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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
BUILDING ACTIVE
THROUGHOUT CITY
Record of Permits Asked for
During Week Shows Total
Value of SS2,79O
ln rOyement of Oakland Prop
erly in Last FOurs Years
Represents $z7,OOO,0OO

OAKLAND, Feb. 21.-During the last
four years the building operations in
this city represented an outlay of s27,-
100000, according TO figures compiled by
Walter B. Fawcett, secretary of the
board Of public works. These records
will be outrivaled II the demand for
building permits continues to be as
brisk throughout the remainder OF the
current year as It has been during the
last three months. Secretary Fawcett
estimates that unless there IS an unex-
pected slump in building the improve
ments on property in Oakland in 1909
viii amount to $40 ,e0O, 600.
Negotiations have been practically
completed this week FOR the sale of a
tract Of &c acres of land at the junction
OF the San Leandro canai and San Lean
drO bay to the Pacific tank company, a
local concern backed by eastern capital,
which intends to build a large factory
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE
Among the handsomest of the new
apartment houses now nearing compile
ton in this city is the Lakeside, located
at the corner Of Athol avenue and the
lake shore boulevard. The Lakeside
contains So large. well lighted rooms
and cost about $4,000. Mrs. A Chris
Iensen is the owner
S5o.00o apartment house viii soon
be erected at the southwest corner of
Iwenty-second street and Harrison
boulevard. facing Lake Merritt. c. NJ
COOK is the architect and DR.. c. Cald-
well the owner
An apartment house viii be built by
F. j. Conner on the north side OF Durant
street just east OF Telegraph avenue.
Architect c. NJ Cook estimates that the
cost OF the building VIII be about S35,-
600.
BUILDING PERMITS
FOLLOWING is a summary OF the build
ing permits applied for at the board of
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

Experts say Pennsylvania anthracite
coal viii last 100 years more her hi :
luminous four times as long.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22
NEw ApART,IENr HoUsE
BUTLBING PERMTTS

Following is a summary OF the build
ing permits applied for at the board Of
public works for the week:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
ACTS .s FOR ELKS THEATER

The Elks Theater will offer to its
 patrons this week the highest class
 bill ever presented in this city, in
 Cameron and Toledo. They have a
 team that has just closed the big
 eastern time with "The Crocodile and the Lizarl." putting on the "En- chanted Grotto," selection from grand opera, interspersed with pantomine
 andl equilibrism. carrying special scenery and effects and music ar ranged by John 1tsel. Mr. Cameron will take the part of Faust" Harry Toledo, originally of Toledo brothers, the part of "Mephisto." This is a treat to Pine Bluff theatergoers, axd -sf-yeu miss it you will miss cne\ \of the best of the season at popular, prices. The rest of the bill consists .sf Edward de Corsia and company, in their laugh-provoking playlet. MT. Red Ike from Nevada This cast comes to our city with special praise from various cities in the North and East, where they have played. These playlets we only use when we know that we have an exceedingly strong one, and in MT. de Corsia, with his company. we feel satisfied that we can interest the most scrupulous.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
gillespie Brothers, Wholesale Grocers

.Glllespie Brothers, Wholesale Grocers.
 One of the oldest and most reliable
 business firms of this city is that of
 the Gillespie Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company. who today call at- tention through the medium of the Graphic to their specialties, Gilt Edge Flour, Angel Food Flour, Goes mo- lasses, Sugar Glen, Blue Ribbon Cane and the Victor molasses, which they say are the best on the market. Their policy of courteous treatment and prompt attention to out of town orders has made them many friends throughout the state. Since their or ganization in 1868 this firm has had almost unprecedented success in their line. The officers of the company are Veo Alexander. president; Robert Finley, vice president, and H. G. Hig- ginbotham. secretary and treasurer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
WE MAY YET HAVE
 A BASEBALL TEAM

Attorney F. Hasis Nixon, of this city. last /night receiSsd a telegram from M9hagerj Arthur Alggs of the Argentaf baseball club, asAtng him to come td Little Rock this I corning to attend meeting of the Arkansaw State Hssball League dirdctors at the Marikn Motel. He told M&. Nixon to come Nherea his expensd and it is believed thah an, effort i} being made to retVrn ths Pine Bl.f fran chise to this city. /
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.
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The weather man says it will be fair and warmer today
 -The B'nai Birth Lodge will meet Monday night at the Temple.
 Hoy Senyafd:: rfiti1af i'll for more than an thour Friday night, is much improved
 EUsTC0N EAST UK-whs@-sIxE4Y
 car, purse containing gold watch,
 M." engraved on same. Return to
 Miss Marten, at Sivess-Walton.
 Ali St
 Little Miss Henrietta Brewster, daughter of MT. and Mrs Edgar Brewster, who was operated on for appendicitis, is recovering rapidly from the effects of the operation.
 The new Business Mems League officials announce that the member ship fee of $15 will be in effect until April 15 only. After that date the membership fee will be increased to $25.
 IOn account of the low condition of Mrs. Bettie Haltom, and through respect to her daughter, who is a guest at the Park Hotel, the dance announcef yesterday to be given at the hotel last night was postponed.- Prescott News.
 The annual meeting of the mem- bers of Congregation Anshe Emeth will meet tonight at S:30 o'clock at the Temple. Officers are to be elect ed for the ensuing year and other im- portant business is to be transacted. -The recent action taken by the 1 legislature in cutting the appropria- Eion for the State Normal fund did | 1ot affect the Branch Normal schoSf of this city. The appropriation for he Branch Normal School here has passed the senate as originally drawn, |ut has not been considered in the louse.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
Monday Discount of per cent on all Cash Purchases
 Provided Nit You

city attending the conference of the states educators. MT. Hammon was formerly professor in the Pine Bluff High School, and while in this city made many warm friends among the students of the high school.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
+%&+ %++++% = BRIEF MENTION. : ++++<+$++<~++++++
70fs. Y. 0. Jarvis Of 'Rankhead, was iA thjszaltx ltesterdsy'~sh Mrs. Garland BfewsteF anu dauEh- ter are visiting relatives at Stuttgart.

Mrs. Garland BfewsteF ana dauEh ter are visiting relatives at Stuttgart
 Miss Eddie Jarvis. of Bankhead, il In Pine Bluff as the guest of Mis-. Eddie King.
 Miss Norma Chatham. rof Marlin Texas, Is in this city as the guest O Mrs. Will Miller
 Max Maier, of New York, left yes. terday for the West. after shor, visit m this riitty
 Mrs. J. P. Collier. of H1rnefmur, Is spending Easter in this city, with her Collier.
 Miss Mary Geisreiter has returned from pleasant visit to friends at Canton and Hattiesburg. Miss.
 w. H. Langford. c. P. Darby and Aafaas F. Dunnington are enjoying q hunt in the'~Misaissispi-bott Mrs. J. M. Mccain has gone to Cam den, where she will visit her son, Asa Mccain. and family.
 Misses Oma and Leila Perry will leave next "Wednesday for Eureka Springs, where they will visit for sev- dral weeks.
 Mrs. Wiltshire Riley. of Louisville, Ky" arrived in Pine Bluff yesterday to spend Easter with her many friends ln1s catys'as's--.- .--sv-....-.-~~.,.--.-...,.
 Walter McAdams left yesterday for Little Rock, where he will be the EYest of Charles I4eAdaire. chief clerk of the New Capital Hotel. / J. w. Maxwelh of Tyfcrv-Fexas, gen eral superintendent Of the Cotton Belt, is in the city and will spend Easter Sunday in the city with friends.
 Miss Grace York. os Memphis, who has been visiting in.at yes in this city, will leave today for Little Rock. where she will be the guest of friends for the next week.
 Miss Frances Waterman, who has been in Phipps' famous sanitarium at Denver for some months, will arrive home this week to visit her parents, colonel and Mrs. Gus Waterman. She is much improved in health.
 Mrs. J. A. Frazier. who has been quite sick for several weeks, was some better yeaterday. She was re- gently visited by Rev. F. N. Brewer. or Gurdon. a brother-in-law of Con- gressman Joe T. Robinson, who is a friend of the Frazier family. n w. J. Hammon. of Hope, is in thiAl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-11
After Easter Considerations

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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
MAYORS POLICY

Mt AYOR ALEXANDER has shown
nv in a most convincing manner
4LG that his policy is exactly what
The Herald said it would be and what
the mayors friends predicted it would
be. Honesty is the best policy. and
honesty is the mayors policy. An hon
est regard for the welfare Of the city
prompted him to recommend economies
which would save Los Angeles upward
of $4,000 a year. He proposed that the
office of mayors messenger should be
abolished. He proposed also that GER
tain inspectorships should be abolished,
and the duties connected with them
transferred without any possibility of
an impairment of efficiency by the
economical transfer.
In everything he has done or has
suggested Mayor Alexander has given
proof of his desire to put the admins
tration of the government of this city
on a common sense, businesslike basis.
In this he is carrying out the wishes OF
the citizens, who are sick and tired of
tax-eaters-or "taxophagists," as some
one has called them facetiously.
The city is looking to Mayor Alexan-
der to establish a business administra-
tion and to make our city government
as efficient in every branch as is any
big business concern that represents
private capital. Councilmen who try
to block or interfere with the mayors
policy of honesty and economy are run
ming a risk Of recalling to the public
mind the fact of the existence of a
provision in the charter ot the city for
the retirement to private life of public
office holders who allow private inter
ests or prejudices or private motives of
any kind to interfere with the faith
full performance of their public duties.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
PRoPoUNDs QUESTIONS FOR
CAPTAIN SMITH TO ANSWER

LOS ANGELES, May 12.=TEditor
herald: That the sophistical absurd
tues or the general counsel for the
Model License league were appIauded
Dy his auditors proves conclusivelv
that few business men have studied
the liquor problem. The space allotted
VIII not permit going at any detail into
an answer to his speech. The most ~ eti'T 7
can hope to have published is a few
questions.
can the merchant who deals in neces-
sarles and the saloon keeper who deals
IN destructives be placed on the same
legal or social level?
When the scriptures say "Look not
upon the wine when it is red, when n
giveth its color in the cup" etc. "No
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of
strong drink?
Is alcohol made by God or man?
God made dogs and cats; did he in
tend them for food, poisons etc?
If liquor is like a snake" why not
deal it the same blow you do a snake
and be done with it?
If more liquor is sold under prohib-
itory law, why do not the brewers and
oistlllers stand as a man for prohi-
bition?
Is not crime, poverty, idiocy breeder
an evil per Sc? If so, then Capt. Smith
says 1T should be abolished" and SO
say we all.
Is not his argument as an entirety a
plea for communication of the death pen
atty, impending by public opinion on
the old criminal, to that of life SEN
tence? But it won't work You can't
turn back the clock of time; it's too
late; sentence has already been pro-
rounced, and only awaits the moment
of execution. In this case / believe in
capital punishment, The good of So
ciety, of the criminal himself and of
his family demands it,
SAVONAROT,A
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
GOOD ROADS

TN THE latest annual report Of the
secretary of agriculture the fol-
n lowing statement was made: Con
sidering the year as a whole, it is with
in the bounds of conservatism to say
that far greater results have been ac-
complished than in any preceding year,
and that the status of road work in
general throughout the United States
is more advanced and promising for
future development than in any year
since the settlement of North America
by the white man."
Auto vehicles have had much to dc
with the revival and growth of good
roads sentiment in the United States
within the past few years. AT first re-
garded by the farmer with suspicion
and then with jealousy, he has finally
reached the conclusion that automo-
biles are useful and not merely orna-
mental, and the farmer wants auto
vehicle roads, and is willing to cooper
ate with the pleasure car" people In
building them.
Three events have been noted recent
ly WHICH may DG Ssllu U DS lnlSAI CldlCu
with the general good roads movement.
A rapid motor vehicle sightseeing
Pullman car is in commission; in fact
an example of 1t will carry passengers
from Hollywood to the summit Of
Lookout mountain.
A motor truck capable of heavy
hauling at good speed has established
an agency in Los Angeles.
Specifications for the grading and ex-
cavation of the seaward end of the
harbor road from Los Angeles to Will
mington and San Pedro have been
completed by the engineering depart
ment of the highway commission and
will be presented today to the super
visors for approval.
This road to San Pedro will be the
main one between Los Angeles and its
deep sea harbor, and undoubtedly will
carry much of the harbor freight traf-
fic. Good roads and auto vehicles will
inaugurate new era in American
civilization-an era of independence
from the railroads which for years
have been the arbiters of the destinies
OF many villages, townships and farm
settlements.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
RLAMEs MOTHERS FOR
FooLIsHNESS OF GIRLS

LONG BEACH, May Ill Editor
Heraldl: The special Mothers day,
with it's crowded halls, its speeches,
pathetic eulogistic, prophetic, is past.
Until next May the public will forget
the occasion and most of the interest
that belongs to it. 1t is mighty easy and
absurdly common for the American
people to set a day apart from the
rest once a year to meet together
march in noisy procession. dispense
oratory and pass resolutions, then dis
perse for twelve months. Our public,
as such, does most that it does at all
in this brass band mass meeting, fire.
works, Grating, circus sort of way. Car
lyle says we are perpetually reform
ing ourselves by tremendous cheering"
Most of US know that mothers day
is every day in the year That the in
fluence and necessity for the mother in
every branch of human life is perpetual
We know also that valuable as mother
love and mother guidance is to the
babes and youth of our land and noble
and elevating as much of the mother
influence is, there is a good deal of k
that needs improving In all the talk
and writing that 1 have seen given to
the world on or about Mothers day
there has been never a word of hope
that our mothers might "tac a thought
an Il6H Inc IlrSL ellOClOn InaL DuQS
in the character and habits of our
girls is personal vanity. The mothers
are to blame for it. From earliest baby
hood these girl weans are tricked out
with all the fantastic gewgaws that
money can buy, and often the family
bread and clothes are scrimped in con-
sequence. The mothers are to blame
for 1t. AS the girl comes to her teens
her vanity is fed at the expense of
her sense, she becomes merely a form
for the milliner to display her "glad
rags" on. The sober dignity that is
the chief grace of womanhood is
scarcely y found among our girls The
slmpering giglets throng our streets
IN city and village. displaying as much
or their charms as they dare, the SER
want girl with rare exceptions rivaling
as far as her scanty purse will allow
the daughter of the rich. The mothers
are to blame for 1t. Often these moth
ers are at home washing or mending,
scanting themselves of the needs of lif,.
that these butterfly dolls may pose In
the sunshine.
We hear of white slavery" and the
systematic ruin of girls" These
smirking feminine mistakes are the au-
thors and inviters of their own fate.
thousands of these youth wasters get
sobered in after life by motherhood ana
the Washtub, but the game goes on.
IL is not my girls, nor yours. Mr.
Reader, of course, but it's the crowd
and the mothers are to blame for ~
SENEX
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
GREATER LOS ANGELES

N NONSOLIDATION will establish on
4 the Pacific a southern maritime
" metropolis that will rival any Of
the great urban centers of population
and wealth in the east.
Greater Los Angeles will be city
of both achievement and opportunity
and with it's seaport, San Pedro, will
greatly add to the general prosperity
of Southern California. Therefore it
is to the interest of the southern por-
tion of our big state to boom and
boost" consolidation plans.
With all Southern California actively
interested in Greater Los Angeles the
peevish voices of the "antis'' would be
silenced No man with a regard for
his reputation for common sense can
afford to echo the cry for what the cor
poration agents call an independent
San Pedro. Corporation domination is
the corporation idea of harbor ''inde-
pendence," and this fact is so well
known to the public that the very
suggestion of an attempt to thwart the
consolidation project and Harrimanize
San Pedro harbor would arouse furi-
Gus tempest of indignation.
Every harbor right that has been
won by the people must be jealousy
guarded and preserved, and all who
would wish to see San Pedro grow and
prosper should heartily support and
work for the complete success of the
Greater Los Angeles plans.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
HARRIMAN's WORD

MFR. HARTMAN probably by this
MI time is beginning to understand
III the people of Los Angeles intend
to hold him to his promise to build a
new station. Mr.. Hartman is not ex-
actly ingenious when he talks Of the
Southern Pacif1c's claim of $1,600,0O
which must be collected from the gov
ernment If Los Angeles is to have the
station. 1t looks as if the railroad
magnate were using the need of Los
Angeles and the undoubtedly strong
public sentiment in favor of a station
as factors in the collection of the sum
he mentioned.
One would naturally suppose he had
served notice on the government that
if it has any regard for Los Angeles
it must "pungle up in order that he
may give this city a metropolitan
depot. But is not Mr. Hartman laying
himself open to the accusation Of
drawing a red herring across the trail?
He is in debt to the city of Los An
geles to the extent Of One Depot. He
owes this city a railway station if his
word is to count for anything, and
surely the ablest Of all the railroad
giants and fnanciers is a man of his
word.
Now why should he make the keep
ing of his word dependent on the set
tlement by the government of a for
tuitous claim which the railroad holds?
HOW ABOUT THE CLAIM OF Los
ANGELES ON THE RAILROAD?
Is it not a fact that Fifth street was
vacated on the promise a fine new
station would be erected SOON?
What is the meaning of the word
SOON?
Surely Mr.. Hartman did not pull
wool over the eyes Of the council that
made him a present Of a fine site!
Surely Mr.. Hartman would not be
guilty Of trying to fool the people of
Los Angeles!
Let him restore public confidence in
him and his promises by building a
modern depot.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
CRIME AGAINST
CRIMINALS

~ OIL. GRIFFITH ]. GRIFFITH, the
leader in the prison reform move
" ment which is beginning to make
its influence for good felt. said In an
address reported in Los Angeles Her
aid in November, 1908: For fifty
years San Quentin, as conducted in the
past, unquestionably has been a school
for crime, managed not by trained
men, but by most brutal methods.
Once a new prisoner is ushered inside
the gloomy walls of that prison, the
very air seems charged with hate and
revenge, as he hears from the mouth
of old prisoners appalling stories of
brutality, such as murder, manning
and Gripping for life of helpless men,
perpetrated by the prison officers, who
represent organized society
In his address on the subject, Crime
Against Criminals" Col. Griffith said
his accusation that San Quentin was
a school for crime was not rhetorical
statement but a literal declaration of
actual fact.
Moreover, beyond the revolving and
disgusting details of life in San Quen-
tin, there is grave reason for question:
ing the general efficacy of a system
the chief aim, or at any rate the chief
result, Of which seems to be the pro-
motion of degeneracy and the ad-
vancement of crime.
A prisoner today, says Col. Griffith,
is treated as the farmer never dreams
of treating his most worthless cattle.
FINALLY, on date set years before
by a judge who simply guessed at
what he thought would be the proper
time, this man, whom you have been
deliberately brutalizing for years. finds
the prison doors opened and he is
thrust out into the world again. Physi-
cally he is weak from years of con-
hnement. Morally his will power has
been undermined completely by long
obedience to autocratic orders, he
having been forced to live under con-
ditions in which he is not allowed to
consult his own judgment. Intellectu-
ally he has lost all grip of affairs, for
he has not been allowed to see a news
paper published in the state. You
thrust such a man into the world
again, with s5 in his pocket and a
suit of clothes that costs the state
$2.95, and that every detective recog-
nizes at a glance. Then you say to
such a man. Now, be good
Civilization, civilization, what crimes
are committed in thy name!
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17

ism as a fraud or delusion, but he met
his Waterloo and is now one of the
strongest advocates of spiritualism.
The same may be said of Lombroso'
the Italian scientist, fierce antago-
mist to spiriutlaism, now strong be-
lever. Rev. Minot ]. Savage admits
he was antagonistic to and preachea
against spiritualism until he lnVesti-
gated and found the truth. he CON
fessed that he was bigoted and ignor-
ant of the subject like SO many thou
sands of others are who decry spirit
ualism without investigating. Mr.
Sprading referred to an article by Rau-
pert Hughes appearing in Pearsons S
Magazine September, 1908 to February,
1909. entitled Seeing Things" as re-
liable evidence to save the public from
the fraud of spiritualism See What
Mr.. Herward Darlington says In an
article appearing in the May number
of New Thought Magazine entltleu
"Seeing Things Awry":
at seems incredible that any nrst
class magazine should publish tirade
of this character, especially as 1t Is
wholly without foundation, but is act
ually entirely contrary to every 1aet
in the case. The men investigating
Eusapia Paladino have not in thelr
work sacrificed any of the STANDARDS Oh
evidence, but have throughout insisted
upon exact scientific methods being
employed In other words they nave
prescribed the same calm, critical spirit
that they would show were they expert
menting in chemistry or biology. Inc
tone of Mr.. Hughes criticism brands
him a man who is at once dogmatic,
supercilious. ignorant of the evidence" :"
The above refers to the tests of the
scientists with the well known me-
dium, Eusapia Paladino.