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The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
PIONEER WOMAN OF STATE
DIES AT OAKLAND HOME

Mrs. Hannah Fahrenholz. widow of
Captain Fsahrenholz, who piloted the
Yosemite, the first ferry boat across
the bay from San Francisco to Oak
land, died at her home. 1928 Thir-
teenth street, Oakland. this morning
at the age OF 79 years. A son, ]. ].
Fahrenholz, and a daughter. Mrs.
Dora Murray, OF Oakland, survive.
The funeral will be held Friday
morning from st. Patrick's church.
Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
IN
WAR, FIRE
MINES
FusiIIade of Shots Prevents
Guards Saving Property
at Augi Aguilar

TRINIDAD, Colo. Oct. "a report
has been received here that strikers
this morning attacked the South
western mine at Augi Agui1ar. an
the mine buildings. which were de-
stroyed while a fusillade of shots
was kept up to prevent any one from
extinguishing the flames.
The strikers have served notice in
mand of the troops that they will not
surrender their arms until the guns
have been taken from the mine
guards.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
DEMENrED MOTHER MISSING

Friends of Mrs. Rebecca Bergher,
1894 Scott street, asked the police to-
day to institute a search for the
woman. who has been missing from
her home since Z o'clock yesterday
morning. The police were told to-
day that Mrs. Bergher is 27 years
of age and slightly demented. When
she left home she had her 4 months
old baby girl with her, wrapped in
white quilt, with no clothes on the
child.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
ADVOCATES WANT
ARMY AND NAVY "FIRED"

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Oct 29.-Reso-
lutions adopted by the National
Council of Congregational Churches
here today by unanimous vote de-
clared for international peace and
asked President Wilson and congress
to disband the army and navy and
cease building warships or obtaining
munitions of war.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
A. O. u. w. CELEBRATES
45TH ANNIVERSARY

The forty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of the Ancient Order Of
United Workmen was celebrated by
Alameda county members of the order
in Woodmen hall. 529 Twelfth street.
Oakland, last evening. A musical and
literary program was followed by
dancing. The entertainment was un-
der the auspices of Pacific lodge No. 1
and Oak Leaf lodge No. 35. and was
in charge of the women of the lodges.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
70 cHANGE LIQUOR LAW

AS the result of a special session OF
the Oakland city council yesterday
al afternoon, several changes in the
LIQUOR ordinance now pending before
the body will be made. The final
will be redrafted. and
those working for the passage Of the
ordinance expect it to make It's final
trip before the council within two or
three days.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
Brings Back Relics
From VOIturno Hulk

MUIDEN, The Netherlands, Oct. 20.
Bearing a number of CHASTITY relics
from the burned Uranium liner Vol
turno. the Dutch ship Charlois arrived
here today 1t was the Charlois which
sank the hulk of the Volturno to re-
move the menace to navigation which
the fire blackened hull floating in the
lane of Atlantic steamships caused.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
CHARGES OF PERJURY ARE
NOT TO BE PRESSED

The threatened charges of perjury
against DIR. William Streitman in the
sullivan Wright foreclosure case in
oakland will not be filed, following
decision of foreclosure won this morn
ing by Thomas Sullivan.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
Walter H. Page Sees
Sir Edward Grey

LONDON. Oct. 2e.-American Am
bassador Walter H. Page had an
Interview with Sir Edward Grey, the
foreign secretary, today. 1t was an
ffounced that 1t was the first inter
view they have had since October TO-
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
MOOSE CHORUS REHEARsING

The Moose auditorium will be the
scene of rehearsals of the Moose
male choral society, composed en-
tirely of members OF San Francisco
lodge No. IS. Loyal Order of Moose.
Meetings will continue every Thurs
day night in preparation for the ap-
preaching public recital.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
CUSTOMS INSPECTOR
GETS LEAVE TO MARRY

United States Inspector Matthew
Graham of the customs searching
force has secured leave of absence
beginning November 6 and extending
over period long enough for first
class honeymoon. He is to be married
November to Miss Mildred E. Smith
of 632 Masonic avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
Fay Takes Charge of
PoStoffice SATURDAY.

Charles w. Fay, the new postmaster
OF San Francisco, will enter upon his
active duties Saturday. He has been
formally sworn in by Judge Maurice
T. Dooling and gives bonds of 5000, 900
as postmaster and $25,000 as custodian
of the postofice building.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR ROBERT M. MEM

Funeral services for Robert NJ.
Mein, son of the late Captain Thomas
Mein and one of the mining engineers
identified with the development of
South Africa, were held this afternoon
at o'clock from the family residence
at Lake and Jackson streets, Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
BEGIN WORK ON FILL

Work on the addition fill on the big
embankment of the Santa Fe company
carrying the main line tracks out of
Richmond over the Southern Pacific
has been commenced by the company
preparatory to the double tracking
between Richmond and Stockton.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
LECTURE BY BISHOP

Bishop Edward J. Hanna will de-
liver free public lecture on Savona-
rola tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock
in knights of Columbus hall, under
the auspices of the Catholic Profess
sional Women's club
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TALK

Clarence c. Eaton, c. s. B.. men,
Der of the board of lectureship of the
mother church in Boston of the Chris
tian Science church, delivered a lec-
ture on Christian Science in Dream
land last evening. He said that Chris
tian Science could no longer be con-
sidered an experiment
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
DIssEcTED HORSE FOUND

SAN JOSE, Oct. ga horse dis
sected minutely, evidently with the
use of knife and saw, was found
scattered over several miles of the
Almaden road this morning
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
SUES FOR SIS, 900 BECAUSE
SHE FELL THROUGH TRAP

Miss Elizabeth A.. Corbett filed suit
in the superior court today against
Gus Stanos for $1,000 damages be-
cause she says she fell through a trap
in the floor Of the Blue Bird candy
store
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
coNNoLLY CLUB roN1GHr

The George A. Connolly Central
club will meet tonight at o'clock
in the assembly hall Of the Mills
building.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
Has Husband Arrested
For Threatening Her

Mrs. Ruth de Bretteville, 1435 Lar
kin street. declares that her husband
has been making threats against her
life. and a warrant was sworn out
yesterday for his arrest.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
GRAND PRESIDENT HERE

Mrs. Alison F. Watt, grand presi-
dent of the Native Daughters of the
Golden West, is in San Francisco on
q tour of inspection.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
INJURED BY AUTO

s. J. Cfanmond. 234 East Eighteenth
street, Oakland, early this morning
rode his motorcycle into an automo-
bile driven by Mrs o. Tast, POSI- High
street. His injuries were slight
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
CHURCH SERvIcI

ST. Mary's church, Oakland. has in
augurated a noon service on Sundays
and holidays.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29

An Automobile Ride
In San Francisco Is not now COM
plete unless you have been around
the sun dial.-Advertisemen
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
Asleep, She Walks
To Roof, Falls
In Skylight

VX7ALKING in her sleep,
w Mrs. Laura Bennett, iv-
ing at 312 Fillmore street, made
her way to a house at 486
Haight street at 3 o'clock this
morning and climbed to the
roof of the house and then fell
through the skylight. She was
not hurt.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
IEWELRY IS STOLEN

Jewelry valued at 1852 was stolen
early today from the home OF Louis
Freitas, 1857 Folsom street
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
Chicken Farming.

There is no agricultural subject OF
greater interest to all classes of peo-
pie than poultry keeping in some form
or other.
Overy eighty out Of q hundred farm
crs, large and small, the country over,
keep hens. About forty per cent. OF
the householdcrs in small towns and
villages keep backyard flocks, and the
number of flocks in the great cities is
positively astounding.
Almost every man you know has
at some time been possessed with the
idea that the easiest way on earth to
make living is with chickens. If
you doubt it, ask the next man you
meet what he thinks about the chick
en- business.
Go to few poultry shows next win
ter, after having industriously read
the monthly issues OF a couple OF good
poultry journals this summer, and by
the time the incubator salesman gets
in his work IL will take a straight
jacket to keep you from starting to
keep chickens. And really. it is a
very fascinating occupation.
No one need be ashamed Of being q
chicken crank" in these days, because
the poultry industry OF the country is
assuming such vast proportions that
1t bids fair to overtop any other sim
gle agricultural product in value at
the time Of the next census. Further
than this. no other product can equal
1t for net profits to the producer. be-
cause the investment In stock and
equipment is exceedingly small com.
pared to the returns. The labor, land
and building investment represented
by one dairy COW would take care of
enough hens to bring in three times
the profit.
Now then, can man of ordinary In
telligence, no experience and a small
capital, hope to get rich by raising
chickens? There Is but one answer
and that is, that he may hope to, but
he will not make good.
The writer is personally acquainted
with prominent poultry men in nearly
every state in the Union, and while
many of them are well to do, not one
is rich, even from the farmers stand
point.
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
TO NATURE FOR REAL REST
Excellent Advice Couched In Language
That Savors of the Fancy of the
True Poet.

Tired. are you? Want recipe for
real rest? Well, here's one, recon-
mended by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay
he's a poet, but don't hold that
against HMM Farm and Fireside:
You 10 whom the universe has be-
come blast furnace, coke oven, q
cinder-strewn freight yard, to whom
the history of all ages is tragedy
with the climax now TO whom our
democracy and our flag are but play
things Of the hypocrite, turn to tho
soil. turp to the earth, your mother,
and she viii comfort you. Rest, be Il
ever SO little, from your black brood
ings. Think with the farmer once
mere, ag your fathers did. Revere
with The farmer our centuries-old rural
civilization, however little it meets the
city's trouble. Revere the rural Gus
toms that have their roots in the i'm
memorial benefits of nature.
There is perpetual balm in Gilead,
and many city workmen shall turn to
it and be healed. This by faith, and n
study Of the signs, we proclaim. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
Rhuharh.

How few rhubarb plants ono sees
growing and how nice that old-fash-
Toned spring tonic is! Considering
the fact that it costs practically moth
ing to plant it and the plants come up
year after year, there is no reason
why we should not, all of u.s. have all
Of the pieplant pie that We can eat
every spring. Half dozen hills will
supply an average family.
Harvest time for rhubarb is the
spring and early summer, but we fire.
quently get a second crop ia the fall.
Sandy loan is best for this plant.
but it will grow we'll In any rich.
warm, moist soil. You cannot get the
soil too rich for rhubarb, and it does
not stand drouth very well.
Do not try to grow the plants from
seed If you can secure root cuttings
from good, strong old hill. Each
cutting should have two buds or eyes.
Plant them In rows three feet apart.
with the eyes an inch below the sur
and, if planted early, a few stalks
can be pulled the first year.
AS fast as seed stalks appear cut
them off. If very fine, large stalks
are wanted, and why not have the
best, thin out all but the center buds,
so that the entire strength Of the
plant will feed these.
After the leaves are cut back by
| frost in the fall cover the plants with
| four inches of straw or manure. This
prevents freezing and makes the next
years crop earlier.
While the plants will start early.
at the same time the leaves will not
| push through this covering until after
danger Of spring frosts is past, hence
it should not be removed too soon.
Many commercial growers keep the
soil covered with straw the year
| round in order to keep weeds down
and hold moisture without cultivation.
Cover the plants in the winter any
way. It will avoid disappointment
and increase the plant food.
| Every three or four years it is ad.
visable to dig up the plants, divide
them and replant in another spot. II
this is not done, the plants run out
and the stalks grow small and pithy.
Division and new location start
them off again as good as new.
Any surplus can always be sold in
the spring at good price as we seem
to have a natural craving for the fresh
green acid qualities of this old-timc
pie fruit" Eat lots OF it. Eat it raw
and cooked, in pies and out of pies,
put up all you cannot cat and save It
for winter, but grow it yourself if you
have a two by four patch OF ground
whore tho sun shines. II costs moth
ing to raise aud 1t tastes lots better
when it comes out Of your own patch.
And. furthermore. it is a much better
spring tonic than sulphur and mo-
! lasses or sassafras.
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
NNMA,JO VTLLAoE

The size OF the focks owned by the
individual families vary considerably
in some cases. The number possessed
by the smallest holders is rarely less
than $50 head. While the more wealthy
have as many as 1000 or more. Some
of the wealthiest hold at their dis
posal from COCO to 10000 head, but
instances of this kind are few and are
not known to exist in but ten OF
twelve cases. OF seventy-seven herds
counted near Keams canyon, Arizona,
the average sized flock was found to
be very nearly 700 head, which Is
probably fair estimate for other sec
tions of the reservation. If there is
any difference elsewhere it will exceed
these figures rather than fall below
them. A herd of this size will easily
support an average Navajo family OF
two adults and three children. The
wool sold direct to the traders as it IL
taken from the sheep should bring
$500. II made into blankets 1T will
exceed this amount by two or three
times. Adding to this the returns
the matured animals it is obvious that
the ordinary Navajo family can live
easily eff the income from their flocks,
considering that they are at no cash
outlay, except for their clothing, flour.
coffee and a few other domestic ne.
cessities exclusive Of meat, which Is
supplied from the herd. While no
definite figures are obtainable, 1t
seems very probable that the Navajos
have on an average 100 sheep per
capita for every man, woman and
child on the reservation, which Is
amply sufficient to solve the bread
and-butter problem for them for gen.
erations to come, granting. OF course.
that they do not lose their herds from
epidemics or from unfavorable range
conditions.
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
Cold STORAGE fer Fruit.

Three systems of cold storages arc
commonly used for fruit--the ammo
MIA system, carbonic acid gas and cal
cium chloride--says the New England
Homestead. All are chemical stor-
ages; but in a region where natural
ice can be obtained cheaply. the cal
cium chloride gravity system seems to
be much cheaper than the two first,
and equally good. The ammonia sys-
tenn has to be pumped at pressure of
200 pounds to 400 pounds to the square
inch. Both these require expensive
duplicate machinery and high-priced
engineers night and day, while the cal.
cium chloride uses cheap machinery
and ordinary help. G.. H. Powell, for
merly with the United States depart.
ment at Washington, says the calcium
chloride gravity system is the best for
northern localities.
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27

working, thoughtful man, n good liy.
ing, steady joy and an assured home.
The production of eggs Is the safest
and easiest field for the beginner and
where this is to be the speciality, the
White Leghorn breed is pre-eminent
for large flocks, outside of New Eng
land and other districts demanding
brown-shelled eggs.
In order to be successful, the start
must be made in a small way, and the
ideal plan is for the prospective own
er to work on some successful poul-
try plant for at least six months or
preferably a year, in order to learn
the business from the inside. Do not
underestimate the Importance of this,
as this business is the most detailed
and intricate of all the agricultural in
dustries.
The returns are very satisfactory
when the plant is intelligently handled.
Thousand hen plants may be equipped
with an investment OF from four to
six thousand dollars and the net re-
turns are from dollar per hen up to
the high figures secured by the fancy
stock breeders.
We knew three men in southern New
England, one making $500 from a
thousand hens, another making $4,000
with only four hundred hens, and the
third spent hundred thousand dol
lars on his poultry plant and lost it
al. The first two started small and
grNw slowly. The last one started big
ard ended small.
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
BUILD BOUNDARY LINES HEDGELlKE AND
ALTOGETHER ORNAMENTAL AT SMALL COST.
Substitute for Hedge Can Be Made With Little Trouble by Setting
Stout Posts in Ground and Stretching Woven Wire Along
With Vines Trained 0ver-NatWe Plants Best.

|, toward the street or road make use
of shrubs comparatively low and
spreading habit, like the Spireas, the
Deutzias. and the Weigelias. In be-
tween them plant such tall perennials
as the Hollyhocks, the Delphiniums
and Rudbeckia. In front of them
Pyrethrum, Peony, Phlox, Dicentra
and Iris, with other low-growing
plants of similar habit. If you take
pains to read up in the catalogues be-
fore ordering your plants, you can
make yourself SO familiar with their
size, height, general habit and season
of towering, that you need locate
none of them in the wrong place. The
strip Of ground in which they are to
be planted should be at least eight
feet wide-ten would be better-and 1t
should be kept free from grass and
weeds. Here is the place for your
shrubs if your yard is a small one.
Never spoil the effect Of your lawn
by scattering them over it. Hardy
bulbs can be planted along the edge
of the border, where they will most
effectively display their beauty early
i'll the season before the other plants
are ready for business.
The woman who loves flowers, and
the boys and girls who should be edu-
Gated into liking them, will find it
nothing but pleasure to take care of
such collection. There will be no
weed-pulling by hand to be done-the
hoe will make that unnecessary.
Some OF the shrubs may need prun-
ing occasionally, when they get to be
too thick. but as a general thing the
less pruning you give shrub the
more effective 1t will be.
Before setting out any plants.
spade the soil well to the depth of a
Tot and half. A liberal amount Of
good manure should be used. In set
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27

it sheds it's leaves IL will take on an
other ornamental phase. for then its
purple fruit will be seen clustered
thickly along the branches. The vine
must be clipped occasionally, during
the summer, TO prevent it from
spreading in all directions and giving
n ragged look to your fence. 1t is
quite important that stout posts
should be used, as the netting must
be stretched tightly, to prevent it
from sagging. The end posts should
De well braced to stand the strain
made on them. | would advise the
use of netting at least four feet wide,
and that 1t be of heavy wire, for you
want something that will last for
years. as it will be impossible to make
satisfactory repairs in fence Of this
kind. II your neighbor co-operates
with you. as he doubtless will II you
ask him to. would advise the use
of wide sawed posts with a row Of
netting on each side. A width Of this
dimension will give more dignity and
substance to your hedge than one row
OF netting possibly can. IL sawed
posts are used. they should be well
painted before the netting Is put on.
for two reasons-improved appear
ance, and preservation of the wood.
Painted a dark. dull green they will
not be too much In evidence during
the period when your vines are get
ting a start Such fence can be
made really more ornamental than
tho ordinary hedge. and this in short
time. and very little attention will be
required to keep It in good condition.
A better method. however. OF mark
Ing the boundary line, allowing me to
be the judge, Is that of planting
shrubs and hardy perennials there.
Set them so close together that when
they have fully developed they, in
combination, will make solid bank
of foliage. Do not use kinds that grow
to such size that they will obstruct
the view across the lot or yard, except
there is a place at the rear where
such an obstruction would be desir-
able Here the llacs. the Tartarian
honeysuckles, and the Viburnums.
will work in effectively. AS you 60
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27

Let us suppose that there is line
fence to be built between your lot
and your neighbours, or along the
front yard, or that fence already ex-
lists that is anything but attractive.
What can be done to make the boun-
Diary line pleasant to look at?
Several things. If you don't care to
plant shrubs and hardy perennials
there, why not make a substitute for
a hedge by the use of vine like our
native Ampelopsis, known to you, per-
haps, as American ivy, or Virginia
creeper? This can be done with very
little trouble or expense by setting
stout posts solidly in the ground and
stretching woven wire netting along
them, and training this vine over it,.
It is of very rapid growth. and the
plants, If set about twenty feet apart,
ought to develop enough in one sea-
son to furnish quite covering for the
netting. AS this plant grows in al
most all localities at the north. you
need not send to the plant dealers
for it. The children VIII be delighted
to provide all the plants you want
from the woodIot or the river bank,
where they will find it growing pro-
fusely.
When the plants have made growth
enough to meet on the support fur
nished them, nip off their ends. This
will cause them to send out side
branches. Train these out and in
through the meshes Of the netting, as
they develop. BY the end OF the sec
ond season the netting ought to be SO
thickly covered that nothing Of the
support will be seen, and the general
effect will be quite hedgelike, and al
together ornamental. Especially will
this be the case in fall, when the fol-
iage of the vine takes on it's rich col
oring of scarlet and crimson. When
The Yale expositor., 1913-03-27
Teaching Agriculture.

believe it would be to the Interest
Of all agricultural people in every sin
gle town to have an agricultural de
partment attached to the high school
I would have the teachers so prepared
to teach agriculture that they coult
also teach it in the common schools
to certain elementary degree, says {
writer in an exchange. I have fount
that of the farmers boys and girl
brought up on the farm very man
cannot tell even the name OF the mos
common weeds that grow in the
fathers fields. 1t seems to me thi
the time has arrived, especially in az
ricultural education, when we shout
take this matter up and begin, as W
have already done in a limited way. L
establish these schools.