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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
ART WORK PROPOSED
FOR new CITY HALL.
Architect Suggests Mural Paint
ings, Statuary and Clock
for Municipal Building

OAKLAND, July 21-Mura1 decora-
new $1,000,000 city hall from the brush
of Maxfield Parrish, one of Americas
most distinguished artists, will be pro-
posed to the board of public works by
Henry Hornbostel, the noted New York
architect, whose firm drew the plans for
the building. Hornbostel has already
taken up the subject with Mayor Mott,
and has made estimates showing that
the full sum of $1,O50,00O will be suf-
ficient for the erection of the hall and
for its decoration.
Hornbostel, an authority on decora-
tive architecture, finds that the bond
money allowance would not be exceeded
II the city were to employ Parrish's
talents for mural work, and to place
statuary of the highest type in the
alcoves and grounds of the hall. More
detailed information will be prepared
for the board by Hornbostel
Another feature of the decoration of
the hall taken up by Hornbostel' will
be the installing of a clock in the lofty
tower. He favors a clock that will
chime the hours in day, and give elec-
trio signals by night. AS the building
will be II stories, the lights would be
visible from all parts of the city at
night.
In his estimates Hornbostel learned
that by spending a little larger sum
than the bond money, the city could
place in the basement of the hall
municipal electric plant, capable of il
Eliminating the building and of lighting
the electroliers which have been set in
streets in various sections. This would
mean large reduction of the monthly
lighting bill.
Hornbostel said today that with the
money in hand the board of public
works will find it advanta geous to au-
thoriZe him to employ MaXfield Par
riSh and sculptor for decorations and
to install the type of clock he has
planned.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
TIBETANS SWINDLE
THE BUYERS OF MUSK
Will Permit Examination Only
in Pockets

Fraud nestles even on the roof of
the world. In other words, the un-
sophisticated Tibetan does a little
cheating on his own account He is
almost the sole purveyor of musk. It
is sold at something like a dozen times
its weight in silver. so one would think
the scent would be pure. But this is
far from the case. 1t is always sold in
pockets" and the venders will not al
low any examination by the buyer other
than touch. But by this means he is
unable to determine upon the purity,
and it frequently happens that the
vender has adulterated his merchandise
with amidon, peas. beans, potatoes
mixed with blood. the yolk of eggs.
pounded in a mortar until it resembles
musk
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
FALL FROM A LADDER
CAUSES MANS DEATH
Attempted to Reach Roof of
House After Betting

OAKLAND, July 21.-Mfchael Costa,
who had his skull fractured last Sun
day evening when he fell from a ladder
while trying to reach the roof of an un-
finished dwelling at Shattuck avenue
and Forty-eighth street, died this morn
ing at the county infirmary. He is said
to have been drinkin gwine and made
a bet with a friend that he could climb
to the roof. He was picked up uncon-
scious and taken to the receiving hos
pital, thence to the infirmary. An in
quest will be held.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE
AGAINST ASSESSMENT
Threaten Injunction to Stop
Washington Street Opening

OAKLAND, July 21.--Tnjunction pro-
ceedings are threatened by Clay street
property owners against the opening of
Washington street and the construction
of the new municipal buildings. A
meeting has been called for tomorrow
night in the Metropole hotel to discuss
the question of tying up in the courts
the project. Objection has been made
to the assessment district created to
pay for the street opening. r. n. Kit
chener, secretary of the Broadway to
Market street Improvement club. has
called stle meeting.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
Marriage Licenses

OAKLAND, July 2l.-The following marriage
licenses were issued today:
Melvin r Van Horn. 40. and Sarah L. Case
beer. -. both OF San Francisco.
James Fl. Nancy, 26 San Francisco and
Cecilia Sylvester. 2l San Lorenzo
John W Barnieott, 80, Newcastle, and Clare
NJ. Hudson. 23 Miles,
Oral !. Griffin 10. and Gladys V. Faruham.
is. both OF Oakland.
Joseph T. Endert. 81. Bakersfield. and lola G.
HaVcy, %. 0rovilie.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
SUPPORTERS OF CURRY
WILL ORGANIZE CLUB
Meeting Called for This Even
ing at North Oakland

OAKLAND. July 2I.--A- Van der Nail
len Jr. former commissioner Of public
works Of San Francisco, viii preside at
the Organization of a Curry republican
club Friday evening. July %. at Van
der Naillen's hall, Telegraph avenue
and Fifty-first street. Among the
speakers will be Colonel +. A. Robert
son. Kentucky orator. who has re-
Gently arrived in Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
GARDEN WEDDING
IS unique AFFAIR
Miss Mary Lamont Duncan Be-
comes the Wife of George
w. Keeler Jr.

OAKLAND, July 21.-Miss Mary La
Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan of 976
Twenty-f1rst street, and George w.
Keeler Jr. were married last evening
at the home of the groom's parents,
second street, the service being read
by Rev. Fred II. Maar, pastor of the
Fourth Congregational church. in the
presence of rs relatives and friends.
Immediately after the nuptial knot
had been tied the young couple led the
wedding guests in a march to the gar
den at the rear of the Keeler home,
over which a great canvas awning had
been spread. Aside from the unique
setting and scenic effect. the open air
party was given unusual brilliancy by
elaborate electrical decorations. Tables
were placed in groups amid clusters of
pink and white carnations, sweet peas
and roses, with ferns as background.
Japanese lanterns in pink and white
surrounded the residence, and the place
was mass of ribbons and lovers
knots.
FEASTING AND MUSIC
While refreshments were being served
an appropriate program of vocal and
instrumental selections was rendered.
led by Miss Anna Brunssen. At the
plate of each guest red heart shaped
card was laid, upon which had been
printed in white: "Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Keeler. Jr. At home after
August 1 at 537 Thirty fifth street..
The wedding celebration commenced
with the bridal march to Mendelssohn's
popular strain, and the young couple,
led by Miss Alice Brand, who scattered
flowers along their pathway Miss Ada
Moore and Mrs O. Brand, proceeded to
an arbor Of pink and white floral deco
rations in the parlor of the home. The
bride was escorted by George Mulhern,
best man, who made the formal presen-
tation after the ceremony.
SIMILAR WEDDING DATES
The groom is q years old and the
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. l.. keeler, who
celebrated their silver wedding March
21. The grandparents of the groom,
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Keeler Sr. of
San Francisco, celebrated their fiftieth
anniversary May 81 The parents of
the bride, Mr.. James and Mrs Anna
E. Duncan, came to Oakland in the
early days from Scotland Mrs. Dun
can died in 1909 and her husband in
1902. The bride is a popular leader in
the younger social set with which she
associates She is y years old.
Among those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. George IL. Silverstein
W. Keeler Sr. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Whiting
keeler L. Shaves
Mr. and Mrs. G. Prech S. Chanlblin
tel John Champion
D. E. Woodworth o. Manders
Mrs. A. Anderson F. Mast
Mr.. and Mrs William Mr. and Mrs. c. Both
Brand we'll
j. B. Duncan Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. Hig
Mrs and Mrs Etha ginson
Top 6. MuIhern
C. Engel II. Lynch
Mrs. c. Brand Mr. and Mrs. l.. Osgood
Miss b. Brand Mrs. Martha Hand
Stanley Gilman Miss Ada Moore
c. Gallon Rev. DIR. F. III. Maar
Mrs. NJ. Joseph Percy Hand
Miss NJ. Joseph Franklin kceler
Miss L. keeler Cornelius Keeler
Mrs c. Bromley George Wallace
Mrs. NJ Pasnult Miss F. Higginson
Mrs. J. Green Miss Anna Brunssen
Mrs. A. Siverstein Clarence keeler
Miss Alice Brand r. Wiley
William Brand
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Observation-Disclosures me, mad.
w am, the government of the United
States would like to know your age. "
With that remark the census enum-
orator will politely display his badge
and prepare to make an entry in the
official census papers. The question
is, will every woman in the United
States when they start taking the
census April Is disclose her real num-
Der of years, or will she reply that it
is none of the governments business
The sporting editors says the betting
is about even.
Willard E. Hotchkiss, supervisor of
the First district of Illinois, which in
cludes Chicago, was in Washington
recently to confer with supervisors
of other large cities on this and other
problems in taking the census.
Another question necessitating con-
siderable tact is that regarding the
head" of the house. The man, of
course, is the ostensible head of every
household, but when it comes to max.
ing an official report to the govern
ment there may be difference OF
opinion.
Supervisor Hotchkiss said another
of the most important question dis.
cussed was that of fully acquainting
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Ar EXT to the Hall of Horrors, where
N the marble and bronze and plaster
efhgies Of dead and gone statesmen,
jurists and warriors speck the walls
around what was once the old house
of representatives, the painted eff
gies in the lobby back of the house of
representatives arouses the risibilities
of every lover of real art who passes
through That gallery of equal hor-
rors is now up for attack.
Hanging upon the walls are rows
and rows of pictures of former speak
ers of the house of representatives.
That is, they are called pictures.
Many of them are flamboyant things
in colored crayons, that would make
a kindergarten kid weep to gaze upon
them. A lot more of them are done in
black crayon, and they are certainly
the limit. A few of the latter ones are
done in oils, and the poor speakers
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
ictures of Ex-Speakers Like Chromos

whom they represent look as though
they had been boiled in oil while sit
ting for those same portraits, so
panied and injured is the expression
on the faces of most of them.
In the latter class are Speaker
Reed and Speaker Crisp. Speaker
Reed, when gazing upon the canvas
that represents him one day, turned
to friend and said: "Sa-ay, l don't
wonder the Democrats hate me if
look like that to them" The picture
of Charles S. Crisp is a SNUG, fat.
looking customer as little like the
genial-faced, clear-eyed Speaker Crisp
as anything could we'll be imagined.
Representative Parsons of New
York has introduced bill asking for
an appropriation of $500 to purchase
II oil paintings to replace as many
chromos of the dead and gone speak
ers. While most of the pictures in
question cost about $50, there is not
the slightest doubt that a great many
Of them might have been purchased
with $1.49 worth Of trading stamps.
If Representative Parsons wants to
dc the right thing, he will have appro-
priated about $4,000, and then he
will probably get about II good por-
traits, and he isn't going to get them
very much under that.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Indians Don't Want to Be Citizens

mucn, II not more, claim on the United
States than the negro We want the
United States to live up to the treaty
Of 1923, which guaranteed that the In.
dams should be wards of the govern
ment and be taken care of as long as
grass grows, water runs or the sun
shines, meaning forever. The GOV
eminent is not living up to that
treaty with the Oklahoma Indians"
Mr.. Harjo hits Indian education az
it now stands some hard knocks. He
says: ''The education of the Indian
is a farce. Schools accomplish moth.
ing. All we ask is our rights under
the treaty of 1928"
Mr.. Harjc being an Indian and. like
all the other wards of the govern
ment," dead sure of clothes and food
while the Indians are wards of the
government, much prefers for that
condition of things to stand.
1t is heap easier to draw annuities
from the government to live upon than
it is to get out and hustle, and that
has been one of the chief faults of the
treatment of the Indians in this com.
try.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

tIyx1HEN was young fellow" says
W Senator Dick, II worked In a
bank. One day-a Saturday, when,
for some reason or other, 1 was an
xious to get away early-it was found
that the cash was Is cents short. We
worked for an hour trying to find that
money. My time was growing short.
err every minute.
AT length dug down into my peck.
ct and pulled out quarter. Here
said, and tossed the money down on
the counter. l didn't see why that
wouldn't settle things. But my en-
ployer was very strict. Young man,
he said, take that money back We
will find that quarter if it takes all
night.
"Well, we worked till midnight
Then the banker told us to come back
the next day-Sunday. We did, and it
was noon before we found the error
Of course, I've since learned that 1t
wasn't merely the fact that a quarter
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Gossip of Washington
! What Is Going On at the
National Capital. -
Oh NV! Women Must Tell Their Age

foreigners of the real purpose of tho
census
"A display of official papers and
badges tends to brighten the foreign
ers," said Mr.. Hotchkiss. They fear
it has something to do with deporting
them or forcing them to give up
money, and their instant refuge Is to
give untruthful replies to the ques-
tions put by the enumerators.
ITO guard against this we decided
to try to educate the foreigners be-
forehand 80 that when the enumerator
calls they will know just what to ex-
pect. We are educating them through
their children in the schools, through
the churches, the foreign newspapers
and settlements and societies in va
rious parts of the country.
"A carelessly taken census shows a
smaller population than a carefully
taken one. An enumeration often finds
people in his district are not at home.
and instead of returning there later
he passes them up entirely.
1T is difficult for an enumerator to
sit in his own room and fill out blanks
from his imagination. This is so sell
dom done that we are not worrying
about it. It takes longer to do that in
a manner which would leave no
chance for detection than to hustle
outdoors and gather real names-at
four cents the name"
Mr.. Hotchkiss declared that one of
the chief difficulties he had to face
was that of getting the names of the
permanent hotel population and that
of the lodging houses, where "tramps"
and unemployed men confuse the emu.
meratOrs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

EUFAULA Harjo, who is the repre-
T. sentative in Washington of the
four tribes of Indians in Oklahoma, is
in Washington trying to induce con-
gress to take some action to protect
the Chickasaws, Cherokees, Greeks
and Choctaw Indians in Oklahoma
from the operation of Oklahoma laws,
which make the Indians citizens of
the state. Mr.. Harjo declares that his
people do not want to be citizens He
says they want to continue to be
wards of the government. He says:
1.-THE red man is not fitted for citi-
zenship. This government takes far
more care to guard the rights of the
negro than it does those of the In
dams. Surely the Indians have az
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Senator Dicks Experience in a Bank

was missing that caused the concern:
it was the fact that that one error
might lead to others, which wouldn't
be discovered possibly for week.
Then the confusion would have been
almost endless"
A treasury Official was at a function
the other night and was presented to
a charming young woman. AS soon
as she learned he was in the treasury
department., she said:
II want to complain to you about
that inquisition over there"
What inquisition?'
THE examination of baggage at the
port of New York."
But I'm not in charge of the Gus.
TOMS"
Made no difference to the young
woman She forced the official to lis
ten to her story. She had come over
from Europe with a lot of ribbon in
her trunk. An inspector ordered the
trunk opened. He asked her what she
was going to do with the ribbon. She
told the truth, though she was a good
deal embarrassed.
why" said the official, "he only
wanted to know if you we're going to
sell the ribbon or use it yourself. You
need have given him no more informa.
ton than that"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Chicago
OF his instructions Judge paused m said:
Having
assembling to-day
profound regret that two days thereafter
paper publication
with respect to certain individuals
without
whatever them
making disclosure of matters
The virtual charge that the president
this
are
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

The year begins in Europe with
some of the DISASTROUS experiences Of
1909 tapping over. The storms which
have prevailed there recently resulted
in floods which have caused wide
spread devastation. Eastern Rou-
melia Is reported to have been an es-
pecial sufferer, many persons being
drowned, while losses In crops and
livestock are particularly heavy. The
region affected is dependent chiefly
on agriculture, and the people being
poor the blow falls heavily.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

North Dakota is going back to the
old-fashioned spelling bees in the dis
trict schools to teach the children how
to spell. After all, any system is best
judged by its results, and the spelling
Of the present day does not give start
ling testimony in favor Of the educa-
tional feds.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Boston had an icy tidal wave It has
popularity been supposed that any at.
tempt to bring added GOODNESS to the
center of intellect was like carrying
Goals to Newcastle, but the weather
man succeeded in the trick.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Every now and then the news of
the day contains the account of some
person being burned to death while
smoking in bed The moral of such
accidents" and all like them in that
disaster is generally one of the prompt
est things in the world to come to one
when deliberately invited.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Tho assassination of four promi-
nent officials in far and near eastern
countries in a single day may induce
grateful reflection in the minds of
our public men who are only roasted
in the opposition organs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11


of the b l a d d e r
reached it's climax
last spring and I suf-
fered terribly. My
back ached and
panied so I could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty, fire.
quent of passage
and nainfI1l 7 waa
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

practical o. obtaining it
James Hill has making practical
people go
productive
than anything
by fertilization colonization the
ducon OF be
foreigners
They crowd the cities increasing while adding
nothing to it, Statistics
The effect of the business
byproducts which formerly
situation regards living
able bounds The is difficult
remedied The
inevitable: prices have
The market for
Armour Co. would much
volume
of consumption
Moreover with lower the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

ured all the time and very nervous. /
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and
after taxing few boxes was cured
md have been well ever since"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster.
M1lburn Co., Buffalo,, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Small Boys, Take Comfort.

In disclosing to acquaintance what
he believed to be some of the causes
of long life, the late Sir Isaac Hol-
den, after dilating on the advantages
of bananas as a food, used to con-
clude "And, above all, not too many
baths, they are weakening. London
Morning Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Unfathomable Women.

Formerly, when you met a woman
on the street you could tell where she
was going; she was going either to
the dentists or to the dry gools store.
But now about half the time she's go
ing to the ten-cent store.
Globe.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
SCRATCHED so SHE COULD
NOT SLEEP

II write to tell you how thankful
am for the wonderful Cuticura Rem
edies. My little niece had eczema for
five years and when her mother died
took care Of the child. It was all
over her face and body, also on her
head. She scratched so that she could
not sleep nights. l used Cuticura
Soap to wash her with and then ap-
piled Cuticura Ointment. I did not
use quite half the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, together with Cuticura Re-
solvent. when you could see a change
and they cured her nicely. Now she
Is eleven years old and has never been
bothered with eczema since. My
friends think it is just great the way
the baby was cured by Cuticura.
send you a picture taken when she was
about Is months old.
"She was taken with the eczema
when two years old. She was covered
with big sores and her mother had all
the best doctors and tried all kinds of
salves and medicines without effect
until we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs.
H. Herman, 663 Quincy St., Brooklyn,
N. Y, Sept. q, 1909"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
CAME after HER.

JohnQH-What are descendants,
grandad?
Grandad-They are people who
come after us.
Johnny-Then the baker and the
milkmen are Mary's descendants.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11


he
been
eved him. especially
they loveAme Americ
decoration king Of Denmark He
philosophy of the University
was and Is possibly
When man comes to
having
the will
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
Lands IN CALCIUM RAYS

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands. of the Unit
ed States district court at Chicago has gotten
back into the lmelight with great splash. The
calcium rays are the Judge strong they
were the day the news flashed to the world that
he had fined the Standard Oil Company $29.240-
600. It's the beef trust this time that gives the
fearless jurist chance to bask in the limelight
and before the matter is settled the rays promise
to cover other well-known persons.
Judge Lands is only a. years old and when
he put the staggering fine the books against
the daddy of trusts" some said it was the i'm
petuosity of youth Anyway, the court of appeals
didn't take kindly to the fine and Rockefeller
didn't have to dig down in his pocket to pay it.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Associate with men OF good judy
ment, for judgment is found in con-
versation. And we make another
mans judgment ours by freQuenting
his company.-Fuller.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

A watchful observer has discovered
that there is "a straight and slender
tail trailing behind the nucleus of
Halley's comet" This is as it should
be. No well-regulated comet appears in
public without such an appendage, and
as the original HALEY visitor was
known to have one the latest discov-
cry appears to be guarantee of good
faith
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Something apparently has disgrun-
tied the weather man this year, if one
looks at the style of weather he has
been giving us since it began
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

Kermit Roosevelt shot three bon
goes, whatever they are. and his ia
Their has not bagged any. Seems to
US that comes pretty near being an
exaggerated case of lese majestic.