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4ffl mn'&mfr&z VOL. III. XO. 80. PALO ALTO. CAL., WEDNESDAY. MARCH !). lHitS. WHOLE NO. 72 TOWN COUNCIL- Various Matters of Interest Considered at the Regular Meeting* The town trustees met in regular session ,on Saturday niylit witli all members present. Tho report on the mattet* of remov- ing the sheep eorral at the corner of ilamilton ayeuite and High street was rooei ved. Tho heal th officer, Dr. Charles, stated thut he had no authority to aet in tlie matter. Nulsunees as do lined hy law are of two kinds-—those that endanger health and those that injure the value of property* The eurral was doubtless a nuisanee of tho latter class, hut it was noUinimical to health ami eoi.ld not be regulated from the health ofliee. - An emergency ordinance was intro- dueed prohibiting Stock Ikting eorraled within i>00 feet of a residence. It was parsed and ordered ported, that its provisions might Im in ofTeet at once. The clerk was instructed to have notices printed to inform voters that registration for tho municipal eleetion should Im- made hy March II. It is uncertain whet iter registration should close .*U) or 15 days before an election, uud in order to. he safe .'todays should he observed. Ordinance No. 42, relating to the municipal election, was adopted and is published in this issue. Ken Massol was authorized to pro- pure copy for a supplement to the -great register at an expense of $lil. the town to have tho same printed. The report of the health oltlcer for the year 1897 was revolved and tiled. Engineer Moore subiujuctKa report on the matter of the gas plant which Edwin Kish proposes to -establish. He suggested Important changes in the atyje of tho building and (-condemned the use of the pipes ot the .Jones water system, as the pipes are laid without system and might prove a source of danger from escaping gas, and thoy would also interfere with the laying of sewer pipes. Tlie report was accepted and tiled. Mr. Kish stated that ho would moot all tlie conditions required hy the engineer. The following hills were reported from the tinanceeommittee aud ordered paid: I*. I.. Co., Hptus -fcM.o S. T. Of*-, tcluphODi! I W Prank Kassou. pulttfstiluK ■■ 5 ** T.'B. Downing, altwst work • s«» Itell ft Daiw-.il, livery '*• * W K. 1*. Worrell. dray lag 8 *> W. K. Duusmore, talf-or WW T. Barker, labor* 7 m The following new ttills were referred to tho finance committee: W Huiior. salary * 75 (O B. \V. Simklnti, salary a months MOW P. U. Co.. liKhtH *l,w Sinmi-r & Backua. pafutimr hone liousu. 1*. W H. B. & Co., Kuatfe Kl»<*«* l ,8 J. K. I'arkiiim.H, urror la 1)111 paid ,80 00 ■* •■' tadite SUM A communication from Mrs. Pay an asking that tho circle flower beds lw put in proper shape was referred to Trustee Marx to investigate and report. The beds in question are on railroad property und it is assumed that the railway officials will keep the property In condition if the towu will initiate the work. The matter of the sewer ordinance was discussed and the work of --'• Dowaing in securing signatures to a petition to find if the Hoard would be justified iu going: ahead with the matter was endorsed. Mr. Downing stated that ho Bad secured seventy-live signatures that afternoon and had found only oue man who would vote against the bonds. -^g| ; A Boys' Club. A Boys* dub is about to be organ- ■ ized by-Kev. J. W. Graybill, pastor of; the Presbyterian church. The pre- ■ Hminary meeting for this purpose will ] be next Friday evening, March 11th*' at 7 o'clock at tho church. All boys ton years old or over aro invited to at-] tend. Tho club wtll be entirely undenominational. New Fraternity House, Curtis Tobey Jr. has the plans pro-j pared for a clubhouse for the Phi j Kappa 1'si fraternity. The arrange- j meats for the building are |H*rfected and tho construction will l>egin in a ; HEALTH REPORT. The Health Officer Submits the Record for the Past Year. Dr. E. W. Charles, health officer for the town of Palo Alto, submitted his report for the year ending December 31, 1898, at the last meeting of the Board. Ten burial |>erinits wore issued during tlie year. One death was caused by accident*, one by suicide, and four permits were issued to nun-residents. The deaths from natural causes were thus only four, or about two to 1000 inhabitants, making Palo Alto the healthiest town in the I'nited States from which reports are received. Tlie figures fur Sau Diego aro 10, Los Angeles i"». 10, San Krancisco 18.84, Sacramento 17.00. There was not a single case of typhoid fever and only one of scarlet fever. Tho sanitary condition of the town is good. Ho recommended an ordinance prohibiting keeping more than two cows A QUAURANCLK SCKNR AT -STANFORD. short time. The lot selected is on University avenue, east of Cowper street, and has a frontage of 12T> feet." The building is lo cost $7000, and will bo provided with all modern conveniences, making probably the finest fraternity house - that has yet ■■been erected here. "The growth of tho fruit industry in this valley is shown by a statement tn tho Campbell Visitor. Itsays: "Seven or eight years ago this part of the valley was a hay and grain growing district, with threshing* machines and hay- bales scattered everywhere among the farmers. Now some of these same farmers- are buying hay that has been shipped to them from Visalia and Los Bancs.** ■ Crops never looked better in this valley. The stand of grain is perfectly even, as there in a corral within 600 feet of are deuce and not allowing swine to ho kept in the town limits. Eight plumbers licenses wore issued during tho year, and sixty-four certificates of acceptance of plumbing, as follows: KCjddences, 48; stores, 2: stores and office buildings, 2: additions and alterations, 12; total, 04. Local News. At last work on tbe fraternal hall has been begun, the excavating being now in progress. L. E. Bartlott has secured the contract to erect a large residence In San Mateo, and work was begun yesterday. If your name is not on the great register, see that it is there by Friday of this week. Or you will lose your vote lias not been enough !:it tn« municipal election. rain to drown it out In low places, nor enough drouth to kill it in dry places. A few showers in March will insure a heavy yield. II. S. Spaulding. a well-known jour-! nalist, has often spending the past week here. He was for many years publisher of the Crass Valley Tidings. William Stroner, of Sacramento, was homo on a visit to his parents last Sunday. U. H. Schwartzkopf is arranging to build a 2-story. 5-room cottage in the colonial style of arehiteetnro. The plans have boon prepared by Curtis Tobey. but the location of tbe building is not yet mado public. The campus witnessed hip interesting game of ball Saturday. The competing teams were from tho Palo Alto aud May Hold public schools and the Maylleld boys wore defeated by a ratio of 16 .to 20. If the Varsity team would show as much vim in their games as was shown by the younger boys, no team could defeat them, P. H. A bhott of San Francisco, accompanied by his little son, spent, Sunday with his mother, Mrs. S. II. Abbott. From present indications there will bo very few votes cast against tho sewer bonds—less than the historic 18 against the water bonds. Christian Goetz, who attended the high school here last year, but is now at Santa Clara college, was in towu Saturday visiting friends. Prof. Fairfclough. chairman of the faculty committee, is authority for the statement that there will he no summer school at Stanford this year. A game of baseball was played just outside the towu limits Sunday by tho Palo Alto club und a team from Menlo Park. The home team won by a score, of 17 to 12. The Palo Alto High School and the Manzanita Hall nines played an interest :ng game of ball on the school grounds Friday afternoon. The High School won by a score of 8 to 2. A party of young people from Palo Alto went down to Mrs. Lyman's Saturday night on their bicycles. Their hostess entertained them with refreshments and the evening passed merrily. Ed Lyman left this week for Berkeley and will take work for a time in tl o State University, He is In poor health and found it necessary to \m hear the San Krancisco physician who is treating him. William Kenfro of this city, who is employed at Palo Alto, spent the last few days In Alameda, and returned to Palo Alto this afternoon. Mr. Kenfro expects to leave for the Klondyke in a few weeks. He was one of the first mem tiers of Company" (J of this city, and says that if war occurs between Spain and the United States ho will return and re-enlist with his old company.—Alameda Kncinal. The incredible, folly uf men in poor physical condition going to the Klondyke has been shown by several roeont examples. Men who catch fatal colds the first night t.hey sleep out on tho. trail are not-tbeStutT oT which Yukon minors are made. Many of these town- bred pilgrims have already sueoum.H'd to illness at Skagway and more will fall by the wayside on the trails. It is one of the anomalies of this gold rush to the Klondyke that so few of tho adventurers who sail for tho north have any idea of tho severe work, perils and hardship that they must endure.— Chronicle. The tendency of bicycle riding and bicycle parties to change social customs is shown in England, where smoking among women, heretofore almost unknown, is becoming a common practice. On tho other hand it is claimed that in tills c.ountry the prevalence of bicycles among men has greatly reduced the use of tobacco and liquor. The change iu England is probably due to the greater freedom the wheel allows the women to enjoy, and, unlike American women, they have not learned to discriminate between liberty and license.
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Title | Palo Alto Live Oak 1898 March 9 |
Date of Publication | 1898-03-09 |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 20 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Subject | Community newspapers; |
Place of Publication | Palo Alto, Calif. |
Publisher | Frank Kasson, Frances A. Kasson |
Frequency | Weekly |
Source | Microfilm collection in Rinconada Library |
Coverage | Palo Alto, Calif. |
Rights | Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. |
Publication Title | Palo Alto Live Oak |
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Transcript | 4ffl mn'&mfr&z VOL. III. XO. 80. PALO ALTO. CAL., WEDNESDAY. MARCH !). lHitS. WHOLE NO. 72 TOWN COUNCIL- Various Matters of Interest Considered at the Regular Meeting* The town trustees met in regular session ,on Saturday niylit witli all members present. Tho report on the mattet* of remov- ing the sheep eorral at the corner of ilamilton ayeuite and High street was rooei ved. Tho heal th officer, Dr. Charles, stated thut he had no authority to aet in tlie matter. Nulsunees as do lined hy law are of two kinds-—those that endanger health and those that injure the value of property* The eurral was doubtless a nuisanee of tho latter class, hut it was noUinimical to health ami eoi.ld not be regulated from the health ofliee. - An emergency ordinance was intro- dueed prohibiting Stock Ikting eorraled within i>00 feet of a residence. It was parsed and ordered ported, that its provisions might Im in ofTeet at once. The clerk was instructed to have notices printed to inform voters that registration for tho municipal eleetion should Im- made hy March II. It is uncertain whet iter registration should close .*U) or 15 days before an election, uud in order to. he safe .'todays should he observed. Ordinance No. 42, relating to the municipal election, was adopted and is published in this issue. Ken Massol was authorized to pro- pure copy for a supplement to the -great register at an expense of $lil. the town to have tho same printed. The report of the health oltlcer for the year 1897 was revolved and tiled. Engineer Moore subiujuctKa report on the matter of the gas plant which Edwin Kish proposes to -establish. He suggested Important changes in the atyje of tho building and (-condemned the use of the pipes ot the .Jones water system, as the pipes are laid without system and might prove a source of danger from escaping gas, and thoy would also interfere with the laying of sewer pipes. Tlie report was accepted and tiled. Mr. Kish stated that ho would moot all tlie conditions required hy the engineer. The following hills were reported from the tinanceeommittee aud ordered paid: I*. I.. Co., Hptus -fcM.o S. T. Of*-, tcluphODi! I W Prank Kassou. pulttfstiluK ■■ 5 ** T.'B. Downing, altwst work • s«» Itell ft Daiw-.il, livery '*• * W K. 1*. Worrell. dray lag 8 *> W. K. Duusmore, talf-or WW T. Barker, labor* 7 m The following new ttills were referred to tho finance committee: W Huiior. salary * 75 (O B. \V. Simklnti, salary a months MOW P. U. Co.. liKhtH *l,w Sinmi-r & Backua. pafutimr hone liousu. 1*. W H. B. & Co., Kuatfe Kl»<*«* l ,8 J. K. I'arkiiim.H, urror la 1)111 paid ,80 00 ■* •■' tadite SUM A communication from Mrs. Pay an asking that tho circle flower beds lw put in proper shape was referred to Trustee Marx to investigate and report. The beds in question are on railroad property und it is assumed that the railway officials will keep the property In condition if the towu will initiate the work. The matter of the sewer ordinance was discussed and the work of --'• Dowaing in securing signatures to a petition to find if the Hoard would be justified iu going: ahead with the matter was endorsed. Mr. Downing stated that ho Bad secured seventy-live signatures that afternoon and had found only oue man who would vote against the bonds. -^g| ; A Boys' Club. A Boys* dub is about to be organ- ■ ized by-Kev. J. W. Graybill, pastor of; the Presbyterian church. The pre- ■ Hminary meeting for this purpose will ] be next Friday evening, March 11th*' at 7 o'clock at tho church. All boys ton years old or over aro invited to at-] tend. Tho club wtll be entirely undenominational. New Fraternity House, Curtis Tobey Jr. has the plans pro-j pared for a clubhouse for the Phi j Kappa 1'si fraternity. The arrange- j meats for the building are |H*rfected and tho construction will l>egin in a ; HEALTH REPORT. The Health Officer Submits the Record for the Past Year. Dr. E. W. Charles, health officer for the town of Palo Alto, submitted his report for the year ending December 31, 1898, at the last meeting of the Board. Ten burial |>erinits wore issued during tlie year. One death was caused by accident*, one by suicide, and four permits were issued to nun-residents. The deaths from natural causes were thus only four, or about two to 1000 inhabitants, making Palo Alto the healthiest town in the I'nited States from which reports are received. Tlie figures fur Sau Diego aro 10, Los Angeles i"». 10, San Krancisco 18.84, Sacramento 17.00. There was not a single case of typhoid fever and only one of scarlet fever. Tho sanitary condition of the town is good. Ho recommended an ordinance prohibiting keeping more than two cows A QUAURANCLK SCKNR AT -STANFORD. short time. The lot selected is on University avenue, east of Cowper street, and has a frontage of 12T> feet." The building is lo cost $7000, and will bo provided with all modern conveniences, making probably the finest fraternity house - that has yet ■■been erected here. "The growth of tho fruit industry in this valley is shown by a statement tn tho Campbell Visitor. Itsays: "Seven or eight years ago this part of the valley was a hay and grain growing district, with threshing* machines and hay- bales scattered everywhere among the farmers. Now some of these same farmers- are buying hay that has been shipped to them from Visalia and Los Bancs.** ■ Crops never looked better in this valley. The stand of grain is perfectly even, as there in a corral within 600 feet of are deuce and not allowing swine to ho kept in the town limits. Eight plumbers licenses wore issued during tho year, and sixty-four certificates of acceptance of plumbing, as follows: KCjddences, 48; stores, 2: stores and office buildings, 2: additions and alterations, 12; total, 04. Local News. At last work on tbe fraternal hall has been begun, the excavating being now in progress. L. E. Bartlott has secured the contract to erect a large residence In San Mateo, and work was begun yesterday. If your name is not on the great register, see that it is there by Friday of this week. Or you will lose your vote lias not been enough !:it tn« municipal election. rain to drown it out In low places, nor enough drouth to kill it in dry places. A few showers in March will insure a heavy yield. II. S. Spaulding. a well-known jour-! nalist, has often spending the past week here. He was for many years publisher of the Crass Valley Tidings. William Stroner, of Sacramento, was homo on a visit to his parents last Sunday. U. H. Schwartzkopf is arranging to build a 2-story. 5-room cottage in the colonial style of arehiteetnro. The plans have boon prepared by Curtis Tobey. but the location of tbe building is not yet mado public. The campus witnessed hip interesting game of ball Saturday. The competing teams were from tho Palo Alto aud May Hold public schools and the Maylleld boys wore defeated by a ratio of 16 .to 20. If the Varsity team would show as much vim in their games as was shown by the younger boys, no team could defeat them, P. H. A bhott of San Francisco, accompanied by his little son, spent, Sunday with his mother, Mrs. S. II. Abbott. From present indications there will bo very few votes cast against tho sewer bonds—less than the historic 18 against the water bonds. Christian Goetz, who attended the high school here last year, but is now at Santa Clara college, was in towu Saturday visiting friends. Prof. Fairfclough. chairman of the faculty committee, is authority for the statement that there will he no summer school at Stanford this year. A game of baseball was played just outside the towu limits Sunday by tho Palo Alto club und a team from Menlo Park. The home team won by a score, of 17 to 12. The Palo Alto High School and the Manzanita Hall nines played an interest :ng game of ball on the school grounds Friday afternoon. The High School won by a score of 8 to 2. A party of young people from Palo Alto went down to Mrs. Lyman's Saturday night on their bicycles. Their hostess entertained them with refreshments and the evening passed merrily. Ed Lyman left this week for Berkeley and will take work for a time in tl o State University, He is In poor health and found it necessary to \m hear the San Krancisco physician who is treating him. William Kenfro of this city, who is employed at Palo Alto, spent the last few days In Alameda, and returned to Palo Alto this afternoon. Mr. Kenfro expects to leave for the Klondyke in a few weeks. He was one of the first mem tiers of Company" (J of this city, and says that if war occurs between Spain and the United States ho will return and re-enlist with his old company.—Alameda Kncinal. The incredible, folly uf men in poor physical condition going to the Klondyke has been shown by several roeont examples. Men who catch fatal colds the first night t.hey sleep out on tho. trail are not-tbeStutT oT which Yukon minors are made. Many of these town- bred pilgrims have already sueoum.H'd to illness at Skagway and more will fall by the wayside on the trails. It is one of the anomalies of this gold rush to the Klondyke that so few of tho adventurers who sail for tho north have any idea of tho severe work, perils and hardship that they must endure.— Chronicle. The tendency of bicycle riding and bicycle parties to change social customs is shown in England, where smoking among women, heretofore almost unknown, is becoming a common practice. On tho other hand it is claimed that in tills c.ountry the prevalence of bicycles among men has greatly reduced the use of tobacco and liquor. The change iu England is probably due to the greater freedom the wheel allows the women to enjoy, and, unlike American women, they have not learned to discriminate between liberty and license. |
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