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12 FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1895. THE RESOURCES OF MARYSVILLE. AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND MANUFAC- TURES PAY TRIBUT E TO THE METROP- OLIS OF THE TWIN RIVERS. MARYSVILLE, CaL., June 9.—Where | fertile valleys pour their golden and amber harvests through its marts of trade, where the streams of two broad rivers mingle en | route to the sea, where oranges ripen for market two weeks earlier than in sunny | Southern California, but where gentle many acres of public land available to the homesteader, but a district richer than many another in proportion to the num- ber of its inhabitants. Its assessment roll foots up over§$8,000,000, which is an average of $4000 to each voter of the 15,000 popula- tion. Its acreage numbers 300,000, and of breezes from a broad expanse of li waters render the nights delightful and the sleepers’ dreams almost Elysian, stands the city of Marysvilie. C led in ng this by far the greater portion is in a high cool state of cultivation. The land is excep-| tionally fertile and such a thing as a fail- ure of crops has never yet been experi- the lap of rivers it is leveed against the | enced. Sutter County, which is separated waters’ too fervent embrace, and from its | from Yuba County only by the river, is gates fields of yellow grain and blue alfalfa | also tributary to Marysville, and ships also, of course, the distributing point for the great mining districts to the north, which consume millions in supplies yearly. But even more important than its com- mercial advantages to Marysville are its manufacturing industries. The value of their output is many millions yearly and they give continuous and remunera- tive employment to many hundreds of people. Among them are included plan- ing and lumber mills, flouring-mills, brew- eries, woolen mills, foundries, harvester works, a cannery, bag factories and smaller institutions without number. The woolen-mills were incorporated in 1867 with a capital of only $50,000. Since then over $800,000 has been paid out in wages, vet its capital stock has been in- creased from its earnings to $200,000 and it has paid dividends each year. In spite of the hard season last year and the recent paid-up capital of $150,000 and numbers some of the ablest financiers in the county on its board of directors. The business prosperity of the city is well exemplitied by the fact that there is not a vacant residence in the city, and that additional buildings are now in course of construction. The press of Marysville is clean, able and public spirited. There are two daily papers published in the city and several weeklies. ‘Bhe Daily Appeal isa morning journal, while the Evening Democrat serves up the afternoon news. Both are bright and newsy, and though each is de- voted to the interests of its particular po- litical party, they work together in har- mony for the advancement of their city. Both deserve success, and what is better both are prosperous. The San Francisco aailies do not reach the city till iate in the afternoon. The educational facilities which Marys- v_il}e affords are a source of pride to the citizens, and properly so, for they cannot be surpassed by those of any interior city on the coast. The school buildings are substantial structures of brick ana stone. e stretch to the foothills, while on the slopes zbove orchards and vineyards display their | amber and purple riche: In the days of lo; when the waters “eather ran s of yellow gold | and rough-clad miners scoured the hills in their search for the precious metal, Marys- i as a city. In its streets the freight- | er's team of many mules threaded its | cautious way among the prospectors’ | burros and the vicious broncho of the | cowboy, and the white-haired Justice of | the Peace rubbed elbows with the gambler | and the leisurely native of the land of to- | morrow. | And to-day Ma; modern municipali v, with broad, clean | and well kept strects, with electric lights | to dispel the darkness of its evenings and with blue coated guardians of the peace | sauntering leisurely among its busy | | | | | | | | | | | | YUBA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, MARYSVILLE, from this city yearly hundreds of thou- | sands of dollars worth of fruit and grain. The city is situated at the head of navi- gation in the delta of Yuba and Feather rivers, and of so great importance is its commerce that the National Government ‘W. T, Ellis Jr., Mayor of Marysville. throng. Mills and factories have sprung up whose yearly output is valued at many millions, and stages of many lines to points not yet favored with steam transpor- tation meet its every incoming and out- going train. | Not the least significant indication of the city’s prosperity is the fact that it has | so easily adopted all the conveniences of | modern civilization. An efficient fire de- partment guards its buildings from the de- Ex-Mayor J. U. Hofstetter, President of the California Bank of Savings. | has spent immense sums in improving its waterways and in dredging great cut-offs to shorten the distance traveled by its vessels. Two stern-wheel steamers ply daily between this city and San Francisco, affording to the ranchers an economical N\ N N N0\ N N\ N N R ::\ N\ 3 N Q N NN N R 2\ % Norman A. Rideout, ex-Mayor of Marysville and Manager of the Rideout Bank. vouring element. Its streets are piped for water and gas and hydrants stand on every corner. A compiete sewer system empties into the river far below the city. Street railway lines traverse its thoroughfares and connect the two rail- road stations, and excellent graded and high schools afford every facility for use- ful education. The public buildings and private residences are substantially built of brick and stone, and the entire city though picturesque and pretty has a re- freshing air of well groomed prosperity. Marysville isthe county seat of Yuba City Marshal J. A. Maben. and convenient mode for reaching a market for their products. Marysville, by ifs favorable location, is the natural gateway for the products of an enormous tract of country, and from this financial stringency its dividends were paid asusual and it enjoys the enviable distinction of being the only institution of its kind in the State which succeeded in making sufficient money foy that purpose. Its bildings are constructed with particu- lar reference to sanitary conditions and its employes are well paid and contented. The Buckeye flouring-mill has a capacity of 500 barrels. It runs night and day and asit isnot included in the great Sperry combine it affords the city the double ad- vantage of employment for its residents and cheap bread stuffs for its ci nS. The fruit cannery in the fruit season gives employment to 200 hands. It has a capital stock of $200,000 and at busy times puts out from 15,000 to 20,000 cans a day. The Leach Lumber Company has a capi- tal stock of $100,000 and does an enormous business in the redwood forests of the mountains. A considerable portion of its Justus President of the Greeley, Buckeye Mines. output goes to San Francisco and the coin received enters into circulation here. At the harvester works combined harvesters are produced which have met with great favor all over the State. The California Brewery, capitalized at $50,000, produces a bottled beer which is found on the tables of every restaurant in the metropolis. In a business way Marysviile has always been prosperous, and here—probably be- cause of its yaried industries—was the re- cent financial crisis felt least of all. One firm alone does a business of $1,000,000 a year. Two incorporated banks attend to the commercial business of the city and a savings bank guards the earnings of the working people. The Rideout Bank has an authorized capital of §500,000, ha!f of which is already paid up. Norman A. Rideout, its vice- County, a district not too thickly popu- lated, and in which there still remain fact it derives an extensive revenue and an enormous volume of business. It is vresident and manager, is an ex-mayor of the city. < The Decker Jewett & Co. bank has & | They are large, airy and well ventilated, | and were planned with especial reference | to the comfort, convenience and health of | the scholars and teachers. The schools | are graded from primary classes through | the grammar courses, and an excellent ! high school completes the system. A corps of seventeen competent teachers have them in charge. Besides the graded schools, | Marysville boasts a young !adies’ semi- nary and a college, which afford upsur- passed “opportunities for what is termed the higher education. | Tbe fire department of Marysville owns four steam ftire engines of the most recent pattern, the necessary hose carts and a | hook and ladder truck. The officers and men belonging to the department are all under pay, and the service is prompt and efficient. The water supply comes from artesian wells of great depth, whence it is pumped | into tanks placed at an elevation of forty | | David E. Enight, Levee Commissioner and President of Several IManufac- | turing Institutions. feet, in order to secure the necessary pressure. It is piped through all the streets, and hydrant connections are pro- vided for at convenient points. The same source furnishes the drinking water for the city, and the supply is never failing. For | drinking purposes the water is admirable; | it is clear and cold, and almost absolutely pure, containing a trifle of sulphur and magnesia, but only just enough to render it especially wholesome. . Marysville is noticeably a healthy city, and this has been commented upon more than once in the reports of the | State health officers. Its death rate | is comparatively much smaller than that of other cities. For this, as for everything else in this world, there is a reason, and it is to be found, in this case, in the scrupulous care which the citizens W. T. Ellis, Levee Commissioner. take of their city. Its streets are broad, clean and well paved. They are bordered with concrete sidewalks, and the crossings, without exception, are of granite slabs. Nearly all the public buildings and private residences are built of stone or brick, and | New York are thus free from dampness. All garbage and refuse is removed beyond the city limits and burned. Marysville has gas and electric lights throughout the city, and at night her streets are as brilliantly lighted as those of any metropolitan city. Both the gas and electric plants are owned by the same com- pany, and though there is in that line no competition the rates of charges are mod- erate. The town supports three excellent hotels and several o inferior grade. The Mayor of Marysville is W. 'f'. Ellis. He is a member of the firm of Ellis & Son and is a leading and capable business man, The Mayor is as yet unmarried, and as he DPasses in the discharge of his official duties is the recipient of many languishing glances from the fair ones of the city. The other departments of the city gov- ernment are in charge of men of equal solidity, and their rule is very satisfactory. Owing to the position of the city in the Tiver delta it was formerly exposed to over- flow during the spring periods of hizh water. A few years ago, however, by popular vote the sum of $250,000 was ap- propriated for the protection of the city. With this sum, under careful and honest supervision, a stout levee was built en- tirely around the city. It is a great wall of earth twenty-five feet in height, and it affords ample protection from high water. To care for it and keep it in repair a yearly appropriaiion is made, and three men are elected to have the matter in charge. They are termed Leyee Commissioners, and they are invariably chosen from the city’s most honorable and upright citizens. Any mention of the advantages of Marysville would be incomplete were not some attention given to its railroad con- nections. Itisa terminal point for East- ern shipments, and much of the freight destined for points in other States is way- billed by way of this city. Two branches of the great Southern Pacific system—the California and Oregon and the California Northern and Knights Landing—center here, and still another railroad is now in course of construction. This last is to be operated by electricity. It will run from Marysville to Auburn,and will at the latter place afford direct transcontinental connections with the Central Pacific system. The power for this road will be durnished by the South Yuba Water Com- pany, whose supply is practically inex- haustible. At some point along the line— probably at Grass Valley—an electric plant will be erected and a power station estab- lished. The money for the road has all been raised and work on the actual con- struction will begin at once. Several stage lines also center at Marys- ville and furnish means of access to points which have not as yet rail connections. Stages run daily to Smartsville, Browns Valley, Hansonville, Strawberry Valley, Camptonville and other points in the re. mote interior. They carry the United States mail, and take from Marysville the supplies required by the towns which are their various destinations. THE MOTHER OF TO-DAY, How She Compares With the Women of Lang Syne. There are copious folios written about the girl of the period, the up-to-date girl and the modern girl, but we do not often hear anything about her mother, and yet it seems to us there is, if anything, a vaster difference between her and the mother of the last generation. The mother of long ago was much older and more sedate. She sat a great deal by the fire and seldom walked out. except for ceremonious calls or necessary shop- ping. She usually wore galoshes when she took the air. and "a little shawl of dainty white or pink wool lay over her shoulders as she sat writing long letters to her ab- sent children, in a fine, sloping, Italian hand. She made no end of “simples” and pomades and liniments, and had a remedy and recipe for cvery evil under the sun. She disapproved of theaters and balls and smoking, and she was wild with terror any of her brood went skating. She never cared to talk to men other than the vicar and the doctor, but had cronies of her own ilk to whom she confided all of her troubles. She carried her keys in a basket :;.ln;i‘looked well to the ways of her house- old. Her best dress was a rich black sllk, which was made and remade in a matronly fashion, and she had a drawer full of priceless little bits of lace. She wore a cap, and parted her hair in the middle. She was inexpressibly shocked when she heard of anything like flirting going on among the girls, and laid down the most stringent axioms, and yet she had been a fearful flirt herself, because, when sit- ting over a cozy fire in the gloaming, her heart expanded and her tongue loosened by tue inspiring infiuence of a Christmas or a wedding, she would tell us most de- licious little episodes of the sweetest and quaintest love - making, in which she played the leading lady, “long before I saw your dear papa, girls.”” She made a dear old lady, and as a grandmother she was perfection. On the whole, thougi, her views on some of the occupations and amusements of youth, her extraordinary propensity for airing everything, and her yearning after flannel as a firstarticle of attire made bher somewhat of a nuisance now and then, much as her children all loved her. The up-to-date mother is quite different. To begin with, she is much younger—quite young, in fact. She is influitelx younger and better looking than her 20-year-old daughter. She may have reached 35, but she never passes it. She wears far more stylish and becoming clothes than her girls, and enjoys balls and parties and con- certs more than they do. Sheis a brilliant talker; she has a horror of women older than herself and is inexpressibly bored by them, eagerl}y; welcoming her men friends, of whom she has a regular cortege. She goes everywhere and knows everything. She never carries a key, and she never obtrudes her housekeeping into notice; yet her house to outward observation, is’ beauti- fully kept, her decorations artistic. She gives charming little dinners, though she neither makes, mixes nor tastes the cook- ery thereof. er sous are proud of the “mater,” and confide in ber, and tell her things their father would have expired rather than he would have told his mother. Her daugh- ters admire her immensely, and are quite happy to be her satellites and maids of honor, and to follow meekly in her wake. She is, in fact, very attractive, and hasa real good time of it, and, if fate decrees her to be a graudmamma, it is quite pretty and a huge joke to see the fascinating and youthfulfigmnny with the little grandchild. She is infinitely more playful and skittish with him than his own mamma is, and is delighted when people say, “Fancy you a grandmother.” : ‘We think every one will agree with us that these are some of the differences be- tween the two mothers. Which of the two is to be preferred? We leave it to our readers to decide.—London Lady. Metallurgical Skill. Otis T. Mason calls attention to a pecu- liar method employed by early native races in North and South America, which was the covering of objects made of wood with copper. Carrying metallurgical skill further than that, copper objects have been noted sheathed with silver'and with gold. Sufficient examples of this character have been found to satisfy us that the aborigines in the Mississippi Valley and in South America possessed the art of “‘cold-ham- mering copper, of beating it to overlie and fit upon a warped or curved surface and of tnmmE. the edges over.” The possibility of working Lake Superior copper as would an Indian and converting a nugget into a thin sheet of copper has geen successfully carried out by Joseph D.McGuire. He used a stone hammer and stone anvil and made a thin plate, and then removed by scouring with sand all the indentations,.— es. LAWYERS OF LOS ANGELES Pen Pictures and Photographs of Men Who Handle Legal Questions. THE CITY'S FOUR HUNDRED. Personal Mention of the Lawyers in the Other Portion of United California. graduate of Berkeley, and also took one term in the Legislature. The office of the firm is in the First National Bank building. Bryson block, corner Second and Spring- streets, is full of noted lawyers. Here the Hon. James McLachlan, Congressman- elect, has his office and receives cordially newspaper men, woman suffragists, book agents, political friends and harbor advo- cates. McLachlan has had a genuine American career. He studied Latin with the grammar tied to the handle of the plow, taught school, studied law and politics, was elected District Attorney, studied more politics, and was elected to Congress. He is a man of good judgment and like California’s sunshine warm and genial. Ben Goodrich has an office in the Bryson block. He was born in Texas when it was a republic. His father was one of the framers of the constitution of Texas. Mr, LOS ANGELES, CaL., June 9.—The Los Angeles City Directory gives the names of 400 resident lawyers, and puts the name of | S. M. White, United States Senator, in big letters, at the head. His office is in the old Temple block, where Main and Spring streets divide. This block has been the headquarters for lawyers ever since it was built, in the early seventies. In this building Judge Charles Silent and Alexander Campbell, both eminent in the profession of the law, are located. Robert N. Bulla, chairman of the Judi- ciary Committee in the last session of the Legislature, and his handsome partner, Perry R. Williams, enjoy a lucrative prac- tice, and occupy rooms 37,39 and 41 of Temple block. Henry G. Weyse, born and reared in the city of Los Angeles, educated at Harvard | Bradner W. Lee. Goodrich is noted for his success at the bar. | Hen. W. A. Harris has an office in rooms 21, 22, Bryson block. Mr. H | law for eighteen months in | dino. He is well known for ! terest in publ airs, and i | called on as a speaker in social, ed and political gatherings. He i strong personal force. Louis Luckel, who was nominated by | the People’s party for Attorney-General in the last campaign, has offices in the | Bryson block, where he follows a general law practice. He enjoy ng run 18,000 vote he distinction of ahead of his ha ticket. { Inrooms98 and 97 of the Bryson block | may be found three aggressive young law- R. H. F. Variel. Law School, and who has helped make | - the State’s laws in the Legislature, is also | located in this famous block. In rooms 82-85 Will D. Gould has had | his office for twenty-three years, and has | | practiced law since the last of the Spanish Mayors, Aguilar, had the veto power, and | he is not a very old man either. Major Horace Bell, a man who helped | | make history in the early days with the | | California Rangers, has kept his office in | Temple block for many years. Leon F. Moss, poet and lawyer, has his office in room 27, and enjoys a good prac- tice. Frank S. Adams, who belongs to the | younger practitioners, has an office in rooms | 14 and 15. He was educated in the public | schools of Los Angeles, and at Hastings W. J. Hunsaker. vers—William K. Dial, Cap George ‘W. Glowner and Colonel John Satlerwaitt. They enjoy a lucrative practice. In room 30 Clarence A. Miller holds forth. Mr. Miller is a university graduate, and has made a record in pr | bate and real estate law. H a la | and growing practice. He is a car student on economic and social ques St. John Day, consulting engineer ar patent lawyer, has elegant offices in the Bryson block. The firm of Day & Co. has been established since 1849. Mr. Day not | only secures patents, but negotiates them. | He has had a wide and varied experier j and has been associated with many im- | portant enterpri. The firm of Gordop & Long isa well- Law College, and begins his pmiessional! HOOd ’s at the He&d career with much promise. | The oftices in the old Temple block have | It is because Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the been the scene of many a legal discussion, | greatest blood purifier that it is able to and it has been the mecca of the citizens of | cure disease that other remedies canuot Southern California in search of some one | " touch. The following to lead them through the entanglements of is the experience of law to justice. | Temple block is losing prestige, how- | ever, and the lawyers are locating furtber | uptown in the more modern huildings like | the Bradbury, the Bryson and the Stimson, | Colonel G. Wiley Wells and Bradner W. | Lee are exceptions, however, and they still | hold forth in the Baker block, where they have one of the largest and best librariesin | % theState. The firm of Wells & Lee is oneof | S v idad " tor take the most prominent in Los Angeles and | (S8#\/, E M Hcod's Sarsaparilla. T used two bottles and improved so much that I bought six more. Hood's Sarsapa- rilla proved a great investment. It has made a different person of me. It wasthe only medicine during my three years of doctoring that had any effect. Itis at the head of all blood remedies, and I would not be without it at any cost.” Jemw Lorrex, 885 Thirty-fourth st., Chicago, Ill, Benjamin Goodrich. “For a long time I was in poor heal My bones ached, my liver and stomach ;bothersd me and my Nappetite was \In fact, T had no lifs i I was » Hood’s Sarsapariila | is the Only True Blood Purifier Hence it gives perfect health, stezdy nerves and a good appetite. Ppill and . 23¢. A LADIES GRILL ROOM Has baen established in the Palace Hotel (7, ASCOUNT OF REPEATED DEMANDS made ou the management, It takes the pisce of the ciiy restaurant, with direct entrance Market st. Ladies shopping will find this a most desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod- erate charges, such a3 have given the gentleme: Grillroo; ternational reputation, will preval ’ i1 th Hoed’s Pills {igsfierdinne James McLachlan. has figured in many of the great civil and criminal suits since 1879. Another prominent firm uptown is com- posed of Cornelius Cole, ex-United States Senator, formerly of San Francisco, and his son, Willoughby Cole, ex-United States District Attorney for the southern district. Both are men of culture and strong indi- viduality. Max Lowenthal is a young San Fran- ciscan who has made his mark in the pro- fession at Los Angeies. He graduated at Berkeley in 1881 and at Hastings Law School in 1834. He has a large general practice. The firm of Finlayson & Finlayson is an- other San Francisco firm that has made a success in Los Angeles. Frank G. Finlay- others fail. “l_‘:r_ “,‘,“_ son, the junior member of the firm, is & | Br.g. . GISBON. Box 1957, San 0 4o int 18 this new depariment. lir.Gibbon’sDispensary, 023 MEARNY ST. Established in 1854 for the treaument of Privite Diseases, Lost Manbood. Debility or Jiseage wearlng on body and mind and B Bineaser. The doctor cares when A/ from My}