The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 2, 1898, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY o Ci 1898 Miss Mary A. Armstrong is visiting relatives and friends in San Francisco and San Jose. Mrs. L. Bonneau left Thursday for a month's visit with her brother, G. Whitaker, in San Francisco. Carl A. Yordi and Thomas Burger left Thurs- day to take a course of study at the San Fran- cigco Business College. Miss Mae Elliott spent a few days in the ! week. Brewer of Oakland is the guest of , Miss May Luther. Mabel Schultz is visiting friends in kton. ANDERSON. Mrs. Tsabelle Seward of San Francisco is visiting at the residence of W. F. Harris Miss Susfe Shelford is on a visit to relatives in_Alexander Valley Mr. and Mrs. Dave Winder of Gevserville were in town this week. Mr. Winder is the ¢ appointed postmaster at Geyserville. William Spridgeon and wife of Petaluma visited _at th sidence of M. Austin a few gone to San during the Lillian Merryman has to visit with friends Spann of San Francisco is up a wisit to r iss ‘Anna Pri rancisco Sun- mainder of the to San the days. Mrs. Austin remrned] with them e Py saddine 9 = Mr Kate Lawson of Folsom is a guest of from Hledding Esiee o Sartain, her sister. and fami relatives. San Mateo and of y of Bella Vista “hristmas day d Bluft ie Gregg Mrs. s siting at Llanada. Miss Violetta Polifka of Michigan Bluff will up from ¥ pass the winter at Alta visiting Maida Bidfor A. Davis of Dutch Flat was here recently. AUBURN. Mrs. Henry E. Parker has returned to e Penry A daughter was born to the wife of R. D. J. E. Simpson of Roseville spent Christmas Brown on the 30th inst. and New Years with his family in Auburn. Mrs. S. Middleton h: gone to Nevada City. Mrs. R. B. Haw of Reno is visiting TH® Colfax Grammar School Alumni heid Sherift Conroy and w their semi-annual meeting and entertained a Irene Hobbs the week at Wei- few guests Wednes ening. Those nresent were Alice Kilgo, Miss Mabel Stoakes, pent the holidays Miss Amy Carty, Miss M. L. Morrison, Miss R Sarah Kilj Miss Lizzie McCullough, Mi: Alice Durnin, Miss Mabel Thomas, Miss Ger- trude Largis, M Montague and _Mi Lizzje Parker : o ST, the latt \_\“'Uf"l; Kuenzley, W. H & ell, W. H. the week Norris, ¥. R. Durnin, P. H. McCullough, S. B K. Morrison, J. L. Butler, W. D. Scanlon, M. Harris, Ben Brow and Professor A. Norris. is visiting rmick Hector at T. Whitney of Berkeley is a visitor in S. B. Redlick is in Bakersfield looking after his business interests. M. M. Parsons has returned from a business trip to San_Francisco. M N. Thor of San Francisco is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. D Vanderlip. Fred T. Berry, ex-under sheriff of Fresno County, i{s down from Cascade to spend the holidays with his family. H Shryock, formerly of the Santa Fe office in this city, but now connected with ths office of the general superintendent Val- ley Road, passed through Fresno on Tuesday on his way back to Stockton after a visit to day in pis parents at Tulare. Frank Phiscator, one of the successfal Klon- dikers who came down from Alaska last July, Berry ing Berry co are the nd a mining partner of Clarence J is v holidays in arrived and Fr: om the East and nk Keller at Selm visor Long of K his brother, Dr. G. L. Lon city. Fresno is_represented at Dawson City by Charles L. Walter and DeWitt H. Gray. both of whom started last Ausust William Gafford, Murrell and William McElroy are three ng Fresnoans who_are ng the winter at Lake Linderman. Dick , son of O. with his is visiting re return- in the rush Low down_frof Hedinger and Mr. Story are conducting a_mer- week with his brot chandise store at Sheep Camp on the trail. J. W. Reese is wintering at Dyea. Benjamin of is here with his Reynolds recently returned to Dyea from Da son, and is preparing to start back for the and da Yukon with 800 pounds of supplie: ch he home for the expects to dispose of wrote to a friend that h in the mining field by Gl I:}E)Y P. handsome . He expected to be back ebruary 22 at his home on rning, Decem- from Los Angeles B. Youle is the guest of Evans of Bakers- et and H. B. Cordes are enter- utiful country home on the s lie An- as with his mother Farnsworth of : San . Mrs. F. V. Baer of Berkeley, and n and wife of Fresno ¢ Mr. Frank Smithlen of Oakland. A party was y to the funeral of Rev. given in_their honor Tuesday, December 25th. Mr. McLeod. Madge Cleveland entertained a com- of friends Frid of her gue: eves . Mis ng, Bertha Bacher, December 31, of EALLARD. L. Gott will lea or S n M. F i A. Hoxett gave a delightful whist rty on Wednesday evening at her home on Fifth st Dr. and Francisco and daughters. At the home of C. this week s in Santa Strong were here from sts of Judge Howard W & ; F. Eckhart a large fa eturned f on toox ¥ during the holida: Pintado ranch, afar come Mr. and Mrs. Charles - lispose of his 10~ hart gnd_cl{idren of Redwood City, Mr. and reside permanently in Mrs. 3. F gent and sons of Monterey, Mr. 3 : and’ Mps. Charles ton of Tres Pinos, and M. Boyd and G. Mus- : Hart of Morgan Hill. appraisers of the es- H. L. Partridge of San Jose tate of J. i and Mrs. Samuel Rea. Miss Kathari pular teacher of the been_elected hool, on_Wednes- marrie the Santa Yni Mr. George M CLOVERDALE. to of n Freeman and Miss Ida Moore gave Klondike party”’ at the Freeman residence Friday evening, December 31 = Miss Belene Menihan, a senior at the State Miss Irma_Whitney was the recipient of a Normal, Jose, is home for a few weeks' surprise party on Friday evening, Decem- vacation. ber Miss Anna Dorning, a musical student at _ Misses Lida Lennon, Clara Eckhart, Fanny San Jose, is home for the holidays Murey and Irene Hankenson attended the ED. : MOST POWERFUL X RAY EVER PRODUC =— ’ I = HERE has recently been placed in the Lawrence scientific school of Harvard “ollege the greatest X r machine in the world. It possesses the astonishing electric motive force of % volts. This voltage, if utilized upon an electric railway, would be sufficient to keep 2400 cars constantly in motion for a single This great machine—for great it is in size as well as force—is operated under “the supervision of Professor Trowbridge, director of Jefferson physical laboratory -of Harvard, and one of the best known of modern electricians. Professor Trow- Yridge describes his machine as a modification of Plante’s so-called rheostatic ma- chine, but it is far more practical and more powerful. Sixty plates of glass which form condensers are the really essential part of the machine. These plates are charged in muititude by 10,000 storage cells, and are . discharged in series, giving intense disruptive discharges over four feet in length. - Just imagine a stream of electric sparks four feet long, snapping, crackling, buzz- ng, in that same weird, uncanny fashion in which the lightning sometimes plays ‘for an instant along its zig-zag track from cloud to cloud. The length of the elec- tric spark is exactly proportional to the voltage Jengths over one inch. To those who have ever seen 2n X ray machine in operation, the size of Pro- _fessor Trowbridge’s giant can best be explained by advising them to compare the *"electric disruptive charge with that of the ordinary machine. Perhaps the largest X ray machine in the country next to that owned by Professor Trowbridge is the property of Professor W. J. Morton of New York. The distance between the posi- tive and negative poles in this machine is not more than a foot: it is over this dis- - tance that the disruptive electrical discharges pass from pole to pole. Imagine, therefore, a machine where the positive and negative poles are four feet apart, and some idea of the immense superiority of Professor Trowbridge's machine can be * gained. L5 The X ray that this giant machine can make possibie is more powerful than _any of which Professor Roentgen ever talked—or dreamed, probably. It is be- lieved that through it and the developments resulting from its use a new era will ‘‘dawn so far as the availability of the X ray is concerned. Here is a light powerful -enough to test the theories of the experts who have claimed that the possibilities of the X ray are only limited by the degree of development. Flectricians who are studying the X ray problem in different cities of the . United States are discussing the advisability of inviting Professor Trowbridge to - earry out various proposed tests of the powers of the ray, with a view of settling * forever the disputed question as to the effect of a tremendous increase of the pene- trating power. Mr. Edison is authority for the statement that the construction of this machine can best be likened to the dawning of a new day in the world of electricity. State Teachers’ Association in San Francisco. Mr. Charles M. Shortridge is sojourning at GRASS VALLEY. George Herbert Fletcher and Miss Florence Barry were united in marriage by Rev. Father Greeley. The following couples were married here this week, Rev. E. R. Willis officidting. Mr. Lars Rasmussen of Modesto and Miss Henrietta Champion, Mr. John G. Smith of lowa Hill and Miss Henrietta Rickard, Wm: A. Hart and Miss Almina Cornelius. Miss Edna Dahl is home from San Fran- cisco. Mrs. Ed Brownell and children have ar- rived from Austin, Nevada, to remain. Hon. T. C. Hocking, editor of the Modesto Herald, is home visiting his folks. Miss Jean Campbell has gone to San Fran- cisco on a visit. Robert F. Ingram is up from the University of the Pacific on a visit to his folks. Mrs. C. E. Lindsey of Tulare County is vis- iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fletcher. Miss Maggle Fitzgerald is home from Be- nicia to spend the holidays with her folks. Christopher Temby Jr. came up from San Francisco to spend the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. M. Dickinson, who have been guests of Owen Williams, have returned home to North Bloomfield. N. J. Polmere, wife and son, came up from San Francisco to spend the holidays with their olks. Miss Sallie Beaumont of Sacramento is & guest of Miss Frances Jone: HANFORD. George Campbell and wife of Stockton, who have been the guests of James Hood and fam- ily, have returned home. Mrs. J. W. Graham and children are visit- ing her parents while her husband, Professor Graham, is attending the State Teachers’ As- sociation at San Francisco. Mrs. G. H. Merrick, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas, has returned to her home in San Francisco. Miss Grace Ryder is visiting her parents in_Galt Mrs. ta Weems of San Francisco is visit- ents at Grangeville. Miss Hirschfield and Miss Mamie Sanbren have returned from San Francisco. Miss Edith Ross, who has been attending the State normal school at San Jose, is at home spending her vacation. Mrs. Stacy has gone to Los Angeles to visit her daughter, Mrs. Harry Horlock. Ben Donager has gone to San Jose to spend the holiday: Samuel Hall of Tennessee is here visiting his brother, Edward Hall. Miss Nellie Parker is home from San rran- cisco visiting her parents. B. L. Barney and family are spending the holidays in San Francisco. W. E. Pierce and family, visiting_here, have gone to Oakland. Mrs. Hutchinson of San Francisco, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Parker, has gone to Los Angeles. Charles Shiveley and wife are here from Oro- ville spending the holidays, the guests of Mr. and Mrs: J. D. Biddle. Professor Walker of the high school San Francisco. _ Mrs. 8. E. Haden and children of Texas are here visiting her sister, Mrs. Wayne Trew- hitt. o HAYWARDS. George Blanchard of San Francisco is visit- ing his parents. Chas. Pimentel has gone to reside at Tracy. P. Campbell and family of Manitoba, Can- ada, have taken up their residence here. Mrs. C. Hermann and daughter Lillle have returned from an extended Eastern trip. W. Alexander Culp, a medical student at the College of Physic s and Surgeons, is spend- ing his holiday vacation with his parents. Dr. V. G. Cooper suffered a stroke of para- s recently but is improving. George Horn and wife of San Francisco are paying a visit to relatives. Ben Bramman and Miss Mamie Brown were married this week. Misses V. Cahill and E. Lavalle, students at > State University, are home for the holi- Mrs. H. D. Rice and daughter, Miss Hattle, have been ill and are convalescing. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Lawrence and family of Wisconsin have located here. Sympathy is extended to John Silva Jr. be- cause of the decease of his wife. HOLLISTER. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jefferson and son and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jefferson spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Cogswell of Hickman, Mrs. well, who was called to Hollister by her s (Charles Jefferson) severe illness, return- ing to her home with them. Armand Briggs of San Francisco has been spending the holidays with his parents. Miss Addie Duncan is visiting at San Jose. Irving Hawkins of San Francisco spent Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Thomas Haw- kins, at Gilroy. Mrs. Hawkins is with her father, Mr. Day, who still remains very {ll. The Misses Lathrop are at home from Palo Alto for the holidays. Mrs. E. P. Hutchins has returned to her home at Berkeley. Miss Wentz _and Miss Juth of Gilroy have been visiting Miss Belle Briggs. Allen Tebbetts has returned to Berkeley. LAKEPORT. Miss Willie Whitton returned last week from a visit in San Francisco. Thomas and Fred Garner of Long Valley were here this week on business. Frank Beach and family have moved to Lower Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Porter Clendenin and children are visiting relatives at Vallejo. Miss Kate Eachus is visiting her brother at Calistoga. Samuel Horton of Santa Rosa Is visiting the family of Mrs. Pauline Slotterbek. Dr. Frark McClure and A. H. Deputy left for Big Gum, Shasta County, last Monday. Miss Emma Minstrell has returned from a visit in San Francisco H. Gurley went to Calpella, Mendocin County, this week on business. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Fraser are visiting in San Francisco. Fred Howe of Potter Valley was in town the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Woods Crawford spent a few days in San Francisco this week. Mrs. George Mayers Is visiting friends in San Francisco. Miss Jennie Elles, who has been spending her holiday vacation visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Elles, has returned to San Francisco. Dalles Posten and Charles Sacry of Middle- town were here this week on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Moore and daughter have returned from a short visit at Santa Rosa. Miss Mary Biggi went to the city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Smith have returned from a short visit with relatives at Healdsburg. Mrs. J. T. Alexander left Manday for Calis- toga. LODL Miss Lucy Corbin returned after an ex- tended visit with relatives in Yolo County. Matt Hamilton spent Christmas with friends near New Hope. Miss Bertha Hatton returned Sunday from a Christmas visit with New Hope friends Mrs. L. D. Laws and family are visiting in San Francisco with relatives. Miss Lulu_Villinger has been appointed a teacher in Lodi's public school. She takes the first and second year pupils. The appoint- ment_speaks highly of her as an instructor, this being her first term as such. She is a deservedly popular young lady, and her abili- ties will keep her little charges up to the high standard of their late teacher, Miss Florence Keagle, who held the same position for twelve years. Mrs. Charles Gillies of Folsom has been visit- ing relatives here. Miss Hanpa Harney of San Andreas is visit- ing with her parents near town. Robert Forsyth and sister, Miss Carrie, of New Hope visited in town the first of the week. H. A. Langley and party will leave here Mon- day, January 3, for the gold fields of Alask: The party has a full outfit with a year's pro- visions and proposes to try Stewart River. Frank Willlams of Stockton visited with » parents here the first of the week. Miss Lillian Pleas was out from the Slough City visiting relatives this week. 2 Mrs. James Collens and children have ré- turned from a visit with relatives in Wood- land. who have been is in Miss C. Bernard of San Francisco, Miss Vie- toria Shoo of Oakland, and the Misses Loufse and Irene Garet of San Jose, pupils at Notre Dame Coilege, have gone to their respective homes to spend the holiday vacation. Professor F. 8. Carr is here from the mount- ains for the holidays. A. C. Bingham and wife and Mrs. Fill spent Christmas at the bay. e Miss Nellie Berg is home from San Jose to spend the holiday vocation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Berg. J. M. Berry and wife spent Christmas at the bay. Edward A. Cunningham and Miss Lottie Knox, both of this city, were married at Sac- ramento Christmas day. Miss Anna Swain is home from Long Bar for the holidays. Miss Olive B. Spohr spent Christmas at Stockton. Miss Annie Sullivan is home from the San Jose Normal School for the holidays. Misses Tillie and Nanny Menz and Miss Flora Schneider and H. A. Niemeyer spent Tuesday in' Wheatland at a birthday party. Principal T, S. Meyers of the Marysville Business College, was in San Jose this week. Miss Kate Murphy was home from the San Jose Normal for Christmas. John H. Palmer of Gridley has gone to Browns Valley to visit his sick father. Miss Hutchins of Central House, Butte Coun- ty. was here for the holida: Ed Rideout and Judge Garber spent Christ- mas at the bay. Thomas Fogarty and wife spent the holidays with relatives at French Corral. Pat Farrell, A. L. Bozarth and Ed Farrell were home from the bay for Christma: Miss Jennie White spent Christmas with rel- Bl[&\‘l’s at x’l Jose. Sugene yd is here Napa visiting his brother Robert rreteas v} G. H. Stokes and family spent the holiday vatation at Grass Valley. oL S, Martin and family were at Nevada Judge I. S. Belcher and wife of San Fran- cisco spent the holidays with relatives here. Dr. E. F. Holbrook and wife of Smartsville visited here. Thomas Arends and wife of Willows were the guests of Coroner R. E. Bevan and wife Christmas. Mrs. Barnet of Chico spent Christm: with_Miss Debbie Robson. J: H. Flint spent Christmas with his moth- er_in Lincoln, Placer County. Mrs. Ed Weinlander and gaughter Cordle are here from San Francisco visiting relatives. Mrs. K. Hexter of Mokelumne Hill, ‘and daughter, Lillian, are the guests of A. Wein- lander and fami| Edward Carlin and wife of New York have arrived to visit their son, Attorney W. H. Carlin. MENLO PARK. Miss Maggie Lenehan and Miss Nellie Casey are attending the Teachers' Association in San Francisco. Joseph Princevalle is spending a few days with friends in Gilroy. J. O'Hara of New York, who has been visit- ing his cousin, John O'Kane, has returned to the East. The following well-known residents of this place are passing the holiday season in San Rafael: Miss Bertha Kuck, Miss Mamie Lynch, M. E. Doyle, T. P. Maloney, Willlam A. Maioney, James Lynch. F. P. Roach, James O'Kane, Joseph Weeden, P. Ahlert and Charles Weeden. J. Coutelle has removed to San Francisco. Miss Frances Blanchard, Charles Mitton, William Hammerson, John Martin and James Hand spent the holidays with their relatives here. MERCED. Mrs. A. C. Corwin and daughter, are visiting in Fresno. W. T .Rutherford spent his Christmas holl- days with relatives at Calistoga. Mrs. Augustine Smith is the guest of a sister in Los Angeles. Miss Maud Ballard of Santa Rosa is visiting her_sister, Mrs. Isaac Bird Miss Ada Sheehy is visiting in San Fran- cisco. Miss Grace Vanderlip is the guest of friends at_Porterville. Professor J. B. Hughes spent the week in Alameda. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Redding of visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. F. T. A. Jordan and wife of New Hope are visiting Mrs. Jordan's brother, R. R. Fowler. Tobias L. Bearwald left Thursday for Stock- ton, where he will reside hereafter. MONTEREY. Mrs. Aggie Bickford came down from San ¥rancisco on Sunday to spend two weeks with her mother, Mrs. Mary Little, in New Monte- rey. Mrs. David Rodrick has returned to her home in Oakland, after a several weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. F. S. Botch. A. J. Haines and family have gone to San Francisco to reside. Miss Annie Kay, who is a student at Stan- ford University, is at home for the Christmas holldays. Miss Henriette Scholle is passing the week with her sister, Mrs. F. H. Widemann in Gon- zales. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ramsay have gone to Tres Pinos to remain permanently Miss Agnes Hoyne of San Ffancisco came down last week and will remain a month among her friends in Monterey. Miss Viola Allen has returned from Salinas. where she visited her cousin, Miss Mabel Wallace. Charles G. White, superintendent of the Del Monte Stables, is in San Francisco. Attorney W. F. James of San Jose was in town the early part of the week. Lewis Little of Edna is spending the holi- days with Monterey friends. NEVADA CITY. Mrs. A. M. Gray of San Jose is here spend- ing the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. McCutchan. J. Edminster and Miss Susie Kendrick were married Wednesday evening. Superintendent McKinlay of the Providence mine and his son Edward have returned from San_Francisco. Miss Alberta Stevens of Virginia City is the guest_of M . A. Boyce. J. H. Reader of Sweetland, a prominent far- mer, is dangerously ill Herbert Cooper has returned from Sacra- mento. Miss Alice Miller of San Francisco, who has been the guest of Mrs. John Hurst, has re- turned to his home. here Emma, Mrs. E. B. Power and son have returned from San Francisco. Mrs. O. L. Berdrow and children are here from San Jose. Miss Clara Dower came up from San Fran- clsco last week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dower. PASADENA. H. Beck of at_the Cariton. Coionel William Volkmar, U. S. A., of Den- ver, is a guest of Mrs. H. M. Dreer, Living- stone Place. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Beck went to San Fran- cisco Wednesday for a two weeks' stay. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Frazer left Tuesday for New York, to be absent some weeks. L. W. Knight of San Francisco is a visitor here. PACIFIC GROVE. Charles B. Rosendale came down from Sai Francisco Sunday to spend a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rosendale, ss Stella Jewell is at home = e Stalia ome for the Christ. Miss Elsie Little is visiting Salinas friends. o ;:T“nm } )um:e from the University cific, and wi i Vst remain here during the ss Clara_Bieghle, Methodist g San Francisco is registered is attending the iscopal ' Deaconess’ Training School In San Fi vi Bohool In an Francisco, is visiting Pacific Mr. Kierulff, Grove High Schosh 15 s are’ e gone. Gown the cammt 10178 atvnms; oLy have ing trip. 5, g\:;rl::;l ('J;rl;:l;::a}':n{:lflfln herewuo l-lr:l. .ng: Carimelo Hole] thia wene TOIEer are at EI Miss Etta Nelso e n has returned from Santa Miss Ethel Prouty Mise B y is spending the holidays Professor Jacques Loeb of the Chicago Uni- versity arrived here Sunday to join his family, who are wintering in Pacific Grove. 3 wilise Laura Orth came down from Oakiand o visit her aunt LCS Houghton, on Pearl street. o e O T E. A. Reid, vice-president of the Bank of Shasta County, is confined to his home with congestion of the lungs. Mrs. F. W. Ludovicl has returned from a holiday visit to relatives in San Francisco. W. P. McKean, stage agent, was called to San Francisco by the death of his mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Campbell were up from Cottonwood. Mrs. J. Neilson and Miss Edna Thayer of Douglas City are visiting in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Saeltzer spent Christ- mas in Red Bluff. Miss May Thatcher of Shingletown visited in_Redding. Miss Emma V. Harvey of Chico is visiting friends here. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Conant are in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scamman are hers from San Jose. Thomas McDonald, the well-known mining operator, was here from San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. A. Straley were up from Cot- tonwood. Miss Laura Burt and Miss Hackeiroad are up from Red Bluff. ll:. James Newell was here from Bowlder Mr. and Mrs. James Walker were in town from Watson Gulch Wednesday. REDWOOD CITY. Miss Bertha Kirkpatrick of San Francisco has been visiting Miss May Cook for the past week. L. P. Behrens, wife and family returned Monday from Glenn_ County. . and Mrs. o4 houy Mr. James Coleman spent the - onal News from along the Christmas holidays with the parents of the former in Stoekton. Jobn Thompson was called from Mexico on account of the death of his father, F. P. Thompson. Dr. Ross and wife returned from Tuolumne County Wednesday. Alburn S. Greenman and Minnie Anderson were united in wedlock on Tuesday by Rev. F. H. Maar. Fdward Thompson spent Christmas with his family in_town James T. O'Keefe and wife spent Christ- mas with the relatives of the latter at Halt- moon Bay. James G. Mason and daughter were visitors here during the week. RED BLUFF. Miss Carrie Zimmerman left for Portland Wednesday morning to visit her parents for a couple of months. Miss Harkleroad and Miss Laura Burtt are visiting in Redding. Mrs. F. A. Kauffman and two little sons are up from Woodland, the guests of Mrs. E. A. Olendorf. Douglas Cone and Dr. John Fife attended a meeting of the directors of the Ora Mining Company in Woodland last week. Hartley Foster and Courtney Barham are Lm e from the State University for the holi- ays. Dr. Chester J. Teass is visiting in Redding. Mrs. Hamann has returned to her home in Santa Maria after a visit to her daughters, Mrs. Allbright and Mrs. George Medan. Miss Ethel Halley is here from Oaklan’ Mrs. James Finnell and daughter, Mary in has returned from Sacramento. George Bogard, the little son of the late sheriff, John Bogard, is here from San Jose to visit his uncle, Sheriff Jack Bogard. Mr. and Mrs, B. F. Middleton of Seattle have been visiting friends and relatives. Attorney B. B. Robinson of San Francisco spent the holidays with his mother, Mrs. A. M. Robinson, and his sister. Mrs. J. F. Ellison. Mrs. Sylvester Hull of Redding is the 5 of Mr. and Mrs. John Clements. Colonel F. A. Boole, manager of the Sanger Lumber Company, spent Christmas with his family. SACRAMENTO. Miss Flora Vivian and her sister have re- turned to San Francisco after a week's visit to_their sister, Mrs. E. C. Harx. One of the most charming weddings of the season took place last Wednesday at the res- idence of Mr. and Mrs. James Govan at their home on O street. Their daughter, Miss Mi- riam, was united in marriage to James A. Mc- Lean, a prominent mining man of Southern California. The happy couple left on the after- noon train for an extended tour throughout the Eastern States. At the parlors of Mrs. William Beckman at the Goldey Eagle Hotel on Christmas night there assembled a number of intimate friends who had been invited to attend a Christmas gathering and to celebrate the event in the manner most dear to the hearts of children. vet not without its charm and fascination- for grown folks. A large and beautifully decor- ated tree stood in the corner, simply bending beneath the weight of presents, and sparkling in all the briliiant decorations of tinsel, gold and silver threads. Mrs. Beckman was assist- ed in entertaining her guests by the Misses Oljve and Edna Donnellan. Mrs. E. J. Flint has gone on a visit to Sa- lem, Or. The Misses Weinstock and Edith Miller are spending the holidays with thelr parents. Mrs. Albert Elkus entertained a number of her literary friends at her home on M street last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. F. Traenor and children spent Christ- mas with the parents of Mrs. Traenor at Dixon, Solano County. Mae Budd of Stockton is the guest of Jessie Mott at the latter's home on I eet. '\irs. James Faris has returned from an ex- tended visit to San Francisco. Miss Mabel Stevenson of Vacaville is spend- ing the holidays with her sister, Mrs. R. D. Javis. D mies J. Keegan, secretary of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, accompanied by Mrs. Keegan, spent Christmas in Sacra- mento among relatives and friends, who have missed them much since their residence in San Francisco. SALINAS. J. C. Effinger of Chicago is visiting friends in Salinas this week. Mrs. P. Garrissere, accompanied by her son Joseph and Gustave, is in Gilroy visitihg rel attves. Mrs. B. F. Alexander, who has been the guest of her son, Judge J. K. Alexander, for the past two weeks, returned home Wednes- day. Jessie Carr Bryan, son of ex-Postmaster Bryan of San Francisco, has located here with Attorney S. F. Glel. Mrs. Fontaigne, who has been with her hus- band here for a week, returned to her home in Oakland Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Mosher, a sister of Mrs. Dr. Livingston, after a short visit has returned to her home in Palo Alto. W. A. Matthews of Castroville spent the first part of the week in this city. Dr. §. B. Gordon anda F. Widerman drove up from Gonzales Tuesday to visit relatives here. SANTA BARBARA. W. L. Clark is in San Francisco, and after a few days’ sojourn there will visit the various Indian reservations for curious relics. Mrs, M. C. Moore, who has been visiting Mrs. Schull, has returned to her home in Los Angeles. Mrs. Wirt Adams and Miss Adams, mother and sister of Mrs. M. D. Morgan of New Or- leans, are here, the guests of the latter for the season. Mrs. F. J. Parker, wife of Colonel Parker of the Walla Walla Statesman, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. C. A. Newell of Portland, Or., is here for the winter. Judge Willlams and wife of Ventura, after a visit_here among relatives, have departed for San Francisco. SAN LUIS OBISFO. Mrs. W. H. Nelson is the guest of her son Eilmer in Los Angeles. Miss Edith Jatta of Arroyo Grande is vis- iting Miss Callie Sloan for a few weeks. Mrs. J. M. Huyck is the guest of her sister, Mrs. 1da F. Gibson, in Sacramento. Will H. Fischer spent the holidays with his parents in Woodland. Miss Daisy Haake is visiting friends in San Franciseo. Leo and Henry Oppliger left Wednesday for San Francisco. Leo goes back to his old home in Switzerland. Miss Estella Hooper of San Francisco is vis- iting her mother, Mrs. J. M. Wilcoxen. Pedro Quintana has returned from a business visit to San Francisco. ;Mirs. 3. F. Barty is visiting relatives in San ose. Miss L. E. Kunzul returned Tuesday to her home in San Francisco after an extended visit with Miss Carrie Kimbali. ST. HELENA. Ja2irs: Peter Mitchell has been visiting in Oak- and. Joseph Fealy, an employe in the San Fran- cisco_postoffice, it Christmas with his sis- ter, Mrs. J. W. Holihan. C. E. Palmer family, of Crockett, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. York. Dr. and Mrs. Vanderlip of San Francisco spent the holidays with their daughter, Mrs. B. F. Kettlewell. Miss Lucile Florine is up from Oakland to spend the holidays with her mother and sis- Ts. George F. Emery and family of Oakland spent Christmas at the home of J. C. Mixon. Dr. D. E. Osborne and family spent the hol- Hz- in_the metropolls. lss Grace Ackerman spent several days this In San Francisco and Oakland. J. §. Noble and N. Lauter and daughter, n:'.‘." were in San Francisco the first of the week. Miss Blanche Morse, of Berkeley, is spend- ing several days with Mrs. D. O. Hunt. Mrs. Taeplitz of Alameda spent several days with Mrs. F. Eisele. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilman of Colfax, Wash., who has been visiting with their daughter, Mrs. J. S. Noble, went to Santa Cruz the first of the week. Miss Lettie Ruch of Temescal is visiting her aunt, Mrs. D. O. Hunf SONOMA. Self Dominiconi and M. Burgess of San Fran- cisco visited the Victoria vineyard last Sunday. John Landy, engineer on the L. E. Cross dredger at Bethney, San Joaquin County, spent Christmas with his mother in thts place, Miss Elsle Appleton is the guest of relatives in San Francisco. Mrs. George Estes of -San Francisco was in town Manday. L. H. Green has been confined to his bed the past week with sickness. Ralph Morrls of Petaluma visited his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris. of Agua Caliente last week. D. H. Blank of St. Helena, district deputy master, will visit Sonoma Lodge No. 3%, 1. 0. 0. F., on Saturday evening, Jan- uary 15. TULARE. B. P. Oakford is spending the holidays wil friends at Pasadena. o Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Ward are visiting friends in_San Jose. 3 Miss*Geraldine Savage and Miss Edith Zum- ‘walt, who are attending the State Normal School at San Jose, are home for a two weeks’ vacation. Miss Louise Butts of Visalia is organizing a class in instrumental music. H. A. Charters of the Register spent Christ- mas in San Francisco. E. C. Stout of Concordia, Kan., is here vis- iting friends. Rev. E. D. Weage is at National City, San Diego County, with his father, who is very sick. Miss Anna Carlisle of Hanford spent Sunday at_Tulare. R. K. Ham of Oakland is spending a few days with his parents. Miss Minnie McMillan is attending the State Teachers' Association, being held in San Fran- cisco. Mr. and Mrs. William Manske are home from Portland, Or. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Blythe gave a delightful Christmas party to a select party of frienas Saturday night. The Christmas tree and unique decorations were pleasant features of the event. Miss Pearl Kirby of Porterville returned. to her home Monday after a three days' visit with friends at Tulare. VENTURA. Ralph Lloyd of Berkeley is here. Judge J. C. McKeeby of Los Angeles was in this city on Monday. Hon. B. T. Wiliiams and wife and son, Paul, are visiting in San Francisco. Edward M. Selby, attorney of Santa Barbara, visited friends in this city during the last week. Miss Nellie Newby has returned to Los An- geles. Miss Haidee Glascock Is in Bakersfleld. Professor A. N. Sheldon of the Santa Cruz high school is here. Thomas Ewing spent Sunday in Santa Bar- bara. Miss Ruth Dennis is visiting in Los Angeies. J. A. Dubbs, general manager of the Cali- fornia Asphaltum Works and Mrs. Dubbs have returned from an extended trip to Mexico. Rev. W. A. McDougal of Claremont was here Sunday. J. G. Hill and sons of Montalvo were in this city during the past week. Rev. Mr. Forbes of St. John's M. E. Church is visiting this week in San Bernardino. Miss Mary Hutchinson is visitng for two weeks in Los Angeles. Mrs. C. B. Bradley of Berkeley is visiting her daughter, Miss Bertha. B. J. Arthur of Pasadena was week. Miss Nettie Newland has returned to Los Angeles after an extended visit with friends here. Judge James Daly arrived home last Friday evening. here this VISALIA. Miss Alma Merritt, who has been attending Heald's Business College in San Francisco, is at home on a short visit. Dan Walser of Walkers Basin, Kern County is visiting old friends here. Arthur J. Hill, The Call correspondent at Hanford, spent several days here this week. Miss Anna Hammond of Berkeley, a fresh- man student of the university, is visiting Miss Wattie Miller of this place. Miss Jennie Ward is spending Christmas va- cation with friends in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Casebolt and Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Casebolt are here from Saline County, Missouri, on a visit to Mrs. J. D. Patrick. J. S. McPhatll, and his wife were in San Francisco past week attending the State Teachers' saciation. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Glascock are here from Oakland. Mr. Glascock is a capitalist of the bay city. Dr. Benzinger and wife of San Francisco were here a few days since to attend the christening of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Roemer. Misses Annie and Susie Furnish of Fresno are visiting the family of G. A. Parker. E. C. Curtis of Stockton, a former resident here, is visiting among his old friends. WATSONVILLE. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M. Cassin of Santa Cruz have been spending tne week with Wat- sonville relatives. Louis H. Waters was down from San Fran- clsco for a holiday Visit to his parents. James Jessen, Harry Freimuth and A. Atter- idge, who are attending St. Mary's College, Oakland, are home for the holiday vacation Misses Mary Farley, Helen Hopkins, Helen Marcus, Clara Rodgers and Ida H. Nohrden are home from Stanford University. James Waugaman and wife are here from Kern County on a visit to Mrs. Waugaman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cox. Professor P. C. Allen of Oakland Is visiting his mother, Mrs. S. Allen. Mrs. E. F. Sanborn is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Farley, at Pacific Grove. W. N. Gaffey and family spent Christmas at the county superintendent, all the As- Los Gatos as the guests of J. A. Hicks and ami Rev. H. B. Collier of San Francisco has ac: cepted a call from the vestry of All Saints Church. ¥ Miss Carrie Linscott was down from San Frlanl‘ sco to spend Christmas with her par- ents. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Tuttle of San Jose spent Christmas with their parents. J. J. Reed and wife of Juneau, Al a, are the guests of George T. White and wife. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Morrill, Misses Wicker- sham and Zumdowski have been attending the State Teachers' Association in San Francisco the past week. Mrs. J. L. Burton of Salinas was vl her father and sistors here the past weel Mrs. W. S. Richards and son, Charles, of San Jose, are the guests of J. F. Cox and family Mrs. 'A. B. Hawkins and Mrs. A. L. Palmtag were San Francisco visitors the_ past week. WINTERS. James Rutherford of Oroville spent the hoi- iday week in Winters with his daughter, Mrs. W. J. Tucker. Mrs. Dr. Caldwell spent Christmas with her father, James Hall, at Matteson. Arthur W. North, bailiff of the Supreme Court, and his sister, Miss Maude North, are Visiting a few days at the old homestead near ‘Winters. _Hartley Peart of Woodland. a student of the University of California of the class of '9, is making a holiday visit at the home of J.' L. Harlan, near Winters. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pond and Mr. and Mrs. . S. Spaulding of Woodland are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Silf at Silvington for the remainder of e holida: J. H. Wolfskill and wife and - D Wilson of Sanger, Fresno County, are spend- ing the holidays with relativs here. Mrs. George' Thompson went to Antioch to spend holiday week with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Briggs and Albert Mo ris flave gone to Ashland, Or., for.a week's it. WOODLAND. W. R. Pond and wife have returned from San Francisco. T. J. Vaughn and wife were visitors in San Francisco this week. golrs: G H. Jackson was in Sacramento Tues- ay Mrs. R. H. Beamer of Berkeley visited rel- atives in Woodland this week. Miss Nora Andrews visited San Francisco Christmas day. Mrs. Agnes Woolley the Teachers' Association in San Francisco. Mrs. Millie La_Rue of Napa County is the guest of E. H. Baker and wife. Mayor Charmak and wife, Sam Haines and wife, and Abe Haines and wife, attended the Haines-Charmak wedding in San Francisco Wednesday. Dr. Elizabeth M. Yates has returned from Santa Rosa. Joiss Rowena Stephens has returned to Oak- and. Judge E. T. Lampton visited relatives in Chico last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. England of Bartlett Springs are the guests of Jeft Clanton and wife. Ed I. Leake is home from the Santa Clara College to spend the holidays. Miss Irene Coil is spending the holidays with relatives. Miss Lillian Parker of San Francisco is the guest of Miss Lola Simpson. Misses Swiney and Shaw of the Woodland High School will spend the holidays in Berke- ey. attended State NEW MEXICO. Ex-Delegate Catron of Santa Fe has been In the city during most of the week. Hon. Lorion Miller, secretary of the Bureau of Immigration, has established his head- quarters in Albuquerque. Harry Owens, the new clerk of the District Court, ‘has been to Chicago visiting friends. Professor Herrick, principal of the Territorial university, has fully recovered from his late illness. Superintendent Allen of the United States In- dian school gave his 350 “little Injuns” a royal entertainment during the week. Mrs. Walter C. Hadley and her daughter, Clara, who have been for some time in Phila- delphia, will not return for about three months. The Rev. Mr. Githens, well known all over New Mexico, is recovering from a very severe spell of sickness at St. Louls. Miss Claude Albright expects to start Europe some time during the present mionth. A large number of school teachers from all parts of the Territory have been in Albu- querque during the past week attending the annual meeting of their Territorial Associa- tion. for OLDEST FIRE MACHINE IN THE COUNTRY. A1)V ) il TNV exhibition the oldest fire machine in North America. It was built in England THE authorities of ‘the town of Shelburne in Nova Scotia have just placed on in the early part of the last century, and became the property of the crown. ‘When King George III ascended the throne of England it was considered a fine machine, and one day, when the monarch's' attention happened to be called to Shelburne for some reason or other, he decided that he would maxe some sort of a present to the place, and as a result presented the town authorities with the machine. That was in 1795, a little more than 100 yvears ago, and the people of Shelburne thought themsclves very fortunate indeed to become possessors of so modern aid in the fighting of flames. an It was very handsomely painted, well built, of lasting material, and for a long time 1t was the town's chief protection from fire. As the vears went on, however, genius began to produce fire-fighting apparatus that left the poor old machine far away in the rear. ‘They are not quick to change nor to forget the old loves in Nova Scotia, but about half a century ago it was decided that King George's gift was a trifle too an- cient, and that the safety of the townpeople demanded a more modern fire ma- chine. Like the famous old engine down at Asbury Park, N. J., which Founder Bradley bought for the little ones of the place, the old fire machine, when mus- tered out, became the plaything of the boys of Shelburne—and their sisters. too, for that matter. It continued to serve this purpose for a number of vears, but finally it was dis- mantled, the tub filled with earth and placed in the front yard of a resident of Shelburne, where it served as a flower garden. For a very long time the flowers grew thriftily in it during the summer, and the ‘bulbs nestled close to the old oaken surface during the winter months. At last, however, relic hunters dis- covered it, learned its history, withdrew it from mother earth’s bosom, restored it to fully as good a condition as it exhibited- the day that his Britannic A majesty bestowed it as an evidence of his good will upon the people of Shelburne. and turned it over to the officials of the town, to be see just how fire was fought in ‘“‘ve olden time. as shown in the accompanying illustration, A glance at the ancient machine, placed where every one could gives the best opportunity for comparison between the old and néw methods of fighting fire that has been offered in a long while. < (