Palo Alto Live Oak 1898 March 9

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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.
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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.