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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
penny LETTERS
MUST Be IN
250 WORDS
Keep Inside Limits or You'll
Miss Chance to Win
Call Prize

CHANGING through the hundreds OF
letters that have been received in The
Calls big penny contest it Is notice
able that many of the contestants have
exceeded the ESQ word limit.
The conditions of the contest, which
have been published from day to day,
state specifically that letters should be
of ESQ words or less, so all you who
have not yet written that letter should
take this into consideration.
Don't state what prompted you to
enter the contest; don't state how you
came to read about the penny contest,
and don't lament the fact that 250
words are not enough to expound your
theme. All such details are nones-
sential and only serve to use up valu-
able words. Remember, the letter is
to be about sthe advantages derived
from the general circulation of pennies
in San Francisco" It's big theme
and you'll need every one OF the zoo
words to do it justice.
The Call has not been able In the
past to publish as many OF the letters
as 1t desired, owing to lack of space.
To overcome this difficulty hereafter
only extracts-salient arguments
from the letters will be printed.
If you are not yet q contestant get
in the running now.
HALTS FALSE VALUES
Newspapers sold for FIVE cents, as that
was the smallest coin In general use:
1t was the same with eggs, butter and
like commodities. For the odd cents
value we paid 1--WE cents. So the great
est use of the penny Is to do away with
false valuation, or that We may get our
moneys worth and bring down the cost
OF living.
PAT WALSH.
Santa Ross nj
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Vital Statistics
RTRTHS


ANINo.In MI this city, December y. 1913. to
the wife of Juan Amino, daughter.
CARUSSO-In this city. December IT, 1913, to
the wife OF Giovanni Carusso, daughter
EWING-In this city, December II, 1913. to
the wife of Edgar f. Ewing, NJ. D.. son.
FERGUSoN-In this city, December IL, 1918,
to the wife Of Austin G. Ferguson, daugh-
ter.
FoY-In this city, December 49, 1918. to the
wife of Christopher p Foy. son.
HAWTH0RNE--In this city, December 13,
1913, to the wife Of Walter NJ Hawthorne,
a daughter.
HoZlN-In this city. December II. 1913. to
the wife of Nicholas Hozin. daughter.
HENRICHS-In this city, December 13. 1918.
to the wife Of William T. Henrichs, daugh-
ter.
JACOBS-In Beliingham, Wash, December 1S,
1913. TO the wife of Julius Jacobs, a daugh-
ter.
LIE PIMEC--In this city. December 16, 1913.
to the wife of Emile Y. lie Pimec, son.
MARSHALL--In this city, December 16. 1918,
TO the wife of Joseph Ii. Marshall, daugh-
ter.
RICE--In this city. December i3. 1918. to the
wife of Harry w. Rice, daughter.
RICHELLA--In this city, December II, 1913,
to the wife of Filippo Richella, son.
R0LPH-Tn this city, December IL, 1913, to
the wife of Emry A. Rolph, daughter.
R0MANI-In this city. December IA. 1913. to
the wife OF Vincenzo Romani daughter.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
HONOR J. w. GALE WITH
PAST MASTER JEWEL

John William Gale. past master
Starr King lodge No. 344, f. e. A. M.
is today the owner of past masters
jewel, presented at the installatio of
his successor. A. II. Leaf, treasurer
for 10 years. was given a silver set.
The new officers are:
Thomas Smith. worshipful master; Charles
Oscar Munson. senior warden; Charles Baer
junior warden; Berbard Katchinski. treasurer. .
Hiram French Wright, secretary; Gustav Mil
lington Carroll senior deacon: Carl Cohn, Ju-
nior deacon; Charles Oliver Clausen marshal
Bernard Julius Joseph. senior steward; Herbert
Ernest Chick, junior steward John Henry
Sampson. tyler, and Harry Wallace Patrick,
organist.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
MORE PENNIES MORE BUSINESS

With the advent Of the penny In general
use, more business will be done. as natu-
rally, housewives have a penchant for
saving penny here and there. Instead
of paying 15c for 13c worth of goods,
the customer has the benefit of the extra
two pennies, In place Of the two cents
going to the dealer, as Is the case just
now. Saving these pennies on each 15c
worth of goods, the housewife will spend
them feeling that she can easily afford
TO do so. Thus the dealer is the gamer
In the long run.
SAMUEL W. RICE JR.
k70 Eortv-frst
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
HOW TO BOOST CIRCULATION

To me it seems that the penny could
be used to reduce the high cost OF living
in this way: Let the merchants offer
certain percentage OF to all customers
who pay cash and also to those who will
carry their purchases home, thereby in
suring the merchant against losses and
delivery expenses. These percentages
could be paid always in pennies, which
would keep the little coins in circula-
tion. MRS. S. J. ERAZMUS-
49J Valencia street
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Starr King School
Dedicated Tomorrow

The Starr King school. Twenty fifth
and Utah streets, will be dedicated at
2 o'clock tomorrow. A banner bearing
a picture of Starr King will be pre-
sented by the East Mission Improve
ment association. City officials will
speak and the municipal band will
furnish music.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
SAN RAFAEL LICENSES

SAN RAFAEL, Dec. 20.-Marriage licenses
issued here yesterday:
Llewellyn A. Powell 80, Colma, and Clarics
NJ. Sanches, 20, San Francisco.
Joseph Smyth Wilson. 81 and Katherine
MacGregor Rankin. &c. both Of Berkeley.
William NJ Fisk, 26. San Francisco, and
Mary E. Allender. 10. Watsonville.
Oscar e. Huffman. 49, and Frances NJ. Cut
singer, "a, both Of San Francisco.
Charles A. Mitchell, 81, and Rhea NJ
Schuyler, 20, both OF Oakland.
Alfred j. Longhand, D. Oakland. and Nat
tie Z. Glass, 10. San Francisco.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
UPHoLsTERING FURNITURE
Barnes Still Wants
10 Be State Leader
Nv Associated Pros,

BY Associated Rress.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.-william
Barnes Jr. republican state Chairman.
announced last night that he would
not be candidate next. September
for reelection as chairman except
on his own ticket He insisted that
Senator Root and others prominently
connected with state politics had ap-
proved OF his policy as state leader.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
Alameda
PAY FOR WANT YOU WANT

The absence of diminutive coins COM
pels the requital of small favors by
disproportionately larger outlay than would
satisfy. On the other hand, in the pur-
chase OF necessities. people should not be
forced TO buy ave cents worth when one
cents worth Is all they need. In both
cases four-dfths in value has been wasted,
and to acquire such habit Is TO inaugu-
rate the life of a spendthrift.
r. B. DAVY.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
PENNY BRINGS WISDOM

The cent brings into the home knowl-
edge. education and happiness. 1t devei-
ops the mind; brings people to the mark
true events IN the shape of news.
guess you wonder what I mean. 1t is
The Call from which the above good
qualities are received. all for the price
of penny. MISS EYLENFELDT.
PA Richland avenue.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

Today is the day OF small things.
The days when our fathers paid foS their
necessities and their luxuries with pinch
of gold dust are gone. probably never
to return. Values, as well as things,
have undergone tremendous changes since
then. glimpse of a bill Of fare OF
a hotel in the days Of 40 will indeed
bear this out. Since those days. the
then almost unknown and muchly despised
penny has come into its own The open
handed, generous. western spirit still re-
MAINS as Ii will forever. but inventions
and science have revoiutionized the COM
mercial world so that things which
thousand dollars could not have bought
then are now readily obtainable for this
same despised penny. H.. J. URE-
2529 Virginia street. Berkeley
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
GOOD FOR woRKERs

The great benefit to be derived from
the general use of the penny will be TO
the working class In its saving and to
children in the formation Of economical
and generous traits OF character.
GRACE RETELLE.
1905 California street, Berkeley.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
WHERE PENNY COUNTS

One penny added to ninety-nine cents
makes a dollar. The postal system Is es-
tabIished on the penny basis. A jury
could award litigant a penny. One penny
more makes the highest bid at an auction
and on the difference of a penny hangs
the awarding OF contracts in competitive
bids. ALBERT WITHIN.
l152 Ellis street
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

Rev. A. B. Dickefson Of Lebanon
Presbyterian church will deliver a
special Christmas sermon tomorrow
GER" At both the morning and even
ing services a Christmas program Of
music will be rendered.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
A POETS VIEW

Today there are people who seemingly
scOrn
The bright, copper penny, with value un-
shorn.
And yet these same people that penny
despise
viii walk many blocks for stamp that
~ p W. W. COOLEY.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
WANT AD JOB roR CENT

of this valuable paper, The Call. which
is purchased for one cent. whereas il /
had gone to an employment agency it
would have cost me from 81 to S3 See
how much saved by buying paper with
a penny. Mighty penny
E. A. BRASHEM.
Hotel Irwin -
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
ELECTRIC WIRES TO BoLINAs

The Pacific Gas and Electric com
pany is today preparing to run wires
across southern Marin county to Bo-
linas Bay, partially to supply the
Marconi wireles station with power.
The Marconi company contributed
$4,000 for the line.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
White Slave Movie
Is Held as Immoral
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2o.--On the charge
that a moving picture film dealing
with the white slave traffic was not
proper exhibition to put before the
public, Samuel London. manager OF a
broadway theater. was arrested last
night and his house closed.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
DEATHS

HARRoN-In this city, December 10. 1913.
John 0sgood Harron, beloved husband Of
Henrietta Tracy Harron. father OF Tracy
w. Harron. and brother OF Mrs Minnie
Harron Buell.. a native OF Sacramento. Cal.
aged "a years.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral
services Monday. December %, at IL m :.
at Gray's chapel. Ceary and Divisadero
flowers.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
rAIR yIsIroRs ExpEcT CENTS

The coming exposition will bring TO San
Francisco persons from all parts of the
the penny is a very popular coin. and
without it in general circulation San
Francisco would be very much behind the
times. MRS. WINNIE REAM.
1899 O'Farreli street
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
MARRIAGES

BEILSTEIN - -BAKENHASTER-In> Oakland
Cal. December IT, 1918. by Rev. George w
White, Thomas A. Beilstein of San Francisct
and Ote B. Bakenhaster of Elmira, N. Y.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
LEGAL AND OFFICI

REDEMPTION OF BoNDn
REDEMPTION OF BONDS-Notice is hereby
given that in accordance with the terms Of
the bonds issued by the NEVADA COUNTY
NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD COMPANY,
the directors determined By lot the numbers
TO be redeemed at the UNION TRUST COM
PANY OF San Francisco. in the city Of San
Francisco California on the second day of
January, 1914. with the following results:
Nos So, 154, i3. 234. 55, 27, Al, 81. 1e5
and 239, which bonds will be paid In United
States gold coin said second day of Janu-
sry, 1914, upon surrender OF same, with
coupons attached, and interest thereon WAL
cease from and after that date.
NEVADA COUNTY NARROW GAUGE
RAILROAD COMPANY. OFFICE. ROOM 500,
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC TITLE INSURANCE
COMPANY BUILDING, los MONTGOMERY Y
STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA,
DECEMBER o, 1913.
BAGGAGE and articles left by W. NJ. Cart
Hofa vufn ~. -
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
PENNY SCALE FOR VALUES

BY the use of the penny, many persons
are taught the value Of money and its
purchasing power. The rich have been
TO make more fuss over one or two cents
withheld from them in a purchase than
when dollars were at stake.
b. BREWSTER.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
FLORISTS
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SERMON

PARK FLORAL. i437 Haight st.; phone Pash
S36 Cut flowers. ppts. etc. r. Grovea pron.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
The San Francisco Call and Post
CHRISTMAS TREES

CHRISTMAS TREES
Fine short leaf Christmas trees. 25c TO
$3.50. Shipped from forests of Willis; stiff.
outstanding branches; best to be had In city.
2059 Mission ST.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20

BAGGAGE and articles left by W. NJ Cart
wright at Hotel Alexander will be sold at
auction IL not claimed within 10 days.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
MONEY TO LOAN
.. D. DRAKE

Money on your salary without security;
best and most private terms; see us before
going elsewhere. Room POI, 94s Markets
room IS. 1925 Broadway. Oakland.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
IN THE DAYS OF GOLD

81 Sixth street.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-20
HOUSEHOLD LOAN co

WE LOAN MONEY TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT; no indorsefi
eonhdential: no red tape methods; u wees
psys SIS loan. 81 week pays $50 loan, "
weeks pays $45 loan. - week pays $50 loal
Call and rs. THE ROYAL lNVEsT
NENT COMPANY, 750 Phelaa hudins. -
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
"Have You Heard?"

They say" Have you
heard?" Two wee phrases! Five
short words! But they have
done more damage than all the
dictionary rolled together. They
have wrecked homes and broken
hearts. They have ruined promis-
ing careers and thrown business
firms into bankruptcy. They
have disrupted churches and
plunged old friends into bitter
legal fights. They have driven
men to drink and women to in
sanity. They have robbed inno-
cent little children of their par
ents and sent young girls brok-
en- hearted and unwedded to their
graves. They have turned mere
ly foolish girls into wicked ones
and have sent men to prison.
More and more does the world
recognize the power of thought
to influence the actions of those
over whom it is held. Gossip is
evil thought emphasized. 1t i'm
plants ideas in minds where no
such thought existed, no such
desire lodged. Exchange, =
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
Causes Of Stomach Troubles.

Sedentary habits, lack of out
door exercise, insufficient mast
ication of food, constipation, a
torpid liver worry and anxiety.
overeating, partaking of food and
drink not suited to your age and
occuption. Correct your habits
and take Chamberlain's Tablets
and you will soon be we'll again.
For sale by All Dealers. Adv.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
Cactus Good for Livestock

DR.. F. B. Robinson, represent
ing the government and the Lu-
Their Burbank syndicate in the
interest of the spineless cactus
industry, is in the city for a brief
visit while enroute to his home
in California, from the Salt river
valley. He states this forage is
growing in such popularity that
the demand is far exceeding the
supply, and that Hawaii is being
drawn on to meet increasing or
ders.
While in Phoeoix 40, 900 plants
were sold to the beet sugar fac
tory, while James Cashion will
cultivate an experimental 40-acre
tract for feeding livestock on his
large farms. This food is desir-
ed by cattle in preference to any
other growth and especially in
dry years is far more economical
and relieves the owner of any
anxiety as to watering his stock,
the moisture carried in the cac-
tus being sufficient to alleviate
thirst. -Journal-Miner.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
A Good Investment.

w. D. Magli, a we'll known
merchant of Whitemound, Wis,
bought stock of Chamberlain
medicine so as to be able to sup
ply them to his customers. After
receiving them he was himself
taken sick and says that one
small bottle of Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy was worth more to him
than the cost of his entire stock
of these medicines. For sale by
All Dealers. Adv.
C,hoo,.;bo e., +Ioo NEWC
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
Shake Of Your Rheumatism

Now is the time to get rid of
your rheumatism. Try a TWEEN
ty-fve cent bottle of Chamber
lain's Liniment and see how
quickly your rheumatism pains
disappear. Sold by all dealers.
Advertisement.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
Notice

AL. parties desiring to rent,
use or buy the Julius Wetzler
barn and corrals on the south
side should make application to
me. R. S. Teeple, Agent.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25

IF YOU NEED help of any
kind a line or two in the News
may fill your needs it.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1913-07-25
REPORTS OE PRISON
SUPERINTENDENT

Continued from first page.
Use tobacco 1874
Do not use tobacco 35
419
PRISON RECORD
First conviction 355
Admitted former conviction Ga
419
Total number treated and
discharged from hospital 100
Total number died in hos
pItal 2
Total number remaining in
hospital at close of fiscal
year ending June 80, 1918 4
Total number treated dur
ing year ending June 80.
1913 LOG
Gazette.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-28
The Matter With Maine: How Remedied
Dime BY the Department II Ag17cu
Important Interests Of the State

Another very important branch is in
the hands OF the field agent for the
gypsy moth work The gypsy moth is
one Of the greatest menaces to the state
that has ever been known Although
introduced into Maine only few years
ago, it has now spread over the larger
State, as far north and east as Orono
and in Oxford county to the town of
Oxford, and has been found in 100 diff
ferent towns. During the spring months
Just closed more than 100000 egg clusters
were destroyed on the trees in York
county alone The fifty men now in the
employment Of the Department in this
work are at present engaged in spraying.
The Department has established at Port
land this year a parasite laboratory and
parasites of the brown-tail moth are be-
ing bred and will soon be distributed
among the various towns of the State.
After this work is completed parasites
for the gypsy moth will be bred
Another line OF work of the Depart
ment which is quite important is that
known as weights and measures, a work
which formerly devolved upon the State
Treasurer but was changed to this De-
partment two years ago. 1t is important
that the people who are purchasing any
commodity should receive full weight or
measure. Towns are required to appoint
sealers of weights and measures and to
have standards which must be approved
by the Department at least once in five
years 1t is the duty of town sealers to
test all weights and measures within
their jurisdiction each year.
The last legislature made an appro-
priation to secure information in regard
to marketing farm products and pur-
chasing farm supplies. While this law
does not go into operation until the
middle of July, work has already begun
in an educational way. Many institu-
tons have been held and some organ
ization already made in this line of
work which is one of the most i'm
portant at the present day.
There are various other lines of work
i'll which the department is engaged, but
in this brief article it is impossible to
speak Of them,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-28

The State Agricultural Department Has
at its Head Now One Of the representa-
tive Sons of the State Who Has Had Edu-
cation, Practical Experience and Business
Ability Combined in Large Measure to
Meet the Arduous Duties of This ONCE.
That Success Will Attend His Admins
tratiou Is Assured.
and the opportunity is open for Maine
to successfully compete with any other
state in the Union in the production OF
apples, but it will be necessary that the
apples be graded and packed in the
proper way and put upon the market in
an economical manner. At the present
time most of the apples are marketed in
the early fall. soon after picking They
are rushed into European markets and
at once there is a glut and the price
goes down, and many farmers are OBJ
liged to sell at very low price because
they are not in a position to hold their
apples So it is evident that the farmers
need to provide storehouses whereby
their apples can be held for such periods
OF time as is desirable; and if large
per cent of the apples were marketed
by one association, as is done in the
northwestern states, then they could be
put upon the market in such way as not
to produce a glut.
One of the most important lines of
work of the Department is that of farm
ers' institutes, This has been a very inn
portant feature ever since the Depart
ment was established Experts are sent
out to talk upon any agricultural subject
desired, and to any part of the State,
as far as possible, and several hundred
addresses will be made this year upon
various agricultural topics.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-28
Efficient Work Being


" ests of this State is the live stock
industry, especially the dairy side.
The Department of Agriculture at the
present time is devoting considerable
effort to the establishment of dairy test
associations This is an organization
that affords the farmer a knowledge of
the value of each COW in his herd, and
brings home to him the fact OF the ex-
act cost of the products of each COW,
whether in milk or butter fat These
associations are very important in the
development OF the dairy industry. The
department not only organizes them
but aids them in various ways after
they are organized Attention is also
given to breeders associations. of
which there are many in the State 1t
is believed by the department that very
much more good blooded stock should
be brought into the State.
The Dairy Inspector has charge of
the enforcement of the dairy laws
those regarding milk, cream, butter, im-
tation butter and oleo. The object of his
work is to secure better and cleaner
product OF milk in the centers OF popua-
ton, and to see to it that all imitation
butter is sold for what it is
Another department of work is that
of the prevention of contagious diseases
among animals, especially tuberculosis
among cattle and CHAMBERS among horses.
This work has been carried on in the
State for many years very successfully.
and it is fair to claim that at present
Maine is ahead of most other states in
the healthfulness of its animals
The fruit interests in the state are in
the hands of the State Horticulturist and
his assistant, and they are aiming to
secure better cultivation and fertilization
of fruit trees in the State. A part of
their work is demonstration work in
spraying, which consists in going to the
orchards and showing methods of mix
ing the spraying materials and their
application They also hold schools for
grading and packing apples; and large
pat VI ehei WIN 10 III tue iile VI PFC
venting and overcoming diseases of
apple trees and other fruits. and control
ling insect pests They also assist in the
forming of cooperative associations
designed to secure a better grading and
packing of apples and to assist in their
marketing. Maine produces the best
quality of apples of any State in the
Union The apple lands of the State
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-28

by Jovel I came away from home
this morning without a penny in my
pocket"
What made you do thing like that"
Il don't know. But | guess my wife
had hand in it."