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The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

"You must wake me, said the comet, "can me
early, mother dear;
The morning is the Ii7eliess time in all the
glad new year;
The earliest hour of rising, mother, the yawn-
lest, sleepiest day,
For am back from Elba. mother, and I'm to De
queen of the May"
The activities which have disturbed
the eastern heavens for the last month
came to a head yesterday when Hal
ley's comet. back from Elba and other
southern points. was crowned queen OF
the May. Venus was dethroned in the
insurgent movement which has ag1-
tated the eastern sky for some time
The new comet queen received the
keys to the city and made little
speech. in which it said that while it
was glad to be back from Elba and was
doubly delighted to greet Clifford Pin
chot and other dignitaries whose ef-
forts in preserving the meteors from
falling into the hands of unscrupulous
museums could not be too highly COM
mended, yet it must be understood that
as a comet 1t was in no position to
criticise planets, and would only add
that while passing through the signs
of the zodiac it had killed Leo. the
lion; Aries, the ram; Taurus, the bull;
Capricornus, the goat. and other crea-
lures of the sky. Gemini. the twins.
had been spared for what they signi-
fed.
In other respects the comet was mod
est of it's achievement.
The proposition to have the comet
crowned queen of the May originated
in the minds of some of the real estate
promoters in the eastern heavens.
I'VE noticed" said the president Of
a large company that is putting on a
tract to the south of Venus. we noticed
that all this agitation of last fall over
the discovery or alleged discovery of
the north pole has given an unwOnted
impetus to the celestial real estate ac-
tivities in the region of the north star
and great dipper. Now any one at all
familiar with the characteristics of
but know that it is an undesirable
neighborhood, particularly near the
great dipper, which is little more or
less than a drinking place for the great
and minor bears.
"Then the zenith became popular
through the advancement OF the al
legged beneficial advantages of using
the certified milky way. We saw that
it was time to have a demonstration in
the eastern sky. In times of yore the
east used to be popular. There used
to be songs about The Dawn in Rus
set Mantle Clad and such eminently
proper sentiments. But of recent years.
owing largely to the sleepyheadedness
of the human race, the dawn and all
that pertains thereto has lost its charm
We had to do something to attract Gus
tom to the sale of the large properties
which we have developed there.
Il admit it is cold blooded business
proposition that led us to bring Mr..
Halley's comet into our territory We
negotiated for several years before we
could close our contracts.
There was the political prestige of
the comet which we had to consider.
This comet which Mr.. HALEY has on his
booking circuit is known as a med
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

JOHN RosENE, who has large options ON nil
ing properties in Siberia, is at the Palace
FREEMAN, an attorney OF willows il
among the recent arrivals at the Palaee
=. W. EDELMAN OF Los Angeles is .mon~
tne recent arrivals at the st. Francis.
L. A. CRANDALL, an oil operator of l.. A.
seies' IS registered at the st. Francis.
a. q 1A5ALA, an attorney OF saliu.. a,
the recent arrivals at the st.wsrt
MR.. AND MRS. D. C. LIST JR. =, w.,
W. Va. are guests at the Palace. ''''"S'
PATRICK H. LANNAN, a capitalsst - -.
Lake, Is registered at the Palace. "''
1AAHA M. sHUcK, manager Of the Fr..no
baseball eiub is at the Manx.
MR AND MRS, SHEFFIELD Of seatt,. -
apartments at the Fsirmont
FRANK " DuNHAM Of Seattle is registered
at the Stewart su
T. F. HOPKINS Of Winnipeg is re-,stsr.a ~
the Palace.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

PANAMA CANAL. NJ, Oakland. What is
the length width and depth of the Panama
The length will be about so miles
from deep water in the Caribbean sea
to deep water in the Pacific ocean.
The distance from deep water to the
shore line in Limon bay is about + Il
miles, and from the Pacific shore line
to deep water is about miles; hence
the length of the canal from shore to
shore will be approximately 401s miles.
The channel from mile in the Carib-
bean to a point 1000 feet north of
Gatun locks will be 500 feet wide
From this point to Gatun locks. 1000
feet wide; from the south end of Gatun
locks to mile 1850, not less than 1000
feet wide; from mile $3.50 to mile
$3.50, 500 feet wide; from mile $3.50 to
mile 27, 700 feet wide: from mile
81 to mile 31.25. 500 feet wide; from
mile 31.25 to Pedro Miguel lock (miIe
1886, 300 feet wide, and from Pedro
Miguel lock to Mirafores locks and
from Mirahores locks to deep water in
Panama bay, 500 feet wide. The av-
erage bottom width of the channel in
this project is $40 feet, and the mini
mum width is 500 feet. The canal will
have minimum depth of II feet.
AssEsSING-S Berkeley Has a deputy as
SCISSOR right TO go through your house aud place
his own valuation on what there is there and re-
fuse to state the amount Of his valuation?
If a person neglects or refuses to
make a. statement to the assessor with
in the time prescribed by law deputy
assessor may view the premises and
place an arbitrary value on the prop
erty and he makes the return to the
assessor, not the assessed.
sEALING-R W. NJ, Alameda What is the
method of Theoretically preserving asparagus?
Placing the cans or jars in a bath
of warm water, allowing the water to
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
Shorter Railroad Ticket

What is expected to revolutionize the
universal passenger ticket system now
In use is the Parker junction coupon
ticket. the fruit of the inventive brain
of William S. Parker, ticket agent at
the union depot at Ottumwa, Ia. The
new ticket is now in the hands OF the
committee on universal tickets.
Aside from the fact that it shortens
the cumbersome long ticket, the new
ticket, it is said, will prove a boon to
the railroads adopting it. 1t cuts down
printing bills, lessons the size of the
ticket holders in offices and practically
does away with nine-tenths of the cler-
ical work of the ticket seller now
necessary.
The new ticket is in the form of a
small booklet. fastened together by
brass clasps, and is sufficiently small to
be carried in the vest pocket.
BY using the Parker junction ticket
the railroad Offices will no longer have
to keep in stock from 1000 to 1900
different forms of tickets, but will have
to employ not more than 45 forms
Five forms cover all the business east
of Chicago, while 26 forms supply the
want OF visitors to westernN cities, no
matter how circuitous a route may be
taken.
Another feature of the Parker ticket
is that the passenger knows exactly
what he or she purchases. 1t does not
require veteran railroadman to un-
derstand it, and when large cities are
reached the passenger will not have to
suffer the irritable inconvenience now
necessary of awaiting the process that
is necessary for the long tickets to go
through at the hands of the gate keen
ers.
To the railroad company the new
ticket will appeal as a great saver NOT
only in Office room but in fixtures a <
we'll. The present tickets for lone
passage needed case seven feet bie5
by six and a half feet wide, while tbe
Parker system will need only a small
box nine inches wide by Is inches Ions
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
HALLEY'S WANDERER
IS BACK FROM ELBA
Comet Is Harmless Queen Of the May Despite
Nervous People and Politicians
By ARTHUR L. PRICE

d1er and an insurgent. In ito various
visits To this world it has usually man
aged to turn things over pretty we'll.
This present trip has been known
as the back from E1ba tour. 1t has
been rumored that the sole object OF
the visit was to unseat the ruling pow
ers at Washington. SO sinister did
some prominent folks at Washington
consider the omen of the comet that
they Immediately served notice that
they would not return to their jobs
All that made the comet a good at
traction for the festival of coronation
yesterday morning.
The little stars had been trained to
sing hymns to the music Of the spheres.
The coronation hymn was as follows:
HAS EVERYBODY HERE SEEN THE
CoMETF'
Has everybody here seen comstf
In the morn at half-past 81
Has everybody here seen comet
Have you seen it Asei
It's time is short, it's tail is long
Yet all alarms ringing strong
To wake you up 20 see the cOmst ,
In the morn at half-psst g.. -
already we are having ready re-
turn on our investment" continued the
promoter. I'VE demanded a royalty on
all alarm clocks sold during the comet
period, and that stipend has more
than remunerated us for what we must
pay the comet
"Of course. we have had feminina
Jealousy to contend with. There
has been Venus. Venus is a great
beauty. though personally I don't
so in strong for such a purely Saxon
blonde type as she is. But / admit her
great personal attraction. But Venus
has been very jealous of the popularity
of Mr.. HaTey's comet, and has threat
ened to call all the clouds to her aid
to blot the horizon. so that our festival
will be spoiled
But 1 think we have come through
all right.
The newspapers have made great
efforts to get the comet to discuss it's
trip during the last 10 years and how
things We're when it left Elba. On my
instruction it has sedulously refused to
join in such discussion. All il will say
is that it's going to Mars from here.
for there is war on Mars. I believe
when it reaches Mars it will alight at
Waterloo station.
L want to inform all nervous people
that the comet is quite harmless and
will injure no one-not even those who
mostly feared the return from Elba.
Aldrich, Hale and Flint need not have
retired from politics on its account.
Our contract with the comet closes
Wednesday. May IS. on which date, I
believe. the western circuit will begin
to book the attraction along with Mars.
believe that our carnival is sue
cess. We have got more people up at
$3.50 o'clock in the morning than ever
before got up before breakfast On the
whole. and while I do not wish to make
any invidious comparisons, think we
have other May day carnivaIs faded.
Now 1 must go up to the Lick OBJ
servatory and thank the gentlemen
there for the gratuitous press notices
they have made it possible for me to
receive. In this commercial age 1T ia
splendid to find such disinterestedness.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
| Mr.. Browns
| Review of Taft
| Administration

Mr. Brown Chicago Tribune and The Call as pro-
of such criticism he might of the
independent republican newspapers every part country
taken the while the giving
fullest credit for good intentions.
The fact is that the president by organized
gang Poiansa of them seseekng many tricky
and these people oontve keep from Mr. Taft the
OF the people.
Consider the sort of politics that has sur
rounded the investigation of Banger disclosures
the reluctance of the interior department
important bearing the readily explained We fnd for
example cabinet minister antedatng official doc1-
the plea that identical verbal
statement previously made We find Banger himself assisting
the preparation of of his which
obviously intended and written in the hope that would be
accepted and signed by the president his work
Mr. Taft did fall the trap for him. and
accepted the Banger defense only But the very
he unable accept this parte
might have warned less unsuspecng of the
auences by which he is surrounded
Mr. Tas mistake of judgment when he concluded
he could do nothing with congress except by eecng alliance
with such Adch These game politics
detail they Taft TO the limit They
did this with the tariff and left him carry load
loyalty his allies They will do the thing they
the presidents pending legislative program In this regard
pertinent quote editorial the Chicago
dependent and nonparsan which think strongly reflects
the prevailing sentiment in this wise:
@ @ a 9 one .n ns sv or sT d 5 @ the most m stubborn ,
] @ ] % { the @ ts % IN I the % sese Of t the fa1ad on bill the
of of
alleged of
revolt of
of popular
of lifelong republicans, and so on
cos the
of nv
the
hla bill which ALL O
help republican party or the
= -
1t grievous political mistake suppose leeisla-
only alliance the powers of evil #
needs long with the devil and refuse the
invitation
Mr. Taft might with advantage reflect taken by Gov
Hughes of New York this relation Hughes made
alliance trades and held conferences with the Horse
Cavalry and the politicians of the legislature
He told them plainly what he lees
aon When they turned down his they did
times at the start he appealed the people, with surprising
results for the politicians After few sharp he
had them eating of his hand.
The only that these people understand in the
shape of club
interesting example OF the disposition and point of view at
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
Refused
Terminal Rates
| for Spokane

We need this contention which has fully
cussed here before but these inland cities seeking graft the
mileage basis doctrine another which reduces absuy That
they ask for terminal themselves their
several zones of obbng trade Spokane for instance enjoys
bbng that the the wholesale trade important
territory of which the commercial If put
straight mileage basis Spokane would of that
The other day important railroad systems asked Spo-
kane council for franchises to enter the city and with refusal
except condition that the applicants grant the
city The sequel is told by the Oregonan thus
Spokane has had to back down from its demand
exchange the Milwaukee
railroads The railroads served notice that they could
had
absurd and impossible and would dsarrang the railroad
whole that
to have Spokane the city council could
successfully conditions that they
Spokane wanted equal where there
The railroads would make
their business impossible and then there sanity The
citizens compelled the city council back and Spokane was
reduced to realizing of its place the map
This long and short haul controversy question moral
abstract right but of geography and the
sites that follow from geographical facts
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

volume of criticism directed the department might
commend itself the wisdom congress- congress
look things that To the congressional secearys
recommendation shorten the official
and this the last thing the world congress
Moreover the influence of the strong with congress
and when of them is threatened they all for the
defense They quarrel angy among themselves in the off
but when there anything doing threatens salaries all
Washington hornets stirred with long pole
Therefore the recommend
for adoption the whole of the secretarys program single
exception that for the destabshment
The country will batteshp subma4nes
stations and dry docks the mperled bureau saved
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
! Mr.. Hearst
on Exhibition
as a Star
porary. to wit +:
VISIT OF HEARST AND

VISIT HEARST AND
ROOSEVELT STIRS LONDON
This guessing contest and The undertakes donate
big apple the first OF its readers be able to discover
the name of our modest and industrious contemporary.
In further elucdation OF the prevailing British of
the dispatch goes on to say
LONDON May 14Much interest political circles by
William Randolph Hearst
London week Without indorse
nd the
meridian
political importance OF Mr. 1earst
generally recognized in London
before.
There IS talk OF gloom London because of recent natona
loss but with rising and setting at the same
the tail OF Haeys comet should pale its fires Surely
the balance of the disturbed by this extraordinary
nomca conjunction More extraordinary vet this d1os
biton of an inflated egotsm
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

come to gentle boil so as to exclude
tne air and then sealing the same in
the manner that fruit Jars or cans are
sealed
r IEhAAN1--J- s NJ. Fowler. What ver. III.
~. sInisn ~ s1portS and imports for several vears
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

has been hearing the blame for naval malad-
ministration laid at the door of the cumber-
some, awkward and confused bureau system,
and nobody has ever seriously questioned the
validity of the indictment. The navy denart-
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

HE position assumed by Spokane and the other
commercial cities in relation the mileage basis
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

and publicity conducted with so much indus
try. In this amiable purpose it is no more
than journalistic courtesy to quote the head
lines of an entertaining dispatch from London
printed on the front page of local contem-
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

a strictly limited application Of the long and
short haul rule that will give them freight
rates equal to or less than those enjoyed by
the coast cities by reason of their geographical
position and the effect of water competition.
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

HE CALL discovers with delight conspicuous not unex
peced example of modesy displayed by contemporary
therefore pleased campaign Of promotion
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

IS IN cordial agreement with Mr.. Brown; bu
we can not concur in the attributon of wisdom
to the chief executive and we have not failec
on occasion TO point out where we think Mr.
Taft has made mistakes of Judgment
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

interesting example of the disposition and point of view that
inspire found the fate of Secretary Mevers
plan for reorganization of the navy years the country
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16
The Salvation of
an ImperiIed
Bureau

ment ADMINISTERED by bureaus whose
overlap and cause delay and general neency because
utons all and severay intensely jealous the others and
wherever there is suspicion of infringement clash Of
authority
Secretary Meyer did not propose abolish system or con-
odate the bureaus under single head but recommend
OF these <of friction should he
put out OF business He selected the equipment as
worthy of the ~
This looked like mild Of reform which view of the
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-16

well reasoned communication printed these columns James
F. Brown gives credit Mr. Taft honesty
On the subject of honesty courage The Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
DAILY MINING CALL
Official sales-1OOO Mt Gaines 1h
LISTED STOCKS
PAclEIc COAST TRADE

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-Flour-Famill
extras s56O@6; bakers extras, S5,6Oq6
Oregon and Washington, $4Q4g5.
Wheat-Shipping, $l.42h Ql.47h.
Barley-Feed, 95Q97hci brewing WIG
LOS
oats-Red. 1$1O@1.29k; white. $1.45a
155; black $1.25@1.40.
Misunderstanding $34q36; mixed feed
s25Q26; rolled barley, $21.50Q2S; oatmeal
s4.95: oat groats, s4.25; rolled oats $2sq
31.00.
Hay-Wheat, s9Q14; wheat and oat, $9q
1850; oat, wild, $7Q9; oat, tame. sea
11.5O; alfalfa, s7@13; straw, S35@6O.
Receipts-Flour 1868; wheat, 75 barley
1860; oats, 1915; beans, 1910; corn. 1900
potatoes 1885; onions. 2549 bran, 100; mid
dlings, 22O; hay, 494; hops, 90; hides lO4O
"'Rei Beans.Pink. s425@A75; lima. s4s5 q
ASS; small white. $3.5OQS.So; large white
t225@3.T5.
Potatoes--Oregon Burbanks' sl'4OQ LOO
Salinas Burbanks, S1.50Ql.66; Meree'
Sweets. s1.9OQ2.1O.
Onions-Fancy, 81; common, 9Oo
Various-Green peas, 4Q6c; string beans
4@7c; egg plant 50Q75c; green peppers
500 soc; tomatoes. $4,000; summer SQUASH
$1@h50; garlic, 3@4c; cucumbers, 500 75c
Poultry-Live turkeys, 1SQ26c; dressed
turkeys. 2fQ soc; ROSTERS, old. SOQS'0o
ROSTERS, young, $6Qs.5O; brollers, small, s
Q3.5O; broilers, large $s.SOq4 fryers' =
a $50; hens, S4.5O@1O; ducks old, $50
ducks, young 5000; geese, $2QS; goslings
$2Q3; pigeons, young, $l'5OQ l't0'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
CHICAGO GRAIN

sneoial service to The Herald by ]. C. VIII
son, member of the Chicago board OF trade
New York stock exchange and San Francisco
bond and stock exchange, 212 West Fifth
street. Los Angeles.
CHICAGO, Nov 3.-Today's market proved
a severe disappointment to the believers IN a
further upward reaction. Shorts who COW
cred yesterday because of the buying attitude
of trade generals, waited today for chance to
resell Meanwhile smaller shorts covered free-
w. giving the wheat market about all the
strength that it showed. Best prices TO-DAY
were about nc above yesterdays closing, whlle
late prices made the lowest OF the crop year
and final figures were about the lowest OF the
day. English markets were a little hlgher
early, but the continental market failed TO en-
thuse. Seaboard prices for western RED WINTER
today were equal to about SIC in chicago. A.
though winnipeg was little higher early the
buying proved to have been speculative ana
values there did not hold. Northwestern cen
ters this side of the line displayed a very solt
tome and reported larger sales by the country.
No milling sales were reported mere Cash de-
mand was very slack. Near the close the sell
ing became largely of a liquidatns character
with very little buying power and rather
rapid decline was the result The tone is de-
cidedly weak and the tendency seems lower.
Corn was little higher early. but gradually
lost ground. Disappointing action or wheat
and the fine weather for putting the new crop
in merchantable shape outweighed the fact
that the country has sold very little corn
while the east has bought fair quantity.
oats showed even less strength than corn.
More disposed to follow weakness of wheat.
There was reselling of May and December oats
by one of the recent influential shorts who nad
covered his line and had been waiting Tor
rally.
Provisions were generally higher most of the
day with the higher hogs at the yards and
some covering by larger local shorts. Inc
smaller western packers and few OF the
larger local ones have sold a little product
which, together with the grain weakness
caused some reaction from the top.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
METAL MARKET

NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Standard copper
quiet; spot and November, $l240@ 1850; ;
December, s12.45@12.65; January, sl25o9
1870 London weak; spot, e57 SIS sd; fu-
lures EST IS cd. Custom house returns
showed exports so far this month of 1850
tons. Lake "copper" $12.S71k @1312h; cleo
trolytic, 12.75@lS casting $la5OQ l27S'
Tin weak; spot. $S6l5QS6.I 20; November
s3em3e7O; December and January. $50 q
$3.50 London weak spot f1ss los; futures
f166 15s.
Lead quiet, s4.4O@45o, New York; s427h
0A32B East st. Louis London f13 3s 3D.
Spelter firm, $500 5.9O New York;
$5.72h @5.S2Q, East St. Louis. London
spot. ga.
Iron. Cleveland warrants. 4ss 50 IN Lon
don Locally iron was cuiet. No. / foun-
dry northern No. l foundry southern and
No. / foundry southern soft. $15.75@ 1925;
No. foundry northern, Sl5.5O@l6
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
COURT GIVES PERMISSION
FOR MINE PROPERTY SALE

BOSTON, Nov S.-The trustees OF
the National Mining company have
been granted authority to sell that
property, located in Gila county, Ari-
zona, as single parcel some time dur
ing the last week of February, 1911. The
sale is authorized by a decree OF the
bankruptcy court. The sale will be
made by auction in Boston or If re-
quired, in Arizona. The exact date
will be fixed later.
The proceeds of the sale, 1t is de-
creed, shall be paid to the New Eng
land Trust company, Nathaniel Lam
ster is to be paid 100000, the amount
of his note for that amount, loaned to
the company.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04

pcHIcAGo, Nov. s,-cattle-Recefpts esti-
mated at sOOO market steady. 1oc up
beeves s4b0@775; Texas steers, 1895 q
TX, western steers s4.10@6.s5; stockerl
and feeders. $410@ 5.5O cows and heifers
s9.S5@e.5O; calves. s75o@10.25.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at 1900; mar
81 75Ss75: heavy, s7S5@s.65; rough, $Z3I
Gf55; good to choice heavy sL55@se5
pifs' s7.7OQa56; bulk of sales, s7.70Q $3.50
sheep-Receipts estimated at 5000; mar
xet steady; native s2.6O@4.35; western
SeB64,85; yeariings, $4.S5Q5.40; lambs
native s476@6.75; western, s475Qs25.