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The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
REGARDS CELLULOSE
AS CIVILIZATION BASE
Wood Fiber in Manifold Forms
Plays a Most Varied Part,
Says a Chemist
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALI


WASHINGTON, April 11.-"Cellulose
is the foundation of our modern civili-
zation." is the rather startling state
ment made by one OF Uncle Sans ex-
perts in the section of wood chemistry
in the United States forest service Not
until one begins to figure just how in
timately our daily life is bound up with
celiulose can he appreciate the truth
Of this statement
Just what is cellulose? CeIluIose,
as the name implies, is a constituent
Of the cell that vital unit of all vege-
table life. Cellulose is the framework
Of the vegetable cell and is therefore
necessary to all plant life and growth.
1t is, however, not only in this indirect
manner that cellulose is so important.
but also directly in the practical ap-
plication which is found for SO many
plant products which are mostly or
partly composed of cellulose. What lis
wood? Mostly cellulose. What is
paper? Merely a purer form of celiu-
lose. II cotton is king, cellulose Is the
power behind the throne, because cot
ton is almost pure cellulose. Your fine
linen is celiulose; thread, twine and
rope are all cellulose.
The most powerful form of celIulose
IS guncotton or nitro-cellulose Cellu-
loid is a combination of nitro -cellulose
with camphor. An artificial silk is
made from cellulose which Is said to bs
superior to the real article in many re-
spects Coal used to be cellulose way
back in the middle ages of this globes
history, so the geologists tell us. By
charring cellulose charcoal is formed
These are some Of the ways In which
celluiose has been. is and may be use
ful to man.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
What the Ocean Shore
will do for San Francisco.

At meeting of the Mission Street
Improvement Association, held in
Rolphs' Hall, Monday night, April 9th,
this subject was thoroughly discussed
by the members
Every prominent member of the AS
sociation expressed himself as believing
firmly in the merit and integrity of this
great railway, and resolution was
unanimously passed pledging the Asso-
citation to support and help the Ocean
Shore Railway in every possible
manner
Supervisors Center and Broderick
were in attendance and expressed them
selves as being in favor of the Ocean
Shore, and stated that this railway
would be of great value to San Fran
cisco, and particularly to the Mission
district.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Banker w. T. Jeter, Ex-
Lieutenant Governor of the
State of California, indorses
Ocean Shore bonds.

At the mass meeting held at Santa
Cruz March 18th, in an address be-
fore 1000 people, ex-Lieutenant Cover
nor Jeter, president of the Bank of
Santa Cruz county, said:
"The Ocean Shore is an enterprise
that calls for your encouragement.
These bonds are secured by deed of
trust on all the property of the Ocean
Shore Railway. You all know that the
most valuable property in the state be-
longs to this railway, therefore, the
bonds are perfectly secure. You will
get more than : per cent on your
money as certainly as the time comes
around every six months, and at the
same time you will be helping your
self You are assuming no stock hold
er's liability by being bond holder in
this enterprise.
1--WE (our bank) bought some of
these bonds. ] am not going to ex-
hort here, but | would like to enlist
your reason and have you fully awake
to the fact that if you have any money
to spare, you can make no better use
of it than to invest it In the Ocear
Shore"
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

The suggestion that the park museum
should have a room for the work OF
local artists alone has recently been
made and the suggestion carried 70 the
curator. who stated that several years
ago an attempt had been made 70 carry
cut that very idea. A Jury was TO
mass upon ell work submitted, and the
accepted pictures and casts were TO
be given space IN room set aside
fo- this purpose number Of ar
fists were asked TO submit work. and,
having successfully passed the jury
were allotted space on the walls. Aft
.er awhile the owners began to re-
move their pictures, one by one, and
soon enthusiasm tagged and the pro-
fect was abandoned But there still
remain several examples OF work by
local artists. Piszzoni has two pic
tures-Iandscape IN q subdued color
fne Of grays and blue; Putnam has sew
ersl fine examples OF strong work:
Farl Cummings has q large panel.
death and the Powers Of Good and
vvsf." and Aitken has a similar panel
~ = yelled woman There is a superb
specimen Of etching in another room
Ire head OF Victor Hugo. by Rodin,
me French sculptor, which is fine
oouceptton OF magnificent head Ex-
snpIse of Eed3n'S wovh ere rare "a.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

Reuben H. Lloyd.
Henry Epstein.
Peoples Bank of
Santa Cruz.
Estate John I. Sabin,
late Pres. Pac. Tel.
and Tel. Co.
L. Bocqueraz, Vice
Pre- e S. Ere e n c h
American Bank.
Peter D. Martin, Vice
Pres. Eastern Ore
gon Land Co.
VIM. Berg. VIM. Berg
& Co, grain.
c. c. Moore, Pres. c.
c. Moore & Co.,
engineers.
J. j. Mack. Pres. I'M
perial Oil Co.
J. A. Folger, Pres.
j. A L OlSer 20.
L. Guggenhime. Pres.
Thirty-three Oil Co.
A. & w. Haas, Haas
Bros, wholesale
grocers.
Robert Oxnard, Pres
Western Sugar Re-
finery.
C. A. Lilly, Director
Peoples Bank OF
Santa Cruz.
w. e. Dean, Pres.
California Insur-
ance Co.
Harry N. Stetson, Di-
rector Metropolis
Trust and Savings
Bank.
Fireman's Fund In
surance Co.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

Rev. Father Crow
ley, Pres. Youths
Directory, S. F.
Walter S. Martin,
Pres. Eastern Ore
gon Land Co.
J. B. Stetson, Pres.
Calf. Street Rail-
way Co.
Herman Shainwald,
Pres. Shainwald,
Buckbee Co.
S. G.. and S. C. Buck
b e e, Shainwald,
Buckbee Co.
Thomas Magee, Pres.
Thos. Magee &
Sons.
Peter F. Dunno, Gen1
Atty. So. Pac. Co.
A. Mackie, Supt. S. F.
RELIEF and Red
Cross funds.
E. s. Pillsbury, Pills
bury, Madison &
Sutro, director Mer-
camille Trust Co.
III. d. Pillsbury, Pills
bury, Madison &
Sutro. Atty. A. 7.
& Santa Fe.
Alex. Hamilton. Vice
Pres. Baker e.
Hamilton.
Thos. Maclay, Wick
ersham Bank, Pet
a1uma.
Bank Of Santa Cruz
County.
B. Schweitzer. Hoff-
man, Rothchild &
Co.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Splendid progress of the
Ocean Shore, resulting from
large sale of bonds.

ocean onOre, resulting from
large sale of bonds.
The Ocean Shore Railway is going
right ahead-in another week the road
will be into Farallon City, about "a
miles from San Francisco.
The sale of Ocean Shore bonds and
the excellent winter weather has en-
abled the Company to build four miles
OF road this spring
This four miles Is over the most
difficult part of the line, through the
mountainous section
This work is now completed and
easy grading is ahead along the fer
tile slopes of the Pacific Ocean.
The sale of Ocean Shore bonds has
been very successful-people from all
over California have been investing
their money in these bonds.
This investment not only helps
them to get high rate of interest but
it has largely helped in the develop
ment of the great railway system
which will be of inestimable value and
benefit to every man, woman and child
in the State of California.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Earnings of the Ocean
Shore will be eight times
in excess of bond interest.

1t does not require mathematical
exercise to figure out the profits of this
road and its ability to pay interest on
its bonds and to pay its stock holders
splendid dividends
The fact that it will tap timber
belt in the Santa Cruz mountains con-
sisting of ,5OO.OO0,OOO feet of market
able timber is alone sufficient justihca-
ton for building the road This timber
will be hauled to San Francisco and
Santa Cruz and enable the people of
both cities to build homes and other
places at reduced cost
Twenty thousand building lots
have been sold along the beaches be-
tween San Francisco and Halfmoon
Bay.
As soon as this road is in complete
operation these lot owners will build
homes and offer the Ocean Shore a
very large Communication business.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

SAB 90 interest on your
money as long as you want
it.
S100 Ocean Shore bonds are sold
for So2 cash. These bonds mature in
1885 and pay per cent on their face
value of Sl00 each
When you buy $1O0 Ocean Shore
bond for $o2 you are getting it for S8
less than its face value. When these
bonds are taken up by the Company
you will get 500 back for each bond
you buy at $92, and in the meantime re-
ceive SAB per cent interest on your
money.
As bond holder you assume no
responsibility whatever, you are not
liable for the debts of the Company,
your bonds are not taxed, nor are they
assessable.
All you have to do is to cut off
your coupons every six months and
cash them at your bank or at the Mer-
camille Trust Company
Every bond is a part of a $5,OOO,OOO
mortgage on the entire assets of the
Ocean Shore Railway, which to this
date represents an investment of
S5,25000O
The mortgage is held in trust for
the bond holders by the Mercantile
Trust Company of San Francisco, and
the interest is payable in May and No
vember of each year.
If you have any doubts
as to the reliability and fea-
sibllity of the Ocean Shore,
call at the office of the COM
pany and fortify yourself
with facts.
The officers of the Ocean Shore
Railway are willing at any time to give
you all the facts concerning this rail
road-you may have access to the
books of the Company and ascertain
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Capitalists and others buy
Ocean Shore bonds.

It you are considering the purchase
of Ocean Shore bonds and are not quite
satisfied IN your own mind that this is
a safe investment, ask those whose
names appear below what they think
of Ocean Shore bonds. Those whose
names appear below have bought large
quantities OF Ocean Shore bonds, they
have faith in this railroad, they have
their past experience in railroad bonds,
to guide them in the purchase of these
bonds, they know that the Ocean Shore
Railway is an honorable organization,
composed of men who have reputa-
ton for integrity and business hon
esty, they know this RAILWAY will be
a great benefit to San Francisco and
will increase the values of San Fran
cisco property.
They know that this railway will
develop San Francisco more than any
other factor and they have brought
Ocean Shore bonds, not only to help
San Francisco, but to secure for
themselves high rate of interest.
We refer you to any of the names
appearing here:
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

how much money has been expended,
and for what purposes.
The traffic manager will show you
every freight arrangement already
made, which will net the Company in
excess of 100000 year revenue from
the hauling of freight alone.
He will show you that the earnings
of the Company during the month of
March between San Francisco and
Pedro Valley are in excess of s., 1000,
and that the earnings between Santa
Cruz and SCOTS Creek, which were ex-
ceptionally low on account of the shut
down of the sawmills during the win
ter months, were In excess of ST 900.
The traffic manager will also show
you where the Ocean Shore Railway
Company may reasonably expect to re-
ceive freight tonnage in excess of
S1,0OO,OO0 a year.
Railway experts who have gone
over the Ocean Shore and figured its
earning possibilities will tell you that
this road will never be able to take care
of its passenger traffic.
The natural scenic beauties along
this line, which skirts the ocean for 20
miles, are grander and more magnifl-
cent than any other railway in the
world. This feature alone will attract
thousands of tourists in addition to an
unlimited travel from our own people,
who desire to visit the various beaches
between San Francisco and Santa Cruz.
During the Shriners' Convention in
Los Angeles, the interurban electric
lines of that city carried so per cent
more passengers each day than the en-
tire population of Los Angeles On
July 4th the Huntington lines carried
201, 900 passengers from Los Angeles
to the beaches.
In 1907 the Southern Pacific carried
over 100000 passengers to Santa Cruz
by a round about, tedious route, requir-
ing from four to six hours to make
the trip.
When the Ocean Shore is -electri-
fed, high power, modern electric
coaches will run from San Francisco
to Santa Cruz in hours and 80
minutes, giving our people an oppor-
tunity to visit this most popular sea-
side resort on Sundays and holidays,
making the round trip and have ample
time to enjoy themselves within the
day.
The Ocean Shore has the only cleo
tric suburban line in San Francisco
which can take our people to the
beaches 1t will reach every beach
between San Francisco and Santa Cruz,
and do it quickly.
1t will also carry thousands of
people to the timbered sections of the
Santa Cruz mountains, where they may
enjoy their summer outings. 1t will
be the popular picnic route, for no place
on the coast offers finer facilities for
such festivals.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

Invest your money safely
and at the same time help
the Ocean Shore to develop
San Francisco and Califor-
MIA.
Full information sent free
upon request.
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
There is every reason why
the Ocean Shore should be
completed, and it will be.


Whether you buy the bonds of the
Osean Shore or not, this road will be
completed, but if you do buy these
bonds the road will be completed much
sooner.
The country between San Francisco
and Santa Cruz is too fertile and too
resourceful to lie idle without the
assistance of railroad to develop il.
Railroad builders have never doubted
the resources of this country nor the
ability of railroad which runs through
it to pay, but it was big task with
many obstacles to overcome, and con-
sequently the building of railroad has
been deferred until the Ocean Shore
organization took it up.
The difficult part of the work Is
over, engineers have approved the
feasibility of the route, and it now only
remains TO secure sufficient capital to
complete the work, which is more than
half done
The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

bonds. Get back of this big
enterprise and help finish
the Ocean Shore as soon as
possible.
The bonds you buy today for So2
will be worth from S11O to S120 as
soon as the road is completed.
You can help yourselves, your city
and your state by investing in Ocean
Shore bonds.
When you buy Ocean Shore bonds
you are buying class of security
which is considered by inanciers and
bankers in this country to be the acme
of sound security.
You not only get good rate OF in
terest on your investment but you have
an investment which is safe, and you
need not worry about IT.
You can sleep nights safe in the
positive knowledge that your invest
ment is we'll secured and in good en-
terprise.
The average man or woman cannot
afford to speculate. Dollars are too
hard to earn to be invested in danger
Gus speculation, subject to the manipu-
lation of unknown promoters
The owners of the Ocean Shore
have invested S3,OOO,OO0 of their own
money in this road. They invested this
money before they ever asked you to
buy their bonds
These owners are reSponsible'to the
bond holders, and they are men whose
integrity has never been questioned in
this community.
When you buy bonds of the Ocean
Shore, you are getting into good eom7
pany-you are associating yourself
with men who will safeguard your IN
terests and who will do as much for
you as they will do for themselves
You are joining an enterprise OF great
magnitude-of large possibilities, and
one which will be of inestimable value
to your city and state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
Improving King James English

THE King James version of the Bible is a
classic of classics but there have not been
wanting men who fancied that it needed re-
touching and refining. Doctor Harwood, an
English divine, once went so far as to make
new and elegant" translation His purpose,
as he modest1y expressed it, was to "clothe
the genuine ideas and doctrines OF the Apostles
with that propriety and perspicuity in which
they themselves, l apprehend. would have ex-
hibited them had they now lived and written
in our language"
Some of his attempts to avoid the bald
and barbarous language of the old vulgar
version" are worth quoting as terrible exam
piles of what elegant writing is not.
The plain spoken warning to the Laodicean
Church is improved thus:
Since, therefore, you are now in state OF
lukewarmness, a disagreeable medium be-
tween the two extremes, will in no long time,
eject you from my heart with fastidious con-
tempt"
The translator is especially happy in what
may be called his personal euphemisms
Nicodemus is this gentleman one of the
tinction'', and the daughter of Herodias is
"a young lady who danced with nimitable
grace and elegance" The father of the Prodi-
gal is - a gentleman of splendid family. and
Saint Paul no longer leaves cloak at Troas
but portmanteau, as was certainly more
becoming to dignifed ecclesiastc.
On the Mount of TRANSPORTATION, Saint
language, Lord, it is good for us to be here
but, Sir. what a delectable residence We
might fix here
The Apostles saying, I'VE shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed becomes
I'VE shall not all pay the common debt of
nature but we shall, by soft transition, be
changed from mortality to immortality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

Gaia pult-taUo Gaia puts. There is aDhole car
nfvdl of dssdssfnations in each eye; every muscle
is as tdnt boacline tn gale OF uind. HIS
aoords hint of the snappings OF petnldmt Maxim
gun.
TRENwAy: Marplel Has he given you ring3
with sudden, tense pdssion): And did you
take it? Alicia!
Alicia, ho1Oeuer, once more turns dscay. She
puts her hands before her face, and for the first
time tn TrenaDdy's experience seems deprived
of that ready foaO of speech that has hitherto
been her impregnable defense-not to mention
,Uedpon.
Trenuay too stands silent. He is emdeavoring
vdlidnty to think: but the one message the center
of reason keeps eLegrd phfng to the foet OF action
is the i'm practicable counsel: 60 swtftly and hit
something!
A disinterested referee yoald decide the battle
thus far to be draaD; but neither OF the principals
seems to knoaD it.
At this precise moment the motor suddenly
abandons its meek qnteseenee; it emits vietoas,
ear splitting clortle, and streaOs upon the sur
rounding scenery a terrifying uoltme OF vapor
Alicia, frightened into forgetting her part
tainty. speed, and inevstableness Of Neutom's
famous appe-plamp into large, strong. and
exceedingly milling pair OF arms.
There IS an iAaninative silence enduring for
several seconds. The sharp vehemenoe OF the
motors exclamation hdUfng instantly restored
Trenway's mental equilibrium, that person does
some rapid, real thinking
TRENwAY gently; taking means that the physi-
cal statns quo shall not be distarbed). Alicia!
ALICIA Certain pearly globuLes wandering doacn
ward and transforming that aohteh started as
pure vinegar into something less acid: Well
If you-if you gave that horrid, designing,
made-up thing "a ring, | guess l should
have right to take one from some one else
from anyone elsel
TRENwAY "a great light breaking): OH
Queer lille sounds, tndistinet indeterntnate
gnrglings. and reports that remotely suggest the
eraekle Of rifle fire from afar off. ensne.
Then tUo young persons step into the car, and
it moves off smoothly, gracefully, and noise
lessly
ALICIA (her voiee growing fainter tn the dis
tanee) It's really and truly gorgeous. Dick
And it fits my finger abso- With quick
snrprise): But who fixed the motor.
TrenaOdy laughs knotvtngly-or is it the motor
that is ehnekling?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

least idea (Coldly): l never made it
point to know anything about some people.
Another pause ended because Alicia cannot
restrain herself from adding Just single '0ord.
ALICIA: Why?
TRENwAY: Nothing important. 1t just oc-
CURED to me that might send this instead
of waiting to hand it to her.
ALICIA (very dIerD Send what?
TRENwAY Tossing the boz in the air ''egligently)
This.
ALICIA (saspieioasly): What is thatl
TRENwAY Just trihe picked up in Tiffany's
one day, before ! came up here.
ALICIA (stdrtled). Tiffany's!
TRENwAY (ealmlD: Um-hum. Hope it fits
ALICIA: Fits! with fast groaOing gorge super
imposed upon her snspieionsl. What fits!
Alicia suddenly Jumps from the car and stands
before him. Her eyes sparkle onsinonsly; her
checks are tinged aOfth high color that a less
a danger signal and so regarded She suggests,
TO the ureverent. startled and indignant hen
about to face the enemy, ready to protect all that
is hers to the last chick
ALICIA: Tell me, Dick Trenway, what you
mean by such mysteries
On an irresistible impulse she seiSes the boz,
tears the wrapper off, and opens 1t. Her eyes
d,late in establishment.
ALICIA: Why! It's ring A soht- Are
YOU going to send this to that
Alicia turns Swiftly auay and makes frantic
efforts to choke back the storm OF Jury, mingled
lUith something else. that inmtnently threatens.
TRENwAY (uery eoolly and pleasantl): Is it
o. K. dye think?
Being a0oman. eyen though a very young one.
Alicia snbdnes her feelings rfth marvellous speed
and eonsnmmate skill Before TrenaUay can
make sure that he has trium phed much less enjoy
has victory, she turns back apparently as calm as
the summer sea. Holding the sparkling gem to
the light and examining 1t aOihh eonnoissenr's
eye she speaks deliberately and jndieidHy, albeit
u1th peculiar sort of ieiness that ponld not
deceive a more seasoned strategist
ALICIA. 1t seems perfect. Of course one can
never be absolutely sure of a diamonds
color unless one compares it with known
stone. I'd like to see this later, along with
the other.
TRENwAY (pussled and Nth quick ear for
tronbe): The otherl
ALICIA: H'm-h'm.
TRENwAY (persistently): What other?
ALICIA: Oh, the one that Mr.. Mar
Trenavay hops to his feet as though aided by