New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
ON THE PACIFIC SI0pr
Citizens Committee Names y
nicipal Ticket az San Frauc;,,,


San Francisco. July 3l.-The CTtlzs,.,
Committee has at last named a 1n,r,.,.a' srS
TO be voted for at the election ON A,yr.sa- a'a
following are candidates for leading oeso..~ -
Mayor. William Croker: Distri.s -.
Charles VI Ffckert; Treasurer. John 4 MT
Tax Collector. David Bush; Public As-,,. .eaas
Joseph O. Mansfield; County Clerk. Jobn -,'''s
and Sheriff. John ]. Deane ss
This Is a fairly representative tlcy..
should receive enough votes 20 elset ~ s aA
puts all tho political prophets at sea M, "s
the splitting up OF the various partIs, -
tons No one knows whether Francis
will run for District Attorney or whe,h.r -
ent incumbent Of that Office William VI ~
VIII run for Mayor Heney Is anxious 10 =. ~
District Attcrneyship. as without this a. ~
mating control Of Office such as he poss.....
he could not continue the graft prosseuio,
The second Calhoun trial has now bee,
two weeks, and not a single juror has bs.-
tanned. II looks slnlos, hopeless to 20, .,
prejudced jury. 10 is recognized by IN. -
citizens OF San Francisco that unless = NJ.
elected this fall FOR Mayor Who viii be sbls go
the warfare between rival factions TIA a..
growth VIII be checked.
Mrs. f. T. Calvin. wife OF the general w..
of ;he Southern Pacific company. after uu,.-.T
husband through dangerous attack o. ara.
citis vas herself stricken with the ssnA -
this week She kept her place by Mr. Cslviu.,l II
side until forced 70 leave by weakness ara -
tainted when outside his ward. Mr. Calvin -
now recovered so far that he is attending hi, ~
The managers OF the coming PortoIa fs,,lv,r
October are much gratihed By the response Ia ~.
appeal for funds. The interest aroused i, n,
celebration is without precedent here. and srs,h
plans are devised for series OF the most iursr,,
ing spectacles ever given on this coast The Nan,
Sons will hold parade on one day Of the fssi,u
week and will present many curious featur., !,
early Spanish-American life, with floats rsurs.y
ing the coming OF the Americans and the zs,s,
transformation OF the state due 10 the discover
gold The gathering of war vessels in this lain
Will be Unprecedented for the number Of ;ors,r
nations represented.
The report before the Poard Of Equslizsrs slO.,
that the Yosemite Valley Railroad which rs
from MERGED up through the MERGED River Cauyn
to FL Portal. is one of the best paying railroads
the state. II cleared S59696 IN the fiscal year x
ended.
Tourist travel on the oregon Short Line Ralrx
from Ogden TO Yellowstone Park has been
heaviest on record this season. So crowded In
been the hotels in the National Park that for -
eral days this week no tickets were sold. =
cuiar feature of tourist travel this summs; q
California IS that the great tide runs from Ia
Angeles northward to San Francisco and tasa a
TO the Seattle fair whereas ell experts ihssr
travel would go the other way visitors going
Seattle over the northern lines and then retur1is
East oy way OF San Francisco and Los Angeles
The chances Of gold mining shown in 10
case of the old Fairview quartz mine in r1nT
County which has just been abandoned Tvs
years ago the Fairview employed one hundred am
fifty men and worked forty stamp mills. Then ~s
ore body was lost. and. although $4,000 was ''sh'
trying to find a new vein. the money mas '''a
wasted.
The grain crop in the San Joaquin Valley ms
year will exceed that of any season reeorae@ y
large is the barley crop thar dealers cannot aesl
AL the barley offered by the farmers. NE pli's
81 20 a hundredweight. which IS nearly aoaos ~
cost OF production. on many Of the river sA1N
the crop averages eighty sacks an acre
Remarkable discoveries O., the bones or in
toric animals have been made IN the ssgA''.-.,
beds near Hollywood a Los Angeles su0ul" =.
Los Angeles Academy OF Sciences mas sSAs-
city 10 vote small fund for excavation - -
the skeletons of animals already found az -
Of a giant sloth, sabre toothed tigers 80 !,
lion. a giant camel and large horse l"'
a hitherto unknown buffalo vas alSo iO-"u
John Il. Coleman. O. Eugene. ore Nne "a.
10000 to the Eugene Bible University 4'e0s 60 4,
Institution, was fined this week for pi0'aI :
the streets. II seems that Coleman A4rlON.-
capped being run down by an autonoON', -
was while relieving his wrath against INC ~,
that the Police Chief heard him anu p'A--
under arrest.