davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-29

fe&2S>GSSSSS SSS&&&
kEHsAAT'':s' Just (. what I the
idea seems to be. DO
feu thinS ajax on rich mens S
dcdtnes will help you? It
ssiey help your representa-
6tcs'' in Washington who
hsw annually throw away
shout three hundred million
dollars Of public money. But
how about yourself! Will it.
90 you any good : The rich
men are willing for you to
keep on thinking about an
Income tax. That prevents
your thinking Of some other
blsn to make big business
eoinbinatjesis serve the whole
,vsoplef Don't fool yourself.
See &hat the income tax
J opposition would do. 1t is
explained by Allan Benson in
Ptsrson's Magazine now on
sale. His article shows what a
twild goose " the idea really is.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-29

They went back in oppressed ST.
lence. At her steps he stopped.
Not coming inga she asked In SUR
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02

that is broad and fine in club and So
cial life, and her influence has been felt
throughout the valley during her presi-
dency.
If it be true in smaller bodies, as in
nations, that they are gauged by their
music, the Fresno musical club speaks
eloquently for its citizens. Organized
five years ago, it now boasts 500 MEM
bers and is the second largest club in
the state. Mrs. Johnson Guy Rhodes, its
president. combines all the elements that
go to make up the ideal genius of such
a club. All the great artists who
come to the coast appear before the
club. One of the most active workers
in musical circles is Mrs. Don Pardee
Rigge. She has spent most of her time
in organizing the best club perform
ances and has also devoted her energy
to the other social clubs.
MANY PLAYS STAGED
Fresno's women are broad and find
time for bridge and dancing, as well
as for more serious thoughts. A series
of assemblies" during the last season
have entertained the smart set. This
club was the outgrowth of a similar
organization that has been in exist
ence almost from the beginning of
things social in Fresno.
An impetus has been given to anna
teur dramatics by Lionel Dalton, a
young Englishman belonging to the
English country set. Mr.. Dalton is the
clever author of number of plays
that have been successfully produced
in town by various organized COM
panies of amateurs coached by George
Osbourne, the well known actor and
stage manager, who owns suburban
residence west of Fresno.
The hobgoblin of a woman's exist
ence a mans club, forms a distinct
feature of the social life of the city.
The Seauoia club. in one of the hand
soonest buildings in Fresno, is sas lux
uriantly outftted as any organization
in the greater cities OF the country.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
WOMEN PLAY ACTIVE PART
IN THE AFFAIRS OF FRESNO
Clubs Devoted to Literature and Art Show
Culture Among Residents

Apart from the days work in Fresno
there is ample room for play. Devel-
opment along social lines has never
been neglected. Fresno club slife is
recognized over the entire San Joaquin
valley, for the women of the smaller
localities naturally consider the largest
city as the center of social activities.
There are clubs solely for educational
purposes along literary, artistic and
musical lines, and there are, of course,
clubs devoted solely to social pur
poses. a.
One of the features of~the social
life in Fresno is the happy combination
of social and study clubs, whose meet
ings fill nearly every day in the week.
On Monday there is an early afternoon
session of the Query club, one of the
oldest and most exclusive of the study
organizations, numbering among it's
members some of the cleverest women
of the young married set.
One can hardly mention study clubs
without speaking of Mrs w. P. Mil
Ter, under whose splendid tutelage
club circles have been inspired to do
serious work. For 10 years Mrs. Mil
Ter has worked in this capacity. She
began first as an interpreter of Shakes
peare, but she has added to her curric-
and biblical literature. She has ex-
erted a potent and permanent influence
upon the club life of the valley.
| The Wednesday club, which is some
what similar to the Query club, is con-
sidered the mother club of the city.
| 1t was the first to organize, and claimed
| in its membership many of the city's
representative women. The Leisure
! Hour club meets on the same day.
usually In the home of one of the MEM
| bers. The hour usually lengthens into
| two or three, so full of ambition and
| energy are the women who make up
| the membership. Mrs. Miller leads all
| three of these clubs, as she does the
| Friday Study club, which follows a
| similar line of work. 1t is one of the
| younger organizations, and is full of
| splendid material that Is finding ex-
preston in excellent results
NEW HOME FOR CLUB
All club doings naturally gravitate
| toward the Parlor Lecture club, club
| OF ESQ members with well organized
departments doing efficient work. The
/ completion, this year, of a handsome
| club building represents the concen-
| trated efforts of this club for some
/ years. 1t is picturesque colonial
structure, before which Luther Bur-
| bank on recent visit planted two
| handsome trees.
| The San Joaquin Valley district fed
| Grafton, holding its annual meeting in
MADEIRA this week, has among it's mem
bers many of Fresno's representative
| women. Reigning over this representa-
/ tive body Mrs. Robert Hargrove. the
district president, stands for everything
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
BIG PLAYGROUND
IN THE SIERRAS
Kings River Canyon Near Fresno
One of Americas Scenic
, Wonders

Splendid with its beauty and rivalinS
the famed Yosemite with its natural
wonders, Kings river canyon, the
mighty playground of the Fresno peo-
pie, lies about so miles east of the
city in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
When the summer days hold the San
Joaquin valley, snow caps the peaks of
Kings river canyon. From Fresno a
road winds out toward the canyon for
over so miles, finally leaving the valley
floor for the foothills and quickly be-
coming lost in ever rising turns of a
country that grows rougher with each
mile. So wild does the country be-
come that the road must cease and the
traveller work the rest of the way into
the canyon with pack animals over
precipitous trails hewn in the rock in
many places.
Protected by the government from in
fringement of sheep herders or cattle
to mar the beauty of its choicest spots.
the canyon stands open to the public.
People of Fresno did not seek the se-
clusion of this vast mountain sanctum
until recent years, when the mighty
scenic wonders drew them on. Where
formerly only a few hundred cared
to traverse the trail, now more than
1000 enter the canyon annually
SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE
More and more are the Fresno peo-
pie leaving their city in the summer
to visit the mountain splendors so near
at hand. One has seen and all must
see. There is no resisting the enchant
ment of Kings river canyon, where
nature has seemingly unfolded in the
throes of passion and spread out with
master strokes the wild vast landscape.
Besides the wonders of the canyon,
hunters are lured by the wild game in
the neighboring mountains. Deer,
grouse, bears and many other kinds Of
game are to be found in the sec1usion
of the mountain passes. The river
and tributaries are noted for their fish.
The region is the sportsman's paradise.
Every year during the summer
months parties set out from Fresno
with provision wagons stocked for the
rough snow country. The wagons are
left behind where the road branches
off into difficult trails. The provisions
are strapped to mules or donkeys for
the remainder of the journey.
IN RUGGED SIERRA
Kings river canyon is the most rug
ged part of the Sierra. Not far from
it are Mount Whitney and Mount Tyn-
dali. both over 5000 feet in height
To the north of it is the beautiful Yo-
semitic. The great, ragged riffs, tower
ing pinnacles, fitting blocks of stone
and deep Gorges, adorned at odd places
with the peculiar gnarled growth Of
knotty pine or the sharp, straight spe-
cies, occur in such confusion and
grandeur over such an expanse that one
is silent in the presence of it, content
to drink in the atmosphere that in
spired Keith in his landscape work. 1t
is that same atmosphere that bred the
fire of a race passion in the northern
people The inheritance of it has Gre
ated men like Wagner and made a
people to love his wild music.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
WATER CREATES A GARDEN
FROM SUN BAKED PLAINS
Fruits of Palestine Thrive Anew in Fertile
Corner of California

Professor Blackmar of Washington,
D. c., visited Fresno county five years
ago. inspected the irrigation system
and studied al first hand the soil and
its products, He thus wrote of what
he had observed:
Fresno is truly wonderful country,
productive beyond imagination. and
rich beyond the dreams of wealth. IT tis
a wealthy agricultural district in one
of the grandest valleys the sun ever
shone on"
Had Professor Blackmar seen the
same country 40 years ago, he might
have written:
Fresno is a truly desolate country
uninviting beyond imagination, and un-
productive without hope of wealth"
The magic touch of water has
wrought the change-water, the blood
of the living planet. The genius of
Moses church. fortified by the wisdom
and pluck of the pioneers of the val
ley, has brought water where there
was no water, has created life where
there was no life
Sparse blades found brief tenure on
the shifting sands Today the region
might well adopt for its slogan: IF it
will grow anywhere, it will grow in
Fresno"
And this is no mere catch phrase.
Rather is it a truism, for as the peo-
piles of all the earth have gathered to
live in peace and happiness in the
county, so have the vines, the trees.
the shrubs and grains that wave upon
the fields of India. Palestine. Scotland
or Italy found rest and blossom in the
heart of the valley
CHEAPNEsS OF WATER
When the feasibility of irrigation be-
came a proved fact, and 1t was found
that Fresno county was the ideal home
of the grape, the peach. the nectarine,
the apricot and the fig, and that the
returns from a 40 acre tract in any of
these fruits exceeded the profits on a
| section of grain land, intensive farm
/ ing became the order of the day. The
/ large grain ranches were cut up into
| holdings of TO- 20. 40, 60 and. so acres.
railroad accommodations were gradual
| iy extended and steady markets were
formed.
! Men who had studied conditions in
! Egypt, India and other countries where
! irrigation was practiced concluded that
conditions in Fresno were most favor
able for that purpose, and with them to
think was to act without following
the history of the struggles and disap-
pointments attending that Important
work, 1t became an accomplished fact,
and instead of a profitless parched land
! Fresno county was transformed into a
veritable Garden of Eden, where vege-
tation of all kinds flourished Fresno
l county has immense bodies of level
land on the floor of the valley. over
which ii was easy to bring water for
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02

on the line of tourist travel. And
what a wealth of interest there is in
store for the traveller! California holds
no more picturesque drive than to the
east of Fresno, where magnificent es-
tates gather the floral richness of t. :
tropics. In 80 minutes, the tourist may
inspect the greatest vineyards in the
world; he may pass through orchards
of nearly every fruit that grows; he
may motor between rows of elms,
palms and oleanders, view the trees
laden with fig. olive or orange, and all
the time within easy view of the Sierra.
white and forbidding.
He will have heard. of course, of
Fresno's raisin fame, but he will learn
with surprise that Fresno produces
more wine than any other section and
enough brandy to get the whole world
drunk. But the spirits are put to far
different use, for they go into medi-
cines, advertised to make the whole
world well.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02

irrigation and thus accomplish that
union of soil, sun and water which
has done SO much for it.
WONDERS OF IRRIGATION
The water tax is 621s cents per acre
per annum, and as the water is fed
from the perpetual SHOWS of the Sierra
Nevada mountains the supply is un-
falling. Here are some of the things
that irrigation has done for Fresno:
1t has increased the population from
6.336 in 1870 to $4,000.
In 1870 the total cash value of the
farms in Fresno county was S629, 7O5.
Today Fresnos taxable valuation is
$50, 100000.
In 1870 the estimated value of all
farm products, including betterments
and additions TO stock. was S229,068.
Today it exceeds $30,000,0O0
In 1870 grape vines were unknown in
Fresno county; today 10000 acres of
this magnificent fruit proclaims to the
world the premiership of Fresno county
as its producer Four thousand wears
ago the hills and valleys of Palestine
yielded that best, most nourishing and
Oldest of all known foods, the raisin.
Today Fresno county stands out the
worlds greatest producer of raisins.
In 1870 orchard products were not
entirely unknown in Fresno county.
They were valued at $3.50. Today their
value exceeds $2,000,000.
MAGIC OF THE FIG
With the raisin have come the olive,
the orange, the peach and the fig, and
of these none is more interesting than
the fig.
In the earlier years of fig cuItiva-
tion the white Adriatic was the lead
ing variety, but wider scope has been
given to the industry through the work
of George c. Roeding, who, after
years of experimenting and investi-
cation. introduced the genuine Smyrna
fig, which is the finest in the world.
The difficulty previously had been found
in the fact that the Smyrna fig would
not mature until fertilized by the pollen
from the Capri fig. Mr.. Roeding dis
covered that the process of fertiliza-
tion was accomplished by a small wasp
called "Blastophaga grossorum,'' which
is born in the Capri fig and energies
from it covered with pollen and enters
the Smyrna fig, fertilizing the latter
and enabling it to produce the best and
most delicious of all figs. Mr.. Roeding's
splendid services have been acknowI-
edged not only by his fellow citizens,
but also by the government as we'll.
Fresno now is turning Its attention
to alfalfa, a direct product of irriga-
tion. It has already built up a pros
porous dairy and cattle industry upon
this nutritious fodder. Alfalfa prom
ises to grow to proportions that will
rival the immensity of the raisin in
dustry.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02

During the summer months Fresno
people visit the mighty canyons of the
Sierra or the beaches on the coast.
Those who remain behind are called
the Alfalfa club. But Fresno in sum-
mer is place of work. The heat is not
enervating. 1t is rather invigorating.
There have been movements to insti-
tute the afternoon siesta, to substitute
the flannel outing suit for the heavier
clothing, to shift the working hours,
but each OF these movements has died
In its turn. The summer warmth has
proved an ally, rather than barrier.
to accomplishment
The bigger day for Fresno is dawn
ing. Men Of capital have long been
interested in its development and the
time has now come when profit is as
sured from liberal investment. And in
this the city of Fresno itself will take
the lead. 1t is to provide a convention
hall, capable of seating 1000 people. It
Is the beginning that will place Fresno
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
CONTINUED from Page 10

Continued from Page 10
spins for mile. Every store in Fresno
maintains a bicycle rack and space is
problem on a busy afternoon.
The Fresno Republican has brought
the auto to its blossom of usefulness.
In the early hours Of the morning, while
the countryside sleeps. motors start
north, east, south and west, piled high
with the mornings issue. AT the cross
roads waiting boys stand by their BIZ
cycles. AS the painting cars fly by
packages are tossed to the riders and
away go the boys, each wheeling from
farm to farm over his allotted circuit.
Nine hundred miles are covered in this
way before breakfast. IT is possible
only in Fresno.
If the land and water brought peo-
pie from the hooks of the universe to
Fresno the sun has taught them to live
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
DAIRY FARMING IN FRESNO
A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY
Annual Production of Butter
Exceeds 100000 Pounds

There is not better location in the
world for the dairy farmer than
Fresno county. Land may be bought
for SIS an acre which needs but slight
Improvement to produce an alfalfa crop.
Planting and checking the land cost
SIS an acre. Cows can be bought for
SEQ a head. The cows will yield an
average of S75 a year. One acre will
support a COW. SKINNED milk of one
COW will feed two hogs of an average
weight of $50 pounds. Putting so COWS
on 80 acres would mean return of
$4,000. 60 calves at s15 apiece, 5000, and
100 hogs, $1,1SS, making the gross re-
turns s6,5SS per year.
The produce of the dairy has a good
market in the county, fully established
on a profitable basis. Creameries have
been established at convenient points
for extracting the butterfat. The farm
er can use his skinned milk to feed
his hogs. There is profit at every turn
in the dairy farming industry. The
amount of butter produced in 1898 was
POI, ,754 pounds; in 1908 1T was 3,315, ,s26,
valued at s1,500.000.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
THRIVING METROPOLIS ADORNS VALLEY
WHERE ONCE WAS ONLY A DESERT WASTE

in the open AS many take their re-
ligion al fresco, so they enjoy the
drama. At Recreation park an artistic
open air theater has been built, cur
tanned on right and left by hedges of
Banksia roses, swinging white and fra
grant in graceful garlands.
The spirit of the open air has come
into its own in Fresno. Architects
equip new homes with sleeping porchss
as matter of course and are now add
ing them to the old. Half dozen
parks provide for entertainment under
the undimmed blue of heaven. Roeding
park, tract of 107 acres, five years
ago barren waste, has been trans
formed into lakes, forests, gardens and
blossoming meadows. 1t suggests por-
tions of Golden Gate park In its floral
adornment and the broad sweep of it's
driveways. This park is about the
biggest young thing in America
Planted five years ago it has sent
the tops Of its trees to dizzy elevations.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
LARGE CATTLE RANCHES
IN FRESNO COUNTY
High Class Stock Bred by. Big
Concerns

Sheep and cattle ranching are inn
portant industries in Fresno county.
Immense strides have been made in
the raising of graded stock, and hun
dreds of thousands of acres of alfalfa
are planted for this purpose. There is
no better land in the world for raising
horses and mules than in Fresno coun-
ty. There is every advantage of cIi-
mate and water Breeders of high class
stock are yearly importing some of the
finest animals to be had Fresno sup
plies mules for the orient.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02
Wine PRODUCTION of Fresno-E

Wine Production of Fresno.-Eight
million gallons of wine are produced
annually in Fresno county. Practically
every sweet wine known to commerce
is produced in Fresno county. There
are 2S wineries in the county. The
largest winery in the world, the Calwa
winery, is located just outside of
Fresno city.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-08-24
Escapes Serious Accident.

Hartwick Renaas, one of the de-
livery boys for the DEBORAH Deliv-
cry Company, was riding up town
from the base ball game last We'd
nesday and in some manner rode
across the sidewalk in front of the
H. A. Prastmark residence on Water
street, and was going at such NOM
entum that he was unable to stop
before falling into the creek bot
tom. He jumped from the bicycle,
and was quite badly bruised by the
fall, but not seriously injured. He
was taken home in an express and
was about the next day as usual.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-08-24
LOSE Two FAST GAMES
Strawberry Point Takes DEBORAH
Into Camp in Two Fast Games.
Both Teams Played Snappy Ball,
But the Visitors Massed Their
Hits and Won by Team
Work.

Three times in the past week
have the local ball team had feast
of strawberries set before them and
not once could they get away with
the luscious article. Strawberry
Points noted team played their first
game here late last Wednesday af-
ternoon. The game was played in
the mud and lasted only five in
nings, DEBORAH holding the visitors
to tie score, 2 to 2. The Pointers
were then booked for two return
games, Monday and Tuesday,-and
We lost them both.
Ragged fielding on Hi" Green's
part in the first three sessions, to-
gether with a couple of bad throws
by Shea and Preus, gave Bidne a
bad start, the visitors amassing five
runs in the three innings. "Hi's"
erratic work in the meantime had
caused his removal from the field,
and he is now undoubtedly out of it
for the rest of the season as far as
DEBORAH is concerned. DEBORAH
scored once in the first when Preus
smashed the first ball pitched for
three bases, continuing on home
when Sanders missed the throw-in.
Three scores in the third made the
score 8 to 4. Shea walked, and
reached third when Arnold fell
down on Preus' grounder. Preus
stole second, and the bases were
filled when Bernatz dumped one in
front of the plate. Reque's out at
first scored Shea, Bidne's foul fly
was caught by Miller, but Schonarr
won home by cracking out a time
ly single, scoring Preus and Der.
natz. Str. Point. gained a lap by
making one score in the fourth
Two other foreign runs came in il
the sixth, after which Bidne blank
ed the visitors. Dye pitched the
first three innings for Str. p. ant
had speed to burn. He gave way Il
r. Newcomer in the fourth, thu
ter holding the locals to one lon'
tally. With two out in the sixth
O'Boy was hit by a pitched bali an,
scored on Knowlton's three-bagger
After that there were no more fire
works and the game went to Straw
berry Point by the Scores to 5.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-08-24
Married i'm Minneapolis.

DEBORAH friends will be pleased
to learn of the marriage in Minnea-
polls last Wednesday of Miss Ida
Davidson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. A. Davidson, to Mr.. Joseph A.
Belanger, a druggist of York, N. d.
But little is known here of Mr.
Belanger, but we have no doubt
that he is worthy of the prize he
has won, for his bride is a most es-
Unable young lady.