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wv dEarita EDITORIALS FEATURE Si VOL CLXVII OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA; SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1957 NO. 125 i HE Democratic gubernatorial spent many hours and days cultivating his. thirst, for an When tha, term of school closed Harry G. Hill went his way and Markham never heard from 1 him again. Did he ever learn that hisl ing to' A.

H. Merritt, owner of the (Tout Manufacturing and Supply Co. This fuse plant then' stood across the' street from the Merritt home on 66th but now' it is located in Livermore. In the early the southeast corner of 86th Ave. stood the Rudolph Myers grocery.

Approaching 90th Ave. we find E. N. Tapscott having a streetcar line constructed so prospective-buyers of real estate could reach Toler Heights up above Foothill Blvd. at 90th Jural continues Dr.

"he showed special Interest in the question of Judging butter. On being told there wu no real college of Agriculture in California, that the Berkeley' institution was then purely; academic, had no farm and little 'Right there, the school and college Davis wu Then Judge Shields car campaign plcturt was clarified the past week, but the Republican aituation became, if any- thing, more confused by the widespread reporta that Governor Knight had decided to run for the' US. Senate' instead of seeking reelection, ThaJkcti that the Governor was not available for comment and did not immediately act to confirm or deny stories carried through- out the state caused consternation both I among his supporters and in the ranks of potential GOP contenders for the Senate aeat They admitted that the Governor had left the door ajar for a switch to i elective or appointive office in a Monday statement which was originally taken as a declaration that he was in the guber- tutorial race to stay, but they got the Im-. presslon that any decision would be after, or at least during the lat- I pupil became one of the world's great 1 poets? No one knows. Edwin Markham attended a Sunday, school and a church service at the old Black School during -all his youth, and mentioned in his writings how he listened spellbound to an old Methodist preacher who stirred zeal and fervorWho wu he, -rand did he ever know what he planted In -the boys spirit? We do not know.

Mark ham wanted an education, but there wu no family means. So at 17 he ran away, riding his pony. At length he fell in with Black Bart's gang, and Black. Bart made 4 him a prisoner. But around the campflres the boy poured out his arnbition for an education and after a few weeks the bandit let him go.

In a few months more 1 his mother found him, took him home land promised td'help him go to school. Then a strange thing happened. One day while' digging for. roots of the Soap plant his pick struck a metal Edwin quickly-unearthed a canvas bag in which ha ter part had been termed a end gve it a brave and dependable sup-much-needed vacation. They didn't ex- port' With the selection of Thomas For- pect developments so soon, and they were caught off, base.

As this wu written, the Governor wu still not talking, but some who have announced intentions to seek (he Senatorial seat were making angry noises. At least one, Mayor George Chris- wpner son. rancuce, saia taavregard stay. Christopher, who is in Greece, wu reported in an angry mood he recalled three pledges made to him by Knight "Each time he gave me his 'sacred word of honor that under no circumstances icu if iv iaeuifx 1 1 1 iiiil nn ii' in i i 1 1 Im r.l.Vl nf rAllaiM rsl A irWmilfiiM 4 Via TTnt- k.i vaakb wa. -m a r- found $5, $10 and $20 gold pieces amount- 14 Til JU II -m opened the way for him to go to the Stats Teachers College in San Jose "for two years, after which he taught for awhile.

Later he attended the Christian College in Santa Rosa where he graduated. He became a teacher in El Dorado County lonr incumbencrtme-benclr m(Mhe I therefore accepted his wprd and an- JtffectionJn which hf-waa-held are suf-nounced my own candidac. I have no fident testimony there. ers Training School where he wrote his "word-famous poem, "The Man with the Hoe." Strangely enough, Solano County days 66th Ave. was called Damon Road and led to.

Damon's Jjandlng pn a lough off San Leandro Bay, a site now occupied by McGuire Hester. Back In the 1850s this same landing was known as Mellta Landing. But Melita sold to Currier, and it became Currier's Landing.oThen in 1880 it came into the possession of the Damon family, and hence we had Damon's Landing. The Damon family conducted a general store at the corner of East 14th St and 66th also dealing in hay and grain. The store was on a portion of the Cluff property and at this spot wu the old Melita post office.

More Names and Places "When William Cluff Jr, who now resides in Berkeley, wu a small lad he owned a Shetland pony and cart, and one day while calling on Frank Tasney about some harness the pony lost one of his 66th Ave. stood a two-room school called the Lockwood School The new. Lock- wood School wasn't built until about 1902 at the corner of East 14th and 68th Ave. Charles Greenman wu prindpaL "ThWTniy-: be jomewhd'remem -wifEIhvwho wu 4eacherAt4he Du- rant School for some years. Before the i new Lockwood School wu built the site wu occupied by the home of Isaac Yoak-1 man.

The land had long been headquar- ters for educators, for it wu in 1858 that Yoakman engaged a Miss Julia Aldrich to conduct a private school on his prop- yttfnm the Lockwood School grounds was the 232-acre dairy of Wil liam Manchldo. The big pasture wu used a a landing Held for Weldon Cook, early Oakland aviator. In 1919 WickhamTV Havens subdivided it into what we know now 'Havenscourt Next we come to who wu one of the early owners of Alameda along with realtors Chipman and Augenbaugh, they purchased the entire town from Antonio Maria Peralta for $14,000. 1 recently asked Nelson Per-alU of Martinez if he didn't think his grandfather had given this land away. Mr.

he said, 'you must realize how much $14,000 was in 1849, compared with the value of a dollar At the corner of East 14th St and 71st Ave. wu the saloon of Joe Gonsalves. Between this saloon and 73rd Ave. wu the grocery store of A. P.

Rosa and a roadhouse operated by a Mr. Nixon. At the northwest 7 corner of 73rd Ave. stood a small build--ing with a rear yard. In this backyard they raised mushrooms.

This property later became a two-story business and here A. P. Rosa lives today. On the southwest corner was J. M.

and M. Chandler's grocery, and on the southeast corner the home of 3. F. Kingston, realtor and postmaster. The Kingston residence still stands on the east side of 73rd Ave.

just below East 14th St On to Elmhurst There were a few large estates between 73rd and San Leandro, but the land wu principally occupied by small chicken ranches. At 78th Ave. wu the Fuller and Todd subdivision, and back of this was the sprawling nursery of the Domoto Brothers, a part of which is now a dty park. At Auseon Ave. wu the real estate firm of Lewis Mitchell, made, up of the late Arthur Mitchell and George Lewis, who lives today on Wild-Wood Ave.

in Piedmont The land they were subdividing belong to Mrs. Jessie Auseon, daughter of Mrs. Moss who -owned hundreds of acres in that vicinity. The Moss home was on hill just above 82nd Ave. and Foothill Blvd.

They named -this tract "Kenwood Opposite wu the Kinsell home and There are probably many today who remember Dudley Kinsell, prominent Oakland lawyer. The Kinsell home still stands on 94th just below East 14th St At the Ave. After the line wu completed he turned it over to the Oakland Traction Co. Next we come to the Elmhurst Dis- trict A school district wu established here in 1893 and named for the row of Elm trees along the south line of East 14th St At the northwest corner of 92nd Ave. wu the Redman's, Hall, now moved to the rear and converted into apartments.

On the ground floor of this build-' tag wu Hutchinson Knapps grocery, and L. DeLuca and his Elmhurst Butcher Shop. Mrs. Carreggio's drygoods store stood between 92nd and 83rd. Avenues.

W. Booth also had his real estate office in this neighborhood and advertised three-room homes for sale for $600 as late 1902. At the southwest corner of 85th Ave. and East 14th St wu the hardware store of Frank Dellenbaugh, his heirs disposing of the property only a few months ago through pioneer Realtor George Dugan. "Other business establishments in Elm hurst in the early days include Fred Getz and his Star Market Tat 97wAveTtheT Elmhurst French Laundry operated by Mrs.

Zacharin near 83th Ave the Henry BenaTat-SSth Aveandllyerj groceryat 94th Ave. On the south side between 94th and 95th Avenues wu the post office, but on Oct aTmoVe3 "EMn4t a site just east of 98th Ave. where a sign can still be seen along side the building where it wu housed. Clarence Cooper' started his undertaking business at the northwest corner of 92nd Ave. and.

East 14th ti and the saloon of Joseph Williams was on the northeast comer. At fha-corner of 91st Ave. was the blacksmith shop -of William Abrott The Elmhurst pharmacy, wu in the 1892 post office building where I Slmonsen wu first postmaster. A home style restaurant was operated by Mrs. F.

Warrilow hear 94th Avev and, P. Akerberg did general blacksmithing on East 14th near; 94th Ave. -James OToole wu manager of the Elmhurst Lumber Co. on 94th at East 14th St Walter Newbert had a coal and wood yard at the northeast comer of S6th A ve while at the northwest corner the shops and barns of the Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards Railway that ran out East 14th St A ride on their open air picnic cars oh a Sunday was a great outing. If you didn't want to go all the way to Hayward yoir could transfer to-he nmAm -4 T7nu.j 4 JT- Md-Llewellmr-Boulevards.

along East 14th St we see the homes of E. B. and A. L. Stone at 105th Ave, and then the R.

Family place where at one time tte Chrysler Corporation g- to build a factory, but where erected instead a group of duplexes and homes. The Gawne home was across the street where the Chevrolet Iruck factory now stands. Folks could come all the way out here from Oakland on the streetcars rforlive'centsybi ward the conductor collected one more nickel fare. Let's get off and catch the next car back to Oakland," suggests Norman a concluding idea. Edwin Markham The Knave: Back in 1847 the parents of Edwin Markham crossed the plains from Illinois to Oregon City where Edwin was born in A fewyears later the father died there, and Mrs.

Markham, a very capable woman, moved to California and bought a cattle ranch in Lagoon Valley among the Suisun Edwin, 5 years old, soon became her efficient herdsman of cattle and sheept doing many other chores about the ranch and house. About three months of each winter he attended a country school six miles away. This was the "old Black School" in Lagoon Valley. Edwin wu a scholar of fair attainment until in his 13th year a teacher by the name of Harry G. Hill became for term the schoolmaster; Harry G.

Hill of poetry and the beautiful in nature. He quoted verses of the great English and American poets and led his charges on trips about the surrounding hills. Mark-ham's mind and soul were set on fire. The teacher saw his awakening interest and ries the interesting'story on, step by step, giving due credit to the committee jof -Yolo County citizens "Henry Eckles and -Jack Reith), then to other cooperative men (George Knox, George Piatt, H. A.

Jastrow, Charles Pieru, William, Russell, John Murphy, James Mills and A. W. Foster). He refers appreciatively to Professor E. W.

Major, and of President Benjamin Jde Wheeler he reports, he at first gave the matter-a gather hesitating, approval, toward ythe Hunt Dean iiTAugusf of 19127 and the strong backing of President Wheeler, the future of the college wu assured. The judge referred to Hunt 'exactly fitted to meet the conditions they exist It is only fair to say that Most Beautiful Place I do not presume to appraise his service a jurist," Dr. Hunt concludes. "His broader than his profession. I call him a real humanitarian.

He wu a great lover of his state. 'California in tny childhood he wrote in 1956, Vu one of the most beautiful places in the world. Its streams ran clear. There was ho pollution of the waters. were abundantjiuid wild-life filled the woods and wild flowers the In his annual letter fa? 1S57 he refers to old age: VTa will growf tolerant and more forgiving, and oh, so humble we measure what we have done with what we might have done.

lived well, who has lived usefully, and tried to live nobly, there will be enough in this review to fill his old age with modest One of the finest personal letters I ever received wu from, this good man, dated Sept 12, 1955. In it he makes this reflection: 4As you and I recall the West of Buffalo Bill and the Calif ornia of our childhood and youth and feel thep of those youthful memo- ries, feel that was the mold in which we were cut the conditions, which formed our tastes, our ideals, our sympathies and our satisfactions. We helped to make the new world, but it is the heritage tf --our-, children. God wu -wise when He limited the span of our lives so that we do not have to live in a world which hu outgrown our emotional San Leandro Road Again It hu been two months or more since the -footsteps of Albert E. Norman fal- tered he tcok Sunday Knaver out old San Leandro Road; an avenue of travel wtoayTknow 1u East 14th St Since that time he has been recuperating from a heart attack.

Now he's back home from the hospital and, while not yet able to get behind his Teal estate desk at his downtown office, he is seemingly well on the road to recovery and anxious to continue telling of early day business, homes and landmarks along old San Leandro Road. "Starting where we left off at the southeast corner of Seminary Ave. and East 14th St," says the recovering Norman, "wu a new subdivision called 1 'Eastlawn' being marketed by Frank K. Mott, a beloved former mayor of Oakland. "Still doing business just east of Seminary on the north side of East 14th is Frank Tasney, who established his harness shop at this location in 1901.

He tells me his father once operated a hack service from Oakland to San Leandro. From TasneyV shop east to 64th Ave. wu all vacant land, but now we come to where Peter Von Ah had his Elmhurst Dairy. And on the south side of East 14th St at thi point "eastward wu the exi- tensive -grounds and home of William Cluff Sr, a wholesale grocer of some prominence in those early days. Today this is Lockwood Gardens, a housing project' Next door to the palatial Cluff homejwu another palatial home belong- rcwon now pursue a omereni course.

gested he Would have more to say on the subject when he returns to His statement was at sharp variance with an earlier one from his campaign manager Implying that tha mayor might 4 out and it held the promise of a ftiffr fight fof Knight in tha event he does try for ihe seat being vacated by VS. Sen. William F. KnowlancL'The Eenator made his position clear when he told newsmen that "there hu been no commitment di- fadlwrtly-Oftjnyaria wr. vi my ampugn representatives, support Governor Knight for any office, elective or appointive." Meanwhile, reporters, political observers, friends of the Governor and supporters of other candidates were reported increasingly restive overrthe-secrecy awonnding-Knight's vacation.

It was the first time in years that a Governor's whereabouts ha been concealed. It may be conducive to recuperation from the flu, but it doesn't make campaign friends, the Knave hears. Peter J. Shields The annual messages presented- to-the Sacramento Bee by Judge Peter J. Shields at the time of his birthday have become part of a great Sacramento tra- dition, thinks Dr.

Rockwell Hunt, au-thor and educator. "Seldom Isf it vouchsafed to a man to sojourn so long and so fruitfully in his city, and to accumulate in his lifetime such a wealth of psychic and spiritual dividends as have come to Judge PSffleldsri aaya "DrrHffiHewaFlorn a piopeer farming community about 14 miles cut of Sacramento; a youth he went to the capital dty for better schooling. For almost half a century he served judge of the Superior Court before retiring in 1949, honored and respected by alL The older dairymen of Sacramento County will remember Judge Shields as a fancier of blooded cattle; for years he maintained a fine herd of purebred Jersey cows, the envy of many a farmer. But his interest wu much wider, and his influence correspondingly greater. This may be illustrated by the leading part he played in bringing about the creation and early development of the College of Agricul- ture of the.

University of California. I am fortunate in having a personally inscribed copy of his delightful booklet published in the spring of 1954, titled The Birth of an In this We fnd the story, simply told, of how an idea suggested by a casual remark, resulted in the birth of a great institution the college and farm at Davis, about which has grown up the present Davis campus Nof the State University. A CUegei Born The story begins with when, secretary of the State Agricul- doubtless its greatest son. Nor has that county marked the site of the old Black School where Edwin Markham got his Inspiration for I have su-jested to residents of t-y do cm? pzj bout it.l.a KcIzoy Crcclr Tha waters of Kelsey Creek flow into Clear Lake one and a half miles northwest of Soda Eay on a northeasterly pro- jection of Dora Point "The mouth of this stream is within Clear Lake State Park," explains Lake County historian Henry K. Mauldin.

"This same Kelsey Creek flows through the full lengths of Cobb, Alcove, Rincon and Bif -ValleyjJt starts pering Pines where the tributaries from the north side of Cobb Mountain and from the southwest side of Boggs Moun taitfHhbledowVioc stream. The first seven miles of its course through Cobb Valley is run at a moderate rate. Then, within an estimated five miles, it drops from 200 feet to a 100-foot ele through Kelsey Creek Canyon, -zzZZut beds. In addition to fast and turbulent waters, this creek includes two falls Little Falls is more in the form of a cataract with a total drop of about 35 feet The other is Big Falls, about a mile below. Big Falls is a true falls in a beautiful setting with a large pool beneath it Here the water drops 25 feet As Kelsey Creek leaves the canyon it enters Alcove Valley and for a mile and a half it hu a very gentle flow.

Then the stream is pinched between two nearly vertical high rock walls and for about three-quarters of a mile it flows swiftly down the rocky bed of Alcove Canyon. But the waters' speed is much more moderate for the last eight miles through Rincon Valley and past Kelseyville, on through Big Valley. Named for Andy "During the summer months," continues Mauldin, "the water of Kelsey Creek flows only to the creek's entrance into Big Valley. The reason for this is that at Kelseyville the water disappears', in the large gravel bedsTibutarie4o- the creek, if we start at the stream' source, are in the following order: Jones Creek, Houghton Creek, Nutmeg, Alder, Sulphur, Carter, High Little Rabbit Valley, Panther, Rattle- snake, Bear, Pickett, Three Falls, Burt- nett Storm, Sweetwater, Widow, Cement, Mahoney, Nolte, Maher, Cairv and The stream gets its name from Andy Kelseythe' man who had a home across the creek from Kelseyville and who wu killed by Indiana in 1849. jjjj.

KNAVE northwest-corned Eartwu jm unusual lover 14th 15t was Hunter's Inn, and on the southwest corner of 84th Ave. "and East 14th St wu Charles Silva's saloon; Jack Vair operating a blacksmith shop on the southeast corner. Between there and 85th Avc. vu Joseph Cha tela saloon, and at i I.