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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-28
By John L. Cowan

IT OWN in the Santa Clara valley the
harvesting Of flower and vegeta-
bic seeds on the worlds greatest
seed farms is now in fun swing
and not until early in September will
the last of the varied crops he gath
cred. From this favored valley at the
foot Of the bay of San Francisco the
seed growers ship in car load lots pro-
ducts that eastern seedsmen peddle out
by the ounce. This is not an hyper
bole. but a matter of fact statement of
the unvarnished truth
OF course the seedsmen of the east
ern states grow seeds, but they grow
only a fraction Of what they sell. They
can purchase better seeds in California
than they can produce at home. and at
less cost than they can grow them on
their own farms. So they contract with
the California seed farmers for their
requirements Of the seeds in which
California is admitted to lead the
world, and devote their home seed
farms to the growing of speciaities
and varieties not produced on a large
scale in the golden state.
AS a rule the California growers
contract to plant one acre Of land with
2 certain flower or vegetable for so
many hundred pounds of that kind of
seed ordered. For example, If the east
ern seedsma6 agrees to take 1000
pounds of osion seed the California
grower contracts to plant 10 acres in
onion sets to produce the amount speci-
fed or one acre for each 400 pounds.
AS a rule the eastern purchaser is ex-
pected to take the surplus produced on
the acreage planted for him, but some
times the grower assumes the DISPOSE
tion Of the excess production on the
open market. In the same manner one
acre is planted for each 500 pounds of
lettuce seed wanted and one acre for
each 500 pounds Of carrot seed, 500
pounds Of garden peas and LOO pounds
Of sweet peas. The standard seeds
aust all be contracted for prior to the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-28

between couple of members Of tba
PoIydeucean club, the student boxing
organization Outside talent is i'm
ported. The Reliance club OF Oakland
the army post at the Preside and tbs
l. M Z. AS about the bay always send
their best performers. The numbers in
crude wrestling. club swinging. turn-
ping and juggling of more than aver
age merit. .
The reception. occurring about a
I ~ III later and given Jointly with the
l. W. = A, is the most elaborate and
successful of all. The program con
talns one of the most unusual in5oo~
entertainments yet devised. II Is ca11ed
the parlor track meet. The princinaI
events are the vocal high jump Inc
broad grin and the 10 yard dash. In
the vocal high jump the con+estsr+s
stand On chairs and try for tba bie-bnss
musical note attainabIe 1t is claimed
mat nlgh Z has been reached
me broad grin was judged bv meas
uiihS the stretch of the mouth with a
pIece OF cardboard. After this eve.-
one OF the contestants said: Il think
without breaking it,
Inc 10 yard dash contestants VASE
edch handed ribbon 10 wards To1o
whlcn mad been fastened to the tane a.
ne nnlsh line. Eaca Contestant e
even signal, started to wind the rfbhon
~ ui ia MS Iorehnger. The contestant
, VINO reached the tape first with the rfh-
oon tiSntly wound was the winner
OurlnS the progress Of each event +ba
contestants were encouragsd ~ f,. LIS
t th entnuslastic roofing sections. At
-, me start the audience had been divided
UP In support of four high ScLooI,
which were supposed to he er,,t sSIioois
Lor the companionship These ScbooIS
represented the towns of NTiInitas
watts, Dutch Flat and Petaluna rSss
a.. was counted as in a. regulation
a aaslu DAY. When the totals had been
vim up Dutch Fiat was declared the
wlInSr. Inc master of ceramoDjs,
MADE an elaborate speech OF cora-.-.'.
, .a.I and presented the winners Win
'iiS trophy or their victory-a tin cnn-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-28
TfIRESTILr4d SWEET PEAS

Alrn~s surprising as the extent
of each kind of seeds One large seed
farm r~oduces "A distinct varieties of
lettuce Beed and 125 varieties of sweet
peas. Another has contracted for de-
livery Ahis season no less than 35 va
rieties Of onion seed, 80 of radish and
80 OF a9ter seed. So it lis throughout
the list of popular flowers and vege-
tables. Each scotsman demands Ger
tain specialties for his trade and
makes his contracts accordingly. Each
of the great seed growers Is constantly
striving to originate new and improved
varieties of both flowers AMI vegeta-
bles, trying to improve the color, or
size, or flavor, or to bring them to ear
lier maturity, or to bear flowers more
freely. For this pupose men of special
qualifications are employed, and these
are always engaged in selecting, hybri-
in the hope of production novelties of
merit.
So it is evident that the Santa Clara
valley possesses another claim to re-
nown than its prunes, which are known
the world over, wherever there are
boarding houses. There is hardly a
farmer, or a gardener, or suburban
ite in the United States, who plants
seeds al all who has not planted seeds
grown somewhere in sight of the Lick
observatory on Mount Hamilton, even
though they came in attractive pack
ages bearing the name of some seed
grower in Michigan, or New York, or
Pennsylvania.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-28

with all the care that the successful
farmer gives to his garden. producing
the small onion bulbs or sets" The
next year these are planted for the
production of the seed, being carefully
selected with respect to color and
shape, so that the seed will produce
sets true to name and description.
Practically all the hand labor Is per-
formed by Chinese and Japanese, al
though Hindus are now becoming a
factor of some Importance in the labor
market. One laborer goes down the
burrows dropping the little onion bulbs
loosely in the rows. After him follow
other orientals. placing the bulbs
upright in straight rows. four inches
apart, and firmly pressing the ground
around them.
Some seeds are thrashed by means
of steam thrashers, just as the farmers
of the east and middle west thrash
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-08-28

For this -eminence In seeo pro-
duction there is, of course, a reason;
and that reason is entirely climatic
From the first of May until the middle
of September not drop of rain falls
in the Santa Clara val1ey-or Gas a
rule) anywhere else on the California
coast on south to the Mexican line.
This has its disadvantages, but these
are overcome by irrigation. Its advan-
tages for seed production are priceless.
Most flower and vegetable seeds are
small, delicate, difficult to collect, hard
to cure and very easily spoiled. In
this favored region they are harvested
when at just the right stage of ma
turity, without the need of considering
the weather; cured in the sun and
thrashed and packed in the open air,
driZzling rains. a hard rain in July
or August would ruin seeds worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars; but such
rain has never fallen, and the grow
ers feel safe in assuming that it never
will fall Being produced in such ideal
possess better terminating qualities
than those grown in any other state.
Large barns and miles of sheds for
curing are unnecessary and that means
an important saving in the cost of pro-
duction. Careful termination tests are
made of the seeds grown on each con-
tract, and none is packed for shipment
nnlaSS S6 ic tn 40 Ar-
tile. AS a rule the termination test
averages between 80 and 95 per cent
and often 100 per cent. That means
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26
HEARST HOPEFUL

The following statement by
William Randolph Hearst was
made public last Saturday:
ut is quite obvious that the citiz-
ems of the whole country desire to
defeat the standpat Republicans
whom they held responsible for the
conditions brought about by the
high tariff and the trusts. 1t is
quite obvious that the citizens
used the insurgent wing of the Re-
publican party to accomplish this
result whenever that wing WAS
available. Wherever the defeat of
standpat Republicanism could not
be accomplished through progress
sive Republicanism the citizens
turned to the Democratic party.
The standpat Republicans
were repudiated by the people and
the Democratic candidates, boldly
declaring for progressive prin-
ciples, were triumphantly elected.
The Republicans of New Hamp-
shire, however, led by Robert p.
Bass, an insurgent, and fighting
for true progressive principles,
held their state in the Republican
column without any appreciate
gain by the Democratic party in
that state
What happened in these cleo
tions was repeated in nearly every
state of the Union in the elections
of November 81
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26
Saves an Iowa Mans Life

The very grave seemed to yawn be
fore Robert MAdsen, OF West Burling
ton, lows, when, after seven weeks In
the hospital, four Of the hest physicians
gave him up. Then was shown the mar.
vclous curative power Of Electric Bit
tors. For, after eight months Of fright
ful suffering from liver trouble and yell
low jaundice. getting no help from Other
remedies or doctors. five bottles Of ,his
matchl. - medicine completely cured
him. Its positively guaranteed fo'
Stomach, Liver or Kidney troubles and
never disappoints. Only toe. n The
Fuller Drug Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26

President Taft and Postmaster
General Hitchcock reached an
agreement as to the recommends.
tions the president will make to
congress regarding change in the
second class postage rates as affect
ing magazines and other periodi-
calls. The great magazines are do
ing too much in the way of expos
ing the Vaccinations Of predatory
wealth to suit the powers in con-
troll of the government and should
therefore. DO Disseminated against
an order to curtail their circula.
ton.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26

Recent exposures of conditions
in Mexico have compelled the peo-
pie of the United States to take a
sober second thought about Diaz.
All have agreed that he is u die
tator. Many now feel that he is a
despot. He is sustained by large
financial interests in this country
and Europe which care nothing
for the liberty of the Mexicans but
want stable government-ev even if
it is tyranny to protect their own
investments. And Americans in
general are beginning to sympa.
thize with the revolutionists.-
News.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26
A PEN PICTURE

~ civ I ~ UNI
Charles Edward Russell in the
December number of the Cosmo-
politan paints our senator thus:
"a small, trim, good-looking
man is Mr.. Guggenheim, very
suave and polished, gimlet eyed,
soft spoken, soft footed as cat,
educated, extremely charitable,
Travelled, wise, shrewd, and in bus
mess crowned with brilliant and
almost unequaled success. He
and his brothers are commercial
kings by grace Of some able, some
daring, and some lawless achieve
ments; he is a senator of the
United States by grace of his
millions and of his relations to
the mysterious power, and for no
other reason in the world. By
some strained verbal jugglery he
is supposed to represent, in our
highest legislative body, the peo-
pie of Colorado. AS a matter of
fact, he never represented them
nor any of them, nor did they nor
any of them at any time desire
him to represent them. Four years
he has been their senator, helping
as their agent to make laws for the
nation. Yet he knows next to
nothing about public affairs, is
without experience or interest in
economics, is little more than IA
lay figure in the senate, and in
stead of being in any way the
choice of his people, most of them
dislike him exceedingly; for they
believe that great part of his
colossal fortune has been extracted
from them to their injury and by
means they usually describe as
unfair and extortionate.
when he was elected by the
Legislature there was a great scan
dial to which nobody in Colorado
Except some indurated political
crooks) is able now to refer with
out shame. If precedent amounts
to anything he may be regarded
as having been in danger of inves-
tigation and possible expulsion by
his fellow senators. With superb
Indifference to everything but the
overwhelmi G force of his wealth
he and the power behind him are
now laying plans and making COM
binations to return him at the end
of his present term. Something
almost romantic pertains to such
calm and bold acceptance of
things as they are"
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26
THE NEW srATElsM

The constitution of Colorado
has been amended to provide for a
state board of land commissioners,
whose three members shal be APP
pointed by the governor: one, the
president, for term of six years
a registrar for four years; an engi-
neer for two years-and successors
to be appointed for six years each.
In this board will be vested
authority over the great domain
of state lands in Colorado: and an
opportunity to enrich the common
wealth and its institutions perma-
nently. And it will be possessed
with a larger, if not n more sacred
trust. Upon Colorado and upon
this board will dependence than
upon any other state and its Off
cials-a just solution of one Of the
greatest questions now pressing
upon the attention of the Ameri-
can people.-Denver News.
This board will not be composed
Of governor, state superintendent
of schools and other state officers,
to look after our public lands as
an incidental matter and subject
to change every two years, but
will be practically a permanent
board and responsible for its acts,
This board is in line with what is
known as the commission system
of municipal government or the
Des Moines plan which is fast be.
ing introduced in the cities of the
country.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26

Recordo Mestas, fruit vender
from Capuline met with n serious
accident in town Monday. His
team ran away and he was thrown
out At first it was feared his
skull was fractured. Tuesday
morning he had recovered sufii-
GENTLY to be able to drive home.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26

We built the Moore's Non Leak.
able Fountain pen business in
Monte Vista 80 know the pen from
one end To the other and are able
to say positively that while We still
stock it together with the Water.
man Fountain Pen we know the
Conklin self-filler is a better pen
and We will absolutely and uncon.
ditionally guarantee it.
Fuller Drug Co.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26

The bankers blame the farmers
for using up all the money in the
country in the purchase of more
land. The farmers on the other
hand are blaming the bankers for
grabbing all the money in sight
and hiding it away. Both are
wrong and neither correct.-Ex.
What the farmers and business
men demand is a central bank,
owned and operated by the gov
eminent, big enough to issue cur
rency based on its own credit
sufficient to enable the people to
do a cash business.
The Monte Vista journal., 1910-11-26

Don't forget your tickets at
Fuller's.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20

Honesdale has ball team that for
a little country place like this is more
than up to snuff. 1t is composed
of local boys who play because they
love the game themselves and, fur
ther than that, believe the town
ought to be represented on the dia-
mond by an aggregation that can
play fast games with anybody and
win the most of them. We are glad
to notice that the ballgame crowds
are growing, but they ought to be
larger still. The White Mills games
and the Carbondale games are going
to show Wayne county some ball
that is ball. Let the men and the
women, the boys and the girls, turn
out and give Capt. Kupfer and his
boys the support they have earned.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20
THE STRENGTH OF HARMON.

Once more, let the Ohio Republi-
cans take warning of the natural
strength and growing popularity of
Gov. HARMON and plan to oppose
him with the strongest man the par
ty can produce from any of the 8S
counties of the Buckeye state. Gov.
HARMON, who began his job at
Columbus by cutting out useless
commissions that were costing tie
Ohio taxpayers thousands in real
money, has followed up a good sta I
by suspending from Office the weak
kneed Newark mayor who, it ap-
pears, made no effort to halt the
mob bent on lynching an anti-saloon
detective in the public square. Olio
sentiment today is all HARMON so
far as the Independent element, a
growing factor to be reckoned with,
is concerned.
Gov. HARMON, far and away the
strongest man the Democrats can
name in 1912, must be beaten i'll his
own state to keep him out of the
1912 convention. Silly Little NICK
LONGWORTH cannot beat him
Secretary JAMES R. GARFIELD,
badly mixed up in the BALLINGER-
PINCHOT wrangle, might or might
not beat him. Senator BURTON
would be stronger, but even BUR-
TON would not be more than even
money against HARMON at the
polls. If RALPH COLE were not
quite so much of a CANNON-PAYNE
standpatter he might do, but he
stood by Uncle Joe and Uncle Ser
emo and his Eighth congressional
district told him to go back and
practice law in Findlay.
1t looks today as though the Re-
publicans in Ohio would have to
find strong dark horse, and find
him in a hurry. Gov. HARMON
must be defeated for reelection. We
expect to see him defeated if the
right man is found to run against
him in November. TAFT men and
ROOSEVELT men in TAFT'S Ohio
should get much buster than they are
today.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20
Come Old Home Week.

The Record in this issue devotes
much space to telling of the Old
Home week celebration to be held
here the coming week, believing that
the people of the county generally
Will be interested in so prominent
and important an event. The peo-
pie of the whole county naturally
take an interest in the growth and
welfare of the county seat, and, that
being true, will be only too glad of
the opportunity of spending at least
a day here to take in the festivities.
There will be nothing that will in
any way cause the blush of shame
to mount to the face of anyone. The
fun, there will be plenty of It, will
be of the pure, wholesome kind and
this is guaranteed by the committee
of arrangements.
Come to Stroudsburg and see it in
it's best bib and tucker, and that will
be the condition of the town for the
big week, the decorations being of
very elaborate nature. The old town
is already decked out in gala attire.
And the decorators have not nearly
finished their work. The carnival
will be the big attraction and it will
be appreciated by the visitors be-
cause of the fact that it will be con-
Quoted entirely by local people.
The parades and the baseball
games and the horseraces and what
not will all add to the pleasure of
the occasion and will make our
neighbors and friends more and more
desirous of coming here for the cele-
bration. Be among the crowd; you
will have the time of your life. You
will no doubt meet many old friends
and acquaintances. some, possibly,
you have not seen for years, and you
will feel better for having visited the
town during the Old Home week
One last word, come.-Editorial in
Monroe Record.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20
CLEANUP DAYS THE THING.

Not many days ago The Citizen
felt called upon to administer a mild
bawling out to the Bellefonte DEM
ocratic Watchman for the unmitigat-
ed audacity that frequently sane and
always entertaining paper had dis
played in declaring that if CLIFFORD
PINCHOT should run on the third
ticket for governor of Pennsylvania
Mr.. ROOSEVELT would come over
to the Pennsylvania hustings and
stump for Mr.. PINCHOT" in the
latter's attempt to down JOHN K.
TENER, regular Republican, and
WEBSTER GRIM, regular Demo-
cratic nominee. 1t was an idiotic
notion, this, that Mr.. ROOSEVELT,
despite some characteristic radical
ism at this as at all times, despite
considerable sympathy on some
points with the Republican insur-
gents, would butt into this states
campaign in the effort to beat the
Republican state conventions regu-
lar nominee; and we pointed out the
fact that, despite a whole lot of per-
sonal love for PINCHOT and PIN
CHOT'S conservation policies, Mr..
ROOSEVELT is still with his party.
But we like to give the Devil his
due. When a deluded Democratic
organ cuts clear of it's political
idiosyncrasies and commences to
argue for any cause that makes for
local betterment, we mean to make
ample note of it. And here is what
the Watchman says about cleanup
day in Bellefonte-a day, or a move
ment, that received liberal boosting
space in the Watchman's columns:
Clean up day in Bellefonte re-
suited in such a general effort in
cleaning up and clearing out that
the ladies who had the work in
charge have cause to feel greatly
gratifed. There was almost uni
versal compliance with their request
and, except in few cases, all of the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20

residents of the town accepted the
notice from the respective commit
tees in the proper spirit. II was to
be expected that few would be i'm
pertinent. There are always some
down on community and they
are the ones who must seize on Just
such an opportunity to express their
disgruntled thoughts or make smar-
ties of themselves.
There's nothing like It, in Belle
fonte or anywhere else! The slick
ing up of streets and yards is the
advertisement that too many places,
large and small, stand in need of.
Cleanup day, like Old Home week,
is long step toward the improve
ment of every town that tries it.
Scores of Eastern towns that have
had a cleanup day propose to make
the yard-and-street-c period
an annual function. There's lot of
fun in the job, and the good the
community derives, both from the
favorable impression strangers re-
ceive and in the comfortable sense
of being picked up for once in your
life, is incalculable.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20

Stroudsburg is getting ready for
Old Home week and nothing else is
talked about in that burg these
days. The idea is a popular one. 1t
costs something in time and money,
of course, but the pleasure and down
right happiness more than repay
those public-spirited citizens who
carry it into Easton Free
Press.
Stroudsburg is going to have a
model celebration, judging from the
press reports that come from the
Water Gap settlement. There will
be regular parade and baby par
ade. There will be decorations and
bands and hospitality and fireworks
and perhaps a speech by Congress-
man MITCHELL PALMER'S Old
friend from Washington and Mis-
souri,, the Hon. CHAMP CLARK,
who really talks very well when off
his chronic job of chief rainbow
chaser for the Hon. WILLIAM JEN-
NINGS BRYAN and the radical
Democracy. There will be enough
doing in the way of pleasureseeking
and sightseeing and feasting to TO-
Gus all eastern Pennsylvania eyes on
the quaint little town by the Water
Gap-no doubt at all about that.
And Honesdale is going to help swell
the throng that waits on the big re-
union and jollification in the shire
town of Monroe county. Hundreds
of people who were delighted with
the Old Home week that not many
months ago was held in Honesdale
have planned to put in a part OF
this week in Stroudsburg.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-07-20

, Every public-spirited citizen will
plan to attend the public meeting of
the Board of Trade in town hall
July 29, when the ideas of local
business men for developing the
latent resources of Honesdale will be
fully and frankly discussed. The
officers of the Board are thorough
business men, who propose to devote
as much time as they can to the up
building of Honesdale and its con-
tiguous territory. They solicit the
suggestions and support of everyone
who has the best business interests
of Honesdale at heart. Let the at
tendance at this initial meeting be
worth while, and let the man with
ideas be on hand to give them full
expression. That will be good citi-
zenship as well as good self-interest.
Turn out and talk it over!