The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1898, Page 32

32 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1898 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION A Necessary Supplement | to a General Culture | right to disbar an attorney? | question that will have to be settled b: sufficlent moneys to conduct the postal service without deficiency or reduction. —_————————— JUDGE AND LAWYER DISAGREE. Has the Former the Right to Dls-I bar the Latter? Has a Judge of the Superior Court the This is a the Supreme Court within the next few days. It was raised yesterday by an ap- plication by ex-Judge E. V. Spencer for a writ of prohibition to restrain Superior Judge F. A. Kelly of Lassen County Course. | Professor Brown Discusses an} Interesting Pedagogical Problem. The Need of Methods of Teaching Reading Improving Present Emphasized. Professor Elmer E. Brown of the de- partment of Pedagogy at the Univers- ity of California, in the third of a series of talks on secondary education yester- day, emphasized the need of a course | of vocational training to supplement and round out a college course in gen- eral culture. In his remarks, Profes- sor Brown said: “In a strictly unified educational system all the work of the grammar school would lead directly to the high school, and all the work of the high | school would lead directly to the uni- versity. Is such a system possible? In early ‘secondary schools there was a | common foundation in the elementary school. The high school offered several | different courses—one, the classical, | leading to the university, and the others ending with the secondary | schools. A question that is being asked | now is, ‘Should every high school | course have a university course cor- related to it and a continuation of it? | At present a larger part of the high | school courses than formerly reach to the college. To have a fully system, a university course correspond- ing to each high school course, the col- lege entrance requirements must be broadened and the weak high school ocourses strengthened. The question whether there should be a university course corresponding to each high school course is an important and un- | settled pedagogical question. Should there be a college course, for instance, corresponding to the present high school commercial course? The mis- understandings that have arisen in dis- cussing the problem are due in large measure to the failure properly to dis- | tinguish between vocational and gen- | eral culture education. Our colleges of letters and social science are properly | colleges of general culture. Our courses in agriculture, chemistry, engineering and medicine are essentially vocational. The Lick School and the Commercial unified | High School of San Francisco are ex- | amples of vocational secondary schools. | “Too little importance is at present | attached to vocational education. We have been afraid of substituting vo- cational learning for general culture, and this fear is well grounded. But there is an absolute and pressing need of training every individual for some vocation. ~ For the vast majority of people the course of education is not | completed till it has been rounded out with strictly ypcational training. “Below the Righ-school grade voca- tional education is not desirable. If all children were able to go beyond the high school, T would be opposed to vo- cational training in the high school. But many cannot go beyond or even through the high school, and hence the necessity for vo- cational training in the high school. “A good commercial college is need- ed in the community, although I be- | lieve the course of such a college should | be strengthened.” | Professor Brown resumed his histor- | ical survey of secondary education in America, tracing its evolution from | its first form, the Colonial grammar school, into its secondary and transi- | tional form, the academy of the early | part of the present century. | Mr. T. L. Heaton continued his crit- | icisms upon reading as at present | taught in the public schools. He sald, | among other things: “The work of the first two years at | school should consist largely of read- ing. At present too much time is spent | in reading subjects which children do | not understand. It Is not sufficlent that the child should be given practice | merely in articulation and pronunci: tlon—he should read understandingl There is such a thing as reading arith. metic, reading an example. The read- | ing of an example should not be a mere mumbling of words, but there should be emphasis, intelligently placed upon the important things in the example, the .things given and the- thing or things to be determined. So it is with geography, history and grammar; until | the pupil can read well he cannot un- | derstand well. It s of the utmost im- portance, therefore, that reading should be thoroughly taught in the lower grades, in order that other stu- dies may be intelligently studied in the | grades above. ‘Punctuation marks are not pauses | In reading, as many still think. The | punctuation marks indicate grammati- | cal relations, and, while these gram. | matical pauses often coincide with the pauses in the reading, teachers should | be careful not to allow pupils to pause | in the reading every time they encoun. | ter a punctuation mark. To assist the | pupils of the lower grades in learning to pronounce letters and syllables, the | letters should be marked phonetically and the children made famillar with these phonetic marks.” et s ORI OPPOSED TO REDUCTIONS. Merchants’ Association Against Cutting Down the Local Postal Service. The proposed reductfon of the postal carrier service in this city and otherwise | crippling the postoffice department was | one of the principal subjects of discussion | at the meeting of the Merchants’ Asso- ciation yesterday. The proposed reduc- tions were bitterly opposed by the mem. bers. As a result, the following resolu- tions were adopted and the secretary in- structed to forward copies to the Post- master General and the Californfa mem- bers of Congress: Whereas, Information reaches us that there may be some failure on the part of Congress to appropriate sufficient mon- €ys to meet the present wants of the 8- tal service; and, whereas, we belleve, bas- ing our belief ‘upon personal knowledge | and reliable information, that a failure | to provide sufficient funds to meet the needs of the service will necessitate cerw tain reductions and curtallments which, | In our judgment, would be detrimental to the interests of this community and not compatible with the times; and, whereas, It is the belief of this body that the pos- tal facilities of the country should be in- jreased rather than diminished; therefore, be i jud, Resolved, That in our ent the best interests of the community require that the amounts asked of Congress for the maintenance of the postal service, as %er estimates made b?! the First Assistant ostmaster-General fn his last annual report, should be allowed. Solved, That we ask our Delegation n Congress to use its best influence and exertion to secure the appropri: | properly persuaded in favor by counsel | disbarment CLENBEIGH ATE from pursuing contempt of court proceed- ings against the petitioner. A short time ago the Matthew Haley estate case was before Judge Kelly, and Spencer made a motion for a new trial. his motion was an affidavit, which he filed, setting forth that he belleved that the Judge had been influenced and im- for the opposite side. Also that W. N. Goodwin. the counsel referred to, had ar- gued the case before the Judge in pri- vate and In the Judge's chambers, so that a fair presentation of the matter was not_had. This affidavit aroused the anger of Judge Kelly, and he cited Spencer to ap- pear before him in court on February 1 and show cause why disbarred. The attorney does not propose to submit to any such proceedings, and he filed a petition for a writ of prohibi- tion. He contends that the Judge of a Superor Court has no jurisdiction in dis- Accompanying | he should not be | HALE BROS. barment proceedings: that no cause for has been shown. and that Judge Kelly has no jurisdiction Ina: much as he cannot assume the dual pos tion of prosecutor and Judge of the case. POISONED MEAT ‘What Dr. Creely Found in the Stomach of the Famous Pointer. Howard Vernon Is Now Hot on the Trail of the Fiend. Poison Members of the Pacific Coast Field | Trial Club and the sportsmen who wit- | nessed the trials at Bakersfleld, just com- | pleted, regret very much that the fam- | ous pointer, Glenbeigh, which was poi- soned a few days before the commence- | ment of the trials, was not alive when | the all-aged stake was being contested. As already stated in The Call, there were not a few people who thought that some unfair means were taken with the | object of disposing of the grand old dog, and it goes without saying that if the miscreant who poisoned champlon Glen- beigh be discovered he will be given ex- cellent cause to remember the field trials of 1898, It is a well known fact that the sheep men who cast out poison for coyotes on the plains of Bakersfield use strychnine because of its hasty action. Those who scouted the idea’ of the dog having been poisoned by some wretch who was bribed for that purpose by men of unscrupulous and degraded minds will | be surprised to learn that chemicalanaly- ses by Dr. Creely and Mr. Barrington have disclosed the fact that the dog was poisoned by arsenic, and Dr. Creely has stated that it may be half an hour or two hours—according to quantity—after the dog had partaken of the meat before he would have shown symptoms of poi- soning. Howard Vernon, who was the owner of Glenbeigh, intimates that he has a line on the man who poisoned the dog, and that if he can obtain the proof he is now in quest of a grand expose will re- sult, which may implicate people who are now above the remotest suspicion. Dr. Creely has stated that he found one single piece of poisoned meat In _the stomach of the dog, and Chemist Bar- rington. who had also analyzed the stomach, reported that he found four large pleces of poisoned meat. Vernon fairly idolized the dog. He will spare no expense in bringing to justice | the person or persons who had committed such a dastardly act. The remains of old “Glen" were placed In a coffin and | buried within close proximity of Ver- | non’s residence. The skin is being mount- | ed by a taxidermist. | Many of the sportsmen who were pres- | ent at the trdals did not hesitate to say | that Glenbeigh alive and well would have | added fresh laurels to his large pumber | of victorles by winning the all-aged stake. His son, Alec C. who is a counter- | part of the past champion of champlons, | won the derby in hapdsome style and | should have been honored with a place in the all-aged stake. —_———— O'Brien’s Patent Spring, best and easl- est riding buggy made. Rubber or steel tires. O'Brien & Sons, Golden Gate av. nue and Polk street. . —_—— AMONG THE PUGILISTS Maher May Refuse to Fight Jack- son—Ryan Will Be Here Thursday Evening. Joe Choynski is training at the Olympiec | Club for his fight with “Tut” Ryan on | the evening of February 10. Ryan is at a station near the ocean beach, and ac- cording to all accounts he is getting into | splendid shape. The knowing ones, who | are credited with picking winners, are of the opinion that Ryan will put the Cali- fornian to sleep on this occasion. The Empire Club is sanguine of having a big house when “Tut” and Joe shake hands before the gong sounds for the start. Tommy Ryan, who is matched by the Natfonal Club to meet George Green, will leave Syracuse, N. Y., this evening, and the club expects to have the pleasure of seeing him on Thursday. Ryan is an ex- ceedingly clever fellow and a hard puncher. Green must show marked im- provement since his battle with Wolcott or he will be the reciplent of another good drubbing. Young Mitchell has sent several dis- patches to Peter Maher in the hope of earing favorably from the Irish cham- pion, but he has not received a reply as yet. " Mitchell has booked Peter Jackson for a twenty-round “go” with Maher. There are a few people in this city who are impressed with the idea that Mahee will draw the color line. Somehow beter is in hard luck. The heayweights say that he is a dead 'un, but for some reason best known to themselves they fight shy of entering e ring with of Australla and Englang. ¢ champion The fightd to come are: Griffo ana ' Tweedie and Frank McConnell, “Cocker” mmy Lawler, Olympic Club Tl}ursdafi'. Fe?‘ruary 3 oo, oe Choynski and “Tut” R; Lansing and Henry Baker, Empire Coop Woodward's Pavilion, Thursday, Febru. ar; (genrse Green and Tomm tional Club, Woodward's February 25. Ryan, Na- avillon, Fri- day, eter Jackson and Peter Maher, Occi- dental Club. Woodward's Pg Wednesday, March 16, Syilon, “Cocker” ' Tweedie has been enough to show some people what he i capable of doing with his fists, and as 4 result he s now a 2 to 1 favorite In the pools. foolish The Merchants’ Assoclation. At a special meeting of the board of ai- rectors of the Merchants’ Assoclation yesterday President Dohrmann occupied the chair and Directors A. S. Baldwin. Charles Bundschu, Josepn D. Grant, Hugo % KRell,ai‘lohn E. Qulgn,AHa!o Rothschild, pl:g:en(i 2 Towne werce e following parties were el & regular members of the Assoc!-..if;:(:l .J De La Montanya, Excelsior Glove Com- ga.n)’.l"lirblnks. Morse & Co., and Union rewing Company. The quarterly report of the board of directors was adopted. to be submitted at the quarterly meeting o the association to-morrow evening at the Academy of Sciences Hall. The questior of trading stamps was further considerec by the board and it was decided to malk that subject the special question for dis cussion at the quarter] Monday evening. SR ————— Low's Horehound Cough Syrup cure: Sansome ® ation bronchitie; price 10c. 417 last, | making help to us. Read the list. fleece lined, firm and wearable, the §1-3c line to close.... Craeaatates THREE THOUSAND YARDS of ALL ” i & sy Enamel Ware at Tin Ware Prices. LINEN TOWELING, unbleached, INDIGO BLUE PRINTS, 27 inches - : L heavy, durable, absorbent. worth g | wide, an exceptio Eood quality, o ("‘“:fl‘,5[¢;"“s~\ru o ead | 3-quart Steel Enameled Coffee Pots, 7}4 inches high, 35c line: special. 25c each T e T R e byt il Vi i L M OIS SO R 2 o iRk s S B T 3-quart Steel Enameled Tea Pots, 7’4 inches high, 35c line; special. . 25c each e i sy = o | fancy mohair suitings, 42 Heavy Steel Enameled Soup Ladle, very strong, 9c line: special...- each = T thie sacon's i “me 2l "€ BC | 10-inch Steel Enameled Cake or Bread Pans, fine for cooking, 15c line ; special. 10 each our pick until sold.... Yard -inch Steel Enameled Saucepan, lipped ; here’s a snap; 35c line ; special.20c each A COMMOTION IN NOTIONS S by { < e = i1l bear in. | 10-at. Steel Enameled Saucepan, lipped, too big for ordinary use, 60c line; for.35¢ Here’'s a Tip: | vestization. nce values Will bear In- g i\ ch Jelly-Cake Tins—these are tin the 5c ones to close. - . —50 ¥ £ e [ — 8.quart Stamped Tin Dishpans; these are good and strong; § wans sume T ey G| <IN mix_iepe, wok: | couomiamon “oomaeanon x| ; e EatiE i | v : 4C DRESS GOODS. We have taken 4 | LEMONADE SETS REDUCED—Too bulky to | JARDINIERES AT SPECIAL SALE— B Domens. |- viule - Hvauier, ot ¢ 5 c v ver: wi have room; strong re- | A fine line of glazed jardinieres to be | oid rose . B e S R e R R e T i L e = = ot 1, S0c—Bayi Mol s o g iy pris lots selling at $1 and $1 2 in va- CLARK'S O. N. T. SPOOL COTTON | BEAVY TwILL C COVERS Lot 3 3o Wormiea - Granite. Suitines | © e i te barea so Sese ot Yous “patterns and reduced them Yor € OC 4 —2c a spool; that sounds cheap. but | —Prettily tinted; es square; 150 Lot 3 English Wool Curls. | Our $1 75 sets marked to ciose at. this week to Each W there s only half “as much tiread @ | & Koodly ot of preity patierns; the | Lot § BeFuncy sonair Suftings. | 4 3,0 an ominary mpocl; black or 4G Zc'ones To'close ..o, Each | s e e e ‘ == 5 Clonk : 2 : | arts trom 4 g | SSc vard. { Four Strong Reductions in Cloaks. + = | "to 5 inches wide, ifferent pat- OC | = ALL WOOL TAILOR MADE SUITS— STORM COLLAR BEAVER CLOTH @ LADIES' SHELL-BACK HAIR OR- [go | terns. On the ta all week at.... Yard — AL e e on| CAPES Marien tur areuna Collar x MENTD Sk oy A_RIBBON FLUTTER FULL OF e tne: cavarnt S0 | R0 Tl aweons 30 Tachee lone: o $09122 a BAVING—2000 yards of No. 5 (1 inch 3 nab Suit | kind we sold for to close...... Each + 3¢ HOSE SUPPORTERS-—Satingored 25 | wide) Molre Taffe Ribbon, in o~ o J rkmanship T e e T el x?‘ et g S T o R (/ RROCADED SILK SKIRTS — Rich e The line to clos : Pair | light blue, pink, scarlet, cerise and | CADED HEAVY ROUGH BOUCLE JACK- + white. To be on tale at weeee Yard (INCORPORATED] blgch. beoeaded il SKizte - elcgant ETS—High velvet inlaid storm col- e | e |} seterna dniaideen. uxur A 50| lar. fiy front, a very pretty effect, 85 CHILDREN'S SCHOOL HANDKER. @ | BLACK MOIRE RIBEON-14 inches fS | 937-945 MARKET STREET, | seven gored, velvet'bound, tallor fin: g5g.50 | lar, fy {ront, a very pretty effect, go 85 = chicfs—Colored border: narrow hem; C | gides an extra quity and ail pure OC | SeFmEn At lsh, the Kind we so . $E— 1 = foader & good for school. On sale. . Each silk. They tum! 1 from L L . ar X close .....o covene - Bacl E+E4+E = +8+8+E+E+ BI04+ 0+ R BB 04 B+ E 4 BB B R R R B SR E R R I+ + -+ W HALE BROS. 00000 Blankets, Spreads, She saving for wise folks. Each Here’s the list! ©000000000000000000000060000 ets, | A flutter in Dress Goods circles. ’ | | | FANCY VELVETS—A reduction hard | $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 Fancy ! We guarantee these reductions to be as we say they are and as you will ex- pect them to be. SCHOOL STOCKINGS — Double-knee 0000000000 Household Domestics. |Dress Stuffs. Home needs were never so cheap. | Cases, Flannels, etc. Many in clearing lots. Many bought for clear- | Our $4, $4.50 and $5 Fancy Velvets ance booming. Makers pinched for cash. Trade winds blow our cut to $1.50. A mere incident of way. The telegraph. Our man on the spot. We pay cash. A prompt | the ravages of clearance rule. delivery, and the n, for you, at a whisp of a price. That’s the story. | STIRRING TIMES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS! Specially priced clearance lots fixed for speedy selling—0dd sizes—Short ends—Remnants—Fall : and winter stocks. Worthy stuff of immediate value to you and future hindrance to us. A clearance to CLEAR. A veritable mine of bargain nuggets—A boom to bargain-seekers—A cash-bringing, room- To-morrow we’re ready! Cozy garments for these freezy, frosty winter days. Klondike Underwear and Goldfield Woolen Stockings. golden fleece of the argonauts. | goods. Clearing at the lowest notch of tiny, speedy-selling pricelets. FOR KLONDIKE — Ladies’ HALE BROS. +84+ 8B+ e 1] = Hosiery=--Underwear. Ladies” Pure as the Warm as garments of fur, Worthy Heavy | 1o be believed. We have taken our s! 392 HEMMED SHEETS, made of the famous New York Mills muslin. Bleached but not | . | " school 'stockings; black: narrow rib; O3C | Equestrienne Tights: closely knit o pure white. That is the reason we will sell them for less than the cloth can be bought | Velvets, in stripes and figured de- | sizes 6 to Si. Here's a hummer.... Pair ;s:;r\n)! v\gnrr:;odar flakt;g;uggfl $l 50 by the yard. It is a bargain in every sense of the word. The quality and workman- | signs, and marked them; A T e A au toantst onr SN Tine HOX ship are excellent. One washing will make them pure white. Very heavy. H $1.50 vard. {EADIES TG COTION gn?-é*tlgl NEma e e e TAIE 50c sheets for single beds, 63x%0 inches,weighs 22 ounces +3%c each s T a . sh i cell shad. | Beamless: all sizes; a saving if you'li 2C 5 sheets for % beds, 72x% Inc;e!. welk;n 24 ounces x :M: |ings and very stylish. “for feacy | take it . - Palr | poR KLONDIKE—All-wool Knit Un- 100 65c sheets for full size beds, 90x80 inches, welghs 33 ounces ~ P | waists. We advise an early call to = - derwear: a very heavy scarlet gar- g . = " | LADIES' MERINO DERWEAR— B s - —_ Do not confound these sheets with the cheaper quality. \|mnrrow morning to avold the crowd. | “Natural srrs Jerses tibbons focend: Y‘"ecf:;‘a!c”l}‘mg';‘é:"*!}‘{'n:";‘;'“dl{;‘“‘,:;‘sf"j‘: Each T B st crochet neck and. front; drawers to |OUR 880 EMPIRE EVEN. | match Tere's'a snap at searce s _19C - & NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS, nice for | WHITE WOOL BLANKETS—These NG SILKS, in cream, light price . Garment | KLONDIKE LADIES' STOCKINGS—Heavy- bedroo We've cut ‘em close to cost to| blankets are erfect. They are blue. Nile, pink, lllac, etc., weight double-fleeced cotton; double soles o manufacture; s A han- Tiae nches wide, the entire $1:%° | LADIES' WOOL-MIXED VESTS — and toes; extra warm; very serviceable: 3 yards long, 4% pair. dy make them Fiwonk ot o Modloid - Wil Fo-el Waberat:: 4 high neck. long Q5 Gaod quality 33 1-3c patr 3 vards long. Toc —Alr. | ®ound. however: -65 | 2 seves Yard | gleeves; a good, warm, heavy gar- Extra quality .4Sc pair 31 yards long, $100 pair. :""““f‘, hfi;x’(""’\':'d;.r. Pair| OUR $150 FANCY STRIPE ment; absolutely, non-shrinkable."... Each = : | Shs e groums s e e e 10c | S, AT e 0 CASHMERE FLA LS, good pat- L i b o i able sock; good and heavy; double ure H . i e or hoe wrappen - dark ‘ = iy Stie G 1001 Rl T ST el ciincd 1OC | b ey Bk earlns $iont §OC jovintia; & Sonlaona S TuriEge: | St WHITE CROCHET | Fo anc . ara | close to cost. ~All weel air comf et 6¢ full size, heavy, well 95C| For clearance b Yard | Agate Ware From the Bazaar. No Mistake. Just Printed. Great Proclamation of Several Wide-Awake Mining Counties. There Are Good Prospects for the Industry in Wash- ington and Likewise in Oil Fields. Several of the mining counties have be- stirred themselves in an intelligent way to reap all the benefit possible from the great advertising opportunities of the Min- ing Fair and thelr big exhibits will be one of the chief attractions. Nevada Coun- ty has used $300 of the $2000 given by the supervisors to publish an fllustrated de- scriptive pamphlet. ]‘ 1s a pity that some of the best and livellest newer mining | sections are poorly represented, if at all. The general central truth which Ne- vada County, with a total gold product of $212,000,000, will keep to the front with a wealth of detafled information attending it 1s thus expressed by the Nevada City | Transcript: Notwithstanding the fact that no other porion of the world of equal area has produced as much gold dur- ing the past forty-nine years as has Nevada County, no other section offers so many inducements to-day for the safe and remunerative investment of capital in mining. here are miles upon miles of rich gold-bearing quartz and gravel depos- its that have been scarcely prospect- ed. Good timber abounds on every hand. Ditches carrying an abundance of water for power and washing thread thelr way at frequent intervals through every district, and electric power is supplied to many of the mines of Nevada City and Grass Val- ley, in which districts one of the larg- est’ electric power companies in the west is operating with marked success. This can be said of a mining region in this State nearly 1000 miles long, and the proclaiming of it to the world is the chief end of the great Mining Fair. THE MINERS WAIT MORE HOPE- FULLY ON CONGRESS NOW. Prospects gradually brighten for those three chlef matters of national legisla- tion in which California miners are inter- ested—a department of mines and mining, the debris dams and the mineral lands bill —behind all of which the active forces of the California Miners’ Association are at ‘11'“;.‘: members of the Trans-Mississippi Congress committee on a department of mines fafled to apgenr last week for the conference called by Chairman Tirey L. ord. Mr. Ford and the local commit- tee have, however, been meeting, and an _argument showing the need of a de- partment of mines will soon be printed. Hon. Lafe Pence, of the similar commit- tee appointed by the International Gold Miners’ convention, is labori for the measure in Washington. The friends of the measure In Congress are endeavoring to make terms with the friends of the measure to create a Department of Com- merce and Industry, and their trading strength may help the cause. There is avery Fmspect that there will be a bu- reau of mines, If not a separate depart- nent, within a year. The committee on dams, of the State Assoclation, will soon forward to Chief of Enginers Wilson a communication ex- plaining the misunderstood relations be- tween the State and Congressional priations. It seems probable that d: the year the vernment engineer wil ~ffect the gratifying p of getting ‘he plans for the restraining dams ready. "HE OIL Fl’ELDé OF CALIFORNIA SEE THE BEGINNING OF G! TNESS. The t year proj to large Sovelopment of the ol aad asphals S | | | | conjunction with NEWS OF THE MINES. production of the State, are already second in tance in this Stat. ginning in their development. During the year prospecting for oil has been three times as active as two years ago, and boring for oil all along the coast will be one of the features of 1898. California petroleum is chiefly valua- ble as a fuel, and the future market for The oil fields ;t in Pacific regions where coal is dear is | imitless. The sugar factories ulating the se for ofl is being Chino establishment of beet re for ofl. Prospecting agerly pursued about the ind the factorfes of Mon- terey County ‘are spurs to the search in that_region. The Southern Pacific_and the Santa Fe railroad companies are both vigorously prospecting on the rallroad | 1ands in Southern California in search of a cheap fuel supply. The manufactur- ing industry of San Francisco and the bay region presents a future market for an immense output. ° The trouble with the market in this direction is that until the supply becomes adequate and perma- nent and there is an assurance of stable prices manufacturers will not risk the expense of adapting thelr power plants to ofl consumption. When producing flelds are muitiplied, production made abundant and supply and_price can be safely calculated on San Francisco will undoubtedly become a great consumer of fuel oil, which should cost but half as much as coal per horsepower. It already consumes several thousand barrels a month. Oil deposits occur throughout the coast region from i.umboldt County south in the widespread sand- tered shales. Oil seepages stones and un; | may be observed throughout this region, | but in so few places aave prospecting drills been put down _that ofl experts are justified in saying that prospecting has hardly begun and that the present annual product of about 1,000,000 barrels is slight compared with the certain production of the future. The original indications, which, when followed, resulted in the discoveries of the Los Angeles and Summerland flelds, were no more noticeable than hundreds of others yet disregarded. Boring for water discovered the oll supply at Sum- meriand. A slight ofl seepage in the city of Los Angeles prompted a man to bore a little way for luck. His results prompt. ed boring "elsewhere, and an oil excite- ment followed. It cannot be doubted that many reservoirs of ofl as great or greater than that under Los Angeles are hidden along the coast range awaiting the lucky blows of drills. The chief discovery of the year has been near Coalinga, Fresno County, which is already producing quite largely from three or four good wells. About $150,000 has been expended in drilling there.-and OIl City probably has a iarge future. The Los ‘Angeles fleld keeps up its production and is being extended. The Ofl Producers’ Association there is suc- ceeding well in keeping the price up to §1 a barrel and In retaining most of the producers in its membership. The re- ceipts of oil by the trustees in December were 39340 barrels. Storage cnsnclty for 60,000 barrels will soon be ready. Ship- ments from Los Angeles to San Fra cisco are now about 10,000 barrels month- ly. The Standard Ofl Company is report- ed to be trying to secure contracts for the dellvery of ofl, and there s specula- tion as to the intentions of the monopoly. THE FARMER-MINER AS HE FLOUR- ISHES IN A CALIFORNIA PARADISE. One of the items of mining news re- ported in the interior papers during the Wweek relates to more gold nuggets, and also to that interesting and often blessed class of people scattered through the au- riferous mountains, the farmer-miners. The National Bulletin of Quincy, Plumas County, says: “D. M. Butterfield of Squir- rel Creek recently brought to Quincy ten £0ld nuggets, taken from his mine, one of them worth $41. This Mr. Butterfield used to be a plain, working miner, living in Oroville, an earning wages at his trade as_he could. He wisely concluded to be independent, and away up on Squirrel . in the Sierras of Plumas County, twelve miles from Quincy, he found a vatch of creek bottom, which, with bits of abutting mountain side, he has made into & romantic and one thing that is stim- | Ine he has es- possil | home. The ranch bountifully supplies | the cabin table and he has had plenty of | time for prospecting. He has found profit in working a placer mine, as is evidenced by the ten gold nuggets he has just brought to town to help pay for sugar and coffee, ammunition, fishhooks, and | likely enough new boots for the boys. This is just a little commonplace in- stance, illustrating one Interestihg phase of the mining Industry in California. Be- cause the mining regions of California, | all along the Slerras and across _the northern part of the State, are splendidly | wooded and watered, are blessed with | fine climate, and present fertility in every cuble yard of alluvial sofl, thousands of | people” have found such homes, turning to mining as their chief hope and | business. Some are located near markets | and sell something of the products of | farm and orchard, while pegging away at | some little placer or quartz mine; but ;huusands more have and want no mar- | kets. Here and there along swift mountain rivers and rivulets flowing through nar- row canyons are little homes wherever a few square rods or a few acres of bench or bottom land have been left by a wind- | ing stream. Just a little hard work | means an abundance of vegetables and | fruit for the home and hay for a horse and cow in winter. They are ten to forty miles from a town, often as far from a wagon road and near or far is the next | neighbor. From mountain roads or moun- tain trails that wind high along canyon | slopes ‘one looks far down on these se- | cluded, picturesque little spots nestling by a foaming stream and shut in by tow- | ering heights. There is trout by the door and game in plenty In the hills. It is a miner or prospector who lives in such a royal home. The frult and wheat | markets trouble him not. He and the | wife and the boys tend to the agricul- tural business as it suits them and to the fresh meat. Once in weeks or months there is a trip to town with a pack mule, | perhaps. From this home the lord of the cabin goes out through the surrounding hills prospecting and doing assessment work on claims that have been located or to dig in a placer claim that he is working, or to wield pick and drill in a quartz claim he is working away at in a small way. The dust and nuggets cleaned up from the placer are stowed away in tin cans in cracks or | the wood-box b; | they are worth y store or bank. - If operating capital is | small. perhaps enough gold to keep things | golng’ is pounded out of quartz ore with a_mortar and pestle. are operatin Some such miners in partnership with a neigh- bor, and others operate on a scale that enables them to hire one or more men for wages. This 1s the life of hundreds of Califor- nia prospectors and miners. Many have beenat it this way for years—hunting and working, working and hunting. The hope of a strike Is never-falling and reasonable and it often comes at last. Whether the mine and the little fortune comes along or not, there is comfort in the home, and clear ‘eyes, strong limbs and bounding | blood for all the family. There is peace and hope, opportunity, pleasure and com- fort that struggling poor in town and city do not know. Away back in the wooded and watered mountain slopes of Kern County (heie has been living and working alone for thirty years an old cook, who left the sea to go there. He has a mine or two of low-grade quartz, a crude arrastra, cabin, a potato patch and a burro. He is yetf pegging contentedly away, grinding out a few dollars for coffee and tobacco, and expects to die there alone. Such bachelor miners are many. On the other hand, hundreds of women in such homes go ouf to prospect and mine, too, and hunt. POt ats e omen. prospectors and mine n the hills an . most dr'xe‘nm of. % rone 'hree years ago a man by the name of Van Ness tou:\% himself broke and his family hopeless in San Jose. He gave up the hopeless city struggle and went to the | Trinity mountains. He camped on a little garden patch by the old Oregon stage road, near Doble's house, and went to prospecting. He found Wol"’fll fi:'cm pockets and is There are many miner- farm, farm for the market, i and who farm in the ) rln{ and summer and mine in winter, 1&15 s especially a practice in Southern Oregon. ese observations suggest the ocgyonuniuu which the mining regions of ifornia offer to any industrious and in- telligent man or family. Ability to work and a small grub stake may give any struggler from 75 cents to $2 a_day wash- ing gravel in many regions. Beyond thi for such homes and such dence and there are the itles to feed hope and am. | 1ssued yesterday, is one of the handsom- while | | 1s-the one. paradise ollm | Blue Lakes plant, the world for the prospector and the miner. NOTES OF THE FIELD. The big Golden Jubilee edition of the Mining and Sclentific Press, which was est special numbers ever issued by a tech- nical journal and is of exceptional inter- est to the general reader as well as to the expert miner and the ploneer. Inside the artistic cover the pages are filled with illustrations, some interesting as exposi- tions of mining processes and many being reproductions of old woodcuts illustrating the mining life of the Argonauts. Two pages_are given to a vaiuable paper on “The Mother Lode of California,” by Ross E. Brown, and the origin and evolution of the California stamp mill is described by C. P. Stanford. ‘Recollections of Cali- fornia Mining Life,” bountifully illustrat- ed, runs through seéven pages, and among other features of special interest are, “The beginning of Quartz Mining in Cali- fornia,” by Almarin B. Paul, and_“Gold Formations in_ California,”’ by W. H. Storms. The reliability and high charac- ter which have given this old journal a world-wide reputation provide “a large part of the value of this special number. The Boston and Fantasma Milling and Mining Company’s new ten-stamp mill at Victor, San Bernardino County, is com- ted. plf)unng the week kinetoscope pictures of actual operations of some big hydrau- lic and quartz mines in Nevada County have been taken. These life-like repro- ductions of mining scenes will be one of the features of the Mining Falir. The Manzanita hydraulic mine at French Corral, Nevada County, has se- cured a permit to operate from the De- bris Commissioners, and is actively re- airing the old restraining dam in Sweet- Pind Creek and otherwise preparing for resumption. T. Haas of Nevada Clty has bought a third interest in the old Alta-California placer mine in Nevada County. The new mill at the Kirkham mine, Ne- vada City, will begin operations this week. A milling test of ore from the Round | Mountain mine, Nevada County, gave $12 a-ton in free gold, and the mine promises to be a valuable one. One of the developments in Calaveras County last week was that of $0 rock taken out on the Ayers ranch, on the Nixon road. Three tons crushed gave this promise of another good mine. A tunnel will be run to tap the vein at a depth of 150 feet. The mine and mill at the Grand Vic- toria, El Dorado County, started week after an idleness of several month: An English company has bought the prop- Y. A mill is to be erected at the Sell mine, Tuolumne County. Another one will be built at the Grizzly, where there is a 12-foot veln. Eighty Stusinn S ?,‘.""’fi’“% and 600 men are_empioyed in the lively Galivan district, Riverside County. ¥ Thirteen Placer County hydraulic mines now have permission to operate, but ow- ing to the scarcity of water but three are now running. As the result of expert reports, opera- tions will be resumed on the Trevaskis mine, on Red Hill, Nevada County, by g'oeoggor&ch company now owning it. About X as, in the past, come he | 100-foot shaft. G 9k ithe Richard Graves is following the lead in the famous Blue Jay pocket mine in Cof- | fee Creek. In gearch of more big nuggets, and his brother John has built a needed sawmill near the mouth of Coffee Creek. The milllng plant at the South Eureka mine, in Amador County, is now in opera- tion with electrical power from the big Wwhick will soon be distributing power to many mines in that M two weeks 35000 has been taken out of the Tansy ‘%cket mine, near Sonora, in which a $40,000 pocket was found a fow months ago. JUMPED OVERBOARD. Unknown Man Sought a Refuge From Despondency in the Waters of the Bay. As the ferry steamer Encinal was abreast of Goat Island on her 2:25 after- noon trip across the bay yesterday a man jumped off the deck into the water. The alarm was at once given, and C. R. Palmer, mate of the steamer, manned a boat with a couple of sailors and re- covered the unconscious body of the man. tely there were several doctors students heard—Drs. medical on | Davis, Baird, Hayes, Reifko cal i Students Summers and gel and Medi. mith. They worked upon the inanimate form for two rou nd trips, using the most approved modern methods of restoring asphyxiated § subjects, and, while their efforts were eminently successful from a scientific int of view, the man failed to come to i tho fe. Mo . and the body was TgUe. taken to The deceased had the appearance of lab wel; iy orer. He was of a large frame and ed about 200 pounds. A nickel watch a plated chain and 75 cents were all the property found on his person. The advertising card of J. Sheanon, grocer, 248 Fourth street, was found in one of his pockets. ————— Judgment for Proda. The report of United States Commis- sioner Manley in favor of the plaintiff for $933 Proda vs. and costs in the case of Joseph the steamer Captain Weber, was confirmed yesterday by United States Dis trict Judge De Haven. —_————————— German soldiers each carry a four- ounce religious book, and the British soldier carries a pound of sacred litera- ture. 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