The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 30, 1902, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CA'_LL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1902. THURSDAY.................OCTOBER 30, 1902 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprielor. PSS S-S S e Address All Communications to W. S LEAKE. Manager. S P ;s TELEPHONE. Ask for THE CALL. "h» Operator Will Connect ‘You With the Department You Wish. PUBLICATION OFFICE...Market and Third, S. F. EDITORIAL ROOMS.....217 to 221 Steveason St. Delivered by Carriers, 156 Cents Per Week. Single Coples, 5 Cents. Terms by Mail. Including Postage: DAILY CALL (including Sunday). one year.. ..$8.00 DAILY CALL Oncluding Sunday), € months. 8.00 DAILY CALL (ncluding Sunda: 1.50 DAILY CALL—By Single Month. All postmasters are muthorized to receive subscriptions. Sample coples Wwill be forwarded when requested. Mall subscribers in ordering change of address should be garticular to give both NEW AND OLD ADDRESS in order o insure & prompt and correct compliance with their request. OAKLAND OFFICE. “ssssee.1118 Broadway g C. GEORGE KROGNESS. 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HE great mass-meeting in Madison Square, T where Mayor Schmitz went to fiddie and ex- Governor Budd to dance, has been and is gone. It was a blue mass-meeting in many respects. There Governor Hill met Boss Devery of the tenderloin, whom he kicked out of the Saratoga convention, and Mr. Hearst appeared as the bud of political society, making his maiden speech, and the venerable Adlai Stevenson, free silver apostle, stood up alongside of Shepherd the goldbug. And they all chanted the ritual of free trade. Hearst, whose paper has been publishing pages of hysterics affirming the sufficiency of the Sherman anti-trust law, and had to sit and hear himself called a noodle by Stevenson, who denounced the Sherman law as inefficient and useless, and attacked the Re- publican party for not passing a better act. Then the thoughtiul listener with a memory went out and Jaughed as he remembered that when Mr. Stevenson was Vice President there was a Democratic Senate and House, which found the Sherslan law on the statute-books and left it, untouched! That Congress did nothing but tinker the tariff by passing a bill which Mr. Cleveland refused to sign, and denounced as “a record of perfidy and dishonor,” and it never enacted a line of anti-trust legislation. The coal mining companies of Illinois were once competitive and individual. Many of them long ago combined, and Vice President Stevenson’s coal prop- efties went into the combine. When there was a coal strike in that State Stevenson’s son complained that the miners could not be brought to terms be- czuse the individual owners outside the combination would not join that trust in locking out and thumb- strewing the workmen. Now the aged Adlai com- plains 16 the moon that “the small dealer has been driven from the field.” One of the speakers was Senator Jones of Ar- kansas, leading stockholder in the cotton bale trust, who joined in the fervid denunciation of trusts and combines. All that seems to have been lacking in the symmetry of the meeting was the presence of Gov- | ernor Hogg of the Texas oil trust to keep company with Hearst, representing an estate in the copper trust, Whitney in the Standard Oil trust and Steven- son of the coal trust. When that quintet of Jones, Stevenson, Whitney, Hearst and Hogg sings. in chorus jor a law to regulate trusts and invites the people to put in power the Democracy for that pur- pose, it is the trust cuckoo that vocalizes. Politics makes strange bedfellows, and a more in- congruous lot never before clawed at their share of the sheets and blankets. In view of the scandals of his own administration, Governor Hill's denunciation of Governor Odell supplied the farce comedy of the occasion. The cor- ruption of the Croton tunnel made the water of New York City dangerous to health when Hill was Gov- ermor and was in league with Tammany. His plea now that the State be turned over to Tammany and the tenderloin is the request of the fox to be trusted with the raising of goslings, and New York is not the kind of 2 goose, to do that. e m——— The local wife who accepted a beating from her busband rather than eat a tamale which he offered her indicated that she prized her stomach at its proper value even to the injury of her hide. In an action for divorce she is clearly in a position to sus- tain an accusation of barbarity against her spouse. England’s statesmen are growling over rumors of scandal in connection with her late horse recruiting i station near New Ofrleans. This implies some hope at least that we may be able to get even with our English friends for invading our territory at a time when they were neither desirable nor welcome, Mr. Addicks, the perpetual candidate for the Sen- ite from Delaware, has just declared he will never setire from politics until the Democrats carry®the Legislature, and that he adds is an impossibility, for, says he, “In the coming election I am gOing to sweep them all into the sea.” : Qur British and German cousins are expending much breath in unqualified praise of President Roose- velt and Americans. And yet our trans-Atlantic friends know that we insist, if we are to be cheated, that we must be cheated cleverly. 1t is said the Vienna doctor who came over to Chi- cago to cure Armour’s daughter receiv«ida fee of $100,000, and now we may look for a little the price of canned beef. A FRIEND OF THE FOREST. OREST planting and forest preservation each F had to have a beginning in this country, and a pioneer. Forest planting and Arbor day, now observed in many States and to which the country owes many artifiially planted forests, and its policy of renewing timber growth, was instituted by the late J. Sterling Morton of Nebraska, whose intimate knowledge of the relation of forests to economics and whose enthusiasm supplied an impulse to tree plant- ing that still goes on. The pioneer in forest preservation, in the policy of forest reservation by the Federal Government, was the late A. H. Washburn of this State, whose recent death has made many mourners. He was a native of Vermont, and his birth among the Green Mountains and his early life spent in their company made him a confirmed and enthusiastic mountaineer. Many years ago that other mighty man of the mountains, Galen Clark, who was born in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, found- ed Clark’s Station, in the Sierras, near the confluence of Big Creek and the South Fork of the Merced River. It was in a wooded valley, ‘near one of the mountain meadows which oc- cur in the high ranges. He acquired much forest land around his station, and all finally passed into the ownership of A. H. Washburn and his brothers, who, added to their forest holdings until they commanded a tract of timber of sufficient area to protect the watershed of Big Creck and the South Fork of the, Merced. It was tempting timber, consi;ting of fine sugar and yellow pine, white cedar, silver fir and Douglass spruce. But they lumbered only enough of it to build the Wawona Hotel after the old station burned, and thereafter the tract was efficiently pro- tected and stands to-day a virgin forest, in many re- spects the finest in the world. It joins the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, which is mine miles from the sta- tion, and seeén from Wawona Point or Signal Peak it presents the most charming ‘and inspiring forest scene in the world. Mr. Washburn preserved it carefully. He extended his care of the forest beyond his own holding, and the forest on the public domain around was always the object of his enlightened solicitude. He knew and named the trees, and when he found one scarred by mountain fires he would protect and nurse it as if it were a child. He knew the reparative capacity of 'a burned tree, and when others would decide its life stricken beyond cure, and complete its sacrifice, he would assist its convalescence. In the half century of his experience in those forests he could point to many a noble sugar pine that had completely covered the wound made in its majestic column by the fire of some careless or indifferent camper, kindled at its base. In the depths of the forest were trees that he named and knew, and he became the good genius of all the Yosemite region. 'Finging that the watersheds of the streams that pour over the high walls of the Yosemite Valley and make the finest waterfalls in the world were in dan- ger by, being stripped of the timber on the public domain he conceived the idea of reserving those for- ests from sale to private ownership and their protec- tion as a Government reservation. He gave this idea to the Commissioners of the Yosemite Valley, and that body immediately’ communicated with the Cali- fornia members of Congress. It was acted upon by them and resulted" in the first forest reservation, as such, made by the Federal Government. This reser- vation is the Yosemite Park, which is so often con- fused with the Yosemite Valley proper, which it in- closes and surrounds. The civil and military authorities of the Govern- ment conferred with him over the measures for pro- tecting this reservation, and he was the first to ad- vise a military patrol, and he picked out that charm- ing spot on the South Fork of the Merced, which is the headquarters camp of the military patrol. This friend of the forest wrought and builded with- out ostentation and pretense, but every forest reser- vation in the Union is his memorial, and his memory deserves perpetuation as the pioneer in a policy that will project blessings into the far future and to gen- erations to be. e ——e Commenting upon the campaign of a new man for Congress in Massachusetts the Boston Transcript says that if elected “he will find himself wedged in among scveral hundred other Congressmen at the | national capital, a lonely atom in the surging political sea, compelled to trade and scheme to get recognition or standing, and patronized by men of less ability who have been long enough in the House to be con- sidered initiated into the wonders and mysteries of statesmanship.” S sistence, the corporations are working to pro- cure the adoption of their scheme embodied in Assembly constitutional amendment No. 28’, marked | on the official ballot as = “Amendment No. 8” To meet the tactics of the schemers the people must be equally earnest and active. A vigorous campaign should be made against the amendment. Men of in- | fluence should speak to their friends on the subject and impress upon them the importance of voting against the scheme. It will not do to neglect the matter. If the number of votes cast for the scheme be larger than the number cast against it the amend- { ment will have been adopted, no matter how large | may be the number of persons who did not vote on that particular issue at all. The object of the scheme is to rid corporations of all sorts of public control by creating a commission of five members, who are to have exclusive jurisdic- tion over every question affecting the relations of the corporations to the public. The first set of Commis- sioners are to be appointed by the Governor, and one | of them is to hold office for two years, another for four years, a third for six years, a fourth for eight years and the fifth for ten years. After the first appointment the vacancies as they occur are to be filled by the elec- tion of members for a term of ten years each. The commission is to have unlimited power to appoint deputies and clerks in every county and municipality in California, and the Legislature is to provide sala- ries for all such appointees. Should tWe Legislature fail to provide a sdlary for any deputy or clerk the commission is authorized to do so. It will be seen that under this scheme a Commis- sioner once elected holds office for ten years. Thus for the election of a Commissioner vested with authority of extraordinary scope and power the peo- ple of 2 district would have a vote but once in ten years, twice'in twenty years, thrice in thirty years, or more than the average lifetime of a voter. The corporations might with but little more avdacity have proposed to elect their Commissioners for life. Think of a people accustomed to a repre- AMENDMENT NO. 8. ILENTLY and secretly, but with tireless per- vance in | sentative form of government living for nineteen years in a district and during all that time having but ! one chanice to vote for an official clothed withexelu- sive jurisdiction in all questions affecting the supply in the district of water, gas, light, power, street cars and telephones, in addition to such State matters as railroads, banks, insurance companies, express com- panies, telegraphs, sleeping cars and all other public utilities! Keep the scheme in mind. Talk it over with your friends and acquaintances. Remember the corpora- tions are working hard among the bosses and their henchmen. The corporations are powerful. They have lots of money to put up for a scheme of this kind, for it means big money for them. In fact, if the amendment be carried there will .then be no re- dress whatever for the people against any corporation that imposes upon the public all the traffic will bear. l During the recent excursion of the American As- sociation of General Passenger and Ticket Agents they succeeded in establishing communication by wireless telegraphy between way stations and their train, which was frequently running at a rate of sixty miles an hour. Communication with the station be- gan eight miles before reaching it and continued for cight miles beyond. It is said to have been the best test on record of the use of wireless telégnphy for train service. e RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. O California have had a large and varied expe- rience. No commission in the State is in- trusted with more important powers, and there is none where there is a greater demand for stalwart and unflinching strength of character on the part of the men who compose “it. When weak or otherwise inefficient men are in a majority on the commission it becomes so futile the people are well nigh persuaded to abolish it alto- gether; but when feithful and efficient men are at that post of-duty the commission is of the highest service to every industrial and commercial interest of the people. It was with a clear understanding of the impor- tance of nominating strong and capable men for the office that the Republicans this year.made up their ticket for Railroad Commissioners. In each district the nominee is a man of known ability and of tried fidelity to the public. Should all of them be elected there will be a harmonious and vigorous board, and the people can count upon having their interests in transportation problems rightly and honestly guarded and protected. The nominee in the First District is A. C. Irwin of Yuba, one of the*best known and most highly es- teemed men in that section of the State. He has been Supervisor of Yuba County and Sectetary of the Marysville Chamber of Commerce. In both those positions he has shown not only a liberal pub- lic spirit but a notable ability for rendering public service. His career as a Supervisor has attested his fidelity to duty and his zeal on behalf of the general interests of his constituents. He will enter upon the work of Railroad Commissioner well equipped for the task and will maintain in that position the high repute established in his former official service. Adam Andrew of San Francisco, the nominee in the Second District, is one of the most widely known business men of the State. To the people of his dis- trict he needs no recommendation, for his capacity and his integrity are well established. In his career as a business men he has had occasion to give ear- nest study to transportation problems, and is there- fore well fitted for the office to which he aspires. He knows the needs of the merchants and the ship- pers of the State and understands what they have a right to expect and to demand from the railroads. He will make an ideal Commissioner and can be re- lied upon to render effective service in the office. In the Third District the nominee is Orrin S. Hen- derson of San Joaquin. He holds the office of chair- | man of the Board of Supervisors of his county and is known as a man of marked ‘ability and unques- tioned honesty and firmness.. Few men have in a greater degree than he the faculty for making and re- taining friendships. He is a.Master Mason, a Na- tive Son and a member in good standing of several fraternal societies. In private life he is interested in a carriage and wagon factory in Stockton and is one of the largest employers of labor in that city. His sympathies are with labor and he. has never had trouble with his workingmen. His experiences as a manufacturer and shipper have taught him the value of fair transportation rates, and as a member of the Railroad Commission his energies will be = directed toward obtaining justice to all shippers, large or small. The people are to be congratulated upon the op- portunity to elect mef of such high character to the commission. In their hands the office will be some- thing more than a mere excuse for drawing salaries. | They are business men who know the needs of busi- ness and whose sympathies will be on the side of the public. There is no question of the ability or the in- tegrity of either of them. The chance is thus offered to the people of getting a Railroad Commis$ion that will be efficient and serviceable to the interests of the State. Such men merit more than a party vote, and every independent voter should support them. { The Government of Venezuela, it was announced a few days ago, was afflicted by the necessity of travel- ing in a railroad car. The worthy gentlemen who constitute the Government probably have cause for congratulation in the knowledge that they were not stationary to some telsgraph pole. Germany, it is said, was chary in her welcome to the Boer generals because she was afraid of the great soldiers. This is another and an admirable illustra- tion of the fact that Emperor William is a close and sympathetic student of contemporary English history. — Our affairs in Guam are again reported to be in an unsatisfactory condition. It might be cheaper for the Government to blow up the island as it did Shag Rock. We certainly have islands enough to be reck- less with a few. California has been suffering recently from an epi- demic of women suicides. These unfortunates have probably forgotten that nothing assists so to live as the knowledge that our death will make some one happy. It appears to be the unanimous opinion of the New York critics that Mascagni is a good leader of or- chestra, but his orchestra Gught to be led with a rope and tied up somewhere in the woods. The campaign is nearly over and we haven't heard a word said about imperialism, though some wise- acres predicted it would be the chief issue in the fight. A gas corporation in Brooklyn has announced that despite the scarcity of coal it will not raise the price ! of gas; and now let us hurry up Thanksgiving. ~ F the Railroad Commission the people of ! PRETTY MAIDENS OF “FLORODORA” COMING AGAIN TO SAN FRANCISCO p - Mabel Martin, soprano; Jones and Sylves- ter, singing and dancing comedians; Madge Woodson, a clever child perform- er; Roscoe and Sims, novelty musicians, and Josephine Gassman and her picka- ninnfes are providing excellent entertain- ment at the Chutes. This evening after the regular performance the amateurs will appear. concluding their portion of the show with a new series of living pictures. The infant incubators are talked of everywhere. . ton Reynolds, the actor-mana- g:aortr:rl;i Theater Republic, which is rap- idly nearinf ccmpletion, leaves this morn- ing for New York, whers he will organize a stock company. Harry Corson Clarke, the comedian, has been signed to play the character parts. Reynolds says that ke will close nego_\ia(i-’-ns for several po + back here with his compa :::il?nl: fbeew weeks. Day and night shi of workers are engaged on the new thea- CLEVER PEOPLE WHO ARE FUR- NISHING AMUSEMENT AT LO- CAL THEATERS. & HE popular “Florodora” will be- gin next Monday night a limited engagement at the Columbia Theater. It holds the absolute record for consecutive presenta- tions in New York and many of the large cities, and stands pre-eminently the lead- er of its kind. A company of talented artists is engaged in the presentation this season, including Corinne 4n the rcle of Dolores, W. C. Mandeville as Cyrus Cil- fain, Eleanor Falg as Lady Holyrood, Willard Curtiss in the part of Captain Arthur Donegal, Charles H. Bowers as Frank Abercoed, Alf C. Wheelan in the comedy role of Tweedlepunch, Alfred Ca- hill as Leandro, Grace Hazard singing Angela and Frances Tyson in the charac- ter of Valleda. The famous beauties of the double sextet and the very large chorus, both of which have been pro- nounced features of '‘Florodora,” will be seen again. ‘‘Florodora’ carries its own orchestra in addition to the other mem- bers of the organization, which in all numbers nearly 100 people. The advance sale of seats commences this morning. “King Dodo” remains at the Columbia up to and including Sunday. S e “Linda 41 Chamounix” and “La Bo- heme” are alternating at the Tivoll this week, and the attendance is large for both operas. ‘“Linda” is decidedly tune- ful and meets with approbation from the lovers of music. ‘“‘Boheme’” is as popular as at the first presentation, the fine mu- sic of the opera being well taken care of by Montanari, Agostini, D’Albore, Dado and the supporting chorus and small parts. The orchestration is beautifuliy car- ried out by Steindorff's instrumentalists. Next week comes “‘Tosca,” for the first time fn this city. It is by the composer ¢t “Boheme” and is sald to be even stronger musically than that opera. ““Car- men” will alternate, being presented on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Satur- day nights. ‘“Tosca’ will occupy the oth- er evenings and also be the bill at the Saturday matinee. . There will be a matinee of Jerome K. Jerome's drama, “The Way to Win a ‘Woman,” at the Alcazar to-day. It has scored a bLig success and is drawing crowdéd houses. Monday evening next William Gillette’s comedy, ‘‘Because She Loved Him S0,” will be produced for the first time in this city at popular prices. Tuesday evening the returns from every ‘precinct in the city and every State whera elections are held will be announced b tween each act and after the perform- ance till midnight. A special telegraph wire will be conrected with the stage for that purpose. “The Great Metropolis” is drawing im- mense audiences at the Central. Monday evening next the melodrama, “War on ‘Women™” will be produced. Landers Stevens has been engaged to play the bero. Tuesday evening next the election L e e e e e e e B T ) Arthur Rodgers’ Estate Is Appraissd. Theé report of the appraisers appointed to détermine the value of the estate of the late Arthur Rodgers, at one time a Regent of the University of California and a prominent attorney, was filed yes- terday. It shows that deceased left $23 - 105 23 in cash and owned property on the water front worth $155,200, land in Kern and Placer counties worth $128%, stocks and bonds worth $79,821 and a library valued at $3146 33. . NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DOCTORS INDORSE HERPICIDE Because Its Formula Is Submitted to ‘Them. Alexander McMillian, M. D., a promi- nent physician of Lansing, Michigan, writes: *On three cases I have tested Herpicide for dandruff and the result has been all that could be desired.” Herpicide is made upon an entirely new principle, that is, that dandruff and fall- ing hair are caused from a microbe that infests the hair bulb, and, by destroying the microbe one’s hair is bound to grow luxuriantly. Herpicide is the only hair remedy . that claims to and really does destroy the dandruff germs. returns will be announced from the stage between each act. . s s e £ The excellent programme offered at the {‘Orpheumr is serving. to crowd the theater the Swiss juggler, is a marvel; the Misses Carver and Pollard present an amusing {act, and Evelyn Ormsby has a pleasing soprano voice. Doherty’s canine circus delights young and old. Hickey and Nel- son in “Twisted and Tangled,” Weston and Allen, the amusing character and ac- robatic comedians, and the Athos family of tumblers are in their last appearances. For fiext Sunday five new acts are an- rounced, including Sparrow, the “mad juggler.” At the Grand Opera-houge immense au- diences are nightly appreciating an excel- lent performance. Miss Wainwright is stock company. The scenery and cos- tumes contribute much to the complete- ness of the production. Miss Wainwright her celebrated character of Lady Isabelle in “East Lynne,” and if it is possible to change her repertoire the theater-goers of Sar. Francisco will have an opportun- There are but three more nights of the engagement coming to an end on Sat- urcay night. The clever originality of the plece, its bright, catchy music and its pretty girls all combine to make “The Liierty Belles” one of the most popular attractions that has visited San Franciseo this season. On Sunday night the spec- tucular play, “Lost River,” which cap- tured New York last season, running for six menths there, will occupy the boards. The large cast includes nearly fifty peo- rle; there are two carloads of special scenery, three race horses, a realistic bi- cyele race with panoramic scenery—in fact, the entire original production as used in New York. ugRs The Schenk family . of five acrobats; at every performance this week. Rapoli, | ably supported by the Grand Opera-house | is receélving many requests to appear in | ity of-seeing a portrayal of the character. | o Lk “The Liberty Belles” at the California,, | | | | ter and it will be soon ready for the form- al opening. @il @ PERSONAL MENTION. E. 8. Pilisbury left for tks Tuesday's limited. E. O. Larkins, an attorney of Visalia, is a guest at the Lick. R. Robertson, proprietor of Gilroy Hot Springs, is.at the Lick. C. E. Darling, a business man of Nome, i a guest at the Palace. ‘W. A. Junker, proprietor of the Hotel Paso Robles, Is at the Palace. C. H. Riege, proprietor of a stationery store at Fresno, is at the Lick. Henry Marks, a drygoods merchant of Ukiah, is registered at the Lick. R. G. Barton, proprietor of theaters at Fresno and Sacramento, is at the Califor- nia. N. 8. Arndt, a Stockton merchant, is at the California, accompanied by his wife. T. Chittenden, an extensive landowner of Chittenden, is among the agrivals at the Grand. Frank H. Short, a prominent attorney of Fresno, is here on legal business and is registered at the Palace. T. B. Walker, ¢ne of the most extensive lumber dealers 'of the Northwest, with headquarters at Minneapolis, is at the Occidental. Shirley B. Ryan, connected with the tax department of the Southern Pacific. has taken apartments at !h’ Renton Hotel for the winter ‘months. Dr. Wilcox, United States Consul at Hankow, China; Henry Gannett, of the United States Geological Survey, and Vie- tor H. Olmstead, assistant director of the Philippine Census Commussion, are regis- tered at the Occidental. They will sail for the Orient on the transport Logan. e — Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsend's.* —————— East on ‘Best reading glasses, specs, ¢ to {c, at 81 Fourth, front of barber and grocery. * it Townsend's California Glace fruit and candies, 50¢ a pound, in artistie fire-etched boxes. A mice present for Eastern friends. 629 Market st., Palace Hotel building. * ————— Special information supplied daily to business bouses and public men by the Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 230 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 1042. ' - W come. It deals with' the long bitter death growers of Mussel Slough and the railroad trust in the broad valley of the San Joagquin. It is thoroughly Californian, and from the very. first it was hailed as the long looked for, the great American novel, and its young author as the great American novelist, a distinction that was doubly strengthened by his sudden death in this city last Sunday, leaving the great trilogy uneompleted. The other two books were: “The Pit, a Story of Chicago,” and “The Wolf, a Story of Famine Stricken Europe,” which will never be written now—certainly not as Frank Norris would have written it, for all of which reasons “The Octopus” has risen to greater fame and popularity, to & more exalted literary importance than ever before. Recognizing this fact and notwithstanding that “The Oetopus” is now the highest priced book in the market, The Sunday Call, fol- Walch for “The Oclopus,” Frank Norris’ Maslerpiece, in The Sunday Call. HEN Frank Norris gave “The Octopus” to the public he startled the whole world with the strength, the virility, the unexpected power, the keen, merciless analysis of men and things of to-day, shown in the stupendous scope of this, the first of his astounding trilogy of the epic of the wheat. It fell like a bomb in the literary fold. It needed no advertising, for “The Octopus” tells of the grim realities of life, in a way that they have never been told before, and never will be told again for many a long year to struggle between the wheat latest novels by the very best writers in the world complete in two or at the most three editions—absolutely free, set about the very difficult task of securing “The Octopus’” at any price for immediate and exclusive publication in the Magazine Section. This, therefore, is to announce that we have succeeded, and “The Octopus” will begin in The Sunday Call on November 9, im- mediately following “Alice of Qld Vincennes,” which will be com- pleted in the third installment next Sunday, instead of “The Leop- ard’s Spots,” which has been extensively advertised to appear on that date, but which will be pestponed till further notice. Just think of what this means. Frank Norris’ great book of California, and the men and women who have made i lowing out its new literary policy of giving its readers the very 1 I T T e