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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
Lick Athletes Ready
for Field Day

The athletes OF Lick high school will
gather on their oval this afternoon 10
take part In the interclass contests.
The event promises to be the best Of
it's kind held this season Medals win
be awarded the first three men in each
event.
The swimming team OF the Lowell
high school recently held a tryout. in
which some excellent material was
brought out Miller swan the 40 yard
dash in IT seconds less than Kftto OF
Oakland. while Ruther annexed the 100
in easy style.
A tennis, club has been formed at
the Alameda high school. with Heath
Angelo as president The club expects
to hold q tryeut this week
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
GARDINER BEATS JACKSON

CHICAGO, March 17.-E. w. Gardner
of Passaie, N J., defeated Clarence
Jackson Of Chicago in the nation al
amateur billiard championship play this
afternoon, 400 TO $50.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
The Calls Handicap Forecast
BY j. r. Jeffery
overweight.

Ratings for fast track Deduct point for each poun
overweight
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Liberal advances on diamonds and jewelry.
BALDWIN Jewelry Co.. 1261 Van Ness au -
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
The Best way to stir UP Busines.

Is 10 first arouse yourself Attend the
monster mass meeting in Dreamland
Rink wednesday night at s o'clock and
help develop San Francisco. George A
Knight and several others will speak .
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Water Girl, the dam of Rapid Water.
died at J. b Haggin's Elmendorf stud
few days ago.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

800. King. 6-5 place. 3-5 show:
b. g. by Sorcerer-Tirzah- Trained
High price-Galvanic so. Gypsy
forced his way through between
81 the end. Hilgert ran his race.
the end. Sfbari ran a fair race
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Yesterdays big plunge on wap was
due TO the fact that he had worked
three-eighths in "a Is since his pre-
vious start. This was a sensational
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
TRANDOLPH-SILVA


BEST BET-RoSE QUEEN NEXT BEsT-BELLE. OF
IROQUOIS
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Although bets were declared off on
the year old race yesterday. the purse
was paid, just as IL there had been no
fiuke to the contest
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Time :o7, rs 2-5 80. ~, "a, 1:07. Burt G.
Lewis Or. Simran, Turnaway. Lois Cavanagh
finished as named Value 10 winner 1925 Win
ner. George Henry's ch. g., 8. Arkle- Killarney.
Trained by R. Martin Start good, won handily.
Second easily, Third driving. Kerry 40 place,
f3 show Barbette place. 81 show. Brawney
Lad So show. Kerry under sharp punishment
all through till the final eighth, drew away in
the closing strides. Barbette got through close
quarters in the final sixteenth, finishing strongly.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
The Calls Form Chart of Races al afEmeryviIIe

horses in
n
Hoffman
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Time-:23 10, :4s Is. liza 10, lao 80,
place. 2-5 show Tonic. 2 place. As sh
Silver Lining Trained by G. Wentwo
Ablaze. Start good Won driving
AIsatian 4. l Told You 13- Silver Lin
on turn and hung on very gamely-
closed stoutly She should have been
Warner ran good seven furlongs al
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18

Time-:23 2-5 AS 45, ]: :Os As. At post = minute.
Darlington. I1-5 place. show; WaP. ~ show
Trained By G.. h. Keene. Scratched-A1tadice.
and third driving hard High price-Wap e5,
down in five furlongs and then drew clear. Daren
and had chance TO get clear sailing till vel
big gap and probably best. Wap. OF poor
Rannock Bob and Bouheur.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-18
5

Time-:24 25 AT 49, post 2ia minutes OF
HiIcerf place show; Galvanic. Winner b
by II. Robinson. Start poor Won in drive Of three
King oufrun a till the stretch,
Hilgert Gavanic In 30 yards oufgaming them
KeniIworth quit and then hung bit
Como. virtually left good race under weak handl
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

opragues electric railway, however,
was about twenty years wide, and it
was filled with numerous attempts to
help the eager passengers to hurry.
Ihe first cable road was laid in San
francisco In 1873 by Andrew S. Halli-
die, Henry Root, Asa f. Hoevy and
William Eppelsheimer. The originator
OF the idea, however, was E. S. Gar
diner, of Philadelphia, who suggested
the plan some time prior to the actual
building.
Ihe cable served its useful purpos.
FOR eighteen years, when it was electri-
ned by the motor car promoters: that
Is, electric conductor rails were strung
in the cable conduit and the wire rome
hauled out. The dynamo had been ner-
fected and electricity was a CONNER
cial motive power; therefore, the cleo
tric street railway Of 1888 was suc-
cess. Before that, attempts had been
maze TO operate street cars by various
Kinds of magnetic engines. In 1895
Ihomas Davenport, a blacksmith. built
a railway in Springfield, Mass, over
which he operated a car driven by an
electric magnet motor, and twelve
years later Prof. Moses Farmer brought
out another electromagnetic motor, but
they never passed beyond the expert.
mental stage.
The real beginning of the American
electric street railway system was the
Union Passenger Railway of Richmond.
va, equipped by Lieut. Sprague and
opeSed for service on the first dav of
February, 1888. It was "trollero line
trolley" is the word in use now. Citv
officials soon saw the danger of over
head wires In the crowded city, and their
precautions led to the underground svs.
TEN, a system that Is familiar TO nj,
for examples good and bad are on con.
stant exhibition in the streets of orr
cities and even in the towns that ara
just growing into cities.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Contracts for furnishing single and
double teams to the city Of Boston were
recently awarded to woman. Her
bids, rendered in open competition with
men, were by far the lowest submit
ted, and she demonstrated her ability
to fulfill the obligations. The award
was popular for the uniformity of the
figures submitted by the men gave color
to the charge that an agreement had
been made among them to maintain a
certain price. The woman made her
own figures Independently, and won.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09
Evolution of
the Street Car
~NNNNNNO~O~

Three hundred years ago an English
coal miner laid some wooden beams in
the muddy road leading from his col
liery, for the wheels Of his coal carts
to run on; the other day a coal mine
owner from the same country boarded
an electric car in New York and made
a tour Of the subway. The boards in
the muddy road were the ancestors of
that street car, writes B. R. Wilson
The little expedient Of the English
miner, which made heavy hauling light,
marked the beginning Of the tram
way" the great-grandfather of the
railway, the thing which made street
cars possible. These wooden beams
served their purpose very well until
they began to wear out. Inventive
genius was equal to the occasion: the
wooden beams were plated with iron.
Thin iron bands were fastened to the
top Of the beam to take the wear of the
cart wheels. This was all right as far
as the top was concerned, but the wood
en- beams rotted on the bottom; so thev
made them out of iron entirely and laid
them on short pieces Of wood which
could be cheaply replaced when they
rotted. To keep the wheels of the coal
carts from running off the rails was
the next problem, and they solved it
by putting fianges on the outer sides of
the rail. In 1889 william lesson. the
father of the street railway, took the
fianges off the rails and put them on
the cart wheels and the real evolution
Of the street car began
A clumsy omnibus car drawn Nv
horses made trips over this railway
carrying passengers. The car was
big stage coach, or rather three stage
coaches in one, for there were three
compartments, each of which resem-
bled a small stage coach. and ii had
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Absalom FoOte, an eccentric old gen.
tleman who had grown tired of life in
the city, decided to move to some small
er town, free from the road of traffic
the hustle and confusion of the throng-
Ing multitude, where he could end his
days TRANQUILITY. as became a man of
his age. In casting about for a loca.
ton, his eye CHANGED to light upon the
advertisement in village paper of one
Thomas X. FoOte, who wanted to dis
pose Of his boot and shoe store at q
bargain, having made up his mind to
remove to the city.
"That's the very thing" he said
SELLING shoes is nice, easy occupa.
tion. 1t will give me just enough ia
do to keep me from stagnating, and 1t
won't wear me out with overwork. III
investigate it. It's queer, though, that
his name is Foote, my name Is Foote
he wants to come to the city and want
to 60 to the country"
A visit to the little town decided hin,
He liked its appearance and location
He was pleased, moreover, with
"Foote's Shoe Store" and bought it,
good will and oil, at a bargain.
WELL" said the other Mr.. Foote,
"you won't have to change the sign"
NO" he answered, slowly. "Ill just
add little to it."
The next day he added this, just be
low the sign: This place has changed
feet"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

the President appoint a national coz
servation committee to advise him and
TO cooperate with similar bodies in
the States. Acting on this suggestion,
Mr. Roosevelt has reappointed his COM
mission on inland waterways, with
some new members to fill vacancies.
He has also constituted commissions ON
forests, ON lands and on minerals, and
an executive committee to harmonic
the work of all four bodies. Now we
may expect to see the growth of the
sentiment that the minerals, lands, for
ests and waters Of the country are ma
tional wealth, In the conservation Of
which the whole nation has an in
terest, whether they belong to private
citizens or not. 1t is that sort of SEN
timent which will be a guarantee
against want and barrenness In the dis
tant future.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09
OFF

attempts at improvement for in Amer
ica whatever is a success must be i'm
proved People wanted to go faster
than the one poor horse could pull the
car, and so many We're satisfied to go
slow that the little car the one horse
pulled would not hold them all. They
made larger cars and hitched two
horses to them but two horses could
not go any faster than one horse since
they had doubled the size of the car !;
so Inventive genius kept the patent
office up nights examining their claims
for improvements in street railways.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Three hundred years ago Samuel de Champlan, the
French explorer founded the settlement Of Quebec In
commemoration of It's tercentenary the city Of Quebec
recently had the greatest celebration In It's history and
one Of the greatest held in the New World. The
city itself up to festivities for ten days. and Ca
nadans Of both British and French ancestry Joined IN
making the event to be remembered The celebration
attended by the Prince Of Wales by representatives
from all the principal governments and by the greatest
collection Of warships comprising English French and
American vessels that gathered in the ST. Lawrence
river. The United States represented by Vice Pres
dent Fairbanks and Rear Admiral W. s. Cowes, brother
in-law of the President
Civil religious, military and naval authorities par
cpated in the various ceremonies and Festivities There
huge and costly pagean fetes, military parades
and naval reviews to charm both eye and The cec
bration attended by nearly all Canada and thou
sands of expatrated Canadians gathered from the va
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Leading physicians have declared at
international congresses on consumption
that really effective warfare on the
great white plague involves compulsory
notification and registration laws or or.
dinances. Much can be done, not a lit.
tie has been done in the last two or
three years, by education and "moral
suasion," but, after all, contend these
experts the world must come to the
use of the same degree Of compulsion
in its fight on tuberculosis that has
been found necessary in the handling OF
other dreaded infectious and communi-
cable diseases. In other words, the
health authorities and the medical pro
fesslOn must have the courage of their
opinion and work for the adoption of
drastic measures Of prevention. 1t is
significant that the New York Legis-
lature has passed bill-which Gov
ernor Hughes has signed-embodyin at
least the principle Of compulsion. The
new act marks a step forward. 1t pro-
vides that every physician in the State
shall report to the local authorities the
name, age, occupation, place of employ
ment and address of every person
known by him to have consumption. The
report must be- made within twenty
four hours, and the record is to be kept
secret. In case Of the vacation Of any
premises by person suffering from
consumption, or Of the death of such d
patient, the physician in charge or the
notify the health board Of the fact, and
the premises ere not to be occupied
again until they have been disinfected
and cleansed. In case the orders of the
health board are disobeyed that body
may post placard on the premises con-
tanning the following notice: "Tuber-
culosis is a communicable disease.
These apartments have been occupied
by cOnsumptive and may be infected.
They must not be occupied until the or
der of the health officer directing their
uloiiicNliou VI lSIONutloH Dtell
piled with. This notice must not be
removed under the penalty of the law
except by the health officer or others
duly authorized" There are other pro-
visions in the act for the prevention Of
Infection through careless habits, noti-
ficatiOn Of the recovery of persons, etc.
A certain amount Of discretion Is
lodged in the health officers, but none
in those whose duty 1t is made to re-
port cases of tuberculosis in any stage.
Considerable difficulty is apprehended
In the enforcement of the act, and there
are those who fear that some sufferers
will hesitate to consult physician and
be reported" lest the secrecy Of the
records be violated in some way. Ex-
perience should throw light on such
questions as these Meantime an edu-
cational campaign will doubtless be
necessary to remove opposition to the
compulsory notification feature among
the more ignorant elements of the popu-
laton.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

rious foreign countries in which they have made their
homes. Tho landing of Champain the shore Of the
ST. Lawrence and his selection Of the spot which Que
bec the oldest French settlement in Canada is built
reproduced great historical pa geant given lumi-
mated floats representing different events in the history
Of Quebec There parades in which the various
crack Canadian regiments took part. Premier Laurer
and other noted speakers made addresses. There
review Of the English French and United States
the Plains Of Abraham by the Catholics Of the city,
headed by the Canadian primate and thanksgiving
Ices held in the Episcopal cathedral. There
great shore parade and enacted representing
landing of VOTES force the up the heights and
the battle OF the Plains Of Abraham. Then farewels
exchanged and the British squadron took depar
ture The next day the French vessels followed suit and
finally the New Hampshire heaved anchor and bade fare
we'll to Quebec.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

1t Is the title that appeals to certain
women. To be called a princess or n
countess, or even baroness, they will
cast their all into a foreign venture.
The prince may be a miserable rake,
the count not half 30 high as a Ken
lucky colonel and the baron of abso-
lutely no Importance, and yet the CLAM
our catches the title-seeking female and
she turns over her money to person
who could not make $40 week In hon.
est work If his life depended upon it.
But why bother? There will always be
such women, and there will always be
such men so long as there Is money to
be won In the game Of international
marriage.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09
The most popular of these Improve

The most popular Of these improve
ments were the dummies" steam en-.
glnes mounted on wheels and boxed up
to make them attractive. Their popu.
larity was short-lived in the cities
however, but suburbanites consented to
ride behind them long after they had
disappeared from the city streets. But
until Lieut.. Frank G. Sprague, U. 8. N
(resigned), built the first successful
electric railway in 1888, the dummies
were the only things the suburbanites
had to ride behind.
The Cable System.
The gap between the dummies and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09
the name "John Mason" painted above
the center door

About twenty years later the Sixth
avenue street railway was built and
the street car craze began. 1t really
amounted to craze, for thirty street
car companies began business during
the next five years. During the ten
years from 1860 to 1870 eighty-five
street railways were built. The census
twenty years later showed 100 street
railways in operation. In two years
this number increased to 9S7.
The street railway was success.
therefore 1t was the object Of various
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

A magazine has offered President
Roosevelt 81 word for his literary eff
forts, but no farmer has tried to hire
him to work in the bayfield, for Sl.75
Il day. There are times when even a
Presidents versatility is not appre-
clated
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09
A Chance to Make Good.

Got any babies around your place ?"
inquired the candidate.
Nope" answered the farmer "Ra,
hies is all growed up an married off
How'd you like to put in the forenoon
pl0win' Pittsburg Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

1t is probable that in 1912 an entire
day will be set apart for the cheering,
and in 1916 it may be necessary for
each convention to devote week at
least to the purpose of beating all pre-
vious records. We are great people
and we do some wonderful things.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

A bitter contest over the will of Will
liam B. Leeds is predicted. Fifteen
million dollars ought to keep the law
yers going a long time.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

"Why shouldn't Prof. Bell succeed in
making monkeys talk .intelllgently p
asks the Atlanta Constitution. Don't
know, unless it is because that is more
than he or any one else can do with a
good many men.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Paterson IN. J.) woman who pre-
dicted that she would die on June II
Is still alive and in good health. Her
husband Is said to have become one of
Paterson's worst pessimlsts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

A Michigan farmer has cured snake
bite with coal oil. We hope he is prop
erly grateful to Mr.. Rockefeller for the
fact that he could buy the necessary oil.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Elinor Glyn thinks Mark Twain is
our greatest man. Mark gallantly re-
frains from saying what he thinks Of
Elinor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

The conference of Governors to con-
slider the preservation Of the national
resources has already brought forth
fruit The Governors suggested that
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Once in great while woman actu-
ally believes that her husband knows
as much as he thinks he knows.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

If you would have peaceful home,
all you have to do is to pay the freight
and let your wife run 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

This is undoubtedly dirty-looking
old world to the man who Is too lazy
to clean his spectacles.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Did you ever meet successful man
who told you what he was going to do
next?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Rev. Billy Sunday says hell is full Of
fudge-eating mollycoddles. What q
sticky place 1t must be.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

The more man doesn't know the
less he doubts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Most people wouldn't believe a can.
didate for Office. under oath
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Almost every day the average man
wonders why he did such a foolish
thing.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

A woman never asks a man If he
loves her unless she is sure Of the an
swer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

When q sailor falls overheard he
feels as II he were all in.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

A pretty woman's smile often wrin-
kles mans purse.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Many a wise-looking man is unable to
deliver the goods.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

People are never content for the
same reason that a sheep never has
feathera
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

In the midst of life we are in debt.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

The experience a man buys is always
delivered little too late.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Go to tailor for wedding suit and
to lawyer for a divorce suit.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

Some men get out Of practice because
they spend all their time preaching.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-10-09

The something you get for nothing
Is seldom worth any more than that.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-25
Separators.

Separators do much Of the most
valuable work of modern farming
There is the gin for separating the
seed from cotton; the threshing MI
chine for separating wheat and oats
from the straw; bean. pea and clover
hullers FOR separating the seed Jf
those plants; the tanning mill for
separatine dirt, chaff and foreign
seeds from the pure seed and finally
the last and one Of the most in'-
portant separators, the cream sepa-
rator. This wonderful invention en-
ables khe farmer Ito separate the
cream from the milk as soon as it is
drawn and have the fresh warm
skim milk to feed to the calves or
pigs. The butter fat brings a good
price and by feeding something 70
take its place with the skim milk
almost is good a calf can be raised
as with the whole milk. The churn
will yield more than in the old days
of hand skimping, nor will the CALI
as in those days be knocked in the
head with the dash. If the butter fat
is sold to the creamery, the use OF
the separator makes fewer trips ne:-
essary with a much lighter load to
carry. A one-horse buggy will haul
the cream from two hours load OF
whole milk. Then the skim mi!k
often comes back unfit for the
calves.