The San Francisco call., 1909-01-25
Gossip of RaiIwaymen

drew 2. Stewart for men who
call themselves good American
citizens to evade jury duty.
How can the laws of the land be OBJ
served when reputable people, by
subterfUge, avoid doing their duty"
Let me shake you by the hand.
Andy, said that worthy patriot. j. Bona
parte Duffy, "fOr those sentiments
They coincide with my own. and I agree
with you that the man who shirks this
duty should be held up to scorn."
Indeed he should" replied Andy.
Which Of YOU gentlemen is A. p
Stewart" asked a polite stranger who
entered the room during the conversa-
tion.
Il am. sir" said the aTable Andy;
anything / can do for you?'
Yes. L have a subpoena for you to
attend a trial in Judge Deasys court
My dear fellow. 1 am awfully sorry
can not possibly attend said Andy.
I have to be at San Jose for three days
on a most important case You see my
grip there. all packed. just ready TO
start"
Yes" Clipped in J. Bonaparte Dury.
che has 10 go. We are called to San
Jose on a most important case. which
we must attend. So you can cut my
name out of your list Duffy can't go
That is ali there is to it."
What a lucky escape remarked
Andy to Duffy as he wiped the
perspiration off his brows. What a
good thing 1 thought Of San Jose"
Heaven bless san jose" said tho
pious J. Bonaparte.
w. A. Ross. assistant general pas
senger agent of the Great Northern.
arrived in the city yesterday from
Seattle. He says that May % the Great
Northern viii put through train in
service between Seattle and Chicago
which viii make the trip east bound
in y hours and west bound in II hours
and 45 minutes.
we are able to do this because we
can say, with safety, that we have the
best track in the west and have been
preparing for this service for more than
a year. We shall use the Burlington
between st. Paul and Chicago. We eX-
pect a big travel to the coast when
the Alaska Yukon exposition is opened
The exposition buildings are now COM
pleted. with the exception of the gov
ernment building, and we shall have all
the exhiSits installed by the 1st OF
May
The Western passenger association.
it has been announced in Chicago.
has agreed on one fare for the round
trip rate to the next Grand Army OF
the Republic reunion at Salt Lake City.
and rate of / y cents a mile to the
Paul No agreement was reached as
to regular summer excursion rates.
J. w. McCIymonds. Pacific coast
manager of the Pacific fruit express.
has returned from trip of inspection
of the country fed by the Cananea.
YaQui and Pacific railroad. the MeNi-
can extension Of the Southern Pacific.
McClymonds is in raptures over tho
country and declares that the only
- m
for men of his stamp to live there.
"But they are going there fast. said
he "and then it will be a heaven on
earth. Men who Will stir up things and
develop the country. Make II jump
Why. we are going to feed the east
with vegetables from there. II is the
greatest country you ever saw for
tomatoes. Everything will grow there
II only looked after. We went as far
as Culiacan. and it has only 10000 in
habitants. the same as it had so years
ago"
Frank f. Batturs. who Will take the
position of assistant general passenger
agent, made vacant by the resignation
of Paul Shoup. will arrive in town to-
day with c. S. Fee. ShOup will be
with the passenger department until
about Wednesday when he will so
with w +. Herrin.
@. NJ Secrist. general manager OF
the Pacific fruit express. with head.
quarters in Chicago. is at present in
Los Angeles and will be here during
the first of the week.
Letters received from F. E. Calvin.
vice president and general manager
of the Southern Pacific, and also from
w. H. Bancroft, vice president and
general manager Of the Oregon Short
Line. say they are having an enjoyable
visit to the Hawaiian islands They
expect to return here February 5.