The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 20, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1X95. T e e e RS CIVIC FEDERATION OUT FOR THE CHARTER. | | [t Is Unequivocal in Its Support of the In- strument. CAUSE OF ITS ACTION. The Members Greatly Exercised Over the Special Tax Levy Decision. WANT POWER FOR THE MAYCR. Police Commissioner Gunst Touched Up on His Pictorial Adver- tisements. took place last night in the ly Hall of the M ilding. It was since the incor- n of the organization. Its proceed- included a strong and unequivocal in- arter for 5 1 1 of an | agitation against what were designated as indecent pictorial advertisements on bill- boards and fences; the appointment of s committees and the definition of respective scopes of work. V n the meeting was called io order i secretary read the following communi- ion, which had been received through mail : 1895. for the CITY, Nove: 1 investigate the ber 1€ ting without a salary for TAXPAYER. Tt was referred to the committee on nan’s attention was then ca the CaLy reporter present to the d vesterday ot the Supreme Court a merto in the case of I. J. Truman v Board of Supervisors of San Fran- cisco, in which the writ of mandate was denied and the proceedings dismissed. A vpetition had been directed to the Sup Court t the Board of Superv show cause why the special ould not be declared void. The e decision came in a special am to THE Carr, and the first i mation of the e Cou i Mr. Truman tative. He at once laid the mat- before the meeti The announce- t of the deci took every one t d those most inter- t the matter to a test display When the m cover their regular respiration Charles Wesley Reed took the floor and in indig- nant but emphatic tones declared that, i reflection on the 1preme bench, the d ment in favor of e void. t heated is pre ctende pitated »d debate on the charter. iaden called attention to the )¢ n veto power being vested in on of the Mayor. in the past two days,” he eloped that the Mayor has egarding the work of the government and the adontion of the ne: and he asked that the federa He ion act was so pecu ut together that it impossible to amend er, he admitted, was not pe: = expected such an instrun rybody’s idea, but it was ca 1dment at any time, he conclude while, Mr. Gaden had written n embodying what he consi ment of the bedy and prese 1, That in view of the recent acti on of the Supreme Court in the ca ity adoption €s more apparent every was prom ado and was 1 by the adoption of a resolution . Thomas Filben, as fol m 1EREAS, Tt appears from the Superior Court | that the municipality is a helpless prey in the hands of & corrupt ring in the Board of Super- visors, Resolved, That ipal afteirs of the Civ ed to report at o; r bringing these flicial itr t lic account. Mr. Reed then introd i ed a resolut: L 1 providing for the discussion at each meet- ing of portions of the provosed new char- n ter, more particularly of that portion which relates to the executive department. It was adopted. I of James L. Case of tiie Civic Federation was re- viewed since the first preliminary meeting December 24, 189t Amoug the mat- undertaken were the prevention of the appointment of Marc Levingston as Health Officer; the agitation of an anti-lottery he attempt to have a Lexow passed by the Legisiature; the advo- cacy of civil service in appointive offices; opposition to the Sunnyside railway fran- nted to the Market-street Rail- g titution of proceedings to have | ared invalid the special tax levy, and against Superintendent of Streets Ash- worth. George T. Gaden then read his report as treasurer. It showea that ihe organiza- tion has about $400 in bank and no liabili- ties except some small bills. On motion of Mr. Reed it was decided to assess each member §1 a month, beginning with the first of December. ommittees were then announced by dent Truman. : 1e scope of the various committees are clearly defined as follows: Political lection of honest, capeble men to consider and suggest laws for the better government of the City; 10 secure honest elections; to advocate the Board of | i for creating a better moral tone among people generally. The old board of directors and officers were then re-elected by the secretary cast- ing the vote as foilows: Board of airectors and executive committee— 1.J, Truman, E. R, Dille, Stewart Menzies, A. G. Towne, J. C. Smith, N C. W, Reed, Wallace Bradford, D. George T. Gagen, Maurice S. Officers—I. J. Truman, president; J Case, secretary; George T. Geden, treasurer. 3. Woodbams then reported progress in the cese of Superintendent of Streets | Ashworth. He said he believed there was | a strong case against the defendant. Then came the subject of indecent pec- advertisements on billboards and fences. It was brought up by C. B. Per- kins of the committee on public morals. | He suggested that Mr. Reed, as attorney for the federation, be instructed to draft an ordinance against the objectionable prcti He referred to_ Police Commis- sioner Gunst as being a sinner in this re- | gard, and a member then proposed that | Mr. Gunst as Police Commissioner be re- | quested to have the Police Department in- | structed to enforce the law covering the off ion that | €. Mr. Reed informed the federat [ there were laws on the books which cov- ered the offenses referred to, but it was hard to secure a jury that would declare | the objectionable advertisement indecent, | and no definite acti vas taken. But the | matter will come up ain for di | at the next meetir OA, h BOVIRD'S LETTER The Divine Says He Saw a Deep Significance in the Punch- bowl. It Symbolized Miss Field’s Champion- ship of Our California Wines. Dr. Bovard has not modified his opinion ith regard to the newspaper women and | the china bowl which they presented to the Press Club as a souvenir of the recep- | tion held there last Tuesday in honor of Miss Kate Field. ussion | | | | SOCIETY AT THE PAVILION. | - Miss Elizabeth Bell Makes Her First What he has done is to write a full, true | [ BEAUTY AND WEALTH GATHERED IN THE BOXES AT THE PAVILION. THE MUSICAL FESTVAL, A Great Chorus Lifts Up Its Voice for the Children’s Hospital. 1 Appearance — Local ; Solo- ists. together, to tackle one of those mighty choruses from the “Elijah” after only a few ensemble rehearsals. The work of guiding them through the tecknical and esthetic difficulties might appall even a Hans Richter, but to the glory of the big chorus last night, be it said, that the performance was an excellent one. The sopranos were stronger than the altos, and the tenors might have had | more self-assertion, but “Thanks Be to | God” was sung smoothly and erisply. | The attack was good, and the body of | voices produced & splendid volume of sound. # In the chorus, “Be Not Afraid,” also from the “Elijah,” the San Francisco and Oakland Oratorio societies sang alone, but all the chorists joined together in render- ing the march from “Tannbauser.” Members of the Loring Club and the Orpieus Society of Oakland gavean artistic rendering of “Landsighting,’”” by Grieg, | and two female choruses were prettily ren- | dered by the Alameda Ladies’ Choral Club. The “Hallelujah” chorus was also given by the combined choruses. It was a novel experience in San Fran- cisco to see a chorus of such huge dimen- sions as stood in serried ranks at the west end of the Mechanics’ Pavilion last night and lifted up its veice in song for the bene- fit of the Children’s Hospital festival. This City and the neighboring towns | have been scoured to find vocal talent to fill the ranks of the chorus. Among the organizations which composed its per- personnel was the San Francisco Oratorio Sooiety, the Oakland Oratorio Society, the Alameda Ladies’ Choral Society and the Harmeny Choral Club. San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, Peta- luma, Vallejo, Golden Gate and Lorin had also supplied their quota of vocalists, and | the consequence was that the biggest chorus that has yet made the welkin of | this City ring was present last night. The singers rose in terraces, almost from the floor to the gallery, and over them was a big sounding-board that considerably improved the acoustic properties of the Mechanics’ Pavilion. It was the opening performance last night of the festival which charitable men and women have arranged to benefit sick | and suffering children. Everything possi- Miss Elizabeth Bell proved to be a young lady with a_pleasant sympathetic voice, | though her choice of *‘Knowest Thou the | Land,” from **Mignon,” was not the wisest | | that conld have been made for such a vast | | building. Miss Bell is a soprano,and the | aria consists largely of notes in the | | lower registers which require a full ‘mezzo | | soprano_voice to give effect to in great | space. However, Miss Bell sang charm- | ingly, and her rendering of her encore, | o %’ind in the Trees,” by Goring Thomas, was most effective. Little Miss Daisy Cohn, a local singer, proved to be quite a revelation. She 1s | evidently a very voung girl, but her | | voice is penetraling, extended in compass and of exquisite quality. She sang a duet from *‘Rigoletto.” | with E. J. Stark, who has a fine round voice, if a little hard. Robert Lloyd sang “The Sailor’s Grave” and Ugo Talbo, the tenor, sang “Thou Shalt Dash Them,” from the ‘Messiah.’ The Jowered to-night to the popular prices of 75 cents and §1. The mere entrance fee of 95 cents, however, will entitle one to a commodious seat. ¥ Among those present last night were: The subscribers to the boxes were: James D. Phelan, H. S. Crocker, Colonel | Charles Crocker, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harington, i port of the undertaking. prices of reserved seats have been | 'DOWN THE BLACK CANYON, | Thrilling Experience of Lieuten- ant Potter’s Expedi- tion. FOLLOWING A BIGHORN TRAIL. Twenty-Two Miles Along a Rocky Ledge Where a Misstep Meant Certain Destruction. Second Lieutenant M. F. Smith of the Fourth Cavalry, who accompanied First Lieutenant C. L. Potter of the engineers in his late expedition down the Colorado River, is busily engaged on his cfficial re- Although the report is primarily prepared for official eyes, it will be no ordinary compilation of technical information and forbidding sta- tistics. On the contrary, the report will record one of the most thrilling experi- ences which human beings ever survived. Speaking of their adventures, Lieutenant Davis said yesterday: ‘‘Some time near the 1st of October Lieutenant Potter re- ceived orders to proceed to investigate the possibilities of the Colorado River for nayi- gation purposes, from the mouth of the Virgin River to Yuma., The understand- ing was that he was to proceed to The Needles and from there be towed up the river, a distance of 250 miles, by Indians. *On the 10th of October we started, I having been detailed to accompany him. Upon our arrival at The Needles we learned that it would be a slow, tedious trip from there to the Colorado. We be- gan searching for cther available means of reaching our destination, and as a result | [Sketched by a “ Call” artist.] and particular account of the affair ina private letter to Mrs. Hester Dickinson, setting forth the reason why that bowl filled him withr ire. Mrs. Dickinson, who is a member of Dr. Bovard’s flock, was present on the occa- sion. When she saw her spiritual pastor’s and master’s account of the proceedings at the reception and his breathings of wrath against the punchbowl—all were published in the Alameda Encinal—Mrs. Dickinson, who is a novelist and is skilled in the use of the pen, took up that instrument and with dignity, tempered with firmness, re- pelled the learned doctor’s expressions in an open letter, which was also published in the Encinal. Dr. Bovard appears to have pondered several days before responaing to Mrs. Dickinson. Yesterday, however, that Jady received a lengthy communication from him, which filled two folio pages. Mrs. Dickinson thinks that the less said about that epistle the better, and on that account she declined last night to di it. Colone! Dickinson, her husband, said: It would not be right to publish Dr. Bovard's letter, as it is of & private nature. He does not mend matters, he makes them worse. If the doctor would come out like & man into the oven and own he was mistaken, I would over- look the aspersions he cast on the reception, but he won't do that. wife and 1 were present as gnests, and we know how refined and harmonious the proceedings were. This much of Dr. Bovard’s letter the colonel was willing to disclose. The divine opens his argument by stating that no sooner did he peruse the newspaper nts of the reception than he at once saw a deep significance in the gift of a punchbowl to the Press Club. Kate Field has bLeen the champion of California wines; the newspaper women gave the Press Cluba punchbowl as & souvenir of her visit; ergo, the ne: per women wished by that act to intimate that they, ew charter; 1o advocate and tion of civil service prin- of the City the adoption of a 1 insist ou the applil ciples to the sdministration government. < 1 Municipal Affairs—To see that City officers do their duty and administer the effairs of their respective offices in an economical man- ner; to watch all street work and see that the streets of the City are properly cared for and improved; to secure a_continuation of & pure water supp o guard egainst the adulfera- tion of f0045 and the yending of impure articles of food of sny kind; to look after the proper nd economical lighting of our City streets; 10 secure better and cheaper accommodations of 1ds for the citizens of the City; to oppose the encroachments of corporations and indi- viduals upon the rights of the people. Philanthropic—To bring together and create a1 understanding between the VArious organ- ized charities of the City, to the end that they may co-operate together in the relief of the oor and oppressed. Y lnd\mtrlnl‘— 0 inquire into the individual arts of the in order to better the condi- tion of the employed, and 1o create a better understandingbetween employer and employe. Educational-—To urge improved methods of instruction where necessary; to emforce the employment of none but competent teachers; to develop a greater interest in the schools by the parents. Public morals—To devise means for the sup- pression of vice of all kinds; to devise means too, were subporters and upholders of the | wine interest. “And I suppose,”’ said the colonel, “‘that if the ladies had presented ouroid friend with a china pig that would have been a delicate way of telling her that their inter- ests were bound up in the pork trade.” There is a postscript in the letter re- ceived by Mrs. Dickinson from her psstor which exhorts her not to pay any atten- tion to the quotations he used in his En- cinal letter, as they were intended for a paper in Oregon. Just what this means no one can make out. The rest of the doctor’s communication will not be made public. Has he taken back his insinua- tions with regard to the hilarity round the unchbowl, the flushed cheeks, the fluffy Enir and the cigarette smoke? Only Colonel and Mrs. Dickinson know, an they will not tell. As for the newspaper women, like Pilate “‘they care for none of these things.”” They are too busy attend- ing to their work to lament over the mir- ages which Dr. Bovard saw in a punch- bowl. The fellow who gets the best of you is endowed with brute strength. ble had been done beforehand to make the | affair a brilliant artistic as well as a finan- | cial success. Everything twithin the | bounds of reascn, that is, for it \\;ould ;lmrd]_v have been practicable to fsend for Damrosch and his orchestra, or to engage Adelina Patti or Melba to “star” | for the Children’s Hospital. The big | chorus, the list of soloists and the number | of names in the orchestra, and among them conductors that are gilded with local fame | was an outward and visible proof of the efforts put forth to stamp the festival with the word *“'success.” The men of Battery I¥ of the Second Ar- tillery, commanded by Captain John A. Miller, acted as ushers, and gallantly the soldiers performed thelr duty. Visitors were shown tp their seats with military promptitude and precision, and when bouquets, Iyres, wreaths and other floral decoration: the platform the flowers were always to hand without a moment’s delay. The prices of admission were high last night, a little too high for a big music fes- tival. On that account probably the artil- lerymen had not so many people to show to their seats as they ought to have had. Many of the boxes were occupied, princi- pally by society, in semi-evening dress. The glitter of fashion in some of the boxes recalled the glories of the last horse show. The front part of the parterre was also filled with a stylish crowd of music lovers, but the rear portion of the hall was practically deserted. It is expected that to-night society will | still be faithful to its fad, but there is every anticipation that the rows of seats that line the back of the Pavilion will also be filled, as it is intended to make the second day of the festival a popular event, | and to that end the price has been iowered to 25 cents for general admission. There was evidently no superstition about the compilers of last night’s pro- gramme, for it contained just thirteen numbers. Counting encores, however, the number thirteen was exceeded by several items. The performance opened with the ‘Jubel” overture, by C. M. von Weber, played by a large orchestra, which contained such well-known musicians as B. Mollenhauer, Eugene E. Schmitz and Nathan Lands- berger. Joseph Hirschbach was the chef 'd’orchestre and under his baton the over- ture went smoothly and won applause. The other orchestral numbers on the rogramme were Moszkowski’s suite, “All Nations,” and the Strauss waltz, ‘“Vienna Bonbons.” In the latter, Mr. Hirschbach showed an amount of verve for which his conducting of the former piece scarcely prepared one the good Strauss swing of the wiltz almost set people’s feet dancing, There were two ‘“‘pieces of resistance,” as the French say, on last night’s pro- gramme. They were the big chorus and the new soprano, Miss Elizabeth Bell, who had been imported from the East for the festival. The chorus lirst made its voice heard in “Thanks Be to God,” from the “Elijab.” Every one knows that it is no light task for a body of singers, unused to working that an admiring public be- | ( stows upon singers had to be handed to | AMrs. F. Frank, C. R. Bishop, M. H. de Young, Eugenc Lent, Charles M. Shortridge, Mrs. Colonel Marceau, George A. Knight, John Taylor, Gustay Brennar, Asa K. Wells, J. C. Stubbs, I. Steinhart, Governor Budd, C. P. Huntington, J. D. Spreckels. Among those present were: Charles Wilkerson, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ayer, Mr. and Edward Bas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs, I. Steinhart, . Wendell Easton, Miss Euaston, ptein Freese and daughter, Julius Jacobs, Mr.and Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Miss Helen Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Sabin, Mrs. W. P. Fonda, Gaston Strauss and Miss Chapella, J. H. Ackerman, Miss Edgerly, Donald de V. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. de Young and Miss Dean and Miss Cohn, Alexan- der Badlam, Mr. and Mrs. George E. Knight, Colonel and Mrs. Albert E. Castle, George Fitz- erald. Mrs. William Hardy, Mrs. 1.L. Dunbar, 8. W. R. A.Joh Mrs. J. H. Dickinson, 2, Burke, Mr: rant, Mrs. C. E. Green, W. J. Datton, Mrs. H. Dutard, Mrs. F. H. een, Mrs. Rolla V. Watt, Mr. and Mrs. M. Adler, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Adler, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Brenner, Mr. and Mrs. L. Braverman, Miss Braverman, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Spen- cer, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Boardman, Mr. and . A. P. Black, Mrs. S. Hart. VALUABLE RANCH SOLD. It Was Converted Into Cash to Satisfy Clamoring Heirs, Las Aguilas Rancho, of 23,650 acres, a stock ranch fifteen miles east of Hollister, San Benito County, was sold by auction at | the Courthouse yesterday for $80,000. It | belonged to the estate of the late million- | aire, J. D. de Laveaga, and about forty | heirs were interested in the result. It con- | tains about 4500 acres of valley and 500 of swamp land and for fifteen years has been } leased to a cattle firm at a yearly rental of | $6675. There were bequests amounting to | $210,000 dependent upon the sale of ihis | property, with the provision that if it did | not realize that amount the bequests should be proportionately cut down. The executors of the will are M. A. de Laveaga, Daniel Rogers and Thomas Ma- zee, who were pressed to make the sale by the heirs, who were poor. They will re- ceive about 40 cents for every dollar they elxpected. Andrew McCreary was the pur- chaser. Lanis A Tale for the Boys. Once upon a_time two boys played mar- bles upon the Sabbath day. Their names were John and William. When they returned to their homes John was whaled with a trunkstrap, while William was merely chided and suffered to go his way in peace. The boys grew to be men, John became the implacable foe of wealth m all forms and talked incessantly about 1t, while William was a millionaire and a member of several corporations. And yet there can -be nodoubt that Wi liam would have been just as good a man as John had he been subjected to restraint in bhis youth. Desr reader, when you have played mar- bles upon the Sabbath, insist upon the trunkstrap, and take nozhi;r else. It is our right. Do not be bluffed out of it.— etroit Tribune. | we decided to make Peach Springs our | starting point. From Peach Springs we | wounld have to convey our outfit overland, | a distance of only twenty-five miles. We | would then be in the Colorado Canyon | but 100 miles above the point from which | we were directed to commence our inves- | tigations. “This 100 miles was decidedly an un- | known quantity. We could ascertain al- most nothing about it from the residents of Peach S[lzring-:. Only two parties had | ever succeeded in passing through it. The first of these was under the command of Major Powell. He made the trip at a season of the year when the water was more favorable than when we started, but still not without the loss of two of bis boats. Three of his men deserted en route, declarinz it was practical suicide to con- tinue. This expedition was accomplished in 1869. In I the Stanton surveying party, seeking out a route for a proposed railroad through the canyon, made the | trip. The presidentof the company which | proposed to build the road and two other men were killed, but the remainder of the party came through all righv. *‘We were disappointed at the very out- set. We had expected to procure Indian boatmen without any difficulty, but in this we were mistaken. The Indians would follow the faint trails along the ledges of the Black Canyon in pursuit of the much-prized bighorn, but for no con- | sideration would they brayve the cruel rapids of the treacherous river. At last we procured two old trappers, who for §5 a day were willing to undertake the risk. They were experienced water men and cool-beaded, so we had cause to congratu- late ourselves. ‘‘I'ne residents of Peach Springs declared | Stanton had said there were very bad rapids right at the start of our journey, and the next bad ones were seventy-five miles further on. We thought if there were only two dangerous places we could risk it; and, providing 200 feet of bow line and an equal length of stern line with which to work through the swift waters, we started out. With considerable diffi- culty we got through the first rapids. In order to do this we had to send the men up on cliffs 100 feet high, from which, by the aid of the lines, they would ‘snub’ the boat around the ledges of the canyon walls. We breathed easier when we passed this place, and prepared for seventy-five miles of comparative ease. Our comfort was fleeting; for half a mile further the river was nothing but a seething, boiling mass of foam. It was a desperate situa- tion. Before us seemed almost certain de- struction and turning back was impos- sible. ‘There was nothing to do but to risk it, and, plunging, tumbling and whirling, we went safely through. That whole day was one of danger and vexa- tion. We proceeded just six and a half miles before nightfall, and in that distance we shot fifteen rapids. < “The second day our experience was little better. The further we went the deeper and blacker became the canyon. There were no longer any rocky ledges along the_shore, and our tow lines were useless. We had only to trust to the skill of our hoatmen, which availed 1ittle against the impetuous waters, and to luck. Atthe end of the second day we had made be- tween four and five miles progress. The third day we struck a stretch of quiet water. For four or five miles we found onlv two rapids, which we shot. Then we came to rapid No. 26—I was recording them for map purposes. “Here on both sides towered the steep black walls 1000 feet high. Between these walls for a mile there was nothing but angry, hissing foam. We examined first one side and then the other for ledgesalong which we might climb and draw the boat. It'was useless, and to attempt to run that irightful place would have been madness. It was at this point that Major Powell’s men abandoned him. We searched for the trail by which they escaped from the prisonlike inclosure, but in vain. In our explorations I had ‘:xmqed my ankle, and we were compelled to lie.over a couple of days until I could walk. “In the meantime Lieutenant Potter in- & T vestigated several branch canyons in the | hope of finding a means of egress. On the | Arizona side he followed a canyon for | eight miles to where it abruntly ended in a | rcrpendic:lar wall 4000 feet high. He fol- owed a canyon on the Colorado side fif- teen miles with a similar result. “At last we determined to take desperate chances. Taking all our provisions and outfit from the boat we prepared to at- | tempt to follow a faint bighorn trail for a | few miles. of the party went on ahead while I stayed with the boat. The plan was to turn the | boat loose and let it shoot the rapidsempty and unguided. Lieutenant Potter and his | party would attempt to catch it as it went by. “T waited half a day and in that time the lieutenant had reached the river three miles further on. Then I turned the boat loose and in ten minutes it shot by them like a racehorse. That left usbut one al- ternative—to follow the bighorn trail. | “The lower portion of these cliffs are natural granite. Above, about 2000 feet, it is red sandstone. ‘Lhe latter, being softer, has been worn away by the action of water so as to form a sort of shelf. Along this we hoped to be able to make our way. “Taking provisions, a blanket each and our firearms, we started upon this perilous journey. Sometimes our path was 100 feet wide, sometimes for 100 feet we had scarcely six inches to cling to. In the latter situation our sensations were hor- rible. Over 1000 feet below us yawned the black chasm; beneath us the rock was | treacherous and slippery. It was always | level, always the same dizzy height ffom | the white, brawling stream below. “For twenty-two miles we followed this | dangerdus trail. Then with feelings of | joy we emerged upon the Hualapais | Desert. We were three daysin crossing this. We had plenty of water and pro- | visions, but the men’s shoes had given out | and they suffered greatly from the hot | sand and the cacti. On the third day we reached the Union Pacific Railroad and | were taken up. | *“We then proceeded to The Needles and | completed the trip as originally contem- | plated without incident. We found the river could not be navigated advan-| tageously by any vessel drawing more than twoor three feet of water without the e: penditure of an immense sum of money. MILK' N RESTRURANTS, Several Samples Found Adulter- ated and Arrests Will Follow. Dockery Complains That Drivers of Bakers’ Wagons Are Working Against Him. Inspector Dockery had a busy time Mon- day. In the afternoon he visited a number of downtown hotels and restaurants and took samples of the milk supplied to their customers. These he placed in the hands of Dr.J. C. Spencer for analysis, and from the results already obtained several arrests | will be made, as many of the samples have turned out very bad. Toward evening he stopped a number of wagons and made tests of the milk, which | he found up to the standard in each 1n- stance. | Shortly after midnight he started out on | a raid and worked along Sixth street down to Harrison and then out to North Beach, | examining the milk in the restaurants on | the way. He found it up to the standard t1ll he reached the Silver Moon Restaurant | at 1504 Dupont street. The milk there found to be far below the standard and wa condemned and dumped upon the street. | After leaving there he drove to Kearny street and Montgomery avenue and waited for the arrival of milk wagons. He tested the milk in about thirty wagons, and all | passed the test with the exception of that Lieutenant Potter and the rest | Thi . mitk was bad, so.he tested several cans, {with water in his wagon. owned by Joseph Furrerof the Six-mile Dairy. He made two Babcock testsof his milk and both showed below the standard. Fvery can was tested with the same result, and the whole, amounting to 115 gallons, was turned into the sewers. An immense crowd had by this time gathered, and the energetic inspector was loudly cheered. The only one disposed to be cranky was a driver for the Mount Hamilton dairy. is led the inspector to suspect that his but found it up to the standard. One of the milkmen had two cans filled His milk was good, but the inspector feels satisfied that after being passed by him the milkman would water the milk before delivering it to his customers. 7 One thing the inspector complains about is that the drivers of bakers’ delivery=- | wagons are warning milkmen of the in- spector’s movements. One of the milk- men yesterday morning “gave him the laugh,” and told_him he would not have driven that way if his milk had been adul- terated, as_the driver of a baker’s wagon had told bim where the inspector was on the lookout. Dockery thinks the bakers should help him instead of thwarting him in his fight for pure milk. The inspector will be busy in the differ- ent police courts for the remainder of the week looking after cases against milkmen, ———e— The Fire Queen Scorched. An amusing incident happened at the supper table at the Bellevue Hotel re- cently. Miss Fay Delmere is a member of the company that was performing at the Buckingham, and on this especial evening she was in a burry to get to the theater and did not take time to let her coffee cool. At the first mouthful of the steaming beverage she gasped for breath and had several waiters running for ice- water to ease the pain in her scalded throat. Now, the funny partof this is that Miss Delmere is doing an act in which she holds lighted candles in her mouth, bites off pieces of redhot iron and drinks boiling oil.—Louisville Commercial. NEW TO-DAY. THE POINT of most import when you first begin to realize the fact that you are not “in good trim” is to ask yourself whether your digestion is perfect; then answer yourself honestly— YES or NO. Don't try to deceive vourself, for that won’t do a bit of good. It it is not good you need 2 sensible rem- edy. 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