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The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 16

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THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER: WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1929 10 Career Wins PUN END 10 QUICKSILVER 'soslfc Gfinfis soft AIDS A RE CITY TRANSIT TROUBLE TOLD CALIFORNIA Mercury or quicksilver, the 'Von-der metal" named after the Latin Boi of commerce and gain, Is coming distinctly Into its own again after a post-war period of Indifferent markets. This remarkable metal which nerves man with an astonishing versatility In war, peace, commerce, eclence, arts, mining, agriculture And forestry, is finding an Increasing: consumption In a time of In i 'h UtU i "Either the cities must make It possible for public utilities to fur nish transportation and make a rea. sonable profit or the transit companies must be taken over by the municipalities." That is the only solution to the present problem confronting transportation systems.

A. J. Lundberg, president of the Key System, yesterday told members of the League of California Municipalities. He spoke at the second day general meeting of the league, holding a four-day convention at the Hotel Oakland, More than 1,000 delegates are studying the different ways in which different things are done in 275 California cities. Department meetings were held in the afternoon by the engineers, councilmen and street superintendents, the city attorneys, city managers and the clerks, auditors, assessors and treasurers.

creasing prices. So declared experts ho addressed the 138th national meeting of the American Institute cf Mining and Metallurgical Engi neers at the Palace Hotel yesterday. The outlook for the American quicksilver Industry is distinctly good, and there Is a marked revival of activities In the California quicksilver mines. This was the consensus of opinion expressed by L. H.

Duschak. Charles G. Maler and A. V. Udell In a symposium on the To thoroughly-bake a hundred-pound fish' would be a subject.

CALIFORNIA LEADS. California produces more quicksilver than any other State In the Union, It was said. Its discovery antedates that of gold by a quarter of a century. The first quicksilver In California was found In the New Almaden mine In 1824. Udell.

In his paper, listed the vast range of quicksilver uses, Among other things, It guards man against infection, heals his wounds; as calomel, it cleanses his body; as 'amalgams, rebuilds his teeth; as cosmetics, lends a sunset hue to the mm --WsiAnftwuKniMf let cheeks of beauty. Quicksilver kills lnseets, prevents fouling of ships' bottoms, colors porcelain, fixes photographs, enters of a job You'd be much more successful JEANETT.U LUf screen actress, granted a divorce yesterday when she charged her husband was Into the manufacture of dry batteries. It colors rubber products. GIVES LIGHT, POWER. jealous of her career, It Is used in manufacture of vacuum tubes for the radio, pro duces the blue and green colors of JEHf PLEA mm decree baking a three-pound fish.

You'd control the cooking just as Hills Bros, control the flavor of their coffee because they roast only a few pounds at a time never in bulk. This process of Controlled Roasting is Hills exclusively and it produces a flavor no other coffee has. HILLS BROS Complete with Tubes LOS ANGELES. Oct. 8.

(INS) Testifying her husband was jealous of her career as a film actress and continually quarreled with her. pretty blonds Jeanette Loff, of Portland, was granted a di vorce today by Judge J. A. Smith from Harry K. Rosebloom, also of Portland.

COFFEE fresh from the original vacuum pack Easily opened with the key. 01929 the Neon light, tells us the truth about altitude, temperature and coming weather changes. It la used in the oil industry. Power developed from mercury vapor, and from it are made fulminating caps for the detonation of shells and cannon. A of other papers were read by well-known engineers on various technical subjects relating to mining and milling of ores.

The chairmen for the various programs were Theodore J. Hoover, W. S. Boyd, D. A.

Lyon, Charles E. Locke, T. A. Rickard, J. A.

Carpenter, Charles Butters, Rudolph Gahl, Robert Linton and Augustus Locke. DIVERSION PLANNED. The convention concluded with a "directors' dinner" last evening at the Palace Hotel. Today the delegates will embark on an all-day excursion of San Francisco Bay. Dancing and other entertainment will be provided on board.

This evening a dance is scheduled at the Bt. Francis Yacht Club. Tomorrow the ladies of the convention will visit the California Palace Legion of Honor. At 4 p. m.

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The date of the reception was set and final celebration plans laid at a meeting last night of the Citizens' Committee appointed by Mayor Rolph. That portion of the new vard lying between Sunnyvale avenue and the county line was set aside for the festivities. Woman Crushed as Crash Car Overturns Crushed In the wreckage of an overturned automobile yesterday, Mrs. Florence Cucright, of Martinez, was taken to the Dante Sanatorium In a critical condition. She is suffering from internal injuries, a bad A $6.00 VALUE FOR JUST AUTOMATIC ly torn scalp and the loss of the third finger of her right hand.

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