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The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30

The Dingee Home Place of % acres.
and the place formerly owned by Mrs
w II. Talbot containing II acres, both
being within the limits of Dingee Park
ar Redwood City, are to be sold by
Baldwin & Howell at auction tomor-
row. at about 2:30 p. M, when they
are holding their auction of the Dingee
Park lots In speaking of the Dingee
and Talbot places yesterday. f. NJ
Pickering, secretary of Baldwin &
Howell said: There has never been
offered at public auction in California
two such beautifully laid out proper
ties, each in a high state of cultiva-
tion, as the Dingee and Talbot places.
The natural growth of many genera
tions has been added to by choice and
carefully selected trees and shrubs.
which represent forty years of intell-
gent supervision and development, so
that now natural and artificial growth
have been blended and form a combina-
ton of beautiful gardening effects In
these two places that can hardly be
equaled.
Not until one considers the length
of time that capital must be invested
together with the expense of planting
and caring for such properties dur
ing all these years, does the real in
trinSic value of these places become ap-
parent. Any one who has started a
new place knows the ultimate cost is
greater than anticipated. Here are two
offered for sale where the fixed cost
is known at the outset, for they are
both developed in a highly artistic way,
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30

Dingee and Talbot places for a city
park while the opportunity is open
Yours truly,
JOHN MLAREN'
Both places are only a snort walk
from Redwood City station. but are so
surrounded and studded with trees and
foliage as to give all the secIusfon
and privacy desired. The good roads
and graveled walks. winding among the
overhanging trees. the charming viStas
of lawn and shrubbery and bordered
paths. make an ever changing natural
picture
"On the Dingee place. the teahouse.
artificial lake. the lodge. grape arbors.
fine large stable and garage, house
garden and orchard, a comfortable
summer cottage of seven rooms and
two large modern bathrooms. and wide
porch. with several detached quarters
for help. all contribute to IT'S value
for immediate occupancy.
Both the Talbot and the Dfngse
place should bring together a number
of bidders. as either one OF the tracts
can be laid out into villa lots and sold
for big prices. We sold about ak
years ago 20 acres lying between the
old Aivinza Hayward residence and
Fifth avenue. in the city OF San Mateo
for $4,000 ger acre. We subdivided the
property and sold il for nearly $4,000
per acre. The Talbot place and the
DinEee place could be cut into large
sized lots and easily sold at from So 500
70 $4,000 per acre No matter what
they are worth, they will be sold to-
morrow for whatever we are offered
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
ONE OF THE VIEWS AT DINGEE PARK.

TO be fully enjoyed by the fortunate
buyer.
we are given permission to publish
the following letter from John Nc
Laren. superintendent of Golden Gate
park:
San Francisco. April %, 1909
g Baldwin & Howell. ,
"'31S-324 Kearny Street,
San Francisco. Cal
+" Gentlemen:
"'It is with great pleasure that
learn that the Dingee and Talbot places
at Redwood City are TO be sold as
an entirety. 1t would be a great pity
critics kept intact. They are really
magnificent private parks. representing
years of growth and care and the ex-
penditure OF a great deal of money.
Before taking charge of Golden
Gate park, my home for some years
was down the peninsula, and all the
old places are well known to me.
The Dingee place. formerly the
home of the late Moses Hopkins was
show place % years ago. and il has
become more beautiful in the succeed
ing years. The very scarcity of such
tracts makes them extremely difficult
to secure, and my own great love for
beautiful tree, shrub and plant growth
prompts me to say that / am very
happy TO know they will be preserved
as historic examples of our California
soil. climate and successful landscape
gardening.
Redwood City could not make a
better investment than to purchase the
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
BOGUS MINT SEEN
BY SOCIETY WOMAN
Leader of MarysviIle Smart SET
Aids in Detecting Counter
letters Gang
Three Men Are Now in Custody
for Initiating Uncle
Sans Coinage IA
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call


MARYSyILLE, April 29.-A Marys-
vile society woman was instrumental
in proving the case which the police
built up against Tom Grow, W. A.
Wakefield and Fred Foster, the counter
feiters captured here Wednesday night
Another woman of entirely different
caliber also figured in the sensations
today The second one is Lola Cook,
once a character in the lower life here;
who was arrested at Oroville today.
She probably viii be charged with
passing counterfeit money, as she gave
a bad So piece to a bartender at Nc
Cune's saloon in this place today.
When the money was passed the
Cook woman was in the company OF
Jake Holmes. Immediately afterward
the two went to Oroville. where Spe-
ciaI Agent Joseph Nye followed them
and had the pair arrested. Grow,
Wakefield and Foster will be brought,
before the United States commissioner
at Stockton.
The local police working on the case
Policemen C. j. Mccoy, Blue, Smith,
Sayles and Tyrell-had the aid of a
prominent Marysville woman while
they were investigating the crime.
This woman, whose name is kept in
violate by the department, lives near
the house in which Crow and his wife
resided. In her living room window
she commanded a view of the rear en-
trance to the counterfeiters' mint"
From her point of vantage she could
see the men carry in strange bundles.
Mccoy traced purchases of metal,
plaster Of paris and dies which Crow
secured.
The case was completed against the
three men by the local police, and they
were arrested before the United States
secret service knew of the gangs
operations. From the confession Sc
cured from the three men today IT
was learned that while Grow was the
leader Wakefield was "chief coiner'' at
their mint" Three thousand dollars
was made by the men
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
Excursion TO Ukiah

One going on the popular excursion
10 Ckiah via Northwestern Pacific on
Sunday. May ?. will have over four
hours, during which time visits may
be made TO Vichy Springs, The Asylum
Fish Hatchery and other points of
interest The ride at this time of the
year is most delightful owing to the
fruit trees being in full blossom and
the ields covered with wild flowers
Each ticket insures d seat, as no more
tickets are sold than there are seats
provided. The fare for the round
trim is $3.50 and tickets are now on
sale at S74 Market street and ferry
Leaving time from San Francisco will
be S:45 a. m. and from Ukiah on the
return 500 p. m.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
RICH STRIKE MADE
ON NATnANS CREEK
Quartz Vein Averaging 500 a
Ton Found on Land
Bonded by Company
Other Properties in Vicinity OF
Placerville Marked by Con-
siderable Activity

PLACERvILLE, April 29.-Another
rich strike has been made on Nathans
creek, according to word brought to
this city today. 1t is stated that a well
defined quartz vein has been found that
averages over 500 ton. The find is
on land bonded by DIR. Burger. Harry
Benton and number of others from
Stanislaus county. The company has
Just contracted with a local foundry
fol the erection of rotary gravel mill
with capacity of ten tons an hour.
othelA properties in this vicinity are
showing activity.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
BURGLAR SCARED
AWAY BY WOMAN
RObber Secures Money and Jew
els Before Awaking Owner
and Escapes Pursaers
NeighbOrs Join Police in Search
for Thief in Streets of
Sacramento
Especial Dispatch 10 The Cali

lOpeoidi Dispatch 10 ne GALL
SACRAMENTO. April 2e.-Mrs Ed
ward Goodwin. 1922 street, awakened
early this morning TO find burglar
bending over her. She screamed and
the man ran from the room, down the
back stairs and escaped.
Mrs. Goodwin followed him TO the
door and then summoned the neigh
bcrs ani police. but no trace of the
man has been found
The burglar secured a gold watch and
chain. several gold pins, some trinkets.
SO and a few small things of less
value. He evidently was bending over
Mrs. Goodwin to ascertain if she was
sound asleep before ransacking her
room, when she awoke and frightened
him away
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
NEW ROADS PLANNED
FOR PLACER FARMERS
Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Names Committee
LSPecial Dispatch 10 The Call

LINCOLN. April 29.-The Lincoln
chamber of commerce at meeting last
night attended by delegates from Au-
purn, Roseville and other places in
Placer county. appointed a committee
OF hVe to confer with similar commit
,ees from other places in the county
Io9kihs toward the constructing of a
public highway to connect the towns
OF Placer county with the public road
system OF Sacramento county The
chamber of commerce also decided 10
TO have the old Doty's Rayine roa5 re- :
opened This would give many of the
fruit men direct outlet without the
present heavy grade The chamber
also discussed plan for irrigating
two or more townships along the foot.
hills.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
ANDERSON TO HOLD BIG
MAY DAY ROSE CARNIVAL
Marathon TO Be Feature of Sat-
urday's Celebration
[SPeciai Distaioh 10 The Cali

ANDERSON. April s.-Everything
is in readiness for the Anderson rose
carnival Saturday Assurances have
been received from Hennett Reddine
and Red Bluff that crowds viii be in
attendance from those cities and a
big crowd from the surrounding cOun-
try is looked for. One of the big
features OF the days celebration is
To be a Mara thOn race. Among those
entered are Roblev Keeler of Ander-
son Glenn Buffum of Olinda, Arthur
Cots, TRY Fades and Oscar Burton
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
FIRE IN BIG BARN is
PUT OUT BY TRAINMEN
Cars Stopped While Conductor
and Motorman Fight Flames
[Spccial Dispatch 10 The CqIl

IoPel1dt DiSpdIcn 10 ne IcIII
oRoVILLE, April 2e.-As passengers
on Northern Electric train were on
their way TO Marysville from this city
Yesterday they discovered a barn on
fire north of Gridley Junction within. a
few yards OF the track The train
was stopped and Conductor TAFT and
Motornlan Chaplin. taking the chemical
extlngulshers from the cars put out
the blaze. Most of the barn was saved
As a stiff breeze was blowing the
residence nearby would probably have
Deen destroyed as we'll as the barn
but for the action of the Northern
Electric trainmen
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
Railroad Attorneys Differ

Los ANGELES. April 29-Are rail-
roads prohibited by the Wrights act from
giving free transportation To any per-
son. and also prohibited from giving
special rates TO clergymen and for
charitable purposes2 This is a ques-
ton upon which the attorneys OF Cali
fornia roads hold wide divergence Of
opinion.
The railroads viii ask the attorney
general for an opinion on the subject
The law applies to electric lines and
other carriers as wei as to railroads
The prohibition concerning public
ofbcials II contained in section 50 Of
The act. and no oneis specified TO whom
transportation can be given. Section
aS. however. states that If any trans
portauon company receives from any
person. company. firm or corporation a
greater or less compensation for any
service rendered. or TO be rendered. by
II in the transportation Of passengers
or freight" than it receives from any
other person under similar circum-
stances II shall be deemed guilty Of
unjust discrimination
II Is said that a strict Interpretation
If this section prOhibiIs passes even TO
railway employees as well as special
rates TO clergymen and others
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
CAPITALISTS INSPECT
OROViLLE DREDGE MINES
W. p. Harmon Heads Party
Visiting Various Properties
[ Special Dispatch 10 The Cali

oRoVILLE, April 29.-W. p. Ham
mon, millionaire dredge mining op-
orator, with party of capitalists.
Inspected his dredge mines here and
the Great Western power company's
plant at Big Bend TODAY. The nar4,,
will go to Marysville tomorrow to in.
spect the dredge mines there Amone
those In the party are f. r. Lilientba1
Louis Sloss, A. d. SCHNEIDER. n. Cleave-
land and A. d. Boynton of San Fran
cisco and Messrs. Wallace. Shufflefon
and Cochran of Boston.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS
WILL ASSEMBLE IN CHICO
Butte County Convention to Be
Held Saturday
[SeeeiaI DiseaLeh 70 ~. CaRl

lSpeciOl Distoteh TO The CALI
CHICO. April 29.-The twenty second
annual convention of the Butte county
Christian Endeavor union will be held
in this city Saturday. The program
includes many good numbers. and it is
expected the session will prove in
teresung. Prominent Sunday school
and Christian Endeavor workers from
Sacramento and other points will be
here to take part in the convention
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
How Nome Goes TO the Dogs

There is a breezy. live story Of the
over four hundred miles across the
snow. in the May issue OF the sunset
Magazine. The race was pulled or
April ]. this year. and this is an up TO
date description Of the winners and the
excitement that they occasioned.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
LODGES REBUILD HOME
FOR STRICKEN SISTER
Cottage Carried Away by Flood
Is Replaced
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

oROvILLE. April 2s-Members of
the Royal Neighbors and the F'raternal
Brotherhood have completed a cottage
and presented it TO Mrs. Lillian
Thomas, who has Just recovered from
the effect of a revolver shot several
weeks ago During the recent food
while Mrs. Thomas was lying critically
i'll. her cottage was carried away by
the high water. The house was rebuilt
by her fellow lodge members
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
ALLEGED nYNAM1rr,

ALLEGED DYNAMITER-Stockton ApriI %
man giving the name of p. ]. Monahan but
believed by the officers TO be NJ. j. Mccormick
is In Jail here charged with dynamiting a Santa
Fe. caboose in this city last December ne Tss
arrested at King San Bernardino comfy
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
GRANT TO RAILROAD
FAVORS STATE FAIR
Secretary of Agricultural So
ciety Discovers Provision
Not Repealed
Effect of Wright Law on Clergy
mems Tickets Questioned by
Attorneys for Lines

SACRAMENTO, April 2s.-In search
ing for way 10 get around The Wright
railroad law. which does not permit
railroads 10 transport exhibits free to
state fairs. Secretary Kavanaugh of The
state agricultural society has discov-
cred a provision in the grant 10 the
central Pacific railroad company Of
$4,000 mile by the legislature in
1853. which exempts the state from
payment for the transportation OF con-
Nlcts, materials for construction of the
state capitol and articles intended for
snow Al state fairs The provision is
not repealed by any subsequent act
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30

Pasadena. April 29-Charles Warren Fairbanks
former vice president. today, through agents con-
cluded a deal for the purchase of $50. 900 resi-
dence in Pasadena. 1t is said bo will make his
new purchase his future hor
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
FAIRRANKs Buys pAsAnrNA Rrs1nr,rcr

Inquire from people living in Wei
lesley Park what they think of it.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
PATAI IEAP FROM wINnow

FATAL LEAP FROM WINDow-Ios Angeles
April 29-While seeking 10 escape from an at
ltendant whom he believed was to take him back
ito bis ranch at Ingleside, Aeneas Eastman a
lrancher. 20 years of age and an inmate of the
Glendale sanatorium. eaped from third story
window of that building this morning and was
s~stantly killed He was affected mentally.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-30
Similar Property Sells for
Three Times the Price Asked
at THOUSAND OAKS.
INVESTMENT FEATURES

Compare prices North Berkeley ago
Berkeley oneaf present lots sold $35 $50 per
they sell for 500 per without ferry
Why? The is VIEW.
View lots always command the greatest increase and
profits the Pacific Heights San Francisco Claremon
Piedmont North Berkeley all popular because of the VIEW
Thousand Oaks has the magnificent and what
beautiful oak
has FIVE FERRY LINES and sells for SIS S35 per
Draw your conclusions.
For example, lot for years, without
payments applied purchase price Experience
high class $40
$50 per foot.
II $50 cash and $40 monthly
$500
S0foot SO that
$500 No interest during that period.
Take Key Route to University Nohbrae end of
line.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-19
CARMACK AND KENTUCKY.

People who recall that fine twinkle
of his eye, that inimitable smile that
sometimes was as oil and again as acid,
will recognise the late Ned Carmack in
the following mingled claw and velvet.
Unless We except the poet Poe-and he
must be excepted from all like compar-
isons-no American has yet been gifted
with richness of expression surpas-
sing that bestowed on Carmack.
The trial now in progress in Tennes-
see makes the following timely, and it
has in every word stamped that indi-
viduality for which Carmack was so
marked:
The State of Kentucky has had a
strange, eventful history. 1t has
veered between the early colonial Iliad
and the nineteenth century jag. 1t is
the home of soaring metaphor and sour
mash. 1t has known war and it has
been acquainted with peace. 1t is re-
sponsible for 'Uncle Toms Cabin
and the long procession of Little Evas.
1t Is the teeming mother of beautiful
women and the nurse of warlike men.
Its history has been decorated with the
mountain vendetta the lively and deadly
Unfair" the toll-gate rebellion. and
others too numerous to mention. 1t is
the State where preachers who do not be-
lieve in hell are razed into better frame
of mind and another country. 1t is the
Commonwealth that gave Abraham
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis to the ma
tion. and it is responsible for Mary An
derson, Henry Watterson, Hez Lung,
Wat Hardin. Pottsey Grubs and many
others that have sent their visiting
cards into the temple of fame. 1t has
seen life in all its phases, and though
it has had some pretty hard knocks, it
has taken its medicine, as Jack Chinn
takes his liquor, straight and without
batting an eye."
Kentucky has been a pet of the
Union for more than a century, and
the foregoing is a not inaccurate pic
ture of the old Commonwealth in whose
borders individuality of personal char
acter passes for more than all the
philosophy of Concord.
Carmack was born and reared within
a stones toss of Kentucky soil, and
doubtless it is true that his most en-
thusiastic admirers lived in the olde,
State. His death shocked humanity,
and the pity OF it is that he was just on
the threshold of his intellectual prime
His mind was just mellowing, and i,
would not have attained its zenith till
three-score years and ten. He diet
at so years and 3 days. Washington
Post.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-19
ONLY DAiLY'S RIGHT REPORT.

The Times-Herald is informed by a
distinguished member of the Anti-Saloon
League of Virginia, that it's brief on the
attitude of the Leagne and Judge Mann
towards local option and prohibition was
entirely correct-the only absolutely
correct statement of the case that he
has seen in print. He does not speak
by authority for Judge Mann, but he
does speak for the Anti-Saloon League,
and he understands that Judge Mann s
position is the same. Briefly restated,
the Anti-Saloon League is for Local
option as means of ultimately abolish
ing the liquor traffic from the entire
State. The League is for Statewide
prohibition, but think that this can best
be accomplished by allowing each and
every community to determine the
matter for itself. Newport News
Times-Herald.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-19
SAVE THE ROBINS.
Or We Will be Spending Money
Like New England to Keep off
Pests.
lRichmond Times-Dispatcb 7

lRichmond Times-Dispatch.l
Ihe robin is with us again, and on
his trail the pothunter. How manv of
these friendly little songbirds are
butchered every year in Virginia it
would be impossible to say, but the
number Is certainly enormous. It
makes no difference that it is against
the law to kill them. There are more
men and boys with guns in Virginia than
there are game wardens, and so the
massacre runs merrily on.
There is no sport in killing robins anv
more than there is in dynamiting fish.
The redbreast is altogether too gentle.
amiable and social little chap TO have
any attractions for real sportsmen.
lie has decided attractions for the
country dwellers, the out-of-doors man
or woman and all who love birds. His
engaging disposition and liyely music
make him a most welcome visitor in
spring. There isn't very much of him
to eat and what there is is not particu-
larly good. In fact, he wasn't framed
up for the table at all. He was de-
signed for the trees at the edge of the
clearing, the garden fence, the wood
pile and the rain barreH. He was
meant for life, not death, and why
people should want to murder him is
past common understanding.
But living thing of the open is only
so much meat to some minds, and to
these the language of sentiment is
more abstruse than Greek. There is
the strongest kind of economic reason
why these little birds should not be
slaughtered They are the finest ex-
terminators of destructive insects that
man has yet found. They do for moth
ing what heavy expense and laborious
scientific endeavors can hardly do at all.
They made this discovery too late in
New England, and now teeming swarms
Of Egyptian and brown-tailed moths
are eating up the trees in the most
thoroughgoing sort of way. These de-
Stroyers have done away with property
so valuable that it would be difficult to
put any money price on it. Now, with
immense effort and great cost the New
Engianders are wrapping the tree
trunks individually with cloths and
later burning off the cloths and the
moth larvae with them. This is not a
successful way of eliminat-
ing these swarming vandals. but it is
the best that mans science has been
able to devise. The robins would have
done the work and done it far better.
without cent of pay.
Could not Virginia profit by Massa-
experience? Do we want to
invite a flying pest to descend upon us
and devastate our trees? Would il not
be truer economy to have enough war
iens to protect natures own insect
iestroyers than to try to invent insect
iestroyers of our own after the havoc
'n our vegetation has begun?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-03-19
PANIC THAT ROOSEVELT CAUSED.
Uippincott's Magazine.)

U.ippincotts Magazne)
In the forest Africanic, there's really
dreadful panic,
'Mong the beasts and birds and snakes
and reptiles rare,
For frightful rumor rang, worse than
any boomerang,
That rosyveld was quickly coming
there.
Said the lion bold, "What is it that will
make us all visit?
Is it snake or beast or creature of the
air?''
Answered back gray old monkey, who
was really not donkey,
''Why, rosyveld's creature very wild,
And it has pair of eyes of a most
tremendous size
And a noise that doesn't look so very
mild;
And not very far beneath is frightfui
set of teeth,
That can hurt creature worse than
any trap.
And the damage they've been doing, on
Iue oCCopuS d-CneWlDS,
Proves rosyveld's wild, ferocious
chapl
In the forest Africanic. there's
really dreadful panic,
In the jungle and the river and the air,
And they're hurrying away and they're
scurrying away,
For they dread the frightful thing
that's coming there.
Said the tiger with smile, ''I will hide
myself while
In very safe and distant Jungle lair,
For think there is more danger in this
quite ferocious stranger
Than there is in any other beast or
man.
For rosyveld has eyes of most
tremendous size,
And his teeth are built upon diff rent
PLAN
Then the tiger skunk away, and the
beasts in deep dismay
Decided that he'd very wisely done.
Said the owl, THAT tigers quaking
proves he isn't Nature Faking."
So the beasts to farthest jungles all
did run.