The Modesto Bee from Modesto, California • 6

MODESTO EVENING NEWS TUESDAY EVE JlI 101! PACK SIX ANOTHER BRIDGE FARMERS COME BIG INCREASE IN EVERYBODY ISIELKS WILE HAVElMURDER CHARGE 1ST TENDER LOSES IN FOR MARKET PUBLIC LIBRARY GOING ON HIS JOB STAR THEATRE The place where everybody goes Big 3-Reel Special 4-oniaht The remarkable gain in the of the McHenry public library patronage The Modesto Farmers Free Market opened this morning not at the appointed place but at the appointed and the branch libraries throughout time and there were five producers on the county with a net increase of ap-linnd with tneir wagons loaded with proximately 1600 borrowers is shown products for the opening though two jin the following Interesting report unable to find the place because of for the fiscal year ending July 1st the change from I street along the I which was submitted to the hoard of Court House park to Eleventh street supervisors yesterday by Miss between 1 and 1 left to dispose of Provines county librarian: DAUGHTER" By the Thanhouser Go The Home on Tenth street is nearing completion The scaffolding was torn away this morning revealing tlie beauty of the front of the building which is finished in white Medusa cement and hears tile inscription in gold letters Contractor George Shannon Bald this morning that lie intends to turn the building over to tlie owner John Tttl-ly by the end of tlie week With tlie home completed the work of ihe furnishing committee of the Elks will then be In order Exalted Ruler Bertram who is also chairman of the committee on furnishings took great pride this morning in showing a News reporter through the building and giving an idea of the beautiful and elaborate furnishings that are already ordered and will he installed complete by September 1st The other members of this committee are Bcwker Henry Weyer and I) Swan TTie Ellis quarters occupy the sec end and third stories of the buildim "For Ihe Love of Ruble'' By the Keystone Co Because of the enthusiasm tlmt is being mninifested in the boosters excursion Saturday it now appears that Modesto will he almost depopulated after Hie special excursion train leaves The committee lias completed all arrangements for tho event and 1ms received assurances that probably 500 people will make the trip As a special round trip late of $430 has been secured the tickets being good for the return any time the following week many people are taking advantage of tlie cheap rate and will spend the entire week at Santa Cruz The train is due to arrive at San Jose at 11:30 where a two-hour stoo will he made The city officials 'will meet the Modesto boosters and will lead the parade up to the St James hotel The trlan is due al Watsonville at 3 where the same perfarm-anee will be repeated Some of the their offerings by other means And there were buyers to the satisfaction of the farmers Dutch and we intend to stay with was the remark of Blickenstaff who disposed of a load ijt fruit and vegetables fresh from the farm "The farmers appreciate this market and the courtesy of the townspeople in opening it and we mean to keep it going" Galloway was also on hand with a load of chickens July 12 1913 To the Honorable the Board of Supervisors ot Stanislaus County California Gentlemen: I herewith submit to you the second annual report of the Stanislaus county free library Name of librarian Miss I) Provines Date Est Aug 14 1911 Date of first start Jan 2 1912 The library is classified accordln The plans and specifications for the remodeling of the court house were finally accepted and It is probable bds will be advertised for before the supervisors adjourn for the month The plans with a few minor details are the same as already announced in the News James Finnegan because of his recent escapade in shooting at a party of west side men on the Fourth was discharged from his position as bridge-tender at the Crows Landing bridge this afternoon His successor will probably be appointed tomorrow The salary of Terry the Grayson bridgetender was reduced from $35 to $20 per month The Turlock Irrigation dlstrct directors were given permission to flood the roads in the Davis reservoir temporarily so as to permit a supply of water for Beard whose men are constructing the reservoir As soon as the new roads around the reservoir are completed the old roads within the reservoir will be abandoned The contract for the construction of the new Landing bridge was awarded by the board to Beard of this city for $8444 The other bidders were the Contra Costa Construction Co $11950 and the firm of Willison Foster of Oakland whose bid was $9446 The work includes the removal of three wooden spans to be replaced with two 80-foot steel spans on a concrete base and steel trestle When the work is com pleted there will be practically no re pair cost in the future 1 knife duel between Pablo Sanchez nl Uaneaelo do la Torre two Mexl am ployed at the Santa Fe shops at Riverhanlt which occurred shortly 1'ter six o'clock last evening resulted in the death of Sanchez and serious injury to tie la Torre After the encounter de la Torre with blood streaming down ills face calmly walked up to the foreman of the shop and told him of the encounter The foreman with two companions wont to the scene of the duel and found Sanchez writhing on tlie grocml He was taken to the railroad hunkhouse where he died about an hour later As soon as the duel became known Gnder Sheriff John Dunlap and Deputy Sheriff Earl Adams were summoned They arrested de la Torre and brought him to the county jail and a murder charge was placed against him The duel Is supposed to have resulted from a trivial dispute between the two men earlier in the day it was noticed that after the argument they did not speak to each other and it is supposed that after their worlt was done for the day they decided to settle their differences with knives The knife used by de la Torre was an ordinary kitchen knife with a blade between three and four Inches long Torre received two ugly wounds on the fact while Sanchez was stabbed in the chest The latter who was about 25 years old was a much larger man than Torre whose age -is estimated at 22 The body of the murdered man was brought to Modesto by Bowker Wood and the inquest will he held In the parlors tomorrow morning at 10 Attorney Leon Yanckwich will defend de la Torre and eggs Conant one of the first to appear found nothing doing 10 tho Dewe' r)ecimal S-Vstem of nas-at the location previously announced the system which is and thinking he had misunderstood widely used in public libraries the time of opening disposed of a load of plums to a peddler Commissioner Schafer an- lit is cataloged according to the dictionary catalog plan with entries under author title and subject with all A Shop That Guarantees All Work FASHION SHOEING SHOP HOGEBOOM BROTHERS Proprietors MARTIN Is Now Connected with us Santa Cruz advance guard will meel unil are reached by a stairway at the the Modestans at Watsonville and accompany them to Santa Cruz where the train is due to arrive at 5:15 The Santa Cruz beach hand and the south side which is faced with marble At the head of the stairs on the second floor is the office of the sec necessary cross references The changing system in use is one which has been evolved to meet the needs of both city and county circulation and is a modification of the Browne changing system The library service is free to all residents of Stanislaus county ovei nounced this morning that the market will be held Thursday morning under the elms on the west side of Eleventh street between I and streets pending the securing of a suitable permanent location is probably no place in town so well suited for the market as I street at the north side of Phone 491 712 10th St he Court House park but we have no the age of ten years Non-residents Private Boxes For Families Reasonable Prices Courteous Help PERSONALS city officials will meet the visitors at the depot and another parade will he held Saturday evening a ball will be given during which the Modesto movies will be shown Sunday the big feature will be the baseball game between the Reds and the Santa Cruz team The local committee has arranged to provide everybody with a straw hat and linen dusters at $135 per In addition to this there wiil he quantities of boost literature and buttons furnished to everybody Tickets will be on sale tomorrow at the Gas office Shoe-make Warner Maze Wren and tlie Home Realty Co As special rates hive been secured at the Santa Cruz hotels the excursion will afford an opportunity for a vacation at A very reasonable expense The committee also announces that half fare tickets will be sold to children who desire to accompany their partents The tickets are not on sale at the depot hut only at the places mentioned above During the whole trip everything everywhere will be a la Modesto even the 'Santa Cruz hotels on Sunday having Modesto dinners with various viands under the title of Alodesto Mr and Mrs Bledsoe and Mrs Leek spent the day in Stockton DAIRY STOCK BEING SHIPPED TO PORTLAND Mrs Swan left this morning for Lake Tahoe for a stay of several OPERA GRILL CON ANARGYROS Proprietor The Misses Rose and Della Lagon-arsina will spend the next two in San Francisco retary Harry French has the distinction of being that official The hat and cloak room is convenient! placed to the light and at the rear When furnished the visitor will tread on Bigelow velvet carpet up the stairs and admitted to the hospitality of the order he will find himself ushered into a suite of social rooms which for their appointments will be truly luxuriant These rooms include a card room provided with six tables billiard room and reading room with library desks and Comfortable settees and chairs ladies retiring room and taproom from which soft drinks and refreshments will he served On this the second floor are located also six one-room apartments for members of tlie order each room provided with bath and finished in white enamel The tapestry of the social rooms will be silk velour Luxurious as the furnishings of the social rooms may he the real acme if luxury wiA be found in the lodge com proper and the ball room on the third floor Tlie wood work is oi edwood with mahogany finish thr furniture of massive mahogany and lie floor of the lodge room covered with hi ue Axniinster carpet woven on special order for the room The jeauty of the ornamental cornice and friezes in German thrown gold with i painting of forest scene filled with lks surrounding the Elks' "eleven dial" will be beyond description for beauty and taste in blended colors The lodge room is 50 by 5t feet While his description is given as hough the work were already com-ileted it is to be understood that it is not yet but will be by Septembei 1st and that at that time there will he a social occasion a which the Elks will do things in keeping with the orde they have in the new home The lodge was organized ir vlodesto August 10 1912 with a charter membership of 35 and in the yeai that is just closing has grown to membership of close to 200 Thr strength and enthusiasm of the order indicated by the home which they are just completing as a memorial ol the first year Myers of Upland is in Modesto -for a few days looking for investments Hein of Hein Co of Portland Ore proprietors of the Union stock yards of that city left last night for Portland witli three car loads of dairy stock which had been purchased for the concern by Colonel Cy Clark This makes a total of five car loads which Clark has purchased for the Portland company during the past five weeks Two of the three shipped yesterday contained heifers and the other cows Hein is very much pleased with work and he expects to cotne to Modesto again within the next three weeks to take bade several more cars of stock Mrs Webster Johnson left yesterday evening for Upland to make an extended visit with friends Phone Main 7241 917 Tenth St Modesto desire to antagonize the county supervisors Wo will try to get some otliei place that will be There was indignation expressed both by those who came to the market to buy and by farmers generally his morning at the action of the supervisors and it is probable that a petition wll be presented to that body by the farmers that they withdraw their objections to holding the market tt the north side of the park Got a market basket? If you have you can go forth Thursday morning to Eleventh street between I and and swat the high cost of living a deadly blow Of course your swat Hone wont help much but prob-tbly not be alone This will be a case where you and other townspeople will join with the man from the country and all put together should help considerable The occasion for a trial at the swatting vill at least be at hand it is the ap minted time for the second morning of the Farmers' Free Market The rules of the market are simple but for th benefit of all producers who patronize it a copy of the market ordinance will be provided Wagons are to be backed up to the curb the teams unhitched and remov'd The sidewalk may be used to tile middle Stanislaus producers only will be permitted to sell The time Thursday will be from 4 o'clock in the morning until 12 o'clock When the seller retires he will be expected to leave his space in as cleanly a condition as he found it He may come again Saturday farmers asked for the market and we have provided for it bat we are not responsible for its said Mr Schafer this morning "The success of the market will depend upon the farmers of the county and the people of Modesto Of course we hope for its success but the producers and consumers have that in their own Farmers bring in your finest fruits and vegetables Belgian hares sides of bacon Dutch cheese and what-not and it will be dollars to doughnuts that you'll go home with an empty wagon every time Mrs Webster Johnson and daughter Ramona left last evening for an ex tended visit in Los Angeles Get yourSULPHUR and your BON SHOOK from the Farmer's Union A full line of the best always on hand at Warehouse Corner 9th and sts 528tf James Johnson went to San Francisco this morning to spend a month's vacation with his wife who left last week Modesto Reds Coming (Santa CPu2 Serf) The famous Modesto Reds will hook up with the Independents next Sunday and fully 500 fans who are coming to Santa Cruz on the big trip will be on hand to root for their team The Modesto team needs no introduction and iffans do not turn out to see them baseball might as well he given up as a dead issue in Santa Cruz The Indies will press a strong team into action and Manager Snow of the Newark team has promised to loan the services of Jim Wiggs to help out tlje Independents Modesto has lost only one game this season and for several years have been conceded to he the strongest semi-professional team in the state Philo Mobley and Porky Ryan are still doing the battery turn COUNTRY LANDS WANTED We have choice Oakland and San Francisco property consisting of homes improved and unimproved business property to exchange for country property Send us description price or exchange value of your property AHD REALTY BONDS FINANCE CO Inc 404 14th SI Oakland Cal For hay gram or poultry food go to Modesto Fuel company 3-13tf may become borrowers by complying with the simple formality of presenting a properly endorsed application card such as all borrowers of the library are required to sign The rules governing the distribution of books in the branches are simple being such as are commonly employed in all public libraries Number of borrowers added during year 1S31 Number of borrowers relinquished during year 359 Total number borrowers 3461 Central office 1901 Branches 1560 Number of distributing points 15 including central office Number of employes 14 In office 1 in branches 13 Bound volumes added during year 2760 By purchase 2775 by gift 5 Total number bound volumes 3776 Total volumes loaned during year 51595 Central 31559 branches 20036 Total unbound periodicals loaned 3-461 Total volumes borrowed from other libraries during year 627 Names of libraries: State Library Stockton Public Stanford University Total volumes loaned to schools during year: 881 Names of schools: Modesto high and grammar eehools (3) Turlock high Ceres high Patterson grammar Newman high and grammar Denair high This does not include maternl for debates either in volumes or in periodical form which has been sent to the same schools as well as others Number of books cataloged 3232 Number cards added to catalog shelf-list and other records 10749 (In making the records of books cataloged no separate records are kept of McHenry books and of county books but the books themselves as well as all cards etc have each a distinctive mark which would in a moment answer the question as to whether it were the property of the one or the other) During the past year the work with the schools especially in filling requests for debate material and current questions for the writing of themes etc has been greatly hampered by the fact that no periodical material has been available in convenient form the periodicals taken by the library never having been bound Some months ago the Modesto high school made a generous donation to the Stanislaus county library of old files of magazines (unbound) which have been greatly appreciated and have materially assisted the work of securing necessary data But these files are much broken with many lumbers lacking During the summer these and other periodicals will be irepared for binding so far as possible the missing numbers will he supplied and the files rendered as complete as possible Respectfully submitted this 14th day of July 1913 Signed: PROVINES County Librarian IV Cummings manager of the Michelin Tire company of San Fran cisco was in Modesto yesterday on business Children Cry FOR CAST I McLaughlin of Grants Pass Oregon is in oMdesto investigating the investment possibilities ot the county Mrs Schafer and her children Ward and Lena left for Berkeley this morning Mrs Schafer and Ward will return about the first of DR SUE NARM SHUN Notice To The Public That I have moved my office and place of business from 627 8th St to 701 8th St Cor MODESTO CAME NEAR HAVING A NEW DEPOT SCHOOL OK DESIGN The San Francisco Institute of Art (formerly the Mark Hopkins) Sai Francisco Cal affiliated with the State University Drawing Painting Modeling Illustration Course etc opens Aug 4th Circulars mailed on application 71 4t? Mrs Weldy and her daughter Mrs Lee Jones left this morning for Jones Sulphur Springs in Colusa county Mrs Weldy will take treatment for rheumatism CARD OF THANKS This is to certify that I the undersigned have suffered for many years from liver and stomach trouble and without any benefit until a took up treatment with Dr Sue Narm Shun who relieved me from my troubles I surely can safely recommend the doctor to all afflicted My little girl was also afflicted with chronic malaria for many years and three doses cured her JOHN CASTRO 1203 6th St Modesto Cal Attorney Walthall returned last night from a visit over Sunday at San Francisco Mrs Walthall and her sisters Miss Bess Atwood and Mrs A Peck of Sacramento will spend a month in San Francisco We desire to thank our friends fot Iheir many kindnesses and courtesies during the illness and death of onr iear mother Mrs Mary Anne O'ljeary We appreciate every kindness and take this method to express a best we may our gratitude JAMES MRS FLORENCE BRASSFIELD MRS HENRY BARTON KATHERINE O'LEARY JANE NEW TODAY Telephone your "want to the News by 2 and your wants will be mado known that same day Pbone Main 421 WANTS Word has been received in Modesto that Attorney and Mrs Brown will return tomorrow morning from Los Angeles where they have been attending the Christan Endeavor convention and visiting friends GAS- Cook with outfit to cook for 15 or 20 men at Crows Landing bridge at 25c per meal Apply Beard ModeBto 714w Mrs Austin and daughter Miss Louise Austin returned this afternoon from a vacation at Los Angeles Modesto came near having a new Southern Pacific depot yesterday The lepot would probably have been a new-modern building with modern con-aeniences suitable to a city the size of Modesto But there was only one thing that prevented this much hoped for occurrence it all depended on the little word the fire had happened at night instead of in the afternoon the unexpected might have happened we might have had a now depot But as it is our grandchildren are fated to use the same old depot in the same old place And that isn't all Probably by the time the company gets ready to build a new depot public opinon will prevent it You see bv that time the old depot will have become a landmark a sacred heritage of the dead past good enough for our progenitors t'ls good enough for Yesterday afternoon ono of the trunks in the baggage room caught fire The trunk was dragged out side broken open and the fire put out The extent of the damage was the loss of a pair of sadly scorched about the seat The fire was caused by the ignition of sulphur matches in the pockets the fire had happened at night the old depot would have probably been destroyed and wc would have Cleanest Cheapest And BEST FUEL Mr and Mrs George Wilburn ind children left yesterday evening over the Traction line and the Santa Fe for Pickard Missouri where they will make an extended visit with friends Landis traveling traffic manager of the Tidewater Southern was in Modesto today on business for his line HAY FOR About 30 tons of alfalfa price $10 per ton in the 3tnek scales near by A Bailey Illi-noise ave off Paradise road about 4 miles from Modesto 715w NO KINDLING NO ASHES NO HEAT NO WORRY ULLIARD EXllIlilTION TUESDAY 15111 Chick Wright the amateur billiard champion of the Pacific coast will be at the Mission Billiard Parlors on Tenth street to play exhibition and natch games Tuesday July 15th at 8 in are cordially invited to lie the guest of the Mission Billiard Parlors 712(3 Carmichael who has been employed as a printer in Modesto for several years left yesterday evening for Seattle from whene he will sail for Australia to enter the employ of 1 he Australian government LIFE It pays to investigate Some companies pay larger dividends than others and mature policies much cheaper I write for the Union Central Life insurance company of Cincinnati Ohio Prewitt 909 10th street Modesto 715w There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable I'or a great many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and proscribed local remedies and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment pronounced it incurable Science bus proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease ami therefore requires constitutional treatment catarrh Cure innuufaetnred by Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is the only Constitutional cure on tin- market It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system They offer one hundred dollars for any case it falls to cure Send for circulars and testimonials Address: CHENEY CO Toledo Ohio Sold by Druggists 75c Take Hall's Family pills for constipation For wood coal pine blox phone Main 3471 Modesto Fuel Co Day Phone Main 761 Night Phone Main 581 Try our sugar-cured bacon It Is Home made pore aettle rendered lard at Grider Van City Market 816 Tenth street 12-21tf had a new one But again occurs this delicious Grider Van City little word Market 816 Tenth street 12-21tf Typewriters ror sale or rent Morris Bros.