. .." t ,'.;,....'. . ..,.-. . ......... ;. V MUCfc STOCK EXCHANGE ACTIVITY IN TOE ; NEVADA MINING, BUSINESS , STEFANSSON ESTABLISHES A TEW PRIMmVfi FACTS ; IN DIETETICS JAN FRANCISCO, April 5 San Francisco is experiencing a mining stock boom such as it has not begun to know since 1906, and such as the votaries of the min ing stock gune despaired of ever seeing again. The .ant furore was over dis-fuveriea in the Tonopah and Goldfield districts. In the rushing to and fro ,'between these districts incident to that excitement J the ground of these new discoveries was trod and no doubt probed by thousands, for it lies between the two camps on Gold Mountain. It was on ,; Gold Mountain that Jim Butler's burros broke ! "Joose and left him all forlorn. How he caught fhem and discovered a Golcoada elsewhere is an- a other story; though it is claimed that what he . did discover, rich as it proved to be, cannot be Compared with the ground that he chased his burros over. How it came to be overlooked with so njany swarming about, searching for just such richnVss. is one of the unaccountable thing though y no means unprecedented in mining dis coveries. Tonopah Divide is the pace maker in this new district. A while back its stock was iLNiiiiiiivMsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiwiial I I aid that Daniel Byan, not connected by ties of blood but who is very close through: political consanguinity, is also to walk the plank. For a long time it looked as though the governor, was determined to placate the senator, regardless of flouts and rebuffs. There were many instances in the last campaign -where, slighting things were done and said by the senator, and the governor seemed to tcke it without resentment; but now there is action- To all appcarances it.has been..so aimed as to carry significance. Speculation as to just why it is at once suggests the senatorship that -is to be fought for in 1920.' The governor may have, that in mind, as indeed may the junior senator also; and both may realize what a team it would be should the governor eucceced the incumbent, and get in harness with the junior representative in the upper house. Harbor Control to Remain Nothing has lately appeared in the news regard jng the meaKure or the effort to switch the con trol of the waterfront from the State to the city. It was thought at the outset that a campaign had been arranged that would involve a desperate struggle, and that this would bocomo one of the big legislative fights. Such an idea, perhaps, was entertained chiefly by those .more familiar with city legislative procedure than State. It involved of rivalry within the ranks. Thare are times When members of the municipal board, foe, instance, engage in the most overt controversies, which may be succeeded by other periods of extreme amicability. In the shifting phases jxJliti-cal interests may run side by side that but a very short time before were widely divergent; which accounts for the many apparent combinations of mose wno may nave appeared to be fiercely an tagonisac but a short time before. Something is to be said for the man who can handle such a situation, and that the mayor has succeeded so well for two terms very naturally encourages the belief that he" is equal to a third. ' If the ultimate goal was attainable through the dominance of city politics there might not be so much question; but a senator must be elected by the entire State, hich alters the proposition materially About the Gallaghers A long time ago I indulged in a dissertation on the Gallaghers. They had done something the Gallaghers are always doing something but this was some particular tiling that made a good story, though I cannot recall what it was. However, the reference to them was entirely respectful, as it is to bo in. this instance. The Gallaghers are unusually to the fore again. .There is no doubt that Is such a tendency to lay all the blame on the railroads that besides affording.important and interesting information, gathering such statistics became- a matter of selt-defense. In the last quartes 6f 1918, out of eighty-three crossing accidents in volving automobiles, about one-third of them re sulted from automobiles running into and striking grains, Instead of trains striking automobiles. The carelessness or indiference of the public is illus trated in the statement that in a year, at 500 grade crossings wnere gates are lowered on the approach of trains, the gates were run into by automobiles. When it is remembered how impatient of delay the average auto driver is, this can be readily believed; but the statement, that out of 89,072 observation tests at highway 1 crossings, more thaiM 6,000 of which were auto vehicles, the drivers of but one-sixth of one per cent stopped and looked in both directions, is more difficult to accept, because it must have been noticed that those out with automobiles do generally look up ana down the track when they arrive at crossing.- Fickert Has Opposition . .JJistrict .Attorney Fickert is to. be a candidate for re-election. .Conditions which-seemed a while ago to make his chauce dubious have now so privilege of a movie show into the bargain, how symphony performances of classic selections, with sixty performers most of whom play in the big symphony, can be maintained is certainly something to ponder over. The fashionable symphony .season runs short many thousands every year, while these must make their Wn way. Dietetics and Exploration Stefansson's talk at the Bohemian Club evinced his scientific bent and his disposition to determine points at issue for himself. Nothing "happens" in his cosmography. He has found that so many things, accepted with no better warrant than, tradition, are fallacious that he takes nothing for granted. An Arctic explorer would hardly be expected to become an expert dietician from obser vations en route; yet Stefansson disproved some theories and established some truths that must be highly valuable to science. Fresh meat, especially raw meat, is a surer preventive of scurvy than preserved vegetables, and a certain cure for it. An explanation, involving knowledge of food elements and alimentary requirements, made this so plain that. the wonder is that it is not'common knowledge. Incidentally the Scott Antarctic disaster'was referred to, and the information imparted that it was primarily due to scurvy,