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books should be located. To Doub &
Company of San Francisco belongs the
honor of the pioneer in this field, and
in the two years since the firm was or
ganized four states have adopted it's
schools.
That the publishing of textbooks is
valuable adjunct to the public school
system and should be conducted from
this point of view is the cardinal prin-
ciple of this firm. That this principle
is lived up to is shown by the fact
that of one of their books-a history
of the United States-eleven editions
thorough knowledge of the practical
needs of pupils, as we'll as of school
work. is considered an absolutely neces-
sary part of the equipment of pub
Usher who would supply public schools
with the high grade textbooks required
by the present progressive system of
education.
Twelve years ago, when w. C. Doub,
president of the firm of Doub & Com
pany, graduated from Stanford Univer-
sity and began teaching, conditions
were quite different from those now in
vogue. Then the state wrote it's own
books as we'll as published them and
Influence" of different sorts was an
important factor in their production
and adoption. The merits of a book, or
it's adaptability to the requirements of
the pupils and the times, had little to
do with its success. The first and last
function of book was to be placed
with the state. The books were SO
poor that they could not have been
given to the schools of other states.
WORKED FOR CHANGE
phere of ethics with a burning enthu-
siasm and squirting energy. this state
of affairs was intolerabIe, and he set
about at once to effect a change. He
was anxious to teach and to accom-
plish results, but found himself handi-
capped by being Obliged bv Iaw IN no.
books that hampered rather than
helped him to do this.
In pamphlet printed and circulated
at his own expense Doub attacked the
system and with such success that the
newspapers, which had tacitly acceded
to the old way. now took his part and
printed editorials condemning the old
system, which provided books so poor
that they were actually refused by
the teachers, and advocated Doub's plan
of leasing plates from reliable pub
fishing houses. The young educator
worked and fought throughout the
state, enlisting many influential educa-I
tors to his side, and finally had the
case presented to the legislature.
The "book ring at Sacramento
fought the passage of the measure and
pointed to the Constitution. which pro-
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II. l came near
doing it, too.
II was sent
into Chinatown
when Little Pete
was killed and
stayed there six
weeks. The last
time 1 was there
was a year be-
fore the fire. L
had no trouble"
How about the
price on your
head?"
"Oh, yes, they
had nlacards I'M
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boy away from the farm. points out
that the business or profession of the
farmer compares with any OF the
learned professions. and that the agri-
culturists are the backbone OF the
country
A firm that has established a new
business on the coast, that produces
textbooks of the highest standard. and
that has entered the eastern field and
there secured state adOptions in the
face of the keenest kind of competition
with the old publishing houses, is cer-
tainly credit to the state.
A. Z. Shumate is vice president of the
the principal of the San Jose high
school; he was city superintendent of
the San Jose schools for four years:
he was secretary of the California high
school association for four years. and
for a year was president of the Cali
fornia teachers association. The pu-
pills of the san Jose high school are
known to hold the record for scholar
ship. both at Stanford and at the Uni
versity OF California. and have never
been excelled by those of any other
high school in the state.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
AS already noted the firm of Doub &
Co. believes that the best interests OK
the textbook publisher are identical
with the best interests of the public
school system. Both Doub and Shu-
mate are today as actively interested
in the educational affairs of the State
as they were when actually engaged in
school work and are consulted by Cali
fornia educators upon all the more i'm
portant school questions The matter
that is receiving Doub's most careful
attention at the present time is a
change in the personnel OF the state
board of education He began an open
fight for this change while superin-
tendent OF schools.
Mr.. Doub believes that the state
board as now constituted is topheavy
in favor OF the higher institutions.
seven OF the nine members being nor
NAL school presidents or university
men. He believes that the board should
be smaller and in closer touch with
the lower schools. As now constituted
the board unconsciously favors the
higher institutions to the neglect OF the
elementary and secondary schools. the
requiring for a high school certificate
year OF graduate work beyond the
four years university course being
cited as an example or this.
Doub suggests that the board be re-
duced to five members and consist OF
one normal school president selected
by the five normal school presidents.
the head of the department of pedagogy
in the University of California. the
governor. the state superintendent and
school principal selected by the bien-
NAL convention OF county and city
superintendents- A board thus constf-
tuted would be In much closer SYM
pathy with the lower schools and even
less political than the present one. for
at present two members hold political
offices and five. the normal school presi-<
dents. are selected by noneducatfonX
boards appointed by the governor It
was because the amendment submitted
to the people at the last election did
not meet these requirements that it
met with Mr.. Doub's strenuous opposl-
don.
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nese tongs and
he was called
by the hatchet-
men of China
town the white
DEVIL" or the
man with the
evil eye"
do you think
1 have an evil
eyer" he asked
We s t e T day. II
think my eye is
normal"
Cook believes
that he has had
no trouble in his
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EXPLOSION KIILs TWO

RIVERSIDE, Dec. 27.-By a premature
explosion of powder at the Sky Blue
marble quarry owned by the Southern
California cement company at Crest
more. late this afternoon Francisco
instantly killed When the accident
occurred they were quarrying stone for
the new plant of the company. Lima
| leaves widow. Olivia has a family In
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teric Chin e s e
called that power
which Cook ex-
ercised the "evil
eye" and Cook
they called the
Wv hite devil"
But W h en he
W o ul d go to
Chinatown the
Chinese would
stop gambling.
While the po-
lice force is not
to be converted
into a corps of
mystics, the ca
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boy, then ordi-
nary seaman and
later boatswain.
In the eigh-
ties I went to
Texas"
How a b o u t
being a contor-
tionist?" the re-
porter interrupt
ed.
"Oh. that did
not amount to
m u C h. S a i d
Cook. Not that
I'm ashamed of
i'll never did
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pabilities of policemen will not be
measured as if the men were ball
players patrolman's credits will
not be kept on a tally sheet which
registers the number of arrests he
has made.
This is the new theory of police
efficiency entertained by Chief of
Police Cook. In an interview short
ly after his installation Cook said:
What's the good of making ar
rests when there is nobody to arrest?
I never made many arrests never
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-28

more p r o S a i c
side of his life,
as a special po-
liceman III San
Antonio, Tex.
San Antonio
was a frontier
t 0 W n in t h e
e j 6 h t i e s." he
said, but / never
had any trouble
there. t h e r e
W ere despera-
does and cow
boys who came
in to shoot up
the town, b u t
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had to. 1 don't
know how it is,
I guess it's luck.
but my expert
ence is that peo-
pie have been
we'll b e h a V e d
where 1 have
been. 1t seems
that I have been
ordained to pass
{ h T o u & h life
without trouble.
I guess it's my
luck-I hope it
won't C h a n e e
now"
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i went to San
Diego. There 1
c 0 n d u c t e d a
butcher business
and later be-
came a member
of the polio e
force. / had no
trouble there"
San Francisco's
new chief of po-
lice could serve
as a model the
next time the
! o c a ! sculptors
a + e designing
Statues of peace.
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MAY BE bad EoR IAPANEsE

a Japanese. believed to be wanted in
Alaska for killing white and for the
murder or countryman at Courtland,
terday in the local oriental quarter fol-
lowing sensational attempt to- rob
the Japanese loan association of sew
erai Thousand dollars kept in the place.
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pointed to the police force on Feb
ruary 1S, 1889" he continued, and
was assigned to the southern sta
tion- 1 had no trouble there. After
l was in the business month I was
sent to Chinatown under Whitman,
who was then a sergeant. In 1895,
when l was sergeant, 1 was sent
there again by Chief Crowley, who
told me I would have to make good
or retire.
L made up my mind then that if
Chinatown could be closed I'd close
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-28
WHIrAI1ER GIVES LECTuRE

the Twenty-third Avenue Baptist
church, Oakland. lectured TO a large
audience at Equality hall last night.
His subject was THE New Abolition
lat /"
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anything that / am ashamed of.
Il had to support myself" he
continued. My father was a car
penter and had large family.
was 10 then. l was always supple
when a boy, and 1 went with the
Black Crook company as contor-
zionist. We travelled all over the
United States and to Europe, appear
ing in England, Belgium. France
Germany, Austria and other coun-
tries
Then Chief Cook returned to the
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What Chief of Police Cook Has
Achieved Without Any Trouble
OF A NEW CHIEF OF POLICE

What's maxim when
behave themselves
testo of a policeman is complaints
"A i'm
III captain his district he
department.
her
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COMPILED TEXTBOOKS

While superintendent OF schools OF
Kern county Doub had written his Top
ical Discussion of American History
and his History of the United States
for grammar grades, his object being
to increase the value of history work
in the elementary schools. The Topical
Discussion was published first and
within two years was used by teachers
in all the Pacific coast states, Oregon
making it the official course for all her
schools. 1t is so clear and succinct and
of so high a standard that it is used in
preparing for United States civil serv-
ice examinations all the way from
Maine TO the Philippines. 1t has a
larger sale than any other book of it's
kind published in the United States
and the demand is constantly inereas-
ing. The record of the other book, "A
History of the United States" is even
more remarkable. this book having
passed through eleven editions in three
years. The twelfth edition, carefully
revised and splendidly illustrated. will
come from the press within the next
few weeks.
At first the Topical Discussion was
published by the Whitaker & Ray
Company and the history by The Mac
milan Company OF New York. Soon
after the earthquake and fire Doub Sc
cured complete control OF these two
books, and with A. E. Shumate, who had
been superintendent Of schools in San
Jose, organized the firm OF Doub &
Company, publishers of school text
books. Doub had been working on a
speller for three years and in January.
1907, this was printed To such an ex-
tent does this speiler mark an advance
on those formerly published that more
than four hundred thousand copies have
been sold in less than two years, it
having been adopted for exclusive use
in three states.
PUBLISH sCHOOLBo0Ks
During the last year Doub G. Com
pany have published Two Years Work
in Numbers" by Minnie E. Puntenney;
a History OF Oklahoma, by two Okla
homa authors. and Graded Lessons in
Language. by Rosa " Winterburn of
California. Besides these. there is now
in course of preparation an advanced
text on language and grammar by
Rosa " winterburn. a high school
civics by a professor in the University
of California. and a history OF the
United States for high schools and one
for the primary grades by Mr.. Doub.
his present history being a grammar
grade text.
There have been seven state adoptions
of the Doub publications. but these have
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pfIer Cured An 8 foI4 Days

Pszo Ointment is guaranteed TO cure any case
Of lifcblng, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles
IN to Il days or money refunded Doc.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-28

Chief Cook is As years of age and
while he has served almost 20 years
in the San Francisco police depart
ment he managed to crowd into the
years preceding his appointment as
a policeman several varieties of life.
Reading the skeleton of his biog-
raphy and judging by the careers
he has touched, it would appear that
Cook has had an adventurous life.
He said not. However, he admits
that there was once a price of
$4,000 set on his head by the Chi
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they always left their firearms at
the city Limits. We didn't allow
them in town with guns. There
were gambling houses and dancing
halls, but l never had any trouble.
After that / returned to Cali
fornia, and in Alameda married the
daughter of George L. Lewis, the
drayman- We have two daughters.
One is a freshman at the University
of California. The other is IL years
old.
From Alameda wan+ 70 Co..
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"From Alameda
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
CLAN-NA-GAEL GAMES.
Gaelic Sports Take Place of General
athletics.

Owing to the absence of many Of the crack ein-
der path stars, who on the other side. the an
uuaI games of tue CIan-na Gael originally intended
70 be general athletic meet, were given up to
distinctly Gaelic sports yesterday
The games opened with n hurting match between
the Allen LaarI1in and O'Brien team and the Err
NETS The Emmets played rings around their op-
ponents and when the smoke OF battle had rolled
OF the field il found that the Emmsts had
trimmed their opponents TO the tune % goals and
3 points to 1 goal and points
Then came the big attraction OF the day ths
Gaelic football match between Kerry and Limerick
Experts had figured that the kerry men would
give their opponents sound trouneing and the-
might have done so but fer dispute IN the sec
ond has which caused the referee to call the Earn-
when il a draw Both counties had scored =
goal and point when, after about half the period
had been played in the second half, the bail went
out Of bounds. Kerry claimed the right OF throw
in, but Bill Horn. Of Limerick, thought differently
and claimed that privilege for Limerick Horn
gave the umpire argument. and when that o.
fetal ordered him OF the field he refused 70 60
The umpire then called the game
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
Nine .Ssvin7 Through He'll Gate
Struggle lnoush
East Currents

,nstsad Of holding toward the mainland hurried
their men into the tide. ana II was WIN '
difficulty that the swimmers got ont of It,
The course through He'll Gate is CONSIDERED ohe
of tbs mos, difficult and dangerous in the vicinity
of New York City and only two men nave peeh
known to finish the entire distance through thiS
course before The eddies. Whiripools anu @ui
rents are such as to deter all but rev Oh 'iio
strongest and bravest through those waters ieS
terday bovever was the exception, and or the
thirteen swimmers who jumped off the 1ppth
street pier nine finished within two hours
The race attracted much attention on the East
Side IN the neighborhood OF the h1esaVlhs s.
ton. Hundreds gathered at the wharf to see the
start ,,,,,
Straus was making good time oe''eeh MI,
Rock and Hoggs Back, when an edoy 'iire" H,'i'
on Hoegs Back For while IL was thoushl Ito
was seriously hurt His trainer caught him WIFI
:, q favv seconds after he struck the rock and
took him 10 the boat. 1t was found tnat ne had
sustained slight laceration on the PACK.
Iinnenkohl. who with smolensky, had things MS
own v.ay last year. again loomed as the cohtehae.
IN the early part of the race But as he reachsu
the third mile strong undertow caught hliii an
ne WAS forced to give up. The first man 10 drop
out of the race was Fedman Just OH ncaieS
Rock he was seized with cramps, ana was caueh'
by his trainer he was about to go down lor ING
first time.
7. MoerIskv was coming along at fairly good
sneed when within a hundred yards OF the finish
line he was seized with cramps Another VINO
failed to reach the goal was J. j. Sweeney he was
about two hundred yards from the hnlsh "heh ne
threw I'D his hands and went down. He was res
c,ied and It was nearly half hour before ne was
revived.
The following is a list of those who took part IN
the swim: ]. ]. Sweeney, Charles Flynn. John GIL
day. 1. Mogulsky, Peter Ott E. Koeng' l. Llnnen-
kohl P Kirschner 1. F. Feldman Henry smo-
Iensky William Bratton and James McCauley'
The first three men to finish the course received
gold silver and bronze medals respectively ana IN
addition to this each man who finished the hVe ana
half miles qualified represent the dlstrlct IN
tho animal endurance test to be held under the
auspices of the Athletic League OF the Chlteo
States volunteer Lifesaving Corps from broohiSh
Bridge to Coney Island, on August To-
Following the finish OF the He'll Gate SWIM tne
short distance swimmers showed their apility III
the aquatic games OF the Williamsburg 1ach' Ciup'
and for the instruction of the public the members
of the Harlem division, under captain hehfy
Snolensky gave an exhibition In htesaFlng anu
resuscitation The work Of first aid to the IN
iured' connected with the exhibition was unoer
the direction of Lieutenant Surgeon Charles FELL
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

John Gday a swimming instructor, living at NO
1I3 East 1O2d street the sixth annual test
swim through He'll Gate yesterday morning unae'
the auspjces of the Sd Sub-District of the etn DIS
trict United States Volunteer Lifesaving corps.
Not alone did he display his ability as long d's-
tance swimmer but he also showed that ne had
much speed The swim. which was ABOUT hVe anu ana
a half miles in length, was accomplished pE on
dav in the remarkable time. considering the oli'i-
culties of hour and 20 minutes beating the pest
previous record for the course by good half hour.
Precisely at a:05 O'Clock Henry Smolensky, cap
tain of the division who this event last year.
gave the signal to go. Thirteen swimmers an
looking I'm fine trim for the test dove on the ioot
street pier and. like well trained regiment took
the water together. Some of them started as IT
+hA raca was only hundred yards. This, how
ever was quickly changed and after quarter
Of a mile had been passed, the swimmers settled
down.
C.ildav kept the high pace longer than tne oties
and It was evident that the race was MS uiles'
some accident occurred With his oarsman pac-
,,y hin, in good water he kept up the under trud-
geon stroke almost throughout the race' oeaons
Peter OFT by three minutes Tne lateer was as
far ahead of Charles Flynn, who was colnhls :
strong at the finish and apparently the strongest
in tbs race at the end
There bad been considerable rivalry between OFT
and F7vnn and each was confident Of getting a
verdict over the other. For the last nan ihhe -
appeared that the would finish on even TERMS
At this point, however, Ott apparently SUI
hard 10 keep within striking distance OF his rival
suddenly made a squirt, and by using the truoseon
stroke until the end passed Flynn The latter
who was endeavoring to keep up the fast pace III
some way got into the tide. and it was fully hVe
minutes before he steered clear OF H. anu Ae III
ished the distance in fine fashion
Probably the best received swimmer at Noi III
Roach where the event ended. was William Brat
ton a one-legged youngster- Bratton nnisheu
eighth. but had it not been for cramp that ne ne
eot while about two miles from the hnlsh, eA-
nar+s were inclined to believe that he Would hdVe
given his opponents hard fight FOR the holiPi' %
the day. o
Under such circumstances almost any o"e
would have been glad to give up Brat'oh' no"
ever turned on his back and after resting III Hi,s
manner for about five minutes was aeie 10 hlliSii'
At North Beach the swimmers and other persons
who had gathered lifted Bratton from lii ,.el
and carried him for several minutes cheelins
the remarkable pluck Of the one-ieggeo y'uhs ol ~
A better day for the swim could not nave peeh
chosen The swimmers had everything IN tfleii
favor hut the poor work of their oarsmen came
near causing fasco. At one time the oarSlhen'
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

Lawn tennis IS exciting more attention this
year than IL has since the all conQuering
Dohertys carried both the Davis Cup and the
national championship back TO England with
them, and with good reasons There not,
perhaps, many absolutely first class players
as in some recent years. but the early tourna-
rnents have produced many men of class and
there seems more than a fair chance that the
Davis Cup may be brought back from Australia
If q team is sent.
Beals c. Wright has evidently returned TO
the practically invincible form ne possessed
when he won the national championship and
should follow UP his defeat of Frederick B
Alexander last week by defeating Raymond D.
Little in the final match OF the Longwood tour
nzrnent to-day. His match with ". A. I4arned
II the veteran defends his title, should be one of
the best of the year. Playing with Little as q
partner. Wright had little trouble III winning the
Eastern championship in doubles, and this pair
Is practically certain 10 win the right TO chal-
lenge Hackett ard Alexander for the national
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

Efforts to improve the design Of steering wheels,
to make them restful and convenient as possible
have not abated One of the latest ideas developed
Is a steering wheel in which the rear half Of the
wheel rim has been cut away and a spade-handIe
form Of grip mounted on each side. For all ordi-
nary steering the effect much like lever control
but when IT IS necessary to turn the steering
mechanism extreme position the rim on the
forward part of the wheel is ready to the hand so
that it is necessary to keep to the handles II
they reyolve TO awkward position.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
SARATOGA ENTRIES FOR MONDAY

SECOND RACE-Steepechase handicap; four-year-
ods and upward non winners Of steepleGlase race
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
No games played.
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING
STATE LEAGUE RESULTS.

Binghamton, s; Wilkes Barre. l.
Albany I Elmira. list gamel.
Elmira. Z; Albany, (2d gamel.
Troy 6; Utica, l.
Syracuse, 4, Scranton, .
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
DETROIT LOSES GROUND.
Beaten by Boston, While st. Louis
Wins from athletics.
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES TO-DAY.
New York at Cleveland
Boston at Detroit.
RESULTS OF GAMES YESTERDAY
Chicago 9; Washington. 1.
ST. Louis o: Philadelphia g.
Boston, 8; Detroit, 4.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING.

New York teams were idle in both leagues yes
terdav There were no games in the National
League but the Yankees gained a few points by
the defeat of Washington. st. Louis gained on
the Detroit champions. for the Tigers lost to Bos-
ton while McAleers men beat Philadelphia.
New-York tribune., 1908-08-03

VIII Smith, open champion Of 1889 and pro-
fessionaI for three years at the Country Club of
Mexico has come north leave OF absence TO
play in the open championship at Myopia on August
q and %. VIII Anderson, four times holder of the
title is also to travel from Onwentsa TO Myopia
to try his luck again Will and Aleck Smith, of
Nassau left on Saturday night to give some ex-
hibition matches in the Adirondacks, beginning at
the Cobble Hill Golf Club, Elizabethtown.