The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 11

| THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1895. 11 LATEST OAKLAND NEWS, Merchants Want Peddlers Kept Off the Main Streets. BINGHAM BOUGHT A DESERT. An Alameda Electric Road Sued for Injuries to a Lady Cyclist. The Merchants’ Exchange of Oakland has appointed a committee to attend the meeting of the Council next Monday night and urge the final passage of the new or- dinance agzinst peddlers. The a ment is made that all manner of venders of produce, many of whom are | granted a free license by the Council, are bbing the merchants who do business in e center of the city of a portion of their onage. The new ordinance forbids the peddling of goods between Fourteenth and Sixth streets and between Webster and Clay. This includes a district four by eight cks in the heart of the cit; The cost of the license remains the same, 15 per quarter for horse and cart and $10 per quarter forhandcarts. i Another great loss of trade thatissought to ob ate is that done by the scores of who daily come to Oakland from cisco with baskets of produce. vith one of these Chinese v revealed some interest- id that the Chinese, to the out one hundred, come over ameda and Berkeley every all do a good busine: mostly Francisco, and is hauled to in time to catch the first | side of the bay. Each C ash about $3 per d. from $6 to $10, and, with a very few exceptions, it is all cash. e facts show plainly that each Chinaman takes nearly $600 out of Ala- County every three months, and this ilege costs him but $10. he merchants have these facts before them, and they are discussing the best means of keeping the mo at home. GONE TO GEORGIA. An Alameda Inventor Goes East With Local Capital. Rev. Alfred T. Perkins, the Alameda clergyman who invented a auccessful pro- cess of preserving fruit in shipment, left Oakland yestercay afternoon for the East. The first practical use of the patent cars will be made by the Southern States and by the Pacific Coast, although it is rnia capital that is backing the en- $ originally intended that he new process should be used with Cali- fornia f its first tests from here were ful. But the refrigerator is very strong, and the de- of the railroad company to get its new ated car service in operation decided he backers to work in a new territory. Charles Webb Howard and Henry Par- Tott are among those who are backing the ise, the success of which was saf v proved on the Southern Pacil take region—one, hich is going to give Cali- ¢ lively competition. But the ncipal reason why we go there is that will take over the businessof a re- rator car line, which will sell out to 1 t first we will take their cars and Iter them only so much asis necessary or our purposes, but eventually we will our own cars. We will begin ning to New York, and as soon as t service is iairly inaugurated we will . _Boston parties , and we will prob- also. ‘Of course I would have been glad to ommence ship; fruit from Califor- nia, but small inducements were offered s here and very large inducements in the equently that seemed to be place 2o0.” Why, one railroad offered me the handling of 40,000 carloads i he personally controls upon certain conditio 4 BOUGHT A WILDERNESS, Complaint of a Man Against Prominent Oakland Speculators. W. R. Thon F, A. Leach, H. 8. Bickel, A. M. Benham, J. M. Robinson, L. Keser Jr. and George A. Warder have been sued Isaiah Bingham for damages. Abouta year ago Bingham, according to his com- plaint, received a pamphlet descriptive of land in Tulare County that was guaran- teed to raise all kinds of vegetables and cereals at a fabulous rat The plaintiff quotes from the pamphiet to show what the projectors offered investors. In order to give tone to the circular the names of prominent bankers and clergyman were used by the directors as references. Mr. Bingham was induced to purchase a portion of thissouthern Acadia and his ex- perience is set forth in doleful language. According to his complaint the land re- sembles a bitumen pavement in its ability to produce vegetation, and water is as scarce as guarters at a missionary meeting. He says there was no fodder for cattle, no result from his sowing of cereals, and after spending many months of labor trying to grow wheat among rocks and on clay, Mr. Bingham concluded that the land was not according to the pamphlet description, and now he wants his money back. The gen- tlemen named as defendants are directors of the Sevilla Fruit and Vineyard Com- pany. THEY WILL TEST IT. Removed Teachers to Try the Powers of the Board of Education. Mrs. Griffin and Miss M. E. Conners, two of the High School teachers who have been removed, will contest the right of the Board of Education to remove them. They intend to rely principally on the de- cision in the Kate Kennedy case, in which the Supreme Court decided if a teacner is elected without limitation as to time of yment she is entitled to hold the u during competency and good be- avior. Mrs. Kate B. Fisher wasexpected to con- test, but the shock she received when she heard of the notice of her dismissal has made her very ill. It is feared that her mind is permanently deranged. Mayors to Confer. Mayor Davie yesterday sent a communi- cation to the Mayors of San Jose and Stockton inviting them to conference with the merchants of this city. “Itis my de- sire,” said Mr. Davie, “to have the Mayors meet the mercbants of Oakland so that we can arrange for appointing a committee from each town to confer once a month in each of the three cities for the mutual bene- fit of each. The idea suggested itself to me by the large number of letters I receive from Eastern people asking for something descriptive of Oakland and its advantages. T have little or nothing to send them be- yond pamphlets that were issued by the citizens of Oakland to the Trans-Missis- sippi Commercial Congress, which visited this city in February, 1894, Bome steps should be taken to advertise Oakland and its surroundings. and this is one object of the conference. Heavy Damages Asked. J. P. Norman and his wife, Mrs. Alice A. Norman, have filed suit ggainst the Ala- meda, Oakland and Piedmont Railway Compun;; for $50,00 0 for injuries sustained by Mrs. Norman on March 23 of this year. The suit is brought by Messrs. Delmas and Shortridge, and the complaint alleges that while Mrs. Norman ang Mrs. Barstow, a friend of hers, were riding on their bicycles on Santa Clara avenue in Alameda, they were negligently run down by a car of the defendant company, and Mrs. Norman was seriously injured. From Mr. Norman it was learned that as the ladies were rid- ing along the street, they turned to passa wagon of the Artesian Water Company, | Mrs. Barstow being some thirty feet ahead of Mrs. Norman, when the latter, without warning from the approaching car, was struck and dragged with it to where Mrs. Barstow was struck. Mrs. Norman was carried a considerable distance beyond Mrs. Barstow before the car was stopped. Mrs. Norman sustained a dislocation and multiple fracture of the left hip, besides other serious_contusions and internal in- juries. She is still unable to be about, and will probably be a sufferer for Jife. County Law Association. A number of young lawyers and law students have organized the Alameda Law Association, in order to create a more friendly feeling among younger members of the bar and those engaged in the study of lew. The officers for the first year are: President, F. W. Leavitt; vice-president, A. P. Holland; secretary, Clarence Crowell ; ‘W. Pulcifer; sergeant-at- an; executive committee— an, Fred Johns and E. Coke A Dead Woman’s Property. The property left by Catherine Mann, the old woman who was found dead in her cabin near Haywards last Monday, has evoked a contest. Yesterday Public Ad- ministrator Knight applied for letter of administration, with the permission of ths widower. Later on Mrs. Annie Claffey filed a paper, claiming to be an heir. The property is valued at $10,000. A Veteran’s Death. Charles 0. Park, an old soldier of the late war, died yesterday morning at his home, 653 Seventh street, at the age of 71 years. He had not been well for some time. Death was due to old age. Mr. Park was a resident of this city for nineteen years, and was formerly a painter. He wWas a member of Appomattox Post, G. A. R., and will be buried with military honors. The Times Libel Case. The charge of libel against A. W. Bishop, editor of the Times, was postponed yester- day to August 15, J. C. Martin has been retained to defend Bishop, and yesterday he was attending to railroad business. HISTORY A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. Oakland_schoolteachers who were not re- elected will sue for reinstsilment. Several cerloads of ice have arrived at the West Oskland railroad yards from Prosser Creek erra County. The work of filling in the portion of the West Oakland marsh east of Peralta street has at last been completed. Carl Groemberg has been arrested for fur- nishing his quarters from his employers’ store without the latter’s consent. Mrs. Norman has sued the Alameda Electric Railroad for £50,000 for knocking her off her bicycle and severely injuring her. President Allen of the Acme Club says there is absolutely no foundation to the story that club. There will be a campfire in Grand Army Hall on Tuesday evening, to which the members of Porter Post and Appomattox Postand ex-Union soldiers and sailors are invited. Work upon the sugar-beet road from Al- varado crossing is going ahead rapidly. Rails are now being laid. To-morrow the gravel train will begin hauling gravel for ballast. Two young men of Oakiand, Thomas Magee Jr. and Stewart L.-Rawlings, distinguished themselves last week by making an ascent of the great Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley. George Jones, the paralyzed murderer who has been in the Courity Jail for ten years, was examined yesterday to see if he could stand Dis second trisl. A report will be made to-day. Charles 0. Park, a veteran of the late war, died yesterday morning at_his home, 653 Sev- enth street, aged 71 years. He has been ailin, for some time and death was finally due 10 ol age. The picnic iven by the Rebekan lodges of District No.17,atSan Leandro, June 29, was quite a success, The net gain was $61, fo be given to the L. 0. O, F. Orphans’ Home at Ther- malito. A large number of local Knights Templar will avail themselves of the excursion and pil- grimage of Oakland Commandery to the trien- nial conelave at Boston, which leaves the Oak- land pier on August 19. The trial of J. L. Tyson, who formerly resided with the Van Patten family, was commenced yesterday before a jury in Judge Frick’s court. Tyson is charged with an_sssault upon a 14- year-old daughter of Ven Patten. The will of Margareta C. M. Ott, who died in Oakland on July 1§, has been filed for probate in the Superior Court. The deceased left an estate worth about $1700, all of which is bequeathed to the mother of the deceased. The Eighth-stteet bridge has reached such a dilaphdated condition that Street Superintend- ent Miller has caused a notice to be placed at the western end warning the public that it is unsafe for heavily loaded teams to cross. Public Administrator Knight has petitioned the Superior Court for letters of administra- tion on the estate of Catherine Mann, who died July 20, leaving an estate consisting of 300 acrés of land in Haywards valued at $20,000. Mayor Davie called at the Garfield School yesterday morning and found that the founda- tion for the bituminous paving of the yard was not being laid according to specifications. He ordered the foundation torn up and replaced by new material, The Oakland Board of Relief, I, 0. 0. F,, or- ganized Sunday morning last and elected of- ficers for the ensuing term. Dr. Kitchings was chosen_president; R. G. Graham, secretary; O. Weliing, financial secretary; Samuel Adams, treasurer. There will be & joint diecussion in Oakland or in Alameda between the local Seventh-day Adventists and Rev. Mr. Lewis. The latterisa gentleman who has been holdimg services in Alameda in a tent on Park street, and last Sun- day he attacked the Adventist theories. Some Adventists who were present repiied, and this led to an invitstion to & joint discussion, which has been accepted. FOR A BLOOMER SOCIAL. This Novel Feature in Social Enjoy- ment to Be Innovated by the South Side Bicyclers. The South Side Bicycle Club, organized last night at Brown’s,on Howard strees, between Eleventh and Twelfth, with Charles Derham, president; John J. Bor- den, vice-president; P. H. Prendergast, secretary; John G. Liber Jr., financial sec- retary; John T. Mitchell, treasurer, and Thomas P. Finnegan, sergeant-at-arms. The club started with eighty-nine mem- bers. i Resolutions were adopted favoring good streets; pleaging the club to assist the vari- ous improvement clubs in their work for" better streets; indorsing the movements for the_bituminizing of Folsom street and Van Ness avenue and Eleventh street from Market to Folsom streets; condemn- ing the Market-street Railway Company for sprinkling the cable slots, breaking bottles and Joosening basalt blocks along its tracks, and praising the newspapers for their advocacy of good streets. Arrangements for the proposed bloomer social are to be made at a meeting to-mor- row night. 1t will be the second bloomer party ever held. The first one was in Chicago, and its success was as pronounced as its novelty. it is proposed to let the ladies of the South Side and Alpha cycling clubs demon- strate in a charming way tge superiority of woman. The woman of the age isto escort her timid masculine husband or friend to and from the ball on wheels, and when any one is to be invited to dance the ladies will do that themselves, assuming the Yrel:ognfives of the male usurpers. Phe ladies, with daint; ncils and per- fumed programmes, wifl tep the lists of gentlemen asked to dance according to the particular numbers on the programme preferred. Altogether, the modern woman if not the “new woman,” is to assert her. self in her most charming way. A erted Family. Mrs. John Dyer made & charge of failure to provide yesterday against her husband, who is a pipefitter. She says the family, consisting of herself and three small children, were com- pelled to leave their lodgings at 734 Folsom street last Saturday because they were unable to pay their rent.” Her husband disappeared about that time, and she knows nothing of his whereabouts g his club will join the Reliance and form & big | | { i | | DEDICATED THE THEATER, Salvationists Hold the Boards in an Oakland Play- house. THE CRADLE OF THE ARMY. The First Corps Was Organized Across the Bay Ten Years Ago. The Salvation Army formally opened the People’s Theater in Oakland last night. A large crowd filled the hall even before the hour announced for the opening. Major and Mrs. Keppel from San Fran- cisco and several other staff officers crossed the bay to assist at the ceremony. The procession was one of the largest army parades ever seen in Oakland. Major Keppel opened the proceedings in a characteristic manner, and the platform never contained a more energeticor enthu- siastic company than held the boards. Even the thunder heard in some of the blood-curdling tragedies that had thrilled former habitues of the playhouse could not compare with the reverberations of the drums and the rattle of 100 tambourines as they were rattled last night. “This theater,” said Major Keppel, “used for so long a time for the purpose of furthering the practices of the devil, is this night for the first time consecrated to the service of God.” For five minutes fol- lowing the dedicatory speech nothing could%)e heard except the continued chorus of “hallelujahs” and “Glory to God!” from 500 throats. Tne drums and the tambourines added their quota to the en- thusiasm. “In this city,” said the major, ‘some of our members have been arrested and convicted for disobeying an ordinance, but as their cases are still pending before the Superior Court we hope for the best. Oak- land is_the cradle of the Salvation Army on the Pacific Coast, and we have received so much support from the Christians and churches of this city that we are exceed- ingly sorry to have any restrictions placed on our open-air work, which we regard as a most important branch of our system. “The officers who willjhave charge of the theater cor{:: are Ensign and Mrs. Reed, who recently came to Oakland from the East. They are experienced officers, and anticipate rich results from their labors in the theater.” LATE NEWS OF ALAMEDA, Attorney Frank Shay on 7rial Before Justice Swasey for Perjury. An Oppositlon Telephone Company Canvassing for Subscribers at $2 50 a Month. Attorney Frank Shay, charged with perjury by A. B. Smith, vice-president of the Chicago Clock Company, was tried be- fore Justice Swasey yesterday. The Jus- tice was about to hold him to answer | before the Superior Court,but the Assistant District Attorney requested him not to be hasty. It was resolved to file briefs by Monday next, and a decision will be ren- dered Wednesday. Shay had Smith arrested on May 15 on a charge of grand larceny for the removal of furniture from the former’s residence. Smith said he had only accompanied a Deputy Sheriff, who levied an execution on the goods. Smith was discharged and swore to a complaint charging Shay with perjury. Willing to Be Good. Annie Francis, who was found guilty of vagrancy recently and had sentence sus- pended for sixty days, has become tired of | the xestrsintfl;lacea upon her at the Salva- tion Army Kescue Home near Laundry Farm. She has written her mother to secure her release, and the latter yesterday went before the Justice to see what could be done. Felony Charge Dismissed. The charge against H. von der Heide for assault with a deadly weapon, he being accused of having struck his stepson, George Pope, with a blacksmith’s ~ file, was_dismissed yesterday at the request of the District Attorney. The testimony of the complainant showed the case to be one of battery. Opposition Telephone Company. The recently incorporated Commercial Telephone Company has an agent can- vassing this city for subscribers at the rate of $2 50 a month. Operations will be com- menced within the next sixty days in Ala- meda. ‘Wallace in More Trouble. Mrs. George Gray of the Occidental House had Alexander Wallacearrested yes- terday for disturbing the peace. Wallace was a roomer, and when leaving failed to settle his bil LATEST BERKELEY NEWS, Over Two Hundred Pieces of Property Go to Pay De- linquent Taxes. “ A San Francisco Commercial Trav- eler Arrested for Having No License. The sale of property for delinquent taxes took place yesterday morning, under the direction of City Treasurer Squires. As many as 214 pieces were disposed of, most of which went to a San Francisco syndi- cate represented by C. M. Fitz. Verylittle public interest was manifested in the sale; but one noteworthy circumstance in con- nection with the disposal of the confis- cated property was the quickness with which it was concluded. Ordinarily two days are consumed by the sales in Berkeley, but yesterday the entire list was cleared up before noon. Professors in the Mines. Professor R. H. Richards of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, and Pro- fessor 8. B. Christy of the University of California have just finished a trip along the mother lode in El Dorado, Amador and Calaveras counties. Professor Richards 'was interested in seeing something of Cali- fornia gold-milling practice and Professor Christy was looking after the summer school work of his mining students. He has been desirous of having his students utilize their vacations for actual work in the mines and in this he has been very successful in securing the co-operation both of the students and of many leading mining men. ‘Will Place New Hydrants. . The Board of Town Trustees has anthor- ized President pro tem. Richards to re- uest the Alameda Water Company to ave hydrants placed on Ashby avenue, as there are no provisions in that neigh- borhood against fires. A Promising Athlete. Among the athletes who will enter the university with the class of '99 will be Simpson, the champion hammer-thrower and shot-putter of the Acme Club. Be- sides being an adept with the weights he is a sprinter of no mean ability, being able to run the hundred in 104-5. At the ath- letic meet in Stockton on July 4 he beat Edgren in the shot-put, got a close second in the hammer throw and took third place in the 100-yard dash: Opening ot St. Mark’s, It has been decided to formally reopen St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on ‘Sunday, August 4, the Right Rev. Bishop Nichols officiating. i The impression has gained ground that the vestry will call Rev. W. L. Kip to the rectorship. Dr. Easton and assistant rector Mason having resigned. Wedding Bells. David Eldridge was married yesterday to Miss Fannie Fuller at the residence of the bride’s parents in West Berkeley. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. Dobbins.” Only a few of the most intimate friends were present. A Commercial Man Arrested. Jack Albright, a commercial traveler for a San Francisco hardware firm, was ar- rested yesterday for soliciting withouta license.” He was released by Deputy Mar- shal Rawson upon payment of a quarterly permit. OAKLAND'S ASSESSHIENTS, Large Reductions Made in the Railway Companies’ Taxes. On Some of the Southern Paclific Assessments the Board Voted Solid. During the whole of yesterday the Ala- meda County Board of Equalization sat in executive session considering the applica- tions of the Adams estate, the Southern Pacific and allied companies and the street railroad companies for reductions of as- sessments. At 11:40 o’clock the Super- visors returned into the board room and reported as follows: On the estate of Edson Adams no reduc- tion was made. The steamers of the Southern Pacific Company were reduced to about one-half of Assessor Dalton’s figures and in some in- stances to one-third. The Highland Park and Fruitvale road was ordered to be reduced one-third. The East Oakland Street Railway Com- pany’s assessment was reduced 40 per cent. The Consolidated Piedmont Cable Com- pany was reduced 50 per cent. The Oakland Consolidated was reduced 20 per cent. ’lxhe QOakland, S8an Leandro and Hay- wards road was reduced 20 per cent. The Alameda, Oakland and Piedmont was reduced 20 per cent. The Oakland Railroad Company was re- duced 20 per cent. The property of the Southern Pacific was reduced generally about 40 per cent. The assessment of Hannah Adams’ prop- erty was reduced to $288,000. The vole on each resolution was the same with few exceptions. On all the street railroad properties Johnson, Talcott, Bailey and Church voted for the reductions, but Pe- louze voted to uphold Dalton’s figures. On some of the Southern Pacific Railroad as- sessments the vote to reduce was unanim- ous, and in one instance Johnson voted with Pelouze. The assessments were in- creased by the Assessor from 50 to 120 per cent over {ast year's figures, and as they now stand the assessments on all but the steamers are increased about 60 per cent. The steamers are placed at a figure very little higher than those of the last assess- ment. HOTEL ARRIVALS. GRAND HOTEL. M T Colberam, Oakland Mrs G Hastings, Benicia C M Burgess, Calistoga H G Goodwin, San Rafael N M Crosby, New York M Dewing& wi, R I W F Fisher, Callstoga Mrs H Porges, Chicago B M Lelong, San Jose H A McCrancey, Sacto H A W Torchier, Merced Mrs Tesh, Los Angeles Miss Tesh, Los Angeles James Brown, Portiand A A Hughes, Boston C A Osgood, Boston Miss Frost, Mass Mrs J Macks, Prescott Miss Macks, Prescott H R Corte, Petaluma J Meayens, New York K W Barrett, Augusta T H Eckley & wi, Eckley G H Andrews, Portland J Nusbaum & wf, Saeto I D Stinson, Muncie L Veith, Meadvilie J H Batcher, Sacto J W Houston. Courtland Dr & O Crew, Alaska Mrs J Hoffman, Eugene H Thompson & w, Salem Miss Breyman, J G Swinuerton, Stocktn W H Tennill, R J Goopman, New York J H Hatch, New York J A Frankenthal, Canary ¥J Solinsky, S Andreas A C Hosendale, P T J Johuson, Stockton Mrs Clark, San Jose Miss Clark, San Jose C H Leadbetter Jr, Stkn G W Watson, Winters J J Meekley, Sacto L L Chamberlain & wf, Mrs N Jackson, Gilroy Auburn RUSS HOUSE. G F Lancester, Sta Cruz I Howard, Santa Cruz J F Knapp, Santa Cruz J T Fay, New Almaden M Hammer, Ione R @ Flint, Sacramento H Schofield, Sac R E Chapelle, Alameda E J Singleton, Chicago E J Gahill, Carson GT Morrison&w,Oakdale Miss A Jones, Oakdale R T Jones, Portland J Whyte, N B D Hayes, Los Angeles SD Johnson, Seattle J Hermiller, Alaska H Pascoe, Nevada Cly J A Hampson, Los Ang E O Clark, Malt XN A Rudolf, India Mr Marshall & w, Merced A Foster & w, Mt View H S Bonhan. Alaska E N Graham, Alaska G Thompson, Alasks C E Pascoe,Grass Valley P P Bush, Denver Mrs Taylor, Palo Alto Grove W H Pascoe, Grass Val Mirs Capt Hall, Fowler Miss Hall, Fowler ID worth,Sta. 3 Richarison,Grags Val R W Requa, Sissons H Booker, Hopland _ Mrs S H Hicks,Sta Barba Misses Hicks, Santa Bar Mrs M Sawyers,StMonica T Sawyers, Sta Monica ¥ S Gray, SP R R J L Coyne, Woodland Mrs Child, Carson City Miss Child, Carson City C Stambaugh, Sea View. Kate Shain, Sea. View PALACE BOTEL. H D Newcomb, Louisville Chas L Tutt Col Springs ¥ D Chamberlain, Portld C H Bramsche,Cincinati ‘A'L Herlinger,Cincinnati C8 Fay, S Barbara, J H Flectinger, 8an Jose Harold Dorby, New York C G Rogers, Portland J S Smith, Edinburgh, J D Nicol. Scotiand W E Porter, Brooklyn R A Herren, New York J H Browning Jr, N York ¢ Leforgue, L Cal Mr&Mrs G Frankel,S Lou Major O Hoppe.Germany Capt A Heese, Wash, D C N Westheimer, N York Mrs C A Hibbard, Kan C H rung & w, China Miss C C Wung, China .G Wolt,Chambersburg & 1 s W A Clarke, Montana J I Breen, Holllster T 8 Differ, Yokohoma E Laroche, Paris ghexm-n Bakersfield T L King, San Jose C Hassis, Phil, Pa F P Harrls,Philadelphia H ¥ Harris, Philadelphia E Bliss, New York M N Newcomb&w,0 Hill J P Munger, Iowa G|Lawrenceaw,Sebastapl W J McNulty, Sacto ‘W _V Newlin, La H R Wood, Philadelpuia J M Wilson, Chicago T B Hewitf, Brooklyn T D Hewitt, Brookiyn LICK HOUSE. J H Thompson & w, Sac J J Morrell, San Joge H McCray, Bakerfield R J Langford, San Jose E J Renton, NevadaCity M E Jamison, Santa Cruz Mrs Davis, Oakland H J Lewelling, 8t Helena O Alstrom, St Helena H W Skinner, Fresno H Case & w, Or S Hobinson, Los Angeles M M Gragg, Monterey J Clegg, Auburn A Lindsay Jr, Honolulu T Boruke, Honolulu ‘W M Osborne, Honolulu FSchueider&w,CollegePk T O Cassidy. Snelling ‘W A Horsley, Snelling L Melczer, Pheenix L Rosenblum, Pheenix; H Elmour, Palm Springs WUO!fllllm&W.BnllRm G D Allman, Oakland J M Fulweller, Auburn W A Gett, Sacrame: to NEW WESTERN HOTEL. =l T J Mason, Boston C W Hatch, Olympia J F McKenzie, Boston J McDonald. Cal T J Ransom, San Jose E E Wagner, Alaska G Jepson, Naps R H Johnson, Alaska P Runkel, Aluska T R Mowry, Tacoma R H Wise, Seattle © G Jinkins, Los Angeles W R Gunn, Portland Miss A Murphy, Chicago Youngs, Seattle J P Elliott, Martinez s R W Dodge, Stockton L McGuire & w, Victoria 3 Mason, Hoston Dr Robinson, Sacramento Mrs Ellis, Chicago Miss N Ottmer, Healdsbrg. n, med: Miss Lucy, Monterey eda. Mrs E Booth, Monterey Miss Booth, Monterey BALDWIN HOTEL. T J Crowley, San Rafael J Rall, Santa Clara J 8 Selby, Jose © B France, St Joseph 8 S Brown. St Joseph ‘W R Clark & w, Cal Algie Clark, Stockton Mrs H F McTlwain, Ore 8B Waite, Sacramento A Scharchuer, Loulsville A M MeclIuns, Cal A J Buckles, Fairfield ——————————— Tolman’s Lonely Death, The bodyof Henry J. Tolman was taken to the Morgue yesterday from the place where it was found in the hills near the Almshouse. It was discovered Weanesday night by H. Wilkening while driving along the road in a- buggy. Itis thought that the man died from natural causes. Hydraulic Mines. A permit to erect an impounding dam for a hydraulic mine at Charcoal Ranch, near Sierra City, Sierra_County, has been granted to L. F. Fourrier and John Barrere by the Debris Com- mission. B.O.M has been autho; 1% for” bipounding works for the Keef un ‘worl r the m. :en smg'cny, rra County. A Clark, Stocktou A J Stone, Sacramento E A Doty, Albany M Gilbert, Modesto THE SCIENTIFIC FARMER, Some Prevalent Misconcep- tions of the Meaning of the Term. SUGAR, WHEAT AND PEACHES. Sketch of an Agriculturist Who Employs Inherited Methods Y and No Others. There exist at the present time many peculiar misconceptions of the meaning of the term ‘“scientific farming,” The words usually convey to the uninitiated a sugges- tion of the handling of minute and more or less obnoxious insects, whose instincts toward plant life are of a vredatory char- acter. To others, again, the words conjure up visions of laboratories, retorts and test- ing apparatus, presided over by hoary- headed chemists. Both these ideas are incorrect. Correctly interpreted, scientific farming means a consideration of the laws of reproduction as regards plant life, the question of the adaptabihty of soils and chimates, and comprehensive knowledge of the treatment to be accorded to them. With the compilation of a collection of re- liable data in regard to the subject in its various aspects, science does not deal in “guess-work,” which is often the way of the farmer with inherited ideas onlg. Science investigaies, and nowadays pub- lishes results, ana the intelligent worker of the soil keeps posted by reading the daily papers and various bulletins, print- ing containing matters of interest to him. hen the beet sugar industry of Ger- many was given the great impetus by the export bounty paid by the Government, which made Germany to-day the producer of more sugar than any other country in the world, the law as passed stated that it would be paid on the basis of twelve pounds of beets to one pound of sugar. The scientific farmer went to work and bred up the beets until six and a half ounds gave one pound of sugar, thus col- Fecv.ing export duty nearly double. The result has been that only two years ago in Visalia German sugar was laid dowr and cost 14 of a cent a pound less than our home product. But in connection with this industry of beet sugar—one which every true Californian hopes to see be- come one,of the largest of our State’s prod- ucts—is the growing of reliableand per- fect seeds that can he depended on to pro- duce the beets that yield the greatest per- centage of saccharine. This business has been carefully looked into and conservative estimates show that each acre adapted to this culture will yield the grower §180 at the present price of seed. Experiments made in our own country by the test of 100 varieties of potatoes showed that many of them did not yield over sixty bushels to the acre; the best went 188 bushels; but near Gridley, Colo- rado, they yieldeci 382 bushels to the acre. The San Joaquin Valley grows two crops a year, and with good seed and intelligent cultivation they will yield more than is re- alized at Gridley. These illustrations are only to call the attention of readers of THE CALL to ‘the importance of the farmer being up to date in his methods. A wheat-grower, a bache- lor, ex-schoolteacher, in our big county of Tuiare' produced this season 4804 sacks of wheat from 160 acres of land. Argentina, India, or Russia, will certainly have to get a very big ‘‘move on” to beat this record. To scientific farming alone can such re- sults be ascribed; there were no inherited ideas in that ex-schoolteacher’s mind. Another instance of scientific borticul- ture came under the observation of the writer last year. A fruit-grower in Tulare County produced nineteen and a half tons of Salway peaches per acre. The trees were three and'a half years planted in the or- chard and each acre contained seventy- five. Thoughtfulness, comprehension of the trees, and attention to their needs in their wonderful and phenomenal growth, brought about this result with the peach yield, in the same manner as in the case of the ex-schoolteacher’s wheat product of thirty sacks per acre. Ithas been inherited ideas that have kept many of the farmers of to-day pursuin the old beaten track, because they learne that way from their fathers. The world moved on with the speed of leishming and has now caught and harnessed electricity for its servant, while the farmer, with his inherited ideas, has stood still. The re- sult has been that either the farmer has had to fall in line by following methods more in accordance with scientific farm- ingor he bas had to go to the wall. s for the shiftiess farmer, the one who seems to enjoy so much of the attention of writers on cgriculture, it seems to be a waste of effort to endeavor to lift him out of the rut of shiftlessness. If all the in- formation that has ever been published about farming, beneficial or otherwise, were concentrated in a book, printed with big type, and placed ip the hands of a shiftless farmer, for his especial benefit, it would avail him nothing. Such farmers are generally too busy to read, always hunting up a Sunday job for tbeir hired man, and have lots of business in town every day. To such men scientific farm- ing cannot appeal. Mayor C. J. BERRY. ANTIMONY DEPOSIT FOUND A Valuable Discovery Made Through Burton’s Electric Smelter. Local Assayers See an Application for the New Machine in Their Business. If the estimate of George D. Burton, the great Boston electrician, is correct Cali- fornia miners are not half acquainted with the mineral possibilities of the State and vast fortunes await those who enter fields of enterprise never before tried. Mr. Burton is the inventor of the re- markable electrical process of smelting ores, which has recently caused such a stir in the scientific world, and it is through some samples of ore recently reduced by him that the fact that valuable minerals never before worked are known to exist. Since his plant was set up and placed in operation at 23 Stevenson street, hundreds of samples of ores of all kinds have been sent him from all partsof the country. These are snmfll:: that are, in the main, known to be refractory, and have resisted efforts to work them at a profit. Inno case has Mr. Burten’s process failed to bring out every particle of metal in the ore, and in some instances minerals the resence of which was not even suspected gnve been discovered. This was notably the case with one sample of cop which, though rich in the mine: T Ore, could not be worked profitably because of its re- fractory nature. Mr. Burton fused the stuff perfecily, and then made a discovery that sent the heart of the man who owns the mine bounding. The residue in the bottom ef the tank con- tained a large number of black globules, | which had previously been thrown away | as valueless, on the supposition that they | were iron slag. - Somel})eculianty in their appearance caught Mr. Burton’s eye and he very soon ! discovered that the supposed worthless | material was antimony, a metal worth about four times as much as the copper for which the mine had been worked. As it was present in large enough quan- tities to make it profitable to work it the value of the mine was lenhanced manyiold. In another sample mineral paint, which the owner had no idea existed 1n his mine, | was discovered in large enough quantities | to be available. | Assayers who have seen the electric | smelter have discovered a use for it which | the inventor himself had not fully appre- | ciated. The thorough and rapid manner in which the smelter removes every parti- cle of metal from a piece of rock makes the work of the assayer easy, and operations | which heretofore took three days to finish | can now be done is as many hours and ‘ with far more accurate results. Thisalone | makes the process of immense value to the | State. | Mr. Burton has had a large number of | miners in consultation with him regarding | erecting plants in various parts of the | State. He states that a plant that will re- | duce twenty-five tons of ore per day can | be erected for $15,000, and that the running nses will be far less than those of the old-fashioned mills. Another item on which stress is laid is that the new process ! saves the expense of a blacksmith’s forge, which heretofore;has been an indispensa- ble adjunct to all mining plants. The | smelter can be made to do duty as a forge, to heat tools or other materials needing repairs. ' e Acre once meant any field. 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