The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 12, 1902, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902. NSTALLATIONS ~ [MOVING OF DIL | BAILEY FINDS NITER FIELDS THAT IN THE LODGES. 15 LIVE 155U ‘RIVAL THOSE OF CHILEAN DESERTS Many Officers Are In-|Several Districts Have|ln California Are Deposits Which Contain Millions Galore|Two Brothers Expect to Bastel Stothei Vs o1« e (e Thei and Which Enrich Sterile Wastes and Gloomy Hills| End Alaskan Boun- PAINE’'S CELERY COMPOUND. SEARCHING MUSTY . RUSSIAN RECORDS A YERMONT LADYS Desperate Fight for Life. Mrs. Nathan Beal Says: Paine’sCelery irs. i . dary Dispute. ous Cha Service. About Death Valley and Promise Vast Results e Compound New Rulers Are Chcsen to|Proposed Roads and Lines|, 5 __+.|Hope to Find an Old Survey Gaved My From thic: Indaine Nee~ Serve for Current Term of of Pipe Engaging That Will Decide Points pital as Well as Cured My Six Months, Attention, at Issue. Mhswiiapon TITER. Brpy —_— There never was a remedy so highly rec- SRR TIOSA TDISTRIQCT - ommended as Paine’s Celery Compound. There never was a remedy in such univer- CALL BUREAU, 1406 G STREET, N.| sal demand. It is popular and prized in W., WASHINGTON, July 11.—Two yfiuns tens of thcusnnlds ufu homes, because it a Thomas and Edwin | makes sick people well. i g‘:lnct:’,! b, R CPetersburg en-| Paine's Celery Compound has saved gaged in a search which, if successful, | thousands from nervous prostration and | Will forever end the dispute between this | collapse; it has effected wonderful cures country and Great Britain over the | in kidney and liver complaints; its victo- Alaskan boundary, and dispense with the | ries over rheumatism and neuralgia have | modus vivendi of October 20, 1899, signed | commanded the attention and admiration by Secretary Hay and Reginald Tower. | of our best physicians. It has cured dis- Officials of the State Department, 2al- | ease when everything else has failed. | though asserting that the Balch broth-| Mrs. Nathan Beal, a well known lady ers have no recognized status with this| of Gallup's Mills, Vt., writes as follows: | Government, admit that they are and|.gor ten months before I commenced tak- | have been from the first fully %w“rfh;’l‘ ing Paine’s Celery Compound I could not 5&5‘;?1"2322523. mg:‘eunéfl?gxglh'#:éh( 1anl au}f; put my foot on the first round of m); | thority thus explained the case: chair, only five inches from the floor. | “\Tney are simply Investigating the mat-| had nearly lost the use of my left side, ter as one would investigate any sclen-| 4nq I could not lift a pound weight with tific subject—to gain "{"S:e [l;rgv;l:dgre. the left hand without' danger of dropping e L BT A erea upon this la- | It. Many times I would lift something at bor con amore. We wish them every suc. | the table, only to drop it. I had a pressure cess, and, of course, should they make | in the top of my head and a pain at the any valuable discovery, the United States | page of the brain, which would leave me would probably profit by it, but really | 5 yarvous that I used to tell my husband they have no official status.” - b h};wgvpr. it is admitted that the Balches | I would surely go crazy. ‘I could {mtlke::.- visited the State Department before de- | still at night, and Sundays were just a | parting on their mission, and at that time | ful to me. I found my whole system pros- had a consultation with the officials. | trated, and it took a long time to build |, Since Vitus Bering, a Dane naturalized | up my'poor, wornout nerves. I think that | Russla, salled hrouEl . o wum. | Paine’s Celery Compound saved me from | ber of surveys of the peninsula have | the insane hospital, as well as cured my | been made. Naval Captains Krenitzin | rheumatism.” 1 and (Levasheff surveyed the peninsula | | and charted its coasts in 1768, but the ex- | tent of their work is not now known, un- less their reports are still on file at’ the OCEAN STEAMERS. | Russ ital, a h Balch B 3 - | | Firther efforts in this Line were made by| Pacifie Coast Steamship Co. ‘ Juan Perez in 1774, and two years later James Cook visited Alaska. In 1792 Georgs | % Steamers leave San Fran- Vancouver was sent to Alaska by Great | < cisco as follows: | Britain to resurvey the coast and deter- | For Ketchikan, Junea: ;m!ne the- liability of Spain for the seiz- sk-swny,l;zc.l,slxzho.-kai 3 iure of three small British vessels the m., July 10, 15, 20, 25, n of the officers of different| Representatives of the Standard Ofl| Special Dispatch to The Call. rganizations is now in order | Company have been inspecting the pro- ric of induction into chairs for | ducing wells of the Coalinga oil district, | m is being carried out in | with the intention of considering the run- ning of a pipe line from Coalinga. The puty Grand Master Thomas | Los Angeles Times says, concerning the flicers of Bay | Proposed pipe lines: was highly | Ppipe lines are the fashionable thing for oll for the very impressive s, and it is evident that the Standard Oil r which he conducted the cere- ; field shall have The new officers are: y at company is now planning to tap the Coalinga district with a branch line, and 18 Jot wank: A 4 ““g:e":’;“n‘g; | even now taking steps to obtain a right of way. Vinér. recording mectetary: 3. Elo. | But that fe not the only prospect pipe line that ner, recor -3 alked of in the Coalinga district. The mos - sécretary; Albert Steiner, treas- | ;ofontious plan is to run & line direct to tide. u water. Monterey is the point selected, and it Is | The reports presented showed that the | just 115 miles from Coalinga. Owing to the lay n now in the forty-fifth year | of the ground, however, and the quality of the | has a healthy financial | oil, the shipping problem would not be hard to | good membership. After | solve. M. Balfour, who is largely interested in there was an adjournment | the district, has secured a right of way for the where there was a ban- | Proposed lige, and deciared that the outlook is Abraham . Washington | WOst encouraging. There is now more activity . A naster, There | in the fleld than there has been for some time as toastmaster. ® past. New rigs were recently installed and oth- district dePULY | ers are to begin operation at an early date. . Hitch, J P. G.; ithin the last ten days three good producers P! M. Goldman, | were completed in the southwest end, and in ths um. N. G., and Julius | field there are now twenty-two producers giving D. D. G. M. up thelr product. The general feeling in the amed officers of Templar | field is much brighter, and with the prospect of rdependent Order of Odd | two pipe lines producers are shipping all of been installed by District | their oil that can#ind a market. | Master D. A. Hagans: Au amended contract 18 reported by the | rand; W. E. Creed, nobje | Bakersfield Californian to be under con- L. A. Hon- | sideration relative to the proposed Mec- Donald road out of the Sunset district. | | The same authority reports that 5000 bar- | ce. © rels of ofl freight per day have been | je guard; F. W. § promised to the proposed new road by the | ‘.\.\ L:lana.‘ .g.lx sLS;)gr‘:’Yr | producers as an inducement to build in | J. P Martin, right, and J. X | the district and supply a better outlet for | Bt e B The line is described as being pro- | nn, A S— d 1o go up the Sunset district towar <"of Morse Lodge of the In- | McKittrick, zigzagging its way, so that it | t Order of 0dd Fellows were in- | Will not art farther than one mile rict Deputy Grand Master | from an ey are the following: { nd; J. E. Riordan, Vice grand: Caleb 3. M. Wilson, £oellman, treasurer; vice grand Stowell, ity and town in the State is now using or getting ready to use oil | for the purpose of improving the streets. e consumption that will be caused by | s wili largely increase the demand for A H. Feldeamp, con- | crude oil and lessen the surplus during | com- A Hg the present year. [ previous year, and it is probable that the o e s LK e orter to oA Kern County syndicate is reported as | geographers will investigate the report ot P or Victoria, Vancouver, ee 3 - | being about to ‘make investments in the his findings before concluding their re- Port Townsend, Seattle, Ta- lert = Fullerton district. i | searches. | coma, Everett, Whatcom— rie People in Phoenix, Ariz., are interested | | The first differences as to the exact land | ¥ The f : named were installed as in reports of seepages and other indica- | tions of petroleum in the vicinity of that | States were settled by a conyention | boundary between'Alaska and the nUitea 11 a. m., July 10, 15 20, 25, 30, August 4. Change at Seattle to this company's steamers for Alaska and G. N. Ry.; at Seattle for Taco- 1 worth Lodge, I. O. O. | city. | t Deputy Grand Master Ait-| A third attempt is abbut to be made to | strike oil in the country north of the n_Bernardino Mountains in San Ber- | nardino County. | signed in St. Petersburg in 1824. This was | ma to N. P. Ry.; at Vancouver to C. P. Ry. !fo%lowed the next y(-z\§ by a Conventlnnl For Eureks (Humboldt Bay)— 30 . between Russia -and Great Britain, | July 1L 16, 21. 26, 31 August 3. = . 0 o 1 | whereby the Hudson Bay Company was | For Los Angeles (via Port Los Angeics and | excluded from the seacoast north of lati- | Redondo), San TLUssd a7d = tude 54 degrees 40 minutes, and from the | Santa Rosa, . , conduc- The Summerland Consolidated Oil Com- | | | : | : | nia, Thursday, 9 a. m. Katten- | pany has i bonds amounting to | | then unknown territory north of the St. | Seate of Caltformia, R dro and = D Hol- o | | Elias Al divided by the one hundred | gon’Pedro). Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Mon- noble grand; Clark | | | and forty-first rheridian west of Green- | terey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford, San " C. Ayer, left sup- To the East in a Tourist Sleeper, | < | wich. Another survey was made which | Luis Obispo, Ventura, Hueneme and *Newport lasted for six years—1826 to 1832—and in | (*Corona only). . 1835 Russia established an admirable me- foron;.alul\;' am.rnm..'?l,lvyAO“‘l?l’t%, ey K Fosiion o magnetic observatory at| oo hada. Magdalena Bay, San Jose dei A Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Rosalia, Guaymas (Mex.)—10 a. m., Tth of each month. N. E. Flint, right, | personally conducted excursions to Kansas m, left scene supporter. City and Chicago leave San Francisco of the Ancient Order ) cvery Monday, Thursday and Saturday at | had the following of-| g p. via the Santa’ Fe. Cars useq by Deputy High Chief | gre wide-vestibuled, improved Pull. Thompson, assisted by | man tourist sleepers of the very latest -phenson and | pattern. If you are contemplating a trlp | Bast ou ‘shoula first call upon or write to icket agent of the Santa Fe, 6 jef ranger: P. B Peter- | 8 LA 20, 00 RN G SV o Market D. Gettchell, treasurer;| phjets and full particulars. . ry; G. 8. B. Cook, | —————— i Cox, senfor, and W. | . Ingel, senior, and | BANSEN CONVICTED OF yearss | VIOLATING LIQUOR LAW ion the court had a| g el . of the first anniver- | §jx of the Jury on the Case Were utio £ Men in the Liquor CHARACTERISTIC SCENES IN DEATH VALLEY, WHERE NITER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED. ! - <+ | TAELIAS WILL FLAUNT For further information obtain folder. Right is reserved to change steamers or sail- was another drawback. If the clews ob- THEIR GORGEOQUS COLORS | ;ng dates. BEGEE Y 4 ¥ s tained from the numerous analyses had % TICKET OFFICE X been followed up these beds would have | California Floral Society to Hold :tréa!og’:lc’se Pl?:lfik)il A T been worked long ago. Flower Show in Sherman-Clay C. D. DUNANN, Gen. Pass. Agt.. | The beds and clays of the later Eocene Wil T it 10 Market st., San Francisco. i deposits, which contain the nitrates, have a gust. | | H “hapman, S been worn by erosive agencies in knobs, | At a meeting of the California State buttes and ridges that have been com- | Figral Society held yesterday afternoon| PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP CO. pared to gigantc haystacks and potato | wag gecided to-give a dahlia show in PoR hills. 'They have a soft, rounded sur-| S 3 | 5 5 erman & Clay Hall on August 8. The face, peculiarly their own, and this, | Bherman & (a8 d Chief Companion | sted by Mrs. L. Artemis Circle of the Forest: hief companion; Tillle C. ian, and Mrs, Mary Gar. nion. g named were installed as urt El Dorado of the < installed the fol- | Whitling, " left guide; | , and L. Berretta, in- | Garborini, organist; Dr. | lation there was & short | that Hansen was violating the law by giv- inment and a colla- | Business. Ludwig H. Hansen was convicted by a jury in Judge Conlan’s court yesterday on the charge of selling liquor without a license and was ordered to appear for that five of the jurors were saloon-keep- ers and one a wholesale liquor merchant. Hansen keeps a resort at 717 Market street and was refused a license by the Police Commissioners. The police learned ing liquor free, but charging enough for cigars to cover the cost of the liquor. Policemen Gaughran and Hellman were detailed to visit the resort on June 18 and — e united to their creamy-yellow color, en | ables one to identify them even with a | field glass, in the distance. | The size of the hills varies from only fifty feet high and covering only two or three acres, to those 300 feet or more | been broken up into ridges and furrows or even into castellated and pinnacled forms that remind one of the *‘ruined | cities” of the bad lands of the Dakotas. LIKE CHILEAN BEDS. There is a commercial importance in the similarity which Professor Bailey has found to exist between the niter deposits | rounded appearance of the niter beds has | | hiibition of old-fashioned flowers which othe show was received with enthusiasm,” and all the members who grow dahlias promised to exhibit DIRECT. their choice specimens. The affair will be_invitational. Harry S, Tevis was elected a life mem- ber of the floral society, and seven new San Leandro in acknowledgment for the pterest she has always taken in the so- fety, and especlally for the splendid ex- she made at the recent show. Mrs. John Martin reported that the show had been a success and that there was a surplus to be turned into the treasury. A new com- mittee on awards and exhibition, consist- ing of Mrs. J. Leach, E. F. Adams, Mrs. LEAVE SEATTLE: apanion; J. J. Baccus, -~ . in height and covering nearly a section s SENATOR. . .9 p. m., July 16 (about) Be i o~ .. | sentence this morning. A peculiar feature » | members were initlated. A handsome - s, Snencial acestary: | in cosbection, with the chse was the tace] | of land. In some nooks and corners the | Members were INUSLCE. 7 GANISOME | vALENCIA. 9 p. m.. July 16 (about) And fortnightly during the season. The new and elegant steamships Senator and Valencia made regular trips to Nome last vear, landing all passengers and freight with- out loss, mishap or delay. For passenger rates and Nome folder_apply T OFFICE—+ New Montgomery street (Patace Hotel. GOODALL, PERKINS & CO.. Gen. Agents, C. D. DUNANN, Gen. Pass Agt., 10 Market st., San Franciseo. | | b | e ourt ] % gl Ui et A g L {of Chile and those of California. He e e g Mece 1 Meeviee District Deputy Grand “Cuiet | tender informed them that he could mef ROFESSOR GILBERT E. BAI- | borhood, where loom the Panamint, Tel- | Saime that Thep e found in both cour: John Henderso | Y o b v for v hi: - 4 S e, Owl, Grapevine, Funeral, Kings- L Thi it oS ey | them™s cikar each und rung up the. cost B et Cane | ton. - Avawies. sad Bhadow” mountatne, | e O e G O e | e of the whisky and cigars. LS ALK D fve niter | MANY discoveries have been made. Thé | peing 150 feet and they also vary in s fornia holds more extensive niter | greatest is the extent of California’s ni- | thickness. In California the beds run O.R.& N- CO. ent, past chief ranger; Thomas J, | ONLY STEAMSHIP LINE TO chief ranger; E. Cardinet, sub-chlef | " ———————— ] i nis. Snanclal secretary 3 flelds than are found in the | er. which is seemingly sufficient in quan- | from 150 feet in depth o more tharl two : Loy ond Intricate than that of Venetian PORTLAND, Or., e AL e Tgurr;e"r; | Souvenir Book of San Francisco. world-famed niter region of Chile. The | tity to supply the world for ages to come. | miles in width and from three to SiX | ranges become sharp silhouettes, drawn | And Short Rall Line From Portland te Al Jusior beadle, and Thomas .| Call upon the ticket asent of the Santa Fu| statement is based upon the results of| The production OY;ar;‘l;er);gr;hgcg;‘\fleg: miles In length, oth countries was formed | ® deepest purple against a brilliant sky.” | _Points East. Through Tickets te All e at 641 Market street, San Francisco, for pre v ntly made b; Of R y years e niter of both cou as form e fusely fllustrated book, “San Franciseo.s | Dersonal observations recently 7 | chief Chflean Industry, Chile has re- | under the same geological conditions and BUREAU PUBLISHES. Foints, all Rail or Steamship and Rall, 13 t 1"‘I‘ufgsgmgdlgsigg]m’;g;r §. | Price, 10 cents. + | Protessor Bailey In vast arld and desert| cojveq in one year as high as §20,000,000 | on the same huge scale. The chemistry | The results of Investigation and ob- fridey o st g e Bay C L Of; | @ imimtimiieiedeimimmieiededfeeieteioiodod @ | 12008 Which have heretofore been consid- | in export duties on niter. ! of each is practically the same. In both | servation by Professor Bailey will be | Steamer Tickets Include Berth and Meals. t Bay CitygpForesters of 2 ered, except for borates, comparatively | ‘Nearly all the niter beds," said Pro-| countries the niter is a peculiar and | made public through the medium of a | SS. COLUMBIA Sails July 12, 22, Aug. 1, 11, 21 Je Lascaux, inside, and R. A. Warden, out- | gorthless. The great commercial and in- | fessor Balley, speaking of his investiga- | unique product of their great desert | %00-page book to be issued by the State | SS. GEO. W. ELDER Safis. chief ranger; J. J. Kel- | Side watchman, dustrial significance of this discovery is | !lons, "so far discovered, are situated | regions. The chance for great profits in | Mining Bureau. In this ample space will .. July 17, 27, Aug. 8, 18 Cohn, recording sec-| After the officers had been declared in- - if in the northern part of San Bernardino | California niter is found in the export | be shown a great number of illustrations, | _ Steamer e o= 5"“1" e senior, and H. Sliverstein, | stalled there was a programme of enter- | apparent at a glance. County, and extend across the boundary | duty. of Chile. Niter enters this country | showing the niter beds and the other| D: W. HITCHCOCK, Gen. Agt., 1 Mong'y,S.F. L O ser, senior, and J. | tainment after an address of welcome by The State Mining Bureau, under the di- | line into the southern part of Inyo Coun- | fy ee, but the export duties in Chile in the | vast saline deposits of the State, with the - beadle, and Dr. B! Blass, | Master Workman Mulcreavy. The con- | rection of Mineralogist Aubury, fitted out | i | tv. They are found along the shore lines | period from 17 to 1892 amounted to $138,- | accompanying scenery, plants for work- | fributors ta the entertainment were: Fred | o expedition to Death Valley and the | Of old beaches that mark the boundary | (3;,664 and the total value of the export | ing. etc.. the whole being accompanied ToYo lSEN “]SflA . 2. Morgenstern, pasi wing named chiefs of Altahmos | Creed, W. W. Brackett, Charles Oliver, M. 1 , 8 h Valley as it was during the between and inclusive of the same dates | by new maps as accurate as can be made. e « 3 ircumjacent country for the purpose |9f Deat > iy | X Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men | J. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Schuster and|® i 5 Eocene times. The few outlying beds so |jis given at $337,182,559. There is an abundancg of statistics to be have been “raised up” by the district| Miss Hooper. There was a dance until | of making an exhaustive study of the sa- | fr- discovered are also located along the | - Traveling Death Valley from end to | made public also in the same publication S s R SIS ARE, OO grand sachem, assisted by Past| midnight. lines of California. In that terrific neigh- | beach line of some of the numerous lakes | end, Professor Bailey found a great deal s k. p. m., Sachem James G. G. Dastugue: Baltic, ith and Past amp, senior, and M. H. ; C. F. Jacob- chief of ampum; E. E. Warren, second H. Kane, Thomas e forest. es Past Great Sachem of H. M. Blankenstein, K. Khourie a fine gold em- et, he being the brother who esented for adoption the of palefaces. The nu- f this tribe is now 312. amed have been in- srand President H. F. = officers of Rincon Parlor Sons of the Golden West term: st president; Frank W. V. L. Orengo, Edward homas Manning, vice presi- mp, recording, and W. E. tary; Thomas H. Vivian, marshal; W. H. Harri: H. A. Muller, trustees. president was presented -set badge of the rank nt. This parlor is making ring the celebration of Ad- F. were instailed by District Deputy Master Atkins. The new ofi;’cers unior past grand; C. George T. Shaw Loor sponding, and O. C. er, warden; . McNews, supporters to no- n_Thompson and H. Cate, grand; E. E. Gable, scene supporters; D. Emerson, and J. Thompson, drill master, After stallation J. Thompsen was toastmaster at a banquet that was served to members and visitors and in addition to addresses by prominent members of the order there was a pleasing musical and rary programme. Last Thursday night there was a joint installation of the officers of Franklin Lodge No. 44 and Sts. Johns of No. 73 of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in | public in the Assembly Hall of the Pio- ; 'W. J. Blaisdell, sa- | ibone, warriors; B. F. for a grand display at | officers of Pacific Lodge of the I | ancial secretary: E. A. | Turpin, chaplain; ¥. D. | F With the United States District Attorney By Bertha Smith Do Amateur Actors Ever Become Professionals ? See The Sunday Call Poster neer building in the presence of a large | | number of ladies and gentlemen. The in- stalling officer was District Deputy J. T. Walithour, assisted by a full staff of act- ing grand officers. The new officers are: Franklin Lodge—John '\ T. McMillan, past | master; H. I Mulcreavy, master workman: Clerence Sheffer, foreman; A. Levy, overseer J. P. Dwyer, financier: J.” Bovey, recorder: J. Nordman, receiver; Otto H. Klumpp, guide: R. Murphy, inside, and M. G. Shove, outside watchma Ste. Johns Lodge—W. A. Paulson, past mas- ter' R. F'. McKenzle, master workman; F, D, Hern, foreman; 1. D. Fulton, overseer; R. A. Warden, guide: J. E. Purdy. recorder: A. K. Kipps, financier; J. D. Wheelock, receiver; T, AV CAl Fashions Picture Puzzles Stories of Interest By Well-Known Writers Who Perform Hazardous Feats A Living New Adventures . Of Pat and that were formed by the drying up of Lake Aubury.” The name last mentioned was conferred | Wy the explorer upon a large ‘“lake” in | honor of the State Mineralogist, through whose offices the exploration was made possible. QUANTITIES ARE VAST. It is when Professor Bailey speaks of the quantities of niter in California, as estimated by him, that the full impor- 1ance of the results of his exploration ap- pear. There are already located 35,000 acres for niter in the Owl, Upper Can- yon, Lower Canyon, Round Mountain and Valley, Confidence, Salt Springs, Te- copah, Pilot, Danby, Needles and Vol- cano districts, “In order to form some idca of the pos- sible value of the flelds,” says Professor Bailey, ‘““one may consider the caliche alone for a minute. The caliche, it may be explained, the crude nitrate of soda, and this lies in beds from six to twelve feet thick under a covering of conglomerate, or hard porphyritic ce- ment, that is from one to eighteen feet thick and must be removed to reach the caliche. “Now, then,” says Professor Bailey, | “the minimum thickness of the surface niter is six inches. One acre of ground contains 43,560 square feet. This, at six inches in depth, is equal to 21,780 cubic feet. This, at 70 pounds per cubic foot, amounts to 1,524, pounds per acre, or 760 tons per acre, say 750 tons; 30,000 acres, allowing 5000 acres to bc rejected, at 750 tons, amounts to over 22,000,000 tons. “In some places the caiiche is known to be from three to five feet in depth and the acreage of the coatings of the high hills is considerably more than if the round were level, as in the foregoing gures. When it is remembered that some of the strata from three to ten feet in thickness have been found to con- tain values from 15 to per cent of niter, it will be seen that the quantities are sufficlent to attract the attention of the largest capitalists and to lead to their full exploration and development. NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. “No attempt will be made to put a_value upon these niter beds, based upon ton- page or average per cent per ton. The facts so far obtained show the existénce of quantities on a scale large enough to be of national interest. The analyses show that niter exists on some of the 8&1{“ rich enough to rival the beds of e.” Professor Bailey accounts for the fact that while the existence of niter in the low, rolling hills along the Armagosa ver has been an open secret in this tate for more than twenty years, very little importance attached to the first locations and they were allowed to lapse. One reason that the beds have lain idle and neglected was that very little intelli- gent prospecting has been done by any one. he immense hills were sampled in the most superficfal way, as exploratiors in the desert are necessarily expensive and the explorers were handicapped br lack of both time and the proper capital. Difficulty in obtaining accurate analyses which in description makes good reading. “If,” he reports, ‘‘nature has been unkind in some ways in the desert, she has been | lavish of her gifts in others. If the val- | leys look forbidding, yellow with sand and greasewood, spotted with dismal black lava buttes, yet they are bright- ened with beds of soda, salt and borax that gleam snow white to the eye or turn (o mirage lakes with dancing waters and leafy borders. Every peak, face, ledge, gorge and stratum has a color of its own, while no two breadths of color are exactly alike. “TLey vary from pure marble white to lava black, from palest green to darkest carmine, from delicate cream to royal purple. ' Brilliancy and dullness of color are all mingled, contrasted and blended in magnificent masses that are beyond description. LAND OF PARADOXES. “Even the palest desert plants are gray or yellow as the soils they grow in. It is the land of the paradox; a veritable des- ert, yet filled with an abundance of riches; a region of death, yet for one- half of ‘the year one of the healthiest places on the continent; a place where the temperature may jump from 120 in the shade to 40 below zero during the year; where the average rainfall is nil, yet cloudbursts rip out the sides of the mountains and change the face of nature in an hour. A place where lakes are found on the pointed peaks of the moun- tains; where the rivers preserve their ex- istence only by concealment under the frflvels. coming to the surface only when orced to do so by some rocky barrier, so that the bottoms of the rivers are on top and one cuts his wood by digging into the sand with pick and shovel. “It is an arid land, where men have dled with thirst, even with full canteens in their hands; it is a waterless desert, yet its springs are the favorite stopping places of migrating ducks and geese. The absolute deserts, treeless and devoid of water, yet at many of the springs, where there is water enough to irrigate the land, ranches have been established that are veritable oases, delighting the eyes of the weary traveler and furnishing him with new supplies of fruit, vegetables and hay. “The scenery contrasts sharply with that of the rain-blessed regions. In the Great Basin the russet brown and gray desolation of the valleys, the naked rocks gorgeously colored, and the'sharp, for- bidding, angular appearance of the moun- tains, all form a picture of desolation and sclitude that {s oppressive. The scenery is monotonous\in the extreme, yet has a grandeur of its own. “There is a lack of shadow and an ab- sence of relief that makes the distance deceptive. The glare of the noonday sun conceals, rather than.reveals, the grand- eur of this rugged land, which is best brought out in the rich colors of sun- rise and sunset. As the sun sinks and the shades grow deeper and deeper each ravine and canyon becomes a fathomless abyss of purple haze, shrouding the bases of gorgeous towers and battlements that seem Incrusted with a mosaic more bril- ranges and the plaiffs between them are ! Pears’ the soap which began its sale in the 18th century, sold all through the 19th and is selling in the 20th. Bellsall over the world. OCEAN TRAVEL. U. S. MAIL ROUTE. NOME SAILINGS. NORTHERN COMMERCIAL 0. Wil dispatch its first-class steamers, “carrying United States malls, for NOME and ST. MiICHAEL DIRECT As Follow From San Francisco S. 8. ST. PAUL ..August 9 (about). From Seattle. S. 8. INDIANA. £ 8. S. OHIO. August 1 Connecting at Nome with steamers Saidie, carrying United States mail, for Teller and Candle Creek, and steamer Dora for Bluff City, Golovnin and St. Michael, and connecting at St. Michael with the company's river steam- ers for Dawson, Koyukuk and all Yukon River Do fretant and B 'or ] an aggage apply to NORTHERN COMMERCIAL CO.; 645 Market st., San Francisco. Or EMPIRE TRANSPORTATION CO., Puget Sound Agent, Seattle, Wasi PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION Cd. And Cia Sud Americana de Vapors; erican X 11 'rom - ard 3, pler 10, 12 m. s e July 23 COLOMBIA ...Aug. 15 --Aug. 3'AREQUIPA -A-A=:< —-_ These steamers are built expressly for Cen- tral and South American passenger service. (No change at Acapuleo or Panama.) Freight for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG, calling at Kobe (Hiogo), Nagasaki and Shanghal and connecting at Hongkong with steamers for In- dia, etc. No cargo received on board on day of sailing. 8S. NIPPON MARU..Thursday, July 24, 1903 SS. AMERICA MARU . b ......Saturd ss. HONGKONG MARU.. - Thursday, September 11, 1903 Round ;lp ticke! st duced rates. For freight and passage apply at company's office, 421 Market street. corner First. H. AVERY, General Agent. Jamburg-American, TWIN-SCREW EXPRESS SERVICE. PLYMOUTH—CHERBOURG—HAMBURG F. Bismarck....July 2]A. Victoria....Aug. 14 Columbia ......July 3UF. Blsmarck... Aug. 21 TWIN-SCREW PASSENGER SERVICE PLYMOUTH—CHERBOURG—HAMBURG Patricla July 22 Waldersee .....Aug. 5§ Bluecher July 29| Pennsylvania ..Aug, 12 kamburé-American Lin~, 37 B'way. «, ¥, HERZOG & CO., General Agents for P: Coast, 401 Caltforifa st San Franetses - 1° DCCanICS.5.Co. =i e o : S TTR W2 pinzor une o TAm. 8. S. ALAMEDA, for Homnolulu 5.8 o coevesatocasooves TUNKINT. Y 30 10 65 m 8. S. VENTURA., for Honolulu, Samoa, Auck- 1and and Sydney....Thurs., July 24, 10 a. m, 1. D. SPRECKELS & BROS. C0., General Agts., 337 Mari 6en’] Fass. Ofics, 643 Market St., Pier No. 7. Pacils f(‘,(x COMPAGNIE GENERALZ TRANSATLANTIQUS, DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIS, Sailing every Thursday, instead of Saturday, at 10 a. m., from Pler 43, North River, foot of Morton street. First-class to Havre, $70 and upward. class to Havre, $48 8nd upward, AGENCY FOR UNITED STA ADA, * way (Hudson buflding), New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Pacific Coast Agents, 8§ Montgomery avenue, San Francisco, Tickets sold by all Railroad Ticket Agents. AMERICAN LINE. NEW YORK, SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, St. Paul..July 16, 10 am|South" St. Louts.July 23, 10 am|Phila. 1ED STAR LINE. lusw YORK, ANTWERP, PARIS. Friesland. Jul; noon| 5 noon Vaderrar yaty 18, n;’?é:’z‘.?'{.'fia. ; i“JZ '{" noon INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION CO., CHAS. D. TAYLOR.G.A.P.C..30 Montgom'y st. BAY AND RIVER smma FOR 0. S, NAVY YARD AND VALLED Steamers GEN. FRISBIE o HONTICRLL) 9:45 a. m., 3:15 and 8:30 Sun day. n‘-'mn-y, 9:45 a. e m,: =% Valiejo 7 a. m., 12:30 > Sunday. Sunday, 7 a. » and passenger office, 316 Callfornta st. BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO., Gen, Agents. Fare cents. Telephone Main 1308. pler 3, Misston- Py