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THE SAN FRANCISCO. .CALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1904. KING TELLS County Organizations En-| tertain Projects of || Utiiity. S C—— Solid Co-operation Now Promises Well for Many Piaces. al ¢ D. | opt- the De- a good nt Sacramento lley ation to make Sacramento Bee that | an era of growth | cities of its size. | population is now | ) the new buildings | cerning Sonoma Count Mr. Luce sent | thousand in- | out 8000 copies of the Sonoma County | | is considered | Board of Trade Journal and other lit- of that size,|erature. He also contributed fifteen e that cost $75,000. | articles embodying statistics regarding 3 apleted, and is but | the products of the county. These arti- 1 buildings erected | Cles were furnished to the United States ther r the past two years. Oth- | Department of Agricuiture at Washing- er € ¢ h school building, | ton, the State Department and to dif- a n a $2000 pri- | ferent publications.” mary ibrary, business > at $18.000 and ENTHUSIASTIC WOMEN. $12.000 s s ller blocks I — ® costing {rom| sfembers of Civic Improvement Club 1 is ‘ampanted by of Marysville Improving City. - I sthat| An article prepared for The Call a city. | appeared in t paper last Monday . pres g chased bY | ;morning, giving an able account of the = The s ore be- | work of the Women's Civic Improve- J v fiolal prades boink | ment Club of Marysvill General - SOCel PEhen DEIAS | » tion in the work of adorning roughly | 554 peautifying Marysville is the aim ck. A | of the improvement club. The women it to carry off | o are zealously working to this end and still other im-| 5re named as follows: empinied. AR this Mrs, F. W. H. Aaron A. Abrahams, ens a high degree Abbott, Mrs. A. derman, Mrs. is largely due to Mrs. J. P, Arnoldy, Mrs. ron:: nt of the mining Miss N. Balkwill, Miss Winifred ndnstsies about C. A, Barnes, Mrs. Barney, Mrs = R e sarr, Mrs, I S. Belcher, Mrs, Richard ~ rorighcut the tributary Mrs. Carrie Berg, Mrs. Henry Berg, 4 | Annie Berg, Sister Mary Bernadine, Mrs. The nent Club of . Bingham, Mrs. A. J. Binne: e 3 ar acancies ce - | Boorman, drs. A. H., Boulton, rs. Agne: “ ancies in office by Elizabeth 1. Bradley, Miss mbs and Miss | Joseph J. Brass, Mrs. Evelyn J r vice presidents and | T, Brittan, Mrs. C. S. Brooks, rs. ¥ r as secretary. | s Nellie Brophy, Mrs. —— iy . K. Brown, M ADVIATISING THE LAND. Cline_Bull, i n gives an ac- | meeting of the S’ Chandon, Mrs. Fred Chase, f Comnmerce, pub- | Mrs' Thomas Cha . Heiman Cheim, Mrs, of dent Fre-|J. J. Cohen, Mrs. “ohen, Mrs. Julia Cole- » the report of Sec- | man, Mrs, H. T. Mrs. Dora Coombs, The secretary re. | Mrs. Joseph E. Miss Coombs, M SN 8 e Harold Cornforth, Cornforth, Mrs, E. £ the effc of San | Amelia Coult, Miss Eva Crane, Miss( Mamie ek better known, as fol- | Cull, Mrs. Jobn Cunningham, Mre. Marshail Yows Diggs, M F. W. Davenport, Miss Amy Da- vidson, Mrs. ¥. H. Day, Mrs. Peter Delay, | Mrs. Louise Derrickson, Mrs. Edwin A. Davi Mrs. J. F. Eastman, Mre. George R. Eckart, Mrs, William T. is, Mrs. William T. Ellis Jr Mrs. J. K. P. Elwell, Mrs. Peter Engel, Mrs. William Englund, Mrs. Samuel Ewell, mplete, t apples | and Es- | to be ni. mber of Com- ts new quarters attractive to the Ea: Los Angeles Th amber nce, on Fran ry Wig- the somest It is a great Broadway. It is ? utiful room with of the ertrance will mgin be rs' room. This will be fitted and | taste with new and in on y furnished ption room as a boudoir and rich as and used e most hand awing-room.” is the way they say | it ow ok when the decorators and furpish- | ers are through The predominant colors in the finish of the in exhibjt room and the gallery is mission wainut brown, he gallery. to_the right, is the assem- the chamber and one or two exhibit rooms. To the left gre + rooms owing of the more v th curios and show articles used by the <hamber to advertise our multitudinous re- The furnishing of these rooms will mission style throughout, and the ling colors used will be dead black. rich low and dark red. The woodwork will be light fixtures of the sise 1o be an attractive feature. to order on designs furnished and are made from old trace t the missions throughout the southern part of the State, The Centrfl Coast Counties’ Improve- ment Association will meet at Santa' Clara on February 18. A committee of citizens will welcome the members. The Mountain View Board of Trade, S0 says the Mountain View Register, hur_o!m-:m Walter A. Clark president; J. 8. Mockbee, first vice president; George Parkinson second wvice presi- dent, and H. G. Copeland, secretary. The work of the coming year was dis- cussed at some length. Special stress is to be placed upon the work of try- which will be used for | Sie ena rare of | the Sonoma County oBard of Trade in- going in by | ¥ | Peterson, / OF GOOD WORK OF GREAT ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANGISCO ME | A Men and Women Give Time and Labor for Public Goad. ing to induce new industries to come | to Mountaid View. | The San Jose New The Pajaro B i of exhib: t. Louts in e counties Luis < has declined to a of and a_ay oard California exhibits of at the o nce, they having pre- | f preparation, some 400 The Santa Rosa Democrat says that ds to enlarge its during the p; ing all sections of Sonoma. The Dem- ocr: rts that during the past year ered 15,000 letters information con- phere of useful- | Miss Featherly, Fisher, Mr Y. Mrs. David Fétrow, Miss M; M. T. Flanigan, Mrs. P. J. Flan- M: entge, Mrs. Ed_Follansbee, Forbes, Mrs. J. Rupert Foster, Mrs. . Mrs. Henry Frohn, Mrs. A. O. Frye, Fy . J. R. Garrett, Miss Maude . €. Gilles- M. Goldsteln, Fred M. Greely, Mrs. W. Greely, Mrs. Nel- ne Mrs, man, Gordon, Mrs. Greely, Mrs. J ¥. bner, Mies Ella Garcia Wiiliam Hagerty, Hale, Hale, 2 G. W . Hampton, Miss W. Han- rs. Sumner Harke: e W Mre. All Hap- Mrs. Joseph T. M. Haw- Paul H . George F. Her- s. Louise Hever, Miss Hewitt, Mrs. Hexter, Mrs. Joseph 'leyl, Miss Hazel Miss Daisy Heyl Mrs. J. U. Hoffatetter, Howard, Mrs. y, Miss Estella 5 Kelley, Kertchem, B. Kimball, Mrs. C. Klockenbaum, Jessie Kipckenbaum, Mrs. Philip C. Miss Korb. Mre. William F. Kelley, John Learmont, Mrs. S. Lewek, Mrs. Iter Lewis, Mrs. A. P. Lipp, Mre. Frank Lipp, Mrs. Margaret Lopez, Miss Julia Lopez, Miss Margaret Lowery Mrs. J. C. Lumbard, Miss Lydon. Miss Badle Lewek, Mrs. J rus, Miss Nef Maben, Miss Jessie . ‘Mrs. Amelia Marcuse, Mrs. M. A. Marcuse, Mrs. Henry Marcuse, Miss Annis . Mrs. C. J. McCoy, Mri. E. J. Me Mrs. E. P. McDaniel Mrs. Hugh Mc re, Miss Ella McGuire, Miss Norah Mc- Mrs. G. L. Mclntosh, Miss Anna Mc- coney, Mies Emma McKenney Mrs. J. R. Meek, Miss Bertha Menz, Mre. Andrew Meyer, Miss Zetta Meyer, Mrs. Joseph Meyers, Mrs, B. Miller, Miss Emma Miller, Mrs. F. R. Mitchell, Mrs. J. Mock, Mrs. F. B. Moors, Mre. E. B. Morse, Mrs. Lee Murphy, Miss Lulu Murphy, Mrs. Clara Morgan, Mre. Christopher cye Ml A M. Nash, Mre. N. V. Nelson, Mre. L. M. Newbert, Mrs. Thomas O'Briens Miss Nellie O'Brien, Mrs. L. H. Parks, Mrs. J. §. Miss Mamie Peterson, Mrs. George W. Pine, Ww. H. Powell, Mrs. Pozzi. Mrs. G. W. Peacock, re. George Peyser, Mrs. W. H. Richardson, Mrs. N. D. Rideout, Mrs. Corrine Rideout, Mrs. Fred Roberts, Mrs. C. C. Rubel, Mrs. G. C. Rubel, Mrs. W. W. Russel, Miss Sanderson, Mrs, Irwin Seyles, Mrs. Jacob Schimpf, Miss Annje Schimpf, Mrs, R. Schneider, Mrs. J. A. Scott, Miss Carrie Seiber, Mrs. Henry Seiber, Mrs. Joseph Shaffer, Mrs. R. R. Simons, Mrs. R. W. Skinner, Mrs. N. J. Sligar, Mrs. Dora Smith, Mrs. . S. Smith. Miss Irene Smith, Mrs. R, G. Stanwood, Miss Stanwood, Mrs. John W. Steward, Miss Stone, Mrs, G, W. Stratton, Mrs. Jane A. Swezy, Mrs. J. P. Swift, Mrs. S. B. Swift. Mre. Martin Sullivan, Plymire, Mrs. David Mrs. W. C. Swain, Miss Alice Swain, Miss Elizabeth Swain, Mrs. J. F. Tapley, Mrs. George C. Thempson, Mrs. Jane Tomb, Miss Tomb, Mrs. 3. R. Traynor, Mrs. W. L. Vance, Mrs, George 1. Voss, Mré. N. Waidron, Miss May Waldron, Mrs. Ivor Wailis, Mrs. L. A. Walton, Miss Gertrude Webber, Mrs. A. Wels, Mre. A. H. White, Mre. A. K. White, Mrs. Espie White, Mrs. John C. White, Mrs. R. E. Whitney, Mrs. L. C. Williams, Mrs. T. J. Wil- liamas, Miss Annie Woodruff, Mrs. E. 8. Wright, Mrs. G. W. Webber, Miss Elaine Wilbur, . 3. Yore, Mrs. Nellie Young, Mre Zumwait. E LU} = NET7 SR e e e o’ { Ew TELEGRARH Wil 4 w s ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOME OF THE PRACTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE MERCHANTS AND A GLIMPSE OF TELEGRAPH HILL AS IT MAY BE IMPROVED IN PURSUANCE OF PLANS THAT HAV SANCTION OF LARGE BODY OF CITIZENS. i = . Physical Betterments Lead to Comfort and Well-Being of the Inhabitants and Add Attractions to Leading City of California. BY. L. To-day there are 1305 public spirit- ed business firms enrolled as members | of the Merchants’ Association, all united in an earnest endeayor to im- prove San Francisco. The success of an organization is determined by what it aceomplishes. Not only must it do things, but some of them at least must be of a physical character, visible, and a direct benefit to its members or the community, or the interest of its membership will wane and the usefulness of the organization be lessened and entually ended. Various authorities on municipal affairs throughout the United States have frequently quoted the Merchants’ Association of San Francisco as one of the most successful organizations of its kind. The long life and steady growth of the association would seem to bear out these statements. TEN ACTIVE YEARS. On April 15 of the present year the Mercehants’ Association will be ten ¥ s old. It was organized in 1894 wi 47 members. The first year the membership increased to 214, the sec- ond year to 406, the third year to 817, the fourth to 953, the fifth to 1061, the sixth to 1191, the seventh to 1289. Such steady increase in membership for a period of ten vears could be se- cured in only two ways. The associa- tion must have had the confidence of the community in regard to its pur- poses and management and it must have succeeded in doing something. The various boards of directors have all felt that for the Merchants’ Asso- ciation to fill the position in the com- munity which it should, it was not sufficient simply to pass resolutions calling attention to things which should be done, but the association must take hold and itself make im- provements. Recognizing the fact that San Fran- cisco is at a distance from other large cities and therefore not in close touch with them in their jmunicipal prog- ress, “the association in 1898 sent its superintendent on an extended trip through Eastern cities to investigate their municipal improvements for the purpose of seeing what other cities were doing in that direction and what hints San Francisco could take from their experience. His trip covered a number of weeks, during which time the principal Eastern cities were visit- ed, their municipal officials inter- viewed, and their methods studied. Valuable experience and a great amount of data were thus secured which has resulted in a number of improvements being effected in this city in its street cleaning, sprinkling, lighting, paving, etc. ¢ INVESTIGATES AND ACTS.. The association almost invariably re- frains from recommending to the city officials any particular improvemeat unless it s satisfied from its own in- vestigations that it is practicable and can at the same time point out how it can be done and if necessary fur- nish plans for doing it. The conse- quence has been that when the asso- ciation does recommend something the officials feel assured that the matter is not of a trivial nature, that it has been well considered by the directors and that it is practical. It remains for the officials to decide upon the policy of acting and whether there are funds available at that ime for carrying out the improvement. 1f, as sometimes happens, funds are not available, or an object lesson is needed to convince the city of the ben- efit of the proposed improvement, the association itself undertakes to perform the work. Thus, previous to 1894, the streets of San Francisco were in a deplorable condition as regards cleaning, sprink- ling and paving. The assoclation im- mediately after its organization took up the question of stree* cleaning. A thorough investigation convinced the directors that the streets never could be properly cleaned under the existi system and that an entire change necessary. f To demonstrate the correctness of its n and to show that the streets could be well cleaned the association M. KING, SECRETARY OF took the contract for cleaning the streets of the entire city for one year. As the appropriatién by the city was | not sufficient to perform the work un- |der the new system which was pro- posed, the association called upon ite members and the public for subscrip- | tions to pay the additional cost for a six months’ experiment. Nearly $30,000 | was secured and the streets were for the first time cleaned and the business district was kept clean. The experi- ment was 80 successful that the city willingly accepted the associdtion’s | specifications when the next contract was let and provided sufficient funds \for continuing the system PRACTICAL ME TRES. Street sprinkling was next taken up by the association. Formerly the only sprinkling done was performed by a few private contractors, who undertook to sprinkle certain blocks or portions of blocks in front of the stores of those merchants who would pay for the service. This, of course, was very un- satisfactory. No uniform sprinkling was done. In some cases, if a mer- chant subscribed and his neighbors on each side did not, only the street in front of him was sprinkled and he re- ceived the dust from both sides. The association undertook to have the streets of the business district uni- formly sprinkled at the expense of the city. In order to determine the best method of sprinkling the various pave- ments, the association, at its own ex- pense, hired sprinkling carts and sprinkied a number of streets for a | month. The results were embodied in | & set of specifications for street sprink- ling which were accepted by the Board of Public Works and the work has been carried on by the city ever since. In order tc hasten the removal of cobble pavements on many business streets which were injured by such rough pavements, the association in- duced the property owners to subscribe one-half the cost of the work of re- paving a number of such blocks, on condition that the city would pay the Fother half of the cost. Portions of Kearny, from Market to California; Geary, from Market to Powell; Stock- ton, from Market to Sutter; Post, from Market to Stockton: Fourth, from Market to Mission, and various cther blocks were, in this way, repaved with modern pavements a long time before the work would otherwise have been done. LIGHTING THE STREETS. In order to demonstrate the ‘advan- tages of lighting the retail business streets by electricity instead of the ordinary gas lamps, the association wfi- dertock to light for six months a num- ber of these streets by suspending an electric arc light over the center of each crossing and in the biddle of each block. The expense of the experiment was about $15,000, which was paid for by a popular subscription by merchants and property owners along the streets so lighted, The assoclation then pre- sented to the Supervisors a complete plan for lighting in this manner all of the business sections of the city and the restilts of the experimental light- ing having been go successful, the Su- pervisors adopted the association's lan. s pwhfll -doing the street cleaning, the assoclation became convinced that the street sweeping, which formerly had been dumped on low lying grounds, would be a valuable fertilizing material for Golden Gate Park. Plans were ac- cordingly made for a system of bunkers in which the sweepings could be de- posited by the teams hauling them from the streets, and arrangeme made to have them hauled to Golden Gate Park in electric cars, the Park Com- missioners paying the transportation. The bunkers were constructed at Elev- enth and Bryant streets by the city and over cubic yards of valuable fertilizing material are now sent to the park each month instead of being ted on the public dumps, as was grmefly the case, CHEAP PARK BUSES. ‘While the superintendent of the as- sociation was investigating for the as- MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION. sociation municipal improvements in the principal Eastern cities, his atten- tion was attracted by the cheap public conveyances in use at Niagara Falls and Belle Isle Park, Detroit. Upon his return, he recommended the establish- ment of a similar system at Golden Gate Park. In conjunction with the Park Commission, a rcute, covering about four miles and embracing the principal features of the park, was laid out and arrangements were made with a local carriage campany to run one or more large wagonettes regularly over this route for a fare of only 10 cents for each passenger. Stop-over tickets were issued which permitted passengers to stop at various points of interest and finish the trip in any sub- sequent wagonette, without extra charge. The cheap bus system has been a great benefit. Besides being used by many tourists. it has enabled hundreds of poor people, particularly women and children, to enjoy the park in a way that would otherwise be denied them. It had been frequently noticed that when large parades were held here the police force, unaided, were not able to restrain the crowds suffici-ntly to pre- vent the parade from being obstructed. The Merchants’ Association undertook to solve this problem, believing that if some means cou!d be fourd by which the streets could be kept entirely clear during parades an extra inducement would be offered for holding .- nven- tions in San Francisco. A scheme was accordingly devised of sinking in the pavement along the curb conical iron sockets, with caps flush with the street surface, into which wood.n posts could be inserted and wire ropes stretched when parades were to be held. For the purpose of furnishing an ob- ject lesson of the benefits of this scheme, the association, at its own ex- pense, equipped both sides of Market street from the ferries to Van Ness av- enue with these metal sockets and the necessary wooden posts. The cost was about $1100, and the appliances were presented to the city. The plan was found to work o well that the city sub- sequently equipped, in a similar man- ner, the regular. line of parades on Montgomery street, Kearny street and Vap Ness avenue. TAKING DOWN WIRES. The association, in conjunction with the chief of’ the Department of Elec- tricity and the various electrical com- panics, ‘prepared an ordinance requir- ing the removal of all poles and over- head wires, except trolley poles and wires, from the business districts of the city within a fixed period of lime. An agreement was also secured from all companies having overhead wires, that they would comply with the terms of the ordinance without opposition, and the wires are now underground in half of the district prescribed. Another important improvement ef- fected by the association was the pas- sage of an ordinance requiring that grooved girder rails should be used in the construction or reconstruction of all street railway traclks after January 1, 1903. These rails have recently been laid on Third street. To vrevent the streets from being disfigured with unsightly advertising signs projecting over sidewalks and at the same time to give merchants the legal right to use such signs as were necessary in their business, the asso- ciation prepared and secureC the pas- sage of.an ordinance prescribing ex- actly what classes of signs could be used and under what conditions. All merchants now have equal privileges and the ordinance has given general satisfaction, besides greatly improving the appearance of the streets. AN ISLE OF SAFETY. For the purpose of providing for the safety and convenience of pedestrians boarding street cars on Market street in front of Lotta’s Fountain, the as- soclation constructed at this point an isle of safety, consisting of a long, nar- row cement platform, with ornamental stone buffers and seats at each end, ‘where people could wait in safety until their cars arrived. The station cost $661. The expense was borne by the | | " | . Activity of the People Is Manifested in Promotion. L association, and the station was pre- sented to the Tcity. The convenience of the station was immediately apparent and probably no | one thing accomplished by the associa- tion benefits so many people every day in the year as this. The object lesson accomplished the purpose intended and the city is preparing to construct a | similar station at the intersection nrl Market and Powell streets, while the | property owners in the vicinity of Mar- ket and Fourth streets are about to build ove at that point. Probably the greatest and most nec: essary improvement made by the Mer- chants’ Association was the construc- tion of the free public convenience sta- tion at Unicn Square. The need for public lavatories in San s Francisco has been leng felt. The association for years urged that they be constructed. While the need for such conveniences was acknowledged, no definite action | by the city authorities was secured. | The association finally determined that it would itseif construct one as an cb- ject. lesson. Accordingly a modern double underground public convenience station for both men and women was constructed by the association at an expense of $5200, beneath the sidewalk adjacent to Union Square on Stockton | street and was formally presented to | the city several months ago. The Park Commissioners agreed to provide attendants and to properly care for the station. The need for such a convenience was demonstrated at once. The average attendance in both departments is abcut 1500 per day. The stations are equipped in the most san- itary manner and are furnished with electric lights and ventilating fans. Soap, towels, etc., are furnished free. The above shows some of the prin- cipal physical or visible improvements which the Merchants’ Association has actually constructed. Many other less visible improvements have been also | secured. Many minor matters come up and are disposed of almest as a matter of routine and are never noticed by the public at large or by the members of the association, unless they happen | to be directly affected. All taken to- | gether, however, assist in improving the city and its government and there- by the comfort and happiness of its people, and.thus justify the continued | existence of the asscciation. | SAN MATEO GROWTH. The San_ Mateo Times says that “while San Mateo County is one of the smallest counties in the State it is| one of the most prosperous. The | population has increased more in the | last three years than in any decade previously, and is conservatively es- timated at 15,000 as against 12,094 in. 1900. While this incfease has been, in a measure, distributed throughout the county, it has been largest at San Mateo and on the northern bay bor- der. The proportionate increase in wealth is even greater. The assessed | valuation for 1903 is in round numbers $19,000,000, an increase of more than 00,000 in one year. 3 “A consolidated statement from all the builders shows that about $41 000 has been invested in new build- | ings during the year in San Mateo | city and immediate environs. The ad- vantages of this county as a suburban residential section have become so ob- vious that hundreds are moving.here from the more congested cities about the bay. Many whose business is in San Framcisco prefer a short ride by wailway to boat travel across the bay. “Projected improvements for next year indicate that the growth will be much greater than this. Among the enterprises about to be closed is one for a large tourist hotel, plans for which have been drawn. Opportu- nities for sudden fortune or the rapid accumulation of great wealth are rare | in San Mateo County, but there are scores of industries whereby men of average ability and small means may earn a competency. The county sup- ports but twenty-seven indigents. “Its location and transportation facilities, however, pre-eminently adapt this county to ‘the needs of a suburban population, and in time the entire country adjacent to the railway lines will be filled with the overflow from San Francisco.” PAYS UP ITS DEBT. The Tulare Register reports that the Tule River Irrigation District is now practically free from debt. All; the bonds, with the exception of! about $2000, have been surrendered. | The canceled bonds will be destroyed at Woodville. “The Woodville people were highly elated when they learned that $96,600 of the bonds had been canceled and made harmless,” says the Register. “It was a very hard struggle with nearly all of them to raise the neces- sary amount to pay their share of the big tax, but they met the issue brave- ly and they conqured. Land titles have been made transferable and homeseekers can)be guaranteed free dom from bonded indebtedness. The Tule River district country ought, and doubtless will, from now on progress steadily with other parts of the coun- ty and valley. A boom need not be looked for, but confidence has been restored and there will be a growth.” s R A To Prevent the Grip. Laxative Bromo Quinine removes the canse. To get the genuine call for the full name, 25c. * : | Francisco.” RCHANTS " for Adornment of Metropolis. Proposed World's Fair Is Indorsed by Two Bodies. The development of this State must largely depend upon combined effort. This fact is clearly seen and the result is the formation of many improvement clubs, boards of trade, chambers of commerce and kindred organizations for the purpose of taking the steps best calculated to effect an advance. It is observable, and this should be un- derstood fully by the strangers who are looking into matters connected with California, that the cities and the in- terior towns are alike eagerly striving to improve their conditions. Much space is given this morning to an admirable review by L. M. King, secretary and superintendent for the Merchants’ Association of San Fran- cisco, of the physical betterments that the association has been instrumental in instituting in San Franeigco. The association has also had a strong effect on legislation and excellent measures are justly credited to it. Considerable space is also devoted to-day to some account of the doings of organizations in the interior that are devoting their efforts to upbuilding their respective sections. The people of the State will see in these organizs tions and in their acts signs of coming great gecod to the commonwealth. During the last week an organization has been formed in San Francisco to be known as- “The Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San This association has a included in which is arian as well as or- scutive committee which consists of wide programme, much that is util namental. An e has been appointe ex-Mayor Phelan, A. Irwin, William Greer Earrison, Allan Pollok. . W. Dohrmann and Herbert E. Law. Another indication of enterprise that has come to the front in San Franeis in the week just closed is :. proposi- tion that has been formally indorsed | by the directors of the Merchants’ As- sociation and California Prometion Committee for holding a world's fair in San Franciseo in 1813. This matter in San Francisco in 1913. IMPROVEMENTS IN INTERIOR. The Butte County Farmer says that sufficient acreage has been pledged to insure the actual beginning of work on the proposed irrigating canal fer Butte County. The Richmond Record says that the Standard Oil Company will construct 100 tanks on the lan’ recently pur- chased near San Pablo. The San Bernardino Times reports that the tax delinquency of San Ber- nardino is less than 5 per cent. According to the Mendocino Beacon, the December shipments of lumber from Mendocino County to San Fran- cisco amounted to 8,049,602 feet, and also 1,000,000 shingles and 60.000 ties. Monterey and Del Monte school dis- triets will build a high school. The Modesto Herald says that forty acres will be planted to Calimyrna figs in the Westpgrt district. According td the Red Bluff People’s Cause, water for irrigation purposes will flow through the Central Canal Company's irrization ditch in May. It widl irrigate lands in Glenn, Colusa and Yolo counties. The Santa Rosa _{epublican, says that the electric road system may be ex- tende®l to the ocean at Bpdega Bay. The Napa Register reports that the Napa wcolen mills will again be oper- ating soon. The Yreka Journal reports that the new water works at Yreka are suc- cessful. The water has a fall of 198 feet from the reservoir. The Pasadena News says that $32,000 was received from the sale of celery shipped to December 1. nT‘;\‘; Newman Index says that the dairy industry at Newman last year returnéd $315,000. According to the Modesto Herald the owners will rebuild the flumes of the La Grange ditch and will install an electric light and power plant to oper- ate dredgers. The Dixon Tribune reports that the land owners of the Egbert land d triet will rebuild levees for the protec tion of many thousand acres of val- uable land. The machinery for a new gas plant has been sent to San Luis Obispo. The Paso Robles Improvement Club, so says ghe Tribune. has through its secretary’ sent out a set of carefully compiled auestions to all the farmers in the county to secure accurate in- formation that will be of value in ad- vertising the county. e ALAMEDA COUNTY RECEIVES LARGEST APPROPRIATION OAKLAND, Jan. 17.—Alameda Coun- ty has the greatest amount of high school facilities of any county in the State. This has been proven by the fig- ures in the apportionment of the ap- propriation for the support of polytech- nic and high schools. The report of State Superintendent of Schools Kirk shows that $164,093 38 was raised by the tax of 1% per cent, and of this sum Alameda County receives $19,214 94, San Francisco County $18,939 12 and Leos | Angeles County $18,026 01. In Alameda County the average daily attendance is 2096, in San Francisco County 2158 and in Los Angeles County 1. 15?1'!115 is the first year that the poly- technic and high schools have ever re- ceived any aid from the State govern- ment. —_—ee———— Imperial Intends to Incorporate. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 17.—E. F. Howe, editor of the Imperial Press on the desert side of the county, brings word that Imperial is about to start the ma- chinery of the law so that the town may incofporate as a city of the sixth class. The first steps will have to be taken by the Board of Supervisors. There will be about 70,000 acres of land under cultivation this year and there will be big grain shipments to came cut. The work of grading for the Im- perial-Holton electric railroad has al- ready commenced and the Southern Pa- cific will soon be grading for its exten- sion from Imperial to Calexico. —_—— Glass to Cover the Wine Tanks. SANTA ROSA, Jan. 17.—The Italian Swiss Agricuitural Colony, of which P. C. Rossi and Andrea Sbarboro of San Franeisco are president and secre- tary respectively, are carrying out some important improvements at their mam- moth winery and ceilars at Asti. These consist of encasing some of their wine tanks in glass with an outer surface of cement. This is the most sanitary measure known of keeping wine and may be adopted for all the wineries of the Italian-Swiss colony.