The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 2, 1895, Page 8

ar 8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1895. THEIR PLEDGES BROKEN, Railroad Commissioners Who Have Not Lived Up to Promises. DR. STANTON STILL PRACTICES. Meetings Frittered Away in Wran- gles Over Patronage and Minor Matters. The people of California elected James [. Stanton, H. M. La Rue and William R. Dlark to the important positions of Rail- road Commissioners in a State where the sailroad interests are immense, and the people have a right to know what they are ioing to earn their salaries and the honors :hrust upon them. It would take far more space to tell what ihey have not been doing than to relate what they have accomplished. It would \lso take some time to tell of the pledges lisregarded and the time frittered away by nen who were chosen to guard the peo- ple’s interests and compel the Southern Pacific Company to keep within the law. These pledges were strong and were re- ved with much enthusiasm at the time »f the election. For instance, the platform » the Democratic party, the organization shat nominated Messrs. La Rue and Stan- son, who form a majority of the board, tontains the following pledge: ndidates for the Railroad e the number of freight f, and that during their a1l pursue their official ' the demands of any ation. And we further ¢ needed reforms in the 1 ifications without a uplaint being filed. Both ( ioners La Rue and Stanton were perfectly well aware that the plat- form contained these words, but was it iheir intention to live up to them? Ap- parently not. from what has happened since the time they took their seats and b ng over patronage. The s that in case of up the business in ged and devote ‘their pledge tlection they sha which they a entire time anc ion to the business of the commission. Has this been done? In the case of the San Francisco Commis- sioner certainly not. The brass siens announcing that Dr. James I. Stanton, surgeon, till in busi- ness and ready for patients stare at ers-by out of the doorway at 659 Clay street, and those who mount to the head of the stairs can walk, at the proper hours, directly into the snug laboratory of the Commissioner, who will attend to his wants as soon as & string of patients who are ahead of him can be ministered to. Dr. Stanton seems to be largely in busi- ness, and if appearances are any criterion 30 much so as to preclude his doing much alse than attend to his practice. An at- tendant said yesterday that he could also be seen from 7 to 9 in the evening by those who were unable to avail themselves of his services during the day. If the werds of the platform pledge were not strong enough to bind Dr. Stanton, how sbout those of Andrew Clunie, who nominated him before the convention and stood sponsor for him all through ? When Dr. Stanton’s name was men- tioned George T. Marye interposed and asked : Is it Dr. Stanton’s intention to give up his practice and devote his full time to the busi- [ he commission if he is elected? To which Mr. Clunie replied: Yes, it is his intention to give his life, if necessary, to down this corporation. This was putting it pretty strong and pla Dr. Stanton more in the light of an anti-monopolist than he had been pre- i but perhaps Mr. Clunme had been instructed to pursue that course. Atany e Dr. Stanton’s “‘downing’’ has been a mild operation thus far. But a more serious phase of the broken pledge lies in the promise to reduce the number of freight classifications one-half and to bring about needed reforms with- out formal complaint being made to the commission. H. M. La Rue said, while he was being talked of as a candidate for nomination, oledge myself to reduce to the lowest pos- sible notch.” Mr. La Rue is president of ‘the commission and a man of standing in Bacramen The m ). utes of the meetings of the board, which began early in January, and have been beld at ttwice a month since that time, will show whether or not the pledge relating to the number of freight classifications has been kept. Denuded of the usual verbiage of minute books they amount to about this much: ¥ meeting—Temporary organization, Second—More organization. 1anent organization. —Quarrel over paironage. ore quarrels over patronage, xth—Communications placed on file; more ballots on patronage. Seventh—More communications placed on fle. And so on to the present time, with oc- casional brighter spots when some rail- road officials appeared and spoke against some of the changes advocated in some of the aforementioned communications. Not one word of reductions in the num- ber of freight classifications or in rates. And this ata_time when the echoes of the campaign had hardly diea away and the people were looking to the new com- mission as to-a new broom. The people elected these men, and the people have a right to call them to ac- count for their official acts. Will they be called to time or will they be permitted to go on breaking pledges and frittering sway the people’s time? Officials of the Southern Pacific make the startling statement that the company has voluntarily reduced rates, but how great or how small the reduction has been they are unable to say, The figures are not obtainable. There is nodoubt that the corporation has made some reductions, and the faithful ones at Market and Mont- gomery streets. who laugh when Hunti ton smiles and sob when he sighs, say they were made solely for the benefit of the people. Merchants and shippers who ought to know say that no reductions such as was contemplated in the pledge taken by the Railroad Commissioners have been made, and that all the reductions were either of no value or were ordered to freeze out competitors. J. C. Stubbs, third vice-president of the Southern Pacific Company, made the broad statement yesterday that the rail- way’s freight rates had been systematically reduced within the last two years. He could not say how much, even appromi- mately, these reductions amounted to in regate, though he did not believe eached anything like 25 per cent. *‘Our policy,” said he, ‘‘has been one of voluntary reduction of freight rates, though, of course, it is not possible to say, offhand, what has been done in that direc- tion.” General Freight Agent Smurr explained that changes in the tariffs between local points in California were being made con- stantly. These, however, were trifling and cover a great variety of commodities. In other directions the classification of some freight brought about a large reduc- tion. “Qur new local tariff of January 1, 1894, made all-round reductions of over 11 per cent, or for San Francisco over 16 per cent. The new grain tariff of December 29, 1894, re- sulted in reductions which in the aggre- gate made a difference of $250,000 i) our revenue. “The tariff between San Francisco and Portland, only recently announced, made material reductions, some of them as much as 60 per cent on certain classes of treight. - - Between California poiuts gnd Utah a sharp cut in the long list of com- modities has been made owing to a reduc- tion in freight rates from the Eastto Utah. “Montana rates were recently reduced for the same reason, and that cut will make an important decreasesin revenue. “The FEastbound rates on seedling oranges have been reduced 20 per cent. “The adoption of class B ratig on California wines in wood, thereby placing that freight in a lower and cheaper class for transportation, has made many liberdl reductions.” 3 “Could you not give approxlmute figures on the total reductions?’” was asked. *That would be exceedingly difficult,” was the reply. “We should haveto take tip every item and find the percentage in each case and also estimate the tonnage in other cases und then compare both with former tariffs. These instances, however, givea fair idea of the reductions made up to the present, and our latest cut is 50 cents per 100 pounds on canned goods from Califor- nia common points to New Orleans and New York, to take effect August 5.” Frank 8. Johnson of the Johnson-Locke Company said : “The only reduction we hear the South- | ern Pacific has made is in the matter of canned fruits. This rate was formerly 75 cents, but two weeks ago it was reduced to 50 cents. We understand this change is made to New York and New Orleans only, and is not concurred in by the general transeontinental lines reaching into the great interior, where most of the canned goods are consumed.’’ Mr. Haswell of the same firm added: “This cut rate does not affect us in any way. What canned goods we can take in August, September and October on our ships we have already contracted for, and consequently could not take any more if we wanted to. Our rate is not_affected by the reduction of the Southern Pacific. The | only practical result we can see is that the railroad company has succeeded in lower- ing its own rates, which unquestionably will benefit California.” Mr. Williams, of Williams, Brown & Co., corroborated the statement of Mr. John- son, adding that so far as he knew, there had been no material reductions in freight rates in California within the past twelve months. In this connection it might be well to state that any change in Eastern freights, whether increase or decrease, is not due to the efforts of the Railway Com- missioners of this State. Any interstate change of freight charges is due entirely to the railroad officials, or to the United States Commissioners. Mr. Michaels of Langiey & Michaels said: “I can state emphatically that there | have been no reductions in freight rates of a character to benefit us. It is true there have been some changes in which the tariff on certain lines has been materially | lessened, but in every instance the articie so_favored has practically no sale from this point. We have never asked for a re- duction simply because such a proceeding would be a mere waste of time. Where there is no competition the question of rates on a certain articie, to a given point, is wholly within the province of the rail- road. The so-called raductions do not benefit us 1 cent.” The firm of Baker & Hamilton seems to have fared a little better with the Southern Pacific than most commercial houses of San Francisco. According to Mr. Hamil- ton the present rates are perfectly satis- | factory to them, and further than this, | they say they have never made a demand on the Southern Pacific that was not re. sponded to. Mr. Hamilton said yesterd: “We are perfectly satisfied” with the rates given us by the railroad, and I think every other firm in San Francisco is equally well pleased. Last fall Mr. Smurr asked us to send a competent man to Ogden to look over the field and then make such recommendations as we thought would benefit the hardware trade of San Fran- cisco. “We did_this, and yesterday received a revised tariff for Ogden and Salt Lake City, in which reductions reachingas high as 50 per cent are made. This enables ns to compete with St. Louis and other Eastern points—something we have never been able to do until now.” Some of the other hardware merchants, notably W. W. Montague and Dunham, Carrigan & Co., have not noticed {{he Mr. favorable change reported by Hamilton. California rates are the same to-day with them as they were twelve month 20. Carpy & Co., the wine merchants, have not been the recipients of any favorable change, local or Eastern, except a sli%lu reduction made three weeks ago. The wholesale grocers of New Orlean: blutf av putting on a steams tween that city and San Francisc of Panama. The Southern Pacific imme- diately met the proposed reduction with a rate considerably lower than the steamship company could afford, and, further, agreed to keep it there. The wine-dealers of Cali- fornia are benefited by tiis, but it is in no sense due to the work of the Railroad Commissioners. W. H. Roussel, assistant manager of the Dairymen’s Union, said: “The rates are satisfactory to us at the present time, be- cause We are not shippini anything. Itis not our season for doing business in trans- portation. If it were, I should say that the rates would be quite unsatisfactory. It is not alone the rates. The whole service runs contrary to good business principles. ‘Take the refrigerator service, for instance, between San Francisco and New Orleans, or rather take the lack of any such service as an_ example of how shippers are treated. Our freight is mostly in butter. Our annual shipment of this staple to New York and Eastern points amounts to some- thing over 500,000 pounds. To Los An- geles it is over 180,000 pounds. In common with other shippers of this product we have asked for a refrigerator service over the Sumset route, but could get nothing. Once they gave us a few cars, on condition thet we should attend to packing the ice, etc. ‘“Asto a reduction in rates, I will show you how most Southern Pacific reductions are made. All Southern Pacific sched- ules announcing a reduction contain some sort of a ‘joker.” Itis never to be found on the surface, and it often happens that it is very skillfully concealed beneath a mass of apparently favorable figures. “A year ago last July the company re- duced the rate on butter from 2 cents to 134 cents per pound. At the same time the maximum weight of a_carload was in- creased from 20,000 to 24,000 pounds. The benefit to the shipper was nil. He paid practically the same rate as before. This is the only reduction that has come under my observation during the past year or so. I have heard nothing of a general reduc- tion either on Eastern or local points. The Railroad Commissioners, though pledged to look into the freight situation and order some reduction, have done nothing as far as I have been able to learn. I don’t think the people expect much of this body.” A representative of Holbrook, Merrill & Co. said: **No general reduction in rates has been made nor is likely to be made, and the f»resent unsatisfactory conditions will in all probability exist until we have competition. Inthe new road lies our only hope of release from the clutches of a greedy monopoly. The Railroad Commis- sion amounts to nothing. From its in- ception it has been afarce. Though its duties have been clearly defined by the constitution it still insists upon sitting as a judicial body. The Commissioners are always waiting for complaints. Why don’t they go ahead and exercise the pre- rogative granted them by the highest law of the State? It is clearly their duty to regulate rates and fares over all lines in the State. In my opinion local rates need looking into more than anything else at the present time. “Take valley rates for example. On freight of the first class the rate to Los Angeles is 60 cents, while to Fresno, a third of the distance, 68 cents is charged. The company is hauling second class freight to Fresno for 63 cents, while on the same class to Los Angeles only 484 cents is charged. On third class Los Angeles gets 4214 cents and Fresno 68 cents, while on first class the haul to Los Angeles costs 37 cents and to Fresno 54 cents. The same difference existsin all towns of the San Joaquin Valley, notwithstanding the dis- tinct prohibitions of the State constitution. ‘*Mshons of dollars of overcharges have been made in this valley by the Southern Pacific that might be recovered by an action atlaw. When the right man takes this watter into the courtsthe company will | be compelled to refund the extortionate charges squeezed out of the shippers. “Whenever a reduction is made by this company in its rates it either turns out to be no reduction at all or the thing isevened up by an increase in charges at some other point. No general reduction has been made in the past ten years on_either local or overland rates. The only hope of the people lies in the new road.” A representative of Wellman, Peck & Co. said: ‘“We are simply holding our breath and waiting for the compietion of the new line. We know of noreductionin rates; that is to say, a general reduction. Now and theu the rate on a certain com- modity to a certain point will be reduced by the Southern Pacific for the purpose of freezing out a competitor or working some other trick of transportation. Usually the old rate is put on again after a few months or the charges are increased to some other point, which sort of evens up the thing. As for a general reduction either on over- land or local rates no one with sound reasoning capacity ever expects to see this until the company is actually forced to a change by competition. “The Railroad Commission, though pledged to a reduction, has taken no action at all, as far as we are infofmed. Peopie ien.erally understand what the pledge of a ailroad Commissioner means. The duties of this body are clearly defined, but eva- sion seems easy, and no doubt profitable.” MISSION WORK. The San Francisco Presbytery Votes in Favor of Establishing a Church Extension Sinking Fund. A meeting of the San Francisco Presby- tery was held yesterday afternoon in the Howard Presbyterian Church, to consider the work of Presbyterian church extension in this City. Rev. J. Cumming Smith moved that, in order to meet the growing needs of Pres- BELVEDERE'S NIGHT OFF. _Final Preparations Before the Spectacular Water Carnival. THE FESTIVAL OF VENICE. The Director-General Has Nothing Undone for the Occasion. Left All Belvedere is preparing for the blaze of color and the scene of beauty which will occur to-morrow night on and around the island. The residents for the last few days have been engaged in hanging festoons of lanterns and stringers of flags from one home to the other, while the director- general, James S. Hawkins, has been straining his executive ability to harmon- ize the entire programme and blend the features so as to have detail carried out with precision and care. He has placed all his co-workers in abso- lute touch with his desires, and there is no possibility of a failure. Every precaution is being taken to pre- vent accidents of any kind, and if the pro- visions laid down by the members of vari- ous committees are carried out it will never be necessary to have a rehearsal. An indication of the crowd is suggested GEORGE A. POPE’'S STEAM LAUNCH MASCOTTE, SELECTED TO LEAD THE PARADE TO-MORROW NIGHT. [From a picture taken by Dr. G. K. Frink for * The Call.”’] byterianism in San Francisco, the Home | by the fact that every available boat on the Mission committee be authorized to collect money to form a ‘‘church-extension sink- ing fund.” He also moved that a new ob- ject of benevolence be laid before the churches, and that the pastors explain to the people the imperative demande of the local field, and secure as liberal a response as possible. This motion, which has been unsuccessfully brought before the presby- tery, at intervals, for the last tw~ years, was unanimously passed. 1t is understood that Rev. J. Cumming Smith, Rev. Robert Mackenzie and Rev. F. R. Farrand intend to push the work of raising a sinking fund as rapidly as pos- sible, in order to be ready to aiford ma- terial help to the French and Italian mis- sions, as well as to establish missions in growing suburbs of San Francisco. A motion was made by Rev. John Hemp- hill with regard to the quarter century an- niversary fund. At the General Assembly Hall in Pittsburg last June Dr. Hemphill | was abpointed a committee of one for this City to help to raise the million-dollar anniversary fund. His motion yesterday was to the effect that the presbyter should indorse local effort to aid the fund. The motion was carried unanimously. Rev. J. Cumming Smith reporte: the affairs of the Central Tabernacle had been wound up, leaving a surplus of $240. Half this amount the Tabernacle finance committee, which was composed of trus- tees of the defunct church, had handed to | Rev. Dr. Gibson for the Sunday-school and library, and the other $120 Dr. Smith had been commissioned to give to the presby- tery. Rev. Bugene Dupuy of the French Re- formed Church drew attention to the fact that he had been laboring for months on his own account, and that the treasury that? water front,both on this side and the other, is engaged, and even single lock row boats are at a premium. Yacht clubs from all over the bay have arranged to send their crack flyers, and those who have no record will be on hand as witnesses. Every launch able to get up steam or spout gasoline nas been secured. The small wharfs running into the water from private residences will give out col- ored lights at regular intervals as arranged by the director-general, and from the time the Mascotte gives the signal blast and the procession begins there will not be a dark spot in the'neighborhood of Belvedere. From the ferry landing to the pridge overlooing the ‘concourse there will be a system of illuminations, which althouih beautiful will not in any wise indicate the magnificence of the effect which will pre- sent itself when the parade ground comes into view. Each feature will be more mag- nificent than the preceding dne, and the conclusion will outdo anything ever seen in the line of pyrotechnic grandeur. Eugene Davis, J. Webster Dorsey, Rob- ert McGill, Dr. Frink and countless others have provided for the reception of a good many friends and the general atmosphere will be of exceeding conviviality. The arks—those small comfortable float- ing summer-homes—will be so arranged that any visitor looking for a friend can be directed to the right spot at once, and from all reports it is suggested that no one will want to get back to land again for the re- mainder of the night. The “‘Belvedere March,” written and ar- ranged by a Belvedere lady and dedicated to the director-general, will be played by the Presidio and the Park bands while the festivities are going on. There will be, aside from this particular feature, twenty THE PARADE GROUND LOOKING NORTH. [From a picture taken by Dr. George K. Frink for “ The Call.”] was quite depleted. The Oakland presby- tery had promised the French pastor a salary of $240 a year; so had the San Fran- cisco presbytery. By unanimous consent the sum was ordered paid,and Rev. Dr. Ellis was appointed a committee of one to confer with the Oakland presbytery on the subject. . THE PIONEER MINE, Pierre Humbert J1. of Boston the Pur- chaser of Senator Fair's Half Interest. Pierre Humbert Jr. of Boston is the pur- chaser of the Senator Fair interest in the Pioneer mine in Placer County. The order of sale was issued two weeks ago, as an- nounced in THE CaLL at that time, but yesterday a_copy of the contract was filed in the Buperior Court, announcing Mr. Humbert as the purchaser. The price to be paid by Mr. Humbert for the half interest is $75,000, instead of $72,500, and the money has already been deposited in the First National Bank of this City. A szle of the other half of the mine was recently made by A. E. Dayis, who owned the property with Fair. The purchasers were Josepi M. Cox and Scott F. Bickford. ——————— The Morg Record. Oscar Johnson killed himself at his home, 438 Elizabeth street, yesterday. He had been sick for a long time and Drs. Plymire and Fris- bie had been treating him for melancholia. He shot himself through the lung. Thomas Torlbert died suddenly at 5 Mason street. Death was due to natural causes. Mrs. F. 8. Seeley hanged herself in her room on the corner of Sixth and Mission streets, in the Manchester House. She had no friends in San Francisco, and her neighbors say she was demented. She fastened the rope to the top of her door and then closed it. Her body blocked the way when the goroner arrived. "She was 60 years old. Villa formerly mesnta farm and not house. other numbers, and the order of the night Wiltl be mirth, music, song, splendor and— water. For the benefit of those who are not ab- solutely familiar with the rules governing the parade and its incidental features Di- rector-General Hawkins, from the official ark Pollywog, has issued the following manifesto: BECOND ANNUAL NIGHT 1¥ VENICE, BELVEDERE, Aug. 3, 1895. To those Concerned: You are respectfully requested to give the following rules and sug- gestions your most careful attention: . Transportation—Guests will leave San Fran- cisco by special boat from Tiburon teni, at foot of Clay street; on arrival of this boat buses will be in waiting to convey only the invited guests fo_their desunation on Belve- gire. Returning boats will leave Tiburon at P. 3. Bus rules—Fare shall be 10 cents cash for each passenger each way. No tickets will be accepted. No deadheads. Only the buses under the control of the com- mittee on conveyances shall be permitted to enter Belvedere gates after 1 P. M. All other pub]nvé nsd private conveyances will be rigidly excluded. All buses shall enter Belvedere by way of the beach road, and buses displaying the white flag or lantern shall turn to the right at the first junction and proceed to the lefl:{ b%w-y of the middle and schoolhouse road. Buses duplsymg the red flag or lantern shall turn at the secon HEADQUARTERS 2 junction and run by the upper and schoolhouse road to the ferry. Immediately after the duglny of fireworks the course of the buses will be reversed—one- half going south on the middle road to junc- tion with beach rond, and thence to ferry, and the other half moving south on the upper road to the second junction and thence by lower and beach road to the ferry. Buses must keep to the inside of the road and passengers to the outside. All buses must léeep Mlk the beach road during the display of reworks. Launch parade — All boats entering the parade must be provided with a good strong ainter at least thirty feet long, all boats to be ecorated. The commiitee Wwill furnish red and blue torches to be burned as per dsmu from the marshal's boats (Vamose and Cub), e aying of er red or blue from the masshays bosts wil be the BiKasl for NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. A POWERFUL INDUCEME NTS! Our GREAT SACRIFICE CLEARANCE ‘SALE closes another successful week with an offering of the following lines of STYLISH AND SEASONABLE GOODS AT FORCING-OUT PRICES! LADIES WAISTS! At 55 Cents. LADIES’ WHITE LAUNDRIED SHIRT WAIST, tucked or stiff bosoms, regu- lar price $1 25, will be offered at 55¢. At $1.00. LADIES' LAUNDRIED WAISTS, in heavy percale, in fancy stripes and checks of black, navy blue and pink, regular price $1 50 and $1 75, will be closed out at $1. HOSIERY DEPARTHENT! At 5 Cents a Pair. 50 dozen INFANTS' PLAIN BLACK LISLE-THREAD HOSE, double heels and toes, fast black, sizes 4 to 514, reg- ular price $3 per dozen, will be sold at 5¢ a pair. At 15 Cents a Pair. 100 dozen LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, double heels and toes, Herms- dorf fast black, regular price $3 per dozen, will be sold for 15¢ a pair. MEN'S FURNISHINGS! At 12} Cents. 196 dozen MEN’S FULL-FINISHED IM- PORTED COTTON SOCKS, in new tan shades, with double-spliced heels and toes, regular price 25¢, will be closed out at 124c a pair. At 15 Cents. 85 dozen MEN’S HEAVY CAMEL'S- HAIR SOCKS, full regular made, with double heels and toes, extra good value for 25¢, will be closed out at 15¢ a pair. At $1.00. 35 dozen MEN'S AND BOYS’ ALL-WOOL DERBY-RIBBED SWEATERS, in colors, navy, black and white, Tegu- larly sold for $2, will be closed out at $1 each. At 50 Cents. 62 dozen MEN’S MEDIUM WEIGHT BALBRIGGAN UNDERSHIRTS AN DRAWERS, faucy silk finished, in Vi- | cuna and ecru shades, regular price $1, will be closed out at 50c each. LADIES' CAPES! At $1.50. LADIES’ CAPES, double or single, trimmed with applique contrasting shades, tan, black,navy, brown and red, worth $4, will be closed out at $150 each. At $2.50. LADIES’ CAPES, double or single, in various designs of trimming, braided applique, lace and ribbon, all the new- est shades, worth $6 50, will be closed out at $2 50 each. At $5.00. LADIES FULL RIPPLE CAPES, of black clay worsted, handsomely braided; also black, navy, tan and Havana . brown Ripple Capes, lined throughout with silk and trimmed with aps%hq\_ze of contrasting shade, worth $12 50, will be closed out at $5 each. LADIES' SUITS! At $4.95. LADIES' SUITS, navy and black serge, worth $9, will be closed out at $495 each. At $7.50. LADIES’ SUITS, navy, black‘and tan cheviot, box jacket and skirt, lined throughout, worth $12 50, will be closedgaut at $7 50 each. WASH G00DS, B1C.! At 5 Cents a Yard. CRINKLED SEERSUCKERS, 24-INCH CREPONS and HEAVY - GRADE SEERSUCKERS, odd lines, reduced from 10c, 12}4¢ and 15¢ a yard. At 5 Cents a Yard. ANOTHER LOT OF HEAVY ENGLISH TENNIS FLANNELS to be closed out at 5¢; value 8%4c. At 7; Cents a Yard. About 50 pieces WIDE-WIDTH VIENNA CREPON, stylish colorings, reduced from 12}4c. At 15 Cents a Yard. cases BEST XXX DOUBLE-BED- ‘WIDTH SHEETING, unbleached, 81 inches wide, reduced from 20c. 2 HANDKERGHIEES ! ot \Eaaitcolibmnm ADIES’ COLORED E) . SHEER LAWN HANDKERCHIEFS, hemstitched and scalloped edges, regu- lar price $3 per dozen. LACE COLLARS! At 60 Cents Each. BUTTER POINT VENISE VANDYKE LACE COLLARS, regular price $1. VEILING! VEILING' At 40 Cents a Yard. CHENILLE DOTTED TUXEDO VEIL- ING, in all colors; double width. Ex- tra value. At 50 Cents a Yard. CREAM FIGURED CHANTILLY BOR- DERED VEILING, all silk, new de- signs. Extra value. GLOVES! GLOVES! At 75 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES' 4BUTTON REAL KID GLOVES, in brown and tan shades, extra value for $125, will be offered at 75¢ a pair. At 85 Cents. 100 dozen LADIES’ 4-BUTTON GENTU- INE FRENCH KID GLOVES, indark, medium and tan shades, extra value for $1 25, will be offered at 852 a pair. RIBBONS ! RIBBONS! At 10 Cents. No.12 2-INCH ALL-SILK BLACK SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON will be offered at 10c. At 12% Cents. No. 16 ALL-SILK BLACK SATIN AND GROS-GRAIN RIBBON will be offered at 12}4c. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Strests. Murphy Building, ., Market and Jomes Stregts. Murphy Building, Market and Jones Stregts. each hoat to light two torches of like color. | Do not light others until the next signalis 1ven. s Assemble in north end of cove at 8:30 sharp 50 as to be in allotted places ready to start when the long whistle is given from steam yacht Mascotte at 8:40, Fireworks—It is requested that no firearms be used during the e\‘cnlnfi; Do not discharge any fireworks or red fire before or during the eneral display, except that the red fire may burned on the two occasions when a grand red-fire illumination of the hills and cove will take place. The signals to light the red fire will be given from the west side of Valentine’s Island, imme- diately back of the clubhouse, when the com- mittee will burn red fire in quantity. No ob- jections will be made to any private display | after the general display is over. Yachts—All visiting yachts are requested to anchor and dress ship directly outside of line formed from Corinthian clubhouse to bark Dollart. Steamers—All steam craft are requested to lie bow on just outside of visiting yachts, and to blow no whistles between 8:15and 10:45, except in case of necessity, as this will materi- ally interfere with the musical programme. IMONG COAST RANCHES Sugar-Beet Lands Regarded as a Good and Paying Investment. Rotation In Crops Persistently Fol= lowed the Avenue to Success. That the ladybug is doing effective work in cleaning the scale-infested orchards of the northern sections is apparent from an interview with Horticultural Commissioner Harney in the Marysville Appeal. He said: ‘I was extremely pleased to note the wonderful spread of the little black lady- birds that were placed on the San Jose scale infested apple trees at Brownsville. They have spread all over that section. At Challenge Mills I found hundreds of them in an old orchard that was once badly infested, and I found them on trees in Hansonville. The spread of these little beneficial insects is a remarkable thing; they have followed the scale everywhere and have been transported and distribu- ted in the same manner as was the scale, on trees, in boxes of fruit or empty boxes, etc. There are two species, both of the genus Scymnus. One is known as Scym- nus Lopanthae, about the size of a small bead, black and with a tinge of brown; they generally look siightly dusty. The other 1s as yet undetermined so faras I know. It is shiny black and about the size of a pinhead. On warm afternoons they are out by the hundreds all over the trees. Isreally believe these little lady- bugs will solve the San Jose scale question and tree-owners should become acquainted. with them so that they can foster them on every occasion.” By continued use of hellebore for one season it is possible to destroy all the worms on currant bushes in any neighbor- hood. It does not travel far, and fre- quently in the same patch with bushes whose leaves are destroyed will be others that for a year or two will escape. But to make sure of gen.inge rid of all of the worms they should trained either to single stems or not more than two or three together. Itisthe great number of small currant sprouts that makes it difficult to put the hellebore on all the leaves. A few leaves are left each time, and on some of these encugh worms will feed and attain maturity so as to preserve stock for an- other year. ‘With reference to the raisin outlook in Fresno County the Fresno Republican says: The season is about two weeks ahead of last year. Wineries and distil- leries will no doubt take many of the infe- rior grades of grapes, thus lessening the pack, and thereby improving the general avgrage. There is 8 persistent purpose among the raisin-growers to hold for cash in the sweatbox. Those who are well posted in the business, and who have the interests of the growers at heart, ara more and more firmly convinced that the con- ditions will be much more improved if the people will refuse to sell unless they get living prices in the sweatbox; or,if they wilf organize in co-operative associations. The latter is the favorite method, yet it is notbeinfi’ adopted so extensively as might be. eople are waiting to sell in the sweatbox. They believe in co-operation, but hesitate to take the step. There are, however, sev- eral co-operative associations organized { and ready for business. The Nanaimo (B. C.) Free Press tells about four sticks of giant rhubarb, grown by W. M. Flewett on his farm at the De Courcey Island. The sticks are 24 inches in length and 8 inches in circumference, the largest weighing 2 pounds 10 ounces, clear stalk of rhubarb. The leaves on each stalk measured 3 feet 6 inches across. These mammoth stalks are the second rowth from plants set out this year. hese stalks should indicate that farming pays in British Columbia, but, strange to say, the contention is the very opposite. The substitution of large for small farms cannot be given a moment’s favorable con- sideration. The removal of obstacles to universal small farming should be the aim of every well-wisher of his kind, savs the Fresno Republican. The farmers of this country, the men who own their own homes and till their own soil, are the hope of the Republic, and the greater their numbers and the better their condition, the more bright the out- look for the future of republican institu- tions. Vegetable gardens in the valley around Sacramento are being devastated by the army worm, and, in some cases, it is re- ported, entire fields of vegetables have been wiped. out by the pest. The Sacramento Bee says that tomatoes shown dn the markets there are in a very bad con- dition. Nearly every one shows where it has been ntuc{ed by worms. Canmloupe: are also in bad condition. In many in- stances the worms have bored into them and eaten the meat and left nothing but the rind. A horse with a lump on his shoulder is like a person eating beef on a tooth that is longer than the rest. You should clean the collars every time you take them off, because they will clean easier when first taken off than if left till the dirt gets dry. Always take the harness off at noon especially for several weeks in the spring: ‘Wash their shoulders well twice a day with colc water and salt dissolved in it, Never use a sweat pad.—National Stock- man, 1t is a practice in some places to use an orchard for securing a crop of fruit and also have sufficient grass to assist in keep- ing stock for a certain length of time, but land cannot be made to produce both crops in that manner. The gain 1n one direction may be lost in another. Occasionally a crop of grass may be gown in the orchard if the land is rich, but a permanent grass sod is sure to injure t| Tités ] he trees sooner or The Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec re- cently advised the farmers to thQink less of politics and more of agriculture, and they would not suffer anything. The liberal professions were overcrowded. Not 20 per cent of the lawyers of Montreal made a comfortable living. But the land was al- ways good. The soil was always bounti- ful, and he who culti it dili never failed to reap ms‘;’:m_ dft diligently _The Tulare County Bee-keepers’ Asso- zlnltlon w:lll ‘hold a convention in Visalia n Augusf when the industry will be discussed in ‘all its phases byrynpiaristu whose knowledge in i frith prerienoeg the premises comes The agitation” in favor of wide tires on roads is bearing fruit. Already Connecti- cutand Minnesota have laws favoring wide tires, the latter State exempting farmers who use wide tires from a portion of their road tax. Wide tires do not cut the roads, but assist in packing the roadbed. They also lessen the draught and permit of working where narrow tires could not be used. The beet districts around Watsonville are mostly held in small tracts as homes, and very little of the land there is for sale. Whenever land does sell in that locality, however, it is for from $250 to $400 an acre, the latter figure holding on land within easy distance of the sugar factory. Good beet lands are regarded as the best kind of an investment. Oilis the cheapest substance to useon- the farm just now as it saves wear of im- plements. Have several oilcans at conve- nient‘poinu so as not to be compelled to hunt for one. Neglect to use a cent’s worth -of 0il may cause- a loss of several dollars. 0il also saves labor by rendering the work- ing of the implements much easier. The careful Argentine farmer can raise from thirteen to fifteen bushels of wheat an acre, and he can rent land for about 40 cents an acre. The cost of producing wheat in that country in 1892 was about 13 cents a bushel, according to the average of several crops investigated by the English Consul at Buenos Ayres. * ‘Water is fatal to all life when in excess because it deprives living organisms of the indispensable air. Plantsmust have air as animals must and will drown when buried in water. Therefore, one of the first in- quiries of the farmer must be as to wheth- er his land needs draining and next how best to do it. Figs in Tulare County. $ The fig is a fruit not appreciated accord- ing to its merits. The tree grows readily in California and stands abuse with the greatest of patience; the timberis of ex- cellent grain and will take on a high pol- ish; the fruit is palatable either fresh, dried, canned ‘or in pickles, preserves, glaces or marmalades, yet it has received little or no attention in & commercial way and is generally passed by for home con- sumption. It will thrive along fences, by the roadside, in hog lots or around the house. S In this valley, says the Tulare Register, the fig will cure perfectly by simply spread- ing in the sun. There is not the ever- present danger of souring which confronts the growers of the coast counties. By dip- ping in hot water and sulphuring its ap- earance is improved, but there is no en- ancement of itsquality. Forhome use it needs no doctoring of any sort. No more is there need for the average producer to put- ter away his time in pregarmg an imita- tion of the Smyrna product, for plain dried figs are good, wholesome and cheap. Each house should have its fig trees, for there is no waste. Notan animal on the place but will eat the fruit readily. As pickles or preserves there is nothing superior. _Canned the fig isalmost unsur- passed. We must learn to use our own in- comparable fruits in the best way and all the time before we can expect to carry the ospel of better food to the benighted E:con-eaters of regions where fruit does not thrive. > At the culture station near Tulare may be seen dozens of varieties of figs that many people in the valley never even heard of. Each of these had a special use in the countries whence it came. There may be found varieties suited to almost any locality—of all shapes, sizesand flavor, ranging in color from an ebony black to an almost transparent white. They are all good for some purpose, but not all good for a single purpose. In this valley we ought to and probably can grow and handle this fruit to_as near perfection as any region does. We ought to be building up a great fig industry in the finished product. We ought to use them ourselyes and put them upon the market in half a dozen different ways. It is not necessary that the whole community be planted in figs, either. A half dozen trees on each tract would provide a great business for a pioneer house, to put upom the market a product of which the com- mercial world knows little or nothing,