The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-20

To this remonstrance the visitador calmly re-
Piled: IF St Francis wish mission. let him
show good port and chen 70 viii bear his
name When accordingly the mIssionsrieS In
their progress n0rthward. discovered the spa
eious bay mentioned. they cried out This is the
port to which the vtsitador referred and 10 which
the saint has led us-blessed be his name ami
forthwith they named 1t San Francisco bay in
compliment 70 their patron and guide They
next set up the usual and returned TO san
Diego. where they arrived January "a 1T-o
From anything that can be certainly learned Of
the proceeding OF previous travellers and vOvagers
this seems 10 be the true and first discovery 81
that great bay-nearly 200 years after Sir FRAN
S Sis praAe was repnied to have visited it. The
Mission itself was founded IN 17T6 though a.
had been projected ever since the discover oe
the bay, about the end Of October, 1869.
CALIFORNIA-Stranger. City. Was California
named after tabled queen OF the smazons or a
tabled island.
The etymology of the name California
Is uncertain Some writer's have pre-
tended that 1t was derived from the
two Latin words calida fOrnaN. or. in
the Spanish language. caliente fOrnaila
Ia hot furnace. This, however. Is
doubted by NJ Venagas Mexican
Jesuit in his Natural and Civil His
tory of California" G75S). He saws:
Il am inclined to think that this name
owes its origin to some accident pos
sibly to some words spoken by the In
dams, and misunderstood by the
Spaniards, as has happened in several
other cases. The name CalifORnia is
first found in Bernal Diaz, del Castif-
10. an officer who served under Her
nando Cortez in the conquest of
Mexico.
DURRANT-S. p. City Did Durrant appeal
his ease after he was convicted Of the church
He did.
INGERsoLL--A- B.. city. What was the date
He died July p. 1893.
ALIENS-P. j. A.. Yerba Buena Island. Cal.
Did congress pass law to naturalize imnle
diately all aliens who served FIVE yesrs in
United States army. navy and marine corps
The naturalization law says An
alien soldier of the United States army
of good character may be admitted TO
citizenship on one years previous resi-
dence. Any alien in the United States
navy or marine corps who has served
five consecutive years in the United
States navy or one enlistment in the
United states marine corps and honor
ably discharged shall be admitted to
citizenship on his petition without any
previous declaration Of intention to be-
come citizen"
POEM-w. ]. A.. San Jose. Cal. This
department. has not the space to repro
duce poems. If you will go to the free
public library in your city YOU will
there find the poem you desire in books
of recitations.
FOOTPRINTS Subscriber. City Who wrote
''The Footprints OF the Master''2
Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1877.
PRINTING. c. L.. Niles. CAL I want to
20 into printing business. but am not well
versed in all the details How shall obtain
such Information and obtain working patterns
and the like3
There are dealers in the materials
that you need in the business you name
in your letter. and these also have
books containing patterns. but this de-
partment can not advertise such places
of business.
NOMINAL. I. p. Pcscadero Cal. What
IS meant BY the word '-nominar' In the market
reports OF the daily papers?
1t is term to signify that the par
tieular product does not exist in any
marketable amount.
SIGNPoST-M. f. r.. San Mateo. Cal when
WAS the nrst mission signpoSt placed on the IN
Canine real San JOSEF
About the middle Of last Nay f.