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The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
GREAT TRANSPORTATION I'M
PROVEMENTS

The definite announcement that the
Great Northern railway is building
swift steamers to carry 1000 passen-
gers, leaving San Francisco one night
and landing the passengers in Port
land by rail from Astoria the next
night. coupled with the statement that
the trip to Honolulu is TO be shortened
TO four days, and the added story of
the construction of thousands of tons
of steam shipping by dozen and a
half of the great marine transporta-
ton lines of the world. is great news
for the advantage of the shipper and
the traveller.
It is likely, in fact it is certain, that
with the great transportation improve
ments in sight there will be genuine
competition by which the public will
benefit It will be practically impos-
sible for the railroads SO to gain con-
troll and make combinations as to pre-
vent competition The sooner the
canal is opened and the new shipping
is moving the greater California will
become
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
THE RED PLAGUE PLAYS

The opening of the theatrical sea-
son with a play dealing with SO con-
servative a theme as white slavery
will cause apprehension as to whether
the Broadway stage has begun to re-
act from the high uplift ideals of last
year, according to the sarcastic New
York World.
Is The Lure" with its prosecuted
salesgirls and cadets. the best it can
offer after Damaged Goods? That
drama of hereditary blood disease
was thought to mark the opening OF
a new field Of dramatic exploitation.
Are these expectations to be disap-
pointed Think of the store OF "dra-
matte" material that hospitals and
insane asylums could provide for
variations on this highly chaste
theme.
One play does not make a season,
but drama that might be transcript
from an investigating committee re-
port produced in the immediate wake
of dramas of the medical clinic order
denotes distinct ante-cliinax. Have
Broadway managers gone as far as
they deem it prudent to go at time
when the public thought they had only
begun They have exhausted the
field of crook plays; they have
staged the Raines law hotel; they
have familiarized playgoers from the
remotest west with the ins and outs
of underworld vice and crime, though
ii has been a mystery why audiences
should pay 81 head to see the stage
representation of form of life they
can see in much more dramatic form
for nothing in the night courts. Is
this the limit of their art?
In the circumstances, the outlook
for the theatergoer is discouraging.
Must the New York stage finally turn
in despair to wholesomeness and
decency?
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
Pennsylvania EUGENICS
LAW

The new law requiring applicants
for marriage license to answer
questions bearing on their ''eugenic"
qualifications is not working we'll in
Pennsylvania, so the New York
Mail says Numerous applicants,
finding themselves required to under
go an examination which they deem
humiliating, refuse to answer the
questions and arrange to secure a
license in another state where the
eugenic fad has not found favor.
But it is not only persons contem-
plating matrimony who object to the
new law. At the international medi-
cal congress in London one OF the
delegates, who enjoys a high repu-
tation as an authority in his profes-
sion, condemned the eugenics idea as
a serious hindrance to the normal de-
velopment of the human race, and it
is significant fact that not voice
was raised in opposition to his criti-
cisn
The same ground is taken by DIR.
Charles S. Potts, distinguished neu-
rologist of Philadelphia, who contends
that, however acceptable eugenics may
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be in theory, in practice it IS bad.
He says: You can not regulate the
marriage of people in this world on
utilitarian principles-that is, unless
you are going to run it on the prin-
ciples of stock farm.
It is not necessary to be scientisr
to see the point of the objection that
Doctor Potts raises. Plain, unlearned
men and women, who believe in get
ting married because of mutual love
and respect, independent of scientific
principles, can see it for themselves,
and hence it is that the attempt to
force the eugenics proposition upon
the people of Pennsylvania is already
showing signs of being a failure
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
HOTEL NEWS

Bert H. Bingham of Fresno is guest
at the Manx.
DR.. ]. j. Mcigs of Stockton is stay
ing at the Sutter.
S. Klein, a merchant of Eureka, Is
stopping at the Sutter.
r. H. Beamer, a real estate dealer
of Woodla wn, is at the Sutter
L. NJ Macdonald, a business man OF
Fresno is at the Union Square.
II. S. Cans, business man of Red
Bluff, is stopping at the Manx.
John M Sands. g. railroad man of
Los Angeles, Is a guest at the Palace
r. L. Kittrell real estate man of
Modesto, is registered at the Argonaut
George f. Feister. an oil man of
Maricopa, is stopping at the 81 Fran
els.
c. L. Newmlller state prison director,
from Stockton, is registered at the
Palace.
James c. Charles and Mrs. Charles Of
Mexico City have taken apartments at
the Fairmont.
Sydney NJ Colgate, soap manu-
facturer of Orange. N. j., is guest
at the Fairmont.
j. T. FEEDER and f. Y. Dalziel, bank
ers of New York city. are registered
at the ST. Francis.
George A. Spencer, a merchant of
Sacramento. and Mrs Spencer are stay
ing at the Argonaut-
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Talbot and Mr.
and Mrs. T. NJ. Berry of Los Angeles
are staying al the Palace.
George A. Bond. q financier Of New
York city. Mrs. Bond and Miss Bond
are staying at the Manx.
P. Dempsey Tabler we'll known
motor truck agent of Los Angeles, is
registered at the Stewart.
w r.. Lemphey. largely interested in
Alaska fisheries, Mrs. Lemphey and
Miss Lemphey are. guests at the
Stewart
S. Horofvitz, q merchant of Garden
Grove, and Mrs Horofvitz who are
here on their honeymoon, are staying
at the Union Square.
William Homan, president of the
Masonic Veterans and deputy Of the
supreme council of the state of New
York, is at the st. Francis.
Hawaiian night will be held on the
evening of September 3 in the Stewart
hotel. Thisis an annual custom Ct the
hotel. when residents of the islands
in San Francisco hold reunion A
dinner and dance will be features of
the evening.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
BIG BUSINESS IN SMALL
WARES

A concern that retails, through
numerous shops III numerous conf
munities, small wares in common use,
in purchases of and 10 cents, re-
ports aggregate sales for the hrst
seven months of the present year OF
S3,225,782, as reported in the Chris
tian Science Monitor, which says its
sales for July were S424,484 III ex-
cess of those of the corresponding
month of 1912 The company in con-
troll OF this concern has branch cor
poration in England The figures
given here. however. have to do with
American transactions exclusively.
The. shops now doing business under
this management in all parts of the
United States number 66S: within the
year II more are TO be added. This
is not the only establishment extern
sively in the small ware business, but
ii is the largest, and serves best the
purpose to impress on our readers, if
they have not been impressed with
the fact already, how nearly within
the grasp of everybody is that sup
posedly Elusive thing called oppor-
tunity
As the system is operated now,
everything favors it. The mills and
factories make goods to meet its re-
quirements; the jobbers and whole
salers cater TO it; it can purchase in
great quantities and at the lowest
prices: it can take over vast invoices
of small wares in clearing" and rem
nant' sales and dispose of them
quickly through its numerous outlets;
it has the custom: it sells for cash; it
takes advantage of all discounts.
But the man who started the system
going could not do these things. He
was compelled to meet unfavorable
and antagonistic conditions He had
70 overcome business and popular
prejudice The only thing he could
count upon was his courage. His
capital might dwindle, but if his
courage, fortified by determination,
remained, he could contend against
all obstacles. And he did contend
against them, and successfully. The
opportunity was not intended for him
solely. 1t had long been throwing
itself in the way of others. Others
passed it by disdainfully; he seized it.
II was not the last opportunity, either
Others equally good are waiting to be
seized They may look small, even
contemplate, but they carry with
them possibilities in development
equal to any that have been picked up
and put to good use in the past
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
TEXAS AT THE EXPOSITION

The bill providing for commission
to arrange for a Texas exhibit at<the
Panama Pacific exposition having be-
come a law, the first important work
of the commission will be the raising
of fund with which to prepare and
maintain the exhibit, work in which
the San Antonio Express hopes the
members will have the support OF
Texans generally.
Under the state constitution the
expense of the exhibit can not be
borne by the state treasury; conse-
quently it will be necessary to raise
the money by subscription, task
which will devolve on the commits
sion
Other progressive states will be
we'll represented at the exposition,
some OF which will give state aid for
the purpose, and since Texas can not
make such provision, the money must
be contributed by the people. Boun-
tiful crops have been raised in nearly
every section of the state this year
and prosperity is general, so the peo-
pie most interested can we'll afford TO
contribute literally to the fund which
will be needed As the Express has
said. il would be better TO have no
exhibit than to have one that will not
compare favorably with exhibits from
other states, so, since arrangements
have been made to send display. the
people of Texas can not afford to
allow an inferior one to be exhibited.
1t may be expected, therefore. that
Texans will respond literally to re-
quests for contributions. Texas has
too much at stake to allow repre-
sentation at the exposition that will
not be a creditable one.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
Heckline a FIeckler

A good story is told of w. ]. Fox, a
free trade colleague Of John Bright.
Fox was clever debater and unex-
celled in repartee. His chief heckler
in Oldham was local baker who once
had the misfortune to be fined by the
magistrate for selling short weight
bread. Fox also had the misfortune to
separate from his wife. On one occa-
sion. after he. had delivered an address
70 his constituents, the baker got up
and said:
Mr.. Fox there is just one question
| should like to ask you. What has
become of your wife,
Sir replied Fox. she has been
weighed in the balance and found
wanting. New Orleans States.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
SOCIAL NEWS

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid is entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid and MT.
and Mrs. Murray Sargent at Wlidalf
Camp. In Paul Smith, n. Y, where sne
Is passing the late summer. Mrs Relu
was a visitor to California early IN the
spring, being accompanied on her west
ern journey by Mrs. Sargent's cousin
Miss Lois Cunningham. who is now vls-
iting in WooGside at the country nome
of Mrs. James Cunningham. Mr. ana
Mrs. Reid will be guests of Mrs. Whlte-
law Reid until the close of the season.
Major William Hastings Brooks, Y. 5.
A., retired. and Mrs. Brooks have taken
a fiat In Union street for year Mr.
and Mrs. Jack West tRuth Brooks) Will
pass the winter with Mrs Vests
parents.
Mrs Martin Crimmins, who with her
two sons has been summering II New
York with Captain Crimmins father,
John D. Crimmins, will return about the
middle OF September to her home IN the
Preside.
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Miss Ida Bourn has rejoined her
mother. Mrs. W. B. Bourn,~ at the coun-
try home in ST Helena after a week $
visit in this city as the guest OF frienus.
Miss Grace Buckley has gone to Ia
hoe, where she is visiting with Mrs
William Sproule and Miss Marie Bald
win.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fennfnloe, who
are also sojourning at the tavern, have
decided to prolong their visit until Sep
tember L. So have Mr.. and Mrs William
Morrow.
Mrs. George NJ. Apple, wife of Captain
Apple. U. s. A., arrived Friday from
Denver, Colo, where she had been visit
ing her mother for the last two months.
She is now the guest of Major and Mrs.
j. c. Johnson at Fort Miley. Mrs. Ap-
pie will sail on the Ventura Tuesday
for Honolulu, where she will join Cap
tain Apple. who is stationed with the
first company of field artillery at Scho-
field barracks
Colonel James NJ. Arrasmith of the
Sixth infantry and Mrs Arras smith have
returned to their home in the Presldlo o
after several months IN Washington and
New York.
Mrs. Richard Hall, formerly Miss Cor
nelia Macrae of this city is here on
visit to her mother. Mrs. M. t. Maerae.
She Will return shortly 10 W dSillil5 10 IL
where Captain Hall, Z. s. NJ G., IS sta
toned.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Frank zook and Judge
and Mrs. Edgar Zook, who motored to
Lake Tahoe last Friday, will return to-
day to their homes in San Rafael
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Mrs. E. Avery Mccarthy. accompanied
by her brother, Herbert Howard Will
return to Los Angeles today after
week in San Francisco.
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From Newport comes word that Peter
Martin is slowly recovering from the
nervous breakdown with which he has
been suffering for several weeks. Since
his arrival in Newport. where he and
Mrs Martin are occupying the Morrell
cottage, Mr.. Martin has been under the
care of physicians
Mr.. and Mrs Adrian Splivalo have
rented a house in Union street for the
winter season.
\
Mr.. and Mrs Stewart McNah are
making a weeks visit in Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. A. .. Shepard have
returned to their home in Pacific avenue
after a visit in the north.
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Bernard Faymonville will return this
week from Shasta.
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The Plucky Captain

The late Bishop Doane. in a fourth of
July address in Albany, once urged his
hearers to fight against socialism as
their ancestors had fought against the
British.
Put UP good stiff fight said the
bishop. "and the pluck of these miser
able socialists will be no better than
that of Captain ScraSgs
Captain Scraggs saw active service
once. The engagement was pretty stiff
In fact, 1t looked hopeless to the cap
tain However, he said cheeriiy to his
men.
My brave fellows, fight like heroes
till your ammunitions gone. then run
for your lives I've got sore foot so
I'll start now. Au reyoir. my hear
ties New Orleans States.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
FERRY TALES
By LINDSAY CAMPBELL


T TERE is mixture Of brickbats
and bouquets, woven by ferry
tale reader into mosaic of con-
structive criticism and submitted with
the request that 1t be presented
to the Southern Pacific through the
medium OF this column. He opens with
a tribute to the patriotic heroism Of
the Southern Pacific In maintaining
very excellent train and ferry service
at fearful cost. and the face OF the
mathematically demonstrated fact that
any increase in business means addi-
tional burden on a faithful but over
loaded public service corporation.
The company writes this commuter
critic, has furnished the best equipped
electric service in the world. The trains
are capable of making better time
than those of the Key Route, but they
haven't done so yet, and never will
until somebody that knows how and
has the authority to make changes
gives his undivided attention to the
operating department.
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1T was promised that the cutoff
would reduce the time But. alas the
provision of one time saver seems to
be the cue for the introduction of sew
eral time eaters. The present frequent
delay at sixteenth street may be
averted when the elevated track is fin
ished, but there are several points at
which the service must be lacked up IN
order to make the overhead and cutoff
effective.
"A great deal of delay is due TO
obstructions along the mole. The runs
from the mole to Sixteenth street often
take six minutes and the same train
makes the run from Sixteenth street
to Berkeley station in from II to IS
minutes. If the company. wants to
make any reduction in the tedious run
to and from msBerkeley--and l think it
does-it must provide means of cut
ting out the delays caused by the
switching of passenger trains running
in and out of the mole. These are
terrible time eaters and to an onlooker
who knows nothing about railroading
il would seem as if the remedy lay in
the exercise of little better Judgment
in the switching tower on Oakland pier.
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When these delays at Sixteenth
street and on the mole have been done
away with the Man Who Knows can
turn his attention to the dispatchng
of the boats. There is more delay than
necessary between the arrival of the
last local train and the departure of
the boat. With a boat running every
20 minutes il seems hardly good judg-
ment to hold one in the slip after the
time scheduled for its departure In or
der to take on board freight, mail or
passengers from belated overland.
Both the Southern Pacific and the
ferry tale column have been responsive
to the needs of travel when the way has
been pointed out, and l make bold to
ask your help in this case.
Not long ago I came from Berkeley
to the foot of Market street in 3el5
minutes. This should be the rule. and
not notable exception The company
says that II loses II cents on every pas
senger carried. 1t may de that at least
part of this loss is leakage caused by
the lost motion in its system"
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There you are. Mr.. S. P. just as it
came to me, redhot from the typewriter
of a commuter who evidently keeps
now is to find the Man Who Knows"
endow him with the authority of czar
and turn him loose an Oakland nier
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
LITTLE MOVIES
Consistent

What was the result of that inves-
tigation?y
Which one?" asked Mr.. Dustin Stax
The inquiry in which you kept say
ing you knew nothing about the mat
ter"
Il am consistent to the close I
don't feel quite clear as to what the
result was."-Washingto Star
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Extreme Mendacity

so you have doubts Of that mans
veracitye'
Yes replied Mr. Growcher. When
see message he has written on a
postcard ! don't even believe the pic
ture. Washing gton Star
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Another Use

Yes; I have resigned from the
militia
Going to beat your sword into a
plowshare. eh?'
No; my girl wants it to decorate a
cosy corner with.'-Kansas city Jour-
nal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
Inconsistency

you say your wife is an anti-suf-
fragist?
Yes; she spends her time gadding
around the country asserting that
woman's place is the home. ."-Kansas
City Journa
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25

The water wagon. has been COM
pletely abandoned in Brooklyn. Three
of them, which cost $3.50 each, were
sold under the hammer for s6773 each.
STILL it is a good town to live in
Judge.
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More Progress

That dollar graduating gown
Was certainly immense.
And now they have the same marked
down
To 81 cents
kansas City Journal
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
The Fun Of Il

Cant you see,'' his friend asked,
that she is making a fool of you?'
Yes. can see 1t plainly enough but
it's such fun to let her keep on think
ing l don't know it."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
30 PIONEERS"

A young girls struggle against un-
yielding ground amid sickness, death
and unfavorable circumstances, and her
final success. is the brief outline of
20 Pioneers The seamy side of life
on a stern Nebraska prairie with home
steads few and far apart is admirably
told. Alexandra, the heroine. is a calm,
imperious. capable Swede, who forges
ahead acquiring land and making 1t
productive. OF the three boys in the
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Fennlmore, VINO
are also sojourning at the tavern, nave
decided to prolong their visit until Sep
tember i. So have Mr. and Mrs. William
Morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25

WIDOWS FUND--widow. Oakland This de-
partmcnt Is unable to discover that there is
law In this state granting pension to
widows.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25

There you are, Mr.. S. P, just as it
came to me, redhot from the typewriter
of a commuter who evidently keeps
tabs. All that seems to be necessary
now is to find the Man Who Knows"
endow him with the authority of a czar
and turn him loose on Oakland pier.
The San Francisco call., 1913-08-25
All, Me !

Kansas city Journal.
Mower County transcript., 1913-07-16
Notice of Mortgage Sale by Advertisement

Default has been made in the payment of tho
SUN OF E Two sd three hundred seventy
claimed to be due and is due at the date of this
notice npon certain mortgage duly executed
fne sSsaGs1 by Geo,ge G. shIadeE and Mary
duly, recorded in the office OF the Register Of
State Of Minnesota or the 18th day | of March h
A. D. 1911, at II o'clock a. M, in Book Is Of
Mortgages. on page 81.
Said Mortgage is conditioned that if default
teihed. 1t shall be lawful for said Mortgages,
his assign, or attorney, to declare the whole
be dre and to
said mortgage remaining unpaid to.wit:
=, The sum of Seven Thousand Three Hundred
Ninety.si9 and 2s-1o0ths Dollars is hereby de.
fdahed % re Ito to oe d@pe @ and the said sum is claimed
And no acti on or proceeding at law or other
wise having been Instituted to recover 9TH the
tn Gent secured by said Mortgage. or any part
Now. Therefore. Notice is hereby given that
by virtue of power of sale contained in said
mortgage and pursuant to the statutes in such
be @ he premises
The :, North Half h Of Section twenty-five (a6),
Section Twenty-four (24). all in Township One
Hundred Three (1o3) North of Range Eighteen
SlS), %est Except the railroad risht-of: :way),
OuI huuOIoO acres more less in
Mower County, and state of Minnesota with the
hereditaments and appurtenances, will be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder for cash
any, on said premises, and Fifty dollars Attor-
neys fee, as stipulated in and by said mortgage
in case OF foreclosure, and the disbursements
the Sheriff of said Mower County at the wex
front door Of the Court House in the city II
Austin, In said County and State. on Saturdax.
the 9Th day of August A. D., 1918, at 10 o'e}oc3
q: m. OF that day, subject to redemption at any
time within one year from the day OF sale as
Dated at Austin, Mimi, June Goth, A. D. 1918.
LYMAN D. BAIRD, Mortgages
a. y. fAVc, Attorney for MOrtgagee. 1877
Mower County transcript., 1913-07-16
A. GOPHER DESTROYER.

A Minneapolis correspondent sends
US a recipe for killing the pocket 60
pher, which he has found excellent
It is so simple and inexpensive that
we. give it here in his own words it
is evident that early spring is the best
time to use it.
eve were troubled last year i'm
mensely with this pest Early in the
spring I made a hole in their run with
broom handle. Into this I dropped
a raisin, having first replaced the seeds
with crystals of sulphate of strychnine.
One or two early applications rid the
whole place of the pest, and there has
been but one recurrence, and a single
dose fixed this also. .''-F. Z. Washburn,
Entomologist, University Farm, St.
Paul.