The San Francisco call., 1909-01-14
HAVE lost faith in scientific
men," remarked L. e. Stanton.
There was time when / re-

ia Il lOot 1d1tli III SSAOAAS1-O
men," remarked l.. e. Stanton.
There was a time when / re-
garded the utterances of men
of science as infallable or as the dictum
of Jules Clerfayt on what to eat or
what not to eat.
But this, like all other illusions of
my youthful days. has gone"
Have you the Indigestion" asked
Clerfayt tenderly. IF you have, a.Zaza
cocktail and soused eel will help you. =
This has nothing to do with eat
ing, Jules" answered Stanton, sternly,
this has to do with faith.''
'Ah, my dear Lewis" replied Cler-
fayt, Struggling his shoulders, that is
what | know nothing absolutely about.
But continue your story"
1t is in this manner that my belief
in science has been shattered" con-
tinued Stanton. Last Monday at lis
telephoned to the weather bureau and
asked if it was going to rain. The
man there said there was no fndica-
tion of rain and 10 minutes after it
was pouring. and has been pouring ever
since"
And what time was that?" inquired
Jules
AT 1:15"
''Ah. At that time I was drinking
glass of imported beer with a ham
DQI = Stedh. wv hat d Dl0IuOTy you ndF6p
my dear Lewis, to remember such trifies
as that"
The movement of lumber for the
period ending December 81. as COM
pared with the last three months of
1907, showed a distinct Improvement.
Not only the shipments of pine um-
ber but the redwood as well, partici
pated in the increased movement, and
a a nm
is that there will be no backward
movement 1t is predicted that the
coming spring and summer will show
the heaviest shipments of lumber to the
east that California has known.
1t is rumored that the Chicago. NIL
waukee and ST. Paul contemplates abb
sorbing the Washington, Idaho and
Montana, running from Palouse. Wash,
to Plummer, Idaho Surveys have
been run by the st. Paul south from
Plummer and up the St. Mary's river.
One surveying party has crossed the
Oregon line, going down into the north
ern counties of that state That the
st. Paul is looking for a feasible route
by which it can enter Spokane is ar
gued from the presence lately of two
surveying parties on the west side of
Occur d'Alene lake.
arthur Hale. chairman OI the car
efficiency committee of the American
railroad association says there are
100000 idle cars and reports also slow
progress in getting railroads to pool
cars. He insists that a car pool is
bound to come. as it is the only eco
nomical way to handle and regulate
freight car equipment, and s300,OO0,00O
to $500. 100000 is now tied up in idle
equipment. The number of idle cars
-yxvox~ ~se is hon
$1,000. an increase of about 10000 over
the period of comparative activity dur
ing the autumn months.
New Orleans Is not only ahead OF
last season in the relative amount of
cotton handled, but also in that there
has been more cotton handled to the
port by the Illinois Central this season.
The total amount brought to New
Orleans by the Illinois Central and
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley to Janu-
airy l was 17I,19S bales. as compared
with 150 604 bales during the corre-
spending period of last year.
The sugar manufacturers of CALI
fornia are we'll pleased with the amount
of their product they have been enabled
to place in eastern cities. Considering
the large water movement of sugar.
which is refined on the Atlantic coast,
it is somewhat surprising to learn that
California sugar during the last year
has been marketed as far east as Chi
cago, Green Bay, Wis, and other points
in that vicinity. Upward of 250 80 ton
cars have been moved to points east
of the Missouri river, and over ten
times this quantity to points between
Ogden and Council Bluffs.
When man undertakes to build a
railroad in Mexico.he never knows what
he will have to do there until he COM
mences construction. There is a lake
on the line of railroad called Chin
chancab, where ferocious alIigatorS
flourish. A workman on the line of
the road in the vicinity of the lake
fell in. was pounced upon by the alli-