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The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
PREPARING FOR
MAzATLAN TRAVEL
Southern Pacific Planning to
Reduce Time From Los
Angeles
Mexican West Coast Reputed
to Be Rich in Mineral
Deposits

The Southern Pacific extension in
Mexico is already attracting a large
travel to the west coast of the republic.
and mining men are pouring into the
Pacific littoral. as all that country is
reputed to be exceedingly rich in min
erals. Not only are mining men going
into the state of Sonora and Sinaloa,
but capitalists from all parts of the
United States are seeking opportunities
to invest in land or in mines. Sonora
has already a big American colony on
the lands along the Yaqui river, and so
important has grown this travel that
the Southern Pacific is now figuring
on a train schedule which will cut
down the time between Los Angeles
and Mazatlan by half a day.
The road is already at Mazatlan, and
as construction crews are working
from both ends of the line 1T is ex-
pected that the road will be completed
to Guadalajara within two years.
c. S. Fee, passenger traffic manager
of the Southern Pacific, in discussing
this matter, said:
Travel to the west coast of Mexico
over our line has far exceeded our ex-
pectations, and we are now figuring
on schedule which will shorten the
TIME pelWeeH Los AuSSlSS anu hd1dI-
Ian by half a day.
"A train will leave Los Angeles at
$3.50 p. m. and at 4:40 D. m. next day
will be at Benson. At 5 D.. m. the
train will leave Benson and arrive at
Gauymas at s o'clock next morning. A
daylight run will be made to Mazatlan,
which will be reached at o'clock that
night. This will make the journey
to Mazatlan in about 40 hours from
Los Angeles.
Il understand that the track of the
Cananea, Yaqui and Pacific is in such
splendid shape that it will not be at
all difficult for trains to make 20 miles
an hour. OF course we shall give the
best service that can be had"
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
FACE
LONG PRISON TERM
Men Who Plotted Against Aged
Miners Life to Be Charged
With Offense

Jay O'Loane and Sidney J. Dandy,
who are accused of having planned to
murder James Goodwin, a Nevada
miner, for his property, have the pos
sibility of five years Imprisonment
hanging. over them. as they are to be
charged with plying Goodwin with in
toxicating liquor with the intent of
doing away with him.
Assistant District Attorney Harri-
son will draw up a complaint charg-
ing the two men under section 222 of
the penal code, which provides for a
maximum penalty of five years impris-
onment for any one giving intoxicat-
ing liquors to another with the inten-
ton of committing a felony
Though the offense is an indictable
one, the pair will not come before the
grand jury, as this course was deemed
unnecessary by Detective Bunner and
Captain of Detectives Anderson.
Goodwin was visited by Detective
Bunner yesterday at the central emer-
gency hospital, and the old miner was
recovered sufficiently from his debauch
to give additional facts in the plot
against him.
The statements that Goodwin is not
the wealthy man he is represented to
be are untrue" said Detective Bunner
yesterday. The man has valuable
holdings in Nevada and Idaho, and 1
have proof of that"
Goodwin says he is worth in the
neighborhood of 100000.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
HOME COUGH CURE
Physicians Best Formula Brings Amaz-
ingly Quick Results. Easily
Prepared

Go to your druggist and get one-half
ounce Concentrated pine compound. two
ounces glycerine. half pint of good.
pure whiskey; mix it up and use it in
doses of a teaspoonful to a tablespoon
full every four hours, shaking the bottle
each time.
Any druggist can supply the ingre-
dients.
The Concentrated pine is a pine prod
uct refined for medical use and comes
only in half ounce bottles. each in
closed in a tin screw top case. which is
air tight and preserves the fluid in its
full STRENGTH. but be sure it is labeled
concentrated" A prominent local
druggist says he has filled this pre-
scription hundreds of times and has
seen it work wonders.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

gauge which taps the plantations.
bringing on to the wharf trains of
cars piled high with punches of
fruit is the land tentacle of the
corporation. In Costa Rica, Minor G.
Keith built his fortune largely out of
his connection with the fruit COM
pany. When the government was hard
up for money it hypothecated its
shares in the line from Puerto to Lii
mon to San Jose. These Mr. Keith
secured.
The fruit company now controls the
road, charging it's own rates of freight
Nor does it stop with the ownership
of railroads. steamers and piers. 1t
owns vast tracts OF banana land, de-
veloped and undeveloped. Forty per
cent of the plantations of Costa Rica
are in its possession, and in other re-
gions an equally large or even larger
percentage
Besides the steel trust, which faces
the exhaustion of ore, and the Standard
oil trust, which must some day be
without oil, the banana trust is in the
situation of a -four trust which owned
40 per cent of the wheat lands. 1t has
control of the land that permanent,
unfailing source of wealth, which, by
comparison, in the long run, makes
the mining business fitful and beg
carly.
Between the stools of home consump
tion and exclusive foreign production,
the banana trust has fallen into a
comfortable seat. Criticise it as much
as they will in Costa Rica and ia
maica, the criticism carries, as yet, lit
tie weight because of the market which
the company has created by its facili-
ties of transportation. 1t has brought
silk bandanas in place of cotton to
kinky heads and lace curtains at the
windows of tumbledown negro huts.
For the banana man is the jamaican
black.
The picture of him with bunch of
bananas on his shoulder running UP a
steamer gangway is the one most in
separately characteristic of the Carib-
bean. Malaria and heat and mire do
not disturb him. The company has
also brought fortune to many planters,
native and American, who have man
aged to escape without an incurable
case of malaria. Our knowledge of the
mosquito and of sanitation gained on
the isthmus pave the way for health
Ter future
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
Is This Fair?
Certain Proof VIII Be Made That
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
Cure Stomach Trouble.
THIS EXPERIMENT. FREE.

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are made
10 give TO the system. through the d.
necessary chemicals not only to digest
food. but to enrich the fluids OF the
body so that 1t may no longer suffer
from dyspepsia or other stomach
We will send you a quantity OF
these tablets free, so that their power
TO cure NAV be proven to you.
Thousands upon thousands OF people
are using these tablets for the aid and
cure of every known stomach disease.
Know what you put into your stomach,
and use discretion in doing SO.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain
fruit and vegetable essences. the pure
concentrated tincture OF Hydrastis.
Golden Seal which tone up ard
strengthen the mucous lining of the
stomach and increase the how OF
gastric and other digestive juices.
Lactose (extracted from MILK: Nux.
to strengthen the nerves controlling
the action of the stomach arsd TO cure
nervous dyspepsia, pure aseptnc Pepsin
of the highest digestive power and ap-
pOeia Zone OF the ablest professors OF
the University Of Michigan recently
aseptic pepsin he had found that was
absolutely pure-free from all animal
impurities); Bismuth. to abs6rb gases
delicfously Favored with concentrated
Jamaica Ginger-in itself a we'll known
stomach tonic.
the longer they are kept, thrOHgh evan
oration fermentation and chemical
changes. hence Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let's are recognized as the only true and
logical manner of preserving the In
gradients given above IN their fullest
strength.
II you really doubt the power OF
these tablets. take this advertisement
to a druggist and ask his opinion OF
the formula.
1t is due your stomach to give 1t the
ingredients necessary to stop it's trOu-
BILE. 1t costs nothing to try. You
know what you are taking. and the
fame of these tablets proves their value.
All druggists sell them Price so cents.
Send us your name and address and We
will send you a trial package by mail
free. Address F. A. Stuart Co., $50
Stuart Building. Marshall. MAch.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
PLANTERS MOSTLY
AMERICANS A

Most of the planters in Costa Rica
are Americans The Costa Ricans them
selves are too happy growing coffee in
the cool highlands to undergo the pun
ishing climate of the lowlands, where
endurance and killing time are really
the chief requisites. You boss a little
and the rivers and the Jamaicans do
the rest. The rivers which overflow
the banks once year and the sediment
washed from the hills do the Annual
fertilization.
When the fruit is ready for market
the Jamaican carries it to the train
and plants another slip. Every bunch
has from seven to twelve hands; the
company refuses the sevens. Though
they have more than a hundred ba-
nanas they are not worth while in the
careful calculation of labor, time, and
interest charges. 1t pays 81 cents for
all bunches of nine hands or over, and
20 cents for eights. At that rate the
young man who fights the malaria will
make % per cent on his money if he
knows anything about banana raising
and banana soil.
The company gets an average of
s1.70 bunch, averaging $50 to 175
bananas, in the states, which repre-
sents the cost of handling and trans
portation while we know what the
retailer receives. The business pays
1 because of it's magnitude and PAYS
well. Day after day, under the frying
sun. year in and year out, the little
engines of the banana railroad" sing
! their chuk-chuk in the still hot air
among the motionless leaves, on to the
pier, where the Jamaican yells and
sings and giggles as he starts the
punches on their journey to the push
carts and the country grocery.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
A HOME REMEDY
THAT REDUCES FAT

Would you like to have nice firm
figure, but ESCAPE tie tiresome, bone
breaking exercise or the soul sickening
diet of The aid time plan of reducing
excess flesh?
Then go tol the druggist and ask for
this inexpensive mixture: Y ounce
Marmola. Y ounce Fluid Extract Cas-
cara Aromatic. and S5z ounces Pepper
mint Water Take teaspoonful after
meals and ait bedtime, and in few
weeks you can be as fit physically as a
fawn. Mix these ingredients at home if
you wish bait see that you get the
Marmola in Ia sealed package. When
fresh it acts tquicker.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

See the @Page for the Modern
House Keeper" which appears
regularly in the magazine of The
Sunday CaM. Cash prizes are given
each week for best household ideas
and kitcheip recipes. Send in your
choicest ones to Modern House
Keeper Page" the San Francisco
Sunday Csdl.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

BEATS HER DAUGHTER Sadie Wat
klns, 1866 Twenty-sixth street, was arrested
yesterday for beating her daughter Ruth Green
II years OF age Mrs. Watkins is addicted to
the liquor habit and the girl being afraid to go
home stayed out all of Wednesday night When
she went home yesterday morning her mother
gave her severe beating.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

BELIEVES HE WOUNDED BURGLAR-T. D.
Wolfrom, night Waterman at the Pacific garage
and motor company's garage, Pacific avenue and
Polk street, crawling through a win
dow Wednesday morning and when he asked
him what he wanted the man ran Wolfrom
fired shot at him he was disappearing
through the window and the man dropped to the
ground as if wounded The police looking
for him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

and unedible and not filed out. Suck
ing the strength of the stem, the fin
gers swell as they ripen. But no one
who has never been in the tropics
knows what really good banana is-a
banana (which is not cut until its skin
sets on the plump flesh as tight as
corset And the best are not the big
ones which are exported, but the pine
apple type scarcely larger than "a
mans finger. found in the height OF
their eSdellence in the Philippines.
The big banana. like the big straw
berry, is the product of cultivation and
hardening for market purposes
BUSINESS 'YET
IN INFANCY
A banana belt runs all along both
coasts of Central America. But the
land on the west coast lies fallow.
waiting % market That of the east
coast extends all the way from the
Guatemalaln border, a strip from so
to 200 miLds in breadth. to Brazil, while
most of the islands of the Caribbean
may be included in a field which might
produce 10 times our present consump-
tion and which is to be one of the
great foodl granaries in that not dis
tant day OF our country's future when
we shall (consume at home all the
wheat tha we grow.
The hist pry of the wheat lands is,
in one SENSE. the history of the banana
lands Those which were the richest
and most accessible were the first to
be developed. Political conditions, be-
sides, played a part No one would
think of hrting a plantation in the
black repu 5lics of Hayti or Santo Do
mingo or In overtaxed, revolutionary.
corrupt Guatemala and Nicaragua when
equally goch and cheap ground could
be had und hr Britishs rule in Jamaica
or in the orderly republic of Costa Rica
which waI the loss of the backward
and the gairt of the forward countries.
The best quality of bananas is grown
in the republic Of Panama; the most
prolific soil Is in Costa Rica.
OF the whp1e business of import into
the United States the United Fruit
company controls from three-fourths to
-fifths. THE fruit company escapes
prosecution for its trust methods, the
courts havirtg held that. as it controls
a product gliown outside of the United
States. it falas without the pale of the
law. BY aclroit and masterful man
agement. byt all the economies and
ruthless methods of competition known
to other corporations, this great eX-
ample has built up its business in the
last 20 years.
TRUST CONTROLS
ALL TRANSPORTATION
1t combines passenger and freight
traffic. In the desuetude of American
shipping it isl able to build new ships
which fly the flag. In nearly every
Central American country it is the
most powerful outside political factor.
With no interest in government except
to develop business one way and an
other it manages to have its way. BY
force of necessity, prosperity and order
must prevail rFore or less in every part
which it dominates.
The banana railroad" narrow
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
VAST WEALTH
LIES IN THE
BANANA TRADE
Growth of South American In
duStry Reads Like a
Romance
Work in Which Black Mans
Muscle and White Mans
Brains Are Supreme
Land Where Rivers Do the Fer
tilizing and Mosquitoes
Swarm
By Frederick Palmer

Copyright, 1909. by Tribune company, Chieago.)
Yes. young man." Mr.. Merry, the
veteran American minister to Costa
Rica. tells his inquirers; yes, it is
quite true that you can make from 25
to 80 per cent on your capital if you
start a banana plantation. There is no
trick behind the company's offer 1t
can well afford to take your product
at a price which assures such profit.
However. young man, I shouldn't be
fair If 1 did not tell you something
else. You must consider that, If you
are not dead at the end of five years.
you may be such a physical wreck
from malaria that your fortune will
do you no good"
1t has been said that the white man,
however he thrives on the banana, will
not thrive where bananas grow That
yellowing bunch in front of the country
store and the blackening -four for five"
in the pushcart of the city form the
most powerful American influence in
Central American affairs. The ro-
nance Of wheat, which the banana
rivals as a food, is commonplace be-
side this far traveller from the swelter
of Caribbean coasts, ripening as it
goes, which passes through northern
billiards. to our tables. Our consump-
tion comes entirely from abroad. No
"standpatter" ever yet proposed tariff
on bananas.
MOST RECENT
OF TRUSTS
As an industry in its larger sense,
il is more recent than steel and it's
growth as rapid. Twenty years ago
the United States ate 5000, 900 punches
a year; 10 years ago, Is, 900 0G0; and
today 55,0O0.O00. In every Central
American country, after the doleful
tales of misgovernment and decay on
the west coast, you heard Of prosperity
on the east coast, which the ever in
creasing banana export created
The Caribbean islands share the
bounty. The island of Jamaica, her
sugar plantations in ruins, was saved
from economic despair by the banana
trade. England has trebled her con-
sumption in the last five years. Ger
many and France are beginning to
receive inlportations in quantity.
The growth in consumption is only
partly due to the recognition of the
banana as a food. 1t is mainly due to
improved means of transportation. The
problem from the first has been to
deliver the banana in edible condition
at the consumers door. Fast steamers,
with their holds kept at the right tenn
perature, now run straight to Liver
pool and I>mburg. And the right tenn
perature is only As degrees. Too much
heat means that the banana will ripen
too fast
In our country there are big warm
ing houses in big railroad centers of
the northern states. where the chill is
taken off the fruit before the journey
is continued. When picked it is green
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
A FEW WORDS WITH tie
LADY 0 Ae1HCUSE

Avoid interrupting the breakfast by
a mad rush for the cars or school.
. o q O
The Daily Menu
BREAKFAST
Cereal and Cream
Broiled Bacon. Baked Potatoes
German Coffee Cake
Coffee
DINNER
Marinated Leg Of Lamb, Roasted
Brown Sauce
Franconia Potatoes
Buttered Brussels Sprouts
Endive. French Dressing
Snced Figs in Wine Jelly
Half Cups of Coffee
SUPPER
Hot Cheese Sandwiches
--pple Sauce. Tea
Z. n q q
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

troublesome matter The cold water
let in to taI1e the place of the hot wa
ter drawn off keeps the fuel cool and
in no condition to burn we'll Also a
freshly built fire burns more freely
than one clogged with cinders. and if
fire is TO De kept UP continuously it
viii need considerable special atten-
ton. As a rule an oven is of such heat
that all articles are set to cook on the
floor of the ,ofyen. Occasionally the un-
der heat of SIN oven is so strong that a.
CRATE is needed directly over the floor
In some ovens a second CRATE, set mid
way the oven, is used to scar over a
small roast, to brown cookies or 10
glaze biscuits.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
Culinary Notes

To Test ESgs--An interesting expert
ment may be tried to see If eggs are
fresh Fill a finger bowl with cold
water and put an egg in it. A strictly
fresh egg feels quite heavy in the
hand, ana Immediately goes to the bot
tom OF the bowl, and stays there on its
side. When three weeks old it lies al
most on the pointed end, but still keeps
under the water. If the egg is three
months old. 1T stands directly on the
point, not quite touching the bottom
Of the vessel, and with the round end
slightly above the water. When older
than that it bobs up and down, and
nearly half Of the egg comes above the
water, point down, round end UP. City
folks will hardly credit 1t that farmers
and store keepers sell such old eggs,
but they do, and frequently. Stale eggs
feel very light held In the hand, and
the shells present a dull appearance,
very easy to detect when once OBJ
served.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

Mixed Spice for General Use-This is
an old Newl England rule, belonging
to family inoted for it's plum cake
plum puddirg and mince pies: Take
two tablespcpnfuls of powdered cinna-
mon, one tablespoonful of powdered
cloves, one tablespoonful of powdered
allspice, two teaspoonfuls of powdered
mace and cine grated nutmeg. Mix
thoroughly and sift twice. Put away
in a tight glass jar or tin box and
keep ready flor use. The flavor of this
becomes VERY fine by long standing
and the quas4tity, many times repeated
is valuable addition to the cook
stores. VIII IN some one flavor is de-
sired to pre- dominate. it can be made
a foundatioTL and the others added at
the time Of using.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
PROOFk i'm fhe
MOs,EaiT19y

We tell you about how good you'n
feel after taking a CASCARET-
that millions of people-bily, use
and recommend them-But that's
talk-you buy box now-Sake as
directed tonight and get the proof
in the morning-After you know
CASCARETS you'll never be
without them. slI
CASCARETS roc a box for a weeks
treatment all druggists. Biggest seller
in the world. MILLION boxes q month
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

Novel Brown Breadand an Easy Way
10 Cook It-A very good recipe for
brown bread calls for one cup of mo-
lasses. but the other day when making
It l had only half a cup, so / filed
the cup up with maple syrup; the re-
suit was such delicious bread that /
changed my recipe. Put the bread
mixture into three well CREASED baking
powder lone pound) tins; set these into
a large tin pail Il use a 10 pound lard
paid, and fill two-thirds full of boil
ing water, cover tightly and set in the
oven with your beans. If put in at
about o'clock they will be done by
6. and you will have three pretty little
loaves convenient for slicing, and it
viii not have been necessary to looA
at them even once while they were
cooking.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05
w. T. HESS, Notary Public

ROOM I112 CALL BUILDING
I at residence, 1860 Page street between
Z p. m. and p. m. Residence telephone
Park 2797.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

Place in Oven for ROasfs, Bread, Etc.
II water be drawn constantly from a
boiler attached to a cooking range.
the heating of the oven will be a
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-05

Rum OmeIet-Put six eggs in a bowl,
beat until light, but not stiff Add
six tablespoonfuls milk and tea
spoonful finely powdered loaf sugar
and beat agaln; put not enough TO
pan hot with a teaspoonful butter
melted and rubbed over the sides and
bottom of the pan. Turn in the mix
ture and cook until done, rolling the
omelet into shape as it stiffens. Turn
out on a hot dish, dredge with a little
sugar pour a teacupful of rum about
Ifobf cQryp at onca
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-14
NOTICE TO VOTERS

Notice is hereby given that a spe-
cial election will be held on the oath
day of. August, 1909, in the city OF
Wenatchee, Wash, for the purpose
of voting on the question, "Shall the
sale of intoxicating liquors be IL
censei within the city of Wenatchee,
Wash" The polling places will be:
For the First Ward, in the build
ing on Lots 10, IA and Is, Block 10,
Great Northern plat, commonly
known as the Rosenberg building.
For the Second Ward, in the build
ing on Lot /, Block I, First Suburb
an Home Addition to Wenatchee,
commonly known as the Office of the
Wenatchee Planning Mill.
For the Third Ward, in the build
ing located on Lot IA, Block At, Re-
plat First Addition, commonly known
as the Eagle Livery store room.
The polls will be opened at 8
o'clock a. m. and closed at s o'clock
p. m. of said gath day OF August,
1909.
SAM R. SUMNER,
S-21*'" City Clerk.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-14
OFFICE ROOMS FOR RENT
A Few More Choice Office Rooms for
Rent at Very Reasonable Prices, Steam
Heat in Every Room.
E. B. Halbert
Jersey Farmers Take Annual DIP

Jersey Farmers Take Annual Dip.
Manasquan, N. j., Aug. 14.-One
of the principal features OF Mon
mouth and adjoining counties is the
annual farmers "washday" at the
seashore. Thousands of the farm
ers for miles around gathered along
the beach today to take their annual
sea bath. They came with their
wives, sweethearts and children and
grandchildren, in automobiles, car
riages, farm wagons and afoot. While
the farmers took their wash thou
sands of the fashionable summer COL
onists looked on. The bathing suits
were of great variety, many of the
wives and daughters being dressed in
tight-fitting wrappers.