The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
JUDGE JOKER
LIKELY TO BE
$4,000 PACK
Accidental Card Slipped on Bot
tom by Doubling Terms of
Municipal Officers

4 Joker. purely accidental joker in
-nobody's interest. but likely to cost the
city $4,000. has been discovered in the
charter amendment submitted making
the terms Of municipal officers four
years.
Supervisor Murdock's original pro-
posal was subjected to considerable
yinkering at the hands OF the majority
members following an executive coun-
All in the mayors Office. The result
was that instead OF Afurdock's proposal
that the supervisors in their new ex-
tended terms go out of office in two
divisions and at two year intervals an
amendment changed this TO ''an out to-
Eerher."
Tt developed yesterday that, although
the police judges already have four
year terms. their expirations occur
every two years, and that Judges Con-
Ian and Shortall will close their terms
. al the odd interval This will necessi-
tate 2 special election just to supply
Two vacancies on the police bench, and
FOR long terms at that, making the ex-
pense periodic. unless two years hence
some more carpentry work is done.
An attempt TO have cremation within
the county put under the ban was made
yesterday in a petition to the super
Visors by the Park Richmond improve
ment club and the Jordan Park club.
The petitioners stated that the incin-
Grafton Of human bodies ar the Odd
Fellows crematory was attended by
heavy clouds OF smoke and vapor The
communication viii be referred TO the
hospital committee.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
For ways that are dark and for
tricks that are vain the political game
IS peculiar, is the opinion held by one
discarded Office seeker at the recent
primaries. Lonn Schaefer, republican
candidate for assembly man from the
thirtieth district yesterday recorded
his statement Of election expenses. The
total was $3.50, and the final two items
read like this:
. For eight men TO loaf around
Johnson banners, at SIS per..S 20
$50 for bad whisky TO make
myself known in the thir-
LONN SCHAEFER.
The residents OF former West Clay
street, now Drake street, want the old
name back. In petition filed yester-
day with the supervisors they allege
that the desi ignation was taken from
them without their knowledge and con-
sent and further. We consider the
name. Drake, very ugly and without
the prefix, Sir Francis very unmean-
ing and even approaching the ludi-
Crous."
The supervisors finance committee
was asked yesterday by the hospital
committee TO find the money for the
salary Of a woman factory inspector
10 interest herself in the improvement
Of conditions of female employees in
local industrial establishments. The
san Francisco labor council, the child
ia Dor committee and other bodies have
sent in petitions supporting the pro-
posaI.
BITS RECEIVED
The board Of works received FIVE
bids yesterday for the laying of pine
Of the fire protection system in the
district bounded by Market and Powell
streets, Van Ness avenue and the bay
The city engineers estimate for the
Job was 100000 and the bids approx
mated s9s,5oo.
Recorder Godcha.ux reported yester-
day that during August his offlce
handled 4,61s documents. The receipts
for the month were $7.So5.3o.- The dis
bursements were 26,oo5.
The most important of the filings
were: deeds 1,022, deeds of trust $50.
mortgages 5S1, releases of mortgage
306, lis pendens to establish title 44o
DEGREES establishing title sse, marriage
certificates 4Ss.