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wANIED-RoOMS.

yVANTED-Tw0 unfurnished rooms with
board. by LADY, ON on near Georgia ave.
y W: must have southeastern exposure.
BOX -. Times office. oc65,l0-
IVAETED-Two good sized furnished rooms
in northwest section for light housekeeping
reasonable BON A., Fumes Office. oc9-1t'
ANTED-Furuished rooms or small apart
mcnt tn n. W, by a gentleman For a
suitable place liberal price will be paid
Address. with full PARTICULAR. BOX IS. Times
once. ocs-3t
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ENERGETIC ladies OF good address for per
manont position: only those willing TO work
need apply, call between 5 and D. m 81
90 St X l.. ore-9.s
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SITUATIONS wANTED-MALE

MULTIPLICATION by young man Of expert
ence as stenographer. with reliable firm
BOX 50 Times Office It
Inexperienced. desires position IN
private family. ADD 0eSs MEALY. ,l9 v
X " oeg-1ts
CARPENTER and foreman. 70 years eN-
perlence. wants days work or contract.
BOX go. Times Office oc1-4t
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STORAGE.

WINDOW CLEANING as an art We know
how Windows. houses and clhces cleaned
LEON l. CAHOON. Acme Window Clean
ms Co. eai e n. W. Phone Main 1853.
5yg-90t
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MARRIAGE PAPER-Highest character: IN
corporated' 18th year 1000 members; paper
sealed; send lec- D. 4. LOVE Box 1900
Denver. Col. It,
MONEY! will loan you what money you
need and you can pay me back weekly or
monthly charges arr small and nobody
knows your business. Address BOX 5z5.
Times Office sc2A-tf
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WALL PAPER.

ENTERTAINING ana painting. first-clasS
work at lowest prices. Phone Lincoln IS Y
J. r BOWEN. los 9Th st s E iy2s-
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ZOE sALE-MIscELLANEous.

FOR sALE-5o stoves. slightly used and
new. good chance TO save money. SEE
HOLLYWOOD. sth and X ociO-3t
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ALL CASES: all courts. secret service. Col
lections. u. S. Legal Corp. 3O7 Bond Bldg.
Ocl-tf
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Sacrifice of Cigar
Required by Rules

ustous colleague the department
history Henry Stephens reluctant to have
in have been another reason
mped his recatrancy the following story
5 told of it:
Central America and
At that time there
this from South
officers had been instructed to
from southern ports
boarded the they found Aes
standing smoking and unndru
other the quarantine oeer picked
He drew his
stepping said Pardon professor but
I'll have take temperature
fresh which drawing
we'll a cabin passenger. know" he demurred
"bu take
~Bu, sir, I Iannw md heay-I fever"
is jus wha want to determine" replied the officer
ceremony" Ares asked
padngly
quarantne melted by the plea It thed
might" he
Washington dpnsahon There
nothing ordeal AS Emerson
Oversour"
ure can't I usemy thermometer
replied m will quarantine while
wete and standardz it"
Prof William Armes thought moments while
passengers awaiting their him. I let
he murmured meekly.
slipped professors
every passenger
surgeon. Billy permitted
gar
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
MORE AS TO POSTAL SAVINGS
BANKS

Editor Call:
In further proof of the long tried
utility of postal savings banks, and OF
the fact that their existence is not
prejudicial to joint stock or private
commercial or savings banks, let me
cite recent experience in Vancouver,
B. c.
Before me as I write is a copy Of
the Canada official postal guide. On
.. xCII. Sec. 2 (a), I find that, De
posits of 81. or of any number OF DOL
lars. will be received from any de-
positor at the postoff1ce savings
banks" provided such depositor's ac-
count does not exceed $4,000 in ALL or
81, 900 in a single year.
On page xcy, Sec. (a) states that
interest shall not exceed per cent
per annum (present rate was then 81,
etc.
Also on my desk is a New South
Wales (Australia) post and telegraph
guide. On page 249 under heading.
Interest" is an announcement that
interest shall not exceed 4 per cent
per annum, nor interest bearing de-
posits 1900 (s1.5oO) except in the case
of friendly charitable societies.
In both these countries an elaborate
and eminently successful system of
nongovernmental banking is carried
on. Banking corporations are both nu-
merous and fiourishing. Spending some
weeks lately in Vancouver 1 lived in
the Terminal City club. In the writ
ing room hung a plate glass rack with
blank checks for the convenience of
members. / had the curiosity to count
the number of different kinds, and
found there were 13 distinct banking g
corporations in that city, apart from
the many branches in the outskirts.
1t is safe to say that all these banks
had savings departments
The magnif1cence of their various Of
fees certainly gives some indication Of
the present extent and success of their
business. One of the most recent
buildings is that of the Canadian Bank
of Commerce, a superb specimen of
Grecian architecture, similar to the
new home of the Bank of California.
There is no nightmare of postal saw
ings banks running the banking busi-
ness.
If Vancouver banks have not suf-
fered from Canada's long time expert
enee with postal savings banks, re-
ceiving individual deposits to- the ex-
tent OF $4,000. with interest not to ex-
ceed per cent. is it likely American
banks will sustain injury by the in
stitution as proposed of a postal saw
ings bank system, which in the senate
bin is limited to a $1,000 deposit for
any individual and it to pay interest on
$500 only. and that at per cent?
What has been said of Vancouver
could be repeated of Australia, Great
Britain and every other land which
encourages thrift by a system of pos
tai savings banks.
EDWARD BERWICK,
President Postal Progress League of
California.
Pacific Grove, June z.
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'AIdrich Seems to Be Banking on.
Taft's Conservative Habit Of Mind
7 Ohm CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN.

John CALLAN oLAUGHLIN who is sort of Official
Jenkins for the national capital announces that
Taft has decided throw into the camp of the high
violence OF language in the
publisher circular is uneemly On further persa one
discovers that this particular bomb loaded and is
merey figure of inflated speech sgnfying little The only
bomb that Mr. Taft has his anory the purposes
veto OF the tariff BILL and Mr. oIaughlin promises nothing
extreme
In the absence inspired such as people
right to expect from Mr. OLaughn the newspaper prophets and
exgetes from Podunk to San Diego induging mild form
of he higher criticism declarations by
TAFT during the campaign by which he pledged
himself in favor of downward schedules
interest OF the The presidents processes
traced far back September s. 1906 when address
at Bath Me, he said
5 aG aV baEs'G Ss IS s % @ ad % With m aase @ schedules of tariff
Much emphasis Excessive" as a help to
the contemporary presidential mind
few days later, Columbus o. Taft spoke similar strain
Then February TO- 1908 after the campaign
had been well begun, he said in speech City:
the which elapsed pgsy
pn se srT hsh s 9ms d too m r This
protective basis By that should against foreign
That speech circulated pamphlet form as campaign
document by authority Them
acceptance on July %, 1908, Taft said
cost spch articles abroad and hne
purpose
excessive rates On the other hand there are few other
which they
tariff should be raised
Finally, in speech Cincinnati September p, Mr..
Taft said:
we'll have become
probably
of
lowered
other in the vein and it is not
necessary to multiply The Adrc tariff
certain schedules where reduced duties still leave
prohboy of mportaton The cotton schedules deal
important of life actually increased
the interest New England manufacturers.
Mr.. Taft definitely pledged himself
downward of important schedules which
make for of monopoes and increase the cost of
life There the slightest chance that Adric will
anything of the Almost the entire republican
country severely criticised the Adrich tariff and would
support the president in veto Yet that would be
extreme foreign Mr. Ta conservative mental
approval
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
The Florida Stingaree

The stingaree is the terror of the
south Florida fishermen who work
with their nets in the shadows of
bayous and inlets, while the cry of
"Stingaree!" will cause more fear
among bathers than rattler could
on dry land
The stingaree is a square jawed
member of the ray family, with head
not much to look at on one corner,
and on the diagonal corner its weapon,
the wickedest kind of tail. The other
two corners flap it along with a wavy
motion only to be compared to the
opening waves of Loie Fuller's old but
terfiy dance while she was warming
up.
The beast scoops out hole just deep
enough so that when it is in its back
is nearly level with the sandy bottom.
As the young are almost sand colored
on top they are not easily distfn-
guished. Step on a stingaree and sllp
over. its back comes that tail striking
like stiletto. A stab thus inflicted
in the foot will continue to burn UP
along the leg to the hip Owing to
the depth and peculiar shape of the
wound it is difficult to cleanse and
heal. Fishermen have been laid up
for months with such wound.--New
York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
woRKINGMEN AND BOND ISSUE

Editor Call-Sir: AS a workingman
is presented: The workingmen and
the small property owners have every
thing to gain by the success of the
pending bond issue. and it is to be
hoped they will not allow the argu-
ments of the selfish and predatory in
terests to influence them in the matter.
To the workingmen the carrying of
the election means plenty of work and
good wages; to small property owners
and business people an increase and
steady circulation of money with con-
sequent prosperity and happiness. And
not only are the benefits immediate.
they are also permanent. highly profit
able and an insurance against sick
ness and epidemics.
1t will be noticed that at the pres
ent time all the great cities of the
world are spending or preparing to
spend vast sums in improving and
beautifying their locations and sur
roundings. 1t is only expressions of
regret for not adopting more artistic
plans at the start or beginning the
improvements long ago that are heard
from the residents.
Artistic Improvement of our city.
added to our glorious climate, will pre-
sent a charming combination that will
attract the best class of residents and
the choicest, most discriminating and
wealthy visitors and tourists and will
make dear old San Francisco the home
of refinement and the paradise of the
world.
c. KENNEDY, 524 Kansas street.
San Francisco, June s. 1909.
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Chauffeur Weds and
Motor Party Waits

Chauffeur
IastSa nizht
Motor Party Waits t.nn, - IS
Valencia
They while
they could home 1t rather or
he
could find the chauffeur What
machine The telephoned information could
be obtained there The
minute Then fit OF desperation they walked
but did They outside until phoning
until ssentfo
until the day did they learn the
He had left bride While the
house noticed and
made particularly gorgeous array for beach ride
he red in his lapel
had spotted bridegroom
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county in which he claims his vote
80 days, and in the election precinct 80
days"
ELECTRICIAN-C. h. s., City. How can enc
secure position electrician or assistan ut
engineer on a steamer OF the Pacific Mall?
BY sending an application to the
company. 1t will be referred to the
proper department.
BELOW SEA LEvEL-D. ". ". CITY. Is
there one or more places in the United States
below the level?
There are number in California. for
instance. You can ascertain the names
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Answers to Queries

REG1STRATIoN-A. S.. Mendoza. Cal. If
man moves his family from this state to Oregon.
where he secures employment and remains there
16 months. can he return to this state and
register II he has not registered in Oregon?
The constitution of the state of Cali
fornia says that the right of suffrage
shall be granted to every citizen who
shall have been resident of the state
one year next preceding the election cat
which he proposes to vote) and of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Banana Plant Fed
With Ranch Refuse


is of no mean
WIN kanCn keIuSe wasrea a
day his lovely Dotswood The trenuous
made patches of sunlight his face
Wckon buzzng
fly disturbed the student of plant life
Suddenly he jumped from the hammock and exclaimed Of
anna ement:
it will absorb anything and everything of plant
That's remarked Dick Hoang There
around this rancho o plant"
Now the is said Cool shave plant? What
studying all
test? Here all OF and explore the
banana plant while here read"
party
There nothing that looks like reported
brother n
Then one: and forthwith Cool nursery,
while huge hole dug for the plant
in
flung belonging Hoalng, slippers long
of local of lid
few champagne bottles and silk hat
According last the plant wasa
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

Of all the places and the distance h.
low level by consulting the govern
ment reports on attitudes In the United
states. to be seen at the free library
in Hayes street
ADVERTISE FOR HMM. Rel~e6.-. r-,1
Can the query department. give any Information
about diver who was sent to this coast in Iss2s
Advertise for him in the personal col
umns OF The Call.
CORNERSTONE. H.. City When was tba
- now being razed laid
February %, 1872.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

winning Answers to Impennt hat Pu.,nx
IS L NJ sansoue
Two teasing two lurin1 1ins
Sheath gown and hat
That's what's keeping yours truly
A-puzzing where he's at
81 to George Dnnett street
Which to believe when her eyes say ayes" and her pa
mo-" - - @De Ns' "Rs
81 prize " A. B. Christensen 70 street
How to take vacation without the boss fndno
easily he along without me - - -
Fulton street
Why she refused to him
to Castro
Why they don't call "Sportoa"
d eisades
With puffs curls, rats,
And the hide hats
VIII there be %
In these modern hats9 el'
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Nation S
of
| PortoIa Plan

MS VIII be great year for Pacific The Seattle
exposition will attract thousands of visitors region of natural
wonders and human achievement On the opening fair
the ures registered than 10000 The influx has
only begun and will gain impetus advances It need
be disputed that every foreign visitor will consider
his Journey incomplete it does include California There is
much TO see here and the attractive force of the picturesque region
IS most valuable asset, known the world
Therefore, when October to see in
San Francisco impressive gathering which America and
much OF Europe will contribute The nations will warshps
and special ENJOYS The reputation of San Francisco hospitality
will be maintained and possible enhanced There
ment TOR everybody and good time Our people working to-
geher with mind the accredited bv tbe
city Messrs Moore and Roo doing their part ability and
enthusiasm in preparing the way
President Iaft that he will when the
festival begins and will participate the opening ceremonies is in
the nature OF official and national Endorsement Pooa
plan October l9 will be day for Francisco and
California.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Point for Shriners
Who Sing "Zem.Zen1"

Point for Shriners How who sing
mG. e. the "Zem Zem' OF
- -S --~"' know what Zenlsr meanss
10
such the choruses of college is biblical
created for agar and Ishma the wilderness
California who named
Fem Fem the who selected
NapaEshcoL home OF the This
the latter name refers to the vale where the advance
the promised land found
them Everybody familiar with the old Bible illustration
the the Zen spring
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Still Harpins
On Silver
Coinage

never be settled between gold
than you permanently price potatoes
onions in terms OF gold double OF value
quite absurd if should propose yard
should be at one time forty inches and another trys
There IS no objection TO increasing the coinage of
token present if the people certainly
would to handle such money weigh twice
much the silver dollar That would effect of
coming silver token money the 3 making
silver legal tender 81 to ratio other piece
OF nonsense that thoroughly exposed the campaign of 1896
Il IS too late to fight that battle over
The Call would rejoice of relief extended
TO the silver miners but It is of breath any legal
tender basis for that metal whether 81 10 l.
have silver have gold for currency
not have both and this the people have all
that silver shall be treated commodity not the national
measure of value.
Our contemporaries urge that the money would
help international trade with the orient That true
double standard physical mpossibly the only by which
the United States gain this advantage by making silver
standard and not gold If did that should
trade with all nations dealing gold
John Hays Hammond quoted saying that "the coinage
silver must be resumed this practicable
e have Mr. Hammond this belief what
he considers practicable but of more definite
program regard his proposition "practicabe
than to have your cake and eat it.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
The lnsider

Tells Professor William DaIlam Armes Struggled
Against the Edict of Quarantine Ohicers But Finally
Submitted % the Test of a Thermometer.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

himself voice the message which San Fran
cisco, rehabiitated and restored, gives to the
world The marvellous reconstruction of a
ravaged city in brief space of time commands
the attention and admiration of the peoples OF
the earth
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

it IS because Prof. William
- Dallam Armes of the English depart
ment of the University of California IS
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

He coming Portoa festival this city already achieved
national significance and Importance The president the
United States will take leading event will
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

deslsnateS al y % l. ne Nevada newspaper
does not like this ratio because it is fixed
on a deprecated commodity valuation for
silver" This disagreement among the pro-
Ponents of the measure indicates the vice
Of the whole proposition. There IS not and
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

irent being loser by corresponding amount
Commissioner Smiths report, shortly to be
issued, will show how the plan was worked.
When congress imposed the Spanish war tax
on tobacco the trust was permitted to reduce
the size of its packages on sale to consumers.
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10
Sharp Practice
Of Tobacco
| Trust

In 1902 repealed the but nothing about
requiring the its packages the Ever
since has been selling the time packages peace prices
That the has paid the instead
OF to the is calculated that the
II collected would S84OOOOOO the repeal
OF the law The simply pocketed the money.
lhe other day congress proposed trust
the packages the proposition got no suppo
better plan would be the The treasury
money and II would long way toward cutting down the
national deficit -------.1 '-----4-----.
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ME Nevada State Journal the
mountain newspapers resumption of the coinage OF
silver by this country arbitrary ratio which
The San Francisco call., 1909-06-10

I TERBERT KNOX SMITH, commissioner of cornorat;ons
has discovered bit of sharp practice by which the tobacco
- squeezed of govern
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-16

January 18th there will go into eff
fest throughout southern Idaho re-
duction in express rates from Salt
Lake city and Portland. II has been
brought about through the action of
the League of Southern Idaho Com
mercial clubs, which filed a bill of
complaint with the Interstate Com
merce Commission last October. The
present rate from Salt Lake is $500
and from Portland 1915. The new
rates which go into effect January 16
will be $3.50 from Salt Lake and $500
from Portland. This reduction will
be the means OF saving thousands of
dollars a month for southern Idaho
and will be permanent benefit to the
state. The League of Southern Idaho
Commercial clubs has been preparing
itself for year to take active steps
to secure a reduction In freight rates
and express rates. Another bill pray
ing for reduction in rates from New
York city to all points In southern
Idaho has been filed and hearing on
the same will be held in the course
of 80 or so days. The rate from New
York city into southern Idaho is nov
a combination of rates from New York
to the Missouri river and from the
Missouri river to Idaho. The bill now
before the commission prays that the
express companies be required to
publish a through rate instead Of a
combination rate and that that
through rate shall not be more than
$11.O0, $3.50 less than the present
combination.
Senator Borah has been requested
TO argue the case before the Inter-
state Commerce commission and has
stated to the officials of the League
that unless prevented by Official eti-
quette he will be glad to make a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-16
How to Pet a Horse.

Not many people know how to pet
horse, from horses standpoint, at
any rate" said trainer. Every nice
looking horse comes in for a good
deal of petting. Hitch a fine horse
close to the curb and you'll find that
half the men, women and children
who go by will stop for a minute,
say, Nice horsy,' and give him an
affectionate pat or two.
The trouble is they don't pat him
in the right place. If you want to
make horse think he is going
straight to heaven hitched to a New
York cab or delivery wagon, rub over
his eyes. Next to that form of en-
dearment a horse likes to be rubbed
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-16
Sand Storms Shift Streets.

Perhaps the mist bleak and desc
late town on the American continent
is Valentine, Neb.," said Clark Smith
of Chadron, Neb., who is at the st.
James hotel, says the Denver News.
I'm the days when the Eikhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad, a branch of
the Northwestern system, was build
ing through Nebraska, headed for the
Black Hills, Valentine was a thriving
town of 1000 inhabitants. Today there
are less than 100 persons living there
Valentine is built along the Mo
brara river in the Nebraska sand hills
The only vegetation within a radius
of twenty miles is a lone tree which
stands on a high piece of ground
along the river bank a mile from the
town.
"One of the strange features of
Valentine is that during windy wealth
er the topography of the town, which
is built on sand, sometimes changes
every night. This condition has al
ways prevented ten city fathers from
naming the streets with any degree
of certainty.
"a man living on street may wake
up after one of these severe wind
storms so common in the sand hills of
Nebraska and find that B street has
shifted to C street"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-01-16

right up between the ears. In pet
ting horses most people slight those
nerve centers. They stroke the
horses. nose. While we'll behaved
horse will accept the nasal caress
complacently, he would much prefer
that nice, soothing touch applied to
the eyelids. Once in a while a per-
son comes along who really does
know how to pet horse. Nine times
out of ten that man was brought up
in the country aomng horses and
learned when boy their peculiar
ways" New York Globe.