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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02
. HE Time Card the monthly
publication of the Transporta-

1T HE Time Card the monthly
publication of the Transporta-
L ton club. for September is the
best issue that has yet been presented
to the members. 1t is deserving OF
much comment and it has received con-
siderable from some OF the members OF
the club who have been mentioned or
not mentioned.
There is a party in Powell street
who is desirous of securing a copy Of
the song wait Till the Sun Shines.
Nellie" clyde Colby complains that
portion of his bea utifu1 lines have been
garblei by the editor. Another mem
ber who noticed the excellent condf-
tion of the clubs finances, is talking or
circulating a petition to have the eX-
cess distributed to the members.
A Western Pacific official is wonder
ing whether or not compliment was
intended relative to his appearance IN
evening dress. George g. Fraser
kindly thanks his contemporary. The
treasurer is wondering if Van Cott
paid for that full page ad, and II he
did who got the money. Sam Booth
saws isn't the editor a handsome child2
The Time Card has certainly made
good this issue.
1t has beer. of1cfalIy announced that
unless some unlocked for obstacle in
tervenes the Southern Pacific extension
from Lafayette to Baton Rouge will be
completed and in operation by Octo-
ber 1.
Announcement was made yesterday
of the removal of the offices of the
Tonopah and Tidewater from the
-o,.a,tt 3oor- Of tbe ATonadnock build
ing to the third floor.
B. +. Coons. commercial agent of the
Rock Island at Los Angeles, is in the
city on business trip.
w. H. Snedaker general agent of the
Illinois Central, left last night for a
trip through the Sacramento valley.
The latest story of c. Benjamin Con-
don. general agent of the Hawley
lines and his adventures is of near
trip to the police station to assist his
fellow railroadman. Ray Higgins.
Condor received a mysterious mes
sa ge to the effect that Higgins was in
the city prison The message came
late at night and Condor travelled over
the city considera bly, in an effort TO
secure a sufficient amount of bail.
Just as he was leaving the house,
his pockets bulging with the oalI
money and his eyes filled with tears,
Higgins appeared. He had not been
in iail at all, but had just returned
from Fresno, where he landed several
cars of freight.
Whoever perpetrates these tricks has
been unusually lucky Not by escaping
detection, but events seem to occur
at lust the proper moment. Condor re-
ceived the news of Higgins tncarcera-
tion through a second party. The mes
sage came over the telephone. and
when Condor received the sad news he
rang up the police station and asked
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02
Answers tOQueries

SHALL AND WILL-Reader Please ex-
plain the distinction. between shall and
AS an auxiliary, "Shalr' indicates a
duty or necessity whose obligation is
derived from the person speaking, as
you shall CO." that is, I order you to
60 In the second and third persons
therefore, the use of this auxiliary ex-
presses command, a threat. or a
promise, and if the auxiliary be empha-
sized, the command or promise is made
more forcible. Will as an auxiliary,
on the other hand is used to denote
Iuturlty, dependent upon the subject Of
the Verp. Thus, in the first person, Il
VIII denotes willingness, consent, or
promise but when the word is empha-
sized 1t indicates determination or
hxed purpose, as, II will go at all haz-
ards In the second and third persons
the Idea of simple futurity is given, as
though the speaker had no direct
knowledge of the volition of the sub
Ject in these cases. II shall go" i'm
plies foretelling of the movement of
the speaker, but has not the force of
voiltlon implied in Il will go''
that the salary of the president of the United
States has been Increased from $50. 600 70
$4,000 year with allowance of SIS 900
year Tor Junketing expenses -
I, 1907 appropriated for travelling ex-
penses of the president of the United
states, to be expended at his discre-
ton and accounted for by his certif-
Gates solely, $25,00O." In the second
session of the sixtieth congress the
salary of the president was increased
to $4,000 a year, At the first session
of the sixty first congress the nresi-
dent was allowed s25, 900 for travelling
expenses. Money for travelling Is not a
nXed yearly amount, but an appropria-
tion when occasion demands it.
SNUFF F. n. City. Is tobacco in the
user?
Medical opinion is agreed that snuff
is the most harmful form in which
tobacco can be used, because the physi-
cal damage it does to the air passages
and its specific action on the nerves is
SO much the more pronounced.
City. What is the meaning of the initials s. A.
G. placed on envelopes that are sent out by
inmates. of Catholic converts?
They stand for "St. Anthony Guide"
st. Anthony is the patron saint of mes
sengers and the letters are an appeal
to him that he will guide the letter
safely to its destination
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. City. How long will If
take young to learn the trade of silver.
smith?
That depends upon the amount of
interest the young man takes in the
work. Under favorable circumstances.
about four years.
sMoKING-F. W. s., city. II p ..sen.,o-
mems club gives '.lades' night should the
men refrain from smoking during the evening?
Gentlemen" never smoke in the
presence of ladies" when the latter
are their guests at an indoor gathering.
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OIR WALTER HILLYER. former military
Sir Walker HiIIyer
Friend of Infants

- to Chinese government VINO
TTen0 OF inIanfS - other day, saved
the lives OF all the European babies Seoul who was ee %
the illustration the authority with which the Brsn gov
concerned Seoul
fooduHs
suitable for children entirely exhausted There was no
condensed the little
tooess foreigners could depend Some OF the children
ckened few of them died Appeals made to the American minister
folk children American parents
He his hands, declared that ne helpless 10
render assistance in for be of
Ilyer British consul
Seoul He learned of the evening at the CLUB
visited
baby They circular letters authorizing
the the following much OF them the money
inclosed will buy.s
Hyer the filled orders CheulPo with
Archer directing him to pro
the supplies enumerated on
Chefu Shanghai speedy
s also imperative"
launches owed couple OF
heavily coated British
all the babies
n Seoul enjoyed a of real baby food
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z. DAVIS. manager of the Larkershim hotel.
Los Angeles is a guest at the Palace with
Mrs Davis They have just returned from a
trip through Washington and Oregon
A ]. EREDE of Chicago Or. ]. Walter seawell
of Healdsburg and Edward NJ Freeman OF
French Lick. Ind. are among the recent ar
rivals at the Manx-
". G. WATSON state bank examiner. returned
from trip through the state yesterday and
is registered at the Stewart
W. d. FORSTER, traffic manager OF the Tono-
pah and Goldfeld railroad. is at the Stewart
with Mrs. Forster
ApJUTANT GENERAL ]. B. LAUcK came
down from Sacramento yesterday and is stay
ing at the Palace
R. C. HAMLIN, an automobile dealer OF Los
Angeles, is at the Palace with Mrs Hamlin.
E II. GREPPIN, merchant Of Los Angeles. is
among the recent arrivals at the ST. Francis.
plant at Fresno, is staying at the Palace.
w, A. LAMB, manufacturing jeweler Of Chi
cago, is staying at the st. Francis :.
E. W. s. WOODS, rancher of Stockton, is at
the st. Francis with Mrs. Woods.
s. M. FULTON, businessman OF Antioch. is at
the Colonial with Mrs. Fulton
D. F. MURPHY, commercial man Of Dorches
ter, n. Y, is at the Colonial
J. RATIO of Jackson is at the Stanford
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RSONS IN THE NEWS

GEORGE W. JEAN, an attorney Of Hollister. Ia
staying at the st. Francis.
W S. PENFIELD, an Gilman OF Bakersfield. \.
registered at the Argonaut
r. J. BUTTERwoRTH. Portland commercial
man. is at the Belmont.
W. L DUDLEY, an implement man from stock
ton, is at the Turpin.
s. ]. KAY of Sacramento is at the rurDin ,,,,,
Mrs. Kay and son.
DIR. W. A. PHILLIPS Of Santa Cruz is vrs.,
at the Argonaut.
DIR. C. W. FOX of San Jose is at the Fs,rmoo.
with his family.
DIR. ]. S. MASON of Sacramento is F. ...
the ST. Francis.
JUDGE NJ T. DOCKING of HOLSTER !, +, .n...
at the Stewart. suese
7. N. BAILEY. fruit grower of stockton. !. =.
G. E. HELM Of Fresno aad Mrs. Hs,,.
M. VINCENT. mining man Of Grass vsnl6,.
+. Rs,ls.l p. saETczEa is at the Bellevue with m..
c. ns;. P; GROOM merchant of Areata. !. a. tn.
MISS M. EAIx is at the Belmont from Eu,...
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The Bargain Instinct

She-"We have been trying our best
to induce more women to join our
Saturday Night club, but without sue
cess
He-"What is the initiation fee?"
She-''Two dollars"
He-"Make it S1.9S and you'll get
more new members than you can ac-
NOTWITHSTANDING News
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Friendly Criticism

He Cat the concert)-sMiss Shreeker
says she is always nervous when she
attempts to sing in public
She-'Well. I'm not surprised. She
has heard herself before."-Chicago go
News.
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Comfort Crumbs for
Defeated Candidate

Co,,fo.4 C.n,,h B. candidate for state
~ ~ = printer recent primary finding much
Defeated Candidate in He
cepted his failure phoophicay putting digging
uoft that record his defeat s
OF the comfort crumb he has gathered
than Nat Eery both Humboldt "ncn
E1lerysh homeco county. an in
Angeles than Alden Anderson
He beatCu in Humboldt
In De county than Of the candidates
and all the other candidates for state printer
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to
gn-N

ingenious trick when he got Roosevelt OF the way
New York politics. 1t did not work the it
But true the old guard will not have the power to
work any of plans with the help Of the convention
Coming at the primaries the machine quite likely
stronger than hollow she'll The such organiza
New York and elsewhere has been formidable only because
OF the indifference OF the people When made that
the moral the the machine colapses
people wonder what there about be feared Speaking
OF developments this fight for control the New York
Tribune
The result in Orleans delegates the
that within the districts by od the
delegates
thyfouh Wadwoh represented
the by J. A. Merritt Direct
district Speaker Wadworth himself
having the election his
reform 1t probable that the delegates
from the Wadswoh territory the
will be impossible Wadsworth will
control only the delegates his county Livingston.
Similarly all
guadmen will
ouror the
be likely strength
districts the
The Buffalo Courier ntinlates that when the trial of strength
the od guard will to be than coporaPs
guard Already they the and making
compromise. They will get
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02
Roosevelt in
the Progress
sive Camp


the crossing when the time is ripe
Those who have been asking what Roosevelt thinks about the
tariff making methods of Ad and the standpatters may have
their desire for knowledge ghed by reading the Osawatome
speech but imagine they will be much pleased they
pretended when they asked for the information This what
Roosevelt said the tariff:
With the present tariff, the predecessor
and that predecessors predecessor there The
people know that there things which right and
they
aren
the o which
scramble selfish which all
the public less subodnaed
d
rightly that the the shall be bodnatd
the people
the tariff little indeed will follow
o methods hitherto
By OF remedy Roosevelt proposes that the tariff shall be
revised schedule the basis of information relative
the of production obtained by nonpartsan of
experts. In word. he would take the tariff of politics. the
dishonest politics that trades oppressive protection
Tor campaign contributions which merely form of bribery.
This IS what thinks the standpaers want to
know This what Mr. Taft thinks and what the progessives
the republican party maintain On this basis the fight being
made recognizing that the tariff in modern development
become moral issue acutey touching national life
science and insisting that the disguised bribery OF congressman
In this speech Mr. Roosevelt puts himself squary side
OF the insurgents the progessves of the republican party
aft did the thing in his letter. which will
the campaign book Of the party congressional the
other side find Adch Joe Cannon and the petty
New York
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An Example
| of Japanese
| Diplomacy

will doubt take the ST Petersburg iourna
the latest japanese prestige
of the United States in the far east and says
The Japanese with skill would them
liberty
gradually and sacrifice
sphere of
nations
The of
United
the
in
Why,
childish hauvinism of half civilized
sonabe assunntion
calculation
which
number of
in eveh building
Ruias
blow dealt
the United States
The of Korea of
cay to America We have been shut from that by
time and commercial exclusion anchuan terri
will doubtless follow regular country has
acquiesced almost eagerly the Japan
and indeed no other course but
oriental diplomacy and the value that Japanese attach to their
own treaties
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02
The Insider

Tells how British general saved the lives OF Euro
babies Seoul ercse of penary power vested
in him by his government.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

HE accomplished annexation of Korea by Japan throws
bright light the of oriental diplomacy
in which the
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02
National
Primaries
for President

that the election delegates the national party
direct primaries held by the would accomplish that
Senator Cummns desires.
The chief defect OF the existing national
the inequality OF representation By the southern
states which republican polls given
of something like third convention The
thing manfesy absurd but long us tolerant
OF
1t the worst feature of national politics that purchasable
delegations be from the republican national
These delegations represent nothing but their own
pockets their appetite office
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his speech Osawaomie Kan Roosevelt effectively answered
his critics. who have been asking for definition of his policies
pointing this with ready because
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

OF the prevailing system of tariff making thai
permits the special interests TO write theil
own schedules. Now it is not Roosevelt
habit to cross bridge before he gets there
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1t may be doubted whether the plan is feas-
1ble, however undesirable this final surviving
relic OF the convention system may be- There
IS no machinery for taking federal vote on
anv proposition in a direct way. II Is nossih1e
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

pendence of Korea, even as it promised the
open door for American and other commerce
in Manchuria. The first undertaking is now
explicitly and openly ignored and the other
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

ENATOR CUAfAINS of Iowa suggests an extension Of the
direct primary the nomination of candidates president
and vice president substitute national conventios
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

bombshells,' but which might more justly be
described as fits. These missiles are noisy
enough, but they don't hurt A Lawson
diatribe is like the famous high road that
wandered into the woods dwindling AWAY into
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

squirrel never
gets anywhere
The public quite ready believe anything wicked Standard
OIL the niquties of the
he feeds and rves But when anale there
nothing TO him but wind and noise He promising
dreadful and revelations about
blondes who he declares professional employ of
the system to lure the their destruction Doubtless there
deal to tell about Standard oil methods
tell it. We read and and There plenty Lawson but
facts There wads vague taks
We weary OF Lawson He should hire hot air balloon
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

THOMAS w. LAWSON, the Boston terror talks an nfni
deal of nothing With sound and fury rapid fire batter
of adectlves he throw the newspapers
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

fall of their
these nominate Roosevelt governor and then
knife him the polls This plan is first cousin Tom Patt
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

fall of their enemy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-02

HE fight for the control of the forthcoming New York STA
republican convention with Roosevelt one side and Il
"old guard the other affair national interest TT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-18

E. F. Kileen OF Wautoma, candi-
date for state senator in this dis
trict comprising the counties of Wood
Adams, Waushara and Marquette, is
In the city today to attend the po-
hucal meeting tonight in the Amuse-
ment Hall, to hear Honorable George
L. Record, of New Jersey. While
here he expects to make a circuit of
Wood County in company with Phil
Zip f. Bean, candidate for Member
OF Assembly in Wood County. To
sether they expect to visit with the
farmers, business men, laborers. and
nave a personal interview with them.
Mr., hteen says that Conner and his
committee and candidates are making
thorough canvass of the district
using all methods known to their
experience in political matters in
their desire to carry the district
Mr.. hileen expects to spend a week
or ten days in this county and ex-
poets to meet all Republicans, Demo
Gratis and Socialists, as he wants
TO be friendly no matter what
The outcome is He is the man
you want to vote for if you want
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-18
M EEHAN

Henry Lutz will have his silo COM
wood is building it.
Clint Ross is back on his mail
route after a two weeks vacation.
The Warner thresher is near KEEL
liner. They report grain better there
than around here.
Denis Parks had a narrow escape
from fire last week. His wood pile
caught on fire but was discovered in
time to save the buildings.
IA pleasant surprise party tok place
AT the home of Mrs Hattie Fox on
Saturday afternoon, the occasion be-
Ing her birthday.
= Frank Winkler will soon commence
his new silo.
The Sons of Veterans will hold
their annual picnic at Plover August
19, in the grove between the GENE
terry and the river.
Frank Pascavis has purchased a
new ensalige cutter.
The barn on the place known as
the old Nick RosenthaI place now
owned by a man in Stevens Point,
but occupied by Ed. Hoffman burned
Wednesday afternoon. He lost all of
his straw, four pigs and a double
harness. r
+ y So. - .s19:
The polish church between here an
PloVer. was struck by lightning last
week and burned to the ground.
The best rain of the season in this
section fell Saturday and Monday.
Glenn A. Star the agent for the
Wilson'S Remedies was thru here
Saturday.
There was no school Tuesday at
the Meehan school. The teacher was
attending examinations.
Roy Barton of ST. Cloud, Mimi, is
here. He intends to locate here if
he can find a farm to suit him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-18
F. {. MCGOVERN
IS INJURED
Fence and Tree Stop Guberna-
tOrial Candidate When
Thrown Over a High En-
bankment,

1t is given out at the campaign
headquarters, Milwaukee, of Francis
E. McGovern, republican, candidate
for governor, that Mr.. McGovern was
painfully injured and had narrow
escape from death Tuesday afternoon
The automobile in which Mr. Nc
Govern was riding started over a
fifty foot embankment near Lacrosse
and Mr.. McGovern was thrown into
the gulch. His clothing caught on a
tree and fence and prevented him
from falling more than 20 feet.
His face and hands were badly
scratched and his right shoulder was
injured so that he had to abandon
the meeting I'M Onakah at which he
had planned to discuss the issues of
the campaign. His injuries did not
prevent him from addressing al meet
ing of 500 voters in La Crosse Tues
day night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-18
ARPIN

The nightcap social at John Smith
Saturday might was "a great success.
Alarge crowd was present and all re-
port a jolly time.
H.. F.. Roehrig returned from the
west this week.
Mrs. Claus Johnson and friend of
.Sigel spent a couple of days with
Mr. and Mrs Robt Norris this week.
A J. Cowe1l was Grand Rapids
visitor this week.
Little Miss Margaret Norris re-
turned Wednesday from a two weeks
visit with her grandparents at Sigel.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. ENerts and Miss
Lenore Jelison of Milladore spent
Sunday at the A. ]. CoWell home.
Mrs. Byron Nottingham left Fri
day for an extended visit with re-
latives In Montana.
Mrs. G.. w. Bluett is spending a
few days with friends at Marshfield.
Mrs. John Mollet and Mrs. Ed.
Cejke of Bryant spent Thursday at
the home of A. J. Cowell.
Fires are still raging in this vi
cinity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-18
Senator La Toilette to go back to
the United States Senate
Mr.. BEAMS PLATFORM.

I am Republican, have been a
Republican ever since I first vot-
ed, (which was for Lincoln when l was
in the army, and expect to continue
TO be a Republican to the end.
lam Lincoln Republican--a Roose-
Welt Republican, La Toilette Re,
publican. 1 believe that all branches
of the government should be run hon
estly, economically and for the good
of the People as whole This should
be a government of the People by the
People for the People.
| believe that the public lands, and
all public resources incident thereto,
should be held and used, and when
sold, should be sold at a fair price
for the benefit of the pubIc,-not Civ
en- away to vast aggregations of pri-
vate wealth for the benefit of private
interests.
I believe that a public office is
public trust and should be used for
the good of the public, at all times.
l believe in the Inftiative,-that is
1 believe that a law should be passed
authorizing the people, by petition, to
introduce bills into the legislature, di
rect.
I believe in the Referendum THAT
is, 1 believe that a law should be
passed authorizing the people, by pc
tition, to demand the right to vote
on any proposed law before it be-
comes a law.
I believe that law should be pass
ed enabling the people to recall any
public officer who is not serving the
People as he should.
I believe that the nomination and E.
lection expenses of a candidate for
public office should be limited to a
small part (perhaps 20 per cent? OF
his first years salary, and that he
should be required to file a fully and
infinitely itemiZed statement of his
expenses, ana tnaI IneSe expense &C
counts should be open to public inspec
ton, and should be published. The
friends of no candidate should be per
mitted to use money for him to exceed
the legal limit.
With such a law the poor man
stands as good a chance of election
as the rich one.
Whoever is nominated by the Re-
publicanS of Wisconsin at the pri-
mary September 9Th, 1910, for United
States Senator, l pledge myself to
vote for if | am elected.
August 8th, 1910.
PHILIP BEAN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-18
DEATH Of John
MCKEE, CIRCUS MAN

John Mckee, single, "a years of
age and helper in taking care of
the elephants with Campbell Bros.
Circus, and who was badly injured in
the wreck Tuesday morning and
died a few hours afterward from the
results of his injuries. He was pre-
pared for burial by Raglan & Shaver
on this city His home was at ST.
Cloud, Mimi. His parents are both
dead but he leaves one sister whose
whereabouts are not known but sup
posed to be in Minnesota. Unless
orders are received today for shipmen
the body will be buried in this city
in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Keep in mind the dates or the
Stevens Point Fair, August 23rd to
26th. The big free attractions will
put on each day of the Fair. The
races, for which one of the largest
fields of horses ever gathered to-
gether in Central Wisconsin will com
pete, will be held August oath 25th
and 26th.