The San Francisco call., 1910-04-04

The mayor, officials and citizens of
Boyvire will begin a week of the ut
most activity today, according to plans
completed yesterday afternoon by
Mayor Benjamin Katz and his cabinet
in Sidney Peixotto's rooms in the Pal
ace hotel, which were converted into
temporary city hall. While squad
lures for subscriptions for the Colum-
bia Park Boys club the youthful city
fathers" will be busy with affairs of
state, the obtaining of municipal i'm
provements in matters that affect, San
F'rancisco's youngsters and other grave
things, though now and again the days
and nights of toll will be enlivened
with lighter events-games, theatrical
entertainments and ball.
Mayor P. H. Mccarthy, in person.
If his health permits, or through rep
resentative, will install the boy mayor
at the entertainment in the st. Francis
hotel this evening, but long before that
time Katz and his cabinet of commits
sioners will have been settled in their
offices, $40 Crocker building, and con-
Quoted on a tour of inspection through
out the city.
At II o'clock this morning 13 year old
Mayor Katz will call on Mayor Nc
Carthy and be assigned his office, at 3
o'clock in the afternoon he will attend
a meeting of the board of supervisors
and then the inauguration will come at
in the evening.
One of the reforms in young San
Francisco's life that will be fought for
will be what Mayor Katz denounces as
a conspiracy against the peace and
freedom of his citizens at the Golden
Gate park ball grounds. There, the
mayor declares, and his cabinet affirm,
toughs sometimes take possession of
the grounds and charge % cents each
to every team that wishes to play
there The graft, his honor states,
must and will be done away with.
1t is hinted and the rumor is current
in every household in the city which
contains boys, that there are other re-
strictions on boy. liberty that will be
dealt with.
When Mayor Katz and his commits
sioners inspect the water front Friday
they may do 1t in style, for 1t is all
but settled that the harbor commission
ers' tug, as a favor from one official
body to another. will be placed at their
disposal. Then the party will be given
an opportunity to acquaint themselves
with every detail of the harbor's ship
ping facilities and commercial import
ance.
In addition to the installation of
Mayor Katz at the ST. Francis tonight
there will be an illustrated lecture on
the work and activities of the Columbia
Park Boys club by Sidney S. Peixotto,
covering also the summer walking
trips and the tour recently made of
Australia and the south seas.
Jean BoWles, who originated the idea
of having a boy mayor, is taking a
prominent part in the arrangement of
the weeks fun.
The mayors cabinet is composed of
Walter Burke, his secretary; George
Mann, John Libby, Hillman Campbell
and Herman Kurtzman.
The following notice has been issued:
To the Merchants of San Fran
cisco: To make boy week in fact
the red letter event it is to be, the
merchants of the downtown section
are requested to dress their show
windows, decorate and illuminate
as far as possible in red, the color
of the Columbia Park boys club.
1t is suggested that incandescent
light bulbs left from the Portola
fete be used for illuminating pur
poses.
MRS JAMES NJ. JORDAN,
Chairman Maintenance and Build
ing Committee, Columbia Park
Rows Cfuh