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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-01
STEAMSHIP MAN IS
SEEKING A DIVORCE
K. Stanley Dollar Accuses His
Wife of Deserving Him Two
Years Ago
Spouse of S. o. Hall Makes
Quick Trip Through
Divorce Court

Rumors that r. Stanley Dollar. vice
president of the Dollar steamship
company, intended to sue Hazel A. Doll
lar charges only desertion His wife
abandoned him more than two years
ago. he alleges. The Dollars have no
children. and the husband asserts that
there is no community property. They
were married December g. 1902.
That there was breach between
Dollar and his wife first became known
to the public several weeks ago when
he advertised in local paper that he
would not be responsible for debts con-
tracted by Mrs. Dollar.
Dollar is well known in business and
social circles, being one of the leading
members of the transportation club.
Mrs. Dollar before her marriage was
Hazel Smith, daughter of a pho
tographer
Some weeks ago. following her open
breach with her husband, Mrs. Dollar
was sued by the Western jewelry com
pany for 1855, representing the balance
due on a diamond ring.
Just before the county clerks office
closed yesterday afternoon, Attorney
Henry Ach. representing Mrs Dollar,
litSo dhrNSI QtHNluS SSuSIdlly ana
specifically the allegations of her hus-
band. The case is to be tried this
morning before Judge Van Nostrand.
and IL is understood no attempt will
be made to prevent Dollar obtaining a
divorce. Property rights have appar-
entity been settled.
GETS QUICK DIVORCE
Without undue waste of time Minna
Hall was granted a divorce by Judge
Caba.niss yesterday from Samuel O.
Hall, who formerly owned an interest
in some Nevada mines, but who now
travels for a New York wholesale drug
house. The complaint was filed
Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday morn
ing when the case was called for trial
a formsu answer by Hall, denying his
wife's allegation that he had not sup
ported her, was introduced by r. Por-
ter Ashe, Halls attorney. This
obviated the necessity of having the
defendant declared in default, which
would have delayed matters several
weeks.
Mrs Hall, who is a woman of great
beauty, testified that her husband had
failed to support her for more than
year past They were married in
Reno. New May %, 1908, and after a
few weeks she was compelled to leave
her. It was reported that Hall is
millionaire, but Attorney William
Grant, who represented the wife, and
Porter Ashe, Halls lawyer, both as
serted that the defendant lie without
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STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITIONS AND AFFAIRS OF THE
AUSTIN FIRE
Insurance Company

OF DALLAS, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
on the 31st day Of December, A. D. 1908. aud
for the year ending that day. Published
pursuant to the provisions of Section GIL Of
the Political Code and complied from the
annual statement fled with the Insurance
Commissioner OF the State of California.
CAPITAL
mount of canifaI stock naid nm in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-01

State of California, City and County
of San Francisco-ss.
We do solemnly swear that we
have (and each of US has) a per-
sonal knowledge of the matters con-
tanned in the accompanying report.
and that every allegation, statement
matter and thing therein contained
is true, to the best of our knowledge
and belief
JAMES D. PHELAN, President.
GEORGE A. STORY, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this thirtieth day of June, 1909.
EDITH W. BURNHAM,
Notary Public in and for the City
and County of San Francisco, State
of California.
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ALEX SANGFR. Vice President
T. B. lDOSE. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me, this 10th
Y DORA aIcAIAHAS.
Notary Public, Dallas County. Texas.
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ASSETS

Real Estate Taken Cor Debt ...-.........
Furniture and Fixtures --..........-.--..
Miscellaneous Bonds ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
All Bonds are kept Ia the Vaults OF
this Corporation at 706 Market street,
san francisco, and are as follows:
Oakland Gas. Light and Hating Co., 5 Per
cent; San Francisco and NORTH Pacific RI. Co.,
5 per cent; Contra Costa Watsr Co., 5 per cent;
PowsU Street RatIra1 Co.. 8 per cent; OAKLAND
TRANSIT Co., 8 per cent and Per cent; Los IN
gslss Lighting Co., 5 per cent; Los ANgslfs Raf1-
ray Co., per cent; South Pacific Coast RaJtrap
Co., per cent, guaranteed b. the S. p. Co.;
Omnibus Cabs Ra'lsgap Co., bsT cent; Cali
foYRia 5VotthwsstsTg RaiIsgay Co., 8 Per cent,
NorthsrR Rafilray Co. of California, Der cent;
San Francisco, Golden Gate PARK ana Preside
Extension, - Der cont; Tovn Of Rsdwoo5 CITY.
AZ par cant; Pacific Electric RailE0ay, Per cent
The Oakland Traction Consolidated, bsY cent,
mil VaIIey and Mt. Tsmalbass Ratltgap, per
cent; s71arkst Street Cable Raflr1v Co., per
cent; Los .l4agsIss TratFson Co.. par cent; San
Francisco, Oakland aud San Jose RaiIrav Co.,
5 per cent; Southern Pacific Railroad Of Caltfoy-
ns1, 6 per cent and per cent; SoatksTH Pacific
Railroad Co. (1st fgtsTasng), 4 pSr cent,
Northern Electric Co., PER cent; Market Street
RatIlrav Co., ) par cent; The San Francisco and
San Joaquin YzIisy Rafllrav Co., ) per cent,
Oakland Traction Co. gen. Rsortgags), ) psr
cent; Sacramento Electric, Gas 9 RaiIra1 Co.,
Per cent; Ferries 8 Gift House Rarfrrav Co..
per cent.
United states Bonds ......... .......-..-..
Registered per cents of 1880; Coupon
per cents Of 1918; Registered per
CT a. u.,E- eaoo aeo %
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
SPENDS TWO YEARS AS TRAMP
STUDYING WORTHY UNEMPLOYED
BY EDWIN A. BROWN.

need of lodging house for the cty's
poor and reminded him that the law
provided for the erection of some sort
OF shelter for the homeless. lie ad.
mitted a knowledge of the law, but
said he thought such place would
only encourage idleness.
told him | did not think that
all the homeless human beings walk
ing the streets of Denver were i'm.
posters.
To carry out my plans ! obtained
an outfit of shabby clothing, includ.
ing overalls, with the idea OF appear
ing us n man out of work for some
time. Then ] went into the lower
end of the city and began scraplng
acquaintances. My shabby clothing
was the badge that brought confidepces
and | began to get facts. Every un.
fortunate that met | asked, Where
do you sleep?" What ! learned will
be n convincing argument for the
erection in every city of municipal
lodging house.
One night, asking a passing hobo
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

where he slept, he directed me to
the brickyards on the edge OF the
city. Arriving there, found 1t to be
also n tile making plant, with many
fiery kilns in operation. The en-.
ployes were cleaning out the fire for
the evening, approached one OF
them and asked where fellow could
find n place to sleep. He led mo
to kiln, the fire of which had been
raked oit short time before. IN
there" he replied gruftly. yet kindly
enough. pointing to the interior of
the kiln, which was still warm.
looked in. There on the floor of the
kiln were at least fifty men, sprawled
out. ] entered Some of them were
asleep. No one spoke to me- ! tried
to sleep. but could not because OF the
heat. Every little while crawled
to the opening for air. was deter.
mined to stick 1t out.
That experience was one of my
first and strongest arguments for a
municipal lodging. house. In the
morning We were aroused early by
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
use In the undevelopcd regions OF the
northwest.
NEW LINK BETWEEN SCIENCE
AND BUSINESS.

Ont at the University Of Kansas they
have taken n step which seems to be
the last link needed to bind together
science and business In the hig
chemical laboratory NJ the university
eight or nine post graduate students
are already at work each OF them try.
ing to solve some problem which
means fortune to the business man
or corporation directly interested. The
young man shown In the photograph,
for instance. is spending three years
in the study of the chemistry OF bread.
During this time he is supported by a
fund appropriated by the National A.
ISOLATION of Master Bakers. Another
student is working to find q better
enamel for lining the inside Of steel
bath.tubs. His scholarship OF 81 900
year is paid by large corporation,
which will he directly benefited by
his work These post graduate students
will also be paid certain per cent. Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

ing about 1890. As assembled the
stairs a young girl. maybe Is years
old, was In advance of me. The great
portal opened, one of the matrons
embraced that girl. clasplng her in an
affectionate motherly hug.
They have a wonderful system In
New York. After registering | was
taken downstairs. stripped and given
bath. My clothes were placed in n
bag and taken to the fumigating
room. After the bath I got clean
under clothing As stood with the
others who had entered with me, a
man entered with bucket and pad.
die. Sticking the paddle in the
bucket he then gave me q swat on the
head. What is that, | asked, taken
somewhat by surprise. 'Germicide,
he replied. 'thatll kill 'em ALL" He
was going to swipe me again when l
demonstrated. One paddleful Is
enough. Better kill 'em ALL he ex-
claimed. laconically. The municipal
lodging house at New York accommo.
dates 1000 men and fifty women. 1t
is an excellent place and a splendid
example to every city in the country.
How different Is this sort OF treat.
ment than that ! found melted out
TO the unfortunates at the Helping
Hand mission In Kansas City. There
remember poor lad suffering from
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

inGammatory rheumatism in bad form.
The first cry OF the city authorities
against these lodging.houses is the
great expense, yet they think nothing
OF adding hundreds of thousands of
dollars to the cost Of constructing
other municipal buildings for no other
purpose than making them ornamen-
tai.
Is II not strange how we human
beings would prefer to pay taxes for
the support of criminals In the peni.
tentiaries rather than take a cheaper
means to prevent the making OF
criminals?
Every man who walks the streets
unemployed is looked upon as a
vagrant or suspicious character of
some sort. tell you that 80 per cent
OF those unemployed men are honest.
| know It from experience. Do not
take the estimate Of the police depart
meRt. The police department Is look.
ing for criminals. With the police,
every beggar Is q suspect.
Twice | have been arrested while
wearing my disguise and was thrown
In jail. do not know whether you
understand what bullpen Is. They
are dungeons, located generally In tho
middle Of the jail! building. Into these
they herd the Migrants. the criminals
and the suspects OF both sexes.'
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

the appearance of the working men
of the plant. Coming out into the
cold air, all of us half clad, the chill
was insufferable Every day some
of those who had sought like resting
places the night before were taken
with pneumonia and necessarily be.
came charge Of the city.
In Chicago went into police
station and inquired where could
get nights lodging. The lieutenant
told me could find several places
in the neighborhood where could
get bed for 10 or Is cents. told
him / had not cent. Turning to a
patrolman he said, kindly: Here,
show this man to the North Union
Street Municipal Lodging house |
found the building to be an old one,
and nothing to boast of from an ar
chitectural standpoint, but the in.
terror was a revelation for order,
cleanliness and watchfulness on the
part of the attendants. Every feature
of the place was good. The santa
ton was perfect. After having a bath
clean night clothes were given to me
and was led to the dormitory. The
beds, the floors and other equipment
were faultlessly clean.
New York has n half-milllon-dollar
municipal lodging stayed
there one night, l entered the build
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
BASKET WILLOWS THE NEW
FARM CROP.

Willows for use In making baskets
are a new farm crop which the depart
ment of agriculture is doing Its best
to introduce in this country. At pres.
ent vast quantities OF basket willows
are imported from France and Ger.
many. but already large plantations
have been established In western New
York, Indiana and the vicinity of Balti.
more. On single acre OF rich, we'll
drained bottom land. as many ms "a 900
plants may be set out, and II tended
with the same care given to other
crops, the net result may well exceed
that of any other acre of the farm.
Cuttings of the variety OF willow
which has proved most successful may
be obtained from the department OF az.
riculture In Washington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
ENGLISH AUTOMOBILE HOUSE.

The latest development in automo.
billing for pleasure is the construction
Of a real house on wheels The ma.
chine shown in the photograph con.
tains comfortable sleeping accommo.
da'ions for four people, a kitchen with
a small coal range, and a combined din.
ing and living room on the top are
plenty OF seats for lounginE in pleas.
ant weather Mr. Charles Fletcher OF
london, England, aud his family lived
in this machine last spring and sum.
mor during q tour which covered n
large part OF the continent of Europe
Touring in this way, one Is quite indie.
pendent of hotels and may live with
more than gypsy freedom, going wher.
ever the condition OF the roads will
permit.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
A CAR THAT CARRIES ITS own
TRACK.

The curious automobile shown In
the photograph, which carries with 1t
its own track is designed for use in
the rougher parts of the United States
where roads are either altogether miss.
ing or are practically impossible dur
ing large part Of each year. The
track consists of number Of heavy
feet linked together to form an endless
chain This chain is revolved by the
sprocket wheel shown near the rear
OF the photograph. With this machine
great weights can be carried over the
toughest ground. 1t will even 20 up
and down the sides Of an extremely
steep raylne and makes nothing Of or.
binary ruts and mud holes. a number
of these strange automobiles are In
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
THE TRAVELLING RooTLEss cAc-
TUS.

The curious round object shown In
the photograph is a rootless cactus,
a native of the great California des-
ert. For eight or nine months in the
year in the shape Of flattened globe,
the plant is blown about the fiat sandy
floor OF the desert by the winds which
sweep fiercely in from the ocean,
When the first cloudburst breaks over
the desert in the spring. the dried.up
cactus sends out perfect network OF
thread.like roots often spreading over
n circle whose radius is ten feet. From
these roots spring small shoots each
of which becames cactus like the
mother plant. The young plants suck
the life out OF the parent. When the
few weeks of the rainy season are
over the roots dry up and In the place
Of one there are perhaps 100 little balls
left to be tossed about over the desert
floor, some Of them travelling 40 or
so miles from the spot where they first
appeared.
Copyright, 1909, by Joseph d. Bowies)
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
Car that Carries Its Own Track

the extra profits which their dIscov'
cries may bring to the manufacturers
who adopt them. In many cases. Also
they will step directly from the univer.
sity into extremely responsible and
we'll paid positions.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
BURBANK's sPINELEss CACTUS.

The spineless cactus Is one OF the
Wizard Burbauk's recent productions
which holds out promise Of great fu.
ture usefulness. It can be grown OF
course, in the most arid deserts. and,
the spines eliminated, il will furnish
when properly prepared. very nourish
ing forage for cattle and horses. Fur.
thcr experiments are now under way
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

tween 10000 and $4,000. In other
words, one ont Of every 30 people in
tho United counting men. wom-
en- and children-was killed or injured
by accident In addition to this great
economic loss hundreds OF thousands
Of people suffered from Illness directly
due to the conditions under which they
work. In Europe much more progress
has been made in the direction OF safe
guarding the lives and the health OF
employees in industrial institutions
The photograph shows an air strainer
which is used in Germany by workmen
employed in polishing brass and in 9TH
or pursuits where the air is filled with
flying metallic fragments. The glasses
shown serve to protect the eyes from
the same danger
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
Burbank's Spineless Cactus
for Desert Crops
TO SAVE TEN THOUSAND LIVES.

Two million men and women en-
ployed in various industrial pursuits
met with more or less severe accidents
last year During the same time the
number Of male workmen Is years OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
To Save Ten Thousand Lives

on the Burbank farms. In the direction
Of producing cactus which will fur.
nish an appetzing addition to the list
of vegetables edible by man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12

ESCENDING to the level of
the humblest member Of the
great army Of unemployed
that ] might keenly suffer
the depriyations of the
worthy homeless and gain
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-12
| D

a full understanding OF their needs is
what have been doing for the last
two years.
A young man who accosted me
one night and asked for the price OF
n meal took me for the first time
into the highways and byways of the
men who lack work.
This lad struck me as not being n
common vagrant and took him to a
restaurant and bought him a meal.
He told dae that ho had come west
looking for work undertook to veri.
fy his story and found 1t true. His
case caused me to think and II was
through him that ! got my first in.
centiye to work for the erection OF
a municipal lodging.house in Denver,
for which the law provided. called
on Mayor Speer and told him OF the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-01-14
Forest Reserve and Mining

The administration of the Forest
Service. in SO far as it relates to
the miner and home-seeker, has
been the subject of much adverse
criticism: MIR. Clifford Pincho', in
his reply to an editorial in the Den
yer Evening Post. says; "rhe For
est Service has always invited can
did criticism and cooperation OF
the people of the West in its at
tempt to give them more help,
ful administration of the National
Forest. but insists that criticism,
to be helpful, must have some re-
lation tc the facts" Having made
an examination of many of the
claims in Plumns county, CalifCr-
MIA, that have been contested by
the Forest Service, feel qualified
to meet the conditions that the
Forest Service imposes upon those
who offer criticism.
Mr.. Pinchot states in his reply
that the For est Service has never
denied patent to any mineral
claim in the National Forest, nor
declared the same invalid, for il
has no right to do so. Sut it is the
duty of the Forest Service under
the law to report to the Depart
ment of the Interior, upon its re-
quest, the actual facts on the
ground concerning any claim in
the National Forest, to enable the
Department of the Interior to form
a judgement rs to the validity ol
snch claim or location. The De
partment of the Interior forms
that judgement and acts upon it =
the Forest Service merely reports
such facts as it finds. 1t is not tht
Judge, but merely witness in thu
case" This is only an attemp
to shift the responsibility. Th'
Forest Service has bccu most ac
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-01-14

The Russell Bros, who have been
patiently anG Systematically experi
menting with the immense sulphur
deposit in the Vulcan mine, have
solved the problem they believe aud
Monday the machines turned out n
ton Of fine flour sulphur, worth S6O
in the market. The difficulty has
been to keep the highly infiamm-
stuff from exploding whenever n
flint rock or piece of steel or any
thing of that character went into
the beaters. They have 100 tons
already to run through and it is es-
timated that l0,OO0Itons are block
ed out in the mine. This is about
the largest sulphur deposit known
outside of New Mexico Or Louis
ana, and bids fair to make fortune
for the leasers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-01-14
Special Rates

The National Stock Show and
Horse Fair at Denver the week of
January Is 90, 1909, will be one
of the biggest events Of the year
1t will be held in the new National
Ampith ,atre constructed especially
for the holding of this annual show
at which. the exhibition of stock
will be the finest ever seen West of
Chicago.
The Denver & Rio Grande will
will make a special low rate on all
points in Colorado Territory. Tick
cts on sale from Alamosa, Tellu-
ride, Colorado, and points south
ard west, January Is, II, Is, -,
20 and 2I. Final return limit Jan.
81. Every person should take adj
vantage of these low rates and see
the great stock show.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-01-14

Moore. The charging part Of the
I Indictment read as follows: AS he
the said William L. Beatty, thus
and there well know, the said land
was then and there mineral in
character, and as he, the said VIM.
L. Beatty. then and there well
knew had been successfully mined
for gold, ard that large quantities
of gold had been taken out of said
land; and whereas. in truth and in
fact the said William T. Beatty
til IN and there we'll knew that n
large portion of the said land had
been successfully mined for gold,
and that large quantities of gold
had been taken ont of said land I:
and whereas. in truth h..d in fact
TIE said William 7. Beatty then
aud there knew that large portion
If the said land has been hereto
fore and was then and there work
I'd for mineral and that the said
land was then and there essentially
mineral iusteal of non-nineral.
whereby he, the snid William Il.
Beatty, did then and there commit
willful perjury
From n personal examination of
the property. / can state that the
contested portion OF the homestead
is not profitable mining ground; ;
that the land was thoroughly pros
pected and abandoned years ago.
until Frank Smith, now Forest
Ranger. and his brothers resumed
Operations some three years ago.
long after Beatty had made his
homestead entry: that the amour.
OF material washed by them did not
exceed 2700 Gu. yds, and that it
could not have yielded over 40 cts.
per day per man; they have suspen
iod operations for some time sad
sremoved the slui :e boxes from the
sproperty.
The remaining ground within
the confines of the property avail
fnble for mining purposes is less
than one acre. Any person would
have been justified in considering
the land more va,ual'le rs a home
stead than for its mineral content,
Is atty is highly respected. he
has the sympathy OF the entire con
munity against the Forest Service
in his struggle for justice.
There is IA general feeling of dis
satisfaction among the residents OF
Flumas county in the administro
ton of the Forest Service.
Douglas Waterman,
In Mining ard Scientific Press