anaheim-gazette 1904-02-04

Anaheim VOLUME XXXIV. ANAHEIM WITH A FULL LINE OF Drugs, Stationery, Sponges, Etc., Etc., We are ready for any emergency. Do not fail to call if in need. : : : : : HUTCHINSON'S Drug Store. REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE CALL AND SEE US FOR ALL KINDS OF improved and unimproved orchard, farm and city properties, amongst which we have some real bargains. How about that place you wish to sell? Come in and list it with us, we are here to give you reliable service, and protect your interests. What can we do for you? SANDILANDS & BACKS, or. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts., Anaheim. C. G. McKinley Los Angeles street, Anaheim Dealer in Hay, Grain, Wood, Coal, Illuminating and Lubricating Oils Native and Imported Sulphur Agents Aetna Mineral Water Call and get prices. .....Wilbur's and Grant's Animal Foods DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE IN FEDERMAN BLK UP STAIRS The Fastest and Most Perfect Train Between Chicago and Southern California GOLDEN STATE LIMITED via EL PASO Southern Pacific and Rock Island Short Line Solid vestibuled and electric lighted Pullman train of double drawing room, observation and state room sleepers, buffet library car and dining room with the latest improvements without change: 66 Hours from Chicago to Southern California SUNSET EXPRESS Via NEW ORLEANS Solid vestibuled train of observation, standard Pullman and tourist sleepers and dining car to New Orleans. Meals a la carte. Connecting there with vestibuled limited trains through the sunny south to all points east. Washington and New York without change. SOUTHERN PACIFIC Palace : Meat : Market W. E. HOUK, Proprietor. Beef, Mutton, Pork, Fresh and Salted Meats, Hams, Bacon, Sausage, Lard. Hay, Grain, Wood, Coal, Illuminating and Lubricating Oils Native and Imported Sulphur Agents Aetna Mineral Water Call and get prices. Wilbur's and Grant's Animal Foods DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE IN FEDERMAN BLK UP STAIRS HOURS 9 to & ANAHEIM CAL. Herbert Allan Johnston, M.D. Office and Residence: Corner Los Angeles St. and Broadway Hours 11-12 a.m. 2-4 p.m. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA Dr. A. W. Bickford OFFICE AT RESIDENCE 309 West Center street. Telephone 101. ANAHEIM, CAL. FRITZ RUHMANN'S Germania Halle. BACKS' NEW BUILDING LOS ANGELES STREET Keeps on hand a Large and complete stock of liquors, wines and cigars. Cold beer always on draught Boston Bakery FRESH BREAD, PIES AND CAKES. Ice Cream and Confectionery S. Kistler, Proprietor F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer in FURNITURE. Wall Paper, Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies, Etc. Dor. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts. J.M.Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Near Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, Shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. C. F. GRUK, Agent. JOSEPH BACKS, Palace : Meat : Market W.LE. HOUK. Proprietor. Beef, Mutton, Pork, Fresh and Salted Meats, Hams, Bacon, Sausage, Lard. Prompt attention given to all orders. CENTER MARKET Carries a choice line of Fresh and Salt Meats Telephone Main 123 Center Street, ANAHEIM G. F. MARTIN, Proprietor THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ANAHEIM OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: W. F. BOTSFORD, PRESIDENT JOHN HARTUNG, VICE PRESIDENT C. E. HOLCOMB, CASHIER FRANK SHANLEY AND PETER WEISEL Drafts sold direct on all European Countries PETERS' DIAMOND BRAND SHOES O.S. DAVIS DISTRIBUTER ANAHEIM. Another large shipment of Peters Shoes Just arrived and low J.M. Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Near Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand. Doors, Blinds, Windows Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer DEALER IN Furniture and Bedding Repairing Done. RICHARDMELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW And Notary Public. Special attention given to Probate Matters. —Center Street, Anaheim. DR. W. W. ADAMS. Osteopathic Physician. Graduate of A. S. O., Kirksville, Mo. Office and Residence—130 Philadelphia St., Anaheim, California. We practice in Acute and Chronic cases and Obstetrics. City Market! F. W. FLEISCHMANN, Proprietor, GMAS. GELDERMANN, Manager. Fresh and Salted Meats. Special attention given to all orders, which will be filled promptly. Roman Wisser Favorite Saloon. Finest of Wines, Liquors & Cigars Pool & Billiard Tables Schindler's Building, Center St., Anaheim LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. Another large shipment of Peters Shoes Just arrived and low prices all around: Good School Shoes Cheap for Cash Come and get them. The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION. - $150 Per Year. Six months...$1 Three months...$1 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. RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Time of Arrival and Departure of Trains. October 21, 1903. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Trains on the Southern Pacific pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles. Daily...7:52 am Daily...9:40 am Daily...4:17 pm Daily...6:06 pm Pass Loara Station: To Los Angeles. Daily...7:56 am Daily...9:45 am Daily...4:27 pm Daily...5:50 pm LOS ALAMITOS TRAINS. Leave Anaheim...Arrive Anaheim... 19:40 pm 8:00 am TUSTIN BRANCH. Leave Anaheim Arrive Anaheim 9:49 a.m. 12:40 p.m. Daily except Sunday. NEWPORT BEACH RAILWAY. Daily schedule: Leave Anaheim Arrive Anaheim 9:49 a.m. 7:52 a.m. All trains connect at Tampa Aqua with Neport trains. Santa Fe Time Table Effective Dec. 1, 1903. Trains on the Santa Fe Route leave Anaheim for points named as follows: To Los Angeles—7:58 am, D. am, 12:00pm, 5:20 pm, To San Diego—9:20 a.m, 7:50 m. To Santa Ana—9:20 am, 2:50 pm, 5:54 p.m. To Riverside and San Bernardino—11:25 am, 5:54 p.m. To Redlands—11:25 am, To San Jacinto and Hemet—11:35 am, To Escondido—2:50pm, To Fallbrook—9:20 am. To Redondo Beach—7:55 am. Trains marked with a * are daily except Sunday. All others daily. J.H. CLABAUGH. Agent Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treatment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agreeably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole surface over which it diffuses itself. Druggists sell the 50c size; Trial size by mail, 10 cents. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment. Announcement. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for catarrhal troubles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the medicinal properties of the solid preparation. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1904. NOTE AND COMMENT The house voted unanimously to strike from the urgent deficiency bill the provision for the second payment of mileage to the senators and representatives of this Congress and then passed the bill. This action was the climax to an exciting discussion of the mileage problem, first on the point of order raised by Mr. Madden of Georgia and then on a motion to strike out that made by Mr. Underwood of Alabama. Argument on the point of order that the item was not authorized by law turned on the question whether this was the second session of Congress or merely a continuation of the session convened November 19 on the call of the president. Messrs Fuller of Illinois and Cooper of Wisconsin contended that there had been two sessions, while Parker of New Jersey argued that because new sanction had been given for meeting on December 7 the status of the session, which he held to be continuous, was not altered. Mr. Littlefield supplemented his argument of yesterday by reaffirming that there had been no interregnum between the two sessions. Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, as chairman of the committee of the whole, in a carefully prepared opinion, overruled the point of order against the appropriation, saying the parliamentary question as to whether existing law authorized the payment of mileage was the point to would prefer in regard to the nomination of his running mate on the national ticket, it can be said, with no betrayal of confidence, that the president would not object to Fairbanks' nomination for vice-president. As for Fairbanks himself, it also can be said authoritatively that although some of his close personal and political friends have advised against his acceptance of the nomination for second place this year, pointing out that he would do better to wait until 1908 and become a candidate for the party nomination for president, Senator Fairbanks, himself, will not refuse the nomination for vice-president if it should come to him at the convention in Chicago next June. That much being settled, which it is definitely, developments of recent date point to the candidacy of Roosevelt and Fairbanks and Roosevelt being made by acclamation. Hanna's trust bureau has gone to the bow-wows as the result of the capitulation of the Indiana republican organization, which only two weeks ago Governor Durbin of the Hoosier state represented as being highly in favor of Hanna's nomination. Governor Durbin's several interviews on this subject at that time set Indiana republicans to thinking and the more they thought the more they have arrived at the conclusion that only with Roosevelt can the party hope to win the presidency this year. Indiana has become a THE YEAR'S RESUME Report to Irrigators Greeted With Hand Clapping. Thirty-Five Miles of Cement Ditches Runnind Fulf of Water—Balance on Right Side of Ledger—The Case of Mr. Fuller. At the stockholders' meeting at the water office on Saturday, President Crowther read the following report: at its conclusion it was greeted by hand-clapping on the part of the irrigators present: REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ANAHEIM UNION WATER COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1903. Belleving that every stockholder has a right to know the business affairs of the company, and to know what disposition has been made of the funds received, also how the general affairs of the company has been managed, I therefore wish to make a short report on the water company affairs for the past year. During the past few years the business of the company and the many and important duties and responsibilities of those in charge of its affairs have nearly doubled. With this increase in business has come greater problems for solution; problems on which the future prosperity of the company largely depends. It is therefore very important that the seven members constituting the board of directors should work together with as much of mutual courtesy and harmony as is possible, so that their best judgment may at all times be brought to bear upon whatever question confronts us. We have endeavored to pursue a conservative policy on all matters relating to the expenditure of money, but at The thirty-sixth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association will be held in National Rifles' armory hall, Washington, D.C., February 11th to 17th, inclusive. A program of unusual interest has been prepared, consisting of an evening with the national officers, one with philanthropists and one with sociologists, when men and women foremost along these various lines of thought will be heard. There will be an afternoon and evening devoted to Colorado speakers. Ellis Meredith of Colorado, one of the cleverest newspaper women of the United States, will respond to a question box, when opportunity will be given to all persons to ask any question they may desire concerning the operation of woman suffrage in Colorado. Woman suffrage has been tried in Colorado for ten years, and some of the state's most eminent citizens are coming to Washington to this convention to tell how it worked. Congressional hearings will be given woman suffrage on the morning of the 16th. On Monday afternoon at 2:30 there will be a reception to the delegates at the White house by President and Mrs. Roosevelt and at 4 o'clock on the same day the delegates will be received by Miss Clara Barton, at her own home. Miss Barton has a large collection of medals and flags which have been presented to her for her services by many nations, which will make a visit to her home of special interest. The bow-wows as the result of the capitulation of the Indiana republican organization, which only two weeks ago Governor Durbin of the Hoosier state represented as being highly in favor of Hanna's nomination. Governor Durbin's several interviews on this subject at that time set Indiana republicans to thinking and the more they thought the more they have arrived at the conclusion that only with Roosevelt can the party hope to win the presidency this year. Indiana has become a rock-ribbed republican state, in opinion of most party workers there, and they do not purpose giving the democrats hopes of recapturing it by creating a serious and what would probably be a fatal schism in the party ranks. There has been an important gathering of Indiana republicans at Washington. Indiana, so far as its republican candidates to the national convention are concerned, can be described best as being in the Roosevelt bandwagon. "Minnesota will not only instruct her delegates to the Chicago convention for Roosevelt, but the entire middle west will be practically a unit for him in the convention. I will go further and say that Minnesota will go for Roosevelt with the biggest republican majority in its history." The above statement was made at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, by P. H. Shevlin, republican national committeeman from Minnesota. "Over 25 per cent of Minnesota's democratic vote will be east for Roosevelt," continued Mr. Shevlin, "and a conservative estimate of the majority places it at over 75,000. Sentiment in the middle west is all for Roosevelt." Congressman Adam Bede of DuLuth, who is heralded as the "new wit of Congress, expressed similar views. "I am a personal friend of Senator Hauna. I regard him as a tremendously big and able man, but he or no other man could hope to be nominated in place of Theodore Roosevelt." Railroad officials have additional advices relative to Russia and Japanese news, and canned beef shipments from the east by way of San Francisco to their respective military depots in the Orient. Japan is ordering for shipment from Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago 2,500,000 pounds of corned beef. She has already contracted in Cincinnati for 12,000 cases of mess beef. The During the past few years the business of the company and the many important duties and responsibilities of those in charge of its affairs have nearly doubled. With this increase in business has come greater problems for solution; problems on which the future prosperity of the company largely depends. It is therefore very important that the seven members constituting the board of directors should work together with as much of mutual courtesy and harmony as is possible, so that their best judgment may at all times be brought to bear upon whatever question confronts us. We have endeavored to pursue a conservative policy on all matters relating to the expenditure of money, but at the same time we must so conduct the affairs of the water company that its improvement may keep pace with the ever advancing material progress of the country. During the past year the policy of preceding boards of directors in cementing our lateral ditches has been continued until at the present time a large share of our distributing ditches are cemented. We have in all about thirty-five miles of good cement ditches. This has resulted in a great saving of water, and has brought about a more satisfactory distribution to the consumers. In addition it has greatly reduced the yearly expenditure for ditch cleaning. By a careful study of the matter of cleaning it will be seen that each year the expense becomes less, the year just closed being $600 less than the preceding one, notwithstanding the increased rate of wages. In addition to the cementing of lateral ditches, we have this year, at a cost of $17,000, cemented one and a half miles of the most wasteful and dangerous parts of the main canal, thereby making a considerable saving of water and increasing the capacity of the canal. These facts just mentioned, taken in conjunction with the successful issue of the Fuller suit, places the company in a much better position than ever before for the supplying of water to its stockholders. This case, known as the Fuller suit, was begun during the time that our friend, C. C. Chapman, was president of the board, and has been fought jointly by the A. U. W. Co. and the S. A. V. I. Co., and during the year just closed has resulted in a distinct victory. The successful issue of this suit, with its resulting benefits, stands before us as a proof of the wisdom of a spirit of co-operation between the two companies who rightfully own and control the waters of the lower Santa Ana river. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Fuller was, during the whole past year, irrigating hundreds of acres of alfalfa with water unjustly taken from the river, we have nevertheless delivered to our stockholders over $21,000 worth of water, mostly during the summer months. We hope in the coming year, if we have the usual winter rainfall, that we may furnish more water during the summer months than ever before, and that the total revenue from water sales may exceed any previous year. I am glad to be able to inform the stockholders that our income from sales of water and rentals has this year amounted to $22,139.95, while the management of the company by the board of directors and through its superintendent, has carried us through the year with $15,388.34 as the running expenses, thereby leaving the rather sugary sum of $6751.61 as the excess of revenue over and above the running expenses. This balance of $6,751.61 assisted materially on the payment of 2:30 there will be a reception to the delegates at the White house by President and Mrs. Roosevelt and at 4 o'clock on the same day the delegates will be received by Miss Clara Barton, at her own home. Miss Barton has a large collection of medals and flags which have been presented to her for her services by many nations, which will make a visit to her home of special interest. Boosevelt and Fairbanks will be the Republican ticket in the coming campaign, according to all indications. The president, it is known, has come to entertain a much higher and more friendly feeling toward the senior senator from Indiana than formerly, when certain alleged friends of his tried to place Fairbanks and his colleague in the senate in juxtaposition, with Senator Beveridge always represented as the real Roosevelt man. While of course it is not given to any one to recite what the president Railroad officials have additional advices relative to Russia and Japanese news, and canned beef shipments from the east by way of San Francisco to their respective military depots in the Orient. Japan is ordering for shipment from Kansas City, Omaha and Chicago 2,500,000 pounds of corned beef. She has already contracted in Cincinnati for 12,000 cases of mess beef. The same country is taking from a Chicago firm in 60,000-pound monthly shipments, 800,000 pounds of mess beef. By February 15, next, Japan will have taken from this country as food for her forces of war about seven million pounds of mess and corned beef. Russian shipments of mess beef up to February 15, next, from Chicago, Kansas City and Omaha will have amounted to an aggregate of about six million pounds, inclusive of 3,000,000 pounds now loaded on board ship in San Francisco harbor. Financially the company is in good condition. If the board thought it wise to stop all cementing of ditches or other improvements in the system and were to confine itself to current expenses and keeping things in their present condition of repair and efficiency, we would be able to pay off our debt in seven and a half years, without increasing our present rate of assessment. Or if the stock now in the treasury were sold at the present market price it would pay off all the debt and leave in the treasury a balance of $40,000. Of the $125,000 bonded indebtedness, $50,000 will become due on January 1, 1905. During the present year it will be necessary to make provision for the meeting of this obligation. Of the $70,000 in notes at one time due to Dan. Durkee, $40,000 has been paid, leaving at this time but $39,000 owed jointly by the two companies. The Durkee ranch account shows a profit of several hundred dollars for the year, notwithstanding the fact that during the summer months we have let the Durkee ranch go dry and permitted the water to flow down to irrigate our orchards. A further report from me is at this time unnecessary. A careful study of the report of the board of audit will give in greater detail a history of the financial and business transactions of the past year. Suffice it to say that we have met each and every issue fairly and squarely, have taken every problem into our most serious consideration, and have managed all the affairs of the company in what we believe to be a practical, business-like and judicious manner. President of the A. U. W Co. Gazette. YEAR'S RESUME To Irrigators Greeted in Hand Clapping. Miles of Cement Ditches Full of Water—Balance Right Side of Ledger—Case of Mr. Fulfer. Stockholders' meeting at the on Saturday, President read the following report. Consusion it was greeted by being on the part of the irri-nt: THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNION WATER COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1903. That every stockholder has know the business affairs of, and to know what dispo-nen made of the funds re-show the general affairs of may has been managed. I wish to make a short report company affairs for the past few years the busi-company and the many and duties and responsibilities charge of its affairs have held. With this increase in come greater problems on which the fu-tility of the company largely is therefore very impor-ment seven members constituent of directors should work with as much of mutual harmony as is possible, so best judgment may at all ought to bear upon whatever fronts us. endeavored to pursue a con-duity on all matters relating aditure of money, but at the AS TO DIVISION OF WATER Local Company Charges It's First Cousin With Getting too Large a Share of River's Flow. The charge made during the week that the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company is taking from the river 1000 inches more water than it is entitled to has caused some discussion on this side the river as to the lax methods of distribution in Bedrock canyon. At a recent meeting of the Santa Ana company the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, The A. U. W. Co. has found fault with the division by the upper zanjeros, and that the said company took forcible possession of the division of the water without consulting this company; therefore, the superintendent be and is hereby instructed to secure an equitable division of the water, and in case of failure to do so he is instructed to put in the division gate. This week Superintendent Porter and Engineer Sherwood made a trip to the headgate, and came back with the report that the S. A. V. I. Co. is now getting 1000 inches more water than it is entitled to. Reports come from across the sandwash that steps will be taken at once to make the company divvy up squarely. There is no official information here as to what will be done, but it is pointed out that such disputes have arisen in the past, and that on occasions it has been necessary to call in an unprejudiced engineer to make the division. If the superintendents fail to agree this is the course that will have to be taken. President Crowther employed Engineer H. C. Kellogg of Santa Ana to make a measurement of the water being taken out by the two companies, and Mr. Kellogg made the following $24,000,000 For Wagon Roads. There is pending in congress a bill called the Brownlow bill, introduced by Walter P. Brownlow of Tennessee, which appropriates $24,000,000 as national aid for the building of wagon roads. This sum is to be available at the rate of $8,000,000 a year; is to be divided according to the population of the different states, but no state is to receive less than $250,000. Every state receiving national aid must appropriate and spend a like amount. The asserted growth of sentiment in favor of the measure has been chiefly due to the institution and extension of the rural free mail delivery system, which has brought the disadvantages of poor roads home to the farmers and other country dwellers. Applications for the extension of the rural free delivery system are being refused by the post-office authorities on account of the roads, and the disappointed communities demand their improvement. These demands are so in excess of the ability of the local boards to respond to that for a year past highway commissions all over the country have been putting themselves on record in favor of national aid. It is claimed on behalf of the bill that the plan of distribution is more equitable than the distribution of some $32,500,000 a year under the Rivers and Harbors bill, which goes principally to the seaboard states and to the Mississippi delta. In support of the Brownlow bill as a general measure, attention is called to the fact that France has 23,603 miles of wagon road, which are built and maintained by the nation, and Italy about 5,000 miles, while many of the states of the Union spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in highway improvement. past few years the busicompany and the many duties and responsibilities charge of its affairs have heard. With this increase in come greater problems problems on which the futility of the company largely is therefore very important seven members constitued of directors should work with as much of mutual harmy as is possible, so best judgment may at all ought to bear upon whatever fronts us. endeavored to pursue a conflict on all matters relating admiture of money, but at the must so conduct the afwater company that its immay keep pace with the using material progress of the past year the policy of boards of directors in celateral ditches has been until at the present time a of our distributing ditches and we have in all about miles of good cement this has resulted in a great water, and has brought about factory distribution to the In addition it has greatly the yearly expenditure for cleaning it will be seen dear the expense becomes far just closed being $600 preceding one, notwithin increased rate of wages. to the cementing of lakwe have this year, at a 100, cemented one and a half most wasteful and dangerthe main canal, thereby considerable saving of water ing the capacity of the just mentioned, taken in with the successful issue or suit, places the company better position than ever besupplying of water to its known as the Faller suit, during the time that our Chapman, was president and has been fought by A. U. W. Co. and the S. and during the year just resulted in a distinct vicful issue of this suit, with benefits, stands before us the wisdom of a spirit of between the two compaghtfully own and control of the lower Santa Ana standing the fact that Mr. during the time that our Chapman, was president and has been fought by A. U. W. Co. and the S. and during the year just resulted in a distinct vicful issue of this suit, with benefits, stands before us the wisdom of a spirit of between the two compaghtfully own and control of the lower Santa Ana standing the fact that Mr. during the time that our income from car and rentals has this year $22,139.95, while the manthe company by the board and through its superincarries us through the that $15,388.34 as the running ereby leaving the rather $6751.61 as the excess of car and above the running This balance of $6,751.61 serially on the payment of Santa Ana, January 25, 1904. To Wm. Crowther, president of the A. U. W. Co., Dear Sir: In compliance with your instructions, I have measured the water in the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Company's canal at "Bridge B," about two miles below their intake; and on the Cajon canal of the Anaheim Union Water Company at a wagon bridge about opposite 28,300 feet from the intake of the main canal. The same method was adopted at both places, namely: the cross-section area of the water was taken and the velocity of the surface taken for a distance of 100 feet. At the S. A. V. I. Co.'s canal I found the surface velocity to be 2.82 feet. By comparative coefficients, I find the mean velocity would be 73 per cent of the surface velocity, which would be equal to 2.06 feet per second. The area is 23.5 feet of the cross-section, which would make the capacity 48.4 cubic feet per second, equal to 2420 inches. At the A. U. W. Co.'s canal I found the surface velocity to be 3.22 feet per second, and the mean velocity equal to 73 per cent, is equal to 2.35 feet per second. Area of cross-section 20.3 feet—capacity equal to 47.7 cubic feet, equal to $385 inches. Very respectfully submitted, H. CLAY KELLOGG, Civ and Hy' E'gr. According to this report there seems to be a difference of opinion between these two eminent engineers. Would-be Road Oiling Monopoly The city of Redlands has been sued for $25,000 damages by the "Dustless Roads Company" of California, because the aforesaid city has seen fit to apply oil (as well as water) to the laying of dust on its streets: The company alleges that it has a patent on the idea of using oil, and that any one who dares to put petroleum on any street or read anywhere in the United States by any process or by no process whatever, must pay it a royalty. A more monstrous proposition never was evolved by a lot of would-be greedy monopolists. In the first place these oil hogs did not invent the application of oil on roads. God Almighty did that thousands of years ago. That is to say He caused oil to flow from the ground and spread over the surface of the ground where His omniscience told him in time to come human beings would build roads and drive wagons. In due time this has come to pass and when Ventura county was settled up the roads were built up the Santa Paula canyon around to the Ojai, the road builders found that the Creator had spread out equitable than the distribution of some $32,500,000 a year under the Rivers and Harbors bill, which goes principally to the seaboard states and to the Mississippi delta. In support of the Brownlow bill as a general measure, attention is called to the fact that France has 23,603 miles of wagon road, which are built and maintained by the nation, and Italy about 5,000 miles, while many of the states of the Union spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in highway improvement. Ticket Scalping Ticket scalping is hard hit again by the decision of District Judge Kittrell at Houston, Texas, making permanent an order prohibiting brokers from dealing in unused portions of reduced rate railroad tickets of any sort, reading over Texas roads. A railroad ticket, the court held, is not property in the ordinary sense of the term, but merely evidences right of the party to whom it is issued to secure transportation at a reduced rate, according to the contract entered into between the road and himself. "The court can see no distinction," the decision continued, "between buying such a ticket and demanding a ride, and in buying a baggage check and demanding another man's baggage."—Railway Age. Articles of Incorporation A certified copy of articles of incorporation of the Sunset Telephone and Telegraph company has been filed with the county clerk, the original articles having been filed at San Francisco. The capital stock is $3,000,000, divided into 30,000 shares of the par value of $100 each. The amount of stock actually subscribed is $100,000. The term for which the corporation is to exist is fifty years and the directors are: Geo. S. Ladd, John L. Sabin, Lewis Glass William G. Oliver, Munroe Greenwood all of San Francisco, and Percy T. Morgan of Berkeley and David Gage of Fakland. Nearly Forfeits His Life A runaway almost ending fatally, started a horrible ulcer on the leg of J.B. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ills. Nor four years it defied all doctors and all remedies, But Bucklen's Arnica Salve had no trouble to cure him. Equally good for burns, bruises, skin eruptions and piles. 25c at J.P. Hatzfeld's drug store. Sick Blood Feed pale girls on Scott's Emulsion. We do not need to give all the reasons why Scott's Emulsion restores the strength Sick Blood Feed pale girls on Scott's Emulsion. 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