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The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
Carmel. Cal, November is. 1913

Just as George washington is the
father of our country, Saucy Jack
Barry the father of our navy. or the
Pilgrims the fathers of New England,
so is Junipero Sierra, the man who
brought the light of Christianity to
our shores. the father of California
It is good for us to all join as We
do today in celebrating his memory
1t is good for us to have the lesson
of such a life as that of Sierra $
brought home to us.
The character of Junipero Sierra
offers a striking study: 1t combines
so many divergent features. 1t Is at
once angelic and manfully forceful,
seraphic and plainly sensible. He was
learned and an eloquent man mot
as too many writer's have fancifully
imagined, mere holy zealot. In
his youth he had a great career be-
fore him. In the face of such ring
ing eloquence in the pulpit and such
brilliance on the rostrum as were
his. one hardly dared put any limit
to the honors he might win. But he
gave them all up because his heart
burned with love of souls-benighted
souls in far pagan land, for whose
eternal salvation he literally yearned
And so he came to California-and
mere his character reveals SILL otHtF
interesting facts. Not only was he
preacher and teacher and holy Fran
ciscan priest. but he was path
finder. a pioneer, builder and a
statesman as well. The mighty
genius he exhibited in the foundation
and administration of his great mis-
sion system is something before
which the most thoughtful must bow
He studied the aborigine, and under
stood him. He had a great head as
well as a great heart. And speak
ing of his heart--how beautifully it
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
The Greatest Man Of Alta
California, Says History
By FATHER JOSEPH P. McouA1DE

1t was Father Palou, a companion
and friend of Sierra, who knew the
great missionary in his youth and in
the prime of his life. who said, when
word was given him that Sierra was
charged with the management of the
missions of Alta California, that here
is one of whom posterity will say.
He was the greatest man that ever
trod the sands of Alta California.
When we consider the fact that Sierra
was 81 years old when he began this
work of regeneration, time in life
when most men are easing up and
calculating upon diminution of their
energies. we marvel at the accuracy
of Palou's prediction, and we get, be-
sides, the best encomium on Serra's
power and character. Junipero Sierra
died in 1884. He was easily first
among the band of Franciscans who
in Is years of his life regenerated and
made happy and peaceful $4,000 In
dians. Since his day-and we have
had good men here in California-is
there any impress made by any COM
parable to his?
proper estimate of his exalted and
heroic character to reflect, first, that
Junipero Sierra was in the front rank
of theologians and philosophers in the
great order of St Francis. He won
his doctorate in theology and held the
chair of philosophy. He was besides a
preacher. who brought to the pulpit all
the grace and art of the orator. so
much so that he made fame in many
of the great churches of his native
Spain. But all his fame and all his
theology and philosophy lessened not
in him, much less robbed him of his
passionate love for the red man. He
volunteered for the Cerro Gordo mis-
sions of Mexico. This was his train
ing ground, so to speak. for the work
which was to crown his life in Cali
fornia. One can not say much in
few words. and SO IL l were called
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Junipero Serras Part in the
Naming Of San Francisco
Franciscan Missionary. Who, Like His Leader,
Brought Religion to the People Left His
Impress on No Mean City
BY WILLIAM F. NICHOLS
Episcopal Bishop Of California

That early alcaIde who is said by
the stroke of a pen to have changed
the name of our city from Yerba
Buena to San Francisco, when the lat
ter name was about to be appropri-
ated by another and smaller town. was
by tradition directly concerned with
our naming. But 1t is a matter of no
little interest to recall the fact that
the remoter suggestion really is traced
TO Father Junpero Sierra. The city's
name has come from the name of the
old Mission of San Francisco, and the
Mission, according to Father Engel-
hardt's Missions and Monuments of
California" owes it's name to a Curl
Gus circumstance. Father Palou,
quoted by Father Engelhardt, says:
When the venerable Father Junipero
Sierra conferred with the inspector
general about the first three missions
which Galvez had directed him to es-
tablish in new California, seeing the
names and patrons which he had as
signed, he said to him, And is there
to be no mission for our Father San
francisco? Don GalveZ replied: IF
San Francisco wants mission, let
him cause his port to be discovered
and 1T will be placed there"
The reference was to the port which
the explorer, Cermenon, had named
San Francisco, the same port which
Francis Drake had entered in 1879.
Cermenon in 1895 named it the port
of San Francisco. probably from the
day of arrival, which might have been
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
The Father Of California,
Another Saint Francis
By CHARLES PHILLIPS
Editor of the Monitor

is revealed in his letters: in such
little passages. for instance. as that
in which he tells of finding Castil-
liam rose in the California waste. He
was another st. Francis: he loved the
wilding children of the trail: knew
bird and squirrel and rabbit and all
the furtive folk of the wilderness.
and learned ways from them no
doubt, in which to approach and deal
with the equally furtfve Indian.
Sierra gave his life to California
Lame from the time of his arrival, he
limped his glorious way up and down
El Canine Real, making that highway
truly the road of the king of kings
Yet, far from ever complaining. he
sang and brought good cheer with
him wherever he journeyed. To him
his holy religion was a source of joy.
When finally he laid him down, at his
dear Carmelo, to rest, he went singing
to his very grave.
If today the Indians he loved are
vanished and the missions become al
most a thing of the past. Sierra s
mighty dream. nevertheless, is far
from futile or frustrated. 1t is full
filledl For it was souls Sierra loved,
be they white or brown; and he not
only won them by the thousands in
his earthly life, but he is winning
them still day after day. And for
every soul in the teeming cities or the
settled valleys of the California of to-
day that heeds the voice of Serra's
ideal, that receives his message of
zeal and self f-sacrifice--for every such
soul how he, in heaven, must rejoice
and sing, as he sang sweetly and man.
fully in the mission choir with his
neophytes. Sierra is not dead. He is
one of the immortals!
We have good reason not only. to
honor the father of California, but to
love and vcnerate him.
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upon to suggest one act in the great
Serra's life, one that should as pic
ture be printed upon the memories of
knelt before the disgruntled and dis
appointed Portola and begged the gov
ernor to give over his determination
to strike camp and leave what he re-
garded as an accursed land. In win
ming over Portola, Junipero won the
day for the red man, and for all of us
since. and for all Californians to come.
May we not consider for a moment
the missionary system which Sierra
inaugurated and developed? To un-
derstand and to appreciate it we must
concede that one can not do better
than, or as well. as to teach his fellow
men the truths revealed by the found
er of Christianity. With the Indians
under Sierra manual labor and mental
endeavor were to follow in time after
they had grasped in their simple
minded way the essentials. If the
three RS had been aimed at first the
Indians, like good many simple
minded people of today, would have
regarded them as essential, and re-
ligion secondary. Besides. the Indian
made 1T plain that he was against
mental endeavor. and manual labor,
too. There was only one way to i'm
prove him. and that was to collect
him and keep a watchful eve over him
and to make him happy. This was the
system of treating with the Indian
the only system that succeeded from
Canada to Patagonia and from Florida
to California. The Indians were taught
everything. If education means to fit
one to live happily. decently and use
fully. then the California mission In
dians were educated. All honor, then.
to Junipero Sierra. May his sweet
spirit in heaven on this. his natal. day
smile upon us, and may we all learn
the lessons of his life, especially his
undying love for the poorest and low
liest of Gods children whenever and
wherever we find them.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

chapel containing an image of the
Virgin. Our lady of Bonany had re-
posed for countless years in her up
land sanctuary. but 1t had been de-
cided that she should grace the occa-
sion of the dedication of the monu-
ment to Father Sierra. Soon the Vir-
gin passes. preceded by the band. and
followed by long procession of the
Daughters of Mary. singing or chant
ing hymns.
I'VE inspected the monument to
Sierra. This is a piece of work that
does credit to the sculptor 1t has
the distinction of being the first
monument to anybody yet erected in
Majorca. On one side is the inscrip-
tion to Father Sierra, on another the
arms of Petra, on third Father
Serra's shield--a saw, which Is the
meaning OF the word .serra' in Ma
jorcan-and on a fourth a tribute to
Father Torrens, to whose initiative
the monument was due. The monu-
ment was veiled by an American and
a Spanish flag. These were drawn
to one side and the bishop read the
address, The purport of it was that
the greatest glory of any town or
city was in giving meritorious sons
to the world and it was Petra's
glory to be the birthplace of Junipero
Sierra
Surely this event makes toward
bettermenet of the relations between
Spain and the United States. Cali
fornia is inseparably bound up with
the memory of Father Sierra. who is
certainly regarded as the great Ma
jorcan hero.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

Held under the auspices Of the
Third Order of st. Francis.
a. m.-Leave San Francisco.
1916 a. m.--Depart by auto from Mon
terey station for edge Of town of
Carmel. where pilgrimage process
sion will form in line.
1870 a. m.-Solemn procession to
Mission Carmelo.
IL noon-Solemn high mass in Mission
Carmelo. Sermon by Rev. r. M.
Mestres. Music by st. Francis Boys
choir. Services close with congre-
gational singing of Holy God We
Praise Thy Name" Grand barbecue
follows Immediately after mass.
D. m.-Proceed by auto to Sierra
statue at Monterey, whore civic
celebration will be held
The program follows:
March. st. Francis Orphanage
Boys band.
Grand selection. 'Maritana-"
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interviewing an International Exposition
Continued From Page 13

inner office. When l joined Harry
Murphy and D. Rogatory again heard
the latter saying something to the
effect that he didn't think the Con-
eessions were falling into line as fast
as they expected. Well" he ex-
claimed, rubbing his hands as il he
had already put one over, how many
applications have they had?"
They don't seem to have kept a
complete record. but
Il thought not" he interrupted
Didn't tell YOU SOP?
But" continued. they have
turned down over six thousand by ac-
tual count
As we stood on the steps of the
Service Building, D. Rogatory played
his last card. Look at those two
Gas tanks, he said, loud enough to
be heard half way up the Fillmore
street Hill. they'll be a great help
to the color scheme. they will
they're sight. AS he got rid of
this, Director Burt, Agnes Admissions
and Charlie Concessions joined us.
y meant to have asked you inside;
have you had any suggestions as to
what to call the Main Concession
Street I"
Il forgot my umbrella. said Miss
Admissions. going back in the Build
ing.
II you'll excuse me- apologized Di-
rector Burt. I'll take advantage of an
invitation I've had to go down town
in a machine"
II dislike to hurry" said Charlie.
but I'm dining out. Good night"
Those Gas Tanks" thundered b.
Rogatory, ARE sight
Those Gas Tanks repeated Miss
Admissions sweetly. as she tripped
down the steps, are unattractive. but
they won't be later. Why, ID. Roga-
tory, every one on the Grounds but
you has known for months that one
tank will be completely covered by the
Creation Concession. and the other
entirely surrounded by the Scenic
Railroad There-Ive lost my car
just through your Ignorance"
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how that IL you pay fifty cents to go In
you won't have the feeling that you
still have an interest in the fifty wncn
you come out. Mr.. Burt believes that
the man in the Box Office should be a
salesman, but he also believes that
when a salesman has nothing to sell
he is out of job and incidentally that
is Rule 1. Regulation A. as far as the
Concessions are concerned You
know" he continued. 'the Exposition
Management has permanent, not a
passing interest, in the Concessions
lion dollars.
I'm money!" asked D. Rogatory.
I'm money" replied Charlie.
Mex p
~ S. G. c.
What did st. Louis make out of the
Concessions-do you remember"
Roughly speaking. about one mil
lion dollars. answered Charlie.
That's pretty bitter medicine for you,
isn't it. D. Rogatory?"
Not at ALL" he responded. mot at
all / can't even taste 1T IL it's over
one dollar. Id like to say this to you,
Charlie, l hope you have as much use
for an Adding Machine after the Fair
closes as you have now
eve haven't one in the place" re-
torted Charlie, "and that is some
thing we do not seem to be able to get
people to understand. We are not go-
ing to open this Fair on our own fig-
ures, but we are going to open it on
the Experience at the Closing OF 9TH
ers.'
NO BOTHER OVER PASSES
&oIx nv
tion." 7 asked Miss Admissions. I'm
vour estimates as to the Attendance.
the number of Passes which will be
used ?"
She smiled blandly. No she an
swered. II have not; we won't be
bothered much keeping track OF the
passes. And here ] might mention
we are gonig to establish another
innovation for International EXPOSE
tions.''
would you mind letting me in?"
mot at all. but on one condition.
Name it,"
..That YOU will spread the glad tid-
ings"
1--WE have established Headquarters
for Passes in two prominent and very
well known Buildings down town..
Indeed, where?''
."rhe Mint and the Subtreasury."
AT this we all stood up. there was
a general hand shaking and an inter-
change Of courtesies. AS we went out
the door d. Rogatory said to me so
no one else could hear, did you notice
nothing was said about the number of
applications they have had for Con-
cessions? 1t might be well to look
into that a little
thanked him and returned to the
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22
Program Of Sierra Bi- Centenary at
Carmel and Monterey---Nouenber rs

Grafton. "Junipero serra," Senior
del Vale.
The wreathing Of the statue.
La Paloma," Boys band.
The ode, by Charles Phillips. edi-
tor of the San Francisco Monitor.
Music, sextet from Lucia" and
quartet from N"Rigoletto," Boys
band.
Grafton in Spanish. Rev Ray
mond M. Mestres. pastor Of San Car
los. Monterey.
Grafton. Sierra at Carmel" Mich
ael Williams.
Music. "Badner Maceln." waltz,
Boys band.
Poem. by Miss Maria Antonia Fields.
National air. THE Star Spangled
Banner" Boys band.
to $3.50 p. m.--Supper at San Carlos
school and parish halls. Monterey.
p. m.-Return by special train to
San Francisco. arriving about 1890
o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-22

RAMPANT WICKEDNESS

The late Patrick Ford, IreIand's
best friend in America. was talking
one day in the Irish World Office
about the English
They are so sanctimonious. es-
pecially toward the Irish,v he said,
"and their sanctimoniousness by Jove,
isn't hypocrisy-it's stupidity.
They are like my friend Bishop
Eighthly, who has just bought a two
horsepower runabout.
never knew till got a car said
Bishop Eigbthly. that profanity was
so extremely prevalent
Do you hear much Of 1t on the
roadg ! asked.
Why said the bishop. nearly
everybody bump into swears dread
fully.
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Now r cad On

Copyright. 1904. By
Continued from Yesterday
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...A13yC Carmel Mission

The russet leaves Of sycamore
ast on he valIey
wind and fro
Like ghosts i'm tale of long
Shallow and clear the Carmel gldes
Where the willows droop ON her vine-walled sides.
The bracken-rust is red the hill;
The pines brooding, somber still;
Gray the cliffs. and the waters
where the seagus dip to the sea-bOrn
Sad November lady of rain,
Sends the gOOse-wedge again.
serra's month. and the heIds he trod:
md man, knight of God!
blood faces the guns;
His the of the younger sons;
But the wealth he sought is found by few,
For the souls of the lure he knew.
4. the Pat WI her he = guide
by the Carmeps side
A Path whose ending fs set afar
Beyond the journeys of world and star;
For City beckoned him.
Whose Gate held by the seraphim.
he from the south his shostIy Grail,
N called tribesmen his Tale;
Called valley and shore and fen
The silent bands of the heather men
The TALL brown people, lords of the land,
From mountain top to the ocean sand
That a kindly he
As the stone hewn and the forest felled,
And the herds from the southern land were led,
fields titled and the cattle bred,
And he the ruder customs
As the brute grew less in the savage strain.
nd holy citadeIs
Rang the voice of the Mission bells,
TIL human flock that few
swiftly and to thousands
"A a II
o tribes of the south and and north
So dreamt md buildcd and passed.
sleeping by
n world from the foam
OF his BaIearfc island home
his could
what doom, what end. his toll would be-
Gone il the glory Now
The tribesmen kneel mt the Mission door.
Seek them not by valley hill
All the voices long since still.
II Purpose. Cold and
eternal hands Of Change.
and fame of the pioneer!
Only his children read them clear
who throng where he Jared alone,
w where his hands have
for whose compensated
Wider an brighter the skies.
GEORGE STERLING
:. November Is, 1918.
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Continued ON Monday
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-15
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
s2ss sS the Town and dlIGse Told Bstsst
gnS GHH Readers

Dr. Wilson will be in his Office this
evening.
Raymond Higgins OF Woodford is
in the village today.
Mrs. Frank Boynton Of Weodford
is, in the village today.
DR.. and Mrs. j. r. Wilson have re-
turned from a trip TO New York.
Miss Rose Harbour has returned
from visit with relatives In Wood
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Koehler of Troy
~. Y, are the guests of Rev. and Mrs.
p. l.. Dow.
4. r. Griswold and wife are ex-
pected tonight from business trip
to New York
Mrs. George W., and Mrs. Geo. |.
Knapp of Woodford were in the vii
lage Saturday.
Edward L. Stone is passing a few
days in Woodford. Mrs. Stone was
there Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. George f. Townshend and
Mrs. John Harbour were recent visi-
tors to relatives in Woodford.
1000 baskets of extra fancy large
peaches placed on sale today at the
corner market, North and Main street
Free from stones and large baskets,
price $500. b. Cantor. Adv.
AT the NJ. +. parsonage Sunday,
September IA, 1913, Joseph Willard
Albee and Flora May Swaziland, both
CT Springfield, Mass, We're united in
marriage by Rev. p l.. Dow.
The prizes at the dance in Fores-
ter's Hail Saturday night were
awarded as follows, $40 to Mrs. Roy
Paddock of Main street and S. to
Joseph 7. Pellerin of Min street
The Philathea class OF the First
Baptist church will hold its regular
monthly business meeting at the par
sonsge this evening at s o'clock
sharp. All members are urged to be
present.
Oliver Perry Norehouse of North
rington of Bennington We're united in
marriage Saturday afternoon, Sep
TENDER 10. 1913. at the Methodist-pas-
sonage by Rev. p. l.. Dow
Rev. John Mitchell. pastor of First
Baptist church at Saratoga Springs,
who is passing his annual vacation
in Woodford, went to his home today
where he will perform marriage
ceremony Tuesday evening, and will
return Wednesday.
Rev. George Mair OF tho Y. NJ c.
A., who has been supplying the pull
pit the past summer OF the Union
Christian church, Woodford City.
preached his farewell sermon Sun
day. Mr.. MAR left today to resume
his studies at Weselyn University at
Middletown, Conn.
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BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village Told Briefly
Cor Busy Readers

Wanted Help wanted in house
dress department. Bottum & Tor
rance Co. Adv. 1913
The sale of fire and water damag
ed goods at the Noveck store viii
open on Thursday.
Miss Irene LaFortune returned
Sunday evening from few days
visit at her home in Cheshire, Mass
j. Gordon Burk, son of Mr. and
Mrs. j. E. Burk, leaves this evening
for Culver, Indiana, to enter the Cul-
yer, Military Academy.
Miss Gertrude A. Mcclure of SAT
ford street left this morning for Troy
where she is to enter the training
school for nurses. at the Samaritan
hospital.
T. j. Cunning of Atlantic Mass.
while repairing an auto yesterday
was severely burned on the forearm
by gasoline ieniting.
A. j. Cooper, Frank NJ. Crawford
l.. F. ABBOTT and Frank Carver the
Z
tomorrow to attend the state fair at
White River Junction.
Frank c. Archibald of Manchester
is in town today. Miss Grace II
! Holt, his stenographer came down
| with Mr.. Archibald in his automo
bile to see her father who is i'll.
The Foresters of America wish to
challenge the Elks for game OF
base ball for the benefit of tile Ben
nington base ball club, providing
they have all members and the For
ester have all members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie L. Howe OF
Mcntclair, n. j., are guests at the
home of his cousin, Frank E. Howe.
l.. h. Howe and f. +. Howe are 10
spend the next two or three days in
visiting the home of their ancestors
in Dover.
d. b. Keller, while driving home
from Troy Sunday evening collided
with carriage a few miles this side
of Troy. The auto was ditched and
damaged and the carriage wrecked
but fortunately the occupants OF both
car and carriage were only slightly
shaken by being thrown out
Ray Barlow was down from the
red mill district in Woodford Satur
day, where he and his family ar,
picking ferns. Barlow says tina,
bears are frequently seen and srang
ers who are forming there are fright
encd by them and run one way Will
their hats off, and the animals the
other way.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-15

One is simply taken in on green
goods or blue sky game when he pays
Il long price for seed potatoes alleged
To he blight and bug proof. II IS true
that some varieties of potatoes arc
somewhat more resistant 10 blight than
others. but they produce tuberS Of in.
ferior quality, while it ought to be an
apparent truth that bugs will eat the
vines of one variety just as fast rs
those of another. Some vines, grow
ing faster than Others, have a better
chance 10 outstrip the bugs. and that
is all there can possibly be to the con
tention.
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CONSERVATISM.

one day through the primeval wood
A calf walked home. as good calves
should.
But made a trail all bent askew,
A crooked path, as all calves do.
The trail was taken up next day
BY lone dog that passed that
way.
5 And then a wise beliwether sheep
: Pursued tho trail DER vale and
steer
And drew the flock behind him, too,
5 AS good bcllwethers always do.
; And from that day, DER hill and
glade.
Through those old woods, a path
was made.
) And many men wound in and out
; And lodged and turned and bent
about
And uttered words OF righteous
! wrath
5 Because twas such a crooked path.
But stn they followed-do not
laugh
The first migrations Of that calf
. And through the winding roadway
) stalkcd
> Because he wabbled when he walked.
So men prefer to 20 II blind
! Along the calf paths of the mind
> And work away from sun to sun
, To do what other men have done.
Anonymous.
IA. .......
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-09-15

Some idea of the size OF the business
of growing early tomatoes is shown in
the fact that in single Texas town.
which is the center of a tomato grow
ing district. the bank deposits for Il
single day during the marketing season
were Sol, 900.