The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 21, 1897, Page 21

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1897. arz 4 ound ports s overloaded with gold- seckers and their outfits. ver of men who will push into the re- g103 vary from 5000 to twice that pumber. The great majority of- these thousands will of little or no mining experience, Who Yukon diggings. But besiaes these there will be a vastly increased infl experienced miuing men, whose atiention will be given to the development of the ex- tensive quartz deposits along the coast, which are of low grade, but exte and little ex- plored. Hyd will also be b: Cooks I Altog copers un in the rich field above ska will see this year a great , £ o u over the $4,000,000 or so pro- d discoveries and develop- rich will make progressive future in- boom in g of prod development will, of course, rmanent growth and develop- g astening the n, the establish- ent and $o on. to become one of the d, and it will eff features 8s its de cteristics and co nd will present probl otitsown. This is especial region, which is sp tory on both si dsof miies inland, difficult of access and round that never tha The recent reports of the fabulously rich dis Tes on londeik River and iis tribu- e knowledge of the richness fields before known, have been cause of the great rush of this year. opments of q mining along the nportant ones of onditions of its e placer diggings of the Yukon, whithér de is rushing. s region include some of $100 but these are undoub region continues to be known as laskan fields, the new and richest discov- are across the line in the British North- t Territory. The most populous diggings have heretofore been about the junction of Yukon River, the boundary line and the le, but mainly in American terri- opolis of the region, with & pop- )00 or so. Here is Birch Creek, ded dust, and not far down the is the mouth of the Porcupine. erican territory and within seventy Cirele y are the tributaries of Creek, which afforded the principal gs of last year and the one before Greenhorn, Independence, Mas- todon gagle creeks. Forty-mile Creek, near the mouth of which gold was first dis- 1 in 1888, er plac —Deadwoo! cov c at Fort Cudahy. ) But the most recent and the richest dis- sveries have been made during the past sum- ser and fall up the Yukon fifty miles or so sh terriiory, and thither the tide has Last August & prospector struck it in the bed of the Klonde ng into the Yukon from the north, sixty miles up from the boundary. Other discoveries and a rusa followed. Next rich @ Hunker cre deik neer its mouth. Smaller creeks and capyons, all included in u region within twenty-five miles of the mouth of the Klon- deik, are rewarding prospectors. One of the most reisable reports on these new ds has Just come to the Mining and Scien- Press from a young mining engineer, 1 E. Janes, who writes from Forty-mile er date of Janusry 2L In speaking of ynanza Creek, he says: e of the richest claims has a pay streax feet wide of three feet of bedrock and thirt ,four feet of gravel, which will averagg, it is | clai , $1 to the pan, but I think 50 cents is arer toit. For two miles each way from this claim good pay has been located at close in- tervals: Hunker Creek bas not been pros- pected much yet, but will doubtless have some good claims. Bonanza Creek is about twenty- mil long, and on it and its tributaries, there are located probably 400 claims of 500 | et each, and balf that many in Hunker dis- trict. Of thatnumber some Will never pay, many will pay wagesand perhapsa littie more, and & goodly number will give their owners snug sums. The prevailing wages of the country are §1 per hour.” So the Yukon gold diggings are extending southeastward into British territory, and the | development is tending to close the gap be- tween the mining field of Alaska and the Rrit- ish Columbis fields, which are growing north- ward with so much excitement and success. The mining fature of this vast portivn of the continent seems limitless, the gold belt, of hich little glints here and there ere seen, tching into the frigid zone and bending westward into the waters of Bering Sea. The placer diggings are naturally holding all atfention, for it must be years before discov- e and development of the quartz veins from wh.ch has come this placer gold. The country, huldreds of miles in the interior, behind a mountain range, is & barren, frozen mass and snow-covered, and presenting insuperable dif- ficulties to quartz minfng. The.past winter has developed an entirely new and novel method of placer mining. In the brief summer the creekbeds never thaw byt s short distance below the surface, and most of the year the water is frozen up. So this winter ingenuity developed the method of thewing the frozen ground with fire, thus drifting out the gravel under the frozen creeks and piling it up to be washed auring the three cummer months when water could be used. By this novel plan work is pursued the year round, though gravel must bz rich to pay for working in this siow way, with the tempera- ture at from 10 to 65 degrees below zero and all supplies at fabulous prices. The little-heeded warning is constantly re- peated by every authority, that no man should start for the Yukon withouta rugged consti- tution to endure hardships and at least £500 besides his outfit. Hundreds of those who are starting for the perilous trip of hundreds of miles across the mountains will suffer un- told hards.ips during the coming winter, when flour will doubtless again be $10 a sack, es it is now, provisions scarce st any price, | and nothing to be had except for cash. The general appropriation bill es finally passed by the Legislature, in which the appor- tionment of $50,000 to the Mining Bureau for the two years is restored, maintains this insti- tution on the same financial basis as that of e past two years, and the new State miner- 'iog'm will assume officeon the firstof the onth with s fairly adequate supply of money. For.the restof this fiscal year and during this senson the bureau will be opersted on about the same lines as formerly, and the sea- son’s fleld work hes begun. Oue of the most valuable portions of the work will probably be the geological survey of & section of the south- ern coast reglon just begun by Harold W. Fair- banks, who is eminently qualified for the work. Under special contract he will make an economic geological investigation of a section | f JLASKA will hold s great place in the [ attention of the mining world this | ar. The big “rush” for its gold | hich has been forming during the | is now on and every steamer from | Estimates on the | of capital and of | ns on & largescale | siderable incresse | ving popula- | ng region, des- | d a world of inter- | opment goes on. | aud methods | true of the Yu- | ad over large terri. | 0o es of the Arctic circle, hun- | he stories that | e on the Yukon, close tothe circle | miles from the boundary, is Circle | flows northwerd through | County, will soon be open for hoisting pay tory and just crosses the bound- | ation is now understood, to | a stream | scoveries were made on Bonanza and | , small tributaries of the Klon- | | back-handed “pivot blow” of country sbout twenty-five miles wide and seventy-five miles long, beginning et the chrome deposits & few miles north of the town of San Luis Obispo, and extending southward to the Santa Barbara field already expiored. His survey will have special reference to oil, asphalt, building stones and subterranean water supplies, and will undoubtedly give im- portant economic and scientific resnits. W. L. Watts is working in the Ventura County oil region continuing the valuable cxpect 10 prospect ana work some of the new | Work he has been engaged in for a good while. In a short time twi field, F. C. Mathy: other men will take the ‘will go over the northern coast region from Napa and Sonoma counties, through Mendocino snd Humboldt counties, the western part of Trinity and Del Norte and Siskiyou counties, reporting on the mines and the mineral resources of that region. E. B. Preston willput in the season on like work through the goid region of the Slerra slopes north of Maripose. Messrs. Watts, Mathyas and Preston are thus continued on the staff of field deputies for this season. W. K. Storms retires to superintend a mine in Tuolumne County, and J. H. Means also retires, though | he may do some fork in the Randslurg re- | gion by special contract. These two vacancies will be filled by Mr. Cooper and the applica- tions are many. BEENL" o ) MINING MISCELLANY. The Rawhide mine in Tuolumne County has closed down temporarily owing to bad roads snd a lack of fuel Ventura County has a gold excitement, caused by a discovery of low grade ore in Ojai Valley. Hundreds of claims have been lo- cated. The.shaft of the Dead Horse mine, Tuolumne is to be sunk 500 feet further to & depth of 2000 fect. Secretary Julian Sonntag of the California ers’ Association is urging the affillated county organizations to pay their arrears of dues. | The deadly fumes from the big copper smelter et Iron Mountain smelter are begin- ning to tell on the timber near Shasta as well asalong the Sacramento River. For quite a distance north and west of the town the hills are covered with dead trees. George W. Grayson has bought the Brown Bear quartz mine on Salmon River, Siskiyou County, from Golden & Eveleth, and will de- velop it on an extensive scale, Lively times in mining may be anticipated during the coming svring and summer around 8ud nesr Yreka. The old Espy claim and | pumping machinery are now in successful oper- ation under control of Hunter & Simmons, who have already piped off more than an acre of ground since starting ibeir memmoth pump at Shastg River. Several good cluims have been located on Shasta River below the elec- triclight plant in Fool's Paradise District, and all the old claims are to be worked with renewed energy at_Hawkinsville, Long Guleh, Canal Gulch and other localities north of town. On the west side of town several claims will be worked on Humbug Gulch, Greenhorn Gulch, Portuguese Gulch, Spring Guich and other gulches, while south of town therich claims on Greenhorn Creek are being opened again. —Yreka Journal The Greenhorn blue gravel mine, Siskiyou grevel, as the shaft is now down 90 feet, with expectation of sinking 15 or 20 feet more to reach bottom of bedrock. The Trinity Mining snd Milling Company, having 1ts office at 56 Nevada block, San Francisco, has been incorporated, with Charles H. Fish as president and J. Stadtfeld Jr. a8 secretary. The properties to be operated are the Trinity Consolidated mines in Dog Creek mining district. It has long been known that these mines possessed great value, but for want of suflicient capital and machinery have heretolore been worked in a desultory manner. In the early 60's this camp produced great quantities of placer goid, but until lntely quartz mining has not received much attention there.—Weaverville Free Pross. A five-foot vein of rich ore has been uncov- ered in the Norwegian mine, near Robinson’s Ferry, Tuolumne County. The mine was re- cently purchased by H. F. Emeric of San Fran- cisco and others from the Lawsons, whom it has made independently rich. Frank Enzens- berger was placed in charge as general man- ager anda under his directions work on the | property hes progressed rapidly. At the Gwin mine, Caiaveras County, the 40-stemp mill is running nignt and day and crushing st the rate of 115 tons every twents- four hours, The lead at present is from 8 to 10 feet wide of an excellent quality of ore. There are at present eighty-four men em- ployed in and around the mine. A rich chute of ore has been found 1n the Bald Hill mine at Albany Flat, Calaveras County. Mr. Brunner was about to bond -the mine to parties when the discovery was made and thereupon changed his mind. Some very rich quartz- has been struck on the 600 level of the Pittsburg mine, Nevada County. At Blue Canyon, Placer County, the Van Avery mine has been closed down for the time being, the snow having shut off the water supply which operates the mill. One of the big mining operations in this county now is the Plumas Imperial hydraulic mine, owned and operated-by C, D. Hazzard of Minneapolis. Since the 20tn of February two mouitors have been running niznt and day continuously and doing good work. The sup- ply of water is plentiful and will be for many months.—Plumas County National Bulletin. There appears to be & prospect (hat the greatenterprise of running a tunnel from the South Yuba to the Champion, Providence, Summit and other important mines near Grass Valley may be carried out. George A. Treadwell of Nevada City, who is interested in it, has recelved letters from London capital which give encouragement and which say that they want the rights and con- trol of the two companies before formed, the Gold Bank Tunnel Company and the Grass Valley Railwsy and Tunnel Company. The work would be s very great investment. It would drain those mines as theSutro tunnel drains the Comstock, ana ore bodies might be struck in driving the tunnel. The working tunnel which is being run by the Exploration Company in the Gottschalk mine, in Calaveras County, has connected with the crosscut and the latter is being en- larged to the size of the tunnel. The crosscut 1s about eignty feet long, and as soon as it is enlarged to correspond with tho working tunnel sinking on the vein will commence. The Fellowcraft mine, Calaveras County, which was opened for a time a year ago, and then closed, is to be started up with a full force of men, The Rose Hill Hydraulic Mining Company has been incorporated in San Francisco, and will work the Rose Hill iine in Calaveras County. The Gold Bank mine at Forbestown, Butte County, is an interesting example of the suc- cessful reduction of low-grade ore, of which the mine presents s large ledge. Thereis & complete and extensive plant, and the hoist- ing, pumping and milling is done by water- power, using 150 inches under 200 feet pres- sure. Inspite of & large amount of dead work the mine has paid dividends from the start. New machinery 18 being put in place at the American mine on Sutter Creek, aud the Black Prince and the Leons in the Mount Echo dis- trict in Amador County. At Magnolia a new and promising enterprise is the Bader mine, oue and a half miles south- west of town. Itisalocation on an ancient river channel, and the company owns 110 acres. The channel beneath a lava-capped mountain 500 feet high is being developed by abedrock tunnel, which was run 800 feet be- foregravel was struck by raising twelve feet. The channel js believed to be in the neighbor- hood of 200 feet in width and where breasted out is about three feet deep.—Oroville Mer- ury. “There are thirty-three drift mines in Butte Couaty, sixteen of which are being worked more or less extensiveiy, employing in each from one or two to eighty men. There are forty-five quartz mines, partly or extensively opened. Of this number thirty are working, employing from one to 110 men. The new Oregon mine, on the south fork of the Feather, Butte County, owned by a San Francisco company, is displaying flattering prospects with the development of the twelve- foot ledge. The Union Consolidated mine, Amador County, is to be developed to a depth of 830 feet by sinking on the ledge 300 feet further, Meantime drifting and stoping has been dis- continued and the men laid off. It is expected that a 40-stamp mill will soon be erected at the Argonaut mine, Amador county, in which there are very promising developments on three levels, the deepest of which lies at 1850 feet. A proposed consolidation of a number of California mining interests in English_capital is Invested has been ap- proved by the stockholders of the Banner gold mine, a company whose properties are {n Butte County. It is proposed to amalgamate the Long’s Bar gold mine, Clark gold mine, Coffee gold mine and the Hedge's gold placer and quartz mine with the Banner and Amvaky mine, under the name of the Consolidated Gold Mines of Californis. The shares in the new company would be issued with a lisbility of 3s. The Miners' Association of Southern Oregon will meet at Grants Pass to-morrow. A custom quartzmill is to be erected at Grants Pass, Or. The oid Virtus mine of Baker County, Or., which hes produced $3,000,000 in goid, has received a new hoist and pumping plant and twenty stamps are to be added to the mill this seagon. Other important mines in the vicin- ity are showing prosperous development. The cortainty that the Legislature of British Columbia will soon pass a law requiring min- ing companies to put up 10 per cent of the amount of the capital stock hasgreatly boomed the process of organizing mnew companies, which was wildly booming before. In two weeks eighty-two new companies, with capital stocks amounting to $65,000,000, have been which” formed. British Columbia companies now | have a capitalization of $500,000,000, little of which represents definite values. The process of over-capitalization and wildeat specalation goes rapidly on, with the certainty of disas- trous effects. Vancouver will have & big smelter, for the city wants one and will help the enierprise, and five companies are bidding for the chance. An English syndicate, which will probably win, offers to build a smelter and refinery for free water and tax exemptions, and other companies ask large bonuses. At the Bunker Hill and Sullivan property at Ceur d’Alene, in which John Hays Ham- mond is interested, the big tuunel begun in 1890 will be continued. It had been run be- tween 500 and 600 feet at the time of the troubles in that section and the work has not been continued since that time. Tais will be the greatest work in tnis district, and the tunnel when completed will be one and a half miies long and at one mile will tap the big veln running through that section and will arain all the mines between Kellogg and the Tyler. .The New Mexico Miners’ Association was oreanized last week at Santa Fe. The by-laws and constitution of the California Miners’ As- sociuiion were adopted. = Antonio Joseph of Taos and F. A. Reynolds of Chloride were elected president and secretary, respectively. It was stated that the object was to unite mine owners and capitalists interested in New Moxico against the Westera Federation of Miners, which has so loug flourished in Lead- ville, Cripple Creek and other camps in Colorado. A cyanide plant costing $100,000 has been staried to work at Florence, Colo., on Cripple Creek ores. The American Flat Company, which was re- cently organized at Virginia City to drain American Flat through the Sutro tunnel by means of & connecting tunnel 7000 feet long, has begun negotiations with the Comstock Tunnel Company and with Comstock mining companies. EXPECTORATION PLACARDS The Board of Health WH1 Have Them Placed in All the Street- cars. In order to give fair warning of the dan- ger of arrest for expectorating on the floors of street railway cars the Board of Expectoration Prohibited, SECTION 1 NOPERSON SHALL EXPECTORATE ON THE FLOOROFANY STRETRALWAY cmlumtsmjum COUNTY OF PENALTY—Any person wno shall violate the provisions of this order shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $25, or by imprisonment for & term mot exceeding ten days, or by both fine and imprisonment.—Order of Board of Supervisors. Health has had prepared a placard which will be placed in the cars of all lines in this City. It is in the shape of a red Maltese cross, above which ars the words ‘“‘Expectora- tion Prohibited” 1n bold letters, and below the section of the ordinance relating to the penality for violation. Across the face of the cross is printed: SECTION 1. No person shall expectorate on the floor of any street ratlway car in the City aud County of San Francisco. CUNEO WANTS DAMAGES. Will Sue the City Because His Build- ings on Stockton Street Were Destroyed. Joseph Cuneo presented a demand to the Judiciary Committee of the Boara of Supervisors on Friday for $5500 for the destruction on the order of the Board of Health of two buildings at 710 and 712 Stockton street belonging to him. His attorney claimed that the notice served tha: the buildings were unsanitary and unfit for human babitation was de- fective and that the City was liable for the damages. The committee refused to entertain the demand on the eround that the City is not responsible for any damages done in the performance of a legal actand that it is not responsible for any illogal act of a City official. The attorney stated that this action of the committee was expected and that the demand had only been made as a prelim- nary to taking the matter into court. GOT AWAY WITH THE DIEMONDS Jewelers Cleverly Victim- ized by a Man and a Woman. They Use the 0.d Trick of Pre- tending to Make a Pur- chase. The Police Have Been Searching for the Cecuple, but so Far Without Succass. Two experienced crooks, 8 man and a woman, have within the pasi few days victimized a number of local jewelers, and the police are on their trail. The man is described as about medinm height, 50 years of age, with a light mus- tache largsly tinged with gray. The woman is a few years younger. about the same height and matronly in appearance. She is always heavily veiled. They both dress quietly and have the appearance of well-to-do people from the country. Their dress has been different on the occasions when they visited the various stores. The larger stores, where several salesmen are employea, have es- caped, and the sufferers are the smaller stores where there are one or iwo sales- men. They go into a store and ask to look at some diamond jewelry. Sometimes it was a present to their daughter, who was go- ing to get married, and at other times it was a present to the woman on the anni- versary of their marriage. . They would carefully examine the vari- ous articles, the man firstand then the woman. Noneof tha articles would suit them, and they would leave, thanking the salesman politely for his attention. After they had gone it was always found that they had taken one or two of the articles with them. Friday morning they entered the jow- elry-store of 0. Blomquist, 112 Montgom- ery street.. The only one in the atore was Biomquist’s salesman, an old man. They asked him to show them some diamond earrings, as they had come to town to buy a present for their deughter. The salesman laid & tray of diamond earrings on the counter and the man ex amined them, passing them to the woman, The man keptup an animated conversation with the salesman, pointing occasionally to different articles in the store so as to distract his attention. Finally the man said that they would pos- sibly call again and make a purchase, but none of the articles wus exactly what they wanted. Shortly after they had left the store the salesman noticed that a pair of diamond earrings valued at $100 was missing from the tray, and he at once came to the con- clusion that the :,n:endlng purchasers had theft. Blomquist returned to the store the salesman informed him of the theft and Biomquist hurried to police headquarters and gave a description of the man and woman and the stolen earrings. Reports of a similar nature were re- ceived from other jewelers during the day and every effort is being made by the ae- tectives to capiure the crooks, OLERK OURRY RUBTAINED. Judge Coffey Says the Inventory Fee Is Leogaily Collected. Judge Coffey handed down a decision on Friday that will prove interesting throughout the State. Some time ago Attorney C. M. Jennings offered to Deputy County Clerk Northrup the appraisement in the estate of Francis Eisen, deceased, saying that he was will- ing to pay the fees for filing the same pro- vided he was permitted to deduct the amount of the debts. The matter was referred to County Clerk Charles F. Curry, who found that the appraised value of the estate was $248,- 864 39, and be said that the $50 offered by Mr. Jennings as afee for filing was not enough. He demanded that the law be complied with, which required the Clerk to collect for the benefit of the county treasury $1 per thousand on each addi- tional $1000 of the appraised valuation in excess of $3000 of any estate. He declared that he deemed 1t his duty to collect the full fee as called for by the face of the in- |DOM NEW -TO-DAY—DRY GOODS. ESTICS, LINENS, ETC. " The SPECIALS that every one can appreciate. SOLIiD VAL- UES in high-grade goods that are given this week at less than mill cost. WHEN THEY ARE SOLD OUT THEY CANNOT BE DUPLICATED! BLEACHED DOUBLE-BED SHEETS, hemmed well, laundered and ironed, 81 inches wide, on special saie at......... Same grade, but éxtra wide (90 inches), 45¢ each. 5-4 BLEACHED PILLOW-CASES, well hemmed, laundered and ironed, on special sale at..... BLEACHED PILLOW-CASES, 50 inches wide, well hemmed and ironed,* on special saie at EXTRA LARGE BLEACHED PILLOW. special sale at.................. 9-4 HEAVY DOUBLE-BED SHEETI on special sale at. 10 pieces NOVELTY HOMESPUN IRISH LINEN SUITING, natural flax color, on special sale at.... 400 dozen 3-4 DINNER SIZE IRISH LINEN NAPKINS, 21 inches s«a\xure, on special ¢ale at.... 50 pieces BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, six different styles, on special sale at sale at.. 15 pieces EXTRA GRADE CREAM TABLE DAMASK, all pure linen, 64 inches wide, on special sale at. 45 preces OUR SPECTAL MAKE HEAVY SOLID BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK, the 75¢ value, on special sale at............ 400 pairs EXTRA SIZE FINE WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, the $650 value, on special sale at 120 pairs FINEST GRADE AUSTRALIAN WOOL WHITE BLANKETS, the $9 50 value, cn special sale af 500 dozen HIGH-GRADE DAMASK TOWELS, size 18x35 inches, pure linen, close weave, were $2 25 a dozen, on special sale at. , unbleached, almost best made, 40c ..each 10c tic 12c 15¢ 15¢ $1.00 22!c 35¢ 50c 55¢ $3.95 $7.23 12!c ..each .each ASES, all ready for use, on eeer...€8Ch -yard .vard .dozen .............. yard 40 pieces HEAVY CREAM ALL-LINEN TABLE DAMASK, on special ..yard [P R R yard yard -e..palr ...pait each NOTE.—About 250 REMNANTS FINE AND MEDIUM TABLE DAMASK, ODDMENTS FINE TOWELS, Etc., on sale this week. 3 OUR NEW SPRING CATALOGUE 15 now ready for distribution to OUT~ OF-TOWN RESIDENTS, to whom it will be mailed free on application. MURPHY BUILDING, Market Street, Comer of Jones San Francisco. ventory. Any attempi to have the Clerk ascertain the amount of debts would jead to confusion and might entail endiess abuses greatly to the detriment of the pub- lic revenue. Judge Coffey complimented Mr. Carry on his stand in this matter and decided that the position assumed by Mr. Jennings is entirely untenable. The opinion says: The act of March 28, 1895, provides a fee f sn official act in office and is unifor mounts. It simply requires payment vices according to values, does not_refer to person or to subject matier of an inventory and appraisement and applies to all County Clerks alike. The constitutionality of the act of March 28, 1895, was finally setiled in the case of Miiler vs. Curry, Cal. Dec. In the’egtate of Malarin, deceased, Judge Lorigan, December 11,1895, in a very able opinion held this section to be constitutional, aiso held it not a tex, but a fee or charge for filing tne javentory, a compensation {0 a pub- lic officer for services rendered. It does not apply to any particular clerk or locality, but spoiles 1o all counties, clorks and esiates alike. A fee or charge for filing an inventory which is based upon the appralsed valuation of the estate is nota tax. It ina compens tlon to a public officer for services rendered to individuals in the progress of a cause for offi- cial acts. The tender in this case need not be con- The Hamilton Jrophy Gontest. The Evening Telegraph of Philadelphia is just now doing the high kicking act for no cause. In arecent issue it pays the executive commitiee of the American Whist League & compliment for doing, what in our opinion, is the best work that has ever been done by the executive com- mittee in regard to srranging its schedule of contests for the annual congress since the lengue came into existence. The Telegraph says: ‘The matn topic of discussion of the day n whist clrcles is the very surprising action of the league directorate at the Nashville meeting In declding upon a plan of play for the Hamilton trophy con- test at the nex congress, which, in the opinion of most whisters, is far less conclusive than many other methoas that have been tried and suggested. The real trouble probably Is the foolish decision of the directors in selecting an out of the way place like Nashville for a meeting. Of coursethe choice was made out of compliment to one of the most popular of the members of the board. but t! not excuse or justify it,and the inevitable result was that a number of the most experienced, able and level-headed directors were absent, men who had they been on hand, we feel sure, would have seen the objections to the plan adopted and Insisted on some method which would cause the wianers to have areputaion for skill rather than luck. In commenting on the above, we will sy we agree with the Telegraph that Nashville was an out-of-the way place to hold the midwinter meeting, but it was the choice of the execu- tivecommittee at Manhattan Beach, and no one seriously opposed it, and the distance to Nash- ville at the time was no grefiter than it would be in the following January. The plsn of play for the Hamilton trophy is the best be- yond & question of doubt that has ever yet been adopied, and wiil prove so at the Put-in- Bay congress. Itis simply this—and what plan could be better when you have only five days in which to carzy it out? Presuming that the entries for the Hamilton trophy will be no grester than they were at Brooklyn—and it is not at all likely there will be so many—each club will play & match against every other club, of at least 10 or 12 deals, on the two-table duplicate plan, with this exception: You do not change partners Auring the match. If the number of entries are less than at Brooklyn (twenty), the pumber of deals tobe played in eagh match will increase. These match games are calied preliminary play, which are 1o last four afternoons and evenings, and the two clubs who win the greatest number of matches enter the finals, to be played on Sa urdsy, and then forty-eight desls will be played on the regular two-table plan, the sem-finals being abolished. . THE AMERICAN WHIST LEAGUE TROPHY CONTEST. Tnis contest commences Tuesday evening and continues four evenings, and the finalsare played, same as Hamilton trophy contest, on Saturdsy afternoon and evening. Every club or team of four that enters this contest can also enter in & contest that taxes places Tues- dsy, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after. noons. This is & new idea,and we think & sive fours and progressive pairs will be com- Pleted in one sitting. And Whist for March in an editorial says: “The action of the committee will give more opportunity for piay and less opportunity for fatigue, and is the first step toward a radical and necessary reform, which has besn too long neglected.” A Difference of Eight Tricks. In a regular game at the Chicago Whist Club a few Saturdays ago, while we were doing the compass-whist act—playing South, with John T. Mitchell North—the following desl came in play: The North and South scores ran ail the way from four to twelve tricks. At the table where only four was made one trick was lost by carelessness in discarding the ace of diamonds. There is & legitimate variation of six tricks on matter of judgment. @—A,J.8 4 O-4 K Q8 ©0-10,5,4,3 10, 3 2 —6 8% Iy E| 9-10.9,4 +—K, 6,10,7,6] #—A.9.854,8,2 0-8,2 2494 0% #-X,Q,9,7,5, 2 0-38, 2 b7 0-4,Q.73,9,6 Hearts trumps, and North to lead. Up-to-Date Whist Teachers. Afow weeks ago we were asked if a certain whist teacher—one who stands very high in the league—“was up to date in teaching the game.” Of course what was meant by such a question was left for us to guess at. This “up- to-date” pusiness is just what 1s spoiling the whist play in many of the clubs in this coun- try. While in Brooklyn a while azo we sug- ested to s teacher tnst it would be & good idea to send out a circular reading something like this “ANTIQUE AND MODERN SCIENTIFIC WHIST. +We have openec a little whist school, where we are now prepared to teach ‘whist ss you itke ir.’ We teach all systems of play, such as the long suit, short sult, common-sense and tanglefooted system, but the system we speci- ally recommend is called the middle-of-the- road suit system, invented by s Southern gentleman from Chattsnoogs. One of the besuties of this system 18 that when you lead s card—and it is always best to select same from the middle of the suit—say to- partns 1 have something in this suit,’ or ‘1 have nothing,” and 1t is left 10 partner 1o guess very good one, ALl of the malghes for progres- | what itis.” § o A The teaching of whist 18 & noble and honor- able profession, but the teacher should be qualified; the whist public should not be fm- posed upon. And no doubt the American Whist League, at the next congress in Put-in Bay, will be asked to take up this question and see what can be done. ' & Whist Permutations. In the current number of Whist is a very in- teresting letter from one of the leading lights of the bar of San Francisco on *Permutational Investigations of Whist Questions.” This Ppaper cannot help but attract the attention of whist students. The whist masters are asked this question, “Why are there so many disputed points in our beloved game that are spparently determinable?” And the writer al50 tells the best method of determining, and he ends this very instructive letter by saying: ““When longsuitism and shortsuitism cease to bo religious and come to be regarded merely as modes of getting the most tricks out of the most hands it will not be irrev- erent and sacrilegiou to suggest to the com- mittee oo system of play that it ‘permute’ s tew hundred deals before recommending any system whatever and that they try the system advocated by the recognized advocates of sbortsultism A Beautifyl Problem—Try It. The following double dummy problem is taken from Whist for March. The editor oftérs a ret of P: ‘whist trays as a prize for the best answer: Problem by Ernst Bergholt. 6. 5.4 ay —J,8,7,5 im0 W E -, 0-3,10,9,6,8,2 to.' 87,3 A, 8 Clubs trumps, South to lead. North and South to make twelve tricks, TJurrning a Trump in Duplicate Whist. The following letter was sent to the mid- winter meeting of the executive committes of the A. W. L. held at Nashvilie on Fobruary 22, and was referred to the committes on 1aws, The whist editor of THE CALL §s chair- man of the committee on laws, and he asks all the whist-players on the coast that read this letter to express their opinion on the subject: To the Exezutive Commitiee of the American Whist League—GrN1LIMEN: 1begleave to sugges: to the executive committee that It would, in my opinion, be for the advantage and Interess of the duplicate match games in tournasments and con- tests for tropbies, and indeed for all duplicate whist games, thata rule be established forbldding the turniog of & tramp In the pack in play, and requiring the umpire or parties to cut atrump sut for thie sesslon in another pack. ‘The object of baving & trump turned in & game of short whist is reasonably clear, to wit: it {n- creases the chances and variety of the game, but 1 belleve it would be hard to assign any good ren- son for It In & gams of duplicate. If it gives any advan:sge to one side or the other it is contrary 10 the theory of the duplicate game, which is of per- fect equallty of conditions; if it does not give any such advantage, is there any reason for retaining 1t? ' he true theory of duplicate whist is that each side at bexinning has no knowledge of the re. sources or strength of the other side. ‘1he turning of & trump card is in violation of this principle: and although the same conditions are in turn imposed on the other side, two wrongs do not make a right. The recording of the trump turned adds greatly to the labor, trouble and diffi culty of keeping the score. 1f the tmmp turned 15 80 amall as to affecs the play In no degres, it i only so much more troubie to record and keep the run of it: 1f sufficlently high to affect the play, it 18 conitrary t0 the true priuciples of the game. 1 therefore respeotfully ask the commities to conslaer the expediency of my suggestion. Very truly yours, FisEER Axza ‘Boston, February 19, 1897. Whist at Tacoma. The fourth annual convention of the North Pacific Whist Association will meet at Tacoma April1,2and 3. We have been invited to act a8 reforee, We have only been home a few hours from a seven weeks' trip emong the whisters of the East, North and South and re- gret very much to be obliged to send our re- grets. The writer was the one that first suggested the forming of whist associations in conjunetion with the American Whist League. This was in Philadeiphis in May, 1894, and the North Pacific Whist Association was the first to be organized. It was founded at Ta- coms, October 19, 1894, and Arthur Reming- ton, with & few other whist entnusissts of Tacoms, was the originator. We wish their fourth meeting every success. The Oakland Whist Glub. At s meeting in the roomsof the Oakland Whist Club, hield last Monday evening, it was decided to suspend whist play from now until September 1. The experionce of iast season shows that it is herd to keep up the interest during the summer months, and it is gener- ally believed it will be more acceptable to the club members. Daring the 1ecess a series of games between the Trist Daplicate and Oak- land ciub is talked of, not maiches or contests, but games for inference and analytieal work under the supervision of both presidents. Such an ides as this, if properly carried out, would do more good and make better whist- players than anything that could be done in the way of club matches. Petty ‘dJealousies Among Whist- Players. It is strange but nevertheless true that there are more nasty little jealousies among whist-players than in any other amusement known to the human family. We love and indulge in all kinds of sports, such as the “Dog and Gun,” the “Rod and Reel,” yacht- ing, coursing, in fact everything that s manly, and we have & warm spot in our heart for every one whom we meet in these sports, but we mever heard of an in- stance ‘outside of whist where people are actua'ly jeslous of one another. In many of our whist clubs you will often hear the mean- estkind of remarks made, not only at the ‘whist table, but away from it, about some one who is “stuck on their whist play” or “he thinks he knows 1t all” or “the idea of Mrs. So-anid-so tesching whist.”” This sort of feel- ing, well nursed as it 1s in some of our whist clubs, is like & cancer—it ought to be cut out. Whistlets. We have been asked why it would notbes | good idea to have whist cards printed in four colors—say black, red, green and yellow ? Some twenty-fivo years ago a firm, we think 1t was called the Globe Playing-card Company of Boston, introduced cards printed in the colors above mentioned and in addition to this innovation they were made round instead ot the present shape. They mever came into very general use, but the ides of different colors was & good one, and we would like to see the card committee of the American Whist League have a few gross printed in colors for trial, at least, amoug the league clubs. Pmerican Whist League Gards. For several years the American Whist League has had pisying cards made for the exclusive use of all the league cinbs and on the back of each card is the emblem of the league. A dew contract has just been awarded to Andrew Doughertr, the finest card manufacturer in the United States. The special designs he has submitted to theleague have been accepted and in s few weeks all clubs on the Pacific Coast will be able to get these cards for about 12 cents a pack. Every whist student and player should reed the new book just out called “Whist Study Suits,” by Miss Elizabeth H. Gay. Next week we will give a review of the new work, - During our absence seversl little things have been overlooked. If your readers will have patience we will soon catch up. sidered of any avail—it was insufficient. The clerk was clearly right iu refusing to file the inveutory hefore his fees were paid. (See act of March 28, 1895, Statutes of 1895, page 210.) The case was argued at great length by Attorney F. Adims on_ behalf of County Clerk Curry, and Mr. Jennings appeared on his own behalf. The conclusion of the court was that the petition sought to have the County Clerk assume certain duties that by law are incumbent on the executors and the court, Tnerefore the petition is dismissed. Loegm, - MRS, COOPER'S MANY WILLS Three More Have Been Filed in the Probate Court. ‘The will of Mrs. Sarah B. 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