The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 16, 1899, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, DAY, APRIL 16, 1899 filu 23| i —cE It Wisdit falsReReR=FeRaReReReReFeRFaReR=FotoFRegeFeFeReRegoFoFegeRaFaFoRaRaFal =] feR=Rege] FRATERNAL NEWS. b= b=3 o o [=RcXcReReRaReReReFeFaReReeg=RaRoRuRoReReRe=ReFeReRoFoFoFeP et -RoF-8 8] AMARANTH. ¢ Royal and naranth con- DEGREE O a master of ded to by : M. . 4 t of Los An- € S0 ances b, tuth Stocker and Loui: 2 ODD FELLOWS. No. 15 subscribed Jubilee fund, and announced. The the contribution v much smaller ve there was an enthusiastic reda Co lodges Lodge, under the David A. Sinclair. There w interesting talks by L. L. Alexander, M.; C. A. Sumner, G. W. 2. A P. Grand Master William zht Golden Rule Encamp- Unity oyable evening was rtaining responses 1 by C Fox, the ty and the only mber still Veterans, led by ert Burns, pald a visit : of Oakland, and after the routine business there was a collation and addresses by prominent members of the = y Lodge will celebrate its thirty- to-morrow night in Master G. H. Morrison will address before Cahto Lodge at ets, Mendocino County, on the 20th, n new hall will be dedicated to oad THE REBEKAHS. To-morrow night Loyal Rebekah Lodge will give a complimentary entertainment and d to its many friends in Welcome Hall, Odd Fellows' building. A first class programme is promised. The guests and will be treated to refreshments, Fidelity Lodge No. 222, subordinate, at its recent reception to the members of Loyal and Mission Rebekah lodges proved f & generous and most amiable host. ere was during the evening a fine pro- gramme of dances, after which there was an adjournment to the banquet hall, where covers were laid for 200, and every seat was occupied. The feast was an ex- cellent one, end at the top of the menu was printed: “Our Mission Is to Be Loyal » toasts, Don your bon-bons, make 1l 'and eat the following.” 'James Wilson of Fidelity, a really witty and jolly good fellow, was toastmaster, and - company merry while they festive board. There were responses to toasts suggested. NATIVE DAUGHTERS. Copa de Oro Parlor of Hollister, insti- tuted on the 23d of last month, has ar- ranged to give its first soclal function, in ature of a calico party, on the night of The members, who are istic, have selected an ener- ¢ committee that will make the affair 1ec Vista Parlor at its last held meeting initiated two candidates and had a very pleasant meeting. The arrange- ments have been all completed for the Homino party to be given in Native Sons’ Hall on the 18th inst. Las Lomas Parlor had six candidates to initiate at its last held meeting. The members are working to the end that they ma have enough members to entitle the {yur!rrr to two delegates at the next Gran arlor. Glivina Parlor of Alvarado has arranged >*>%OM % BOXOXOHROXO® F you join Equality Colony, in Skagit County, Washington, you can live for $2 & week and have work all the year round, except when you are rich, and then your salary of $250'a week goes on just the same. Equality Colony is the first move of the soclalists at consolidation. At present e there are 300 people on the land, all happy and contented and only too glad to be away from the hard world of competi- tion. Some socfalists belleve in the political method of bringing about equality be- tween man and man. Others believe in the industrial. The latter are the workers, and intend to progress along the road of industry all the time. After they have established a sort of industrial republic and are on a prosperous basis themselves, they think they will be in a position to make demands of the Government. As they are now banded together, they pass under the name of The Brotherhood of the Co-operative Commonwealth. The organization was begun about two years ago, and the first colonists moved to the land eix months later. The nature of the order is indicated by its name. It proposes to begin socialism by colonizing socialists into one State, Washington, first and providing for their support by means of practical co-opera- tion, and as fast as the soclalist vote will admit to' take the reins and drive the government wagon along the road to the co-operative commonwealth. When this COQUOTRVEVORVOUOTVV0OVABC0AVIVLOTB00ONS ertainment in ald of the Native Home. he night of the 5th inst. there was home in the hall at Valencia and Bi s Lomas Parlor, Na for an ent a very pleasant at Hesperian Parlor ots by 1 1ters, Hesperian arior, 1 last Friday of the h these two parlors will give quated entertainment” in Mission r Hall rs. M. Meyers, past Parlor, has taken up h toga, and a few evening: to her departure, she w: number of the membe tend since, just prior the guest of a he parlor, who requested to W " were the words that were promi rently printed on the invitations, on com- mon straw paper sent out by A to its friends to attend the “hard time party given on the night of the 6th | in the Native Sons' banquet hall. As it was, there was a ragged aggregation of people in the hall, but the fact that they were not in evening dress did not mar the pl u of a Afir S8 pro- gramme of dances to excellent music. NATIVE SONS. The following named parlors have fur- nished the list of their delegates to the grand secretary and form an addition to the list published in last Sunday’'s Call: Sunset 28, Joseph Green; General Winn 32, W. J. Remfree; Solano 39, W. J. Stevens, Yuba 65, W. A. O'Brien; Auburn 59, J. M. Beck J Mount Diablo, F. R. Brool Niantic 105, Joseph B. Keenan and F. G. Drury; Pledmont 120, Frank Barnet, George E. de Golia, W. H. L. Hynes Wisteria 127, F. R. Granger Jr.; Quincy 131, C. E. McLaughlin, H. S. Lee; Gabilan 132, W. H. Miller; Lower Lake 159, Henry T. Bower; Altamont 167, Enoch Brians; Orange 180, C. H. Trevathan, and Prospect 201, George T. Hosser. BONS OF EXEMPTS. The Sons of Exempt Firemen, at the meeting last Monday night in the Ex- empts’ Home, had a good attendance, and after accepting Frank O'Kane, Joseph Denama and George J. McCormick to membership, adjourned to the lower hall, where a smoker was given, under .the direction of Master of Ceremonies J. W. Kentzell. There was an interesting pro- gramme of music, songs, recitations and speeches, together with cigars, corncob pipes and a collation. There were present a number of young men eligible to mem- bership, also several of the old time vol- unteers, who by speech encouraged the new organization. Those who contributed clothes QAOROXOROXOROXOXOROXDKOKOXC X OKOROK D% -cent half-tone ! is accomplished, if it ever Is, the whole country will be covered from end to end with co-operative colones. In its beginning ten families were select- ed by Natjonal Secretary N. W. Lermond of Maine and sent to the site near Edison, Skagit County, Washington. The colony land consists of 605 acres, owned by the soclalistic commonwealth, although every man, woman and child on the land is a part owner. The colony tract is mostly timber land, and on the arrfval of the ploneers there early in the winter of 1897 the work of clearing was commenced. = The months that followed were weary and lonely, and every one of the little band knew the meaning of hardship by the time spring came around. At present there is quite a little town on the site where the first colonists set- tled. It is down in the Postal Guide as Equality. The land about the to miles from Puget Sound, The town is bullt on a gentle sloping ridge, facing west, and commands a good view of the water and islands when the lies a on the t two to the evening’s entertainment were: Meirose Mandolin _Club, composed of George Hilderbr A llam Alpers John Cuneo and Manuel lores; the Co- lumbian duetists; Messrs. Hans F. Monaghan, and W. enster- macher in’song 1. Figel with recita- tion, and P, ton comm H Hudson, W D. KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. At the institution of Marion Lodge at llejo on the 3d inst. Mr J. Whee- grand protector, sted by M H. W. an Ee. The Marion lodge ftuted 3. Pe r her. ight beneficiary and two so- The charter officers are: Phelam, P. F Bert Wheeler, P.; Macdonald, V. John'J. Hurley, ieary Mrs. Elizabeth Mrs. Van Dorn, G.; Mrs nnie W 5 *. of G.; Bdward Grear s Lillian The institution of the considerable attention among those who are interested in fra- ternal societies and a number made ap- plication to join. The March number of the Chronicle of Indianapolis, Ind., the official organ of the Supreme Lodge of the Knights and Ladies of Honor, is embellished with a m i Carleton, who w the proprietor and publisher. It also contalns a very inter- esting sketch of the life work of Mr. Carleton, who was a st earnest worker on_ behalf of fraternity. The Chronicle has p: ed into the hands of Mrs, M. E. Carleton, widow of the late propriétor, who is making a bright and instructivé paper of it. KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES. BSan Francisco Tent at its regular re- view had a large attendance and after the regular business there was spent a pleasant hour under good of the order, when there were songs, recitations, yarns and a number of short talks by members and by visitors, the latter allud- ing in complimentary terms to the rapid growth of the tent. A committee was ap- pointed to arrange for a smoker to be glven on the 28th inst. The hustlers and the rustlers announced that they would #goon make a good showing in the matter of candidates. Last Tuesday night Golden West Tent, A GORNER OF THE BIG FARM WORKED BY THE EQUALITY GOLONY. EOXROAOAOXOADHDPADIHOXOXDADADHOHK DA DA DA DA ON VA O ANDHOADHPHOAPAOHR DX OHOXOAROEOHOROAPROAPA D AP DX OH DRV PR AR XDAOXOROXOXOXO*xOxH QUALITY COLONY, near Puget Sound, Skagit County, Washington, is the first move of the socialists of this country at consolidation. At present there are 300 people on the land, all happy and contented and only too glad to be away from the hard world of competition. Colony you can live for $2 a week and have work all the year round, except when you are rich, and then your salary of $2 50 a week goes on just the sdme. As they are now banded together they pass under the name of The Brotherhood of the Co-operative Commonwealth. i about two years ago, and the first colonists moved to the land six months later. cialism by colonizing socialists into one State, Washington, first, and providing for their support by means of practical co-operation, and as fast as the socialist vote will admit to take the reins and drive the government wagon along the road to the co-operative commonwealth. is, the whole country will be covered from end to end with co-operative colonies. Lermond of Maine and sent to the site near Edison, Washington. though every man, woman and child on the land is a part owner. The nature of the order is indicated by its name. HOXDEIKOKOXOROKD KON OAOAOKOROAOAOKOXOROAPKOKD K O% OADXIX DX OXOAOKOXOXOAOXOXOXS few straggling trees are cut away. Of this land 160 acres is in standing timber vet untouched—fir, cedar, spruce and other trees. A peat marsh occupies 300 acres, most of which is perhaps the rich- est land in the Western Hemisphere. The remainder of the land has been “logged off,” as the woodsmen say, the trees good for lumber and shingles hav- ing been taken away and immense stumps and culled trees being left. During the eighteen months of the col- ony's existence 100 acrés of the low land has been cleared of trees, and-when gone over with the stump puller will be ready for cultivation. Some clearing has been done on.the town site and two large apartment houses have begn built. These shelter a large number of the people. The rest llve in log houses and tents. The building of small individual houses has just begun. The other buildings are a barn, 42x100, and two storfes high; a schoolhouse, 28X 68, with basement; a bakery, shop and outhouses. The sawmill can cut about 20,000 feet a day at its best, and the shin- gle mill from 20,000 to 40,000. A thirty- five horsepower donkey engine is used to haul logs to the mill and pull stumps. There are also a wagon-shop, black- smith, cooper and iron-working shop: shoe factory, tailoring, laundry and bar- ber-shop, and a fishery with a four-ten sloop. The government of Equality is as demo- cratic lalists know how to make it. The busin ecuted by a board of directors sisting of all the superin- tendents of the different departments of labor. These men post their proceedings SOOOGCOCRUCOVCV VSRV U H O S OO0 O 0L 00T Y Dis to meet {n a few months at Baltimore, which has taken Brith Hall, up quarters in B'ne initlated fourteen candidates sccured through the cfforts of Deputy J, Ermerins. who since he took hold of is tent about six wecks ago has in- creased its membership from thirty- scven to 102, In addition to those who were inducted into the m c- cabbeeism Jast Tuesday, a dozen more who want to join. is no telling at this time how many more v The work as performed by the new team of this tent. It was the second time it gave the work and the excellent manner in which v of the careful under direction of Captain George in, the members thereof gave to the Moy long charges that have to be memorized and to the various detalls necessary to produce the dramatic effects of the initiation After the work the team was rewarded with prolonged ap plause as proof of the appreciation by the m the tent and visitors from 0o Tent. At the close of the vening there w: ro- gramme of music, song and story telling and the distribution of cigars. LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. Napa Hive was Instituted in Napa with a membership of thirty by Florence B. Moffat, deputy supreme commander of the order, and the following named are the officers for the first term: Jessie M. Cropley, P. L. C.; Ella M. Haun, L: ( Nellie Hoffman, L. L. C.; Nellie Summer: . K.; Maud G. Hunt, F. K.; Martha Nettie Pickett, S.; Alice Sack- ett, at A.; Mary C. Lott, S.; Grace L Norton, P.; Lulu F. Hunt, organist. California Hive is making good progress, initiating candidates at each meeting. NATIONAL UNION. El Dorado Council at its meeting on the 7th inst. initiated eleven candidates in the full form and last Friday night initiated eleven more. This council has been un- usually active of late. Pacific Council had several initiations last Thursday night. During ‘the current month more than forty new members will be placed in the several local councils. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Golden Gate Camp No. 64 last Mon- day night, after disposing of its routine business, gave its monthly entertalnment under the direction of Neighbor Patter- gon, chairman of the social committee. There was a vocal solo by J. H. Desmond; zither solo, L. 8. Raabe; barytone solo, Russell R. Lowry; vocal solo, Miss Sadie Davis; cakewalk and fancy dance, the Misses Kaufman; song, Miss Cora Davis; In its beginning ten families were selected by National Secretary N. W. The colony land consists of 605 acres, owned by If you join Equality The organization was begun It proposes to begin so- When this is accomplished, if it ever the socialistic commonwealth, al- & b4 @ ¥ S < s - on a public bulletin-board, change or referendum vote. The working day in the colony is eight hours, women five hours for the colony, with the same pay. All adults have equal suffrage. The entrance fee is $160. Ad- ditional capital is being raised among the many friends of the movement by small loans to the “machinery fund,”” which is subject to Type of House Erected by the Socialists of the Equality Golony. intense as its competitor. But by the former the laborer gets all his product and by the latter probably less than one- fifth, so the palm of utility goes to co- operative labor.” Equality Colony I8 too young yet to have shown what effect co-operative liv- ing has on character. But there i{s a com- radeship plainly evident and it seems des- tined to expand into that grand congenial brotherhood for which the reformer is giving the best energies of hig ability. No religious test is required of applicants, and all industrious, intellizent people who have the co-operative spirit are eligible to _membership. The colony publishes a weekly radical paper called Industrial Freedom. £ 108 108 308 308 0% 408 308 306 08 308 30F 0¥ 308 50 208 308 08 X% to be repald by one-quarter of the cashthe current term is “advance,” and they salaries received by all members, such asgyPropose an aggressive movement all along school teachers, postmasters and othern.g the The April report of the line. supreme re- By means of co-operation fully matured.porter shows 203 deaths, nine of which oo- much better living can be had than the average wage-worker gets competitive tem. Of course many things at present are, far from perfection at Equality Colony. It is like a new machine, which must run awhile before it works smoothly. In de: scribing the condition of affalrs in colony one of the officers just told parable. He sald: “When we decide to fmprove a street by paving we first make it worse by digging it up and getting ready to pave. have overlooked this fact in “curred in this State. under the® Fifty-four of the claims were pald before the list was printed. Forty-four of the decedents wers _under 50, seventy-flve between 0 and 60 $and ninety were 61 and upward. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. h-Q Court Palo Alto will give an anniver- thé¥sary party on the 27th inst. in Sherman 85& Clay's Hall. It will be an invitational affair ‘and will also be full dress. The Umemberfi are each limited by invitation to have but one lady accompany him. Somei The members of -Court Seal Rock, who nature andgfconstitute Club Seal Rock, have arranged have thus been disappointed in golng togfor a pienic in Schuetzen Park on the To succeed this movement re- who are on par with Equality. quires individ its altruistic principles. It is quite notice-%¥ 18th of June. There will be games, races, gate prizes and & tug of war, as well as dancing. Court El Dorado on last Wednesday able that there are some here who, to¥night gave a very enjoyable entertain- repeat an expression of & member, ‘Aregyment at home in the soclal hall of the made to order for this very work.’ gacrifice is too great for them if it aids the brotherhood of the co-operative com- monwealth. “Of course, any rational mind would&t way.g The election of Mrs. Clera J. Sweeney know that they are not all that That some here are a hindrance is t surprising. Co-operative labor 1s not sojexalted position of representative recitation, Charles Pratt; piano solo, Pro- fessor Weisel; and short storles by the modest member of the camp. These so- cials have heen the means of attracting a large number of memberships to_the camp and they are most enjoyable. There will be such an entertainment once a month. Clument Camp gave a pleasant enter- tainment and dance last night in Laurel Hall, Shiels building. INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. The entertalnment that was recently given fn Odd Fellows' Hall was one of the best drawing cards that this order has ever given in this city. Nearly 1400 gen- tlemen responded to the invitations issued and each was accompanied by one or more ladies, so that the hall was as crowded as it could possibly be. The ex- cellent addresses delivered that night awakened much interest in the order. California now stands first in the thirty- eight High Court jurisdictions, with an excess of 9000 members—an ircrease of 3200 in four years. * High Chief Ranger McEifresh will be tendered a reception by Court Oakland on the 21st inst. Reports from the courts in the interior show a steady advance in every direction. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Last Monday night Liberty Lodge was visited by Anchor Lodge in a body, There was work in the Initiatory degree and Grand Dictator Archibald addressed the meeting. Yerba Buena, havirg an excess of 200 imembers, is how the banner lodge. It has fifteen applicants awaiting Initiation. There s a large attendance at the visit of Eureka and Anchor lodges to Oc- cldental last Wednesda There was a pleasant evening of mu and ad- dresses. The speakers were: Benjamin I Salomon, grand assistant dictator; E. F. Joy, grand trustee; I D. Martin of Occidental and Joseph Schulte of Mon- terey. : The actlon of the rec increasing the per capita tax for the pur- pose of extending the work of the order has given general satisfaction. The grand dictator has appointed the following standing committees: Finance— George Walcom of No. 1885, H. M. Beck of 2368 and Jacob Gans of 1841 _Laws—J. S. W. Saunders of 2204, Philip Prior of 227 and Willis Parris of 2025. Appeals and grievances—H. K. McLennan of 1580, James Hansen of 1716 and J. L. Peareau of 2058. The names of the deputies will ‘be announced in a few days. The watchword of the grand officers for nd Lodge In Nog, Alcazar and then followed a dan The affair was under the direction of C. Peter- Lisen, A. C. Boldemann, L. Bendewald, C. D]'ux‘i and Ben Posner. THE C'}iOSEN FRIENDS. of the Order of Chosen Friends to the from California to the Supreme Council that Md., is an honor tt been conferred by this order on one gentler sex. The ladies compo: 40 per cent of the membership of the der, and while it is true that ladies } been recognized by being elect in the subordinate council at has never and Grand Council, it is the first time that in the the honor to participate in the making body of the order h, been accorded to a lady. M has filled many offices, and at the tim of her election to the high position she now occuples was the grand prelate. @e0+0900640+000+0+8 highest B A A R A e R R R R S e MRS. CLARA J. SWEENEY. i QO+ 40+ e+ et eoeg the Grand Council nearly every lady rep- resentative stood solidly for her during the three ballots that were taken befora her election. The lady is a good worker for the order, and by her kind sposi tion has made many friends. She feels the high honor conferred on her and de- clares that she will make a good record. QQQQQQUQQIJfiU}QQflHflQQ)&QQflfifififlfiflt(!:(fll:(l:(!J!ZUJD!&fifi):H&fi):(fifl):():(flfifififlfiflflfififififlfififififlfifinflflfl fegegegogegogegegeogogegegogegeogogegogcgofetagofotogaFeyageggot g Rugote] Diagrams Showing the Extraordinary Changes in the Rise and Fall of California Rivers. VERY striking showing of the inconstancy of the California riv- ers running from the western slope of the Slerra Nevada range Is given in a publication of the United States Geological Survey, just is- sued. It is the third and last of thiree pamphlets on irrigation and water sup- ply in the San Joaquin Valley, by C. E. Grunsky of San Francisco, the well- known engineer, who has done the work for the Interfor Department. . In his last paper Mr. Grunsky deals Fresno, with the Upper, Ban Joaquin, rev. FT. PER SEC 20,000 13,000 16,000 14000 Chowchilla, Merced, Tuolumne, Stanis- laus and Mokelumne rivers and the irri- gation works they supply. The flow of these streams is, of course, a vital fea- ture of the great irrigatioh problems of this semi-arid valley, and the tabulated measurements of some of them are ex- pressed in the graphic charts here re- produced showing the variations- In one year in the number of cubic feet per sec- ond discharged. The records here portrayed are for 1896, which was about an average year and not notable for floods. Charts for some other years would show freshet lines MAY. | JUNE|JULY | AUG 3 Discharge of Tuolumne River at Modestp, 1896. shooting thousands of second-feet higher. As is shown, one of these streams will multiply its volume several times and then wholly subside, all within three or four days. That is the work of rains and thaws which fairly open the bunghole %ik st¢ [JAN | FEB |MAR \PR | I:AY JUNE [ JULY 0 20 above. The great volume of water flows after the rains are done and the snows begin to melt. ‘While the greatest steady volume of water comes down in the spring, gener- ally in May, the sudden freshets are not % SEPT| OCT | Nov | DEC 0 20 16,000 ) 020 | w 20k 1020 |0 14,000 " 12,000 iyl 11,000 P 3 10,000 3 9000 . : ‘3000 7,000 6000 "5 000 || - ! 4,000 : 3,000 | 8| ‘2000 L] | 1,000 Discharge of Stanislaus River at Oakdale, 1896.. - organized. The Tuolumne will get up - freshet and after it gets through the Stanislaus will go on a little tear, and then the Mokelumne will get full. This is a good thing for the lowlands along the lower San Joaquin, which are spared sudden submergence. - Did high water ap- pear synchronously' in all the tru ries of the San Joaquin the floods would be much higher in its lower course. In 189 the Upper San Joaquin brought down its maximum discharge in May, 18,800 cubic feet per second. Its mean discharge for that month was 53% sec- ond-feet, which would cover 331,700 acres 2000 second-feet less, or 16,920, but its mean discharge was 11,799 second-feet or 702,106 acre-feet. In October it dropped to only 80 second-feet. Its discharge for the vear at the base of the foothiils would cover 1,997,547 acres one foot deep. The Tuolumne reached its maximum of 11,798 second-feet in March: The measurements of river discharges will doubtless be extended and continued for many d will be:of inesti- mable value when nia’s water proble muc vital and closely now. one foot deep. In June its maximum was T [JAN [ FED % S e | e R ocr | Nov | pEC L R Y 20,008 : i 13000 s < 16,0c0 14000 12,000 v 10,000] |}l 3000l L@ 1! Goc0| LB L1 4000 | ! R,000{ & Discharge of San |oaquin River at Herndon, 1896.