swelling with conscious Importance
TO think should bring thing like that before body like
tereupon Mr. Bundle the obnoxious and impe
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document the wapaper basket So pershes the
sade smothered in whirlpool of municipal pomposty
We have had troubles of like
There for instance the penciou Aleck who likes call
the Frisco From this and crawling reptile
Lord deliver It the credit of the United Railroads that
corporation with soul for nomenclature Half concealed
among the sometimes perncious activities of that institution there
unexpected sympathy for preservation of the historical sig
ncance local proper Doubtless the observed phenomena
due the refining influence of Mr. Nuay who being
Irman warmed under southern doub1y gifted with the
Celtic beauty No corporation could long with
Mr.. Mual who himself the broth of boy without absorbing
of the huanes Moreover having poet the head of
municipal government, Mr. Mualys well efforts
welcomed with approval and unlike those of the
unhappy Luis smothered parochal contumey and
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Answers to Queries

been broken, and that refined young
man would never demand the return of
a ring
MUSHROOMS-M r., Gold Beach.
Ore. Where can L obtain the best and
most reliable information on the cul-
ture of mushrooms?
There are a number of books on that
subject which you can procure through
any first class book seller. Possibly
the University of Oregon at Eugene
City would advise you as to the best
publication on that subject.
CADET-Suhscriber. Oakland. Cal.
What are the rules to become cadet
in the United States revenue service?
You will have TO pass competitive
examination. For full information
write. 10 the secretary OF the treasury,
Washington. d. C.
MARTIAL Lawn McA.. Waterford.
Cal. Was San Francisco under martial
law in 1906?
It was for time under military rule.
but never under martial law
ST. LOUIS FARM. NJ, Oakland,
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Where Dutch Bulbs Grow

An interesting characteristic OF The
Netherlands is the raising of tulip and
hyacinth bulbs Attempts have been
made. in several parts of the world TO
grow these. but nowhere can the ex-
pertinent be said to hare been success
ful, as the proper kind of soil for the
propagation OF perfect bulbs seems
only to exist in the small space of ter
ritory between the cities. of Leyden
and Haarlem. This stretch OF country
Is in reality the bottom OF the old ,Haar-
lem sea. which was laid dry about the
year 1852. and this sea bottom dirt,
a combination OF sand and decomposed
vegetables and plants. appears 10 be
the only soil capable of producing the
flower bulbs mentioned.
These bulbs are exported to all parts
of the world; the demand is constantly
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-01
Where Glove Trees Thrive

There is no place in the world where
the Glove tree thrives as well as in
the islands Of Zanzibar and Pemba- 1t
is the principal product of the islands
and together with copra and the ivory
brought from the mainland cloves form
the principal item of export Since the
abolition of slavery the Glove planta
tions. have been neglected for lack OF
labor. Most of the plantations were
formerly in the hands of the Arabs.
and as the natives could be made to
work the grass and weeds were kept
out of the plantations, but since the
natives can not be forced to work it
is hard TO get any to work even for
a fair remuneration. Various methods
have been employed by the land own
ers to keep the plantations free from
weeds. resorting even to the American
disk harrow to cut up and clear the
spaces between the trees of the rank
vegetation, but so far with little sue
cess. This problem Is still unsOlved,
but with the Introduction of a machine
able TO weed the spaces between the
trees, Glove as we'll as cocoanut, a new
era will come to the owner of the Zan-
zibar plantation.
The cocoanut palms are OF two kinds
the Zanzibar, with it's high trees and
large green huSheu COcOduutS, Ine drleO
meat of which furnishes the copra OF
commerce. and the Pemba cocoanut
palm, smaller In size. with a reddish
husk. very thin layer of meat. but
entirely filed with milk. called madafu.
This cocoanut furnishes the native
drink both before and after fermenta-
tion. The mangoes are of a good quail
ity and plentiful, but are inferior to the
Bombay mango. Oranges and lines,
pineapples and bananas are plentiful,
though the price realized for them in
the market sometimes does not pay
the cost of transportation.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-01
Personal Mention

Major Rock wackwitz of Germany is
the st. Francis.
Octavius Morgan. an architect of Los
Angeles, is staying at the Fairmont.
C. E. Lilly and Fred Swanton of
Santa Cruz are staying at the ST.
Francis.
Mr.. and Mrs II. B. Duncan of Wash
ington, D. c., are guests at the St
Francis
Z. T. Dumble, Southern Pacific rail-
road official from Houston, is at the
Fairmont.
Among the arrivals at the Royal are
j. K. Wilson of Butte, Mont, and J.
Knapp of Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles s. Darling. a
bridal couple of this city, have apart
ments at the Fairmont.
H. c. Burton and wife of Minnesota.
William Gignoux of Goldfeld and w.
Rogers of Goldfield are at the Regent
e. E. Jones of Bakersfield. ]. t.
Jones and wife of Martinez and Mrs.
Helen Finell and family of Red Bluff
are at the Victoria.
William NJ. Garland, a real estate
man of Los Angeles. is at the Fair
mont, accompanied by his family who
are making an auto trip through the
state
E. NJ Watson. Allen Herbert, w. C..
McGonagle and +. R Harvey of Homo
lulu. who are delegates to the demo-
cratic national convention at Denver.
are guests at the st. Francis.
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MISUNDERSTANDING FACTS

We find powerful, influential metro
politan newspapers misrepresenting
facts and coloring their news reports
of court proceedings in the interests
of those same higher ups" The
chief offenders are the Chronicle, the
Examiner, the Oakland, Tribune, the
Los Angeles Times and the Calkins
Syndicate papers.
TT hurts business" is the plea.
Is 1t any wonder that Roosevelt felt
that the situation called for a. special
message from the president Of the ma
tion?-Stockton Record.
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pEsP1sEs THEIR KINn

1t must be grinding on the San
Francisco Chronicle and the Oakland
Tribune to applaud President Roose-
welt and his administration. all the
time knowing he despises their kind.
But the editors of both these papers
have long since lost, not only the re-
spect of the people but their own self
respect as we'll In his recent letter
to Rudolph Spreckels the president
designated them as clearly as had he
called them by name.-Vacav1lle Re
porter.
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-01
Big DrydOck for Brazil

As. a part OF it's new naval policy.
which has taken the form OF three OF
the largest battIeshfps now building.
the federal government in Brazil has
made arrangements for the construc-
ton OF the largest drydock in South
America.
This dock is to be available for mer-
chant vessels as we'll as warships. The
dock Is to be secured by reconstruc-
ttoE OF the MOrtOna dock, owned by the
government OF Brazil and used Shtil
recently by the Lloyd Brazi1eirO for its
merchant ships. The old dock is 10 be
widened and deepened much along it's
present lines on the water front of Rio
de JaneirO adjoining the new CONNER
c1al WharveS or docks. BY the plans
finally adopted 100 600 cubic meters OF
rock VIII be excavated from the bot
tom, sides and land end until the dock
Will have a total inside length great
enough 70 admit a vessel ESQ meters.
or about SIS feet. It is TO be divided
into three Secttons-one $50 meters. one
20 meters and the third so meters. so
that three vessels OF proper size can
be handled at the same time.
The dock is TO be fitted with all the
latest appliances, both with respect to
naval and merchant vessel needs. In
asmuch as it will AFFORD necessary con-
veniences for the docking and repafr OF
vessels up TO $4,000 to $4,000 tons. IL is
a distinct advancement in South Amer
lean shipping The work on tho dock
viii be under government auspices. 1t
Is to be commenced at once and will be
completed n two years. The largest
merchant vessel now making regular
runs 10 Rio de Janeiro is less than
1900 gross tonnage. hence the dock
Is we'll ahead of commercial require
ments.-From Consular Reports.
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Increasing. and in consequence an in
creased area Is from year TO year set
apart and devoted solely to the cuIti-
walton OF bulbs. The statistics for
1906 give this area as 1O.O27 acres.
The exports OF bulbs and bulbous
roots from The Netherlands in 1907
amounted to 55.s10.2S0 pounds of
which 6,214,120 pounds, valued at s5s1.-
09S. went to the United States. In
1906 the total exports were 2s,1sO. GOO
pounds. the shipments to the United
States being 5.0ss.s40 pounds or a de-
clared value OF $685. ,242s the relative
ngures in 1905 were 25.64O. $40 pounds
total. and 4.413.640 pounds. worth s417.-
611. to the United States.
AS an Indication of the growth Of
this branch OF Dutch agriculture. and
as demonstration OF the regular in
crease IN the demand for Dutch bulbs.
II may be stated that the exports In
1897 were only 12.543. 955 pounds. The
advance since that time has averaged
over 100000 pounds a year.
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Cal What was the attendance at the
SC. Louis fair which opened in that
city April 80. 1904?
The Official figures give the number
as 1S,741,e73.