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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
FERR Y r ALES
BY LINDSAY CAMPBELL

Here is another Tamalpais nre
story. They are telling it out at the
Presidio and those commuters VINO
are not forest rangers are repeating Il
with uncharitable glee. At the head
of Blythedale canyon, so the story
goes, about 200 fight worn regulars
went into camp The fire on the
mountain seemed to be under control
The soldiers had earned their rest,
but when word came OF another out
break they hit the trail again with
out a murmur.
An excited forest ranger. on the
Mill Valley end of a telephone, re-
ported to the commanding officer OF
the 200 regulars that a new ire had
broken out in the vicinity of Lark
spur.
Tell us how to get there said the
commanding officer, "and we'll jump
right out
March your men to Mill Valley.
said the ranger. Well have a special
train waiting for you and will shoot
you out to Larkspur. One of our men
will meet you there and guide you to
the fire.
Down the hot, dusty road to Mill
Valley tramped the tired regulars, who
had enjoyed just enough rest to make
them realize how weary they were. At
Mill Valley they boarded the special
me-
by the ranger who was to lead them
to the conf1agration.
Oscar Beyfus. according to some OF
the accounts, was the name of the
ranger-guide The regulars have
shorter and uglier names for him now.
Whatever his name he knew exactly
where the new fire was and would lead
the way.
Up hill and down declivity he led
them; through jungles of poison oak
and nettles and over dusty stretches
on which there was no shade from
the hot sun 1t was the toughest hike
of the campaign The commanding Of
f1cer. noting the played out condition
OIL MS T1eIl, was dUOut u Cdii q ioAe
when their guide exclaimed:
We're getting there. The smoke
saw is just over this ridge
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Over the ridge scrambled the sol
diers, and when they saw what they
did see, not even the presence of their
commanding officer and the restraining
influence of military discipline modi-
fed the temperature of the language
with which they relieved their feel
ings.
The guide had led them back to the
B1ythedale camp, from the ease of
which they had been so ruthlessly torn,
and the fire from which arose the smoke
that had caused the alarm, was their
own camp fire.
No, AS far as I can learn they did
not invite that forest ranger to stay
for dinner.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
LITTLE MOVIES
Two Baskets

A New Haven citizen who started his
business career peddling home made
starch from basket died recently,
leaving an estate valued at $1,000, 900.
This recalls the fplaintive story of
Artemus Ward, who was pointing out
the sights of Cleveland to an out of
town friend.
do you see the old party crossing
the square over there-the patriarch
with the jungle of white whiskers?"
YES" replied the eager friend.
We'll, that old chap started out in
life with borrowed basket
"And now" the eager friend
prompted.
''He still owes for the basket
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Japan at the Exposition

Oh All doubt as to what Japan will do at the
Panama-Pacihc exposition may be considered
put at rest by the statement of Mr.. Hashimoto
vice minister Of commerce.
Mr.. Hashimoto said: "The authorities under
stand that it is reasonable for Japanese merchants
TO refuse to exhibit at the Panama Pacific exposi.
tion owing to their natural resentment against
the alien land ownership law, but such participa-
ton would ease the situation and the japanese
government hopes that the nation will send as
many exhibits as possible
1t is manifest by this statement that Japan
will DO its best and will be represented as worthy
as it always has been at international expositons
IT not be denied that Japan might readily
have found reasonable excuses for participa-
ton in the exposition, since the nation as whole
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

STATE HOMES FOR soLDIERs-H. D. H.,
Pine Ridge. The Following are the requirements
Tor admission to state home for volunteer sol
diers:
States service during a war in which it was
engaged
?. Disability which prevents the applicant
from earning his living by labor
,. Applicants for admission will be required
to stipulate and agree to abide by all the rules
or by Its order TO perform oil duties required
or them and to obey all the lawful orders Of the
officers OF the home Attention Is called TO the
fact that by the law establishing the home the
cles OF war and viii be governed thereby in the
manner as il they were In the army OF the
United States.
4. soldier or sailor must forward with his
application for admission his discharge paper
and when he is 4 pensioner. his pension
branch TO which the applicant Ia admitted. to
be kept there for him. and returned to him when
he is discharged. This rule is adooted to prevent
the loss OF such papers and certificates. ard to
win be considered unless these papers are sent
with it. II the original discharge does not exist
a copy OF discharge. certfHed by the war or
navy department. by the adjutant general of
the state, must accompany the application.
i LOAN Sharks. H.. City. The bill intro
duced in the hast iegislature by Senator Bryant,
commonly known as the loan shark BILL, was
signed by the governor 1t regulates the assign
ment Of wages and prohibits the assignment Of
wages to be earned in the future.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
LOBBY GOSSIP
Mint Director Boosts Wilson

T. w. III. Shanahan, recently ap-
Francisco by President Woodrow Will
son, is an ardent booster for the chief
executive. Mr.. Shanahan, who is at the
Palace. just returned from a lengthy
visit to Washington. He is an attorney
by profession and lives in Redding. He
said:
President Wilson is not the weak
kneed person that some people think
He has a mind of his own and does
considerable able bodied thinking with
it. My impression of the president is
that he is big man and that he will
be one of the best chief magistrates
this country has ever had. When one
considers the grave problems he has
had to face in the short space of time he
has been in office and when one thinks
of the able manner in which he has
solved them, one is forced to concede
he has much ability. The American
people need not worry about Presi
dent Wilson. He is a credit to the
United States and those who oppose
him in political faith, if they are just,
will say that he is wonderful man."
Speaking of the mint, Mr.. Shanahan
said:
Il do not contemplate making any
sweeping changes. l couldn't, as a
matter of fact, if I wanted to. The
president appoints nearly all of the
employees who are not on the civil
service list, and 1 won't have anything
not been confirmed by the senate as
yet SO / am not yet the director.
will make my home in San Francisco
and l will do the best / can to keep
the institution in this city"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
democrats will be hard pressed to find

democrats will be hard pressed to find
material for their next campaign.
On the other hand, the republican
party will be provided with an issue
without any labor on its part. Having
turned the republicans out because OF
the high cost of living, the voters nat
urally will resent the failure of the
democrats to make good on this ons
vital issue affecting every man, woman
and child in the country. The demo-
Gratis will not be able to make the
same excuses that were made by the
republicans. They will not be able
to say that the tariff has nothing to
do with the cost of living because
that would be reputation of their
own statements in the last campaign.
Thus. whether the tariff has, or has
not, any relation to high prices the
democrats have placed burden on
their own shoulders which they can
not dislodge. They must conquer what
the economists say is an unavoidable
condition, prevailing not only in the
United States but in every country
The democrats must cut down th@
cost of living or face the wrath of the
voters at the next Washing
ton Post.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

BRACELET-W. T. r.. Cucamonga There i.
worn adornments by either savage or civilized
nations. Bracelets being worn by men are men
toned in the bible, Genesis. xxxviii:1s: worn by
women Genesis, iv:30. In Europe bracelets
and armlets worn by the barbarian and the
classical nations from the earliest times The
Gauls wore them. and the Sabines as early as
the foundation of Rome had golden armlets on
the left arm
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GLACIER PARk-A. o. s, City. Glacier Ma
tonal park is located in Montana. and has an
of about 915 coo acres Within this park
there about $50 lakes ranging from few
hundred feet 10 10 miles square in area. There
are more than so glaciers in the park The park
is open to tourists from May to September Is
OF each year
SEAPoRTS-O. s. B., City. The FIVE greatest
seaports OF the world, based on the tonnage
movement entered and cleared, rank in the fol-
lowing order: New York, Antwerp London
Hamburg and Rotterdam
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HOPLAND-S Subscriber City. The elevation ot
Hogand, Mendocino county, is 4s7 feet above the
sea level.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Petaluma S Needs

Petaluma has fine streets, but seldom
is there street to be found that has a
sign on the corner desigating the name.
This is much needed Improvement to
the town, which should be attended to
visitors in town on the fourth there
were many who wanted to find the
house of a friend or relative, but how
hard it was to find it when the streets
were found not to be named. Now
let's have this improvement-Peta
luna Courier.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Door Red Kelly
On Monday night the |

81 On Monday nIght the ponce COMMISSION K
fused to grant Red Kelly's application to
change his Midway dance hall Pacific street
into a cafe with dancing privileges and an en-
trance on Columbus avenue.
When the commission unanimously refused to
grant the license Kelly according to the reporter,
wiped his eyes and said: 1 quit.
Poor Red" kellyi He wipes his eyes and
quits.
Slow music and tunl-tum-t -tu1n-tum the
fiddle strings, should accompany this sad an
nouncement for Red" kellys place has been one
of the most notorious the Barbary coast, where
red lights are hung out to steer the unsteady
traveller in the right that is to say, the wrong
direction.
1t may be true, as poor Red Kelly says, that
he quits because he can't make living in the cafe
business unless dancing is permitted; but the COM
bination of cafe and dancing girls of the kind
Red Kelly wants does not sit we'll on the stonl-
ach of San Francisco.
There are cafes, and respectable ones, not very
far from the Midway, which is the place Mr.. Kelly
thinks he will now quit which do make living
without the dance hall attachment, and this
throws a little doubt on the sincerity of Mr..
Kelly's statement. Indeed there are some doubts
in some minds whether pity and sorrow for Mr..
Kelly's misfortunes not wholly wasted.
Dancing and drinking taken together make a
bad combination The Rockefeller report shows
that they form of the chief sources of the
corruption of young girls. A city can be liberal
in its administration without standing for the ad-
mission of minor females, nominay for the pur-
pose of dancing to places where drinks sold,
and specially where the place is like the Midway.
Commissioner Kuhl. and Father Terrence
Carraher, president OF the North Beach associa-
tion are to be congratulated the effectiveness
of their opposition TO Mr. Kelly. Poor Red
needs no pity.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
SHARP POINTS
2 Mutch

Philadelphia girl who started
hunger strike" succumbed after a
two days fast, when she was offered
Ihat was y mutch,' as Artemus Ward
used to say. She could withstand
tempting chicken dinner, but straw
berries and ice cream were another
matter.-Utica Press
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
THE STATE PRESS
Pasadena Loyal

dispute has arisen as to whether
Mount Whitney or Mount Rainier is en-
titled to the distinction of being the
highest peak in the United States
proper. The height of the mountains
is to be expertly determined. Our bet
is on Mount Whitney, and the noble
California peak will please lift itself
ment is being taken.-Pasadena Star.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Stockton Addition.

Sentiment In the additions to Stock
the residents of those sections are max
ing a mistake in that attitude. They
can grow without being a part of
Stockton. but they can not enjoy the
benefits of city sewerage and fire pro-
lection unless they bear a part Of the
cost of these necessities In
dependent.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
From the Boil to the Egg

If that Philadelphia scientist finds
way of making cotton bolls mature
quickly artihciaily, il is hoped he will
next turn his hand to an effort to pre-
vent eggs from maturing too soon
San Antonio Express.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Unkiind

Did they ask you to sing at the
Hooblers?'
Yes
did you?'
Il played for time and told them
forgot my music"
Yes
That idiotic Tom Hoobler said that
the last time he heard me sing
brought my music and forget my
voice.'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
AS Bad as That2

Mayor Gaynor says that if all his
letters were TO be published we would
have to get out of town. Its a wise
man that knows what letters not TO
philadelphia Inquirer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Aldrich an Author Without Credit

Senator Aidrich has probably read
with interest the new banking bill. He
is the author of practically all OF it.
but gets no credit. He should have
copyrighted his documents.--Philadei
phia Inquirer.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
A Mean 7 nick

when I asked her to marry me she
said no, Thousand times no.
"Well?"
Naturally I thought I would be safe
in asking her 800 times"
And them"
"She accepted me when / asked her
twice. kansas City journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
JIp Against Il

1T does look a little coarse to swal-
low q sandwich at one gulp," said the
man at the afternoon tea,
Weir
But what is a fellow to do with a
of chocolate in the other ?"-Kansas
City Journal
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
A Favorite Theme

Had an interview with farmer
just now" said the poet. (which gave
me quite a shock"
How was that?"
He told me that new mown hay had
no points of superiority whatever over
hay q year old."-Kansas City Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Looks That Wav

One begins to suspect that peace will
come to Mexico only when there are no
more Mexicans. News and
Courier
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Uniformity

What variety of sweet corn is this?''
asked the summer boarder.
The corn. tomatoes and peas" re-
piled the hired man. ARE all the same
variety this year-canned w ashing-
ton Star
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

Forty years ago the idea that college professors would
be appointed by the United States government in
spectors of slaughter houses. and would serve would
have shaken the roof off colleges which then
thought the chief object of education was dig for
Greek roots.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
A Fine Contest

Il see one of the New York papers
is getting up contest that will inter-
est the fans
What is it?'
"A contest to see who is the most
unpopular umpire.'-kansas City Jour-
nal
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Those Sweet Girls

so you are engaged to Tom
"Yes."
MY dear, I congratulate you. Tom
is the incest fance I ever had '--Bos-
ton Transcript.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

A German girl in Baltimore, who came to
this country u years ago and has lived in family
since has gone home with nearly $4,000 in savings.
There is thrift for you with life ahead of wisdom and
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

East Orange, n J.. has barred Japanese schoolboys,
but it be a mistake as the New Jersey papers
wanted California put of the union.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

The Scranton Pa, United Choral union the grand
prize of $500 the international eistedod and Scan-
is considering sending the chorus the Panama
Pacific exposition sing for the grand prize here
to put Scranton the map in advertising way. Let
EN-
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

The German army and navy by October will contain
o40,G00 There is argument for universal dis
armament which not be overcome
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

City councils, having been thoroughly muckraked all
the country, going into the business them
selves Atlanta has passed ordinance prohibiting the
of tights the stage in the of Shake
spcare and grand opera But why the exception unless
grand opera legs and comic opera legs different?
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

A Battle Creek sends order for swa paper
to put myself twothirds of the way up" She must
be cubist artist.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30
Dasadena's For Sale" Signs

The Pasadena realty board has taken the lead,
according to the Star, in banshing For Sale
real estate signs from the prosperous little southern
city.
Since the movement was started other nearby
towns are following Pasadena's example.
There are few things to be in city more
preudcial in the eyes of the stranger than For
Sale" signs plastered all over the place.
In reality such signs give very misleading
impression. A very few OF them in prominent
positions may give the idea that great deal more
than the sign shows is also on the market.
If property is for sale there is, OF course, no
reason why public announcement OF that fact should
not be made A daily newspaper, If it is frank and
tells the truth will admit that it may be suspected
of being interested party, because it naturally
believes in the value OF advertising in its own
columns. But even allowing for that prejudice, if
you wish to call it that the fact remains that the
one method of advertising is known to be less
conspicuous and more effective than the other
The Pasadena scheme for signless city, SO far
as the realty business is concerned is good one,
and if it is proved permanent success there, is
bound to spread until it becomes general.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

Secretary Knox may have caused the invention of the
dollar diplomacy, but Secretary Bryan goes him
$4,000 better
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

Connecticut has gone OF the wooden nutmeg
business and has raised million baskets of peaches
this year.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

A Boston clergyman describes the modern gown as
"a few yards Of nothing" Some of them seem less
than that
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

Federal princes TO be taxed i'll Germany. They
likely all go to Newport and take lessons in tax
dodgiHg
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-30

HOPLAND-Subscriber City. The elevation oe
HopIand, Mendocino county, is 4s7 feet above the
sea level.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-01-09
N EW YORK
iOUE VIENE Ell. BUU!...

Adenas de don CESAR Luis de Montal-
ban que esta aqu1 desde anteayer, ell lu-
nes tendremos EN- New York a don Ci-
priano Castro, ell exdictador de Venezue-
la, que ha tornado pasaje Ell La Twena.
Don Cpriano yiaja de riguroso inc0g-
nito y sc hace lamar a bOfdo ell senior
Ruiz, pero como adelnas de los esplas que
para yijilarlo mantiene ell presidente Co
mez, los gobiernos eurOpeos no ven con
brenos ojos las intentonas del general
Castro por acercarse su pals, nan CO.
municado Washington la noticia de re-
ferencia, y como aqu1 mas QUE Ell min
guna Otra parte Sc tiene empeno que
Castro no Sc arme de nllevo con la presl-
dencia de Venezuela, ell gobierno de
Washington tiene ya acordado ell espio-
naje, con que ha ole abrumar al sllsodi-
rho cablt0. 81 es que Sc lie deJa desembar-
ear 10 que todav1a eSta por YER
LA prensa ha comenzado ya la campa-
Tia contra don Cipriano al que llama el
h0mbre DaalO de Venezuela, y recuerda
que 6l fu4 quien cre0 aquella hostilidad
entire la Rep1hlica de Bolivar y la Rep1-
bIica de Washington, hostilidad que lie
go a poner en peligro la paz entire los
dos pueblos.
Castro no Sc podra quejar del l'eclamo
que Sc lie hace. 81 como es de esperar no
viene poner en- New York una copia del
cartelito bravucon que pusiera en- Paris,
por hoca die Zorrilla, ell predestinado don
luis Mej1a, hasta pudiera ser que llega,
Sc a entenderse con alguna de esas casas
nrle Sc dedican la venta de amnas y
pertrechos para los peri6dicos irrene-
Hiables revolmciones hispano- -americanas.
Claro esta que don Cipriano, como
ciudadamo libre que es y persona de re-
cnrsos, tiene derecho darse un paseit0
por New York y gastarse una parte no
despreciable de sus improvisadas rentas,
que por ESQ no ha de querellarse Mr..
Taft. pero sabido por todo ell mundo que
non Cipriano tiene Ell alma atravesada y
es de los que nj olvidan hi perdOnan,
aungue aqlli no hay por que temer NADIA
del supuesto senior Ruiz, no deja de eau
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-01-09
La Conpanla de
Ia Luz Electrica


La compan1a de la luz electrical. no
cOnJenta con haber tendido va una tu-
plda telaraila de cables que Sc cruzan Y
entrecruzan sobre las cabezas de los ha-
bitantes de San Juan, esta cada mo-
mento quitando y poniendo postes a
diestro y siniestro, y, 10 que es mejor
sin pedirle permiso a los propietarios
de las casas cuyas azoteas toma por
asatto cuanto lie viene Ell CANA.
Hoy ha podido ocurrir una desgracia
Ell la calle de San Jose, va que, como
de costumbre, los empleados de la luz
encargados de afanzar un poste gigan-
tesco en- la azotea de la casa del Casino
espanol, no hab1an puesto en- la calle
un hombre, un Gordon de alarma. pa
ra eVltar que ocurriera.
Por fortuna, no pasaba nadie por de-
bajO cuando Sc vino a terra un buen
pedazo de pretil de la azotea de dicha
casa al momento de descansar en- el ell
poste referido.
Hacemos la presente objection a la
compafia de la luz, para que en- 10 SUI
cesivo, cuando Sc proponga hacer obras
de alguna importancia en- las azoteas,
ponga en- la calle una cuerda que inte-
rrumpa la circulation por aquel sitio
en- atenci6n a que todos los habitantes
de San Juan no andamos confesados
algunas veces.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-01-09
Mordidos por
I'm perro rabioso

En- ell hospital cuarentenario reciente.
mente establecido en- la Marina. se en-
cuentran asilados los miios Candido Ma
zario, de trece amos de edad, Ramon Ro
sa, de diez, 1gnacia Perez, de siete Ale
jandro Lizardi, de ocho. Todos estos
ninos fueron mordidos EN- ell pueblo de
Aguas Buenas por un perro atacado de
hldrofobia, los prineros.en la pantorrilla
izquierda y el i1ltimo en- la region gl1tea
Sc les apico oportunamente ell suero
anti-rabico y va sc encuentran bastante
bien, flera de peligro sus vidas.
El perro fue muerto por Sandalio Pc
rez, padre de 1gnacia, la nina mordi-
ola. Sc comprob6 que Ell perro estaba alta
cado de la mencionada enfermedad. Dor
que en- el Laboratorio sc examine cuida.
dosamente la cabeza de aquel que fr1e en-
viada con ese objeto por el Official de Sa.
nidad de Aguas Bglenas,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-01-09

tes Gle que las conozca ell publico, Sc de-
cida a estampar una afirmaci6n que,
cuando menos,- y no es poco-es CON
traria La verdad" {"
FL senior Balbas argumenta Ell ese
sentldo para demostrar que no hay in
congratulated en- que el, que es parti-
dario de la Independence como sol1-
ci0n del Status de Puerto Rico, sea
la vez miembro de la "Liga progre-
slsta, que tie1ie como fnalidad que ell
pueblo en- un plebiscito olga 10 que
quiere ser, y de la Association Civica
que tiene por fnalidad que Puerto Ri
co sea una Rep1blica independence.
Puede 6l, cuando llegue ell momento del
plebiscito que quiere la Liga, votar por
la Independence.