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Vv SS3 fes r1 re 4 8A3f ldratSCO BnK2IBj SXJBDJ SEPTEiCBEB jLTy 0901 5 jH Igi 22rt 9s 1 I i 1 1 ii i i am TRINITY IS LAND A REAL 4 4 Hereit fc art Able ExpQsiticin AVhic JTeJIs Mining and Other Oppor tunities jn a EJiktrict Irnstfrgin BY Judge JAMKS MBARTiKTTjHaaa mlneg are ailbelngenergrtlcally 9t mre 100jr wn Hy Fork Indian Creek Lewlslon 1 and Its natural resource less Miners ville nnn Prwir North Pork advertised than the 3000 square and various tther places numerous miles of territory embraced within hydraulic mloea without hindrance or the county of Trinity which Ilea in iwrwence are etracunr oia in Northwestern California betwe4ralfKiVto 14 Humboldt county on the west Skl haU SemSSratfon but you county an the north Shasta and a small portion of vthe auriferous Tehama counties on the east and sravels of Trinity have so far been Mendocino county on the south worked Lying unequipped and un Nature has been most lavlh in 1 orkd the large gravel bodlesof bestowal of natural resources upon thia region A temperatV climate where the thermometer rarely passes above 100 degrees nor below 10 degrees Fahrenheit hills stocked with game streams supplied With trout mountain sides ribbed with veins of metal bearing ores hills river bars and benches covered with auriferous gravels mountain scenery unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur springs of pure cold waters stream of heavy grade with abundance of water for mining irrigating domestic and power purposes forests of pine and spruce and sugar pine stock ranges covered with abundant crops of natural grasses agricultural lands capable with moderate irrigation of producing all the varieties of fruit grass grain and berry of temperate climes such are some of the gifts of nature to this section of California Hre life can be lived in the open air without discomfort for nearly six months Qf every twelve without fear of the bliutard he hurricane the flood the drought which so often afflict the people of other parts of the country From the quartz veins and gravels of this territory has been extracted ttnc JI4JL over 1100000000 of the 11500000000 which California has given to the world and the mines of this egion now contribute over 1000 000 annually towards the universal demand for the yellow metal And yet after fifty four years of settlement with all its resources and opportunities this large section Is populated with less than 6000 inhabitants Among these residents are many whom the cry of gold drew to California over fifty years ago By years of toll and without the assistance of the machinery of modem invention the people of Trinity have constructed several hundred miles of wagon road cleared the woods erected homes established schools and churches connected by telephone with the outside world and built up a community of good substantial law abiding citizens which for general prosperity is not excelled ISfearly every family In the county owns the home in which it resides Rarely one of these homes Incumbered with Heir br mortgage Bankruptcy and Insolvency are almost Unknown and the County Jail Is nearly always without a tenant Almost without any county Indebtedness with an assessment roll constantly Increasing with ample home markets and good prices for products the people of this section know nothing of hard times and look forward only towards still better and Improved conditions With all Its resources the county his so far received but few of the capitalists home seekers and tourists who have been attracted from other lands by the climate and opportunities of the Golden State And yet from all those classes Trinity county should receive a goodly share for In mines stock ranges forests streams agricultural lands mineral springs trout game climate and locations for summer resorts the county affords good opportunities for Investments homes and pleasure Its Industry first In Importance and opportunity is that of gold mining in Its various branches hydraulic quarts and dredge About four miles from Weaverville on Oregon mountain the La Grange Hydraulic Gold Mining Company is conducting the largest and best equipped hydraulic mining operation In tne world Within a mile of the town of Weaverville Is the Hupp McMurry mine which for over forty years has never failed to yield a substantial dividend at the end of the mining year At Trinity Center the well known Bloss Uc Clary mines are being worked more vigorously than eyer before At Junction City the Heurtevant the Jacob the Chapman Fisher the Sheridan the Carr the Maple Creek and the THE TOR0L1EVE 11MMMI State Engineer Run Llriestb the Arnejrican fiiyerBap fdrther Proposed Channelr the Union Hill mines near Douglas City the Duttons Creek mine near Weaverville the Humboldt Placer Companys mines on Buckeye mountain the Musser Hill rnlnes near Weaverville the Hammer Kahlke mines on Lower Trinity which are cited only as a few instancesof vast deposits but awaiting necessary lm provemente and workingtd rank with the best hydraulic mines of the State For the comparatively new industry of dredge mining because of its large river bars and numerous facilities for obtaining electric power the county offers splendid opportunities At the McGUllvray ranch Eagans flat Stur dlvants ranch Lowdens ranch Blake mores mouth of Stewarts fork Brag dons and Trinity Center are extensive bodies of land suitable for dredging purposes That the river bars have the necessary values and that they can be so worked has been demonstrated by the Alt a Bert Company above Trinity Center which for a considerable time has been dredging the bars of the Trinity river at that place In quartz mining the county offers as equally good opportunities as in placer mining Though quartz mining is an industry which was not prosecuted in Trinity until about 1880 since that time it has been constantly followed with most profitable results In nearly every section of the county In the Dorleska Strode Fair Yfew Brown Bear Lappln Mason Thayer Globe Enterprise Yellowstone Mountain Boomer and various other mines the county can exhibit profitable quartz properties of high grade and there are numbers of other mines par tially prospected which give every indication of being equally as good when properly equlpped and worked There are numerous bodies of comparatively low grade ores which would be opened up and worked If the county had communication by rail with outside points Trinity Js an ideal section for mining and milling large ore bodies on account of the mild climate and abundance of wood and water New locations of both quartz and placer mines are being made the County Recorders office showing a record of 331 new locations between March 1 and August 1904 The county would afford a splendid opportunity for a prospecting company provided with sufficient means to enable an Intelligent systematic and careful examination of the mineral districts of Trinity The Government has not as yet made any geological examination of this territory Many thousand acres of mineral lands have as yet not been Prospected to any extent in fact but few of the higher gravel deposits have been tunnelea or sunk upon In its present condition It is reasonably certain that a prospecting company properly financed and equlppedwould obtain many valuable mines both placer and quartz by merely prospecting and locating Besides gold copper Iron platinum quicksilver coal iridium fend asbestos have been found at various places In Trinity but with the ex ception of quicksilver none of these metals have received much attention The copper prospects show probable large deposits of that metal The finds of platinum have been freqqent and probably Tould rouse more Interest If miners generally knew this metal was as valuable as gold and could be saved by similar methods While In thej main a mountain county Trinity has many rich spots of agricultural land which produce the fruits vegetables hay and berries used in the county The soli with moderate Irrigation produces splendid crops of alfalfa and red clover and fits the county for an industry badly needed that of the dairy arid creamery With a splendid home market for butter cheese bam bacon and lard It is strange that this Industry has not FROM FRANCES mm CENTER SrJtf ah FnJcaik Abroad Tells is ppmparjsonsf Ou Own With Methodsi The Grass TaJleTidingssaysv The County SurveypriW Waggoner accompanied byW lEuglebrlght5 manager ofthe South YubaVater Company wentf to Marysvllle ryester day morning visiting the barriers and the greatgoid dredgers aty Hallett Point on theuwayJ They also ln sneeted tha vDairuerre DOlnt cut now being made for the Government engl neers of the California weori3 yon mission They found that the State Board of Public Works through iCommlssloner Frank VD Ryan had already ordered surveying party Into the field fortha purpose of making surveys from Halletts point to the American river basin and that A Nurse the State engineer would be 6ri handln a few aays iotaxe cnarge oi ao mtij which expects to be In the field for the next two months The survey will be for the purpose of determining the contour of the country from the xuba river at Halletts point to the Bear and the American river basin The surveyors will also run several lines and report on them all so that a fair test may be made of the fall all along the route of the proposed channel that tp carry the waters of the Tuba away from Its present bed at a point ten miles above Marysville The surveyors before they started for their work held a consultation with the officers and members of the Tuba and Slitter Improvement Association in some detail for the ideas of the gentlemen who had studied the situ atlon and understood It Marysville Is delighted with the be i ginning of the work and the whole community is now with the Tuba and Sutter Association in its plans been vigorpusly prosecuted for certainly there are some splendid opportunities at several points in the county Stock raising has been and will always be a leading Industry Fine open ranges and an abundance of water are in every part of the county Though feeding Is sometimes required during the winter months many of the stockmen avoid thia by driving their stock to the Sacramento valley and pasturing there during the winter months Though covered with magnificent forests of pine spruce and sugar pine no use has yet been made of the timber resources beyond the supplying of the home demand In present conditions not much development of the lumber Industry can be looked for until the construction of a railroad into the county Communication by steam or electric railroad with Humboldt bay and the Sacramento valley is the greatest necessity required for the development of Trinity county and Its resources The construction of the if or ty miles of wagon roadalong the line of survey directed by the last Legislature required to connect the public roads of Trinity and Humboldt would be of Inestimable benefit Followed with a railroad between Eureka and Redding the mining timber fruit raising and grazing industries of this large section would soon develop as they should For an electric road most favorable conditions exist for all along the route are numerous streams which would furnish ample power The distance would not exceed ISO miles at no point need an elevation of over 4000 feet be exceeded and the road could be constructed almost entirely below the line of snow The redwood lumber of Humboldt could then be sent direct to every part of California and the East the forests of Trinity could be utilized and shipped the machinery for mining and power plants could be easily and cheaply brought Into Trinity while the 4as ores and concentrates from Its mines could then be shipped and treated at a profit Then during the warm summer weather In the valley refuge would be taken In the mountains of Trinity and the invigorating freezes of the ocean while the general travel to and from other parts of the State would vastly Increase because of the ease of trav eling by rail instead of by stage or team This is the Improvement most anxiously awaited by the people of Trinity county and its completion will make of that section one of the most beautiful and prosperous portions of the State of California Written for the California Promotion Committee by Superior Judge James Bartlett of Weavervme president of the Trinity County Development Association EUREKA NOW HAS INLAND OUTLET NevQYagon RoatfHas Reduced jh tJ jrj ii l3ltai ii to Ret dfe jdjngto Onfe FoyDaysi PARIS July 30 Tojone familiar wjlth our ownSanta Clarayaliey a trip through the prunejdlstricts of France is extremely Interesting and one that I have thoroughly enJoyedV Prune dente this seems to be the exact prime isa grown generally in California and In Its green state is practically identical with rjbur owri product The orchards extend for 100 miles around Bordeaux which cjty is the center of the prune industry of France Scarcely an orchard is our regular California style planted In straight rows symmetrically laid out and cultivated as we cultivate ours at home The French Idea seems to be to use the land for grain maize vines or whatever the owner wishes to produce and then grow a few prunes without taking up any room or incurring any extra expense In the few orchards that are laid out In rows the trees are planted frpm thirty to sixty feet one way and from 100 to 200ifeet the nthpr a that they look more like a scattering grove of trees than our California onffiards Whatever cultl vatlon the crop grown on the land gets the prune trees derive a corresponu lng benefit otherwise they are left without any cultivation whatever One plowing per year Is about the limit and very little else In the way of harrowing or cultivating Is done One favorite method of growing prunes near Bordeaux in the vine district Is to plant the prune trees among the vines say fifty feet one way and 100 or more the other scarcely missing a vine Farther out In Bordeaux in the grain districts one full row of vines will be planted along with the prunes and In this way a few furrows are turned so that the row of vines and trees together have perhaps ten feet of plowed ground but no Other cultivation such as we give In spite of this apparent neglect or such as we would consider neglect the prune trees look very healthy and this year are bearing an unusu allv heavy crop For the past three or four years or since 1900 the crop naa oeen extremely light occasioned by a pest of caterpillar and by heavy frosts at the time the fruit was setting on the trees It would naturally seem to a Call fornlan accustomed to the scientific methods followed In the Golden State that a business carried on In so careless and haphazard a manner would be barren of results but this is a country where everything is saved and where every one works Gather Ing the prune crop Is comparatively light employment and the very old and very young do most of iti Their method of curing Is somewhat different from ours They simply wash off the soil in clear water place the fruit on small damondshaped trays in the sun for a few days when it Is hot and the weather goodr oth erwlse this portion of the curing Is omitted they are then put in tne ovens mace axier met iyic our bakers ovens and thoroughly dried or almost cooked When they have been In there a sufficient length of time or when properly treated the fruit is taken to market and disposed of by the peasants Each town has a market day of Its own the different towns appointing their own days so that there Is no conflict between them AH the fruit Is placed on a platform and carefully inspected by the prune packers who are either there In person or send their representatives who buy receive and pay for the stock right on the spot The pet price to the grower this year ranges from 3 to 3 cents per pound In our money according to size and quality at ieast these are the offerings being made early in the season but as the crop Is a large one and sizes are small a decline is expected when the bulk of the crop is ready to move There are a great many young trees from one to three years old and fast as the old ones break down or become unsound they are replaced by new ones The crop of 1900 was something over 77000000 pounds and many estimate this years crop as heavier In 1901 It was less than 20000000 pounds In 1902 about 8000000 pounds and in 1903 only about 2600000 pounds The advantage France enjoys because of its nearness to the big mar st mm mmmm i epplewhodeslret6reachitheicoast at Eureka Humboldt county cab hereafteKd6sb by travelingdlreetly yesiiromiReddmgahdratrlldngEu rekaon the morning pf the fourth day iQUtjBy the present round about way theoverlandtrlpioEurokatakesup about tenlldays vbnecsJi nb wieave neaaing going oy tne way or igo Harrison Gulch and HayfOrkr and reachVEurekilnthre and ahaif or four dayi The Eureka Standard has the following tosay about tbo hew roadr I Editor COt Wellock of the Fortuna Advance who with Supervisor wort zel has been promoting and financlng theconstructlon of ihe new Trinity roadbelng built by private subscript ion was In the city to day i and re ports rapid progress being made In the construction Two large crews are at worjc on thes road one at each end re specuveiy in cnarge or Ajex niagmon and Cobb There is a stretch of three rquartera of a mile to be built by one crew and one half a mile by the other and it Is expected that the gap will be closed bv September 10th With the closing of this gap there will bave beeen completed one of tne most imDortant highways In Humboldt county for it will connect lEureka with Eastern Trinity county via the towns of Eel river valley and iwlll open fa our trade a rich and fertile localfty which hitherto has wlth dlfli culty marketed its products by the eastern outlet The piece of road now nearlng comrl pletlon is four miles long and extends from the end of the roadnow buUt through the McClellah ranges In this county to the Little Van Duzen bridge and thence over the low gap of Mad river This connects with thirty miles of road already built by Trinity coun ty from Low gap thus giving a through and practicable highway from Anada on Upper Madrlver to Bridge vllle In this county and thence through Fortuna to Eureka The Importance of this road to our county can be realized with the men tlon of only one item of commerce over it that of wool There are 33000 sheep on the ranges tapped by this road and all of the wool derived from these flocks will naturally come this way as this is the cheaper route Another Important Item to be taken into consideration is the development of the mining discoveries in the nelgh borhood of Hyampom This part of Trinity has only recently come into minlngr prominence lies but a veryj few miles off the new road an4 It would cost but very little to tap It from the new road kets of Europe of course enables the grower to get a better price propor tlonatelv than we do for our fruit and the further fact that tilk Europeans are Kreat consumers of prunes not having the vast quantities of other cheap fruits tht the people of the United States are able to procure The Valley of the River Lot with Its surrounding hillsJs the principal prune district and greatly resembles in cllmat soil and appearance our own famous Santa Clara valley lack tag however the continued sunsnine and equable climate which has placed our product In the front rank in the markets of the world I find that the flavor which is imparted to our prunes by the sun curing is growing in favor For years we had to overcome the prejudice that existed because of tne difference between the French curing and our own but where they have been given a fair trial I firmly believe that the superiority xof our product is appealing to the consumers and that in years to come we will have a widely Increasing market for the distribution of our product Too much care cannot be taken by the growers in curing the stock and seeing that It is passed up to the packers In proper condition and If the sellers of the goods will 5 that the paeklng Is honestly and neatly done a much larger proportion of our crop than ever before can be placed abroad Notwithstanding the large crop in France this year there is a demand for our prunes and it looks to me as though this demand will continue and increase Very truly yours A FREEMAN i sj i Dredger men are prospecting on Cottonwood creek Shasta county by means of Keystone drilling indicating a furtherVextension of a dredger mining belt izatipn HE State publicity committee of the nfornl iPromotlon Committee lias just Issued Its flrsi bulletin which tells In connected form of the organization of the new wmxtnittee aridiust how itf proposes to ald In ihe wbrkr ofpro motlng and advertising California Extracts from this bulletin are as fol 1 lows The State publicity commute was formed as the result of the conference of the executive 6fflcerof the deyel opment associations of California which was held in Sacramento on June IS 1901 This Sacramento meeUng was called by the California Promotion Committee toorderthat all might get acquainted exchange ideas and devise a plan to still more effectively centraUze promotion effort and encourage practical co operation The meeting waa enthusiastic and suc cessfuL It was attended by fifty four men officers of organizations covering thirty six countiea of California The Sacramento meeting was an Important step In the organized effort tor tne upbuilding of California It wasthe first time that the representatives of development associations have met wlthc the purpose of unifying their work At first thought one not ao quainted with the objects of these organizations will hardly grasp the Importance of the meeting It means that all parts of California are a unit wheire the welfare of the State Is coit cerned There was not a man at that meeting who will speakill of the State or any section of it tnere was not a manjthcre who will not advise a pew settler or a heV industry itoiloH cate in the region btst suited to their needs whether that region be in MS locality or elsewhere An Important result of the Sacramento meeting was the formation of the State publicity committee which la directed for cen4 trallzed publicity work for the whole State and will unify that work and more effectively advertise every part of California and Its products and bring the needed manufactories and Industries to the various sections The resolution looking to the formation of the State publicity committee reads as follows Whereas It isdeslrable to co operate more thoroughly to bring about still bet ter results and to systematize the work of advertising the State of California it is --Resolved That a committee of Bine be appointed to be known a the State publicity committee of the California Pro motion committee mat tms commiuee be maae upof ne represetativefrom each of the following sections of the State i Ban Francisco city and county 4 Ban Francltco bay Alameda Marin Uapa Contra Cotta four counties Sacramento valley Siskiyou Shasta Tehama Glenn Butte Nevada Tuba Sutter Colusa Yolo Placer Sacramento Solano El Dorado fourteen counties San Joaquin valley San Joaquin Stanislaus Merced Madera Fresno Kings Tulare Kern Mariposa nine counties Central coast San Mateo Santa Clara Santa Cms San Benito Monterey San Luis i Obispo six counties South of Tehaebapi Los Angeles San Bernardino Orange Riverside Ban Diego five counties South coast Sant Barbara Ventura two fcountlesr ITk MAM TaV VMAiAl tftlfll boldt Trinlty Del Norte Sonoma lx ccunues Sierras Modoc Lassen Amadors Alpine Calavera Tuolumne Mono Inyo Piumas Sierra ten counties tJ Bald representatives to be appointed by the chairman of this meeting said appouvtment to be ratified by the sec tiens herein named Resolved That this committee be authorized to plan an advertising campaign for the state of California and to report such plan when completed to every development organization of the State It is contemplated that this plan will provide for the advertising of the State at large In such ways as may be devised by the committee It If further Resolved That this State publicity committee of the California Promotion Committee hali reeeiv Its funds from the different counties of the State In such manner as may be agreed on later It shall be the duty of the commlttee to make a complete financial report of Its work semi annually to each county furnishing funds Tbe object joiihe State Publicity Committee Is to conduct an active campaign looking to the advertising of Californias products and the bringing of desirable settlers and needed industries and manufactories to the State OfBces will be established by theState Publicity Committee In Chicago and New York where literature on all sections of California will be distributed This means that all or ganlzatlona of the State will have an efficient medium for the distribution of literature These offices will bejn charge of competent persons who will In addition to the dlitributionof IK eratnre on all parts jOt Callfornlai make an especial endeavpr to exploit California products and broaden the market for the sameand to encourage desirable manufactures Upon the Pacific Coast Ah Important feature i nf Athe State Publicity Committees work will be Its advertising ln Eastern publications This advertising wUl be so directed as to get the names of thousands of those who are interested In California and who wish more information California will be avertlsed In every prominent publication so that every reader in the United States and many parts of the world cannot fall to know that he can get reliable information on California bv wrltlnr tor it The lnqurlestfrom people In leresiea in uaurornla ithar are derived from euch adverUsing will be fr greater than the aggregate oti inquiries that are now derived from ad vertlslng all sections Individually Every partofthe State will notonly receive more settlers manufactories and a greater demand for their goods but will be benefited by the Increase of population and the ipromotlon of1 Industries in theState A Ini short the object of the State Publicity Committee Is to carry out7a plan of compre nensive ad vertlslng to jriake the dt yelopment work more effective WP TePfesentatlves at these Eastern offices will give frkquent4 lUustrated lectures setting forth the attractions In California its opportunities and its products in cities and in the Interior One of the functions ofthe State Publicity Committee will be to scrutinize all literature regarding California which is distributed to see that such literature Is absolutely reliable and to set its tamp of approval on the same The work of the State Publicity Committee will be beneficial to all parts of California A file system will keep track of all Inquiries Intending settlers new Industries and possible markets for California products sol that members of Ithe State Publicity Com mlttee may be able iorepor promptly to their own sections By combining the moneys effort experience and knowledge of all sections which arej how engaged In advertising Intoohe general ana comprehensive plam not only will every section of the State receive more settlers and more industries and get a better market for Its goods than ever before but the whole Stateat large will grpwtfgreaternd produce a i more profound impression in the eyes of the world jThe work of the State Publicity Committee will lh no way conflict with any work now beings doneby local or othetOTganlza tlons but will aid In that work At a meeting of the State PubUclty Committee held ln this city on Aur gust 27th it was ordered that a let 1 ter be sentsto each or the boards of supervisors of the different counties of California setting forth the CoWect of the SlatePubllclty Commltteeand i also the necessity for funds for carrying on general State advertising em bodying lntthls letter the fact that this advertising will be of anature to benefit every parti of the State byi means set forth elsewhere In this bulletinbulletin and it was also directed that a copy of such letter be sent to every development organization in the State In accordance with the spirit of the Sacramento meeting members of the State Publicity Committee resolved to take Immediate steps looking to the advertising of Californias prod ucts resources and opportunities The members of the committee are as follows Rufus Jennings San Francisco representing San FranclSQO county Francis Story Los An geles representing counties south of Tehacbapl Morrla Brooke Sacral mento representing Sacramento valley counties iEdwtn Stearns Oakland representing San Francisco bay coun ties A Frank NeatetFresno repre sentlng San Joaquin valley counties George A Kellogg Eureka represents Ing north coast counties Arthur Balaam Lompoc representing south coast counties i fMcMahlll San Joser representing centralcoast counties Gilbert Morrow Sonora repre sentlng Sierra counties ARGUMENT OVER WHARF PERMITS Commission Houses Ask Court to Set Aside Jhe Action of the Harbor Commission The applications of several commls slon merchants who dealln onions and potatoes for injunctions to prevent the Harbor Commissioners from keep ing thero from carrying on business on the free wharves rweresubmittedv I yesterday to Judge sloes after over two hours of argument by the attorneys The perrnltsrof the applicants were revoked by the Harbor Commls sioners for violation of theWoodward law inasmuch as these dealers plgned an agreement sell potatoes in lots of pot less than fifty Pounds and onldnslnlot of notiess than twenty flve pounds while a regulation adopted by the Commissioners in accordance with theWoodward law provides for sales of these commodltlea In lots of ten and five pounds respectively AitorneyRelnsteln flledan aflldavlt by himselfiii which he saidiitbat he drew up the objectionable agreement and that he did not intend it to mean what the Harbor Commissioners and other interested partlea thought that it meant1 Ha stated that be was informed that for many years Jn this city fifty pounds was ihe minimum quantity of potatoes and twenty flye nounds the minimum quantity of amount of any one let waa a lesser quantltyr He wsfurther informed that per jcenfcf Ah jiea of po tilnti and nnlm taok DI1C en the wharyev and that otherthan wholesale rates were not quoted or asked in more than one i ile out of 60Q on ah average The fifty and twenty five pound provision be went on was put ln the agreement merely to afford a basis for fixing the customary wholesale rates and the dealers who signed it were not bound by it to avoid selling In smaller lots Attorney Garret ZW McEnerney who made the principal argument for the dealers sought to convince the Court that the agreement left those who signed Itfree to sell in ten or five pound lots according to the regulation of the Commissioners He ad mltted that the agreement i was not drawn ao aatp show this liberty at i glance and remarked that If he had prepared it he wouldhave employed different language than that used by Relnstein but he reasoned that Us only purpose wastoenable the wholei sale dealers to fix wholesale rates among themselves and that until they refused to sen in ten or five pound lots they had not violated the Woodward law or the Commissions rule Attorney Johnson also spoke on 4 behalf of the dealers A strong argument was made by Attorney Otto Irving Wise In soppo sition to the dealers He pointed out that the mere making of an agreement which 6 would result in discrimination in selling perishable products was a violation of the plain terms of the Woodward law and it was not neces sary to show that the dealers actually refused to vsell In the manner prescribed by the Harbor Commissioners Iq order to fjustlf yr the Commissioners In taklnglthelr permits away It was enough under the law to show that they entered Into a compact by which they obligated themselves to sell In such a way aa toyolate the Commis sions regulations jne agreement in question here was made binding on those who signed It because each of them paldrat the start from IM to 350 according to the Judgment of the would be to drive the small dealers out of business and leave the big wholesale dealers ln control of the market It would also give the whole Bale dealers the upper hand over the growers Wise maintained that the Commissions regulation was reasonable and that the Commissioners had merely followed the plain terms of the law In depriving the offending dealers of their permits The Commissions attorney William Davis also opposed the granting jot the injunctions SUCCEEDS JS SUICIDE AT TIIE THIRD ATTEMPT Snlons sol4 at wholesale in a single jliwfccordmg to tneudgmentoine transaction excep wherebe wholet combtaaUona executive committee UIQ UI9J vmVfc Mifl ViMHVWi they forfeited this money Attorney 1 The third attemot of HenirvH Coburn a young carpenterllvihgat 19 Boyce street to kill himself was successful and he died at the Maudsley San atorium 2314 Sutter street at 140 yes teraay mornins irom a comn catfnn or diseases which ended In a brain trouble nmcu cuacu iiu oaya 4Qburn threwfhlmself In fronts of ureaxy ereei cars iwice on September scratches owing to the quickness of the grlpmen His third attempt was under the wheels of milk wagon and thence he was dragged ravins and taken to the Central Emergency Hospital where he was tnoukht to have a fractured skull Later he was removed to the sanatorium where he steadily sanit till JiediedvCo purn was very uj ana wim oiseasea that would naturally affect his mind consumption and Bright disease together complicating matters John MItoholV the famous labor leader tells of a worlds congress of miners In Msvreekly letter In the 8unday Chronicle PUT OH EXTRA CLEHKS Auditor Baebr has made requisition on the Civil Service Commission for sixty Clerks extend the State tax rate They will go to work Monday The Registrar aisoc put on twenty more civil service cierks i Wise said that the practical effect of selling on the wharves according to the pUa laid down In theagreernent zre Z1Z ZI Zmi IZ I rmaiaie ren wtmm rtaai var fv aa tPVTr arr nniiii iwmhsu rTi Htrttuii out ii ronntain pa is CENSURES DIM FOR art MlUfiff aittaU lor Tt WtttnMm IdttI witlsPenv and swUeyrenU for Ttr ajr ii ww ar ffA ii a wia ps bora yaU a ietjs thts arreaf wouiagwaUj Chief VVittman In Communication Scores Lieut Colby for Inefficient Workta Fire Irritated beyond endurance atthe inefficiency displayed by IJeutenant Henry Colby In dUposlngililsinen to control the crowd at a Jodglng house fire on Howard street Septem ber 5th Chief of Police wmman scored that officer before lnseh and th delighted press of sighueerSrXde nomlnatlng him sin old woman In uniform with no more ideabf police utyHhanWcbad 1 It might have rested with that and other expressions of opinion Chief WJttrnah be directed thejpatrbl xoka to force iback thecrowd which Impede the movenientflpt the Are men i by surging over streetvandsider walk between theflre and the en ginefc but Qria jcommunlcatlon from the Bdardof FlreCommlssiohers giving some hln ts on pollceluty at Ores It was asfollowsr Office Board of Klre Commissioners tan vranrtsco CatVBeDtember 1Z 1904 Wittman Chief of Police Dear si iTnon the recommendation of the acting ehlef eOglneer of this depart ment we would respectfully suggest that vau cause an oraertto oe issued to your subordinates to the effect that whenever a nre pi any maanuuae oc cuni ths street er streets on which tnr streams are working bej roped off at the crossings or me main 6 streets on each side of the fire and that all smalt Intervening street be closed either by ropes or oy pmcers aiauoneain inem facillUte the workings of this department at such fires Very respectfully BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS McCarthy Secretary Wittman has the reputation of knowing police duty and takes pride ln this reputation His temper reached the boiling point when through the ignorance displayed by Colby Whose acquaintance with handling men was limited to a clerkship under Chiefs Crowley andIees until the Civil Service Commission declared him capable of holding a lieutenants commission another vde4 partment found it necessary to glye him advice Thursday through the medium of theMPolice Bulletin a daUy sheet printed by thedepartmentt for distrK button amongfthe men to acquaint them with police matters the Chief conveyeda eppy of the Fire Commissioners letter with the following comment If the commanding officers of police at fires did their duty In a common sense manner there would be no occasion for communications of thissort I was much surprised on arriving at the scene of the large Are on Howard treat between Seventh and Eighth on the 6th Inst to find the police lines stretched between the burning build Ings and the fire apparatus Of course the people who were attracted by ihe fire crowded up against the lines and thus the firemen were compelled to lose considerable time in orclnx their way through the crowds to get to their apparatus for neeaea arucies iaaaers etc A mere novice In police business should know that the police lines should be stretched behind the fire apparatus and not in front and that the space between the fire and the location of the fire engines trucks hose wagons etc must be kept clear so that the firemen can have free access to them It Is hoped that all members xf the Police Department Lieutenant Colby In particular will bear this in mind and act accordingly In the future Colby was1 appointed a policeman In lKO and nade a sergeant nine yean I later Though nominally assigned to we souuxern WMmn ne cwq aH cleric at pouee neaaquaners unaer Chlefa Crowjey and Lees eomplalnts orhl nideneai ify toe public fndhla overbearing conduct toward those whom he ranked finally caused him to be shelved in a back office until August 1 1502 when his standing at the civil service examination placed his name where the Police Commls eloners were forced to appoint him lieutenant i 4 MAETHUE GETS HURT IN WW WITH CIRfcira HAN 1 OtUMcArthur a lumberman living at Sixth street got into an altercation witbOne of the stablemen of Ringllngs circus yesterday and was hit on the headwlth a tent pin so hard thatit required numerous stitches to sew up the cuts in his scalp McArthur had been drinking and when he arrived at the Central Emergency Hospital declared that he remembered nothing of what he had said to provoke the circus man Po liceraanMoriarty of Jhe Southern Station stasted to walk him to the hospital hutoafhe way McArthur became weak and Jell to the sidewalk So it was necessary to summon an ambuUnce or blm The atoryaf the jlrl heroine of the Pacific an Oakland girl who took the ships wheel when her father waa hurled from ft by fallinaUmisV steered thrpugli the terrible sternv eheyed an order that all but cost her life flot thsjcrew and her Injured father Into the lifeboat when Uhe ship struck the reef and finally piloted them to safety Appears In the Sun day Chronlole wni H0EB PICMIC JText Sunday Company A tfVofua teers will bold it twelfth aahoaMplc4 nlo In ShelL Mound Park Great Interest Is manifested by the iewbers of the companywh havedrlUed faithfully to fit themselves for the mlMUry features of the day Winners of tie various VMUwui well aBdittabJysre Viimi FOR DEBHJTATED MEN HORS jronirp acio PHOPifcTATB ranks jMNirWPLwr Kejl 0 pposfs Ex pejiditure JGnpltsociajio MartinKdiybTbugntsuitagai Masonic Cemetery Association yesterday to prevent the trustees from expending any moreottne associations money on the new Masonic cemetery ftt Colma and filed a bond in the Superior Court in order to securo 7a prellmmajry Junction He states that he purchased a plot of 200 square feet in the cemetery here In 1ST7 and consequently heiclalmr an Interest In the funds of the aasocta tion In last February he says the assoela tlon bad a surplus of W7000 and the trustees contracted with the Colma Land Company to defray the cost of platting and otherwise arrahglng the companys tract at Colma Ban Mateo county for burial purposes The association has no title to or Interest Jn the land at Colma he alleges and the right of the trustees to spend 1U funds on land belonging to others Is disputed by him He aska the Court to prohibit the trustees from expending the money under their oeetrol1 for anypurpose other thanthe preserve tlon and embelishment of the Masonla Cemetery around In this ltyj J1JBY EI3UCE8 CHASGli Thomas Ralley alias Woods watf ecn ictfdofaa assault with Ihteat to commit grand larceny bya juryslttag before Judge tawlor yesterday Hewas charged with robbing norlan Andrea a sw 1 dairyman of 80 on the night of July Uth Andrea claimed that he met jtbree men oneofthem Bantyjna Jearke street restaurant and that they en tteed mm into Bievenson street wnera the rnJrtnit Otinerre tonics for da 1 robbery took place He claimed Ht i 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