Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. High School Annual Published Annually by the Students ol The Madera High School. STAFF- Editor in Chief - - - Dow H. RANSOM LORENA M. KENDALL MARY EIDA TRINCANO Associate Editor Assistant Editor ARTHUR F. BELCHER WILLIAM R. CURTIN Business Manager Assistant Manager — - All communications, inquiries for advertising rates, exchanges, etc., s’ ould be directed to Arthur F. Belcher, Business Manag! , Madera High School Annual. This paper is kept for Sale at all news stands in Madera. 10 CENTS %. , the third time in the annals of our “ High School the ANNUAL. begs recognition of our citizens and a place among the other High Schools of the State. Although the editing and High Sehoo'paper has long ceased to be an compiling of a experiment, yet it must be remembered that each set of editors serve their initiation with their exit. Thus we hope our readers, considering our resolute efforts to emulate our former editors, will overlook any failure on our part if we should not make up in quantity what we lack in quality. Secondary school journalism has become an acknowledged factor in the educational literature of this State. portance publishes a paper of some description. Every High School of any im- And we believe many more could, and would never have re ason to regret having tried. There has been in the last few years a marked advancement in High School papers throughout the State. taken in the papers. We are glad to see such an interest In many of our exchanges we find true literary genius displayed which if the litres acqutrit developed will form a distinct feature in literature of the eundo, and thus we hope to see their power in- near future. creasd with exercise. The editors unanimously desire to sincerely thank our contributors for their diligence and faithfulness in exerting their very best efforts in the publication of this paper. We believe that the students can not consider too well the importance of issuing a creditable ANNUAL. Itis the mirror in which the people see the efforts of the students. agent abroad—our only recommendation. It is our only And it is by this alone that our fellow schools of the State are at all enabled to determine the educa- tional standing of our county. In order to make our paper more spirited and attractive we have procured cuts of several of the public buildings of our county and printed them in this issue. If the editors of each issue would endeavor to add one or more cuts at each publi- cation, we believe it would contribute much to the and the paper. Of course it reduces the profit on the publication of success existence of the paper—but so does any expense, even that of mailing the exchanges. However, we do believe in usurping the power given us by the not All our accounts are open for inspection to any who are connected with this school, school for self-aggrandizement. To Avorp any inharmonious unpleasantness we wish to make this generous offer: Anyone who is dissatisfied or displeased with any comment or article in this paper will do us a favor to bring his copy to the editor’s desk and we will take our pen-knife and cut out the offending word or line. THE editors of this paper wish to express their sincere gratitude to Alexander Preciado, Ma- dera’s artist, as well as to all who have in anv way contributed their aid in the publication of this paper. Mr. itself. Preciado’s work speaks for TT The most delicate precision balance ever con- structed has recently been patented by an in- ventor of Denver, Colo. Unequalled in its delicacy, it is sensible to the infinitesimally small mass of one-thousandth part of a milligram.

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4 HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. very large crops of wheat and barley are raised. The orchards and vineyards are mostly in the This branch of industry is vTA The will vicinity of Madera. not very extensive but is steadily growing. new system of irrigation, it is thought, greatly improve it. The Swiss-Italian winery, which has been built about five miles from Madera, makes the finest wine in the valley. ‘The S. P. has recently built a bratich line to this institution and business is flourishing. The new system of irrigation, when completed dam across the San by the construction of a Joaquin river which will have their planing mill and sash and door fac- It will be con- nected with the saw mill by a flume 65 miles in length. tory completed here in town. Sti tistics show this to be the longest lumber flume in the world. All these growing enterprises have brought numbers of new settlers to Madera, and inspired our citizens with confidence. The contract has been made for the erection of a granite courthouse in Madera at the cost of $60,000. This magnifi- cent building together y “ ’ -ur new jail, and new grammar school, will render this an attractive and beautiful little city. ‘The prospects of Madera are of the brightest and she divide the stream, will be one of the best in the state. This proposition can easily be carried through at a smallexpense to the county. Mining is also very ex- tensive, as the mountains in the eastern part of the county are rich in gold, sil- The majority of the gold mines J g ver and copper mines. are quartz, but there are numerous placer mines as well. Copper mining has recently been made more profitable by the erection of the largest copper smelter the Cali- Company. in the state by Copper all these mineral fornia Besides resources there is an inex- haustible granite quarry near the town of Raymond, and twenty-three miles from Madera. ‘his is one of the most stable enterprises in the valley. Two hundred and fifty men are constantly em- ployed and the best building granite and monu- ment marble in California is quarried here. No less important is the lumbering industry. The California Sugar Pine Company has recently erected the largest mill in the mountains, which is surrounded by vast stretches of the finest kind of timber. The district will afford enough lum- ber to supply this mill with 200,000 feet of solid timber per day. Ina.very few months they will MADERA GRAMMAR SCHOOL, is now entering upon an era of improvement and prosperity t. t can be ex- celled by no nty in the an Joaquin uuey. ob ‘There that keep: pir ce but generally th -,gest are many people want to piece. Sport: ‘How did the cock fight come out?’’ l rd got the ) ‘Brown's decision on a foul blow.’ “Or: heard of Miss B’s hair?’’ “No. What about it?” “Why, you’re slow ; it’s say, haven’t you all over town !”’ We note that the problem Ser- vant girl has wrought great reforms in the hire education of women. “Why can’t Mary catch her breath,” The querulous Junior cried, ‘ Because she loves......the lamb, you know, The Senior lad replied.’’ Freshman (Just elected president of the de- bating society, with Ida Bailey as vice president) : ‘Well, say,—er—er, do we both take the chair?”’ Mac (in Latin): Orgetorix to death with fire,’ “They were going to burn ’

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. Smelter. = HE vast copper belt and the recent activity || in copper mining in this county has led this locality. The California Copper Company has recently in Uy : . “| capital to invest ; erected the largest smelter in the State within half a mile of Madera. The plant consists of several buildings of masonry. The house consists of a slag dump built of brick furnace 40x60 feet, and 8 feet above the general elevation of the smelter site. The furnace is a steel water jacket, and stands in the center of 100-ton, this ele- vation. The fire is sup- p loie)d with ore and coke from a- boveand is blown with a bolvarsrt The fumes and the smoke are car- ed throug h a brick du chamber oa Sent 100 feet to an iron long about 60-per cent copper, is shipped East where it is refined and gold, silver and iron are ab- stracted, leaving the pure copper. ‘The ore used is brought from the Ne Plus Ultra Copper Mine by railway, a distance of thirteen miles. The new principle of Bessemerization of cop- per matte is the main feature of this plant. It de- pends upon the production of its own heat by the of those ingredients of the matte which it is intended to eliminate, principally sul- phur and iron. The oxide of iron formed must combustion be provided with silica to form a fusible slag while the oxidized sulphur escapes through the flue as sulphur dioxide. The c onvert- Cia which Op- eration the is con- ducted is lined witha siliceous Joye Stamce su which is rapidly cor rod- ed the flux- by ing ac- tion of the ox- ide of JHE SMELTER. stack 1oo feet in height. ‘Thus the noxious gases are prevented from jeopardizing the public health. Just beyond this is the blacksmith shop, electric plant, blower, engine, all under one roof, and next beyond this is the boiler room. Still fur- ther is the office and assaying rooms of the com- pany. ‘he elevated railroad can right of the illustration. Reduction of oxides by means of carbon is the be seen at the principle involved in copper smelting. The matte, or final product, consisting of iron at present under the efficient management of Super- About 1oo men are constantly employed and it is a The capacity is 125 tons in 24 hours. It is intendent Nichols and Foreman Leland. great boon to Madera. ‘Now, if I treat this substance with alcohol, what will be the result?” Taber (in chemistry): Class (in chorus): ‘‘Intoxication.”’ Many men are willing to serve their country — in an official capacity.