The San Francisco call., 1910-04-16
FISH HOOKS FOR
HUNTING DUCKS
Railroadman Recalls How He
Visited Marshes With
Wrong Package

TOR years Jack Inglis has guarded
the story of his only hunting trip.
He told it confidentially to a few
friends a few nights ago and it is
i too good to keep.
1nglis never did care for hunting.
fishing or any kind of sport, although
| he brags that he is an Englishman.
An old friend of Jackson, several
years ago-insisted that he should go
to the marshes and shoot ducks. After
much persuasion Jack consented, and
an hour or so before the time to
catch the boat Jack received a te1e-
phone message to call at a certain
| sporting goods store and get a pack
age of shells that had been left th4e.
With only half an hour to make the
boat, Inglis rushed into the store and
friend.
Right on the counter there" an
swered the salesman
! Jack grabbed the first package he
| saw and ran for the car At the boat
he met his host and they enjoyed them
selves all the way to the game pre-
serve. Jack went to bed about s
o'clock and was rudely awakened at 2
a. m. He rode out to a blind and
then unwrapped the ammunition.
The package, contained 40 gross of
assorted fshhooks, and since that time
Jack shivers when he hears the word
| duck"
The interstate commerce commission
| has granted permission to the South
ern Pacific company and to other roads
! to place in effect a special excursion
rate of s107.50 between this city and
Washington, D. c., for the meeting of
the National Association of Sunday
School Teachers. The Washington
Sunset route will send a large special
out of this state for the convention.
E. D. Winslow has been appointed
superintendent of telegraphs of the
Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf, with
offices at Fort Worth, Tex, succeeding
A. B. Crowley, assigned to other
| duties.
A. J. Davidson, who resigned from
the presidency of the st. Louis and
San Francisco in November, 1909, has
accepted the office of vice president of
! the American creosoting company, Chi
development of the company's bust
ness in the southwest.
The Northern Pacific has recently let
contracts for 81 new bridges between
Vancouver and Tenino. The total cost
of the work will be about 100000.
N r. Martin, district passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific at Los An
geles. is in the city on business.
F. w. Smythe, connected with the
Overland auto company-the automo-
bile stage line that connects Willis
and Eureka-is in the city.
The members of the Transportation
club plan a farewell dinner to Jim
Weeks, traffic manager of the Union
| oil company, who is to leave for Mex
leo soon. The dinner is scheduled for
April 23
An important railroad conference is
| scheduled to be held in Denver tomor-
row. Darius Miller. president of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
road, and Charles H. Schlacks, vice
president of the Denver and Rio
| Grande railroad, are expected to take
part. They will meet H. E. Bryan of
Chicago, vice president of the Burling-
ton; George W. Holdredge of Omaha,
general manager of the Burlington; ].
w. Dean of Pueblo. superintendent of
the Denver and Rio Grande; r. ].
/ Parker of La Junta, general superin-
| tendent of the Santa Fe, and c. w.
| Jones of Chicago, general superin-
| tendent of the Rock Island. 1t is
| thought that traffic arrangement be-
| tween the Denver and Rio Grande and
the Western Pacific, on the one side.
and the Burlington and other Hill roads
| on the other may be in view