The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24

. the leNlcon OF the bare footed American boy. The
process has become so intricate that to be safe a
sportsman should go hunting with his pockets filled
with afidavits lest somebody fire an injunction
at him.
VAUDEVILLE WAR
The peace and dignity OF the sovereign Common
wealth of California were invaded, houted and
dehed by one odoriferous Piute. 1t was tragedy
disguised in cheap vaudeville They talked of call
ing out the militia subdue the solitary varmint.
The posse eonitatus was assembled in force. The
Pasadena News describes the expedition:
The fleet footed native SON is being chased by
several loads of hay and grain with at least six
teen mules to the wagon. These mules doubt
less decorated generously with sleigh bells
that Willie will have difficulty in locating the
commissary department with cuisine unexcelled.
Then comes. in the to avoid unneces
cessary fatigue and exposure the posse consist
ing OF fifty sharpshooters, twenty-five newspaper
men armed with lead pencils, copy papers and
cigars also lot of packers among the
skilled and artistcally profane in the entire west
Next IS detachment of photographers who
will ask Willie Boy look pleasant while he
being shot This is hunt Every
is;expccted to do his duty between meals and the
Indian is to be taken dead alive, preferably
the former
The final division ofthis army OF avengers is
composed OF we'll disposed denizens Of the desert
who will appear the route of march in fatigue
uniform consisting of the conventional abbrevi-
ated desert shirt and a willingness to assist in
upholdng the constitution and vindicating the law
IL mas Deen Thought 1n9pTaCt1caDe to take along
military band account Of Che desert sands inter-
fering with the keys of the musical ntruments-
sheriff has offered reward OF 500 for
the first who shall kill the Indian and
second prize to the who makes the next best
score by killing him second.
The board of supervisors of San BerdOon
passed set OF resolutions declaring war. Raven
Gus boodhounds were held in leash but there was
nothing doing Finally Willie Boy obligingly
solved the situation by killing himself. The war
is over
a GREAT ENGINEER
Herman Schussler the other day celebrated the
forty-ft anniversary Of his service with the Spring
Valley company. Schussler is a great engineer and
for years he was the whole works. Frank Soule
once told his class at the University of California
that Schusser was paid SIS, 900 year and he was
worth it because he the only who could
wrestle successfully with San Francisco board
of supervisors. But Schussler was great deal
more than that, and is of the most eminent
engineers in the country, although inclined exag
gerate the safety factor in his work, His lasting
monument is the great Crystal springs dam,
which, besides being an imperishable structure,
is work of art buried in wilderness. The
gracious and imposing curve OF the lower face OF
the dam has few equals for architectural beauty.
The soidity of the structure is proved by the fact
that the earthquake fault of April, 1906 crossed
right angles the eastern end of the dam without
so much as causing crack in the lofty wall.
A BELLYFUL OF LAW
Mr. Schussler IS no longer all powerful in
Spring Valley. He has been sdetracked When
Bourn took control he discharged his engineering
corps and put staff of lawyers in their places
This is the modern conception OF a public service
corporationto give the public little service and
as much law as they can be made to swallow.
EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS
This. is the way that Chester Rowe and Joe
Baker talk about each other:
querulous. vociferous
III. of the Fresno Republican. has
written long essay asserting that patriotism
a a murderer thief. liar, incen-
diary a general violator of the ten command
ments Apparently RowelI desires prove that he
is a patriot-oakand Tribune
Thanks awfuIly. Having been called "bu-
X bonc flea and "pestiferous runt by the same
veracous organ it is pleasant TO add this also
our collection of picturesque epithets.-Fresno
Republican.
MONUMENTAL SPELLING
What perverse fate pursues the spelling of the
legends with which wont to illustrate the
public monuments OF California. The other day
when the bells for landmarks of Ell Canine real
were received it was found that the castings con-
veyed the idea that the first word of that name
sort OF fish. When the Dewey monu
ment in Union square completed it appeared
that the sculptor did not know how to spell Philip
pines. Again the Lick statuary in front of the
city hall that was, the name of the discoverer OF
I7~,, bav