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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
LOBBY GOSSIP
Quinault Indians Richest Tribe

Chief billy" Mason of the Quinault
tribe of Indians, whose reservation is
in western Washington, is on his way
home after having spent more than
two months in the national capital in
the interests of his people. Chief
Billy who is at the Manx, says that
his tribe is in the richest timber coun-
try in the United States. He said.
The reservation selected by the tribe
timber country. and the Quinault river,
In which there is an abundance of
salmon, runs through the reservation.
In addition to these sources of wealth,
on the edge of the reservation evidence
of oil has been found. Wells are now
being sunk at the Hob river just north
of Grays Harbor, and that whole coun-
try is adame with excitement.
That is why L am going back home
now, instead of spending a few months
longer in the east, as originally
planned / went to Washington in the
hope of getting permission for each
Indian to cut and sell the logs on two
acres of each individuals land.
Some oil men have made a PROPOSE
tion to Us to lease the unallotted por-
tion of our reservation. Some people
believe this is the Standard Oil COM
pany. 1t has been decided to allot this
land to three Washington tribes which
have no holdings, they never having
made treaties with the United States.
/ hope my Indian brothers will gain
some benefit from the unallotted land,
and / hope further that they will show
good judgment in making peace
treaties with the federal government.
1.-The Quinault tribe of Indians is
credited with being among the most in
tellgent and Industrious of the Amer
lean Indians. During the time of the
fearful Indian wars In the early set
tlement days of the Oregon territory
the Quinault tribe was always at peace
with the settlers and the United States
government We have no complaint to
make against the government, and all
my people are well satisfied with their
lot
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Concentration Means Success

\ A congress OF women composed OF delegates
from states that have extended the duties and
privileges OF suffrage will assemble at the
national capital on August Is.
The delegates to this congress will represent
100000 women voters. The avowed purpose Of
the assenbage is to formulate plans for campaign
for the extension of suffrage to women in every
state in the union.
Ii the deliberations Of this congress be directed
and dominated by cool heads, it can not fail to
result in tremendous advantage to the suffrage
cause.
If the convention shall decide to center it's efforts
the federal congress with the hope of securing
general extension of suffrage to women through
congressional enactment little will be accomplished.
IT, on the other hand the congress will formulate
definite working plan for cooperative action in
those states where there is greatest promise OF
immediate success it will most advantage the cause
of universal suffrage for
The advocates of women's suffrage will reach
the desired goal quicker if they refrain from flock
shooting. The south is not ready for woman
suffrage 1t will not be made ready by trying to
force general suffrage measure through congress.
Suffrage like the tariff is still local question.
Its advocates have found their work difficult enough
when they attacked it in local tasks. Every state
they win makes the winning of the next easier.
There is probably not state north OF the Mason
and Dixie line in which suffrage will not be given
the women, instantly it is made apparent that it is
demanded by respectable minority Of the women
of that state.
The women, not the men, in official place are
the stumbling blocks in the path of the suffrage
generals If they will devote their efforts for the
next two years to arousing the interest of women
in half dozen northern states, where women do
vote, they will capture those states when their
legislatures meet again.
Like effort in the ensuing two year period will
give them majority of all the states in the union
and inevitably practical political interest
in the solid south that will bring those states into
the fold
Women north and south get what they want
when they make it clear that they really want it.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Nj arms New Electric Line

H Marin county not fail to advantage
materially from the construction of the San
Rafael San Anselmo and Fairfax electric line, which
seems assured
The new line will not only connect San Rafael,
San Ansemo and Fairfax, but it will provide each
of the towns with local streetcar service.
The opening of the line will materially enhance
the value of the attractions of Marin county and
inevitably add thousands of dollars annually to the
totals spent by sightseers and holiday visitors from
outside the county.
One of the most satisfactory features of the
Improvement is to be found in the financing of the
road The company is capitalized at 100000,
divided in 1000 shares. Half the stock has been
subscribed by 1873 property holders and business
men in the territory to be served by the road
That means that all the communities served by
the road will have an interest i'll its success quite
apart from their interest in securing something in
the way OF transportation facilities.
Undoubtedly the road will be good thing
for Marin county and for the business men and
property owners whose faith in their communities
has made il possible
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
LITTLE MOVIES
Hard to Please

Il hope you're pleased with us, sir,
said the proprietor of the summer re-
sort to the departing guest.
Perfectly, perfectly" heartily re-
sponded the guest: delightful walks
and drives, magnificent views, best
bathing I ever had; cool, airy rooms
table equal to the best In the city,
and charges reasonable. Why / never
enjoyed a vacation half as much.''
Thank you, sir, thank your said
the beaming host. II trust you will
come again next summer"
mo, sir said the guest emphat-
ically; mot much.'
.yhy-why not2s asked the aston
ished host.
Whats the use" demanded the
guest, ''of spending your summer al
a resort If you can't complain sll
winter of the discomforts you've en-
dured. and tell how much better off
you'd have been if you'd stayed al
home?"-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
HQaSe=BaaaaaaaaaaaWl!'

I'D When i'll the name of common sense did
San Francisco change its name to Jay
vile? asked visitor from Podunk, when he heard
the noise on the street which goes by the above
name and sounds like bellyache.
Time was when all sorts of wierd noises were
tolerated on the streets everywhere, and people
went insane in focks and never knew what
touched them Now people know better
No longer does any city allow the fish pedder
to shatter the air in pieces with his shouts about
herring and smelt.
The maddening shreks of shrill tongued
venders of strawberries and the bladder mouthed
bellowngs Of banana men are not tolerated on city
streets
Noise in city streets is coming rapidly to be
recognized as one of the very greatest evils of
city life. Most of our up to date municipalities
have put stop to steam whistles and church
bells because they have been found to affect the
sick and the weak very unfavoraby
In Chicago committee of the city council has
to the conclusion that Chicago is the noisiest
city in the world and that much must be done to
lessen the din, especially as local alienists are
quoted as saying the noise is literally driving
Chicago insane
The invention of the steel car and the terrific
noise it makes when it crosses other tracks at
street intersections is of the worst evils
among city noises, but one which it is probably at
present practically impossible even to minimize,
and every car in crossing makes constant tapping
the nerves OF the ear which are so close to the
brain and produce both nervous and mental strains
and tire
1t behooves modern cities, then, to watch
these noises and do all they can to minimize them
One form OF noise that can easily be done away
with and that the board OF supervisors can and
should see is stopped is that which is represented
by the leather lunged fellow with the megaphone
who yells up and down the streets his stomach
rending cry of "Base-baaaaawlr'
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
ANSWERS TO QUERIES

ARABIC sAYING-R. L., City. The follow
ing is the Arabic as TO four types of man:
The man who knows not and knows NOT ne
knows not is fool shun him.
The man who knows he knows not is simple,
teach him.
The man who knows and knows not he knows
is asleep wake him.
The man who knows and knows that he knows
is wise follow him.
The same idea has been rendered in verse as
follows:
The man who knows not that he knows aught-
He is fool: no light shall ever reach him.
Who knows he knows not and would fain be
taught.
He is but simple: take thou him and teach him.
But whose knowing knows not that he knows
He is asleep, go thou 10 him and wake him.
The truly wise both knows and knows he knows
Cleave thou to him and nesermore forsake him.
Y X y
FROM HORATIUS-S. W. The quotation to
which you call attention, but which is not cor
rectly printed in the article you allude to, is
from the Latin of Horatius Flaccus in Innocence
Of Life" od 1, %, 1, and is
Integer vitae sceierisque purus
Non eget Mauri jaculis neque arcu,
which, translated, is The man whose life has
no naw, pure from guile needs not for defense,
either Moorish javelins bow.
LITTLE BIRDIE-F. G. H.. Calistoga. The
verses in which appear the lines
Little birdie In the tree.
Little red bird In the tree,
are to be found in the 'Arbor Day Manual"
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
DECLINE AND FALL OF THE STEAK

western packer formally advised con
sumers of meat a short time ago to
refrain from buying veal SO that the
slaughter of calves might stop If
anybody pays attention TO him, which
is to be doubted. only small part of
the damage will be repaired. The theory
that the breaking up of the great west
ern ranges has much to do with it is
not accepted by many who point out
that in Great Britain, a much more
congested country, there are estimated
to be 120 cattle to the square mile. as
compared with fewer than 81 in this
country.
Every one knows that while the
number of beef cattle has been decreas-
ing so fast the price OF meat has bern
going up. Why did higher prices fail
to stimulate production?
If the tariff is taken off cattle aud
meat 1t will scarcely increase the rails
ing of live stock at home and is very
likely to lower it still further. Mean
while the population grows enormously.
Here is a real national problem, the
solution of which is worth every pound
of intelligence the government can put
into it.-Baltimore News.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
New Parcels Post Rates

V Postmaster General Burleson has made much
amends Tor his extreme partisanship in some
directions by his broadening the parcels post regu-
lations far he has just done and by declaring
his policy still further to extend them.
The principal changes authorized, an increase
from II to 20 pounds in parcels weight and the
reduction in rate i'll the first and second zones I'D
to nearly $50 miles, to 5 cents for the first pound
and l cent for each additional pound or fraction.
important to the general public that they
amount almost to revolution in short distance
package transportation rates.
The greatest advantage offered is to the local
merchant who has elaborate system of delivery.
When the small retail dealer and his customer both
find that anything weighing up to 20 pounds can
be ordered by telephone and delivered by mail the
facilities OF the postofice are likely to be taxed to
the limit
When it is generally known that the postofhce
will carry 20 pound package $50 miles for "a
cents there is also likely TO be great increase in
the amount of farm products handled directly in
this way between producer and consumer.
Better even than the actual changes which are
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

We used to smile in a superior way
when we read that the roast beef of
old England was raised on the cattle
ranges of Montana and Texas.
Also we used to smile when we found
few years ago that the little Japa
nese soldier fighting the Russians in
the trenches had no more substantial
diet than dried fish. with a rice ball
or two to help out.
But now
The department of agriculture at
Washington has issued a bulletin esti-
mating that there has been a decrease
of 80 per cent in six years in the mum.
Der of beef cattle in the United States.
1T is evident" announces the depart
ment. that the country is facing an
era of short production of meat"
SO It would be we'll to haul In the
proportions of our smile and think
deeply. 1t is startling, but true, that
for the first time in American history
the exports of animals and animal
products last year fell below the i'm
ports in value. England has taken to
eating Argentine cattle and Australian
sheep.
What is to he done? prominent
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Why He Wears Glasses

1t happened in the park one Sunday
morning. Todd and Edgeley were sit
ting there together. discussing, need
less to say. the eternal and feminine
question.
Yes" said Todd, 81 quite agree with
you; the. way women dress nowadays
is positively absurd
IT'S worse than that" added Edge
ley. What's more. in nine cases out of
ten, their men folk are to blame"
Todd sighed.
Il suppose that is so,' he remarked
Yes. Look at that woman coming
toward us now. I'll bet you anything
you like that her husband tells her she
looks positively charming when she
goes out in that outrageous getup, Just
because he hasn't the pluck to say the
truth, to laugh at her, to -"
But Todd had risen to his feet and,
hat in hand, a happy smile upon his
face. was awaiting the lady thus re-
ferred to. The lady was Edgeleys
wife. e.-New York Mail
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
The Right Idea

As stolid young German was steer
Ing trio Of other Germans about for
day, 1T became necessary to use a
telephone. Though Fritz had had small
doings with telephones, the idea was
so appalling to the three newcomers
that it occurred to him as an oppor-
tunity to cover himself with glory.
He stepped up to the phone in as
jaunty and debonair manner as he
could.
He rang the bell for central with
something of flourish and took down
the receiver.
"Hello--is dis" He paused Imply;
he WAS stuck! Only a second, however.
Then his self-confidence came back:
rs dis der middle?" he finished,
smartiy.-New York Times.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
The Railroads Active
Two railroad presidents-B.

\ Two railroad presidents-B f. Bush OF the
Western Pacific and A. L. Mohler OF the
Union Pacihc-within the last few days have
both discussed plans for construction work which
should have beneficial effect on the prosperity of
the districts particularly affected and also on San
Francisco
Mr. Bush has decided on two new lines within
the state one to connect with Reno, together with
feeder Mr. Aohler says that the Union Pacihc
will certainly build a line connecting BOISE CITY,
Idaho. with the Union Pacific main lines.
The Western Pacihc's lines within the
state will open up the Santa Clara valley to com
petition and will also let the road into the Bakers
field oil fields while the road to Reno will give the
Nevada city near entry into San Francisco. The
Union Paciics new road to Boise should also help
business between the Idaho capital and the coast
The activity of the great railroads in planning
new construction work for the coast region IS
wholesome and most promising Both railroad
presidents are naturally and properly cautious in
safeguarding their utterances as to the time OF be-
ginning the work Both say it will depend on the
state of the money market, but it is noticeable that
neither Mr. Bush nor Mr.. Mohler seem to be par
ticularly depressed by the condition OF the money
market and Mr. Mohler, the elder and more con-
servative of the two, does not anticipate serious
trouble in raising funds
There is no room at any rate for the calamity
howler t. find anything to help his doleful cry in
what the two railroad presidents say The general
public should feel confident, if these express
70 lack of confidence, that the railroad activity
means good times ahead
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
THE STATE PRESS
Reddine Money

Money of Redding tax payers helped
build the free bridge at Anderson,
which helps Anderson, and the free
bridge at Balls ferry, which helps Cot
tonwood. Still many of the people of
these two thriving towns oppose the
new bridge at Redding. The bridge
tax which Redding has uneomplain-
ingIy, though unlawfully, paid for a
number of years would be more than
suficient to build the much needed
bridge at Reid's ferry.-Redding Cou-
rier-Free Press.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
A Warnin9

"The wedding month is here and the
parents of sweet June brides shoule
be warned by the experience of my
friends, the Blanks
The speaker was Simon Ford. smil-
ing, he continued:
Why. what's the matter. hereT
called upstairs to Mrs. Blanks one
June morning. for the house looked
bare and upset. What's the matter
Have you sent your furniture to be
stored7'
No, Mr.. Blank answered in soui
voice. no, not at all. My daughter
WAS married last week, and she has
merely taken away the things she
thought belonged to her. New
Orleans States.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

to go into effect next month is the postmaster gen
erals statement that he expects to see all weights IN
creased ard rates reduced; but that he wishes to
feel his way in the right direction When ne does
he will no doubt find, as other nations have
found, that it will pay the public to do Its own
package delivery business all over the country
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Ever Catch a Snie, /,

A boy was found fishing stolidly with
an improvised rod and hook
He paid no attention when spoken
to. but mournfully pursued the matter
in hand.
What are you doing?" he was
asked.
"Fishin for snigs,' he replied, in a
lifeless voice.
What are snigsg" said the curious
spectator.
!" don't know" he replied drearily.
1--WE never caught one yet."-St. Louis
st-Dispatch.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

Every foreign born citizen in the United States ought
protest against the duty of Is per cent ad vaorem
which put books printed foreign languages in the
Wilson Underwood bill 1t Is amazing that scholar like
President Wilson should stand for such relic of bar
barism and for twin the duty art when both have
heretofore been free.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Tax Payers League for Sanger

A call is being circulated for the
organization OF a Tax Payers league
here, the object of which is to pro-
mote the best interests of Sanger and
proposition, and every enterprising and
active citizen of Sanger should attend
the meeting and assist in forming the
organization.-SanEer News.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

Portugal appears to have made substantial progress
republic, in spite of the constant attempts of the
monarchiss create the impression that nothing has
been done. Religious liberty, for thing now com
plee Education has been improved, financial methods
have been improved and what practically slave
trade Africa has been suppressed In themselves these
achievements Of small importance
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

The Merchants association of New York is making
the best catch and hold foreign trade that
be taken to having quality price and packing right
Instead of quoting goods f. b., the Merchants asso-
citation urges quoting j. f. which is the foreign method
To quote foreigner price which does cost
of goods insurance and freight is practically meaning
less because he compare them with competitive
quotations.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

CADETS-A. ". B. c., Oakland. The rules
governing the United States military academy at
West Point say in relation to sending money to
a cadet: NO cadet is permitted to receive
money, any other supplies from his parents
from any person whomseerer, without tho
sanction of the superintendent. A most rigid
observance OF this regulation is urged upon all
distinctions between cadets, which ii is the
especial desire to avoid The pay Of cadet is
sufficient, with proper economy, for his support
The pay is $500 year and one ration per day
or Communication therefor at 80 cents day. The
total is s709.50 to commence with his admission
to the academy. The cadet must keep himself
supplied with certain designated articles Of wear
and furniture and Immediately after admission
candidates must be provided with an outfit OF
uniform etc, the cost of which is about s1so
This sum, or at least 500 thereof, must b. de-
posted with the treasurer Of the academy be-
fore the candidate is admitted
LAWS. H., City. If you desire information
as to whether certain bill passed at the last
session OF the legislature was signed by the
governor, address letter of inquiry to the
office of the secretary of state, Sacramento
BATTING AyERAGE-B. b. c.. Citv To
find the batting average Of a baseball nIsvsr
divide the number of base hits by the number of
times at bat.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
SHARP POINTS
For Aud Lang Syne

The fact that there isn't any .,,
passador TO Dahomey TO be appointed
Is all that keeps Colonel Harvey from
being fayorably considered .-Cieve,and
Plain Dealer
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Progressive Vic

victor Murdock is so progressive tha,
ne starts tomorrow he will arrive
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

Dallas, Tex, has law forbidding man to get drunk
anywhere except in his house. but if his wife is of
the right he won't have much chance there either
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
One Balkan Trouble

Perhaps it's those nccktieS r,.,.
nave got Bulgaria into all this trouble
eharleston News and Courier
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

Evanston suburb of Chicago has discovered that IL
has 3,483 voters than men, and the latter
worried know what the women are going to do to
them politically. Turn and turn about is fair play
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Always Present

Bring on your giant goosebcrr,es
Here comes the silly season-Chicag go
News.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26
Cubist Gowns

cubist gowns have appeared !,
ines give the impression of nothing a
all.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-26

London women have taken up pipe smoking Fashions
will repeat themselves It was quite the mode in the
eighteenth century