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6 Che—ptmn Call. FRIDAY........veusnensssssss, OCTOBER 3, 1002 s srih e > g A N RIS Tl JOHN D, SPRECKELS, Proprieton #eress AN Ocmmunivations to W. 8. LEAKE, Mamager. TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. The Operator Will Connect You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S, F. EBITORIAL ROOMS. Delivered by Carriers, 15 Cents Per Week. All postmasters are authorized to receive » subscri Semple coples will be forwarded when requested. o imsure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. CAKLAND OFFICE.. vee..1118 Broadway ©. GEORGE KROGNESS. Yensger Yereign Advertising, Marguette Building, Chioags. (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2810.") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: €. C. CARLTON.....x0 vsssees.Herald Square NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldorf-Astorie Hotel; A. Brentano, S1 Uios Square; Murray Eil Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Sherman House; P. O. News Co.; Great liorthern Hotel: Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE. ...1408 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—&27 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open until $:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes, open until 9:30 o’clock. 633 MeAllister, open until 9:30 o'clock. 615 Larkin, open until 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open umtil 10 o'clock. 2261 Mgrket, corner Sixteenth, cpen until ® o'clock. 1096 Va- lencia, cpen until § o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until § o'clock. ZNW. corper Twenty-second and Kenmtucky, open unt!l § o'clock. 2200 Fillmore, open untfl 9 p. m. THE ROUMANIAN JEWS. HE United States tndertakes to look into the T condition of the physical and meral health of immigrants who seek here an asylum and citi- zenship. If this Government find that another is pursuing toward any of its subjects a policy that de- humanizes them, and especially unfits them to become part of our body politic, and then by expulsion seeks to force them wpon as, it is the right of our Govern- ment to protest. If the offending mation be as small and contemptible as Roumania is, existing by suf- ferance as a sort of cuspidor in which a few strong nations czn spit, in order to avoid spitting in the faces of each other, it is entirely proper to call the attention of the expectorating nations to the condi- tion of their cuspidor. It is conspicuously noted that not one of ‘the sig- natories of the treaty of Berlin has denied the truth of our statement about the brutality of Roumania. They all admit, alse, that her brutality is expressly guarded against in the treaty, and there at present they rest. But all people who are cauglit“doing or assenting to 2 wrong resent detection. So these signétories are resenting the exposure of their assent to the persecution of the Roumanian Jews by turning upon the United States. They accuse us of oppressing the negro. It is true that we cut off his franchise, and lynch him for crime, but his property rights are respected and protected, 2nd there is no limit to his progress in material well being except his own thriftlessness. Every thrifty negro in the United States has equal opportunity with every thrifty white man. We make no distinction, The thirteen million negroes in this country are well fed, clothed and sheltered. They waste enough every day to iced the hali-million Jews of Roumania better than they are permitted to feed by that despicable Government. But whether we govern them well or bad we are not by expulsion forcing our negroes @s immigrants upon any other nation. If every sea- port were filled with ships offering them free passage abroad they would not go, because nowhere else on the earth can they find as good treatment and good opportunity as they find here. The desire of 2 people to relocate is always a test of their condition. Hav- ing the means and the freedom to go, if 2 people stay where they are that is the test of their contentment. Judged by this test the negroes are the most contented people on the earth, for they refuse to migrate even fromi one State to another when the money is of- fered to pay the expense. Contrast this with the desperate state to which per- secution has brought the Roumanian Jews! Starved into a physical condition worse than that of the vic- tims of the Indian famine; without money, clad in rags, and filling themselves with the garbage * fallen from the fleshpots of their persecutors, they painfully march barefooted to the border and in desperation tramp across the world toward the United States as the one land where they niay hope for justice and equality. In all recent history there is o other inci- dent like this. The course taken by our Government mzy not impress the nations that are guilty of neglect, but it has impressed the humane spirit of individuals, and the much abused financiers and money lenders of Europe have combined to withdraw the eredit of Rou- mani# until she offers some evidence of civilization in the better treatment of her Jews. —— Governor Boies has come out for free trade as a remedy for trusts and is making it the keynote of his campaign for Congress. We have thus - another proof that the free traders are willing to take any weapon that serves in their fight against protection. War against trusts is only an excuse. Free trade is the real object. 1t is said that the lawyers who have been employed to break the will of Stratton, the ‘millionaire, will re- ceive one million dollars if they succeed. Perhaps Stratton, gambler as he was, dreamed of such a gi- gantic gamble as a sort of post-mortem dissipation. A comedian was assaulted a few nights ago by foot- pads in San Jose. Perhaps the marauders had been to the show and felt that there was nothing in reason :d kjnsti(:e to prevent them from getting their mdney o % The ten-year-old Alameda youngster who says he can’t help but be wicked should be given a yery strenuous lesson in the methods pursued by some people who teach others how to help themselves. Alarmists are telling us that the Caribbean Sea is certainly to be the theater of a future gigantic war, Perhaps Mont Pelee has given the wise ones the tip, . THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1902 T is to be hoped that the Stite Board of Trade [ and effectively to secure, in the Ferry building, the exposition of the orange, olive and wine re- sources of Northern California. “The citrus fruit belt of the State, north of the Te- hachapi, is very extensive and lies in a thermal zone, where it is forever protected from frost by physical conditions. The water for irrigation is always pres- ent in this zone in great abundance. The orange is a thirsty tree. Its botanical history discloses that it was originally a swamp tree, or at least that its primi- tive habitat was where there was an abundance of water. All plants have certain conditions, that are not subject to change, upon which their perfection depends. The orange wants a temperature above a certain minimum and plenty of moisture at its root. It shares this habit with the date, which the Arabs say must bathe her feet in living water and her head in living sunshine. These conditions for the orange are all fulfilled in the Northern California citrus belt, and the demonstration of that fact has a bearing be- yond the commercial value of the citrus crop. Itisa permanent certificate to certain stable conditions of climate, reaching far to the north, and of the great- est value to the State. Qur olive production is still in its infancy. The investigations of the Pure Food Committee of the United States Senate prove that the users of pure olive oil must turn to this State for their source of supply. The foreign product is so largely sophis- ticated with lard, mustard, peanut and cottonseed oil as to put it all under suspicion. The extent of these adulterations and their effect upon. the taste of the consumer may be judged when it is known that many fail to recognize the pure California oil when they taste it! Pure oil has a distinct flavor, rich and nutty, but it is an acquired taste with great numbers of consumers, whose judgment is corrupted by the use of aduiterations. Our pure oil is rapidly making its way, and when it once captures the palate of a con- sumer no other finds a market. The olive-growers of this State were the first to furnish the ripe olive pickle, which is not only an agreeable relish but = delicious food product. Our ripe olive pickles have so captured the market that the product is not equal to the demand. Before it was introduced the American public knew only the green olive pickle and the dry salted olives of Greece. We may well turn our attention to the latter. The ripe olives are dry salted and dried in the sun. In the operation the acridity of the fruit disappears and it becomes a fine food, and may also be made into a pickle as agreeable as if pickled directly without drying. These two industries will be greatly helped by the proposed exposition, and it will have a direct bearing upon the value of citrus and olive lands in Northern California. Our wines have reached a stage in their commer- cial history when appreciation of their merits, mani- fested at the point of their production, is of the great- est assistance to their reputation abroad. The great revolution wrought in the quality of our wines by or- ganization of the vintage under such circumstances as can properly age and protect them against adul- teration has advanced them to first place. Our red and white dry wines, the dinner wines, used as a wholesome part of the diet, are now in demand all over the United States. Such pioneer promoters of the vintage as Wetmore and West, Smith, Chauche, Mclvor, "De Turk, Stanley, the Asti Company, Haraszthy, Schramim, Eisen, Crabb and others biilded wisély in preparfng a prosperity for the wine vineyards, which same of them live to share. This proposed exposition can now exhibit the re- sult of their labors, to the glory of the State and the profit of the great industry which they sacrificed so much to promote. It will be an event in the horti- cultural history of this State, and will attract more attention to our favorable climatic conditions and their vast reach and extent than anything that has been done for many years. e o e Since the renomination of Governor Odell by the Republicans of New York, the Democrats of the State have been encouraging one another by saying that within the last twenty years no Republican Gov- ernor has ever been clected to succeed himself. They wholly overlook the fact that Odell is a noted record breaker and can be counted on to set a new standard for the State in this matter as in others, NEW YORK DEMOCRACY. F all the Democratic State conventions of the O year that which presents the most interesting problem to the deeper students of our poli- tics is that which has just assembled at Saratoga and nominated Bird S. Coler for Governor of New York on a platform which not only roundly denounces trusts, but actually calls for government ownership and operation of anthracite coal mines. The convention was not made up of Bryanites nor of socialists; nor was it dominated by windy dema- gogues. On the conmtrary, the membership of the convention was composed so largely of what are known as “plutocrats” that it occasioned remark as soon as the names of the delegates were made known; while the men who managed the proceedings and guided them so smoothly that not even the rejection of Devery and the protests of Strauss caused a single scratch on the slate are known to-be anything but windy or emotional. David Bennett Hill has at times been known to talk too much, but that was long ago. For many a year now he has been about as silent a Democrat as could be found in the country, and it was he who'arranged for the convention, framed its platform and virtually dictated its nominations. Among the members of the convention were such persons as August Bclmont, a representative of one of the largest banking syndicates in the world; John J. McCall, president of the New York Life Insur- ance Company; James T. Woodward, president of the Hanover Bank; J. E. Simmons, president of the Fourth National Bank of New York, and other hardly less highly placed financiers. In addition to the bankers were a considerable number of men in- terested as directors or stockholders in the giant trusts that have their headquarters in New York. One of our exchanges estfmates that a dozen members of the convention represent organizations having con- trol of enterprises commanding a capital of upward of $1,800,000,000, including the big coal, steel and Tailroad trusts, which Democrats in other States are so busily denouncing. . : Bird S. Coler, the nominee for Governor, is presi- dent of the Guardian ’l‘ngt Company of New York, with a capital of $2,000,000; president of the Medina Sandstone Trust, with a capital of $2,000,000, and has what are described as “extensive financial interests in syndicates in Wall street and in Western farm mort- What do these men mean by demanding govern- ment ownership of anthracite coal mines? Have they a lot of inflated coal stock they would like to unload brains they would strike bottom so soon, !THE ORANGE AND OLIVE FAIR.|on the Government? Would they also like to unload railroad stocks? | The problem is certainly a curious one, and an in- and the counties concerned will move promptly | side view of the mind of David Bennett Hill at this time would be interesting. The poor Democratic donkey has for eight years been overloaded with Bryanism—is he now to be harnessed to the car of the magnates of Wall street? e Lieutenant Peary announces that he will not make another polar exploration, but at the same time he says the pole can be reached by the right man if somebody backs him with $200,000. It is a good offer, but at the same time that sum of money can reach so many other things that are better worth having, it is not likely it will be forthcoming to make a touch en the pole. G e — e ™ FRANK’' L. COOMBS. P \ EPORTS . from the Second Congressional R Disn;ict are highly encouraging to the sup- porters of the Republican party and the na- tional policies by which our present prosperity has been assured. The prospects are that the Hon. Frank L. Coombs, the present Representative of the district in Congress, will be returned by a larger majority than in his first election, and that the voters of the district will thus reaffirm their confidence in him and in the doctrines of sound money and protection to American industry, . The Second District has large interests in protec- tion, for among its greater industries are those en- gaged in the production of lumber, wool, wine and ! fruits. Each of those industries has now the benefit of Republican protection, and all who are engaged in them are therefore concerned in the election of a Representative who will stand firmly for the main- tenance of the protective principle. Another matter in which the district has important interests is that of river improvement and the adop- Q’on of a comprehensive system of impounding the | debris of the upper rivers so that while mining can be carried on effectively the streams and the valleys below will not be harmed by the washing of debris from the mountains. Those interests will naturally in- cline the voters to support the Republican party, which is the special champion of internal improve- ments. The State and the Federal governments have already arranged for united work in providing for the preservation of our rivers, and, as some of the most important of them flow through the Sec- ond District, the people of that district are directly interested in the continuance of the work. It is fortunate for the people of the district that they have as a Representative in Congress a man who is not only in favor of protection and internal im- provements as matters of political principle, but is also well fitted to advance and maintain them. Mr. Coombs is not a newcomer in the district, nor inex- perienced in legislation. He is a native son, and knows the needs of the State thorqughly. He has had long experience in the State Legislature, and has made his mark as one of the foremost of our younger mien. - In the Legislature he helped to frame the laws under which the State co-operates with the nation in the preservation and improvement of our rivers and streams, and now in Congress he assists in directing national legislation to the same end, so that it may be most effectively and economically ap- plied. Tried and tested by service in the Legislature, Mr. Coombs proved himself to be a faithful and able rep- resentative of his constituents, and now the same strong qualities*which made him influential at Sacra- mento are winning for him an equal influence at Washington. = Although he is now serving his first term in the House, he has already made himself known to the leaders of the party as a diligent and untiring worker. He is one of the men who can be counted on to do the work of the committee-rooms as well as to speak forcibly and vote right on the floor of the House. Such men make the best Representa- tives and are of most service to their constituents and to the country. The voters of the Second District cannot afford to set aside a Representative of experience and known worth for the sake of making an experiment with a new man. California in the past has had disastrous cxpeMence of the folly of changing her Representa- tives at every election. Throughout the State the people have ndw learned that, other things being anywhere near equal, it is always best to retain at Washington a man who by service there has estab- lished friendships and influences that will be useful to him in promoting any legislation desired by his constituents. Taking all things into consideration, Mr. Coombs merits the support not only of all Republicans, but of all independent voters in his district. Surely no man can desire to change the prevailing prosperity of the country, and of that prosperity Mr. Coombs stands as a tried and approved champion. Under such cir- cumstances it is not strange that the prospects of his re-election are clear and sure. As a matter of fact the vote to be given him by the constituents he is so faithfully serving should be well nigh unanimous. THE WINE TRADE. TATISTICS of the wine exports of the State S for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1902, pub- lished in the current number of Pacific Wine and Spirit Review, mzke an excelleritand highly en- couraging showing for (he\industry. The grand ‘totals both by sea and by rail are given in the follow- ing’ table: (Fiscal year ending June 30, 1902,) Cases, by rail 1 Cases, by =ea @Grand Total Gallons, by rail .. Gallons, by sea Grand Total Increase in all exports of case goods over previous s = o oxiorts ot itk d e e in 2 exports of ul oods over fiscal year, 563,352 xallons, £ Fayace The Review goes on to point out that this growth efforts of a portion of the Eastern jobbing trade “to substitute cheap sophistiate$,wi:x¢a for the pure products of the State.” We shall of course have al- ways to meet that fraudulent competition until some kind of well devised national legislation can be ea- forced for the prevention of .the adulteration or so- phistication of articles of food and of drink. Even as the matter stands, however, we have a bright prospect for the wine industry. An increase of ex- ports amounting to €000 cases of wine in glass and more than half a million gallons of wine in bulk is a subject for special congratulation even in this year of general prosperity. T The boys of the Lowell School who, undaunted, essayed ap excursion into the domain of politics prob- ably did not réalize as well then as they do now that when they took fhe trouble of digging in their own in dur wine export trade has been obtained despite the | WEDDING, CARD PARTY AND CLUB MEETINGS FILL SOCIETY'S T RS. JULIUS REIS gave a card party yesterday afternon at her . residence, Sacramento and La- guna streets, The guests werc entertained at cards and attractive prizes ‘were given to the fortunate players. Pro- gressive euchre was the game. Miss May Rels assisted her mother in making the afternoon most enjoyable “ror the guests. . - Ed . Miss Angela Devlin and Daniel A. Ryan were principals at a pretty wedding yes- terday morning at St. Mary’s Cathredral. Rey. Father William P. Kirby officiated. The bride was attended by her sisters, Miss Marie Devlin and Miss Amalda Dev- lin. The best man was Hugh J. McIsaac, a law partner of the groom. The ushers were: Dr. A. Giannini, Dr. Willlam M. Sullivan, Timothy T. Fitzpatrick, E. V. McGinty and J. J. Gildea. The ceremony was followed by a re- ception at the bride’s home, 618 Baker street, which was attended by many in- vited guests. Later in the day the happy couple left for Lake Tahoe on thelr wed- ding trip. They will reside in this city upon their return. The bride is a sister of Charles J. I Devlin, the well-known architect, and has many accomplishments. The groom is a member of the law firm of Ryan & Mc- Isaac, with offices in the Chronicle Build- ing. Mr. Ryan is past president of Pacific Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, and council commander of McKinley Camp, Woodmen of the World. rebiietie Ladles of the Century Club gathered at their clubrooms on Sutter street yes- terday afternoon to cpen their exhibition of seventeenth century prints. A number of the members were accompanied by in- vited guests. The ladies in_charge of the arrangements were Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Remoyer. & W A meeting of the Consumers’ League, Mrs. Kate Bulkley president, was the means of attracting a large audience to Golden Gate Hall yesterday gfternoon. The interest in the league is Constantly increasing. i S The local Council of Women, Mrs. John F. Swift president, will Hold its first meeting of the season to-morrow after- noon at Century Hall, 1215 Sutter street. ‘Publie School Service* will be the work of the council for this season. There will be a business meeting at 2 o’clock and Dr. David Starr Jordan will speak at 3 p. m. upon the subject. L. A reunion of the Red Cross workers will be enjoyed at the annual meeting of the San Francisco Red Cross Society to-mor- row afterhoon at 4 o'clock at the Philo- math clubrooms, Bush .street and ,Van Ness avenue. All interested in the work are invited. Mrs. J. F. Merrill is presi- dent. eIitei 4 An informal rgception and dance will be held for the benefit of the St. Vincent de Paul building fund this evening at Maen- nerbund Hall, Twenty-fourth street and Potrero avenue, — - Those interested are outside friends of Father Ryan, who are anxious to assist him in his good work. The ladies of the committee are Mrs. George Ryan, Mrs. P. O'Connell, Mrs. J. E. Inskeep and Mrs. J. Sullivan, who, with their friends are working hard to make the affair a suceess. vl e Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lent have re- turned to town and opened their residefice on Eddy street. o v "o Miss Edith Simpson is about to spend six weeks in the East. o Mr. and Mrs. George Crocker will leave Europe during the present month. ol mt Miss Lucie King has returned from Bur- lingame, where she has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Russell Wilson. G Ne Mrs. Eleanor Martin leaves for Los An- | | SOCIETY BELLE WHO AS- SISTED HER MOTHER IN EN- TERTAINING YESTERAY. i - - A. H. Voorhies and Mrs. Sidney Van Wyck also go to that city as delegates of the convention of the Daughters of the geles this evening for a brief stay. Mrs. Confederacy. WILL MOVE CITRUS FAIR EXHIBITS FREE The transportation companies have agreed to handle free of charge all freight for the Northern California Thanksgiving Citrus Fair, to be held in the ferry huild- ing in this city. This announcement'was sent out yesterday by Manager Filcher of the State Board of Trade, who is chair- man of the committee on transportation, to all the counties north of Tehachapi. All these counties, with few exceptions, are growing citrus fruits'and are expected to make displays at the coming fair. November 24 has been fixed upon as the opening date. The circular that has just been prepared for the information of the sections of the State most concerned sets forth that the fair will last at least two weeks. There will be no charge for space, as the pur- pose of the State Board of Trade, which is back of the enterprise, is to make the expense of €xhibiting as light on the counties as possible. Counties that do not grow citrus fruits are invited to take part and make ex- hibits of their products. Citrus fruits and other semi-tropleal products, so the State Board of Trade reports, are grow- ing in thirty-five counties north of Te- hachapt and it is important that all these countles. should be represented, the pur- pose of the fair being to demonstrate the great possibilities for the production of these fruits in what are commonly known as the central and northern por- tions of California. Citrus fruits, wines, nuts, olives and olive oil will naturally be the distinctive features. Small portions of exhibits, which it may be deemed desirable to ship by express, will be carried by Wells, Fargo & Co. at one-half of the usual rafes. A suggestion is made by the State Board of Trade that growers may. be in- duced to contribute their products liber- ally to the fair by an understanding that a saie shall take place at the end of the show. In some cases the fruit may bring the full market price. In the event of a slight depreciation, the differences might be made up to the growers from such funds as the different communities may collect for the general expense of mak- ing their exhibits. A meeting will be held at the rooms of the State Board of Trade next Saturday afternoon for the purpose of making fur- ther-arrangements for the fair. PERSONAL MENTION. : R. J. Kilpatrick, a railroad contractor of Nebraska, is at the Palace. S. S. Raymond, a mining man of North- ern California, is at the Palace. A. W. Simpson, a lumber dealer of Stockton, is a guest at the Oceidental. Peter Musto, who conducts a general merchandise store at Stockton, is at the Grand. - Richard Fox, a banker of Sacramento, 15 at the Grand, accompanied by his family. ~ Lieutenant Sam Widdifield, U. 8. A, a former resident of Honmolulu, is regis- tered at the Occidental. C. Motzen, the lighthouse keeper at Point Reyes, is a guest at the Grand. He is accompanied by his wife. J. M. Collins, the popular night clerk of the Grand, has returned from a two | weeks' vacation in the country. Clinton B. Hale, a capitalist of Santa ———— NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A WOMAN TO BE PRETTY Must Have Luxuriant and Glossy Hair, No Matter What Color. The whole contour of a female face, the sweetest smile of a female mouth, loses something if the head is crowned with scant hair. Scant and falling hair, it is now kno is eaused by a parasite that g L the root of the ) white scales the up in bur- sowlnz are called :‘llldrufl d’l‘& cutze gas- . then, an stop fall- fiumwffmn:m" wnt killed. New- 's He & an new of the ¢l Taboratory, destroys the 4 stops “the falling N Barbara, is at the Occidental, accom- panied by his wife and Miss Chamberlain, Erastus Young, chief auditor of the Unfon and Southern Pacific roads, is at the California. His headquarters are at Omaha. Baron and Baroness Carnap, who are touring the coast, and have been spens- ing several weeks in Seuthern California, have returned to the Palace. Theodore Wores, an artist whose work has gained recognition in New Yorlk, London and Paris, is in 'the eity again and will remain here a month. —_———— Californians in New York. NEW YORK, Oct. 2—The following Californians are in New York: From San Francisco—C. L. Asher, at the Hoffggan; C. N. Beal and J. C. Siegfried, at the Hol- land; P. Boiger, at the Imperial; Mrs. An- drews and E. F. Mohrhardt, at the Herald Square; Mrs. L. B. Miller and G. D. Cooper, at the Manhattan; Miss E. Crain and W. Desmond, at the Grand Union; A. Deckelman, at the Sturtevant; J. Enright, at thé Broadway Central; P. K. Gordon and wife at the Victoria; W. D. Lawton, at the St. Denis; G. Rose and wife, at the Cadillac; H. D. Stevens, at the Raleigh; J. Triest, at the Savoy: G. J. Walsh, at the Sinclair, and W. Wohltmain, at the Union Square. From Los Angeles—W. 8. G. Todd, at the St. Denis: Dr. 'W. Hughes, at the New Amsterdam; Mrs. Ruggles, at the Sin- clair; H. C. Ackerly, at the Holland; Mrs. G. L. Schmidt and the Misses Schmidt, at the Bartholdi, and E. K. Steinlein, at the Savoy. From San Jose—Mrs. Victoria. ———— Free Day Art Institute. The Mark Hopkins Institute of Art will be open to the public to-day free of charge from 9 a. m. till § p. m., and in the evening from 7:30 till 10 o’clock. Dunner at the APPRAISE SLOSS ESTATE AT MORE THAN A MILLION Louis Greenbaum, Alan. W, Maginis and W. H. Morrow, the appraisers ap- pointed to determine the value of the es- tate of the late Louis Sloss, filed their re- port vesterday. The repurt shows that the estate other than that deeded to Sioss”. wife and children during his life, is worth $1,024,661. It comsists of an in- terest in the firm of Louls Slods & Co., valued at $337,863 30, cash in the hands of the executor of the Sloss will, $19,250; a ranch in Ventura County worth $40,600, a ranch in Orange County worth 3720, realty in Les Angeles worth 306, ap! I stocks and bonds of the value of $626.- 076 50. Among the Jatter are 3808 shares of stock in the Alaska Commercial Com- pany, valued at $108,460. Mark L. Gerstle of t'ie firm of Thomas & Gerstle, attorneys ior the estate, sald yesterday that the capitalist had deeded realty worth considerably more than a million to his family during his life- time. ———— Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —_————— Best reading glasses, specs, 20c to 40 note 81 4th, front barber store, groceries.* —_——— Townsend's Californfa Glace fruit and candies, 50c a pound, in artistic fire-etche hoxes. 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