anaheim-gazette 1899-10-26

This Paper not to be taken from the Library. Anaheim VOLUME XXX. Dr. A. W. Bickford OFFICE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE. Telephone Central. Residence near Christian Church. Telephone 671. ANAHEIM, CAL. G. S. EDDY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—First door East of Boston Bakery. Residence—The White residence on Center St., opposite Catholic Church. CALLS ANSWERED AT ALL HOURS. ANAHEIM CAL. HERBERT JOHNSTON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence: Los Angeles St., 3 doors south of Boyd's store. Telephone 656.... 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., evenings. I. L. Menges, DENTIST. Metz Building, Anaheim. feb24 DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P. O. (Federman Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 to 5. ANAHEIM CAL. S. G. WILSON, M. D. Office and Residence: Over H. A. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Owning Pianos No matter how fine your piano may be, if it is out of tune or tuned by an incompetent tuner, the harmony and sweetness is mostly destroyed. A great risk is taken by many people who employ incompetent tuners, that may result in the ruination of the piano. It injures a piano more or less to let it get out of tune or to remain so. A piano costs too much to neglect it, or have it tampered with by incompetent tuners. The only safe way is to employ a tuner regularly employed by a music house that you have confidence in, and that will recommend and guarantee the work done by their tuner. We employ one of the best tuners obtainable. He has the highest recommendations from Steinway & Son; Hardman, Peck & Co., and many others. He is also recommended by some of the most prominent pianists in the United States. He is also a piano maker, and can repair worn parts and properly regulate action work. As there are numerous tuners purporting to represent our house we hereby notify the public that we guarantee the work of only those orders left at our store, or sent in response to written notice mailed us. Price: Single tuning $3, or $5 per year. PYNE MUSIC CO. Cor. 5th and Main St., Santa Ana. ANAHEIM BREWERY Pure Lager Beer DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P.O. (Federman Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 to 5. ANAHEIM CAL. jy154f S. G. WILSON, M. D. Office and Residence: Over H. A. Dickel's Store. CENTER ST., - ANAHEIM. Paul A. Derge. Graduate in Pharmacy. DRUGS, MEDICINES, Perfumes and Toilet Articles. BEST 5-CENT CIGAR IN TOWN MEDICAL HALL, KOLL BLOCK. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OFFICE. RICHARDMELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW And Notary Public. Special attention given to Probate Matters. Center Street, Anaheim. Z. B. WEST. E. T. LANGLEY. West & Langley, Attorneys at Law. No. 113 West Fourth street, Santa Ana. Rooms 1, 2 and 3. Will practice in all States and Federal Courts. CHARLES BAUER Blacksmithing and Wagon-Making Center St., Anaheim. Having purchased the shop formerly conducted by Hank Stough, take this means of soliciting a share of the public patronage, guaranteeing all work performed by me. HORSESHOEING a SPECIALTY L. GUNTHER. PIONEER BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles Sts. L. NEMETZ. Carriage Painting & Trimming New Buggies for Sale. Shop on Center St., near Opera-house, Anaheim. LITTLE GEM BARBER SHOP PYNE MUSIC CO. Cor. 5th and Main St., Santa Ana. ANAHEIM BREWERY Pure Lager Beer Made from Pure Malt, For Sale by the Bottle or by the Keg. PURE CRYSTAL ICE DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF THE CITY AT ONE CENT PER POUND. The Patronage of the Public is Solicitea. F. CONRAD, - Proprietor GRAY BROTHERS & WARD Cement Contractors Shillinger Patent. Contracts for RESERVOIRS, IRRIGATION DITCHES, Cellar and Stable Floors, Sidewalks Etc. OFFICES—No. 125 N. Broadway, Los Angeles al. Telephone—236. No. 316 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT! -IN TOWNIn Connection with Boston Bakery. S. KISTLER, PROPRIETOR. A. FREISE, ...KEEPS THE FINEST OF... Wines, Liquors And Cigars. LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. Koll Block, Los Angeles Street. J.M.Griffith Company The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION, - $1 50 Per Year. Six months....$1 00 Three months....75 Payable invariably in advance. Transient advertising rates,$1 per inch per month. The GAZETTE is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Items of news and correspondence on all live subjects are solicited by the editor. RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Time of Arrival and Departure of Trains. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Trains on the Southern Pacific pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles. Daily.....7:52 am Daily.....4:23 pm Pass Anaheim Junction: To Los Angeles Daily.....7:56 am Daily.....4:27 pm Los ALAMITOS TRAINS: Leave for— 9:49 a.m. Sugar Factory 7:52 a.m. 6:03 p.m. In effect Nov. 1st, 1808. Street cars connect with all trains. Alamitos trains do not run on Sundays. NEWPORT BEACH RAILWAY. Daily Schedule. Leave Anaheim. 9:45 a.m. 7:54 a.m. 6:01 p.m. All trains connect at Santa Ana with Newport trains. Sundays only. LITTLE GEM BARBER SHOP Frank Dyer, Prop. First-Class Tonsorial Artists. Shop 1 door east of McCollum's cyclery. We keep constantly on hand the best of hair Restorer, Dandruff Cures, and other articles found in a well-appointed barber shops. A share of the public patronage solicited GO TO THE Oak Barber Shop FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE OR HAIR CUT. TWO DOORS TEST OF BANK. HUSMANN BROS. JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer DEALER IN Furniture and Bedding Repairing Done. Shanley & Nebelung REAL ESTATE For Sale and Exchange. Houses Rented, Collections Made and Taxes attended to. A. FREISE, Wines, Liquors And Cigars. LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. Koll Block, Los Angeles Street. J.M. Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Neer Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows, Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. Anaheim Grist Sails operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week. Grain feed, meal, etc., of all varieties Cornshell and shipped. W.T. Brown, Agent. N. HART'S PLACE. SCHLITZ MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT. DEALER IN FINE LIQUORS! AND Choice Wines FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, Fine Domestic and Imported Cigars. Headquarters for the famous Schlitz, Milwaukee, beer. F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer in FURNITURE. Wall Paper, Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies, Etc. Cor. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts. It will do it, SURE! Cascaferrine BITTERS WILL POSITIVELY CURE Constipation, Piles, Malaria, Billiousness, Indigestion, Headache AND ALL Stomach and Bowel Troubles As a Liver Remedy and Blood Purifier it has no equal The Only Tonic Laxative in the World SOLD BY P.A. DERGE. REPUBLIC MOS may be, competence is taken petent nation more or remain select it, petent deploy a music in, and tee the BOLSA CHICA GUN CLUB. An Amicable Settlement to Be Arrived At Concerning the Dock Across the Mouth of the Channel. At a meeting of representatives of the Bolsa Chica gun club and a number of the Peatland farmers at Santa Ana on Thursday last, an amicable agreement relative to the Bolsa Chica dock was arrived at, and the proposition of the gun club, that the Supervisors go as a committee of the whole to the scene of the pier, together with committees of the club and the farmers, for the purpose of a personal examination of the dam, was agreed to. The representatives of the gun club pointed out to the Peatlanders that so far from being a source of annoyance to them, the dam was really a benefit, for the reason that it excluded the phenomenally high spring tides which, with a sou'easter blowing, swept the tidewater two miles or more further inland, on the overflowed lands, than at any other time of the year. The fact that the dam was not a solid structure, but that it had a wierway 72 feet in length and 8 feet high, was pointed out to those who, having signed the following protest to the Supervisors, did so evidently with an imperfect understanding of the case: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Orange County—Gentlemen: Whereas, on the 10th day of February, 1892, the Stearns Ranchos company deeded to the County of Orange a strip of land 30 feet wide for ditch purposes from the center line of Section 18, Township 5, Range 11, to tide water, that portion particularly described as follows: From the center line of the Freeman ditch 2800 feet to tide water; and whereas, a certain corporation has taken possession of a portion of said right of way and has fenced it and has erected a dam at the outlet of said ditch. Wherefore, your petitioners pray that you take such action as may seem just and right to open and maintain said right of way and remove said obstruction. J. A Kirkpatrick, H. A. Farrar, J. H. Cole, S. S. Finley, W. H. Johnson, J. L. Worthy D. F. Sharratt, J. M. Cahn, J. M. Hall, C. W. Baker, C. W. Cole, M. C. Cole, W. J. Fink, C. M. Reed, John Coventry, Henry Winters, George Travoli, F. M. Hilderbrandt, J. B. George Travoli, F. M. Hilderbrandt, Jacob Walton, C. directors: "That the chairman (Mr. Hull) appoint a committee of three directors, which shall be known as the executive committee, and that the entire management and control of the grounds and club house be vested in said committee; that said committee shall make all purchases necessary for the proper running of the club, and do whatever it deems wise for the comfort and entertainment of the members." W. F. Botsford, J. S. Torrance and Gail B. Johnson were named as said committee. LIST OF DIRECTORS. W. F. Botsford, Treasurer; E. T. Earl, Jno. B. Miller, J. S. Torrance, Gail B. Johnson, Secretary; Jaro Von Schmidt, President; E. R. Hull, Vice-President. LIST OF MEMBERS. M. L. Hinman, Dunkirk, N. Y.; H. L. Borden, Tontl, Ill.; H. C. Durand, Lake Forest, Ill.; W.F.Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa.; Henry Fisher, Redlands, Cal.; Dr.A.Fenyes, W.R.State; C.P.Morehouse, J.S.Torrance, Jno.B.Miller, E.R.Hull, Jno.S.Cravens,G.S.Myers,Pasadena,Cal.; J.M.Elliot, Jno.V.Posey,Geo.H.Barker,Homer Laughlin,Dr.G.MacGowan，Erskine M.Ross，Jno.J.Fay，Jr.,Jaro von Schmidt，W.F.Botsford，Wm.BaylyO.P.Posey,G.W.Luce，Wm.Banning,A.C.Jones，W.G.Nevin，E.T.Earl，Dr.MilbankJohnson,GallB.Johnson,LosAngeles；E.D.Neff，LaMirada，Cal.; W.H.Blennerhassett,AnaheimCal.; Wm.H.BurnhamOrangeCal.; J.D.FitzgeraldDuarteCal.; H.L.L StoryAltadenaCal. The Los Angeles Express referring to the friction between the farmers and the club,says: The grounds of the club are situated three miles east of Anaheim Landing and contain 2700 acres of the best duck feeding grounds in the State. At great expense the club recently erected a dam across the channel connecting the sloughs with the ocean thus securing plenty of water for shooting purposes.The construction of this dam has raised a storm of protest from some of the owners of peat lands in the southwestern part of Orange county,and the Supervisors of that county have under consideration a petition for the removal WEALTH OF THE STATE. Output of Minerals Reaching Into the Millions Other Valuable Data Showing the Resources of California. Since the discovery of gold in California in 1848,the State has given to the world $1,298,270,178 in gold.The greatest output was in 1852 when more than $81,250,000 worth was mined Then there began a gradual decline until 1865,the amount that year being only between $17,000,000 and $18,-000,000. For the last twenty years the average annual product has been about $16,250,000.The indications are that this amount will be increased,for succeeding years,tо nearly or quite $20,-000,000。Improved mining machinery,more scientific methods in handlingthe raw material,and more capital intelligently invested should largely increase the product.as according tothe best mineralogists,the is enough gold-bearing earth “in sight”to last for scores of years。这些 improvements in working gold-bearing rock and earth have been of immense value to the mining industries.Ores and mineral ground that a few years ago were abandoned because they could not be worked with profit are now paying good dividends,and much of the ground once worked over by the former wasteful methods is being worked again,在some cases giving nearly as good returns as those given by the first working. With the greatly improved concentrators,the chlorinating process andthe cyanide process there has been a remarkable increase in the returns from nearly all mining sections。While under the old regime it was known that much of the gold was lost,它is now certain that nearly or quite all of it is saved. Nor has science yet completed her work There are yet refractory ores，ores almost impossible to work with To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Orange County—Gentleman, Whereas, at this time February, 1892, the County Ranchos company deeded to the County of Orange a strip of land 30 feet wide for ditch purposes from the center line of Section 13, Township 5, Range 11, to tide water, that portion particularly described as follows: From the center line of the Freeman ditch into the lake water; and where certain corporation has taken possession of a portion of said right of way and has fenced it and has erected a dam at the outlet of said ditch. Wherefore, your petitioners pray that you take such action as may seem just and right to open and maintain salt right of way and remove all obstruction. J. A. Kirkpatrick, H. A. Farrar, J. H. Cole, S. B. Finley, W. H. Johnson, J. L. Worthy, D. F. Sharrat, J. M. Cain, J. M. Hall, C. W. Baker, C. W. Cole, M. C. Cole, J. W. Fink, C. M. Reed, John Coventry, Henry Winters, George Tavolli, P. M. Hildebrandt, H. B. Gotte, M. M. Grookshank, D. H. Thomas, J. L. Farrar, G. H. Yoe, D. McGirch, J. B. Robertson, John Pope, H. 8. Hazeltine, George Johnson, B. A. Farrar, Herbert Gray, J. F. Bradbury, D. Druske, I. N. Jones, Joseph Anderson, E. P. Justice Thomas Jessup, S. Magill, A. Jaffeffen John Neelman, John Miller, S. C. King, I. R. Moore, L. R. Moore, T. M. Robertson, John Solomon James McMillan, George S. Scott, J. R. Raine, M. JEdwards, Sam Watters, H.S.Gordon, Jacob Ross, George Gothard, F.A.Loufair, E.L.Lonfair, W.F.Linder, J.H.Brakebill, M.F.McDonald, N.H.Nebell, J.G.Blacklock, A.W.Schouh, John McDowell,Peter Leverace,GEO.W.Moore.J.H.Slaback,C.A.Johnson,Henry GibbsJO.Slaback,T.J.Lewis,Mat LewisWMeseman,B.R.Gerhart,A.T.LindnerW.T Clark,D.O.Stewart,G.J.MorseO.StewartJ.M.Prethero,G.T.Coultridge,C.H.WalkinsPerryL.GiliesW.J.EdwardsI.O.Moore. The meeting of representatives was entirely harmonious.The representatives of the gun club pointed out that it was not the purpose of its members to molest a single farmer in the Peat; that if there was not sufficient drainage in the channel another opening would be made through the sandhills east of the dock It was pointed out that the floor of the wierway was at low water mark; that when the tide recedes the wier gates are opened automatically letting out the accumulation of water in the inner bay; and that when the tide flows inwardly the gates are closed keeping out the waters Thus the gates operate automatically during each ebb and flow of the tide,and when the waters in the lake accumulate by the flow of fresh water through the drainage canal or by rain and the waters inside rise above the outer level,the gates open and the water begins to run out This ebb continues until the waters in the lake reach the low water mark; then the gates close; and this process goes on never ending,the gates opening and closing with the action of the tide. Particular stress was laid upon the service of the dock in the event of the phenomenally high spring tides which sweep the water inland two or three miles further than usual overflowing and damaging much land partly reclaimed On the whole,the representatives of the gun club could not see whencein the dock damaged the Peatlanders at all. The representatives of the farmers declared the floor of the wierway was at extreme low water mark This prevented the flushing of the drainage canal by the action of the extreme low debris falling into the canal was washed out to sea This it was claimed was now impossible on account of the existence of the pier,and the debris in the canal has begun to decompose and prove a nuisance Further,the action of the phenomenally low tides had a beneficial effect upon the drained lands. Further discussion developed the fact that should the floor of the wierway be lowered a foot and a half,the extreme low water mark be reached,and the cause of the complaint of the farm The grounds of the club are situated three miles east of the Anaheim Landing and contain 2700 acres of the best duck feeding grounds in the State At great expense the club recently erected a dam across the channel connecting the sloughs with the ocean thus securing plenty of water for shooting purposes The construction of this dam has raised a storm of protest from some of the owners of peat lands in the southwestern part of Orange county,and the Supervisors of that county have under consideration a petition for the removal of the dam The ranchers content that owing to the dam the water is backed up so as to flood their property. The members of the club have been an investigation of the matter on their own account and they now declare that the protest is the result of spite and that certain sportsmen who have heretofore had free access to what is now their grounds have been behind the action of the ranchers The club members assert that the water is maintained at a lower level now than before the dam was built because the tides have no effect upon the level It is probable that before the matter is settled resort will be had to the courts. The new club house on the shooting grounds is one of the finest in the State Its exterior appearance is not attractive butthe interior finish is on a scale and of a character that would do credit to almost any mansion The interior is finished in polished redwood There are several immense fireplaces with huge and irons on which are burned whole sections of large trees The house is built upon the style of old English taverns and is commodious enough to accommodate half a hundred guests. Although the legal season opened Oct 1,nno shooting has been permitted untilthe opening,and thoughthe members were unacquainted with their surroundings,fair bags were made It is understood thatthe rulesofthe club will compelthe strictest compliance withthe game laws andthe grounds will be so arranged as to encouragethe ducks to breed inthe locality. CITRUS FRUIT GROWERS. Circular Letter Warning the Orchardist of the Danger of a Reciprocity Treaty With the West Indies To the citrus fruit growers of California: The passage ofthe Dingley bill bythe Fifty-fifth Congresswhereby1 cent per pound was levied upon allcitrus fruits imported,plaiced Pacific coast producers upon an equalitywith Spain and Italy,the rate being nearly equal tothe difference in freight rates between those countries andthe Atlantic seaboard,andCaliforniaandthe same points;andas claimedbythe advocatesofthe measureatthetime withoutthis tariffwewerevirtuallyexcludedfromthemarketsofourowncountry. It was thought atthe timeofthe passageofthis billthat therewasbut little dangerofanychangebeingmadeuntilsuch timeasa changemightcomeinthepolicyofthegovernment;butunderthereciprocityclauseofthebilltherehasbeenformulatedbytheCommissionersofthiscountryandtheBritishWestIndiesa reciprocitytreatwhich,f ratifiedbythetreaty-makingpowersofthetwo governmentswilladmiteveryboxofcitrusfruitgrownupon these islandsatad reductionthatwillmateriallyaffecttheCalifornia Andale,Cal.;J.D.Fitzgerald,Duarte,Cal.;H.LStoryAltadena,Cal. The Los AngelesExpress referringtothefrictionbetweenthefarmerandtheclub,says: The groundsoftheclubare situatedthreemileseastoftheAnaheimLandingandcontain2700acresofthestduckfeedinggroundsintheState Atgreatexpensetheclubrecentlyerectedadamacrossthechannelconnectingthesloughswiththeocean,thussecureplentyofwaterforshootingpurposes.Theconstructionofthisdamhasraiseda stormofprotestfromsomeoftheownersofpeatlandsinthesouthwesternpartOfOrangecounty,andtheSupervisorsofthatcountyhaveundertconsiderationapetitionfortheremovalofthedam.Therancherscontentthatowingtothedamthewaterisbackedupsoastofdlood theirproperty. Themembersoftheclubhavebeenaninvestigationofthematteron theirownaccountandtheynowdeclarethattheprotestisthenewdeclarationofthematterhaveunderconsiderationapetitionfortheremovalofthedam.Therancherscontentthatowingtothedamthewaterisbackedupsoastofdlood theirproperty. Withthegreatimprovedconcentrators,thechlorinatingprocessandthecyanideprocesstherehasbeenaremarkableincreaseinthereturnfromnearlyallminingsections。Whileundertheoldregimeitwasknownmuchofthegoldwas lost,它isnowcertainthatnearlyorquiteallofitis saved. Norhasscienceyetcompletedherwork。Thereareyetrefractoryoresoermostimpossibletoworkwithprofit,该willbymethods yettobecoveredbecomeofgreatvalue。 WhileGoldstandspre-eminentlyattheheadofthe mininginterests,其他矿材cutaveryimportantfigureintheindustriesandtheincomeoftheState。Quicksilver,copperandleoadothemetallic,andpetroleum,borax，asphaltandlimearefoundinexhaustiblequantities,and their mining.preparationandtransportationgiveremarkativeemploymenttothousandsoflaborers。 Thelotteryperiodofmininghasforduntenallyhighnighpassed,andithasbeenaclearregularsystem.Alargeportionoftitcarriedobenchrichcompanies和corporations.asimustnecessarilybe.onaccountofthecapitalrequiredforitssuccessfulprecision.Yetallthroughtheminingcountiestherearefoundsmallholdingworkedbyindividualsthatarepayinglineincomesto-theoperators.FarurunganyonsonthespursofTheSierra alongthemountainstreams,auretbearoundthousandsofmenwhowithpickshovels wheelbarrowsandmiringpanssareduringtheworkingseasonearningenoughnotonlytokeeptherwellthroughyearbuttoenablethemtolay somethingbyfor“arainday”orforfuture投资。 Thiskindwork,theitseeminglycutnoveximumimportantfigureintheentireoutput.isinaneconomicsenseofmuchvalue。Thesemenareadvanceguard—theprospectorsandtoetheeffortsofsuchmenTheStawoesmuchofits mineral prosperity Noris.thegroundyetfullyoccupieTheimportantdiscoveriesoffinereliancewealthduringpastyearabundantdemonstratethefactthattherearelarge bodiesofrich mineralawaitthet fortunatefinder。ThewholeSierrarangeextendingthroughTheStatecoinculturesgulches,canyonsandquartzleadgoldbearing,manyofwhichintheworldwillpaybeycareful,intelligentworking. Withatotalannualoutputomonththan$2500000,nosemillionportogostforlaboranditssistence,fork machinerybuiltalent entirelyinTheState.fortimberusinginandaboutthemines.itwillreadbe seenthatmining greatlyenhancesprosperityCalifornia.Theearncarnerreceivesagenerouscompoundforhis labor,andalargehornewmarketismadefortheproductsotherindustries。它isworthnotnearly$2000000oftheannualoutputoftheminescomesfromthatisclassnamedunregistered。Theincornfrom thesedoesnotgo togreecapabilities,但isin manycasesappliedamongtheworkers,goltingonceintogeneralcirculation。Theminesgiveemploymenttothreefour thousand persons,andsubsidiestothem severaltimes thatnumber。 Hundredsmore excellent properties are held only awaitingthe necesstotal capitaltodevelop them into rich paying mines。Thewide varietyofthe mineralproductis showninthe appendedtable。 declared the floor of the wierway was at apparent low water mark, not at the extreme low water mark. This prevented the flushing of the drainage canal by the action of the extreme low tides, when vegetable matter and other debris falling into the canal was washed out to sea. This, it was claimed, was now impossible, on account of the existence of the pier, and the debris in the canal has begun to decompose and prove a nuisance. Further, the action of the phenomenally low tides had a beneficial effect upon the drained lands. Further discussion developed the fact that should the floor of the wierway be lowered a foot and a half, the extreme low water mark would be reached, and the cause of the complaint of the farmers be removed. This representatives of the gun club agreed to do, and the meeting adjourned with that end in view. It was agreed to request the Supervisors to go to the scene of the pier, in conjunction with committees from the gun club and the Peatlanders, and make a personal inspection of the dock, so that the objectionable feature, if any should be found to exist, may be eliminated, to the end that peace and harmony may prevail between the club and the Peat. The club has issued the following instructions to members: Monday afternoons and Tuesday mornings, Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings will be the regular and only shooting days until further notice. No shooting after sunset or before sunrise. Use only smokeless powder. A member may be present and participate on any shooting day, but he will abide by the schedule in the choice of blind. Members may invite one guest for each shoot, but not the same person more than twice during the season (immediate family excepted). Guests must be accompanied by the inviting member. In addition to the regular charge for meals, etc., a charge of $2.00 extra will be made for each guest. Regular charges, for which members only will sign stewards' cards, will be as follows: Meals, each, 50 cents; room fee, per shoot, $1.00; annual dues, payable semi-annually in advance, $36. You will confer a favor upon the club by attending to this duty at once. The club will not own a conveyance at present. Each member will pay his fare—$1.00, Los Alamitos to the grounds and return (on regular going days). Two dozen decoys are furnished by the club in each blind. Private decoys are forbidden. Trains leave Los Angeles: 8:55 a.m. and 5:10 p.m. via S.P. railway. Trains leave Los Alamitos: 8:20 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. via S.P. railway. On September 7th, 1899, the following motion was adopted by the board of Continued on Fourth Page. MINE OF THE STATE. Minerals Reaching Into the Mother Valuable Data Showing Resources of California. The discovery of gold in Cali-28, the State has given to 298,270,178 in gold. The output was in 1852, when more than 40,000 worth was mined. It began a gradual decline in the amount that year being even $17,000,000 and $18,-. Last twenty years the average product has been about $30,000. The indications are that it will be increased, for suc-urses, to nearly or quite $20,- approved mining machinery, scientific methods in handling material, and more capital invested, should largely introduce, as, according to the economists, there is enough earth "in sight" to last of years. These improve working gold-bearing rock have been of immense value among industries. Ores and found that a few years ago owned because they could not with profit are now paying dividends, and much of the ground over by the former waste-works is being worked again, in giving nearly as good re- those given by the first greatly improved concentrate chlorinating process and mine process there has been a rise in the returns by all mining sections. While gold regime it was known that the gold was lost, it is now at nearly or quite all of it is science yet completed here where are yet refractory ores, most impossible to work with. IRRIGATORS' CONVENTION Call Issued by the California State Association for the Storage of Flood Waters—Those Entitled to Seats in the Convention. A call for a State convention has been issued by the California State association for the storage of flood waters. The convention will meet in San Francisco Nov. 14. The call follows: To the people of the State of California: The commonwealth of California has completed that fully rounded period of its growth, from the level of which it will rise to a higher development chiefly through the storage of flood waters which now run to waste in the channels of its rivers, and the application of the waters thus conserved to the advancing necessities of its horticultural, agricultural, mining and mechanical activities. From the foundation of this commonwealth, the value of water in the development of its resources was fully appreciated, and the perception of this value has eventuated in the appropriation of the waters of its rivers, which, when combined with the indefeasible, riparian ownership, has placed the natural water supply under the control of primitive and vested right. The great leading resources of the State have been developed to the maximum within the limitation permitted by the natural conditions relating to the supply of water as an indispensable element. From the outset, the suspension of agricultural productivity referable to an arid summer, comprising seven months of the year, has constituted an obstacle to that intensive culture which alone supplies profitable occupation to a large number of tillers of the soil, and has denied to the broad, agricultural areas of the State, that density of population which otherwise would have supervened. The agricultural populations of the State have not only remained inconsiderable in numbers but even in some AT THE BASE OF MT. ARARAT Jack Rogers Makes a Trip to the Famous Mountain Where the Ark Rested After the Waters Receded. M. L. Rogers received a letter a few days ago from his son Jack, who writes as follows concerning a trip made by him to Mount Ararat: TIFLIS, Trans-Caucasia, Sept. 26, 190. My dear Father and Mother: I have just returned to Tiflis from a trip to Mt. Ararat and a reconnoissance of the Arax river and Sardarabadsky steppe; and will leave tomorrow for the Eastern Caucasus to reconnoiter the Lower Arax and Kura rivers and the Morgansky steppe, and will meet Mr. Hall at Bakou in a week or ten days, and continue our trip to the Trans-Caspian country as before outlined. My trip to Ararat was full of interest, and while it is an exceedingly hard journey, I enjoyed it immensely. Went from here to Akstafa by rail and then by post stages through Ancient Armenia to Erivan, an old Persian city, and horseback down the Arax to the base of Ararat and down the Persian border for 60 or 70 miles. I had the good fortune to fall in with an American missionery at Akstafa, a Mr. Coan, who was en route to his mission at Urnica, Persia, and had him for a traveling companion for two days and nights. He is a very pleasant man and gave me much valuable information regarding the country through which we traveled. He has been in the country for over 20 years and his father 25 years before him. We were escorted by a mounted Cossack guard of about 15 men and two Russian officers. All the villages are constructed entirely of mud walls, and the inhabitants, mostly Armenians and Persians, are about the filthiest and poorest lot of individuals imaginable. We passed and overtook many large caravans of camels, transporting produce to and from Persia. It is a novel sight. There are as many The greatly improved concentration of chlorinating process and the increase in the returns by all mining sections. While gold regime it was known that the gold was lost, it is now that nearly or quite all of it is science yet completed here. There are yet refractory ores, most impossible to work with but will by methods yet to be become of great value. Gold stands pre-eminently at the mining interests, other than a very important figure in series and the income of the blacksilver, copper and lead of zinc, and petroleum, borax, as well as are found in inexhaustible, and their mining, prepared transportation give remuneration to thousands of workers period of mining has for well high passed, and it has irregular, systematic business. Portion of it is carried on by companies and corporations, as it usually be, on account of the required for its successful prosperity. Yet all through the mining there are found small holdings by individuals that are paying taxes to the operators. Far up on the spurs of the Sierra Nevada mountain streams, are to thousands of men who with novels, wheelbarrows and mines during the working season enough not only to keep them though the year, but to enable lay something by for "a rainy for future investment." Kind of work, though it seems no very important figure in our output, is in an economical much value. These men are hence guard—the prospectors—the efforts of such men the State which of its mineral prosperity. The ground yet fully occupied. Important discoveries of mineral during the past year abundantly create the fact that there are fields of rich mineral awaiting mine finder. The whole Sierra extending through the State concludes, canyons and quartz leads, caring many of which in the will pay by careful, intelligent total annual output of more 5,000,000, no small portion must go for labor and its subdivision for machinery built almost entirely in the State, for timber used about the mines, it will readily that mining greatly enhances superiority of California. The wage receives a generous compensation for his labor, and a large home is made for the products of industries. It is worthy of note nearly $2,000,000 of the annual of the mines comes from those classed as "small"—mines unregistered. The income does not go to great corporatism but is in many cases apporonging the workers, going into general circulation. These give employment to three thousand persons, and subsistence times that number. Breeds more excellent properties, only awaiting the necessary development them into richly mines. wide variety of the mineral proximal shown in the appended table. State have been developed to the maximum within the limitation permitted by the natural conditions relating to the supply of water as an indispensable element. From the outset, the suspension of agricultural productiveness referable to an arid summer, comprising seven months of the year, has constituted an obstacle to that intensive culture which alone supplies profitable occupation to a large number of tillers of the soil, and has denied to the broad, agricultural areas of the State, that density of population which otherwise would have supervened. The agricultural populations of the State have not only remained inconsiderable in numbers but even in some of the most fertile areas show a steady decline. The opposite condition to this is observable only where irrigation has been reached by reason of the application of all the available waters afforded by natural conditions. Further growth of population and increase of profitable industry will depend upon the artificial conservation of the flood waters, which not only run to waste through the channels of the streams from the uplifted areas which command the valleys, but by reason of their torential character in winter become destructive agencies. Thus the profitableness of agriculture has equally destructive enemies in the aridity of the summer months and the injurious overflow of unrestrained winter floods. Our horticultural and viticultural industries, under the clemency of our climate, are capable of giving to the commonwealth the largest rural population of any equal area in the world; but the investment of the necessary capital is attended by the extra hazard of recurring droughts and the constant limitations of profit by reason of unreliable and unscientific cultivation. The mining industry of the State, which notwithstanding the vastness of past production, is now clearly perceived to be in its infancy, has reached that limit of future profitability which is unalterably fixed by the available water for its prosecution. Notwithstanding the importance of field culture, in all its diversified activities, and of mining as a source of wealth, no commonwealth rises to the level of material well-being, commensurate with the opportunities of modern civilization, which is devoid of manufacturing activity. In all its past history, the absence of cheap coal, that reservoir of mechanical power, has denied to California the development of its manufacturing skill and the profitable investment of capital in this more profitable field of human activity. For this reason, California, as a commonwealth, has not kept pace with the older commonwealths of the nation. The high price of coal, from which mechanical power alone could be derived, has placed the manufacturing and transportation interests of the State equally at disadvantage. That condition has happily passed away and a new condition has supervened, one in which California possesses superlative advantages. The natural topography of the State lends itself admirably to the development of mechanical power by the force of gravitation. Coursing down the western flanks of the Sierra Nevada mountains in parallel channels are streams having their sources in natural reservoirs of snow on the high summits and from the perpetual glaciers of the highest mountain peaks. The electric transmission of the power capable of being generated by these rivers would transform the industries of the State. Its economic creation possesses incalculable value to the agricultural and horticultural interests by furnishing a cheap power for the utilization of the higher and more eco-nights. He is a very pleasant man and gave me much valuable information regarding the country through which we traveled. He has been in the country for over 20 years and his father 25 years before him. We were escorted by a mounted Cossack guard of about 15 men and two Russian officers. All the villages are constructed entirely of mud walls, and the inhabitants, mostly Armenians and Persians, are about the filthiest and poorest lot of individuals imaginable. We passed and overtook many large caravans of camels, transporting produce to and from Persia. It is a novel sight. There are as many as 200 or 300 animals in a caravan, in single file, and with their multi-colored packs and headgears and their turbaned drivers make a very picturesque sight. I rode for a way on the upper deck of a camel. The motion is something like a ship in a heavy sea, and it's too slow for comfort. After spending a couple of days on the Arizdagan steppe I started up the Arax and went to the head of the Sardarabadsky steppe to the Arparchai river, visiting the ancient walled city and Persian fortress of Sardarabad and the old Armenian monastery of Eschmiadzen, where, by the way, I saw a sacred goat that was a curiosity, having four natural horns and three tails, and was held in much reverence by the monks. Then travelled up the upper Arax and across a high plateau 7000 feet above the sea level to the head waters of the Kare river and down it to the old Turkish city of Kare, which is now held by Russians and is the military stronghold of Russians on the Turkish frontier. They have about 5,000 soldiers garisoned there. It is a military town, pure and simple, and we were kept under the closest surveillance during our 24 hours' stay there, and it looked for a time as if we would be detained by the authorities until our passports could be authenticated by the Tiflis officials. We were not allowed to visit any of the fortifications nor could we make a move unknown to the military. We returned to Tiflis last evening over the new military railroad only just opened, a 17 hours' ride through a most picturesque mountain region. Mount Ararat impressed me more strongly than anything else we saw on the trip. It rises from a level plain about 2500 feet above sea level to an elevation of 17,000 feet. It is very symmetrical in shape, rising from a broad base to a sharp peak. Little Ararat lies a few miles to the east and is 13,000 feet high. We had delightful weather during the whole trip. The worst things we had to contend with were mosquitoes, fleas, bugs, etc., which we slaughtered by the million. If you intend traveling in this country you must provide yourself with large quantities of insect powder and keep your rugs and garments as well as your body literally covered with it, or you will be carried away bodily and devoured. When an Armenian, Turk, Tartar or Persian is not otherwise engaged he is always scratching, and it gives one the itch to be in the same country with them. You imagine creeping things are always with you. I carried my kodak with me and expect some very interesting pictures when developed. I have lots of writing to do, and am also busy preparing for my trip to the Mongausky steppe, and must close for present. Will try to write from Bakou, but don't think anything unusual if you don't hear from me for a month or six weeks, as the post is very uncertain in the Trans-Caspian. Much love to all, JACK. The natural topography of the State lends itself admirably to the development of mechanical power by the force of gravitation. Coursing down the western flanks of the Sierra Nevada mountains in parallel channels are streams having their sources in natural reservoirs of snow on the high summits and from the perpetual glaciers of the highest mountain peaks. The electric transmission of the power capable of being generated by these rivers would transform the industries of the State. Its economic creation possesses incalculable value to the agricultural and horticultural interests by furnishing a cheap power for the application of the higher and more economic method of irrigation by pumping. It will enable our people to devote their industry to manufactures and to all the more profitable occupations which always attend the productions of skilled labor, thus conferring upon the State a full-rounded, self-sustaining capacity, and eventually evolving an empire of wealth and population. To all these must be added the conservation of the navigability of the rivers by preserving their channel-scouring capacity throughout the summer months. A full navigable stage of water in the two great rivers of the valley would keep their channels clear of detritus which descend from natural erosion incident to the cultivation of the foothills and to mining operations at nearly all altitudes. The storage of the flood waters would place the flood variations of the navigable inland waters of California under the direct and intelligent control of man, and thus settle all conflict of interest between the mining and the agricultural sections of the State. The storage of flood waters would also facilitate the reclamation of the fertile garden lands now relegated to wasteful disuse because of the destructive overflows. The accomplishment of the work proposed is attended with many difficulties, but when the cost is correlated with the values to be created by expenditure, as in the proposition under consideration, the financial difficulties are diminished to comparative insignificance. These statements presented in a spirit of moderation and candor being accepted, it follows that the people of California stand in the presence of a crisis in the history of this commonwealth. The State possesses a vast primary resource in the flood waters which flow to waste in the channels of its rivers. The value residing in this prop- Continued on Fourth page.