The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1900, Page 19

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1900. RAND PRESIDENT IS | MOTHER LODE I NOW ALIVE WIT DELVING MINERS GUEST OF DAUGHTERS week Mrs. Cora B d president celved a most hearty welcome, being en- | {ertained in grand Style atter the work of the evening was over. Miss Nellie Owens of the Girls' High | School, who in days gone by was Mrs. Sifford's teacher, entertained her former {»Lyl &t a dimner in the Berkshire on Vsdnesday afternoon, this being an indl- Vidual affair. In the evening of that day the grand president paid an omeial visit | Search For Precious Metals o id tate Parlor. e e DA o in Many Sections Is Codington, past president of Li Parlor, at her beautiful home o street. There were present, the guest of honor and t! Mary E Tlllmnn an. Unremitting. B.| New Districts Being Exploited, Old Mines Reopening, and There Is Pleasing Activity in Mining Counties. SO AR While some attention has recently been paid to the statistical returns concerning ducts of California there est in looking up some of sra of Mrs was a eral output of other locallties. erfully advancing as a pro- year the output of Canada so that in thirteen years e Canadian minerals has fivefold. In last year's total 9 of Klondike gold and d total was $21,046,730. Gold is the emost mineral and coal the second, ounting last year to $9,0 The rumor that the Utica Mining Com- y will attempt to get possession of & Ln t of the townsite of Angels has led to an Investigation of the original sur- The Calaveras Prospect says that nce mine was located by John 1 the early days and was marked off on the townsite the Confidence mine and so ap- the field notes of the survey. to the ground has never been quished, but has been kept up by pe: mance of annual assessment rh by the heirs of Mr. Fletcher. The jority of the mines within An- ite are held in the same way, the Utica, the Raspberry r vaiuable properties. has won in five separ- ng the taxes for the year properties. Sui . Smith, ge Hyar: ic Gold Min wo Bear \hn Ag\k m- D o e o o o g ‘e B e et edeeie of r.y_.x ization. Court in ” Ju\lge Jone CCMPANIONS MEET IN OAKLAND d Circle, Ladies’ e Foresters Lewin; Loyal 26, Mrs. Lena Tight and Power jrporated under with capital Green, hmgm au may mmes ent year. This he Sprout plant, vrence mines are le- the Amalgamated other the 'ompany and The recelv- come into H-—u’*z‘> s DEBT PAID AT LAST. But It Was Under Queer Circum- £ s _stances and After Many Years. m',:‘.\{“sc,l,‘,ai‘f 2 of New Orleans fing between ina Lawrence. Ow- ng me 3 n was unknown until 1 the scene and dis- ct west of in Gazelle, t much preface, n't well spare other claim holders, says the % intend to start work in n as the new road | zelle and Calla- - finished, so that sup- ne ard Mitchell mines, Amador has 1 resume. w begun. o Randsburg has < a der a new contract res con cerning g April from r Napa are from the the the 1839, H flasks. t New Idria. 4,750 s and was 0| Aetna 340 o I beckoned to Napa 850 Totals . dends, :h- "other Idria_ex- and the Napa 1rs. it was true, and you never there alon ing work in pro are more mines the 'ess, eing mother lode than fiss Martan azs, Men- employed in Amador County ny previous time. The steam m azuiv heard at the South Spring mador City. Lieutenant Gov- | nd prospering, by every time ikes to introduce me as —New Or- end | : | Nogucht b fjon work on the McCloud Baird being under his suits over the | y involved is | thods the ex- | | Al are employved in the t of them in the Dewey | ior Record, making a sum-| and a greater number of | mine, The Shenandoah, whk:h is nu.r the . Gowanus, is busy. Four mills working at the old Pacific mine. At t.he Gmer thiny men are preparing for a 'w holst in the north shaft. Unwatering 1s ‘broceeding at the Bunker Hill. The | Kennedy, Argonaut and Zeila are in fuill blast. In Tuolumne County development work is proceeding l! a uvely pue. The Sem» inole mine has been let for drhlnz a zunnel to up the ledge at the Vine Sprlnil mine. Fifteen | men are employed at e Philadelphia diggings. Work is _progressing on the Rose and Bu Sinl- mg o the Hhode i hie l“ the by m_of the shaft, 145 feet froth the surface, drifting on the vein to the east is being pushed. The Seminole group | of mines will be worked agaln after sev- eral years of idlen YONE NOGUCHI WILL GO EAS [ et ke Gt gi e ot o 2 S n ® a and | ® hd b d . D e e e e ad R I e LI S @' [ et S ok e ot 2 ot HE Japanese poet Yone Noguchi will leave San Francisco early this week for Washington, D. C. He will be | the guest of Charles Warren Stod- | dard on his arri in the capital eity, | where he intends staying for some months. Mr. Noguchf's two little volumes of | verse, Tl"e \'n( e of !l"e Valley” and | " “monologue: X h were publi three or four years tention on_their ap- 3 rren Szuddurd. & & gling with the most orm in an umam& dr among nuine folk. a me greeted the little :uu‘es d'es mes among the poets and litterati Hoth | East and West, and !hl"gi were prophesied for This bromise Mr. y er | forts since t to his own l'xngq1ga It is unde at the English e | will again claim his attention in his East- | ern home. | Diminishing Dread of Earthquakes in California. The damage ca d by earthquake in | the’ San Jacinto v proves that the shock was sev it will the Califor: have cease leave it tourist to r expe and tell his tale of hair breadm scape when he shall have returned home. Both in Calif a and Hawail the usual | mic di ¢ harm- not a year goes by given them to realize how er there is in little dan | shock. Moreover, the diminishing effect upon the public mind s | most conclusively in the | matter of bullding. | . When the Palace Hotel was erect, ed in San Francisco a quarter of a cent there was still coi over earthquakes, w very practical the plans of the a foundations wer c p\raml«hl wall 0 g re- sistance. F f these extraordinary not | deemed prudent t. ture above som. But the precede ignored. lna[?nah goes =erom=l though such a thing as a seismic wave had never been heard of. Of course such a working out theory of proba 1 the man who neve: of the 1 not satis watch for | . Towns have been swallowed up through the ac- tion of earthquakes and others may b But it is clear that the policy of the Call- fornians is dictated by the rules of com- mon sense. For it would be absurd to forego the most profitable use of property on the remote chance of a_disaster w is never likely to occur.—Chicago T! Herald. AR LA I R Sy Table Mountain Ropeway. The ropeway located at Table Mountain is an important example of a line 525 feet | | long. It con: s o h one carriage is drawn to and an endless hauling rope, the driv | gear having reversing motion so that lht‘ direction of travel of the carrier can be | | controlled. Commencing at sea level, and | following the ground on posts qpaped about 200 feet apart, the cable takes 'r) span of 1500 feet, rising to a prn!eumgl l rock some 1480 feet above the starting point. Resting on a support at this point, of | the average | demonstrated | a single fixed rope on | - 2 & & LOWER OIL SAND IS PENETRATED BY WELL-BORERS New Departure in Kern River District That May Prove Profitable. | ! | | { DAINTY CREATIONS IN SHIRT WAISTS! A large purchase enables us to offer exceptional value in Ladies’ Shirt Waists. HERE’S THE LOT 0il Boomers Abroad in Summerland. San Diego County Filling Up With Petroleum Prospect- ors—Fake Project. el The expected has happened in the Kern | River oil district. The Grace Company having bored down to the lower sand strata, other companies are preparing to | do the same. The lower level is reported to be more prolific than the first or upper one. The West Shore people expect to | B il alas el Salanis * DB suh | sink their next well lower. The Grace | 25 doz. assorted colors and designs.. 75e each | Company found, according to local report, | 2 doz. assorted colors and designs..$1.00 each | the second sand below a thick layer of | 30 doz. assorted colors and designs P | clay. | 25 doz. assorted colors and designs. | W hile San Francisco is getting along | 15 doz. assorted colors and designs. | without inconvenience with only one oil | 15 doz. assorted colors and designs. exchange, Los Angeles has now two ex- changes, and was threatened with three, put the last two to come into the fieid were consolidated last week and opened as one. The banner town for the oil excitement up to date, if the Summerland Advance Courler is to be credited, is Summeriand Here are some of the siatements: “I'he oil boom has struck Summerland | | with a vengeance and oil Stock is as | { plentitul on the streets of Summeriand as autumn leaves in a maple grove oo a windy day. In fact, you may have oil stock for the asking, and one Of our citi- | zens was heard to say that he-intended | to have his pockets sewed up 80 thal no one could give him ol stock when he was | not looking.” These remarks are closed up with the following: *\When it 1s taken into consideration tnat 3600 to $10. will | sink a well and set it to pumplng in thi tield it looks absurd to see a company | capitalized for a million or more floaling stock on a tract of land hardly big enougn | to_make a garden pas ben Smith, a Colorado mining million- has associated with W. P. Dunham eloping oil property near Saugus, in They have secured | t of about 3000 acres. Various localities are struggling with | the problem of how to value an oil well. | In Pennsylvania a well is estimated to be Every one of the above walsts are worth from 8¢ to 50c more than the marked price. C.CURTIN, 011 and 913 Market St. § 2 : AR OROA RO RRCRORO O O K RO OROAORORCRCRORCRORCRCROA RO ORCR I <@ o SMWQQQMMWDQQWWfiQfl worth $z00 for each barrei of dally production. In California the conditions are very fere or California oiis | vary hr&.el) in ~;':L ¢ gravity and where wells are contiguous there has been a steady diminution in the supply after | pumping of the adjacent properties was begun. Probably the best basis for valua- tion in California is careful investigation in_every case. The Del Mar country in San Diego “ounty is now filled with prospectors. veral wells will probably be sunk there n Waldo Waterman, the president of > San Diego Oil Company, has ordered | lhe machinery for a test well to be drilled about two miles from Del Mar. Water has been piped to the location at Morena will begin there soon. A well Ralph Granger place. The report is circulated that at least 640 acres has been ed to the known oil ory in the Kern district by the dis- covery of petroleum on the Mount Diablo | Company's land. do Oil Company in San Diego Cou is trying to get leases to 15,000 acres of land on the theory that if oil is not found in one place it may be found in another. T uthern California Oil and Stock ge limited its membership to 200. fter the new exchange came into the Gamping Chairs ana Stools. Folding Canvas Camp Stools. Same, with back. Gold Medal Foiding (hara wood) Gold Medal Foldm; Camp Chairs, with tack (hard wood). Gold Medal Folding Chalr, earpet WL ool ol ST o Hard-wood \aml:‘md Poxamx o-r. pet Seat Camp S ( | S Canvas Folding O Canvas Army F' Camp Stools t_board . Gold Medas Foul'g Cots . Tables. Hard-wood Varnished Folding Cump d the Lo -\xxscln§d011 k—lxchusi dsz Hard-wood \zr.—urad Fold ng Carv UG ... iscrosiisnsnnine . ed whether it would not list stocks o pet Seat Fancy Chair.. > et Pelbis Coi THilg w3 producing wells. The decision was to S5 NS Tetun O Ty re to the old ruie, which shut out the H“’;ffm“"l’h"’ Foia FOIV Wi . 5 s which have on a speculative Fol o ..:"’ Bath Tubs. Gold Medal Folding Bathtubs (for 2dults) ..........een et | | e sales In the Los Angeles Oil Ex- | change in April amounted to 110,806 shares n of $66,814 15. Fold ng Canvas Recunm( h'“ Chairs with arms. 3138 Same with foot res $173 | Foiding Hard-wood Vi clining Lawn Chairs | Folding Hard-wood Vi ed Cane COURT NOTES. { SN St Tk Tau Uicing. .-t 8 | Gold Medal Folding Ca.rr:: Chatrs ust the thing)... r9 Canvas Artists’ or ke(cHng | preceding mon | shares, valued Hammocks. | The Itallan Bersagliert Mutual B o lent Society | Court for leave to sell the | property at Union and Stockton The directors of the a the propert. it is for t e ciation that it be sold. ——————— Traded on His Appearance. R. C. Jenkins, a well-dressed man, who | { has been representing himself as an East- ern agent for fruit dryers, has been pass- Pure Cotton wt Linen pre: Fintsh Ham- has petitioned the Superior association veenB5€ u!’;mh’)fl Japanese Parasols and Lanterns. Telescope Paskets, Lunch Baskets, Straps and everything wanted at the home or camp at cut prices. Hammock Chairs of Hl'n~ $7 50 each An Immense mocks up to ... TENTS TO ORDER. Butterfly Nets ... Qutfits| Cheaper and More Complete Than Ever. ing worthless checks on saloon-keepers, | and the police are searching for him. | Willam Finnigan, proprietor of a saloon | on Larkin street and Golden Gate avenue, swore out a warrant for his arrest before Judge Cabaniss yesterday on the charge of obtaining money by false pretenses, | He had borrowed $ from Finnigan, and later gave him a check for 32U on the First National Bank, receiving the bal- ance of $l5. When the check was pre- sented at the bank it was dishonored. | Hilbert Brothers, Powell and Eilis streets, | | have also been umlzed by Jenkins. To Reorganize Hawaiia.n Postoffice. Postoftice Inspectors M. H. Flint and H. B. Hall have been ordered to Honolulu | to reorganize the postal system in the Ha- | waiian Islands. The Hawaiian postoffice tem will not be attached to that of San Francisco as is that of the Philippines, but | will be managed from Washinguwon, D. C., | as an independent system. Mr. Hail left | yesterday cn the America Maru. Mr. | Flint will leave on the next steamer. 818-820 Market St., San Francisco. Mai1 Orders Filled. $2 50 ladies’ shoes for $1 50 a pair at the span of 1100 feef | Beehive Shoe Company, 717 Market street, | 3 o bunko. eff and Edward Coleman, large | the cable again takes Ruby Ger- 2 ha ex~ lders in the Central Eureka mine, | to an upper terminal 2200 feet above the | near Third. o - inspecting their property and |lower one. This ropeway has worked so N Miss Lettle | meacher—Why did you behave so bad- | re| pnn t they \\er» well pleased. Work | satisfactorily that it is not only used for | 5 ¥ Miss Sarah Finpe |1y and make me keep you after school? on the Gowanus mine 1s proceeding night | the carriage of materials employed in the Bies Busal U Bright Boy— Cause there's a big boy who and day and the old Richmond property. | construction of a reserv but is at| proposin . No. 3%, Mrs. Mary | is gOing to lick me when I go home.—Har- | near the Eldorado line, is being opened | tmes used for passengers.—Engineering per's Bazar. up under the name of the Phil ndelpml]uagulne [Joun-al How He Came to Do It. . | ““Well, Dora,” ——t———. | Miss Passe (apchiy)—How long deo I 0!6 Pfbleish— Al his llteASomer\'lue | | think a man ought to know a girl be well, T repiied zh:‘decsuwlc young Her head rested on his shoulder and BT B B [ her little hand lay confidingly in his. maw that put me up to it."—Chicabo “Tell me now, Alfred,” sald the happy iy maiden, ‘““how you ever came to pick m Any fool Out as the girl you wanted to marry?: | the reting of th money shows up well on a woman's eye. Unparalleled values: catpets, rugs, lace curtains, beds and furniture: lowest prices Carpets and rugs. Bigelow axminsters—Handsome par- and lor chamber designs, borders Velvet urpet-Sansmvelv the _bcst makes—22"%-inch borders and 27-inch and 36-inch stairs to match—so 1 10 rolls at Axminster carpets—Smith and Hart- ford makes—a lot of discontin- I 00 ued patterns to close at........ »¢ Rug bargains. Art squares and crumb clothsSpe- cial sale this week; quality one-half wool: 7 k 6 in.xg ft tt:h I—Zv'na lz'ge dining table, made of se- shed golden and polished hes—the carved legs diameter—sunk > . 2.70 seamless ox10 ft. gx12 ft. axminster mgs_. .A3x- es in t ~ charge of just 50 in the ‘ot—t)gxl’o—handsome $2.3 ach extra two feet oriental designs—good value 27 50 . i v V2D ¥ Seoco Japanese rugs—just out of the custom Handsome box couches_over 6 foor, house—blue and white, green and == white Jap rugs—all sizes—as . e 30 DS oy ag ... soroa Bilo locking —have patent lift lltfingl—zoo pieces “of ‘mat tings—special values as low as 8.50 12% Great sale furniture. Dining-room chairs, with solid oak frames and genuine leather seats l 90 —special Monday price . large Solid oak chiffoniers, with five 7.00 roomy drawers—well made and Sample dressers, with large bevel plate 16.00 Brass beds. 3 50 for $4.00 enameled bedstead— . especially buiit for summer cot- tage use and servants’ quarters—in all sizes—neat and substantial—crated free. for $8.50 iron beds—with full brass spindle ornamentation— the acme of elegance—prices unprece- dented. 21.00 for $25.00 solid brass beds— . 1%-inch = posts — elegantly trimmed—solid and substantial. 42 50 for $50.00 brass beds—mas- sive and beautiful—in a great variety. of styles. 10 00 for 35-Ib. curled hair mat- tress—made up in first-class tickings, biscuit tufted—made in our own workshop and guaranteed pure. for $2.75 rolls or day bolsters l 95 —open back, with space al- lowed for pillows or plam mll—covered in sateen, any color—to fit any size beds. Special bargains. P Curtains at cost. for $3.00 Alexandria curtains —made of first quality bobbinet with wide lace edge and insertion, long and wide—marvelous values. 5 00 for $7.50 Brussels lace curtains . the genuine sort, with luxu- riously worked borders—no less than 8 distinct patterns to choose from—a most liberal assortment. 10 00 for $15.00 renaissance, Brus- . sels and other hand-made lace curtains—values extraordinary—the lots run from 2 to 6 pairs of a kind— each one a famous bargain. 11.50 i55, chan whote: . less than whole- sale for to-morrow—we have never shown at any time as many brass and iron beds as now. We have them at any price, in every color. for tl 3+ 15.00 s suit, made in onr o'n factory and warranted first-class workmanship. Sp large has the volume of our business grown that we are receiving 3 carloads of goods each This volume of business is not exceeded by any Furniture House in San Francisco or in West. Would it be possible for us to sell such an immense amount of goods unless our ces and our methods were all right and up-to-date? The vast number of new customers we finished; special Monday price. mirrors—well made and finished—at 18.75, 15.75, 12.75, 10.75, 8.75 Parlor furniture specials. 1 6.75 ;girtjzs.on three-piece parlor 21.00 iz;—tgs&oo three-piece parlor 39'00 ;3{‘5?534)0 three-piece parlor Rocker specials—all new designs— 5.00, 3.25, 2.75 & 2.50. d ion tabl with s r:axs?:‘_:‘g\:}ned ;T,%‘;’in"u;’:fi ey ten- E‘x:rtxut -44X44 cet exten 1 1 50 PATTOSIEN’'S BIG FURNITURE EXPOSITION BUILDING, Car. Sivtoonth and Mission Streets. are constantly making, and the great numbers of old customers who continually deal with us for whatever they need in our line, are the best recommendations for our goods, our prices and our methods. Give us a trial and let us number you among our many customers. Satisfaction guar- anteed.