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ST. LOUIS ROOMS. RO o <o WO ABLE rooms for World's Fair visitors: or without board. A. H. COON, 3897 mar boulevard, St. Louls. ass. ROOMS WANTED, | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 10, 190%. wife of Al 4 3 “- : fred J, Turner (nee Lacey), & WALCOM—In this city, J 1904, to the wlr.oro:ernC.d% 4 ‘alcom, a_son. - s | WATERMAN—In this city, July 7, 1904, to the I'TSIRABLE rooms; convenient locality; first- Cozy House, §15 N. Gth st., St. Louls. | wife of Burt Waterman, a daughter. MARRIED. D —— e at—— b e e o0 ) e R LA L4 — “D—2 or 3 unfurnished rooms suitable isckeeping; rent reasonable. Box 1848, ————————————————— ROOMS AND BOARD WANTED. ox B., 500 Hayes st. board (first class) in man desires Al room and board; e. Box 1708, Call office. Y n anic wants room and board in an Box 1782, Call. COUNTRY BOARD WANTED. with 3- oom for young couple C. G., 110 Cla: Harrison st., between y-frst e —— | SPECIAL NOTICES. months; May Walsworth, Vicien Dunkle, 13 years 11 months; Daphne M. Asylum and < ce that they banage from Jan- 1904, the following boys and years 11 at girls and boys m on Haight uly 1, 1904: : Sarah arguerite 12 years ars & months; months. age & Van C tored, moved w Third; ph nd_Storage Co JOHN F. O San Fran- 4 C home _treatment: ndence invited. ave. TYPEWRITERS AND SUPPLIES, 2 Remington, No. 1 2 , repaired. Inspec. Co., 508 Market. e ——————————————— MARRIAGE LICENSES. owing marriage licenses were issued reay tonio H. Calderon, 21, 3i se F. Jusen, 1%, 907 Howa reet. 1 nzalez, 21, 851 Golden Gate 4 Celestine E. Benard, 18, 24 Ljb- street, and rd sireet’ ew York, and nn and Reusa and kison ichmond, and Gene- n Sarti, us, and Alexan- som street. ssion street, s=ion street ‘LIETES—FAREIAGES—DEATES marriage and fices and be residence of per- BORN. PEAN—In this city, June 8, 1904, Herbert Bean, a daughter. o Sy .y, NE—In this city, July 5, the f Michael Collins, & son. v *° Y—In this city, July 7, 1904, to the wife of Thomas C. Gonroy, a son. wite of Frederick W. Dulfer, a daughter, FEUSIER—In this city, June 20, 1904, to the wife of Clarence L. Feusier, a daughter. HUSH—In Oakland, to the z USKH-—in Oakiand. wife of William W, PEACOCK—In this city, July 4, 1904, wite of Colin I Peatork s son - © e TURNER—In this city, June 30, 1904, to the R—In Sausalito, June 26, 1904, to the | N for mies during day; vicin- | g Care; §00d reference | wATSON—FINTEL—In this city, July 9. by | gentleman. Address | . > | ABRAMS—In this city, Helen | | . 3. Monahan, Manager, 7. 1904, by the Rev. J. J. Fuendeling, Mathews Alfred Carison and Lydis Mossberg. PUTZKBE—HENNENKAEMPER—In this city, July 6_1904 by the Rev. J. J. Fuendelln Fritz Wilheim Putske and Elizabeth Hen- nenkaemper. TEAHAN—-KORN—In this city, July 3, 1904, Joseph D. Teshan and Besste Korn. the Rev. Dr. E. Nelander, pastor of the First Ei son and Bertha A. Fintel 1904, by the Rev. F. A. Keast, Eli A. Win- sell and Clara Alderson, both of Oakiand. —_— DIED. Hird, Benjamin F, Abrams, Louls Behan, ‘Michael Horton, Horace A. Borsi, Frank P. McLeod, Daniel Brespan, Hanora Meyer, Anna A, Brink, Luciie L. Oliver, Arthur Brown, Hilda Quinlan, Mary A. Carroli, Patrick Quinn, George Crocker, Maude Segers, Uriah (Loo) Dempsey, John A. Stiva, Mrs. Manuel Donegan, Bridget Doyle, Ella A. Stephens, Mary A. Sullivan, Mary Duflo, Bertha E. Topp. Christine Farrell, Matiida B. Willlame, Lizzie idner, Julie Young, James Hart, Catherine L. Abrams, beloved son of Louis and Leana ms, a native of San Francisco, aged 5 onths and 2 days. 7 Friends and acquaintances are respect fully (Sunday). at 8 o'clock, from his late resi- dence, €51 Stevenson street. BEHAN—In this city, July 9. 1904, Michael Behan, & native of Kildare, Ireland, aged 38 years I Remains at the parlors of James M Menomey & Son, 1057 Mission street. No. tice of funeral hereafter. years; Evelyn 1 Reeves, 10 years | BORSI—In San Leandro, July 9. 1904, Frank Philllp Borsi, father of Frank, Louls and Mary Borsl. a native of Italy, aged 51 years months and 9 da; fullf¥ invited to attend the funeral Monda July 11, at 9 a. m., from St Leander's oChurch.” Interment San Leandro Cathollc Ceme BRI allejo, July 7, 1904, Hanora, ,_and mother . Cornelius and Micha¢l Bresnan and Joseph Sampeon, a native of the parish . County Limerick, Ireland, aged ful! invited to_attend the funeral to-day ), at 10:30 c'clock, from the pariors O'Connor & Co., 767 Mission street. erment Holy Cross Cemetery. BRINK—In Lakeport, June 22 1804 Lucile Louise Brink, youngest and beloved daughter of Dr. H. O. Brink and Louisa A. Brink of Lakeport, sister of Dora A. Brink of Lake- port, and beloved granddaughter of Frank and Dora Liesen of this a native of San Francisco, aged 5 years 9 months and 22 days. SROWN—In Oakland, July §, 1904, Hilda, be- deughter of Mrs. Anna Brown, and of Albert, ( ave, Paul, Scott and Brown, @ native of Oregon, aged 14 ¢ m 23 days. s are respect 1d the funeral services )4, at 2 o'clock, at her avenue. Interment ; §, 1904, Patrick ounty Kerry, Ireland, funeral will take place Monday, 8:30 o'clock, from St. Mary's rne nd Bryant streets, the Passion at- where a solemn re- ebrated for the repose neing at 9 o'clock. In. July 9, 1904, Maude, J. Crocker, a native of New 40" years city 1904, John sor nd’ Wini- and isco, r Joseph a native of San Fran place to-morrow ornia street. lInter. Jose, Alameda beloved mother P. Jones and ve of County Ros- years 2904 o Ay D. Doyle, and P. R. Klein, and ss, Mrs. Harry Kiein, & native es are Tespe ral Sunday, strest, be. and Twenty-third, es of Mission Chavter No. . 1004, Bertha E. a native of Engla: [ Friends and fully invited Sunday), at respect- stree y 8 1904, Julie, Goldner, dearly pldner and of Mayr- siste and Silberstein her street, on Mon Interment pri- 9, 1904 _Catherine L. Cal., aged 21 ¢ H, F. Suhr cen Seventh March 27, 1904, Benjamin F. husband of Irene Hird, and am R. and John W. Hird, and 14 da “ast Oakland, July 7, 1904, Horton, beloved husband of Jcanna Horton, and father of Charles Hortcn, a pative of Minnesota, aged funeral services clock, at Native der the auspics A M. Inter- e Tree Cemetery members of L. U. 442 of the Jour- neymen Plumbers, Ga eam Fitters are hereby notified to attend the funeral of our late brother, H. Horton. By order PARKINSON, Pres. J. GRANVILLE, Sec. McLEOD—In Oakland, July 4, 1904, Daniel McLeod, beloved som of John Mcleod, and brother of Malcolm A., William, John, Alex and Ben McLeod and Mrs. J. M. Campbell, 2 pative of Prince Edward Island, aged 47 years and 5 months. A member of Golden Gate Camp No. 64, W. O. W., and of Car- penters’ and J: Union 1667, € Friends and acquaintances are respect- tully invited to attend the funeral services Sunday, July 10, at 2 p. m. faking pariors of Leitch & Henderson, cor- mer of Eighth street and Broadway, Oak- Interment Mountain View Cemetery. JR—Drowned at Camp Vacation, Sonoma e e, July 6. Anna A beloved Carrie Meyer, and beloved sister Edgar and Mortimer Meyer and a native of San Fran- cisco, aged 24 years 3 months and 20 days. L7 Friends and acquaintanc s are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Sunday), July 10, at 10 o'clock, from the +idence of her mother, 3008 Pine street. thence by 11:30 o'clock train from Third and T tery for interment. OLIVER—In this city, Oliver. a native of 23 years. ughter of r Aifrea, Mrs. L. B. Simon, July 8, 1004, Arthur Philadeiphia, Pa., aged dearly beloved wife ani mother of Ida H., Mary A. e L. Quinlan, and sister of Mrs. Uisemer and Joscoh Groskopf. a Alsace, Germany, aged 34 ycars 1 S month §> Friends and acquaintancis are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-day Sunday), July 10, at 12 o'clock, from ‘the arlors of H. F. Subr & Co., 1137 Mission street, between Seventh and Eighth, thence to St. Boniface's Church, Golden Gate avenue, between Jones and Leavenworth Streets. for errvices at 1 o'clock. Inter- ment Holy Cross Cemel Quin! Al | HENRY 4. CALLACHER CO. (Buccessors to Flannagan & Gallagher. DANIEL P. DONOVAN, Mgr. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS, 20 Fifth st., opposite Lincoln School, Telephone South §0. UNITED UNDERTAKERS., Embalmers——w_ ——Funeral Directors and Formerly in Metropollt ‘emuple, NOW at 866 MISSION. . Tel. Souta 167, Between Fourth and near Fifth st Tel. Mission 21. MONAHAN, O'HARA & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS, 2339-2341 Mission_st., near Ninetesnth Sap Francisco, INSELL—ALDERSON—In this city, July 2, | July 9, 1904, Louis | invited to attend the funeral to-day | lends and acquaintances are respect- om the residence the Mission | aintancts are respect- | at the under- | neerd streets to Hills of Eternity Ceme- | N—-In this city, July 8, 1904 Mary | ! of Jobn Fi | QUINN—In this city, July 9, George, beloved son of Dantel and Bridget Quinn, and brother of Daniel and James Quinn, a native of San | Francisco, aged 18 years § months and 9 V8. I Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral to-day (Sunday), at 12 o'clock, from his late resi- dence, 15 Hawthorne street, oft Howard, be- tween Second and Third, thence to St. Pat- rick's Church, where services will be held at 12:30 o'clock. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. SEGBRS—In this city, July 8 1004, Urlah (Loo), beloved husband of Tillle Segers, a native of Maine. ¥ The funeral will take place to-day (Sunday), at 3 o'clock, from the parlors of Halsted & Co., 946 Mission street. Services | at the chapel of I O. O. F, Cemetery at | 845 p. m. | SILVA—In Elmhurst, July 8, 1904, Mrs. Man- uel D Silva, beloved wife of Manuel D. Stiva, ‘mother of Willis Silva, daughter of Manuel Garcla da Rose and Mary Garcia da Rose, and sister of Tony Garcla, Mary, Marian and Manuel, | STEPHENS—In Victorla, B. C., July 4, 1904, Mary Ann Stephens, mother of Mrs. John Martin, Mre. C. C. Skewes, Mrs. G. L Williams and Robert, Samuel J. and A. J. Stephens, a native of England, . aged years 2 months and 3 days. (Birmingham, Ala. papers please copy.) T Friends are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral Tuesday, July 12, at 11 o'clock. from the residence of her dzughter, Mrs_ John Martin, 2006 Washington street Interment Cypress Lawn Cemetery, by elec tric car from Eighteenth and Guerrero streets. | SULLIVAN—In this city, July 8,71904, Mary | Sullivan, beloved wife of the late Daniel | Sullivan, and mother of Frank, Lbttie, Jozeph, Lena and the late Alice Sullivan, Mre. J. T. McGrath, Mrs. J. W. Kane and Mrs. H. J. Smith, a e of Ireland. @7 Friends and acquaintances are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral Sunday, | July 10, at 9:30 o'clock, from her late resi- | dence, 637 Natoma sireet, thence to St.| | Joscpi's Church for services, A requiem | ‘mass will be ceiebrated for the repose | of her soul on Monday, July 11, at 9 o'clock. | Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. | TOPP—In this city, July 9, 1804, Christine, dearly beloved wife of Michael Topp, loving mother of Dorothy Topp, dsughter of Mrs. Mary Mombach, and loving sister of Annle, Elizabeth, Mary and Henry Mombach, a na- tive of New Haven, Conn. [ Friends and acquaintances are respect- tully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow 0 o'clock, from her late pper strect. thence to St. ¢ & requiem mass will ated for the repose of her soul at Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. WILLIAMS—In this city, July 9, 1904 Lizzle Williame, beloved wife of Thomas Willlams, &nd mother of Mrs. in Schmitt, a native of New York, aged 47 and 11 months. | “ g7 Friends ‘and _scquaintances are respect- ed to attend a requiem high mass of her soul, commencing at s July 12, 1304, at St. Page street and Masonic ave- nue, ins at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Martin Schmitt, 121 Beulah street, Interment private. Kindly omit flowers, YOUNG—In the City and County Hosp'tal, 8, 1904. James Young, a native of Scot- FINGER AND FOOT PRINTS AS MEA OF DETECTION riminals Unwittingly Leave Behind the Sure Means of Identi- fication. | A remarkable story of how prints led to the arrest of a purglar | was told at the Hanley Police Court. During the Christmas holidays the premises of Councilor Bickley, jeweler | | of Hanley, were broken into, and jew- | lelry to the value of £50 stolen. The only clew was the finger prints found on a plate glass shelf in the shop. These were photographed and then sent by the chief constable to Scotland Yard. Shortly after a reply was re- ceived from London, saying that the finger prints were those of a man named Davies, and were taken at Wakefield. A John Davies was known to be in Hanley, so he was arrested and charged. At first he denied the charge, but on being put in the cells he called Detective Inspector Higgins and said, “You've copped me fair. I did the job. You will find the jewelry in the tank in Bath street, tied in a handkerchief.” Detective Inspector Higgins went to the spot indicated and ere found the jewelry. Davies, who is a collier, aged 25, was ! sent for trial at the Quarter Sessions. At the Monmouth Quarter Sessions Edward Brazier, tinsmith," with several aliases, was indicted for burglariously entering Tytomain, the residence of Sir John Gunn, at St. Mellon's, near Cardiff, and stealing a silver box, the property of Lady Gunn. Prisoner ef- fected an entrance to the mansion by rolling a heavy stone, which was blown from the tower during a gale in October, to the drawing-room window. nding upon the stone, he cut out a pane of glass and entered the room through the window. On the following ing the servants missed her Lady- s box, which was found in the drive near the house by a wagoner named Thomas Thomas. The police took impressions of the footprints in the soft turf, and discovered that they | corresponded with the boots the pris- oner was wearing when he was arrest- ed. Upon being searched at Newyport police station he produced a silver key, which was identified as belonging to Lady Gunn's box. Matches similar to hose left in the apartment were also in his possession, and there were scratches on his hands. | The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.—London Telegraph. ——— Did Have a Big Trade. “I thought you said you had worked up a good trade here,” sald the man who had just bought a drug store. “So I had,” replied the man who had just sold. , “I put in six months working it up and it's the best in this district.” “Best in the district!” exclaimed the purchaser. “Why, a man can’t make enough money here to keep his shoes ined.” i “Well,” admitted the other slowly, “I didn’t say anything about making money, you know.” | “But you said you had a big trade.” | “Yes, I said that.” | “Steady stream of people coming | and going most of the day.” “I recall saying something to that effect.” “Claimed your unfailing courtesy to all comers was responsible for it." “Well, I think it was. | “Then where's the trade now? I haven't sold anything but postage stamps all day.” “That’s the trade I referred to,” ex- plained the former proprietor pleas- antly. “When I left this place it had | the largest poswmge stamp trade in this | section, and if you have lost it it is | your own fault. By the way, I have a letter to mail myself. If you would | | like my trade——" | He was quicker than the new pro- prietor, and so escaped.—New York Press. | | | | | ——— | Paupers in Japan. The Japanese are never able to un- derstand how it is that though their population is about the same as ours they have only 21,000 paupers, while we have about 1,000,000. The difference is due to the Japanese attitude toward | old age and parenthood. Most of their few paupers are children or elderly people whom earthquakes have de- prived of their breadwinners. Old age is all but sacred in Japan.—London Chronicle. AL ER LSO LRI No, Cordelia, a wax figure isn't a gum-chewing female. | electrie 47 BENICIA JOINS OTHER COMMUNITIES IN MAKING KNOWN HER ADVANTAGES meer | Situated on Deep Water, It Has Many Large Enterprises. The Board of Trade of Benicia has prepared a statement of the advan- tages that Benicia possesses, especially as a manufacturing site. At the same time an invitation is extended by the board to all inquirers who are looking for eligible places for manufacturing uses to communicate, and the promise is made that all needed information will be promptly and accurately given. Considering that the claim is made that “Benicia is the logical manufacturing site of the Pacific Coast,” much is nat- urally expected to be set forth in Justis fication. At the outset it is said by the board | in an authorized statement that Begi- cia enjoys the most favorable shipping facilities possible. The deepest ocean vessels can land at Benicia. Three steamboat lines make daily trips be- tween Benicia and San Francisco, and many railroad trains pass through B nicia dally on their way to and from San Francisco. Thirty miles from San Francisco by rail and twenty-eight by steamboat, it is sltuated on deep water and on the line of Eastern railroad traffic. Benicia and its factories are therefore enabled to secure the lowest possible rates on raw materials coming from the Bast. On materials coming from San Fran- cisco the steamboat lines and the rail- roads charge a very low rate. PLANTS IN OPERATION. This strong collection of facts, con- cisely worded, is supplemented by oth- ers that are well calculated to show to inquirers the advisability of becom- ing acquainted with Benicia. Among the additional statements some are se- lected: “Benicia already has the modern tannery on the Pacific and two other tanneries, tensive factory where agr plements are manufactured and wide- ly distributed, a fruit and fish cannery of large propertions and a creamery where evaporated cream, condensed milk and butter are manufactured in large quantities. The United States Government has a large ars barracks located here. Benicia also has two ship yards that are turning out hundreds of vessels. Thus it will be seen that Benlcia has demonstrated its claim to consideration as a man- ufacturing locality by having so many successful institutions aiready in op- eration.” Also it is stated that the steamboat lines from San Francisco will land goods at the private warehouses of any factory. Railroad lines can also be run from the main line to any fac- tory. “Therefore every possible econ- omy in the handling of freight is ef- fected, which is one of the most im- portant items of consideration in lo- cating a factory. Steam schooners, bringing supplies from the various points along the coast of California, will deliver their cargoes at Beng:la at the same rates of freight t they charge San Francisco. For two miles there is a level stretch of land lying between deep water and the railroad, furnishing the most advantageous sites that it is possible to secure from a standpoint of receiving raw mater- ials and of shipping the finished prod- ucts.” HOST OF ATTRACTIONS. Among other matters mentioned by the Benicia Board of Trade relating to Benicia are the following: Private wharves for large factories can be economically constructed. Their cost of mais tenance is very slight, as the teredo worm i unable to live in the harbor of Benicia and d stroy the piling, on account of the fact that the water is largely fresh water from the rivers. Pflil? driven over thirty-seven years ago stands perfectly sound to-day. largest Co: is a terminal point, | Sites for notice when required, on account of its proximi- ty.to San Francisco, The country adjacent to the city of Benicla is developed into farming land and is also espe- cially adapted for poultry ralsing. Altogether an excellent showing is made for Benicia, which has wisely | concluded to join other California communities in advertising to the world what it h: Sl AREAS FOR APRICOTS. Wickson Reviews One of Sources of Agricultural Weaith in State. E. J. Wickson writes entertainingly | {about the apricot industry of Califor- nia. He makes 2 showing in the Rural Press that is of value. Some of his as- | sertions are as follows: { 3.009, alifornia has about and in the open air kind and bear large That apricot trees can constitutes one of the uniGgue features of ¢ roia fruit grow- different from fruit grow for, excepting a few jocal of the Pacific siope, Califor of apricot growing. And not nind all parts of Cali- fornia suited to it. T whole northwest qu of the State, north of San Francisc Bay and west of the h:gh ridges of the Coa e does not grow apricots commerélally, 0es this fruit anywhere ascend above an | elevation of 1500 feet upon the foothiils. It is particulariy a fruit of the protected coast val- leys south and east of the Bay of § cisco to the southern end of the Stat the great interior valleys and lower foc av ing, however, the few places In the: 0 apricot trees, ithout protection luscious apricots. nia " yet the dpricot does leys whére epring frosts may injure the crop, though the tree is not harmed. For these rea- sons it is wise to choose locations for the apri- cot with me diser nation, but such large areas of land are practically safe that the present great production can be several times multiplied If the world’s market should fave it. The California apricot is of superior s and quality, in canned and dried form is finding a fr 1d in the countries of North ern Europe for any sur) hich is ot required in the United States. A point of vantage with the apricot, as wit pear and peach and to a less extent with the that it has thrce great lines nectarine and plum, is ¢ demand: First, fresh fruit, of which 231 carloads were shipped to Eastern mar! last year; second, S a_product 648,716 two_dozen 214-pound third, 20,000,000 pourds of dried apri- Counties having over 100,000 trees each are as follows: Santa Clara, Solano, Ventura, Los Angeles and Alameda, while several other countles closely approach that limit. Some of . counties are 500 miles apart, and their ess with the apricot shows how widely locations are distributed over the | State, | &6 Towt LARGE POWER SCHEME. | According to the Calaveras Prospect a large project is on foot in Calaveras | County. between Railroad Fiat and | West Point. The following particulars | are given by the Prospect: The Slerra Nevada Water and Power Com- pany, the successors in ownership of the old Clark ditch systeri and water rights on the Mokelumne River are quletly at work carrying out a stupendous project between Railroad Flat and West Point. in addition to the vest- ed rights of the oid Clark system they have Dbought other interests in the vicinity, and are at_work now in improving the property. ‘We understand that the plans of the com- pany contemplate an immense dam across the South Fork of the Mokelumne River, below the junction of the Licking Fork. This dam is to be 280 feet in helght and will flow Lack the waters of both the South and Licking forks, covering the Congdon ranch property, and | converting that great valley Into a vast res- ervolr. The water thus stored will be used for elec- tric power and for mining and irrigating pur- poses. It will supply a great extent cf coun- try and &s a suppiement to the Mok:iumne ana Campo Seco canal will cover most of tus side of the county. The brush is now being cleared off the ground to be includell In the reservoir and considerable work is being done to put the project in an advanced state The Suisun Republican says that the improvements }in Suisun in the past year have outstripped those of any preceding vear and the appearance of the place has been largely benefited thereby. The Gridley Herald reports that a packing house will be operated in the | buildinge formerly occupied by the Sperry Flom Comrany in Gridley. The lumber has arrived =t Redding, Shasta County, for the Turtls Bay <aw mill to be erected by the Redding and Big Bend Lufmber Company and the plant will be in operation in August. The development of electricity by water | About 100 men will be employed in the power in Northern California has done a great Work for the State in furnishing cheap power. Benicia the advantage of being on the line of gne of the largest power companies in world, and its facto re largely run. r. Fuel oll and coal cxn' llmlo ‘z lajd down at Benicla at the lowest possible cost. Plenty of desirable land c¢in be had on which to build homes clese to the factory sites. Be- nicia has a fine accredited high school, gram. mar and dendminati vate schools: churches of 'several electric lighting for homes and n fact, every convenience that goes 10 make a community desirable to Mve in and b families. San isco is the labor market of the Pa- cific Coast and Benicia enjoys the advantage ©f being able to secure labor at the shortest mifl. The Berkeley Gazette says that 140 buildings are in construction in Ber- keley and that the sound of the ham- mer, saw and trowel is incessant in all portions of the uhiversity city. The number of contracts for building im- provements let within sixty days is a record breaker. A notable feature of building activity is the exodus of the college fraternities from the south side of the university grounds to the north side, s £ Lo e —_— | ! BENECLA ZANNERY FRCEERY SOME OF THE MANUFACTUR S 0 IN THE CITY OF B 1 NICIA WHICH ARE INVITING THE ATTENTION O PIT. TS TO TE ! VARIED OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT OF ) P i | | - C alifornia Cities Furnish Testimony Re- lating to Their Progress. Several California citles have recent- ly adduced testimony to show to what extent their population is increasing. Among the number are Fresno, Napa and Los Angeles. The postmaster of Napa caused the letter carriers in | Napa to enumerate the people of that | city. The result is the conclusion that | Napa has grown nearly forty per cent in four years, or since the United States census of 1900. At the last Fed- eral census Napa was shown to have a populaticn of but 4036, a loss of 359 a us of 1890. There has been much local dissatisfaction concerning the manner in which the counting of the population of Napa was performed in 1¢00. A great many inhabitants were overlooked, so claim the Napa papers, and there were similar errors in 1890. The count of the letter carriers in Napa, which has just been completed, gives Napa a population of 3643. If the figures of 1900 were correct then there has been a growth of 40 per cent since they were made. In the latest count there are 130 Chinese only to be | enumerated. Their number has de- creased and fewer lMongolians are em- ployed in the different industries and | homes of Napa than there were a few years ago. | The Napa Register, giving an ac-| count of the enumeration by the letter | | carriers, says that it has been evident | to every house owner and business man in Napa that the city has forged | ahead remarkably during the last two | years, but no one was prepared for the | percentage of gain that has been | shown. In numbering the people \of | Napa no cone just outside of the city limits, south of Pine street, in the Orn- duff tract, or in North Napa, was counted. If these were included, so says the Register, Napa has a popula- tion of 6000. At her present rate of growth she will soon reach the 10,000 mark. ADVANCE OF FRESNO. The Fresno Superintendent of Edu- cation has submitted school figures that indicate the progress of Fresno. The Fresno Democrat reviews the fig- ures and draws therefrom the conclu- sion that in seven years the population of Fresno has doubled. The city en- roilment of school children is 3643. The average daily attendance at the schools is 2705. The Democrat reasons as fol- low: The general statistics for the past seven years are interesting from the fact that they indicate what a remarkable growth in popu- lation Fresno has achieved during that period. These _statistics show that the number of census children between the ages of 5 and 17 years has increased from 1951 to 4117, or more than doubled. The total number of pupils en- rolled in the schools has increased from 2102 to 30S3, or mearly twice as many. The num- ber of teachers employed has gone up from forty-five to_eighty-seven, the total expendi- tures from $50,120 to $75,190 only. The average cost per pupll based on the total en- roliment in 197, was $87 31, in 1904 $65 1. The number of Volumes in the libraries has in- creased from 1060 to 5385. The Los Angeles people have arrived at their present estimate of the popu- lation of the City of the Angels by means of a new city directory. This furnishes an unofficial census of the city, and it is alleged that the returns are more accurate than are those sub- mitted by the men employed as census takers for the United States, because the Government method of paying for the census taking is not as advantage- ous to the enumerators as is that of the directory proprietors, the latter employ- ing by the day, so that there is no temptation to shirk work. The Los An- geles Times says that 155,000 is a con- servative estimate of the present popu- lation of Los Angeles. The directory company enrolled names sdfficient to indicate 152,435 persons, but the names compared with the figures of the | | reator | nearly five times as m: having been collected some months ago the Times raises the population a lit- tle more than 2000 to fit the present rumber of dwellers. INCREASE ¥S RAPID. Some of the averments of the Times are as follows: census taken by the directory company Los Angeles to contain & pop- ion of 152, This hat less than estimate r on the school nsus, but then a caiculation based on the 1d in a city is more fore, the directory as the most reliabl that in this census 1 not been included. As it is several months since it was taken, It is nservative to mate that the population Angeles, on the 30th day of June, f Los %,.s at least 155,000. The estimate of the di- company shows an increase in the four years since the Federal census was taken of almost exactly 50,060—from 102.479 to 152,435. Truiy a most wonderful growth, During the four years Los Angeles has added to its population’ as many people as the aity con- tained in 1890, een years ago, and ny as the total popu- f the city In 1880. Should the rate of rowth of the past four years be maintalned or the next six years—and there is every reason to it will be, for the growtn is solid, as e buliding operations and many —the population of Los 4 , \when_the next census is takem, in 1910, will be In the neigh sod of 285,000 The analysis of the leading occupations rep- resented in the directory—which is carefully classifled—gives the following results 34, barbers 200, brokers : purses 250, real estate a 200, shoes 184, ors 186, music teachers 243. In regard to tha frequency of common names, there are twenty-six pages of pages of Browns a p o dhonts, % AIDING THE DAIRYMEN. Modesto Would Increase Population and Volume of Business. ‘The Modesto Creamery has adopted & plan to aid dairymen and so to promote the settlement of the country around Modesto with a g4od class of indus- trious persons. The Modesto News says of the plan: : The Modesto Creamery at a meéting of itw board of directors held Monday last determined on a etep which will be far reaching in its results and of unquestionable ue to a aum- ber of our settlers and the community in gen- eral. It bas been decided to supply settiers of known moral standing with such number of milch cows as they have feed for. A com- siderable number of settiers in_the territory tributary to the creamery uf Modesto hav feed, but lack dalry stock, and it is the pur Pose of the creamery company to furnish stock to meritorious applicants in such aumbers as they may need. The Increase of the cows 8o valued to be the property of the creamery until the orixinal stock Is paid for. Half of the gross proceeds of the product of the stock 1s to be delivered at the creamery and will be applied to the purchase price of the herd and the interest, which will be at the rate of § per _cent. This_decision will tend not only to increase the value of land, but will correspondingly en= bance the material fortunes of settiers and n- crease the cutout of the creamery. This policy_has been tried with every suc- cess by the Fresno Ice Comvany, one of the largest creamery concerns in the valley, and it is belleved that its adoption by the local creamery company will prove of infinite benefit to the community. ———————s Foreign Capital in Japan. The amount of capital invested by foreigners in commercial undertakings in Japan is much larger than most per= sons suppbse. The English investments are largest, and those of the Germans, French and Americans in about the order named. Discussing this condition the London Statist says: “Statistics show that the amount of capital invested by foreigmers, includ- ing the English, in commercial under- takings established and conducted by Japan is very large, as foreign money is invested in eighty-nine Japanese companies which have a nominal capi- tal of 144,000,000 yen, or, roughly speak- ing, of between £14,000,000 and £15,000,- 000, of which 137,000,000 yen is paid-up capital. This is irrespective of foreign carrying companies in which foreign money is invested and which have a nominal capital of over £13,000,000 "= New York Commercial. Smiths, eight of Joneses.