The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1897, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1897, FORTUNE SMILES UPON SALINAS Sugar- Beet Culture Only One of Its Sources of Revenu>, A Town of Energetic Men, Good Schools and Brilliant Prospects. The Commercial H art of a Regioa as Rich as the Vallay of the Nile. SALINAS, Can, March 13.—It is evi- | i | | { i ought to know something about the won- deriul county of which Salinas is the political and commercial center. Monterey County lies on the coast, its northern boundary being about 100 amiles soutb from San Francisco. Itis one of the largest counties in California, having an area of 3600 square miles, or over two and a quarter miilion acres of land. The county is eighty milesin length and about forty-five in width. Itis bounded on the north by SBanta Cruz County and Monterey Bay, on _the east by the counties of San Benito, Fresno and Tulare, on the south by San Luiv- Obispo, and on the west by the Pacitc Ocean. Owing to the peculiar topographical character -of the county, with its rough mountains and broad plains, geatly rounded hiils and froitful valleys, it has a great diversity of soil, climate and productions, making ir, for purposes of settlement, one of the most desirable regions in the Btate. The county is divided into three sec- tions—the mountains and hills on the east, the mountains and hills on the west and the great Salinas Valley situated be- | tween the ranges of mountains and open- ing upon Monterey Bay at the north, The Salinas Valley extends south from Mon- terey Bay over a: hundred miles, and is irom five to fifteen miles wide. It isin this marvelous region that millions of tons of su,ar beetsare vetto be raised. The great industry will prove an object lesson to the world in what may be done mn the rich soil and genial clime of Caii- fornia, Tte Salinas Valley, in point of fertility dent to all who have made even a casual | a4 diversity of soil, has no superior in study of the industrial outleok in this vicinity that Salinas is on the eve of a new growth, general prosperity of the town and the section adjacent are numerous, but the Interests now making for the | climate, the am | the Slate, and when this is considered in connection with its miid and healthful ount of tillable land and its proximity to the commercial center of the State, the great advantages possessed for transportation of produce by both rail beet-sugar industry promises to be the | and water, it has no equal. There are iant among the factors of the new era. The fame of Salinas is spreading rap- idly, and jt may be remarked at the out- set that some injary is likely to occur be- | cause .of the premature heralding of this county’s claims. Already there are evi- dences that a number of mistaken people about 175,000 acres cultivated in the Sall- nas Vallev. The Southern Pacific. run- | ning south’ from San Francisco, extends through the entire length of the valley as far as Santa_Margarita, San. Luis Obispo County, ‘and wiil undoubtedly be com- pleted to Santa Barbara thisyear, thus placing this valley on the line of the long- crops of hay. The fields of alfalla are per- petuaily green, The foilowing facts concerning ware- houses in this region give an idea of the fertility of the.soil. Their capacity is shown by the following figures: H. 8. Ball’s warehouse at Salinas, 13,000 tons; Charles Louis’ warehouse at Coopers, 5000 tons; M. R. Merritt's warehouse at Castro- ville, 4000 tons; F. Blackie’s Moro Cojo warehouse, 3000 tons; Moss Larding ware- houses, 24,000 tons. Ths Tmhluod capa- city of these warehouses, all within a ra- dius of nine miles from Castroville, is 49,000 tons. Tuere is also a warehouse at Bardin’s and there are a number of others in different parts of the valiey. 5 The_town ,of Salinas has not anything more beautiful than its climate, which is not surpassed anywhere in the world. There i3 a difference of but 15 degrees Fabrenheit between summer and winter, the mean temperature for J-nnar{\ being 50 degreés and that of July 85. Theat- mosphere is pure, healthful and invigo- rating. Since the foundation of the town it has not been visited by an epidemic. Diseases attribntable to climatic origin have never been developed hers. Troubles of a malarial nature are cured here, and the slimate is beneficial to rheumatism, bronchial and lung troubles. Salinas is located near the center of the great Salinas Valley, ten miles from tide water at Moss Landing, twenty miles from Monterey and 118 miles sonth of San Francisco, The city was incnrpomged by act of the Legislature, March 4, 1874. 1. J. Harvey was the first Mayor, and the Common Council was composed of Wil liam Vanderhurst, J, B. Iverson, William Burbeeck, H. P.Tuttle, M. Hughes and B. 8. Wilcoxen. Under their able and ener- getic administration Main street was paved with stone, asphaltum sidewalks were constructed and a system of general improvements begun. It was predicted long before the location of the great-bee. su ar factory here that Salinas had a pros- erous future before it. Its ‘geographical ocation makes it certain that the town must share largely in the geuneral advance in values and increase in business which are certain to improve the business of the entire State, i The Jefirey Hotel, O ne of the Substantial Blocks in Salinas, are preparine to ru in with the hope of | est transcontinental railroad in the world. ingaland of milk and honey. Con-| One of the best informed men_here cn rvative citizens like Capitalist Ball, | the resources of the county is Editor W. Merchant Irvine and Real Estate Agent | T- Hill of the Index, who has made a spe- Lang, whose names ara known wherever the ramifications of 8 tend, have repeated thedargers cf boor draw a class of us 2 this region so as to | ates here. | arose,” said Mr. | “of a poor storm-beaten | fellow who came here from Los Angeles | with bis family. He hoped be would find | a Mecca at once, but there was nothing, and his family suffersd from hunger be- | fore the people relieved him.” The truth is that times ase just as hard bere today as anywhere in the State. People cannot live on fufure prospects, nor has anybody ever made a meal of the rainbow of bope. Salinas is deeply interesting to the stu- dent of economic tendencies, for it1s the most striking example of a California town whose people are about to confront new condition-. It wiil be a study of great value to watch the development of -industry when new railroad facilines and 4 s » 2 - 5 @ » E B -4 4 e long foresaw that great ves must come in the methods of in the West. In theold days of ©oxX teams people thought nothing of the problems involved in ‘“a rotation of crops,” but to-day it is strikingly true that the furmer reaps a rich or a useless harvest as a result of the wisdom or folly of his sowing. 8o it has come to the point that the brains and capital of men of foresight are about to dedicale this rich soil to new uses. Just as the grazing lands gave way to wheat fields in the evolution of in- | daustry, so the fields of wheat that no | longer produce gold are about 10 give way | 10 the sugar-beet. The worid’s sweet tooth mav prove the means of saving| Californ ¢rarian population from de- | struction. Weary of the unequal battle | . | many years, g linas’ commerce ex- | jnteresting facts about the soil and re- impressed upon me | sources on which peoplo base their hopes cial study of the county’s resources for He {urnishes the following for the future, and from which they now earn their living: “The Salinas Valley, embraced by the Gabiian Mountains on the northwest and the Santa Lucia range on the southwest, opens out on Monterey Bay and extends southward 100 miles, with an average width of ten miles. Its area, therefore, is about 1000 square miles, or 640,000 acres of land—almost an empire in iwelf. The | Sulinas River flows through the valley. ] with wheat-growers of Indiaand the A geatines, the up-to-date farmer will em- | vark in the new line of industry, with better prospects and surer resulis. L'u:’ that is another story. | It will be interesting to study in detail | The San Antonio hills stretch diagonally across the valiey about seventy-five miles from the mouth of the river and die vide the valley mto two portions, the re- zion above being a sort of table-land of low, rolling bills, while below there.is a valley gradually opening out until at Sa- linas City it ie twelve or fifteen wmiles wide ana as fine a section for farming as any in the Stae. The lands of this valley may be diyided into three classes. “First—The heavy, rich bottom lands which will grow almost anything. The so0il is mosily black adobe, and frequently contains just enough sand to make it work easily. These lands sometimes produce over 100 bushels of barley to the acre, and of wheat over sixty-five bushels. Average crop of wheat, thirty-five bushels; barley, sixty bushels. “Second—The tabie-lands, which are particularly well adapted to growing wheat, barley and other cereals, the aver- age vield of wheat being about thirty bushels, and of barley about fifty busaels er acre. “Third—The uplands, good for the pro- duction of wheat, barley, oats and rye, and here also are located someof the finest dairies in the State. Some of the land is the best fruit land in California and wiil produce oranges, lemons, grapes, peaches, apricots, almonds, figs, apples, plums, berries and other fruits common to this section.” Besides wheat, barley and other cereals potatoes are extensively cultivated in the Salinas Valley. and in many localities they yield immensely and are very profit- able. The best land for potatoes is the some of the reasons that give conseryative | lighit, sandy or sediment soil near the people great faith in this thriving town | coastor along the rivers. This soil pro- and in the wonderfully rich region of | duces from 100 to 200 sacks an acre, weigh- which it is the entrepot and natural com- mercial center. At the outset the person interested; | ing from 125 10 130 pounds a sack.” Beans | are exieasively cultivated, and alialfa grows luxuriantly, furnishing immense Balinas has all the appurtenances be- longing to a well-conducted town, in- cluding good hotels for the accommouation of the traveling public, enterprising mer- obants and handsome private residences surrounded by trees and embowergd in vines and flowers. There are nine hotels, six large dry goods establishments, fifteen general merchandise and grocery stores, three hardware stores. five stove and tin shops, three feed stores, five meat markets, four wholesale liquor stores, two furniture stores, four drug stores, (wo ciear and tobacco stores, a large cigar factory, a great flouring mill, 8 large lumber com- pany, three news stands, two book stores, six boot and shoe shops, six barber shops, three harness shovs, four livery stables, three feed yards, five merchant tailors, four restaurants, six painters and paper-hangers, one brewery, one sodawater factory, one bakery, two machine - shops, six blacksmith-shops, three millinary stores, eight dressmakers, three jeweiry establishments, six reat estate offices, ten insurance agents, one bank, one photograph gallery, one aunc- tioneer, two civil engineers and survey- ors, two flouring-mills, jour music teach- ers, ten lawyers, eight doctors, two den- tists, twenty saloons, two lumber- yards, one planing-mill, six iaundries, one opera-house, three public halls, three art studios, six carpenter-shops and finel lighted, weli-seated City Hall, where the Mayor and Common Council, Board of Education and fire companies hold their meetings; also a handsomely fitted up Masonic Hali, an L O, O. F. Hal', Good Templars’ Hall, besides a Ilrg‘; two-story brick building erected by the Odd Fellows of Salinas for the use of themselves and other fraternal societies. One of the great buildings of the town' is the armory « f Troop C, N. G_C., which was formally opened on the 15th of last October, during which time nearly 2000 people found accommodations within its walis. It is to-day a monument of enter- prise and is elegantly fitted up for a gym- nasium as well as for an armory. A marked feature of Salinas is the vros- perity of a number of fraternal societies. There is a strong Masonic lodge and a chapter of Roval Arch Masons, an Ea: ern Star eh'twer' two Odd Fellows' lodges, an L 0. 0. F. encampment and canton, Rebekah degree lodge, Gooa Templar lodge, Independent Fores ers’ court, par- for of Native Sons of the Golden West, council of the American Legion of Honor, council of Chosen Friends, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Grand Army post, court of Foresters of America, Knights of Pythias, Young Men’s Institute, Dania, Women’s Christian. Temperance Union, Adthletic Club Association and other like societies. The town is well represented by -the various relizious denominations common to the Sfate. There are sevem church buildings now and others are under way. The following denominations are repre- swnted: Uni ed Presbyterian, Methodist Ephco&u, Presbyterian (Cantral avenue). Bouth Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and Catholic, There is also a Danish Luther- an congregation, a congregation of Free Methodists and a Salvation Army barracks. Balinas” has excellent public schools. Their superiority is attested by the ex- tremely smail percentage of the scholars who attend 'private schools. Students from the High School may enter the State university without further examination. There are three school baildings here— the High Bchool, in the western part of town; the Kast End School, in the east- ern portion of town, and the primary building, which is located near thgcenter of town. Fifteen teachers are now em- ployed and there are about 800 pupils en- rolied. Salinas is amply supplied with gas, water and electric light. The incorporated company supplies these great necessities, The water is pumped from wells 150 feet deep Into great reservoirs placed forty-five to seventy-five feet above the city grade, and from™ which water-mains extend all over town. Hydrants connect with the mains along the principal streets for fire purposes. It costs a private .amily on ah ayerage about $1 per month for water. Many persons have wells and windmills of their own. The water comes from a stratum of coarse gravel and is of exoel- lent quality. Two parks are owned by the city, and they constitute an element of beauty that the people fully apprediate. One of them, Sherwood Park, ision the east side of the Santa Rita road about a.mile from town, and is sixty acres'in extent, including the fair grounds. It contsins numerous eucalyptus and cypress trees large enough for shade, also a good well, tank and windmill and a stand for celebrations, Btcnics\ etc. The other is called Central ark, and is pieasantly located on the north side of Central avenue. This park has not yet been fully improved, but it is aestined to be a principal place for reciea- tion ere mary years. A narrow-gauge railroad connects Sa- linas with Watsonville by way of Moss Landing on Monterey Buy. The Bouth- ern Pacific from San Francisco runs through Salinas to a point not far from Santa Barbara, When completed this will form another overland route and a short cut to the Santa Burbara region. It is believed also that a railroad will soon be built across the country from the San Joaquin Valley, through Salinas to Mon- terey. With these great transportation facilities, and surrounded by the rich s ricultural lands of the great Salinas Val- ley, the resources of the Gabilan range on one side and those of tue Santa Lucia on the other, Salinas City cannot fail to be- come a very important trade center and one of the finest business localities in the Btate. . As a commercial center it is certain that there are very few cities of its size which attract the trade that Salinas commands. More than 1000 square miles of fertile ter- ritory pour their produce into this thriv- ing little city of §500 inhabitants in ex- change for the necessaties of life, while those who inhabit an area of more than 3000 square miles depend upon this town for wagons, plows, harrows, mowers, rakes, threshing machines, headers and hundreds of utensilg used in agricuiture. Food and clothing@supplies are sold in lar-e quantities and at remarkably low figures. 1t is wonderful what resources of cattle, hogs, wool and dairy products are annu- ally added to ‘this county’s wealth from the rich acres contributing to this city’s prosperity. Superintendent W. C. Waters, who has charge of the construction of what will be the worid’s greate-t sugar fa tory, is now East arranging for the manufacture of b ilers that are to cost $150,000, to be used for the monster engines that will drive the machinery that is to make this region prosperous and known the world over for 1s producs. % “On Mr. Waters’ return,” said Real Estate Agent Langa few du};g% “which will be in about a month, wofk will begin in earnest. It will require 12,000 tons of rock for the foundations of the buildings, and all this has to be obtained at once. Then a railroad seven miles long is to be built to th- limerock quarries, which will supply 8000 tons. of lime per year for the factories here. All this means work, and when it begins the town will feel the good effects of the revival in business.” The site of the. faciory is to-day an im- mense and fertile field. The buildings are to be picture-quely-located fourand a half miles southeas: of this town, on the binks of the Salinas River. On “three sides lie the rolling plains of t. e rich valley, while immediately souta add just across the river Mount Toro begins its ascent from the gentle valley and rears its head 3100 feet above the quiet hills below. Within the shadow of this mountain the great buildings will stand as monuments of human ingenuity and commercial am- bition. .o It will be a year before the great factory will be finisned. Fully 600 men will be required to do the building witvin that time, and-when the factory is 1n operation from 600 to 700 men will find steady occu- pation within its walls or abont the great shipping yards. Three miles of switches will be necessary to carry on this truffic. While the eyes of the commercial world are on the great schemes now going for- ward here the people are enthusiastic over the outlook arid proud 6f their town. Just ahead they see betters times and greater importance’ tor their town, meantime trudgin- the streets busy with their own affairs, dreaming now and then of a future filleu with sunshine and gold. F. H. Lang ‘and others at the head of the proposed electric-car line to rua to the great beet-sugar factory, have called a meeting for tne comin - events. “It is our purpose to raise the additional $25,000 required,”” said Mr. Lang to-day, “‘and it is aimost positive that the cars and the road will be owned by a citizen company.” This means good news for Salinas and almost certainly . uarsntees that thetown will have a popuiation of 5000 or 6000 Within the next twelve months. It means that the 600 or 700 workmen who will be employed at the factory will live here, and it means that the town will take on a new and rapid growth in the direction of the great enterprise. It has recenily been estimated that the new factorv will be able to utilize tbe crop from 100,000 acres of land. Though the beet product of anly 30,000 acres can be used ench vear, vet the land must have a rest. 1n this way 100,000 acres will be sub- ject 10 sugar uses. Iuis the intention of the company to lease 20,000 acres in small boldings to suitable tenants. The capacity of the factory wiil be 3000 ian b huauaua iikigidid A kAR MBI AR MONDAY'S WONDERFUL PRICE-MAKING ~SALE NEW TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. = E Rgels yéu believe what you rea If you doubt it we d it’s cheap. It’s your privilege to buy We only want to our prices and methods. We are We have in Los Angeles the largest store in There we are masters of whom we please. have confidence in us, our wares, not an experiment. this State owned exclusively by one firm. We would be here if you would encourage us more. the situation. where you please. do bus d in this advertisement you know on’t care to do business with you. It’s ours to sell to iness with those who Black Dress Goods, 25c¢. 38 to 4o inches wide All-Wool Figured Black Dress Goods, absolutely worth 50¢, cannot be made for 25¢. Black Dress Goods, 75c. These goods are extra fine quality of Black Lizards, they were imported to sell at $1 25, are full 45 inches wide. Novelty Pattern Suits. We bought most of our Novelty Dress Goods from Lord & Taylor and Arnold, Constable & Co. of New York, the two leading importers of Fine Dress Goods in the country. Our prices will be found at least one-third under any- body’s price for the same qualities: $9.00 Dress Patterns......Worth $15.00 $13.50 Dress Patterns....Worth $20.00 $15 Dress Patterns....Worth 325 and $30 We'll show you, if you will look, that we have as fine Dress Goods as any one and sell them at prices that others are not in it. Silk Bargains. Black Brocaded Silks...... C.ileap at $1.00 Black Brdcaded Silks... Cheap at $1 50 ...31.50 Cheap at $2 50 ...75¢ Cheap at $1 0o Black Brocaded Silks.... Colored Novelty Silks...... We drove some advantageous bargains in Silks. Our four specials above are positively unmatchable in the United States. More we cannot say. They are all positively works of art and weightier for the price than have ever been sold. ’ Millinery. We are putting our main strength into the sale of Untrimmed Hats, Flowers and Materials. You will find our prices bargains as compared to any you have ever bought before. Elegant Sprays 25¢, former season’s prices 7% Hats at half former prices. e will surprise, delight and astonish you with our new de- partment. Silk Montures 25¢, worth 75¢ THE WHITE FAIR i Ladies’ Muslin Under- wear at Unheard-of Prices. Ladies’ Muslin Gown: Ladies’ Muslin Drawers.. Ladies’ Muslin Corset Covers... TWO LADIES® VESTS, Extraordi- fary Value 50c, worth $1.00, white and natural, high neck, long sleeve, Jersey ribbed, extra long, silk front, wool underwear. Linings Ci;aper Than Cheap. Fiber Chamois. Domestics Downstairs. Fine Printed Foulards.... 7c orth rzisc. An elegant soft material, same printings as the silks, come in blues and blacks. » silk Striped Challis, 10c. By far the handsomest material shown in silk stripe and floral de- signs. Intrinsic value 25¢c. Flannelettes.... c a Yard 10c Dress Ginghams. o Mourning Prints, best quality......4¢ 3-yard Lace Curtains. 5¢ .$1.50 Cheap at $1.co. Esprit Lace Curtains. Cheap at $2.50. i T T T S T T S T T T LT Cape, Suit and Skirt Bar- gains. $6 oo TBaln Eersey_,(_:apeks......“sloo . ck or Tan Kerse $10.00 Bla yss.oo Cape: 15.00 y lslapc . $7.50 Don’t care when, how or where you bought them, you never got such value as are in the abave Capes. Ladies’\Tailored Suits $7.50. In Blue or Black All-Wool Serges. . Jackets silk lined. Com: in Box, Blazer, Fly Front or Noveity Cuts. All Skirts lined and 43¢ yards wide, finished s=ams, exceptional bargains at $12.00 and $15.00. ILadies’ Tailored Novelty Suits $12.50. Our price was $16.50 for same Suits—Siik Taffeta-Lined Jackets. Dr. Koch’s Sarsaparilla, spring medi- cine, $1 bottle for 54c. Ladies’ Black Silk Skirts $7.50. As good as we sold heretofore at $10.00. Warranted all pure silk. Silk-lined Tan Kersey Ladies’ Fancy Dress Skirts $5.00. With one of these Skirts, which are |+ worth $7.50, a 49¢ Sale Shirt Waist and a $3.00 Cape you have an el2gant spring outfit. | Ladies’ Wrappers $1.09, as good as others at $1.50. Notions Cheap. Corduroy Binding, all ¢olors, 5¢ yard Linen Thread 5¢ a spool. Binding Ribbon, colors, 5¢ piece. Whalebone Casing, black or white, 3c a piece. Pearl Buttons, 18 to 24 line, 5¢ a dozen, Ladies’ Silk Side Elastics 25¢ a pair. Silk Elastic, all colors, 10¢ a yard. Bargains in Bedspreads. Full Sized, 49¢, cheap at 75¢. Full Sized, 75¢, cheap at $1.00. White Marseilles Patterns, some- thing extra. Ladies’ Richelieu Ribbed Hose 16%5c, cheap at 25¢: AUCJERAURUR IR JUMTILAINBUAIIASAUASAAMAGAEAbADRER LU ARD NN SUALAA LR LAL LA TR ARSI R bbb i 2.8 Bmdugrer tons of beets daily, with an output of 450 tons of sugar. R The Soutnern Pacific people, realizing the great prosperity that_the factory will bring here, have been figuzing on building the elect road, but they have not. re- ceived encouragement from the factory people, who are not interested in* the transportation question. The citizens' road -to.the factory will run through a picturesque country. It will be s beautiful run of four miles through a charmine valley. BORROWED MONEY .~ ON OTHERS' LAND Two of a Confed-ration of Swindlers Caught at Los Angeles. Negotiated * Loans by Forging Signatures to Worthless Mortgages. . LOS ANGELES, Car, March 13.—A big land swindle has been nipped in the bud by the arrestof atleast two of the prime operators in the fraud and for:eries by which the transactions have been fa- cilitated. 'One of them is William Clark, long 2 resident of Florence,in this county, and the other isa woman who gives the name of Harriett Douglass. Clark was arrested on March 10. The woman was taken into custody this forenoon in a lodging-house on North Main street. Clark, wro is at the head of theschemes, has several confederates. His ‘mode of procedure was as follows: He tirst ascertained the names of non- resident property-owners .of this county. Hethenascertained whether there wasany valuable property belonging to nen-resi- dents which was unincumbered by mort- gage. In his search of the county records he ascertained that Mrs. Harriett N. Doug- lass, a resident of New York State, owned considerable property in this county. ‘About ten days ago he applied at the Title Guaranty Trust Company to negotiate a loan on a piece of proverty in the name of Mrs. Douglass for §2500, uffering to give & mortgage on the property as security for 8 note. The loan was made, but it was after- ward discovered that irrezularities ex- isted and an investigation disclosed the cleverly disguised fraud. The arrest of Clark and the womar fol- lowed. Sne was identified by Sam Prager, & notary public before whom the acknowl- edgments of both herself and Clark were taken. After being taken to the city jail the woman made a full confession, but she stated that she did not know she did wrong in signing her name to the deed. She is about 33 years of age, PECULIAR SUIT AT SAN JOSE Action Brought to Compel Corporation Members to Fay Up Capital Stgck. BAN JOSE, Can, March 13.—0. M. Keesling to-day began suit in the Superior Court against John Touhy and nine other stockholders of the Buena Vista Fruit and Vineyard Company to secure the payment of principal and interest on two promis- sory notes.amounting 1o $3149 34, The suit is a peculiar one and the first ot its kind ever brought in this counity, as it asks that the defendants be compelled to pay up the capital stock of the corpor- -ation for which they have subscribed. A ::al;er ‘;- lm:i ukedl for to take charge of e funds and aj th e Piiy them to relieve the In 1892 the Buena Vista Companv ex- ecuted two notes aggregatinz $3339.72 to Isaac Bird in payment for trees and Vines supplies. These were transferred to O, Keealing. Buit was brougnt by the latter, and on January 3, 1896, judgment was ren. dered against fhe company for $3149 34, __The Buena Vista Company Wwas. organs izad in ‘lulare six years ago, but is now defunct. The capital stock was $140,000, divided into 720 shares of 'the vaie of mowqe‘.;:b;“:l.‘get de:nd-nu and the sums o m; wm’?.“ e ordered to pay into ohn Touby, $14,325; E. P, $81005-J. A. Percy, $8000; F. Ti $3400; ‘L. W. MoLaughiin. $11600 Fonm Millington, $1750; E. A. Wueeier, $1650, Jobn Brady. $1750; Tomas Laidlaw, $825. N Hobson, $825. * 1t is asked that when ;“ g.ont has been paid- in to satisfy the ebtedness of Plaintiff the existing Thomdyi- judgment be satisfie.:. — PALO ALTO LITIGATION, Attemptto Enjoin the Town From Kesw ing Water Bonda. ) -BAN JOSE, Caw, March 13, ~C W Jones has begun suit in the Superior Court against J. 8, Butier, Joseph Huteh- gu;:.s»lwmi;m C. Lund, C. D. Marx and . oan, Trustees of th Alto; City Clerk H. W. ‘8‘2;';1:: l:-“!s o ;-:hrnr George R. Richardson, to en- public water works, -n‘ Wt e - The complaint states that an election was call in June last, at which the question of bonding the town for §10.000 with which public water plant ¥as submitted. The question = was aeclared by the Town T to be carried in ‘the affirmative, and it is now to sllexed that an attempt is being made sell the bonds. The court is asked to en- join the sale of the bonds npon the ground that no provision is made. for the pay- ment of ihe semi-annual interest and for other alleged irregularities. L 2o xamall Distinguished Guests Entertatned. SAN JOSE, CAr, March 13.—T. C. Mas- teller, G A. R. Department Commander for California and Nevada; G. H. Robin- son, Assistant Adjutani-General; Laura J. Robinson, department president of the Woman's Reliet Corps, all or San Francisco, and Cora A. Moerritt of Oakland, president of the W. R. C. Home Association, arrived here this morn- ing to inspect the W. R. C. Home at Evergreen. They were metat the depot by Mrs. J. K. Secord, treasurer of the Home Association, and prominent mem- bers of the Grand Army and auxiliary so- cieties. This afternoon they were taken to the home, where they will remain until to-morrow. e Sold Adulterated Milk. SAN JOSE, CaL., March 13.—Two milk adilteration cases were heard by Justice Gass thismorning. The first was that of M. L. Campbell, who had previously pleaded not guilty to the charge of selling skimmed milk unlabeled, and also with eelling milk without the standard of butter fat required by law. Campbell withdrew his former piea and pleaded guilty. The court' fined him $20. M. A. Wil- liams, charged with a similar offense, ap- peared later. Defendant said he was poor and that if the Justice would let him off with a $5 fine he would plead guilty. The court would not agree 10 this proposition and the case was set for hearing on March 23. s Al Granted Further Time. “SAN JOSF, Cav., March 13.—The Board of Supervisors to-day granted to L. M. Hale and the other projectors of the elec- tric road betweea this city and Saratoga three months further time in which to com- mence work on the road. One-third ‘of the road must be com« pleted within six months, and thg eatire road within one year from dgte. There was considerable opposition to the exten- sion of t e road. Property-owners along the proposed route of the road have sub- scrived nearly $40,000 toward the road. NEW TO-DAY. SAN FRANCISCO—1128 Market Street, * OAKLANO—Tenth and Broadway. LOS South Spring Strect. SPRING MEDICINE WEAR NERVES. THOMPSON'S DANOELION AND CELERY TONIC. Regular $1. Cut to 60c. BAKER'S HONDURAS \ SARSAPARILLA. 70c. 3 bottles for $2. THOMPSON'S GRIPPE AND COLD CURE. Cold in the head cured in one day 250 PILES CURED, Thompson's Pile Remedy Cures80c’ 1)