The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1895, Page 6

I'HE SAN FRAN CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Zditor and Proprietor. { by carrier.$0.15 1.50 0 BUSINESS OFFICE: 710 Market Street. EDITORIAL ROOMS: 517 tr ...Main—1874 BRANCH OFFICES rest of the homes own aw. ew York to the sober one day consular servic e with Grover er the fact that it P lone States would for California we would not have them so much, the heading which n its news columns, ed to learn that the bit car through the Clara County are v to make a mar- nd succeeds o will the country can afford to get along without a White House boy. n rearing a 3 anize the district south nto one great improve- ed into local working s one of the wisest of all schemes to benefit the City. ed to pave the thoroughfare bituminous rock they are wearing a look of satisfaction and pride that strikes larian’s heart. es in the Mississippi Valley start in the West and travel east, there is no chance for the people to keep ahead of vhem, but they might come to the Pacific Slope and get behind them., As the investiture of official authority gives men a moral power before which criminals quail, the train-robbing industry might be discouraged by swearing in all trainmen 2s members of a State police patrol. The promptness with which Mexican officers the other day tock a robber to the scene of his crime and there shot him without trial shows that the new law per- mitting such a course meant all thatit said. ‘When we read that Healdsburg is going to place street peddlers under a heavy license we are filled with envy upon re- fiecting that the tortures which San Fran- ciscans have to endure on this score de- prive life of half its pleasures. If it be true that the real object of Secre- tary Lamont’s visit to the West is to pro- mote interest in Cleveland’s third term aspirations the question as to the source from which the money to pay the ex- penses of the trip should come is interest- ing. That was 2 happy inspiration which in- duced A. B. Maguire to suggest that the City should have a rock-crushing plant of its owng with which to crush the basalt blocks on the streets and convert them into macadam for outlying streets and roads. While our fruit-growers are preparing to send large installments of refrigerated fruits to London we receive the comforta- ble news that American refrigerated meat is bringing a larger price in London than that of Australia and Argentine, and that it costs less to lay it downJ By creating new peers while advocating the abolition of the House of Lords, Rose- bery set ail England langhing, but as there happens to be no real relation between the two facts except to increase the political unpopularity of the peerage, Lord Rose- bery seems to havedisplayed more shrewd- ness than those who ridicule him. rise in business | 5 = 5 i { the hay possible while the setting sun is still above the horizon. ng to learn that | be as sweet and | | RAILROAD METHODS. THE CALL is not unmindful of the fact that the Southern Pacific Company’s spur track to Golden Gate Park greatly simpli- fied the work of installing and removing the Midwinter Fair, and that since the fair it has done good service in hauling loam into the park. We do mot think, however, that this was the only method by which this latter service could have been performed, and we believe that, valu- 6.00 | 8ble to the City as the park is, the menace 00 | of the Southern Pacific is equally worthy of attention. Having already exhibited | the facility which the park can offer for giving work to unemployed men during inching times, we believe that it would | be better to continue that policy within reasonable bounds than to prefer the Southern Pacific Company as the bene- ficiary of the people’s money. Even admitting the questionable fact that it has been well to utilize the presence of the spur track, its value disappears en- 0 Montgomery street, corner Clay: open until | tirely before the menace which the power and methods of the Southern Pacific rep- resent. That thereis a deliberate scheme to maintain the spur on one pretext or an- other few people in this City could be brought to doubt. That the Southern Pacific was moved by benevolent or public-spirited senti- ment in laying this spur or in doing any- thing whatever it is not possible for any { Eninelander | intelligent person to believe. That it ever as a motive not inspired by greed it is le to imagine. And that it will e or ever does hesitate to resort to basing methods to accomplish we have its long, open, per- andalous history to convince months ago we expressed the f that its power was waning and that { it was becoming less and less the baneful | | | | 1 | | | | tai | streets in defiance of the law and hold | them in defiance of authority. | thro ce of former days; that public offi- were becoming ashamed to be known he hired slaves of the railroad, seilers eir honor and betrayers of their trusts. We believe this still, and the fact may ac- count for the desperation with which it has been recently proceeding. When it buys a Board of Supervisors it uses them openly, apparently real g that it must make all ‘We have seen the company shamelessly secure street-railway franchises which it is impossible to believe were honestly ob- i ‘We have seen it seize our public ‘We have n the majority of our present Board of pervisors pursuing a course directly op- posed to the interests of the City and di- rectly in favor of those of the Southern Pacific. We have seen the most audacious proceedings to prevent rival street trans- portation companies from securing a foot- hold 1n the City against the interests and monopoly of the great corporation. And | vet the officers in whom the people re- posed =0 vast a trust,and who have so openly joined forces with the corporation which respects no law and understands the , openly walk our treets in pe ity while our ami- able people are ambling good-naturedly gh a labyrinth of pitfalls which their own servants have dug for them. EASTERN HOME-SEEKERS, It is generally asserted by the Eastern hat the movement of population westward across the Mississippi Valley has reached the limit under existing con- ditions. Indeed, some declare the move- ment has alréady passed the truelimit and settlements have been made too far in the arid region for profitable farming without ir ion. Henceit follows that the drift of home-seekers hereafter must | be either to the South or to the Pacific Coast, and it is in these sections, therefore, the greatest progress and development will be made during the coming decade. These ideas seem to be well founded. The droughtsand disastersin Western Kan- s and Western Nebraska during the last two years go far to confirm the theory that the successful cultivation of those lands must weit until extensive systems of irri- gation have been devised or until all the better lands in the Union have been taken up. What has been asserted in this regard by the Eastern press may be accepted as a fairly accurate expression of the opinions of Eastern people. It is, therefore, to the Pacific Slope and to the Southern States that young men, investors and home-seek- ers, are looking for places in which to settle and make homes for themselves. The Pacific Coast offers to the intelligent classes of the East many inddcements su- perior to those of the Southern States. It has a better climate, a more fertile soil, a more liberal population, a broader system of edncation, a more intelligent labor and a social srganization more congenial to people of the Northern States. It will not do for us, however, to expect these igduce- ments to be sufficient to draw population to us without energy on our part in mak- ing them known. The South is much nearer to the big markets of the country than we are. It has cheaper land and a greater wealth in coal, timber and iron. Moreover, the Southern railroads, cities and States are eagerly at work trying to attract settlers from all parts of the Union. ‘We must meet this energy on their part by at least an equal energy on ours, if we would in the coming decade receive our due proportion of the land-seekers from the more thickly settled States. Three opportunities for engaging in the work of education in regard to the indus- tries of the State are now before ns. These are to be found in the Atlanta Exposition, the Mechanics’ exhibit in this City and the State Fair. Of these the State Fair is, per- haps, the most important. So far as the State is concerned it will certainly be the most comprehensive and therefore the most instructive. If cordially supported by all producers of the State it can be made an object lesson that will convince every visitor of the superiority of California over all rivals, and by helping to make a home market for home industries and attracting the attention of strangers to the great variety of our resources, will go far to hasten and augment the development which we have so much reason to expect in the next ten vears. STATE BOARD OF TRADE. The praiseworthy and successfuljeffort of the State Board of Trade to have Gov- ernor Budd call a meeting of the Super- visors of all the counties of the State for the purpose of taking action to make a worthy display at the Atlanta Fair has brought this staid old organization into notice. It had not been heard of in the recent conspicuous movements for bettering the general condition of the State. However, when we take into con- sideration the heavy expense required to maintain it and the high character and ability of the men who compose its board of Girectors it is right to assume that it all along has been working earnestly and efficiently for the good of the State. The display of California products made at the rooms of the board constitutes one of the most interesting sights of the City. In addition to the fine display which it has maintained for several years, it secured a very large number of valuable exhibits from the Midwinter Fair. And still the in it, the visitors being mostly from the country, with now and then some traveler who has heard in some way of its exis- tence. It thus appears that the most valuable feature of the board—its exhibit— is inadequately utilized, however much good the board may be doing in the capa- city of an information bureau for Eastern inquirers. Besides having a considerable correspondence with such inquirers, it is constantly sending out quantities of printed matter. Attention is called to this institution in the hope that the people of San Francisco who are working to develop the State may realize the importance of it and the valu- able uses to which it might be put. Taken in connection with the splendid exhibit of the Academy of Sciences, it completes a verfect scheme of visual information con- cerning the products of the State. Ifan increase of funds would enable the Board of Trade to extend its usefulness by becom- ing known as one of the most interesting and certainly the most instructive show in the_ City, and if the board desires to be- come conspicuous, it would be the part of wisdom to supply it with money. In the meantime there are probably not one in twenty of the residents of the City who has ever heard of the exhibit, and not one in a hundred who has ever seen it. They are assured that the exhibit is wonderful, containing features that are handsome, grotesque, curious, instructive, and all in bewildering variety. The rooms are on Market street, a few doors below Second, and no admission fee is charged. WATTERSON'S PROPHEOY. Henry Watterson has joined the number of those who believe the existing political divisions among the people of this coun- try cannot long continue and that sooner or later the conservative elements of all parties will have to combine in order to maintain the established institutions of the country and' transmit them in their original strength and purity to the next generation. Mr. Watterson bases his argument upon the assumption that the Republicans when they come into power will be as powerless to control the extreme elements of the party as were the Democrats. This is of course an error, for among Republicans there is no such body of cranks as Democracy gathered up in its thirty years’ wandering in the wilderness of opposition, and there- fore there will be no great difficulty for the Republican majority in Congress to act together on all questions of importance. Despite the error of his premise, however, the conclusions of the vigorous Kentuckian are interesting and not a little instructive from the light they throw on the aspect of the political sitnation as seen from the standpoint of a Bourbon Democrat. Mr. Watterson says: ‘“‘The needs of the time will so reveal the inadequacy of the professional politicians—ofthe men who are in politics for what they can make out of it—as to drive to the front in such a floed of light that all good men may see in it the great issue of good money against bad money, of orderly government against agrarian government, and when this time comes all minor matters of sectional inter- est and sentimental prejudice will be sent to the rear, while patriotic and enlight- ened men, regardless of party antecedents, will be forced into that great channel at the terminus of which stands—has stood always and will stand always—like a marble temple, the free fabric of republi- | can government as it was designed by the men who fought the battles of the Revolu- tion and framed the constitution of the United States.” This is both eloquent and good. The channel into which Mr. Watterson foresees all intellgent conservative men will be forced to move in ‘order to make front against those who would warp the nation away from the constitution is, of course, the Republiean party. It was not named as such in his article, but it was too well described to be mistaken. The channel is open to all men who have such clear eyes to see it, and Mr. Watterson will be wel- come when he comes in. TEMPERANCE IN FRANCE. The French Chamber of Deputies has done another of those spectacular and radi- cal things for which the race is noted. A careful inquiry having developed the fact that the use of alcoholic liquors and cer- tain dangerous stimulants, including ab- sinthe, was producing national disorders of an alarming character, the Chamber has enacted a law providing for a Government monopoly of alcohol and the abolition of the tax on all wines, beer, etc., carrying less than 50 per cent of alcohol. This brings fortified wines, as well as spirits, under Government control, and cheapens the price of what are termed beneficent beverages. Until the Government is ready to assume the monopoly of alcohol, it has provided that a heavy tax be levied on the product. Thisisa promulgation of the idea that heavy alcoholic drinks tend to encourage chronic drunkenness and that drinks car- rying a low percentage of alcohol are inim- ical to it. The late Senator Stanford was a strong advocate of this doctrine, going so far as to declare that California, by produc- ing large quantities of wholesome wine which could be sold at a low price, would be advancing temperance in America. The manager of a large vineyard and winery in this State once informed the writer hereof that Frenchmen were more reliable work- ers about the vineyard than Americans, for although he gave the Frenchmen daily all the wine they wanted drunkenness was unknown among them, while his Ameri- can laborers, accustomed to the use of whisky, were likely at any time to get drunk in the adjoining town and be locked up in jail. The great curse of France is absinthe, the deadliest and most insidious of alco- holic drinks. It is a decoction of logwood in alcohol, and thus contains two of the most powerful nerve stimulants, their combined effect being far more agreeable than either taken singly. The deadly character of each poison, however, pro- duees its effect, and insanity is a frequent accompaniment of the indulgence. Brandy also is largely consumed, but its injurious effects are inferior to those of absinthe, the consumption of which in recent years has been increasing at a prodigious rate. In rural France, where absinthe is rarely used and where light claret is abundantly consumed, the evils of drunkenness to be observed in cities, particularly in Parjs, are practically absent. The French Government has under con- sideration the idea of carrying the matter still further, by requiring that the injuri- ous effects of indulging in alcoholic in- toxicants be taught in the public schools of the country. It will think twice before embodying this idea into a law, for its effect might be to strike a blow at the wine-making industry itself, which an- nually adds so enormously to the wealth of the nation by the sale of wines to foreign countries. Movements for State control of alcoholic beverages have made considerable head- way in this country, with results the benefits of which are in some dispute. It is likely, however, that in time, and before very long at that, our whole country will people of the City take hardly any interest ! have such a plan in operation, as the evils of drunkenness are abundantly apparent. If this should happen, Califorma would be in a position not only to demonstrate the wisdom of the French discrimination be- tween liquors and light fermented bever- ages, but to supply the entire country with light wines of the most wholesome kind. In short, every advance of the temperance cause in this country isin favor of Cali- fornia’s products. FRUIT IN THE ORIENT. The recently issued volume of consular reports for June, which gives considerable information in regard to the Oriental mar- ket for dairy products and fruit, affords very little encouragement to any hope of a demand in that section of the world for our products of - the kind, and will go far toward putting an end to any illusions that may have been cherished by our fruit or dairy men concerning the results of opening up China to the commerce of the world, From Hongkong it is reported that only about 2000 people in that city could be counted on as purchasers of fruit or dairy products, and what fruit is sent there has to compete with tropic fruits from Ceylon and other places. Apples sent from the United States arrive in a damaged condi- tion on account of the climate. In Bom- bay California camned fruits are consid- ered the best, and are by far the cheapest. The only complaint made is that the California strawberries are mashed and cannot be recognized as such when they reach Bombay, while the French straw- berry is whole. It is hinted by dealers that the French berries are put through a chemical process to prepare them for ship- ping. The Consul further reports that most of California fruits in Bombay are shipped from New York, which of course increases the selling price at the end, and it would seem that there should be a chance to make a considerable saving in this item by shipping them direct from San Francisco. Reports from other parts of China and India do not differ materially from those sent from the great ports of Hongkong and Bombay. Two obstacles stand in the way of any extensive development of a fruit trade in those countries. In the first place. the majority of the people are too poor to indulge in fruit, and in the second place those who can afford fruit are fairly well content with that produced at home. In India there is an abundance of tropical fruit, and while the Chinese fruit seems to foreigners to be very inferior it suits the native palate well enough. A curious illustration of the chances and changes in trade is noted by the Con- sul at Calcutta. Formerly there was some importation at that port of New England apples, which were sold at good prices. These apples were sent out in ice ships, and could of course be put on the market with practically no charge for freight and but dttle waste by decay. The invention of a means of manufacturing ice putan end to ice shipments to India, and the apple trade ceased with no apparent pros- pect of being revived again. PERSONAL. Dr. L. Michael of Ferndale is at the Palace. Rev. 8. Hirsh of Vallejo is steying at the Grand. Dr. J. Marks of Ventura i a guest at the New Western. Dr, A. H. Suggettof Marysville is & guest at the Grand. M. G. Turner, an attorney of Modesto, is at the Grand. J. D. McDougsld, a contractor of Stockton, is at the Lick. Senator J. 5. Halloway of Cloverdale is atthe Russ House. Bryant Howard, a capitalist of San Diego, is at the Grand. J. H. Eckley, a merchant at Eckleys station, s at the Grand. Congressman Joy of 8t. Louis and his bride are at the Palace. Dr. M. 8. Charles of Suisun registered yester- day at the Grand. W. Rose, & mining man of Angels Camp; is staying at the Grand. Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Pace of Tulare registered at the Palace yesterday. Henry Stecle, a large land-owner of Pesca- dero, is & guest at the California. E. G. Greg; banker of Tacoma, and Mrs, Greggs are staying at the Palace. Louis Dean, a cattle-dealer of Reno, Nev., ‘was at the Russ House yesterday. J. H. Wadsworth, a banker of Yreka, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. V. 8. McClatchy of the Sacramento Bee and Mrs. McClatcny are at the California. Professor D. C. Clark of Santa Cruz was one of yesterday’s arrivels at the Grand, Superior Judge W. A. Gray of Tulare County and Mrs. Gray are guests at the Lick. H. M. Witman, a merchant of Hueneme, and Mrs. Witman are staying at the Lick. C. M. Barlow, & capitalist of Barlow, Or., was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Palace. Louis Dean, a biz cattleman of Nevada, is down from Reno and staying at the Russ, Professor B. L. Ryder of the State Normal School at San Jose is & guest at the Grand, Carl E. Lindsay, & prominent attorney of Banta Cruz, registered yesterday at the Grand. R. H. Beamer of Woodiand, & member of the State Board of Equalization, isa guest at the Lick. Henry Steele of Pescadero, a prominent creamery man, was registered at the Russ yes- terday. State Benator J. C. Holloway came down from Cloverdale yesterday and registered at the Russ. Ex-Congressman Thomas J. Geary came down from Santa Rosa yesterdsy and registered at the Lick. A. H. Bar, a leading merchant of Siskiyou, with big stores at Callahans and Gazelle, is at the Grand. Frank L. Coombs, ex-Minister to Japan, came down from Napa yesterday and is stay- ing at the Grand. A. M. Duncan, & member of the Board of Supervisors of Mendocino County, came down from Ukiah yesterdsy and registered at the Grand. Senator E. C. Voorheis of Amador County sails for Alaska to-day on the City of Puebla. His wife and daughter accompany him on the voyage. J. A. Wilson, a son of 8enator H. C. Wilson of Tehama, was one of yesterday’s als at the Grand. Mr. Wilson is a big cattle-raiser, with stock in Oregon and New Mexico. PEOPLE TALEKED ABOUT, Mr. Sje of the Chinese legation in Washing- ton, an enthusiastic cyclist, rides a woman’s wheel on accountof the peculisrities of his national dress. Dr. F. E. Clark, founder of the Christian En- deavor, is said to dislike very much the name “Father Clark,” as it gives the impression of an old man, whereas he is only 44. Mlle. Marie Lafargue, who has scored such a brilliant operatic success in London, was dis- covered in the Basque provinces by Comtesse de 1a Rochefoucauld, who sent her to the Paris Conservatory, where she won the first prize. Ex-Governor Hoard of Wisconsin, who has been talked of for United States Senator, is the cleverest story-teller and the best dairyman in the State. He will notown a cow that will not net him $50 a year. M. Wiasemsky, a fashionable Parisian, has laid & heavy wager that he will ride from Paris to America on horseback. He intends to ride through Siberia to Bering Straits and, at the right season, cross to Alaska on the ice. One of the most heroic and difficult featsever performed by a woman was that of Miss Marie Louise Evans of Hythe, near Southampton, Eng. On Whitsunday afterncon s boat con- JISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895 taining three persons capsized near the pier. ‘Without stopving even to relieve herself of her skirts, Miss Evans jumped from the pier, swam out to the boat, bsought in one of the unfor- tunates, a woman; swem out agsin and kept the other two,a man and a girl, afloat until help came. The girl was sinking for the last time when Miss Evans dived for her. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. Dr. N. Rowe, editor of the American Field, is staying at the Palace fora few days. He has been on the coast for several weeks for tke benefit of his health. The American Field, ‘which is published in New York aud Chicago, is & sportsman’s paper devoted to fishing and shooting. Dr. Rowe, in speaking of those sports in California last evening, said: “The sportsmen of California don't appreciate the advantages they have. There can be no doubt whatever that you have the best shooting and fishing here that there is in the United States. Where canyoufind & preserve equal to that of the Country Club here within & few miles of the City? IiI had that preserve within 300 miles of New York I should not want any better in- come than that from club membership. Yet the sportsmen here have got to adopt proper measures for the protection of game or it will disappear as it has in the States along the Mississippi. Itis not many years since Illinois Wwas one ot the most wonderful districts for game in the world, and then Minnesota and Iowa. See how depleted they have become through the failure to take proper measures to protect the game.” SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. If New York drops her first syllable and be- comes simply ‘“York,” why should not Chicago drop two eand become “Go”?—Chicago Dis- patch. “Where there's so much smoke there must be some fire,” as the stern employer eaid after the cigarette-consuming clerk had walked deject~ edly away.—New York Herald. 3 “‘She’s such an old-fashioned girl.” “Indeed?” “Yes, She has a Roman nose and a most prol\uum:ed Green forehead.”—Detroit Tribune. Theological.—Bessle—Papa, what is & unit? Papa (reflectively)—Well, one is a unit. “Then Kate's young msn is a Unitarian, isn’t he?” “How so?" “Because you said he was looking out for number one all the time.”—Texas Siftings. Bacon—What do you call your cat Trolley Car for? Egbert—We count on his being good for nine lives, at least.—Yonkers Statesman. Clerk—Yes, sir! That's one of the best clocks ‘we have in the store. It goes eight days with- out winding. Hayseed—Is that so? How long do you figure she’ll go when you do wind her?7—Harper's Bazaar. Professor—Your brother’s absent this morn- ing? Student—Yes, sir. Professor—He can never expect to get ahead by absenting himself from his class. Student—I fear it {s getting & head that has caused his absence, professor.—Yonkers States- man. Mr. Dukane (as Spiffins goes by on his wheel)— That poor feliow has the kyphesis bicyclista- Tum. Johnny Dukane (who knows all about biey- cles)—Oh, no, papa. He has the latest im- proved pneumatic.—Pittsburg-Chronicle Tele- graph. Itis all very well to poke fun at the callow college graduate and his commencement ora- tion. But how many baccalaureate sermons are preached in any year that make any better showing for originality of thought or capacity to change the course of the world ?—Providence Journal, SCHEEL JOINS THE FOLD. The Musicians Union Will Al- low Him to Conduct Once Again. Half the Money Is Pald, and the Note Will Be Given ‘To-Day. This afternoon will see Fritz Scheel re- instated as a member in good standing of the Musicians’ Union. He will be able soon again to conduct the park band and nothing will hinder him from making con- tracts with Ritter, Roderman and all the rest of his soloists for the Mechanics’ Fair. It was the Mechanice’ Fair contract,'or rather the fear’of losing it, that decided Scheel not to kick any longer against the ricks. When the National Council of the Musicians’ Union condemned Scheel to pay the $1132 claimed by his Vienna Prater men the conductor was wroth, and declared that he would rather never raise a baton than satisfy what he denounced as an unjust claim. There was a good deal of brave talk about some of the best solo- ists in the union seceding, in order to play with Scheel at the Mechanics’ Fair, but when it was announced that non-union men would not be eligible for the contract the conductor saw that he would be forced to surrender or else pine mute and inglori- g:u;;or what is a conductor without a 11 * The Mechanics’ Fair contract was worth going back to the union for, so Scheel agreed to pay half the $1132 down and to give a promissory note, payable in three months, for the other balf. These terms were accepted and yesterday L. N. Ritzau, the most devoted of all Scheel’s hench- men, paid $306 into the treasury of the Musicians’ Uuion, as Scheel himself was not possessed of the amount. To-day the romissory note, indorsed to the satisfac- {ion of the union, will be given to the sec- retary, and that formality having been comdphed with Scheel will be at liberty to conduct as of yore. The leader’s friends believe that the money isas_sure to be returned as if it were only being deposited in a reliable bank. The National League has agreed to give the Scheel case a retrial, and as soon as the local lodge has collected its evi- dence, which is all in favor of Scheel, a i;xry will meet either in New Jersey or hiladelphia. In spite of the fact that the Hamburg conductor came very near caus- ing a split in the union the local lodge is determined to see that justice is done as far as lies in its power. All along the members of this union have held that Scheel was not responsible for the $1132, and if the National jury reaches the same decision the money paid yesterday will be refunded. Stammered in Both. A young gentleman who stutters slight- 1y has recently graduated from a military school, of which the discipline is very strict. During his course he had made a fine record, but on one occasion a careless error in writing bade fair to cost him a portion of his vacation. He sought the principal of the school, who, after reprimanding him anew for his carelessness, told him he must take his punishment. *But, colonel,” the boy replied, “I st-st-stammer in writing as well as in talking.” i He took his vacation as usual.—Boston Budget. : Last year thé world produced 553,700,000 | posed ) tons of coal. To this total Great Britain contributed 185,000,000: the United States 170,000,000; Germany 74,000,000; France, 25,50,000; Belgium, 10,500,000, and Austria. Huugary, 10,250,000 tons. Five million tons were raised in Australia, four in Canada and three in British India. CLiFFoRD RIcHARDSON, official chemist of ‘Washington, District of Columbia, reply- ing to an inquiry as to the merits of the various baking powders, says that he con- curs with the ion of the best chemists of the country that the Royal is the best. IN THE YOSEMITE VALLEY Governor Budd Discovered a Combine Between the Hotel-Keepers. HOW GLASCOCK WAS SCORED. The Commissioners WIll Permit J. M. Hutchings to Return to His Old Home. Governor James H. Budd, president of the Board of Yosemite Valley and Mari- posa Big Tree Grove Commissioners, pre- sided at the meeting of this long-named body yesterdey. It is the first time that he has been present at a meeting of the Commissioners and there was a rattling of dry bones that astonished several people. The others present were: George B. Sperry, vice-president; Henry K. Field, John Boggs, John H. O'Brien, Max Gold- berg, Charles G. Clinch, and John F. Shee- han secretary and treasurer. The absen- tees were E. P. Johnson and H. J. Ostran- der. The executive commitiee consists of Field, O’Brien and Clinch. The first flank movement made by the Governor was during the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting, when reference was made to what had taken place in executive session. He entered a l)rotest against executive sessions of a pub- ic body such as the Yosemite Commission, and as a result the by-laws were so amended that hereafter there will be no executive sessions, and the records of the last meeting of this character became a part of the regular proceedings. The next surprise occurred when two pe- titions were read from the lessees of the Sentinel House and the Stoneman House. A. D. Glascock runs the former and J. J. Cook the latter. Cook asked for more pas- ture land for his cows, stating that Glas- cock has more than he requires. Glascock was present with two attorneys to secure a ten years’ lease of the Sentinel House. He protested that he has no more pasture land than he can use for his own stock. He was astonished when the Gov- ernor suddenly asked: ““Mr. Glascock, why has your hotel been closed for a part of thisseason, whichisa violation of the terms under which you hold the present lease?”’ Glascock auswered that it was a bad if" and the hotel had nct been paying. e had lost $600 8 month on the place. “And yet you want to renew your lease for ten years and lose more money,” re- torted Governor Budd. “Is it nota fact that you have led your interests with Mr. Cook of the Stoneman Hotel 2” “No. There is no pool; but—" “Have you not received money from Mr. Cook for keeping your own hotel cloged ?” Glascock wilted and replied: “Well, yes, I—that is, there is an arrangement—"’ “Yes, I have heard so—a sort of arrange- ment, as you say, which means that you and Cook have pooled your interests and putup a job on the public and this com- mission. I am not in favor of granting you & lease if there is to be any fi»ooling one. The valley and the hotels belong to the public and there shall be no combina- tions with public property.” One of Glascock’s attorneys attempted to straighten out the muddle, for his client was apparently sadly cornered. While in the middie of a pretty little speech about Cook’s cows the Governor broke in and put the question point blank to Glascock : “What are your little arrangements with the landlord of the Stoneman?”’ Again Glascock began to flounder around, and, not givinga t answer, the Gov- ernor continued by saying: “There have been too many complaints from visitors to the valley, who said they could not secure any accommodations at the Sentinel. It was only a short time ago that this com- mission spent $1100in repairing this hotel— the public’s money, by the way. Here again, the secretary has a complaint from Mr. Cook, alleging that when the Sentinel is open Mr. Glascock solicits patronage of the passengers arriving on the stages. This, too, is a violation of our rules, and is prohibited in his lease. I shall protest against granting Mr. Glascock a renewal of his lease except under bonds_furnished by him that he will not tiolate our rules again,” Julius Kahn, one of Glascock’s attorneys, denied for his client that the latter solicits patronage, and resumed his address, s:g'- ing that there should be two hotelsin the valley in case one should burn down. The Governor said he fayored two hotels there, but he was not in favor of granting a lease for so long a term as ten years. He did not want to bind any such an_agree- ment upon his successor, as he did not Fropose to succeed himself. A four years’ ease is longkenough. Afialn he turned upon Glascock and demanded to know his reasons for objecting to tell what were his arrangements with Cook. The informa- tion was not given. A long discussion fol- lowed as to whether the Sentinel should be conducted upon the American plan, and the Stoneman on the European, or the two hotels be conducted on both the European and American plan. The final decision was that each hotel should be conducted upon both plans. Then came the discussion about the time for which Glascock should receive his lease. Several favored four or five years and the Commissioners decided that the lease be iuuted for four years at $800 a year, with the privilege of renewal; also that clauses be inserted in the lease forbid- ding pooling or soliciting on the partof the lessee on the penalty of forfeiting the lease. Attorney Coogan protested against the shortness of the term and the rental price, but the motion was passed. The executive committee was instructed to draw up the lease and insert the anti- pooland anti-soliciting clausesand a clause insisting upon the hotel being conducted on both the European and American plans. More trouble was stirred up when a peti- tion from James M. Hutchings was read. The old man was the discoverer of and first white settler in the Yosemite Valley. He waus at one time guardian of the valley. He wishes a ten years’lease of his little old log cabin and its five acres of surroundin orchard. While he released all le fi claim to the property years ago on the payment of ,000 from the Federal Gov- ernment, still he wishes to call the valley his home. Other boards have denied him that privilege, but still he has lectured all over the world about the beauties of Yo- semite, and he wants to entertain these people he has met abroad. At last he went before the State Legislature and se- cured the passage of this resolution which he presented yesterday with his petition: Senate concurrent resolution, ad 16,1895 Resolved by the Soriate the Assocr: bly concurring, that the use of the cabin erected in the Yosemite Valley by J.M Hutch- ings and the orchard adjoining, of anout five acres in extent, planted &y him, be and the same is hereby granted J. M. Hutchings for the term of ten years. Governor Budd sat down bard upon this legislative act and said that the State Legislature had mo control over the Yo- semite Valley, which was a National park. To recognize such a claim would & to establish a bad precedent and would open the door to other jlegislative privileges be- inggumed. 'he attorney for Glascock also inter- an objection for his client, as the old cabin and orchard are on the hotel prop- erty, but the Governor cut him short by referring to the pooling and solicitiug busi- ness having gemal Mr. Glascock in a pecu- liar position before the board. Commissioner Sperry said that Mr. Hutchings had _for years been a thorn im the side of the Yosemite Commission. At this point Dr.J. T. McLean, presi- dent of the Coulterville road, made an earnest appeal on behalf of the gray- ired man who first entered the valley and whose very soul was wrapped up in its deur. ul'{: the little cabin he lived with his family for years,and he is the d pioneer last of his family now. The aj T e the had lectured all over the worl 1 valley, and his writings on the subjact have been extensively read. Now, with only a few years of life remaining, he should be allowed to spend them in his early home. Governor Budd said that he would in no way recognize the legislative act, bq: he was'in favor of granting the pioneers prayer if the latter would abandon _the claim based upon the act. Hutchings said he would, and the Governor moved that in makingout the Glascock lease one acre and the little cabin be reserved. Dr. McLean urged the commission to build a much-needed bridge on the old Coulterville road, hali a mile from the cascade. The Commissioners acknowl- edged the need of such a bridge, but said there was no money for such purposes in the fund. . The committee on tenements and build- ings recommended many repairs to the Stoneman House and the Coffman Kenney House. In the Stoneman House fire hose has been placed. Last May Governer Budd directed R. C. Irvine, J. L. Maude and Marsden Manson, composing the Bureau of Highways of the State of California, to examine the roads and general features of the Yosemite Val- ley, with a view to improving the roads to such an extent as possible with the ma- terials and conditions there existing. The bureau’s report contains many va able suggestions concerning the twenty twomiles of road in the valley proper. (4 this fifteen miles is heavy with sand and dust. The remaining mileage is in fair condition, Considerable study was made of the materials for improying the poor loam was ?art of the road, and a blac! 1 ound that will serve the purpose if sprinklea. The report went into innumer- able detaile with reference to curbing, re- taining walls; bridges and the protection of the banks along Cascade Creek and Mer- ced River. The report was referred to the executive committee. £ The report of the commitcee on the preservation of the floor of the valley road was prepared by George Kent Radford, a civil engineer and landscape architect of a worldwide reputation. Mr. Radford spent a week in the Yosemite Valley. In his re- port he says: Looking down upon the valley from Union Glacier and other points enables one to realize what the floor of the valley must have looked like before it was so avergrown and to wh it can be restored when properly treated. = * * The flat surface, the river, the trees are there, and the roads have been made, the cliff and the foot coverings provided, but_s growth of low and useless small vegetation has been al- lowed to accumulate and cover what should be open meadows and glades, spoiling the views, injuring the fine trees and adding the danger of conducting and feeding a fire, should such unfortunately oceur by sceident or design. It is difficult to believe that any person of ordi- nary intelligence, and essing a reasonable amount of taste, can question the advisability, and even necessity, of removing_this under- growth and opening up the fine effects that are waiting to be looked upon. Here visitors come in various ways and with different ideas and objects, and it is necessary, if possible, to fore- see and provide for these individual tastes and watnu‘ Some go to the hotels and others camp out. For the hotel visitors, provision should be made for garden and lawn with proper plant- ing and rustic shelters, grounds for tennis, cro- %n&l, archery and other outdoor sports. * * ¢ tlectric lights should pe provided for the hotels, etc. The eamping grounds shouid be properly located, cleared and arranged with groups of trees and water, 5o as to be attractive and under proper sanitary control. * * * The banks of the river must be protected and the wearing effects of the stream prevented. Provision should be made for sprinkling the roads £0 &S to prevent the dust i 5 g places is now somewhat of a nuisance. Foot trails judiciously laid out among the trees clear of the drives should be provided so that 8 cam&de(‘e cireuit of the yalley could be made by pedestrians without encountering carriag except at points of common interests. S| ters, seats, etc., should be built on thes ana at all points commanding interesting views, and picnic faci es should bejarranged in such places as the Happy Isles, etc. To enable the foregoing objects to be intelli- gently carried out regulxes the study and prep- aration of & plan, and to prepare the plan the foundation of an’ accurate and complete topo- raphical map, which does not at prese st, and ] am willing to contribute my sh this good work, and providing the Comm ers will pay my traveling expenses and ho expenses, and give me the services of twoor three intelligent laborers for about two months, I will make the survey and prepare a complete working plan free of charge. Mr. Radford’s offer was accepted and he will begin work next month. Commissioner Field reported that certain campers bad been defacing pine trees by cutting through the bark, perforating it with the words ‘‘Camp Hanford.” As he knows the campers he was instructed to befm proceedings against them. 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