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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15
Spring Valley
And
Hetchy

searching inquiry into their legal and significance
10 pause now IN the proceedings for the acquisition
Sierra supply would unquesonaby prolonged eav
and uncertainty and important STILL might leopard the rights
which the city has acquired permit We know
that Secretary Bangr has thrown hint that the proceed
ngs the Hetch Hetcy appearance of financial
trick TO impair the value OF the Spring plant We have not
quoted the secretars general sense
OF the implication conveyed by him. To stop now on the
prosecution OF the Hech Hechy project purpose
engaging negotiations with the Spring Valley company might
Mr. Bainger permit The CITY can
not afford to take any such chances.
The city has had the negotiations with
this corporation and the played by that institution
left good impression in public We should be taking
extreme chances sideac the Hetct project
to engage negotiations OF which assuredv
be doubtful necessarily con-
a great deal OF time.
The objection that the purpose OF pending bond issue is
concerned primarily with the development Lake Eleanor
source IS point We do otherwise Garfield
project and the city acquire rights Hetch Hetchy under
that until the prior condition u development al Lake
Eleanor is fulfilled.
the calling election ON the issue
Of bonds does mention Hetch Hetchy specifically and this
omission due the direction Secretary Banger but the
ordinance does call for the development source from
which the Hetch Hecy reservoir will be supplied Hetch
Hetcy valley by itself from
the Tuoumne After the Lake source is fully
developed dam ior reservoir will be
the Hec Hey valley This dam separate project involving
the expenditure of moderate of money
provided for in a later issue of bonds.
In fine, if the city do anything premises it
proceed the directed by the secretary interior
and the objections raised the nominal omission
etcy have all the appearance OF being made for delay they
had been inspired from the office OF the Spring Valley company
their purpose would be quite ineligible
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

Canada is the largest customer Tor american
manufactures the significance of this matter
may be understood. If Mr.. Taft begins a
tariff war the necessary result must be that
many OF our most important manufacturers
will be compelled to install plants on the
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

necessary TO inquire at this time whether the
offer submitted by the water company is
made in good faith or otherwise. The several
propositions involved can be considered and
thrashed out on the merits after careful and
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

friends OF Mr.. Crane in Chicago do not hesitate
to say that when the late ambassador to China
was summarily dismissed by the state depart
ment grave injustice was done For instance,
Prof. ]. Lawrence Laughlin of the Chicago
university writes to the New York Nation,
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

BNOUSY the duty and the safe policy OF the city govern
of the propositions made by the Spring Valley
company go right ahead with the bond election
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

ME incident of the unlucky Mr. Crane of Chicago will
be closed the diplomats like say In spite OF Secre
tary Knox, who would like slam the door the influential
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

to restrain the imposition of IS per cent
increase in the overland freight rate on their
product. In the condition of the law the
growers are compelled to hold up and deposit
in a special fund the sum OF the advance on
every shipment. II in the final iudgment the
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

IOT the grave of the many important problems
Vi Taft solve during the present the question
whether he will declare tariff against Canada AS
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

HE working OF the present law in relation to the rec
of railroad illustrated by the proceedings
brought by the lemon growers of southern Ca
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

SEA GOING VESSELS. F.. Emery
Vile. Cal Your question about sea
going vessels going to Marysville by
river should be more definite in order
to give the information asked for.
State the tonnage or dimensions. Even
a fishing smack is sea going vessel.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

s CANA-A s. CITY When was the canal be-
tween Liverpool and Manchester started2
The canal act was passed in July.
1885, and the first sod was cut at
Eastman November IL, 1884, The
canal was completed January l. 1894.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

ELECTRIC GLOBES-Petaluma. Sal How do
electricians color electric light globes or bulbs?
In the early days of electricity white
bulbs were colOred with coating of
transparent color. but such did not last
and colored glass bulbs were made and
are now being used.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

PRESTDENT-Katie r. Citv Can cifi,e,
OF the United States more than two. terms
as president of the United States2
There is nothing in the constitution
to prevent him so doing if the people
elect him.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

THE FASTEST-Subscriber. Oakland. Cal
Which is the fastest torpedo boat destroyer ~
the United States navy2
The Reid. which on a recent trial trip
made as the fastest speed 34-55 knots.
The mean of a four hour trial was
31.S5. The contract called for 2S knots.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

DETECTIVE AGENCFES-H. c. T., City. Is
there any ordinance that requires detective
agencies to be licensed In San Franciscos
The printed list of city ordinances,
which declares what occupations shall
be licensed, does not name detective
agencies.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

BRoA Subscriber CITY What i the
width Broadway in san Fvancisees
East of Larxin street the width il
81 feeN west Of Larkin SS feet.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

CHERRY Observation-Disclosures city. W..
the cherry blossoms used On lhc Japanese fosts
and in the carriages during the Portola festival
real artincials
Artfficfai
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-15

FRENCH NAVN-Reader. Claws. Cal What
Is the reason that the French navy was not
represented in the PortOla festivals
Because the government declined the
Invitation to participate.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
Handle Billions but Never Lose a Cent

OF packing gold for shipment, they
are employed by all the banks that
export the precious yellow metal and
by the snb-treasury when IL wishes
10 send some of its wealth away.
They use three-gallon kegs. which
hold $4,000 each, for gold coin. and
seven.gallon kegs for silver. When
coin is to be shipped to Germany.
which Is seldom, boxes with rope
handles are employed instead of casks.
Charles j. McManus said the other
day that the most gold they had ever
shipped In any one year was in 1896.
when they packed more than $780,
900 900. much of 1t going to Panama.
That year they shipped for ]. =. Nor
gan & Co alone more than forty. live
million dollars.
The brothers. who have been hand
ling vast sums of money daily for
many years. have become SO aeeus.
toned to the sight of gold coin that
il has no more significance TO them
than so many potatoes. but they have
found that new man ON the job
often becomes SO nervous when hand.
ling such great quantities of wealth
that he Is unable To work.
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NEW YORK.-The report from Lon
~ don that Eleanor Robson. the act
ress, is to marry August Belmont has
caused no surprise among the friends
of the two in this city. A strong
friendship has been known to exist
between Miss Robson and Mr.. Bel
mont for some time.
No man in New York Is better
known than August Belmoat. He Is
first of all an aristocrat. II is claimed
that the blood of the canny Scottish
warrior. William Wallace, flows in his
veins. But the man who can claim
Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the bat.
tie OF Lake Erie, as an ancestor, is
not required to go back to Wallace
Tor fighting blood.
The young August Belmont was
born in this city in 1858. and is there
fore almost twice the age of the
young woman he is reported engaged
to marry. He decided to follow In his
fathers footsteps and In 1875. year
after his graduation from Harvard. he
had taken a desk in his fathers bank.
ing house. For Is years young August
developed along the lines of the
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Hotel to Have Luxurious Ocean Yacht

wishes to pass the summer in Europe,
the main difficulty is to obtain proper
accommodations on a steamship in
the rush season. To get these accom-.
modations takes many weeks and pos
sibly months and often then they are
not satisfactory and would likely be
disappointing. The hotel yacht, which
is misnomer, of course. will obviate
all that trouble for the guests.
To get down to cold and hard facts.
which are necessarily uninteresting
but important. the boats length over
all will be $40 feet: tonnage. 5000;
horsepower. about 5000: speed. from
is to 20 knots. These figures sound
like an ocean racer. and so the boat is.
Mr.. Skinner declares the rates they
will charge for crossing on the yacht
will be only about Is per cent more
than those charged by first-class
steamships.
The enterprising Americans who
are in this deal with Mr. Sterry will
endeavor to make the yacht in appear.
anee as near like the hotel in question
as possible. It will resemble the ho-
tel. especially. in regard to the cgi.
sine.
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BILL sTUsss OF KANSAS.

Kansas views the activities OF the
new governor with feelings Of almost
unmixed Joy. But the railways. whom
ne disciplined with an ant-pass law
and several other forms Of drastic
iesisation besides the public commits
SION Dill. have another idea about him.
what do you think Of Stubbs?" .
visitor asked one Of the ex-railway
lobbyists.
Well" he replied, he reminds me
OF the story OF . North Carolina
wedding. They - the Lord have
lined. let no man put asunder.' says
the parson.
'Parson.' says the bridegroom. I
rises to question your grammar in that
sentence. We wants this wedding
done right
when the smoke had cleared away
the bride looked around on . dead
minister. dead brother. dead BRIDE
groom and several other dead men ".
ing near. and sighed:
Them new-fangled. self-cockin' re-
volvers.' said she. sure has played hell
with my prospects.'
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THAT Is really hot. Yes, it's the
i hottest place in New York where
men go and live afterward to tell the
tale. But few are hardy enough to
hear II.
This hottest place in New York Is
in Desbrosses street in a vulcanizing
factory. where telephone wires are in.
sulated by being coated with a prep
aration Of rubber. In the room
where this process takes place the
temperature rises to 2l2 degrees-100
degrees hotter than the hottest It may
be outside In the sun.
Man can endure no more.
Actually. there are some who can
stand this. however. Only few,
mind you. but still some. They are
only the strongest and hardest of the
workmen. and they can be in the room
but few brief minutes at a time
Several times daily 1t is their duty 70
enter the room to see that all goes
well.
To keep from losing their skin and
to protect themselves from the terri
BILE heat, these men wear heavy WOOL
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
THE LANGUAGE OF the GAME.

He ambled to the Acne SACK"
THE pesfle wielder soon was wMne0:
Jumps waved the orator way back:
"A Wilbur Wright the batter bined:
lis here again. o brothers all
The pleasing language Of baseball
He leaned against tho hurler's slant:
The catcher pegged him by two feet:
"Of bingies we were somewhat scant:
Such spitball serves were hard %
beat"
Beside II classic tongues seem tame
The language Of the glorious game.
We whanEed the shy. elusive pill:
The garden guardian speared tne
sphere"
The bleacherites yelled: oh. you BIZ!
Red Casey was the cannoneer:
No doubt OF it-spring has the floor
When baseball talk has bloomed once
more,
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u ERHAPS no other two men on
earth ever packed as much money
for shipment as John II. and Charles
]. McManus. coopers. These men.
who have a shop in dark and dingy
basement in Beaver street, New York
city. pack in kegs all the gold coin
exported from that city. They also
pack up coin shipped to interior
points In America.
These men have been in the bust
ness of making eases and packing
gold in them for more than twenty
years. during which time they have
handled more than $4,000. 100000 with,
out even having lost or mislaid pal,
try million. or. to be exact without
having lost a penny.
As McManus Brothers are the only
men in the city who make specially
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- HAT Fred Sterry. managing direc-
] tor of a New York hotel. is to
equip a luxurious yacht to carry the
guests at the hotel to Europe. il they
SO desire. is the story that has been
circulated there. The difficulty of OBJ
tanning accommodations on the crowd
ed liners suggested the idea. which
was first made public in London BY
William c. Skinner. representing Mr..
Sterry.
With this arrangement there win be
no hustle and hustle for staterooms
II will be private yachting party in
the full sense Of the word Every pos
sible luxury and accommodation that
. yachting party can have win be af-
forded on these trips. This private
yacht Of the hotel II something that
has 1ever been known before.
~ ssesy American knows Who
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A City Clerks Garden.

A city clerk never misses chance
of expatiating on his garden to his
colleagues. who. however. were never
taken home to see 1t. but were
under the impression II was Of enor-
nous size. Five of them resolved
to have look at it. discovered his ad-
dress. and called one Saturday after
noon to see the hundreds of roses all
a-growing and a-blooming. On being
taken to the rear of the house, Judge
of their surprise on seeing back
yard about IL feet by ten feet. One
bold spirit yentured that it was not
very big.
Big" replied the proud owner.
pointing to the sky. why. man. alive.
look at the height of it,"-Chicago
Daily Socialist
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Hottest Places in City of New York

en- shirts, buttoned high about then
necks, and wooden masks and gloves.
Four or five minutes at the most In
the vulcanizing room is all they can
stand without collapsing, and some
can't even stay that long.
Outside these men, nobody is ever
allowed to endure such frightful
heat. In fact, 1t is hard to convey
the idea of 2l2 degrees. You can get
the same degree of temperature by
thrusting your finger into boiling wa.
ter. Water boils at 2l2 degrees Fab.
renheit.
No native born American can stand
such heat, and foreigners-Italian
and Sicilians-make the best hands
at such work and make up the stan
of employees In the vulcanizing room.
Even these hardy sons of southern
climes often collapse from the terri.
fic temperature.
There are plenty of other hot places
In New York. but none to compare
with this. In some of the big hotels
Ii gets to 1i5 degrees I'm the great
kitchens. Cooks and helpers have 10
work In that temperature for hours
unprotected. There is great differ.
ence between las and 212 degrees
above zero. just the same. Some races
can endure temperature of $50 de.
grees without protection, but after
the mercury has passed the 10 or
$50 mark 1t means death for anyone
to remain In 1t for any length of time.
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Society Agog Over Engagement Report

young banker, joining clubs, cultivat-
ing athletics, getting acquainted with
society, to which he had free entree-
becoming more and more Interested
in stable and kennels. He became q
Judge of a good horse. of a fleet or
game hound, and an accomplished
yachtsman and polo player. Then the
elder Belmont died and August Bel
mont. Jr, took UP the business OF his
father-became head Of the banking
house of August Belmont & Company,
the American representatives of the
great house Of Rothschild.
When n young man MIR. Belmont
married Miss Bessie Hamilton Nor
gan. who died more than ten years
mont. Jr., Raymond and Morgan. His
city house is I'm East Thirty-fourth
street. and he has a country place at
Hampstead. l.. l.
Miss Eleanor Robson. the reported
fiancee of Mr.. Belmont, has a career
which. though brief. is brimful OF In
terest. She was born In England 30
years ago, her parents and her grand.
mother being players of distinction.
Miss Robson's most notable success
was as the slavey In Zangwill's play
of Merely Mary Ann" in this piece
Miss Robson played for an entire sea
son in New York and subsequently
won triumph in London. Last sea.
son Miss Robson toured the country
in the Fitch comedy. The Girl Who
Has Everything"
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DISCIPLINED!

From the classroom occupied by the
toughest boys In the Sunday school
came a great uproar. A secretary In
the next room went to investigate
Complete silence followed the open.
ing of the classroom door.
"Have you a teacher?"
No"
DO you want one?"
No"
Then be quiet or youM get one.
Result. comparative peace.-Man,
chester Guardian.
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That Kind Of a Man.

The Georgians Of Augusta are
chuckling over a new anecdote about
Mr.. Taft.
Mr.. Taft. 1t seems. drove out one
afternoon to see a Georgia planter
The planters cook. very old woman.
takes no interest in public Affairs.
and she did not recognize the portly
guest.
What did you think OF that gen.
ueman, Martha?" the planter asked.
after MIR. Taft had driven of.
well. sir" old Martha replied. Il
can't say as l saw nothin' pertickler
about him. He looked to me like the
kind of man as would be pretty reg.ler
to his meals"
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The Finish.
saltlna a Diamond Mine.

Howard Dubois, the noted mining
engineer. told good story to the
Tech men recently. illustrating the
art" of sailing a diamond mine. The
story was told OF man in South
Africa who. while walking one day
over his property. suggested that they
assay some OF the soil.
In the search that ensued eight
rough diamonds were found and offers
began to fly through the air at rapid
rate for the land. when the hosts wife
called out to her husband, WAY.
John. where are the other two?" The
sequel Of the story was left TO the
Imagination.
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Some Eating.

An Icelandic legend relates that
upon one occasion Thor ate without
any assistance, save that Of being
provided with the rations. eight
salmon. full-grown OK. large
quantity Of sweetmeats and three mr..
kins Of sparkling mead" No wonder
he was a husky god and was . fine
hand with a hammer. The bold men
Of the north strove to emulate Thor's
proves as q trencherman at every
feast they had. sometimes with aston.
ishing success. Those were Indeed
brave days, before indigestion had
come to vex the world and centuries
before man ever dreamed that he had
an appendix.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
A Peevish Editor

The man who is too poor to take a
good county paper like the Democrat.
is able though. to buy a dog. shotgun
and a two-dollar watch. He usually
,educates his children on the streets.
and boards his chickens on his neigh.
bors.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
Name and Measure Matched.

Name and Measure Matched.
.Why did you change your coal
dealer?"
u didn't like the name of the last
one
what was it,"
.Littleton."
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Outdoor Trimmings.

Outdoor Trimmings.
Tell me something"
~Well?"
whats an al fresco lunch?"
"A lunch served with caterpillars In
stead OF files"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06

Little Girl-A tin OF rat poison.
please.
Shopkeeper-ls II for your mother!
Little Girl-No. for the rats.
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His Fun.

what IL your husbands chief
amusement" asked the curious neigh
Dor.
Doing things ! don't want him to
do" replied the wife quickly.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
Conundrum.

Freshman-Who is the smallest
man mentioned In history?"
SOPHOMORE give up.
Freshman-Why. the Roman soldier
who slept on his watch-university
of Pennsylvania Punch Bowl.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
Shown Up.

Oh. sunshine of the spring;iruei
You turn the dust 10 gold
But. gee, you make the furniture
And wallpaper look old,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06
And the Old Man Grinned.

Duke" said the heiress. eagerly
did you see father?"
Yes"
"Well?"
I'VE talked about the weather"
What? Lose your nerve again?
Why don't you brace up and talk like
MANA subject of king on whose
domain the sun never sets."
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time l was In your fathers Office he
kept grinning at big painting"
what painting?"
The battle of Bunker HILL"
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One Ereeotlon

0He eN0ePSIUH.
81 think" said the merchant. I'll
have to fire your friend Polk l never
saw any one quite so lazy"
SLOW in everything. is he."
mo. not everything. de gets tired
quick enough"
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His Natural Glass,

Tramps are q class of people Who
do not seem to me to live at all. They
simply vegetate..
We'll they really are beats. you
kAov..
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Electroeuted.
waiter. has this steak been
cooked?"
Eyes. sir: by electricity"
well. take It back and give II an.
other shock."-Judge.
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The style Of Other pax,.

Inc SIyIe OF Otnef DAYS.
An old-fashioned editor. you sayr'
Yes. he belongs to the old school.
There Is a jug Of whisky in his desk
for his friends and q six-shootes for
his esemies..
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you NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK.

She-Yes. they are engaged. I
know she refused him twice, but the
third time he proposed she accepted
him.
Her Husband-Seryed him right.
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More Substansial.

| The moon was shining down on them,
And these words he did utter:
''We'n live on love. my precious gem"
She said: II want bread and butter"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06

Frequently you will see COWS stand,
ing in a pool of stagnant, dirty water.
and they will cover their sides. tanks
and udders with germ-laden water.
which finds it's way into the milk in
the shape of fine dust. unless the at
tendant is extremely careful in milk
ing. 1t should not be too much troa-
BILE to wipe with damp cloth the I'D
der and flank of the COW before she
is MIXED, for the old saying, What
was crooked the Lord made straight.
does not apply to milk. Ii You get
bacteria into the milk by ansanitary
methods you cannot remove them. You
know the consuming public has the
right to object 10 milk containing fer
tilizing material. rich in phosphorie
acid and ammonia. and that they have
the right tn demand milk rich 10 but
ter tks and other milk s0lida
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-08-06

Rape sown in the cornfield at
last cultivation, using about TO
pounds of seed per acre. will provi
an immense amount of good sheep {,
age In n normal season and until \
vember or later.