anaheim-gazette 1917-01-04

THE NEW GRAND "The Brand of Cowardice," a five-reel Metro-Rolft feature, with Lionel Barrymore and Grace Valentine as co-stars, will be seen at the New Grand theatre tonight. In the cast are many notable artists of the stage and screen. Robert Cummings, who plays the role of Col. Gordon West of the regular army, takes the part of Friar Laurence in the Metro-Quality production of "Romeo and Juliet," the greatest Shapesperian spectacle ever attempted in moving pictures, and in which Francis X. Bushman and Beverly Bayne were the stars. Kate Blancke, who is seen as Mrs. West, is a well known dramatic artist. She played an important part in "The Pretenders," the Metro-Rolft success in which Emmy Wehlen was the star. John Davidson, who is Navarete, a Mexican bandit chief in "The Brand of Cowardice," took the part of Paris in the great "Romeo and Juliet" production. Others in the cast are L. Wolheim, who plays Corporal Mallin of the National Guard, and Tula Belle as Rana, the daughter of a Mexican Indian. The production of "The Brand of Cowardice" was made with the strictest accuracy as to scenic effects along the Mexican border and with the greatest pains as to details of life in the American army. These details were supplied by John W. Noble, director of the play, who entered the regular army as a West Point man, fought in the Spanish American war, was wounded several times in the Philippines, saw service in Cuba and was in China during the Boxer uprising. Thus, with an army play directed by CALIFORNIA METAL PRODUCTION IN 1916 The mines of California made an output in gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc valued in all at $44,384,000 in 1916 compared with $32,263,844 in 1915, according to preliminary figures compiled by Charles G. Yale, of the U.S. geological survey. Department of the interior. This is an increase of $12,-120,000 or 38 per cent. The mine figures for gold in 1915 were $22,442,296. The estimates for 1916 indicate an output of $22,939,000 in gold, an increase of $497,000, or 6%. The gold yield is the largest in 33 years and, with one exception, the largest in 52 years. The gold increase for 1916 is the more notable because a number of the most productive mines in the Mother Lode section of he state, in Amador county, were closed by labor strikes for nearly 50 days, and the loss entailed by the stoppage of the mills was more than $500,000. There are over 600 productive metal mines in the state, about evenly divided in number between deep and placer-properties. From the deep mines the annual output of ore now exceeds 3,000,000 tons. In value of all metals produced, Shasta is the leading county, and in value of gold output Amador, Nevada, Yuba, Sacramento, Butte, Calaveras, Shasta, and Tuolumne, are the leading counties in the order named. The placer mines of the state continue to produce about 38 per cent of the annual gold yield. The gold dredges account for 35 per cent of the total gold yield, or 90 per cent of the placer gold yield. There are now 59 dredges at work in the different fields, the most productive of which are in Yuba, Sacramento, and Butte counties. The yield is declining in the Oroville field and fewer mines are at work. 560,500 tons (of lemos alone) Very few port their own grower sells his land to a shipper or buyer; is no organization and each one sells deems best. They buy a whole orchid thousand and then they think oppose different crops as the crop is sold usually does that each picking is sent by the proprietor. In general, with a crop he pays at the time of one-third at the gun, and the remaining is shipped to the main sum on accession of the shipment sum varies according to if the lemons are of the exporter vances 40, 50 or more; but if the bank the envanced. If the account of any kind or in London this vance only on New York or Los Angeles are countries exceptees shipped on maintained in New York, London, Hollins, and Budapest made at times of the shippers business on have always relied has been the d Cowardice" was made with the strictest accuracy as to scenic effects along the Mexican border and with the greatest pains as to details of life in the American army. These details were supplied by John W. Noble, director of the play, who entered the regular army as a West Point man, fought in the Spanish American war, was wounded several times in the Philippines, saw service in Cuba and was in China during the Boxer uprising. Thus, with an army play directed by a former commissioned officer in the regular army, with two such stars as Mr. Barrymore and Miss Valentine and with a strong supporting cast, "The Brand of Cowardice" bids fair to prove one of the sensations of the screen during the present season. "The Honor of Mary Blake" will be given at the three shows Friday and Saturday. Duped through an illegal marriage, Mary Blake fled from her near husband and found solace in hard work with a small travelling show. Stricken suddenly ill when the company was about to leave town, the girl was left penniless, friendless and at the mercy of a rural community where chairity of heart toward the actress was fixed at zero. How the girl, of her own effort, found happiness when she had been restored to health, by the tender nursing of the one friend she had made in all the neighborhood, will be pictorially related when "The Honor of Mary Blake" will be displayed in Bluebird Photoplays with Violet Mersereau playing the leading role. Devotees of the screen will recall with pleasure Miss Mercereau's earlier appearances in Bluebird series, when she was the hoydenish heroine in "The Great Problem" and the distressed little victim of villainy in "Broken Fetters." Quite different from either of these will be her forthcoming vehicle—her part in "The Honor of Mary Blake" is better suited to her fresh and youthful personality than any role she has ever appeared in upon the screen. Two more reels of "Liberty" will be shown at these performances. Liberty has only four more reels to run and it is getting intensely interesting. Liberty alone is worth the price of admission. Sunday, January 7, matinee and evening will be presented Emile Palimi in "The Little Church Around the Corner." Phillip Vinton determines to revenge himself on his successful rival, Harry Green who has won many Armes Grey The placer mines of the state continue to produce about 38 per cent of the annual gold yield. The gold dredges account for 35 per cent of the total gold yield, or 90 per cent of the placer gold yield. There are now 59 dredges at work in the different fields, the most productive of which are in Yuba, Sacramento, and Butte counties. The yield is declining in the Oroville field and fewer mines are at work, some of them on old dredge tailings. Some new dredges were built in the Folsom field in 1916 and others reconstructed. The Yuba river or Marysville field is now the most important dredge field in the state. Four very large new dredges were constructed in this field in 1916, and the yardage handled each year is increasing. One machine recently launched has 18 cubic foot buckets and will handle 350,000 cubic yards monthly, digging to a depth below water level of 87 feet. In this field thus far in 1916 the yield of gravel has been 12.87 cents to the cubic yard, at a working cost of 3.7 cents. Dredging is going on at the rate of 150,000,000 cubic yards a year. New machines have been installed in 1916 at several places in what are known as the outside districts, but these are generally of smaller capacity than those in use in the larger fields. Renewed activity has been shown in all branches of metal mining in the state. All the older quartz mines are very active and a number of new ones have been opened. There is also an apparent tendency to renew drift mining operations at several points. The silver output from the mines in 1916 is estimated at 2,186,500 ounces valued at $1,439,700, an increase compared with 1915, of 508,000 ounces in quantity and of $588,000 or 69 per cent in value. The silver is derived mainly from the smelting of copper, lead, and zinc ores, although some silver is recovered from gold mining operations. Teh estimated mine yield of copper in 1916 is 62,630,000 pounds, valued at $17,097,990, compared with 40,751,625 pounds in 1915, an increase for 1916 of 21,878,000 pounds in quantity and of $9,966,000, or 140 per cent, in value. Shasta county was the largest producer, but considerable copper was also produced in Calaveras, Placer, and other counties. The high price of the metal has resulted in the opening of a number of new properties in the state. The mine output of lead in 1915 was Two more reels of "Liberty" will be shown at these performances. Liberty has only four more reels to run and it is getting intensely interesting. Liberty alone is worth the price of admission. Sunday, January 7, matinee and evening will be presented Emile Palimi in "The Little Church Around the Corner." Philip Vinton determines to revenge himself on his successful rival, Harry Grey, who has won pretty Agnes Grey. Harry falls ill, loses his position. Vinton, a successful lawyer, offers Agnes a position as his private secretary, and being in need of money she accepts it. Having Agnes in his power, Vinton makes love to her, and learning that her child, Jennie, is the heiress to a fortune, plans to obtain a divorce between Agnes and her husband, adopt the child and get her money. By means of a forged letter, he estranges Agnes from her husband. Agnes rejects Vinton's proposals and begins life anew with her child and a faithful office boy, Jimmie. Vinton pursues Agnes and tries to abduct the child but it foiled. Harry is committed to an asylum. Vinton also ensnares Agnes there but both escape, and all misunderstandings between them are removed, and Harry and Agnes give thanks to God at "The Little Church Around the Corner" at which they were married. FOR SALE—The greatest snap ever. Good surrey, extra pole, good set of single harness. The whole shooting match for $25.00. This does not mean $20.00 but as special inducement we may throw in the whip. Apply to Opera House store. Anaheim. 11-16 tf Dr. M. M. Henderson, Dentist, Suite 1, Mullica Bldg., Anaheim. SICILIAN LEMON INDUSTRY The cultivation of lemons has been one of the important industries of Sicily from time immemorial, writes Samuel H. Shank, U. S. Consul at Palermo, Italy, but it has made decided advances in the last decades. There are no statistics to show the number of trees now growing. In 1898 it was estimated that there were 6,000,000 in the island of Sicily. From calculations made from the production in 1915 and the acreage under cultivation it is thought that there are between 11,000,000 and 12,000,000 trees. Statistics for June, 1916, show that there were 88,797 acres planted in lemons, oranges and mandarins, the larger proportion being lemons. The production of these fruits in all Italy in 1915 was ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 1917 FECTION made an head, and in 1916 in 1915, accords comme U.S. S. of the of the of $12. in 1915 rates for 18,939,000 or 6%. in 33 colon, the increase because the mines the state, by la- and the of the There real mines provided in owner prop- the an-als 3,000- totals proc- Amador, Gazette, Cal- are the named. State cent of the gold out of the cost of the now 59 tent fields, are in occounties. Oroville work, will work, Lemons are sold at auction in all countries except Russia, where they are shipped on order. Auctions are maintained in normal times in New York, London, Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, and Budapest. Efforts have been made at times to form a combination of the shippers here and to establish the business on a firm basis, but these have always resulted in failure. It has been the desire of some of the 560,500 tons (of 2,204 pounds), while of lemons alone it was 534,300 tons. Very vew of the lemon growers export their own crop. As a rule the grower sells his lemons on the tree to a shipper or buyer for a factory. There is no organization of the proprietors, and each one sells when and where he deems best. The shippers as a rule buy a whole orchard at so much per thousand and then gather the crop as they think opportune. Sometimes the different crops are sold separately. If the crop is sold as a whole the buyer usually does the harvesting, but if each picking is sold the work is done by the proprietor. In general, when the shipper buys a crop he pays one-third of the price at the time of making the contract, one-third at the time gathering is begun, and the remainder when the gathering is completed. When the fruit is shipped the banks advance a certain sum on account on the presentation of the shipping documents. This sum varies according to the shipper or according to advises from London. If the lemons are shipped on account of the exporter the bank usually advances 40, 50 or 60 per cent of the value, but if the exporter has credit at the bank the entire value may be advanced. If the shipment is made for account of any importer in New York or in London the local bank will advance only on advice of a bank in New York or London. Lemons are sold at auction in all countries except Russia, where they are shipped on order. Auctions are maintained in normal times in New York, London, Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, and Budapest. Efforts have been made at times to form a combination of the shippers here and to establish the business on a firm basis, but these have always resulted in failure. It has been the desire of some of the FULL WEIGHT BREAD DINANCES ARE VALID District Attorney Declares Sealer Can Enforce Ruling and Fix Penalties Relative to an item appearing in last week's issue of the Gazette on a recent opinion handed down by Attorney General Webb, which stated that county sealers are powerless to fix penalties for violation of short bread weight ordinances, the following has been received at this office from George McHuee, county sealer of weights and measures. We are very glad to print this letter, because it shows that the county sealer's ruling is valid and that bakers must give their customers the full weight fixed in the ordinances: Santa Ana, Cal., Dec. 29, 1916 Editor Gazette:— In the last issue of the Gazette there appeared a reproduction of a letter sent out by State Superintendent of Weights and Measures Chas. G. Johnson to all county sealers in the state, commenting on the recent opinion of Attorney General Webb regarding the ruling made by Superintendent Johnson establishing a standard weight for bread and declaring the violation of such ruling a misdemeanor. This publication in the Gazette has attracted such wide-spread attention that I am impelled to call your attention to the misleading caption under which it appears, which reads as follows: "Cannot enforce bread weight ordinance. Atty-Gen. Webb holds that county sealers are powerless to fix penalties." As the Gazette is recognized as an authority its utterances are taken as the final word by very many people in the territory over which my jurisdiction as county sealer of weights and measures extends, and as a result, I EDITOR ERNEST HAS PIPE DREAM —TALKS IN SLEEP Continued from Page 1 lost because the growers refused to buy. There is no region in the world where citrus fruit is grown that is as free from damage by the elements, that is by frost and wind, as Anaheim. The board of trade showed wisdom in adopting the slogan, "Anaheim, the Frostless Belt," and men who have lived here for more than half a century, justify it. But the editor of the Smudge Pot, who has been with us only a few months, and who even now resides in Santa Ana, could not be expected to be conversant with conditions here. Perhaps when he felt a cool breeze coming down from the snow capped mountains, he remembered the winters in Iowa and Minnesota, and began to see visions of icicles hanging on the green trees and signboards. There was smoke banked in the northern horizon two or three morning last week that came from smudge pots, but they were planted in the orchards along the foothills, where the growers take precautions against possible frost, but here in this frostless belt region, the citrus growers laugh at smudge pot vendors, and the natives never saw an icicle. Naturally the members of the board of trade, the packing house managers and the citrus growers are somewhat peeved because Editor Ernest hung icicles on their popular and time honored trade mark signs, but they should recollect that he recently came from a region where a north wind in December means ice and snow and zero weather. Readers of the Smudge Pot should be lenient and not too harsh in their Lemons are sold at auction in all countries except Russia, where they are shipped on order. Auctions are maintained in normal times in New York, London, Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, and Budapest. Efforts have been made at times to form a combination of the shippers here and to establish the business on a firm basis, but these have always resulted in failure. It has been the desire of some of the exporters to sell the fruit on order, as is done in Russia and as oranges are sold in other countries; but there are too many small shippers engaged in the business to form a combination that would prove effectual. There is an association of fruit exporters (Lega Agrumaria) to which a majority of the shippers belong, but this organization has never attempted to change the method of transacting the lemon business. It has protected the shippers in various way and looked after their interests. It has had charge of the shipping, and all space or cargo on ships must be obtained through the Lega. That is, if the Lega have sufficient lemons to take up all space on a ship the navigation company can not take the cargo of others. In this way the Lega might be said to have a monopoly, but I understand this is seldom, if ever, exercised, and in general space is assigned the first applicants. Shipments to Switzerland are by rail, as are also some to Austria, Germany, Romania and Russia. The greater part are by sea, and shipments are made as far as Australia. The United States is the most important foreign market. The freight rates are as follows: To the United States the rate is 1s. 6d. ($0.365) per box, but this is subject to a rebate of 3d. to 4d. ($0.061 to $0.081) at the end of the year on those shipments that were accepted in America. On rejected shipments no rebate is allowed. The freight to Liverpool before the war was 9d. ($0.183) per box of 88 lbs. and 1s. 2d. ($0.284) for the English case weighing 132 pounds. Now the rate is 2s. 3d. ($0.547) for the box and 2s. ($0.487). The rate to Melbourne is 9s. ($2.19) plus 10 per cent plus 35 per cent. The pre-war rate to Hamburg was 1 mark ($0.238) per box; to Trieste, 45 centsesimi ($0.087). As the Gazette is recognized as an authority its utterances are taken as the final word by very many people in the territory over which my jurisdiction as county sealer of weights and measures extends, and as a result, I have been called up over the telephone by bakers and grocerymen all over the county who sought to verify the report that the bread ordinance passed by the county supervisors and also by the councils of the various incorporated towns in the county has been declared invalid. In order to settle this matter to the satisfaction of all concerned, I referred it to District Attorney West and asked him for a written opinion, a copy of which I herewith enclose and ask you to add to the already long list of favors granted me by publishing it in the next issue of the Gazette. Thanking you in advance for the consideration requested and again acknowledging the many courtesies heretofore extended me, I remain, Yours very truly, GEORGE McPHEE. Sealer of Weights and Measures. District Attorney West's opinion reads as follows: Santa Ana, Cal., Dec. 29th, 1916. Mr. George McPhee, County Sealer of Weights and Measures, Santa Ana, California, Dear Sir: Replying to your request for an opinion whether or not the county ordinance passed and adopted by the board of supervisors of Orange county, regulating standard weight of bread is enforceable, will say that it is my opinion that said ordinance is enforceable. Whatever misunderstanding that may have arisen with respect to said ordinance, undoubtedly, has been due to the fact of the confusing of said ordinance with certain rules and regulations of the state superintendent of weights and measures, and the attorney general's opinion thereon. The ruling or regulation of the state superintendent of weights and measures has no connection whatever with the county ordinance above referred WARNING TO WOMEN OF THIS COMMUNITY Warning to the Housewives of Anaheim and all Concerned in Their Personal Welfare: The writer has received information from local women that there are outside coffee and tea solicitors in town advancing premium with a pound of coffee or tea, leaving the impression on the buyer's part that that is all that is necessary to get the premium. But beware! Upon the delivery of the premium they demand of you to sign a receipt which in fact is a contract binding you to purchase a large amount of their goods in order to own the premium. You may regret signing this contract later on as their goods are not always what they are represented to be. This company is always in the clutches of the law for putting out inferior goods and microsemi- The freight to Liverpool before the war was 9d. ($0.183) per box of 88 lbs. and 1s. 2d. ($0.284) for the English case weighing 132 pounds. Now the rate is 2s. 3d. ($0.547) for the box and 2s. ($0.487). The rate to Melbourne is 9s, ($2.19) plus 10 per cent plus 35 per cent. The pre-war rate to Hamburg was 1 mark ($0.238) per box; to Trieste, 45 centsimi ($0.087). Fred Gulley, an employee of the Curtis Paving company, was entangled in the mixer at the works Saturday morning and came out with a broken and badly lacerated leg. It was a serious injury, but the doctors believe it will not be necessary to amputate. FOR SALE—Dry gum wood. J. J. Dwyer. Phone 67-W. 12-14-4t If You Cannot GET THEM KEEP ON ASKING. WRITE YOUR EASTERN FRIENDS ABOUT "MADE IN CALIFORNIA" PRODUCTS. HERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LIST: Prunes Canned Fish Raisins Oranges Walnuts Lemons Olives Candy Electric Goods Oil Products Linoleum Buttons BUILDING A CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW GIBBS LUMBER & Broadway and Vine Sta., Anaheim. Phones: Pac. 201 Home 2664 Whatever misunderstanding that may have arisen with respect to said ordinance, undoubtedly, has been due to the fact of the confusing of said ordinance with certain rules and regulations of the state superintendent of weights and measures, and the attorney general's opinion thereon. The ruling or regulation of the state superintendent of weights and measures has no connection whatever with the county ordinance above referred to. With respect, Very truly yours, L. A. WEST, District Attorney. Judgment against J. D. Lavin in favor of George McPhee for $1241.50 has been docketed in superior court. McPhee was given this judgment at a recent trial for damages received in an auto collision at the corner of Center and North Claudina streets in this city. McPhee's car was overturned, injuring him seriously, and he brought suit for $5000 personal damages and the expenses of car repair, doctor's bills, and loss of time. The court allowed the expense account and $1000 damages. There is no mincing of accusations in the divorce papers that have been filed in the action in which Mrs. Leola Blanche Hansen is plaintiff and Arno G. Hansen, owner of a dairy at Hansen station and clerk in a Santa Ana drug store, is defendant. The wife brought the divorce action, alleging cruelty by her husband. The husband has replied with allegations concerning Mrs. Hansen that he believes ought to give him a divorce. Hansen stated that when he and his wife were living together he deeded her a half interest in his ranch at Hansen. But beware! Upon the delivery of the premium they demand of you to sign a receipt which in fact is a contract binding you to purchase a large amount of their goods in order to own the premium. You may regret signing this contract later on as their goods are not always what they are represented to be. This company is always in the clutches of the law for putting out inferior goods and misrepresentation as the innocent buyer takes the first order gladly for she is told that she will receive a beautiful premium for just making the one purchase. Aside from this it is to be taken into consideration that this eastern coffee and tea concern has no established business in Anaheim, pays no rent, taxes, or helps keep up the improvements which build up the community, etc., etc. The merchants of Anaheim take this privilege to heartily thank the people of Anaheim and all other patronizing friends from far and near for their loyal support in the past and feel confident that after considering the matter carefully they will continue to patronize home industry. By so doing they are helping themselves, for so sure as the merchants of Anaheim prosper so will be property owners and residents of Anaheim prosper. On the contrary, by buying from and encouraging outside unconcerned companies you are jeopardizing your own prospects. Let's stick together. Very respectfully yours, GROCERY MERCHANTS OF ANAHEIM. PACIFIC ELECTRIC MAY COME THROUGH ANAHEIM Asking Court for Right of Way From LaHabra to Fullerton The Pacific Electric has filed an action in Santa Ana to secure a right-of-way for its line from La Habra to Fullerton, and it will begin shortly, it is declared, to push through from NEW GRAND THEATRE BEAUTIFUL SAFE AND SANITARY PLAYHOUSE PERFECT THE PRIDE OF ANAHEIM THE HOME OF "ALWAYS GOOD" SHOWS. THURSDAY, JAN. 4 A 5-Act METRO WONDERPLAY that gives you a new sensation "The BRAND OF COWARDICE" With Grace Valentine and Lionel Barrymore Also one of those Funny METRO COMEDIES Two Night Shows—7:15 and 8:45 Regular Prices 10 and 15c FRIDAY and SAT., Jan. 5-6 SATURDAY MATINEE 2:30 Bluebird Photoplay's Present "The HONOR OF MARY BLAKE" Returning Dainty Violet Mercereau Two New Reels of "LIBERTY" with MARIE WALCAMP (Only Two More Episodes) Two Shows at Night—7:15 and 8:45 Bluebird Photoplay's Present "THE HONOR OF MARY BLAKE" Returning Dainty Violet Mercereau Two New Reels of "LIBERTY" with MARIE WALCAMP (Only Two More Episodes) Two Shows at Night—7:15 and 8:45 Regular Prices 10c and 15c SUNDAY, JAN. 7 MATINEE and NIGHT. Matinee 2:30 World Film Corp. EMELIE POLINI in "The LITTLE CHURCH AROUND the CORNER" A Heart-Reaching Domestic Drama with a bright and happy ending Prices 10c and 15c Two Shows 7:00 and 8:45 P.M. the latter city to Santa Ana by way of Anaheim and Orange. In some cases the suits brought are friendly as the executors are not competent to grant a right of way, but in others the owners refuse to sign. Andrew Rorden and J. C. Shephard and his wife, D. C. Shephard, are the owners of Fullerton property against whom action is brought. They own adjoining property and the company seeks a right of way between the two pieces. As defendants with Rorden and the Shephards are named the Anaheim Union Water company, the Standard Oil company, Mary E. Woodward, The German American Trust and Savings Bank and several other concerns and individuals whose true names are not known. Part of the proposed extension runs through the extensive Bastanchury holdings north of Fullerton and Dominic J. Bastanchury and his wife, Elizabeth, are named as defendants in an action with the Title Insurance and Trust company of Los Angeles, which is supposed to hold a mortgage on the Bastanchury property. The Union Oil company of California and several other John Doe corporations and individuals are named in this action. The fifth action was filed against menace to deer as well as to all other game is the furtive coyote. The lion springs upon the biggest buck in the woods; carries him, kicking and struggling, as far as his panthership sees fit, and plays with him as a cat with a mouse; then kills him, often by holding him flat on his side while eating into his vitals. Ennally it hides the remains very carefully by scratching up all of the litter in a radius of ten feet, and making a neat mound which seldom fails to attract the attention of the passerby. Thus the story of the killing gets to the papers and is scattered to the four winds. On the other hand, there is nothing of the spectacular about the coyote. His work is done in an insidious manner, without publicity or unnecessary grandstand plays. He readily adapts himself to changed conditions and, where constant warfare is not waged against him, will live and increase in thickly settled country. All mountainous parts of California are more or less infested with this pest, and while their most noticeable depredations are against sheep, hogs and poultry, they take a constant and heavy toll from every kind of wild life, from cotton-tails and quail to deer. No bird's nest within six feet of the ground is safe if Part of the proposed extension runs through the extensive Bastanchury holdings north of Fullerton and Dominic J. Bastanchury and his wife, Elizabeth, are named as defendants in an action with the Title Insurance and Trust company of Los Angeles, which is supposed to hold a mortgage on the Bastanchury property. The Union Oil company of California and several other John Doe corporations and individuals are named in this action. The fifth action was filed against Frances E. Beale and with her are named as defendants J. M. Kellerman, his wife, Maude W. Kellerman, and the Hibernian Savings Bank. SWAT THE COYOTE Much has been written about the depredations of the mountain lion on deer, and it is probable that each mature mountain lion in California kills from one to three deer weekly. The lion, however, does not thrive in civilization, and is becoming scarce except in remote places. A much great- The Palace Market Gives S. & H. Trading stamps with every cash purchase. Drop in and see the beautiful premiums which are to be given away free. We also carry the choicest line of meats. Everything in our market is absolutely first-class. If you are not one of our customers try us and convince yourself. Palace Meat Market Wm. Schumacher, Prop. In winters of heavy snowfall like last winter, deer in large numbers become easy victims of coyotes. The deer are generally able to move about enough to secure food, but are helpless if attacked by coyotes, since they break through the crust when they attempt to escape, and soon become exhausted. Giving venison a cash value of 20 cents per pound, it is a conservative estimate that $100,000 forth of venison is destroyed annually by coyotes. This, if coupled with the more tangible loss of hogs, sheep and poultry, would make an alarming total. This economic waste has been borne more or less passively by the people of the state in the past, but the recent outbreak of rabies among coyotes, which constitutes a serious menace to all branches of the stock industry as well as to human life, puts a new face on the matter. The coyote must be exterminated, and an organized, state-wide campaign should be started at once which should include the state and federal officers of public health, all branches of the live stock industry, poultry raisers and the fish and game commission.