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The San Francisco call., 1909-11-06
BEAUTIES OF HETCH HETCHY


eVLTHoUGH for several months past
n public attention has been directed
toward the beautiful Hetch Hetchy val
ley. as being the source of San Fran
cisco's future water supply. it Is prob
? able that with the exception OF few
hundred tourists and mountain climb
ers who visit that region each year.
people generally are unfamiliar with
the wonders of nature which there
abound.
The Tuolumne meadows are the larg-
est in the Sierras. Tkey are about 10
miles long and from half mile. to
mile in width. and are at an elevation
of S,594 feet. The scenery of the
Tuolumne meadows is wonderful and
impressive, being combination of
meadow, river. forest and snow capped
Serras. In some portions of the
meadow the snow lies for eight months
in the year, and during most of that
time it is 20 feet deep.
The snow capped mountain, Uni
corn peak, is 10,s49 feet high, and even
late in July it is covered deep with
snow. When camping in the vicinity
of this mountain. one is always within
the sound of falling waters, and when
night comes the air is so still and the
sound carries so perfectly that the
waterfalls made by the melting snow
can be heard for miles, and the sound
of running streams or dashing catar-
acts is never absent.
From the Tuolumne meadow going
east Of the Tuolumne river and up the
canyons that lead to the highest of the
Sierras, we pass Mount Conness. 1856
feet high, and come to Matterhorn
canyon, which takes its name from
fancied resemblance to the famous AL
pine peak of that name. Going over
Benson's pass there is a view Of the
most jagged peaks of the Sierras called
Sawtooth ridge. 10000 feet high. From
Benson's pass we drop down to Rogers
lake. whose waters flow into Tuolumne
through Rogers creek. Besides Ben
son lake there are many other un-
named glacial lakes. at an elevation of
from 5000 to 700 feet
Arriving at Rancherio mountain
9.045 feet, we are met with a splen-
did view of the Grand canyon of the
Tuolumne river. From Rancherio
point the Tuolumne river flows 4 O45
feet below and the cliffs on the other
canyon can be seen for 25 miles The
air is so pure that the mountains
can be seen accurately with the naked
eye. The distant Mount Dana, 13,050
feet; Mount CONFESS. 1856 feet; Mount
Gibbs, 12,700 feet; Kuna Crest, 1881
feet; Mount Hoffman. 10,621 feet and
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

There have been great many
country people in the city all after
noon and trading has been very
brisk
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
WENT OVER A STEEP CLIFF.

Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock
Nick Martinez, riding one of the liy-
cry horses belonging to Rogers Bro
thers, while on his way to one of the
mines in the basin, was crowded off
the road a short distance above Her
ron's spring, and, together with the
horse, had an experience that he will
not soon forget.
On the steep road just before reach
ing the tunnel this side of Smuggler,
Martinez met one of the Lavender
teams in such a manner that he and
his horse were crowded off the road.
and in the fall the two went almost
a distance of quarter or a mile, first
the man being on top and then the
horse on top. owing to the great
amount of snow on the mountain
side. neither sustained any injuries,
and when the two quit rolling the
man removed his roll of blankets and
pair of boots and went on to his
destination on foot.
AS soon as he heard what had hap
pened. Bill Rogers sent some of his
men up to get the horse; but, being
unable to get the animal down that
night, they cleared a place in the
snow. left some feed. and, after blan-
keting him, left the horse there for
the night.
Yesterday they returned, and, aft
er considerable shoveling and hard
work. managed to get the horse out
of the gulch and brought him to
town.-Telluride Journal.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
WOMEN CAN NOW VOTE.
Especial to The Sentinel }

Olympia. Wash, Feb. 27.-The
governor signed yesterday the woman
suffrage bill, and Washington be-
comes the fifth state in the union to
grant the ballot to the weaker sex.
The senate gave approval to bill
drawn by joint railroad committee,
giving the railway commission juris-
diction over telephone and telegraph
lines. The measure authorizes the
commission to fix rates throughout
the state, and 10 compel connections
between competing lines in cities
where more than one company
has exchanges. The bill has not yet
been considered by the house.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

Drs. Spencer & Morelock have re-
moved their offices from 52S Main
street an AIS North Seventh street.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

Users association, was present at the
meeting and on invitation addressed
the board regarding his visit to Wash
lngton and the signing of the High
Line canal contract. Mr. Aupperle
suggested ratification meeting and
the suggestion was most popular 1t
was decided by the board to call a
general mass meeting of the citizens
of the valley for Wednesday evening.
March 3. for the purpose of hearing
report from Mr.. Aupperle and of
making a suitable expression of the
appreciation of the action of Secre-
tary Garfield and other friends at
Washington. Several local speakers
will be heard ana a big meeting is
anticipated as enthusiasm is running
high. The meeting will probably be
held at the auditorium. committee
on arrangements was appointed.
The Telephone Matter.
1t was reported by Director Della
plain that he could get no satisfac-
tion from the telephone company re-
garding the request that the Plateau
valley subscribers be enrolled in the
directory used by the local exchange.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate private and independent
systems of telephone service. such as
are being used in some parts of the
valley
otto Helped Out.
John Otto was unanimously grant
ed small donation to help him in
his worthy effort of making the trail
to Monument canyon.
The matter of cattle dying along
the Gunnison river was discussed and
a committee appointed TO investi-
gate.
The Pinchot Meeting.
The coming visit of Chief Pinchot
of the forest service. was discussed
and the board decided that call be
made for forestry convention to be
held here the day Mr.. Pinchot comes
and delegates be invited from all over
western Colorado and eastern Utah
The date of the Pinchot visit is not
yet known. IL will be about March 20.
Encouraging reports were received
regarding the efforts to get bridge
across Grand river at the foot of
Main street.
The committee appointed to con-
siuer the employment of convict labor
on the county roads reported progress
but no definite action will be taken
until next Friday night.
Guggenheim Emphatic.
letter from senator GuSSennelul
informed the board that he had care
fully considered the communications
and petitions regarding disposal of
the Indian school property and that
he was convinced that there was but
one course to pursue, to turn the
property over to the state and that
the government had no right TO turn
it over to a private institution like
the Western university.
No Blossom Festival.
1t was decided that unless much
lower rates than one fare for the
round trip could be secured it would
be unwise for the Chamber of Com
merce to take up the Festival of Bios
soms at this time.
Secretary Mahoney was empower
ed to keep a register for the benefit
of all visitors to the office.
The secretary was empowered to
call a meeting of farmers at some
future date to discuss roads and inn
provements.
number of other matters We're in
formally discussed and il was half
past ten when an adjournment was
taken.
The directors present were Messrs-
Buthorn, Turpin. Rankin, Delaplain,
Todd. Mcconnell, hutchinson. Cher
finrtOn and Walker
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
FAIR SUNDAY PROMISED.

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i. 1t was 23 degrees above zero !.
!. here at 6 am. today, and it =
!. was no colder at any time dur +
:. ing the night. The weather =
]. map issued today by Observer +
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The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
ITS DROPS FIGHT
FOR THE CHARTER

(continued from Firat Page.l
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
IN BRyAN's STATE.
{ Cspeciai to The sentinel.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 27.-By vote
of 20 to f3 the state senate yesterday
passed the Humphrey bill providing
for the election of United States sem
ators by the Oregon plan. The meas
urc has already passed the house and
Governor ShalIenberger will approve
it.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

1t is announced that the anti-sa-
loon people of Montrose will place
complete city ticket in the field to
be voted for on April 6. The anti
saloon people of Montrose seem to
have strong campaign organization.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

Herman Supp and brother were ar
rested this morning and arraigned in
police court for doing plumbing
business without a license. They
were found guilty and fined $1,000
and costs.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
Houses for Sale or Trade.

Registered imported German Coach
Stallion 6-years-old; good locker and
breeder: weighs 1400-lbs., also some
first-cIass Kentucky saddle and driv-
ing horses. VIII sell or trade for
real estate or other stock.
HERBERT w. LEE,
Grand Junction. Colo.
1923 Rood Ave.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

NJ. e. Foreman is a visitor in the
valley today from Valleyview. Ohio.
He is being driven over the orchards
home tonight.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

Andrew Mast came in last evening
from Grand Junction and went out
this morning on the Durango train.
He is en- route to Silverton.-Tellur-
ide Journal.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27
+ j. J. i. J.

Forecast TIL pm Sunday us
sued at Denver):
For Colorado-Fair tonight; sun
day fair and warmer in east portion.
The minor disturbance over Mime
sofa yesterday has moved east to the
midle Atlantic coast. causing gem
eral rise of temperature in the east
ern states of to 25 degrees.
. In general the weather is clear.
with moderate temperatures from the
Mississippi west to the coast range,
and cloudy in the lake regions and
coast states, with rain in the north
Pacific states.
Conditions indicate continued fair
weather in this vicinity for tonight
and Sunday, with no marked change
in the temperature.
The daily sentinel., 1909-02-27

G. X. Patterson of the Fair store
who has been on the sick list the
past few days is improving.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
REASONABLENESS

. ROM various sources The Herald
has learned its editorial article
addressed to the liquor interests
has met the approval of the sane,
well balanced citizens of Los Angeles.
Mayor Alexander's quoted statement
regarding the necessity of drawing the
line between licensed and unlawful
conduct is the sum of the whole mat
ter. We may supplement what has al
ready been published by reminding
our readers the same temperate view
of the liquor question that is taken by
Mayor Alexander and the clearest
thinking men of Los Angeles accords
exactly with views commonly accepted
regarding licensed interests other than
liquor interests. and regarding all
other businesses.
The people do not want rowdyism
in the liquor business, and they don't
want it in the restaurant business, and
they don't want it in the music hall
business, and they don't want it in the
theater business and they don't want
it in the publishing business. No re-
J
OF Los Angeles has any quarrel with
decency, or with a mayor who stands
| for decency first, last and all the time
In every department of life.
Every business and profession must
be restricted" TO the extent of being
kept within the bounds of decency and
the liquor business certainly does not
wish to be an exception to this gen.
eral rule. That is what Mayor Alex
ander distinctly implies when he says:
Il am not an advocate of blue laws
I am ready to give the people the un-
closed town they desire, but a line
must be drawn between licensed and
unlawful conduct. The latter is not
to be countenanced in any way and
the people do not want it,"
The suggestion that Mayor Alex
ander wants a closed town, as far as
the liquor interest is concerned, be-
cause he has expressed himself in favor
Of law-keeping, is as wildly ridic-
ulous a canard as would be n state
ment he was in favor of abolishing res
taurants because he wants to have
them properly conducted, or i'm favor
of suppressing theaters because he
thinks certain styles of boulevardism
a la gay Paree are not relished by the
overwhelming majority of our citizens,
or in favor of muzzling revivalist
preachers because one of them oc-
casionally is too internally sweeping
in his sulphurous and minatory re-
marks.
Mayor Alexander is a reasonable
man, and his administration will con-
tinue to conduct the affairs of this
city in a reasonable manner. which
suits to a nicely the disposition, the
wishes. the temperament and the aims
Of a community of highly intelligent,
reasonable people.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
MORNING MACHINE ORGAN GOES
FAR AFlELD FOR MuNlTloN

Los ANGELES, Dec. 1.-tEditor
Herald: The morning machine organ,
failing to find any local issue upon
which it could successfully attack
Mayor Alexander, in one of its 1abored
editorials attempts to show that at a
meeting of the Lincoln Roosevelt Re-
publican league recently held at Oak
land the writer attempted to outline a
program to boss the whole state of
California-a very ambitious project.
Ergo, George Alexander should not be
elected mayor.
The Times states that the Lincoln
Roosevelt Republican league proposes
to have a convention Ito nominate Il
state ticket in advance of the primary
election to take place in the state OF
California to fill all state offices" In
order to refute this latest canard II is
only necessary to quote from the reso-
luton which was adopted and con-
cerning which the morning reactionary
has worked itself into such a pretend
ed fury. The resolution provided thai
the meeting referred to should "con-
slider what steps should be taken
in regard to candidates for office"
for the campaign of 1910. There were
those present who argued in favor of
taking action at that time which would
have bound the Lincoln- Roosevelt Re-
publican league to indorse or nominate
state ticket before the state prlmar-
les, but among those who argued
against committing the organization at
that time to such a proposition were
both Mr.. Chester Rowell of Fresno,
the president of the organization, and
myself, and the matter was left en-
tirely open and the organization is not
in any manner committed to the course
of action indicated in the Times.
Failing to find an issue with which
to combat the Good Government or
ganization, either in the city of Los
Angeles or in the state of California,
l fear the Times will have to fall back
upon the national administration, in
which case l recommend to it the re-
marks of President Taft, delivered in
his celebrated speech at Akron, Ohio,
an extract from which is appearing
daily at the top of your very valuable
editorial column, in which address he
advises against voting the push Re-
publican ticket in the Cincinnati mu-
nicipal election. After reading what
Taft said then, can anyone doubt what
he would say if he knew our local con-
dition and were called upon for an
expression of opinion?
NJ. LISSNER.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
ABOLISH GAMBLING

WY HY should the citizens of Los
w Angeles allow their great and
famous metropolis to remain
under the stigma of being the only
city in the United States of its size
and importance which tolerates or le-
galizes any form Of gambling? Nor
ally. there is no difference between
gambling for goods and gambling for
money. Is the man who loses the
price of a house and lot in a gambling
transaction any less q loser than the
man who loses a house and lot? In
petty transactions the truth is equally
obvious.
After the church federation, with
the approval of a large number of the
best citizens of Los Angeles, had pro-
tested against dice shaking on account
of its Inconsistency with the City's
anti-gambling, "clean town" policy,
the council passed an ordinance legal
izing dice shaking for MERCHAN-
Disc.
The police commission found in this
an obstacle to carrying out the sup
preston of gambling in Los Angeles,
and for the sake of public consistency
as well as for the sake of facilitating
the endeavors of the police to stop
gambling the public doubtless will see
to it that cigar stand gambling is
ended.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
BELIEVES LOVE AND DELIGHT
CAUSE MEN TO WILL THINGS

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24-[Editor
Herald1 1t is evident f. F.. S. de-
clares himself the founder or apostle
of new era which cannot be defined
otherwise than an era of slavery. Let
hins tart a new calendar and begin
with the year l. He says: THE man
who wills to observe and study does
so because it is in him and he is not
free to will to palter and loaf"
What is that "in him" heredity sur
rounded by environment? Every ami
NAL is equipped with the same at
tributes, even better in some respects
than man, and man would differ in
nothing from the beast. But what is
that in man which causes him to will? ?
Is 1t not love or delight?
f. f. S. works at his art or pro-
fession. Would he work at it if he
did not love it? Do his ancestors, who
are dead, cause or force him to it? The
qualities that distinguish man from
beast are his liberty and nationality,
wherefore also he is a responsible be-
ing before the law, civil moral and
divine, and where no responsibility can
be imputed no law can punish or re-
ward him. Z. f.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
RAILROADS AND TARIFF

VIZ HY should railway interests be
! w opposed to tariff reduction
Judge Joseph II. Call in an
article in Norman E. Mack's National
Monthly shows the tariff act operates
as a railroad regulator. He writes it
would not occur to an ordinary man
why the basic or terminal rates be-
tween New York, Chicago. Missouri
| river or common points and Pacific
coast terminals have a wide range, ex-
emplfied in the instances of Portland
cement, 81 a ton; pig iron, SO ton;
structural STEEL SIG a ton; cotton
goods, $40 a ton; dry goods, $50 a ton,
and automobiles, $120 ton.
Originally" adds Judge Call, "the
railroads established genuine terminal
rates at the railroad terminals, where
! they came to be called terminal rates,
but after the railway trust had with
one hand seized the public highways of
commerce upon the land and with the
other seized the ports through the con-
troll of harbor frontage and dock IA
cilities, there was no water competi-
tion to meet and so the so-called ter
minal rates became a mere myth and
an arbitrary charge to be used as a
basis to raise interior rates to points
east of Pacific terminals by making
their rates the terminal rates plus the
local rate back During the last four
years these rates have been advanced
more than % per cent"
Judge Call finds calculations have
been made by the railway trust to
meet foreign competition upon certain
staple articles.
Bituminous coal has an import duty
of 81 cents a ton and can be brought
in from abroad for Sc per ton; so the
railroads have fixed the rates upon
coal from Utah and Colorado to Los
Angeles and San Francisco at Sc. 80 a
ton.
Portland cement has an import duty
of $1.6O a ton, and can be brought in
from Germany for about Sc ton, so
the railways fixed the terminal rates
to Pacific coast points at 81 a ton,
which are the present rates from the
great factories in Kansas.
Pig iron, which is not produced upon
the Pacific coast, has an import duty
of 81 a ton, and can be brought in by
ships from abroad for about Sc a ton.
So the terminal rate is $40 ton.
Steel ingots, not manufactured on the
| Pacific coast, are subject to an aver
age import duty of So per ton, and can
be brought in from foreign ports for
S. or Sc a ton, so the terminal rate
! is $12 a ton. Mediterranean oranges are
brought in by water to the Atlantic
coast and lake ports, supplying the At
/ lantic coast, Mississippi valley and
! gulf states, at an average freight
charge of SO a ton. The import duty
on oranges is l cent a pound, or $40 a
ton, so the terminal railway rates are
! S23 a ton in carloads.
| Both the cotton and the dry goods
schedules of the tariff act are compli-
Gated, but the average import duty
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
SAYS WRITER KNOWS NOT
MEANING OF ENVIRONMENT

POMONA, Nov. 22.-[Editor Herald:
II. HIS letter of November is pug
zling. 1t says: "Have put on the new
man which is renewed knowledge after
hlm that created him." Why renewed2
After Adams fall God said of him that
he had gained point of likeness unto
''us," and would therefore be more like
unto God than before his ran. ~
r. H, can prove the Bible by the
Bible, but not that it is reliable. He
cannot prove that the book of Daniel
contains anything written or said by
Daniel. He cannot prove that the
prophecies of Daniel were not gotten up
to inspire the Jews in their wars
against a foreign yoke about 164 b. c.
or later The prophecy ends with, go
thy way, Daniel, for the words are
closed up and sealed till the time of
the end" That Is to say, to the time
of the end of their foreign yoke. Those
who wrote it knew the effect OF
sealed prophecy from Daniel and also
what they were writing about.
r. N. in yesterdays letter box says
that "the principle or power which is
above all, which controls man (What
when controlled by something elseD
regulates his life and changes evil en-
yironment for good and renders null
and void the so-called law of heredity."
He does not understand the meaning
of the words environment and hered-
ity. He calls this power II am" If 1t
changes evil environment for good it
should be in evidence. When did it
change the lot of slaves but by death? :?
Look to Yucatan and to Vale Nacional.
Look at peonage in the United States
and in Mexico. What about high
prices of food, etc, which commercial
ism has the power to enforce against
US? And the long hours of labor for
short pay? This wonderful 81 am"
should get busy with the change into
a good environment for us all instead
of only for the few that are born with
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-02
BOTANICAL GARDEN AND
LIBRARY FOR AGRICULTURAL

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3O,-[Editor
Herald: Among the many proposed
schemes for beautifying and adding to
the usefulness of Agricultural Park, l
have not noticed one providing for
either botanical garden or botanical
library, and yet this city could not
have better more useful or attractive
advertising medium than the establish
ment of such, and l feel sure that If
your excellent journal should see fit to
bring the matter before it's readers it
would be received with enthusiasm by
both professional and amateur garden