Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1908 volume:

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IS THE FIRST ANNUAL RODEO OR ROUNDUP OF STORIES AND THINGS AND IS TO COMMEMORATE THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF RICHMOND UNION HIGH SCHOOL MAY TWENTY-THIRD NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHT RICHMOND RODEO CARLOS CARAVANTES; or The Making of a Bandit. CEs T was in the spring of 1840. San Pablo canyon, Cali- %5 al fornia, was a scene of great turmoil. In a natural am- “hk phitheatre near the middle of this canyon great droves : of cattle were being massed together. A dull, rum- bling sound echoed through the valley, caused by the thud of almost countless hoofs. The angry bellowing of the bulls arose from the clouds of dust that surrounded the trampling herd. At times a gentle breeze coming down the canyon lifted the dusty clouds, revealing a moving mass of backs of dull red and mottled hues. Above their lowered heads the tips of their needle-like horns now glistened in the sunlight, now dis- appeared from view as the owners lowered them to prod and hurry on their companions in front. This was the yearly round up or rodeo of the great ranches for miles around; the brand- ing time, when the cattle were gathered together and given to their respective owners. During the rest of the year they ranged at will over hundreds of miles of rough and unin- habited country, until they had become thoroughly wild and ferocious. Yet the vaqueros in their.gay handkerchiefs and wide sombreros were making their work a holiday, whirling their knotted lariats in the air and yelling with delight as they galloped on their active and cunning mustangs into the very heart of the herd. Don Fernandez, a large cattle owner, mounted upon a fine horse, was viewing this torrent of beasts from a nearby mound, hoping that enough might fall to his lot so that he could settle a large gambling debt recently acquired. At his side rode the judge of the rodeo, a prominent citizen from Mon- 9 RICHMOND RODEO terey, and Don Pedro, another rancher, the holder of Fernan- dez’ debt and the lover of his daughter. As they gazed at the mass of moving backs their attention was arrested by the graceful and daring work of one young Spaniard, wiry and slender, riding a coal-black mount. Dash- ing among the cattle he was quick to single out the ringleader in a ‘‘mill,’’ or pack, and belay him with his heavy quirt. Then wheeling, he was almost instantly off to another congesting part of the herd. ‘‘Who is this dashing prince of the saddle?’’ questioned Don Fernandez of Don Pedro. ‘‘That, Senor Fernandez, is Carlos Caravantez, who lately became owner of that small ranch which adjoins yours,’’ re- plied Don Pedro with a jealous sneer, for he thought himself a horseman of some note. In truth, this young rider was a Spaniard of good birth and small means, who had recently come from Monterey. He had been attracted by no less a person than the daughter of Senor Fernandez himself. Up to that time Caravantez had led a wild and reckless life, but seeing Senorita Fernandez, the only daughter of Don Fernandez, at a festival in Monterey, he had fallen deeply in love with her, and on finding out where she lived he had bought this small ranch next to her father’s for the purpose of settling down, and, if possible, winning the heart of the girl. It happened that Senorita Fernandez on horseback was also watching the rodeo from a safe position on a nearby mound. Here, blockaded by the heavy carritas in which they had come with tents and provisions for days of barbecues and merrymaking, the women from the different ranches held an advantageous position above the rope branding corral. Just now, wishing to speak to her father, Felicia spurred towards him, when she was suddenly thrown from her horse, who jumped to one side to avoid the horns of a straying bull. The bull, abandoning his pursuit of the horse, was about to charge upon the dismounted horsewoman. It was the prompt lariat 10 RICHMOND RODEO of Caravantez that darted forth like the strike of a rattler and brought the onset of the bull to a sudden termination, rolling him in the dust at the feet of the terrified but uninjured young lady. Quickly tying the enraged bull, Don Carlos caught the fieeing horse of Felicia, and bringing it up, helped her to mount. “‘Senor, I am deeply indebted to you. You have saved me from a horrible death. How can I ever repay you?’’ ‘“‘No need to think of such a thing, Senorita. It was a mere nothing,’’ replied Caravantez, with a low bow and a sweep of his sombrero. A strange embarrassment arose between the two. Caravan- tez, usually with a calm and ready wit, stood now at a loss, nervously fingering his hat. ‘“‘Tell me your name, please.’’ “Carlos Caravantez.’’ ‘Then you are the new owner of the ranch that joins my father’s,’ said Felicia, with feigned surprise. ‘‘I have the honor of being so near to you.’’ ‘But, Senor, I wish that I could repay such—”’ “Senorita Fernandez, allow me to assist you to a place of safety,’’ interrupted the evil-eyed Don Pedro, who had come up in time to hear the latter part of their conversation. He was inwardly cursing his luck, because he had not been quick enough to act in behalf of this young beauty. At this interruption Carlos bowed, muttered an adieu, and departed. As the afternoon wore on the vaqueros, every one of them having exhausted several horses, became dust-begrimed, hot and tired. Once in a while a lariat would fall short of its mark, the thrower too exhausted to control his rope. Don Pedro no- ticed a peon let a steer of his escape, whereupon he angrily struck at him with his quirt. Caravantez riding by noticed this outrage committed upon the tired vaquero, and launching his lariat through the air in pretense of catching a straying steer, he deftly caught Don Pedro around the shoulders, dragging 11 RICHMOND RODEO him from his horse into the dust. Then with a quick flirt of his rope, he snapped it from the shoulders of Don Pedro, sprang from his horse, and helped him from the dust with profuse apologies concerning his intended accident. Mounting his horse and glancing angrily around, Don Pedro beheld grinning countenances on every side, but he could only throw a volley of curses at the disappearing horse- man, as he dusted his clothes. A rippling flow of girlish laugh- ter stung him to the heart, and suddenly looking up, he saw Felicia Fernandez. ‘‘Senor Caravantez is a clumsy fellow, is he not, Senor? I deeply sympathize with you,’’ said Felicia, with a knowing smile on her pretty face. That evening as Caravantez was coming home from the round up he met Felicia and her aunt. He was cordially greeted by Felicia, but the old aunt turned a hostile and haugh- ty eye upon him. Riding close by the aunt’s side, as he was introduced to her, he slipped out his sheeth knife and pricked her horse in the flank, which caused it to go galloping down the road, flopping the old aunt up and down like a sack of hay, while she screeched and hung to the saddle-horn like a leech. Thus Don Carlos was left alone with Felicia. Felicia laughingly said, ‘‘Senor, your wit is as ready as your lariat in behalf of the ladies.’’ “In behalf of a lady,’’ he corrected with the emphasis on a.’’ ‘‘Could you save a dance for me during our Independ- ence ball?’’ he asked abruptly. ‘‘Most certainly, Don Carlos,’’ said Felicia. Thanking her, he spurred his horse forward to stop the aunt’s palfrey, which was now not going faster than a jogging trot, although the screams of the old lady still cut the air. Reaching her, he grasped the aged skate by the bridle and brought it to a walk. The aunt began a flow of thanks to her “‘noble rescuer.’’ 6é iy H i Mi Sin RICHMOND RODEO ‘‘T have to get another horse, Felicia. This one is far too spirited,’’ said the aunt. x x It was the week of the great festivities at San Pablo, held yearly in honor of Mexico’s independence from Spain. Elab- orate preparations had been made. There would be no principal event during the week, unless it was the speeches of General Castro and other men of note, or the grand dance at the finish. Beside these there would be pull fighting, barbecues, horse races, gambling, drinking, dancing and murder. Rich and poor, peons and blue bloods, came from San Fran- cisco, San Jose, Monterey, and every other town within two or three hundred miles. They came to test the swiftness of their horses, their capacity as wine barrels, and the length of time their money would stay in their pockets at the gambling table. There were senoras and senoritas dressed in their flow- ing silks of many hues, and the young and the old gallants in their wide-brimmed sombreros, their flaring colzonazos, and their high heeled boots. On the evening of the grand dance, Caravantez, dressed in his flashiest attire, rode to the dance, and upon entering came face to face with Don Pedro, who sneeringly said, ‘‘Ho, gaudy peon; there are no servants allowed at this dance.’’ ‘‘You had better leave before anyone sees you, then,’’ said Caravantez in a modulated voice, as he brushed by the Don. Don Pedro had enjoyed the first dance with Senorita Fer- nandez. Then as the music began again he watched her glide away with another. She and her partner stopped at the end of the hall where Caravantez was lounging and chatted a mo- ment with him. Don Pedro’s suit had not been prospering of late. Muttering a curse and drawing fiercely at his cigarette, he strolled to the end of the room where Caravantez stood. 13 RICHMOND RODEO Then, insolently, he puffed a cloud of smoke in the face of Don Carlos. Suddenly Don Pedro awoke to the fact that he was reclin- ing on the floor, spitting out fragments of cigarette, which had been propelled into his mouth by a well directed blow from the fist of Caravantez. Enraged beyond endurance, he sprang up and whipped out a revolver. There was a lightning like move- ment of Caravantez’s hand, a sharp report—and Don Pedro reeled and fell. The music stopped; the dancers came to a standstill, and the whole hall assumed a death-like silence. Then cries of astonishment and rage came from the assem- bly and there was a rush toward the prostrate body of Don Pedro. Breaking through the throng of people, Caravantez walked calmly to the center of the hall where Felicia was standing alone, a look of cold accusation on her awe-stricken face. ‘‘There was no other way,’’ he said simply. ‘‘He attacked me.’’ Felicia drew from him in horror. ‘‘Madre de Dios! You have murdered him! Never come near me again.’’ The stir in the room was increasing; the friends of Don Pedro were many and powerful. Caravantez, with a deep sigh, bowed low to her. Then looking to his pistol he dashed for the door. The sharp beat of horse’s hoofs were heard outside—then Silence. Carlos Caravantez rode to the hills—an outcast. —BUFORD WRIGHT, ’09. WV3S3L 11Vd ASVa RICHMOND RODEO | THEIR LAST BAILE mlT was one of the beautiful moonlight evenings of early i summer in California. Scarcely enough breeze crept through the windows in the old adobe salade baile to flutter the flame of the many brilliant candles. The music mingled with the merry-hearted laughter of girls and the carefree jesting of the men. For this was a time which had been long looked forward to by all the young folks for miles around the little pueblo of San Pablo. The event was the marriage of Maria Del Norte, the daughter of one of the oldest Spanish settlers, to Pedro Brignone. The fiesta was to last six days—six days and nights of dancing, racing, drinking and gambling. ‘‘Loretta,’’ Maria said to her pretty, black-eyed Spanish cousin, the day before the fiesta, ‘‘you will just have to quit thinking of Joaquin Murietta for the next few days. Surely you are not ignorant of the fact that Manuel Piora is infatuated with you, and you have treated him shamefully. Since J oaquin left you have neither heard nor seen anything of him, and I should think you would be too proud to let all the people in the village see you grieving so.”’ ‘Yes I know, Maria,’’ Loretta replied, with a sigh. ‘‘I will have to do differently. But,’’ she added, in defense of Murietta, ‘‘It would be certain death for Joaquin to come back here since that price of a thousand dollars was set on his head.’’ So it happened that Loretta Lorenza, the prettiest girl in all the country around, appeared at the baile on that memorial night with Manuel Piora in close attendance. Loretta was at her best. Dressed in a bright, spangled ball-gown, with a red rose over each ear, and her black eyes snapping, she was the belle of the baile. ‘‘The next dance is ours, is it not, Senorita?’’ whispered 15 RICHMOND RODEO the smiling and bowing Manuel, near the middle of the evening when the merriment was at its highest. ‘‘Yes, Senor,’’ she answered. ‘‘I—’’ here her voice trem- bled and sank to a whisper for she saw, crossing the floor, Joaquin Murietta, so disguised that none less interested than Loretta would have recognized him. The next thing she was conscious of was the low commanding voice of Murietta saying, ‘‘Our dance, Senorita.’’ Slowly she arose as in a daze and al- lowed him to lead her out on the floor. ‘Senorita Lorenza,’’ Manuel hissed in a low threatening voice, ‘‘no one has ever insulted Manuel Piora more than once.’’ But Loretta had not heard for she was already lost in the whirl of the dance. ‘Joaquin, why did you come? You know you will be killed if you are recognized,’’ Loretta whispered, excitedly. ‘ To see you, dear,’’ he answered, smiling as he noted the red mounting to her cheeks, ‘‘and, anyway, no one would ever recognize me in this disguise.’’ ‘‘T did,’’ she replied, ‘‘and surely Piora knew your voice.”’ Joaquin’s only answer was a slight pressure of her hand. At this moment the cry burst from Manuel Piora’s lips, ‘‘Murietta! Joaquin Murietta is here!’’ For a moment there was silence in the room. Then the dance broke into a tumult. The shieks of women and hoarse cries of men arose, for the name of Joaquin Murietta was the terror of nearly every man, woman and child in the country. ‘“‘T’m recognized,’’ Joaquin whispered, hurriedly. ‘‘Good- bye, dear,’’ and he sprang toward the door. Loretta, however, clinging to his hand, dashed out with him. “I’m going with you,’’ she gasped as she ran. ‘“‘Go back, Loretta! Go back!’’ he demanded, trying to force her from him. ‘‘You will be killed!’’ ‘‘No,’’ she answered determinedly, ‘‘I am going.’’ Reaching his caballo, which was tied in a clump of bushes, Joaquin sprang into the saddle, lifted Loretta in his arms and 15 RICHMOND ‘RODEO was off like a flash, for already his pursuers, recovering from their excitement, were mounting their horses to give chase. Manuel Piora was soon galloping in pursuit, scarce a hun- dred yards behind Murietta. Raising himself in his saddle with the cry, ‘‘I said I’d have revenge,’’ he emptied his pistol after the fleeing couple. A shriek of pain rent the air, for the bullet, missing its intended victim, tore through Loretta’s arm. Turning quickly in his saddle, with an oath, Murietta took careful aim and shot once. Piora fell from his horse. But Murietta knew every trail and pass in the mountains, and having a far better horse than any of his pursuers, the outlaw made his escape, carrying the limp but breathing form of Loretta in his arms. The silence of night had settled over the land. In a little adobe iglesia back in the hills, an old Spanish priest softly chanted his prayers. Suddenly a loud knocking interrupted him. Crossing himself, the priest called, ‘‘Who comes here?’’ ‘Friends, who seek your assistance, good Father. We wish to be married,’’ was the answer. ‘‘Enter,’ commanded the priest, throwing open the puerta. ‘Are you both of the faith?’’ ‘That we are,’’ readily replied a young Espanol, who sup- ported a half-fainting girl on his arm. ‘‘The Signora is injured, Father, and needs her wounds bandaged.’’ After Loretta had recovered sufficiently, the simple wed- ding ceremony was performed and the midnight travelers made ready to start. Murietta lifted his bride to the saddle, and sprang up be- hind her. Then taking the reins in his hands, he called out to the ancient priest, ‘‘Father, when you see Manuel Piora, tell him that I, Joaquin Murietta, did not get him last time; but the next time I shoot to kill.’”’ ‘““Murietta!’’ gasped the old Father, crossing himself. ‘“‘God help you, Manuel Piora, for you are doomed!”’ —WILMA ROTH, ’10. 17 RICHMOND RODEO THE HOLY CROSS | | HE night seemed steeped in silver moonlight. Mercedes crept to the window, and pressing her face against the bars, gazed out into the peaceful stillness. Below her, rolling hills spread out into the marshland, but to the west the land rose steeply to a crest—at the foot of the slope on the opposite side lay the bay. She studied the lurking blackness beneath the clumps of brush for signs of life. Ever were the traders on the alert for wandering bands of Indians. The strong walls of the convent served not only as a school for the young people but often as a fortress for this hardy little band of Mexican explorers. Toward the east several black clouds hovered and cast their ominous shadows. Startled by a noise within she drew her mantilla over her head and stepped back into the room, away from the light of the window. Her roommates were sleeping heavily; the whole house seemed weighed down with stillness. She was impatient to be away. Her life appeared hard and unpleasant by night; she did not realize that daylight would lend a brighter aspect. It was all too stern and strict; the long hours of study were intolerably tiresome and confining. Only the day before she had been forced to crawl and lick the cross outlined on the floor of the chapel, merely for evading the morning service. She shuddered at the thought of the undue severity of the pen- ance. Glancing out of the window again she sighed for joy. On the ridge of the hill, his black form outlined abruptly against the bright sky, stood the Gringo. She drew a cloak about her and creeping along in utter darkness, felt her way stealthily through the hallways. On reaching the patio she was startled 18 RICHMOND RODEO —it was as light as day; she could never dare to cross it. Keep- ing near the edge, she was making her way around in the shadow of the wall, when a footstep arrested her. She sank back into a doorway, fearing every breath detected. But it was only old Jose, the friendly keeper. As she went toward him he started and would have cried out, but she motioned him to be silent. ‘‘Jose—the door?’’ she whispered, clutching his sleeve. “fh! What did I promise, Senorita?’’ he said, and jingled his purse. She silenced him quickly, for the slightest sound awoke the echoes. ‘“‘Gratias, Jose,’’ she smiled. ‘‘Adios, Senorita.’’ He would have lingered but she dis- appeared abruptly in the shadows. At the timbered door in the outer wall she stopped to quiet her pounding heart and peer back into the moonlit gar- den. Then, finding the bolt in the dark, she slowly swung the door on its hinges, just wide enough to let her pass, and slipped out. But to close it—she seemed hours long. The ponderous weight jarred, and the iron bolt grated, until she was almost in a frenzy. Stealing away, she sought every clump of shrubbery and crept along until finally a friendly cloud covered for a moment the all too bright moon—then she sped frantically up the hill. The tall Gringo sprang to meet her, his eyes flashing—his voice tense— ““Ah, my Mercedes!’’ He took her hand and together they rushed on. Now over the top of the hill she stopped for breath, but soon they hurried on down the slope toward the water. There was the great ship riding at anchor on the brilliant bay, her masts swaying to and fro with the current, and below was the small boat that was to help them to the ship.. Climbing down the rocks they reached the beach. Here, surely, they need not fear, for the cliff hid 19 RICHMOND RODEO them from the surrounding country. They lingered long at the water’s edge, the tiny waves lapping the beach at their feet. The moon broke forth again in all her glory and lit up every cranny and crevice of the rocky precipice. The bay sparkled in its silver mantle. Suddenly a shadow fell on the water from the overhanging bluff. The Gringo started and clutched his sword. There on the cliff directly over them, stood the stern visaged priest, hol ding a crucifix on high. His sword dropped and the Gringo sank back. The priest’s robes were an armor against which a sword availed nothing. He descended to the beach and ap- proached them. They dared not move, fearing the ban of the church. ‘‘Ah, my daughter,’’ he said, raising his hand. And with kind persuasion he led her, gently weeping, away. The Gringo stood petrified and watched them disappear. Then with clenched hands he strode up and down the beach. In that darkest stretch before the dawn, a great flame leapt into the heavens and lit up the sunrrounding sky. The cross, rising above the walls of the convent, in the very heart of the fiames, flashed with a white heat. Pushing off from the shore, the Gringo, his features glaring malignantly in the smoky light, pulled fiercely for his ship, which, her sails flung to the breeze, was already moving down the bay. The next evening a Spanish ship under full sail, carrying the survivors, passed through the Golden Gate into the face of the setting sun. t And now a crumbled foundation to be found on the Rich- mond hills, near where the Baptist church stands, marks the place where the old convent reared its adobe walls. —MURIEL TRULL, ’10 RICHMOND RODEO THE GOLDEN GATE =xy Q and fro, up and down the hill, from the old tepees to |) the new, toiled the squaws, their ragged skin garments flapping in the wind, their coarse, black hair blowing about their faces. Those straining up the hill, even though pappooses in cradles swung at their backs and children toddled behind, carried bundles of household goods, but those coming down were empty handed. The women worked rapidly, for the overcast sky and rising wind warned them that the storm had ceased only for a short time after all the long days of incessant rain. Already the water was among the old huts and the food must be moved to higher ground to escape the flood. The village stood on the eastern slope of the low range of hills that bordered the ocean. These hills formed the lake by obstructing the large river which entered from the northeast. Under normal conditions this lake stretched far to the north and south, but now it had left its usual sandy shores far behind and its waves drenched the green grass and spring flowers on the hillsides, up which the water still gradually crept, although the level of the lake was far above that of the ocean. Just back of the village was the lowest pass in the range, and already a great stream of muddy water overflowed through it and was cutting a channel to the sea. Evidently the storm reached far back in the mountains where the river had its source, for leaves, branches, and trees that grow only in the mountains, swirled along on the yellow flood. The oldest Indian in the village never had known such a storm. Everything was drenched. The old huts of thatched tules and brushwood were soaked through. The scrawny ponies became mired even in grazing in the rain soaked grass. Game had vanished, save only those birds which inhabit the water. 21 RICHMOND RODEO The superstitious savages feared the wrath of the Great Spirit. Every night at sunset the medicine men climbed the neighbor- ing hill, hoping to see the sun sink in crimson fire. Then would he know the flood was over, but the sign was always withhe!d. This evening, however, it was not raining. There seemed more hope. To-night when the medicine man came hurrying into the village from the direction of the sea, all ceased work and went to meet him. They crowded around him while he talked ex- citedly, and pointed seaward; then the entire village trailed after him along the way he had come. When the ocean came into view, all stopped and stared in wonder. Out from the re- ceding mist loomed the spars of a great sailing vessel, like some spirit of the storm. She swung slowly around before the wind, where she had come to anchor, fearing to venture nearer land in the fog. As the Indians gazed, round-eyed, a small boat left the ship’s side and came rapidly through the surf to the shore. As the boat grounded, the Indians crowded up to the landing place. One of the three white men in it stepped ashore, and with much talk and many signs endavored to inform the curious Indians that his ship was in great need of provisions, and he had come to trade. He held up gleaming new weapons, and glittering trinkets. The Indians pressed closer. His talk meant less to them than the cackling of the waterfowl they hunted on the lake. Suddenly the old priest forced his way through the crowd. With the distorted face of a maniac, wildly waving his hands, he called on the warriors to sieze the paleface. An exclamation ran through the crowd. Several braves nearest the man fell upon him and bore him to the ground, tied him hand and foot, and carried him off to the village. The two men in the boat pushed off in mad haste and were some distance out before the Indians, excited over the captive, noticed them and 22 RICHMOND RODEO sent a shower of whistling arrows at them, which fell with harmless splashes into the water. Among the Indians was one who had understood the white man, but he had not dared to speak. He was a captive, and like the squaws, had no voice in council. His name was Kee- wah, and his people lived far to the northward. He had grown up on the banks of a northern river. There one summer even- ing a white man wandered out of the gloomy forest, delirious with fever. Keewah took him into his tepee and nursed him back to health, learning his language in the meantime. When the white man regained his strength, Keewah guided him on his southward journey. After many days’ travel their evening camp was raided by a band of Indians who carried Keewah to the village where he was held captive, the white man, how- ever, escaping. And now Keewah sat alone in his hut, with no squaw to relieve his lonesomeness, while in the other huts the talkative squaws discussed the wonderful trinkets, the ship, and the flood, and outside in a solemn circle the old men sat around the struggling council fire and the medicine man wildly harangued them. The Great Spirit was angry, he told them. He had sent the flood. He steadfastly withheld the sign of fair weather. He had driven away the game. He had sent the Spirit Ship out of the mist with the palefaces to tempt them with evil gifts. They must not heed the gifts, nor welcome the palefaces to their tepees, for beyond the sea they dwelt in countless numbers. If the redmen should admit them surely the Great Spirit would no longer keep them out. The lake would tear down its barrier and open a gateway for them in from the sea. They had cap- tured this paleface. They must now sacrifice him over the council fire, to show the Great Spirit that they would keep the palefaces from their land with a steady hand. And even as the captive’s flesh shriveled in the fire and his blood dried wp, so 23 RICHMOND RODEO would the waters of th e flood shrink and dry away, and at last would the sun set in fire, and all be fair weather. When the priest ceased speaking the chief addressed the council. The medicine man had spoken well. They must ap- pease the Great Spirit with the captive’s life. But was it wise council to disregard the beautiful weapons of the paleface? Why could they not beguile the others from the ship, obtain the treasures, and then burn the captive’s comrades also, and thus the more delight the Great Spirit? When the chief sat down a gutteral grunt of approval ran around the dying fire. The medicine man sprang to his feet. They must not be tempted by the evil gifts. They could not beguile the men from the ship. If they tried, utter destruction of the village was inevitable. As the medicine man finished, a sudden gust of wind extin- guished the fire and scattered the embers. All attempts of the squaws to rekindle it were vain, for the driftwood was soggy and refused to burn even after the precious oil poured on it had been consumed. At length the attempt was abandoned. The brewing storm threatened to break every moment. Pale lightning flickered over the lake, but as yet the thunder was too distant to be heard. The wind rushed dismally around the flimsy huts. Not a star shone in the blackness. But soon torches flared in the huts, and there was a babel of voices. Half-starved camp dogs prowled among the huts, snarling over each precious scrap of refuse. Keewah was roused from his reverie by the entrance of an Indian, and ordered to the hut where the captive lay. When he had joined the group of hunters around the captive, Kee- wah was bidden to repeat to him in the paleface tongue what they said. They would lead the captive to the shore. There he must call to the men in the ship, and when they had come ashore, tell them the chief had considered their proposition, and was now ready to trade them provisions. All this Keewah repeated to the captive, who listened in silence, with but slight 24 RICHMOND RODEO hope of rescue. They unbound the feet of the captive, who stooped out of the door of the hut and walked silently down to the shore. The storm was drawing closer. The lightning flashed more fiercely, and the thunder rolled nearer at every flash. When the men came to the beach the white man gave a loud hail, which carried out over the surf. A lantern twinkled on the ship, moved along the deck, and came to a halt. The captive hailed again, telling them to come ashore. The light twinkled, there was a creaking of tackle, and very soon the click and splash of oars was heard. The men in the ship evidently thought their comrade had escaped from his captors, and they were coming to take him off to the ship. When near shore the sound of rowing ceased, and from the boat came the demand, ‘‘Who’s there?’’ The captive called back telling them not to come too close, that the Indians held him, but to return to the ship at once and bring gifts to ransom him, and that the Indians had promised them stores. A voice from the boat assented and the rowing began again, while Keewah repeated what had been said to the other Indians. They stood waiting for the boat to return just where the overflow from the lake emptied into the sea, in the trough of the pass. With a sudden crash of thunder and gust of wind the storm broke upon them. The rain came in dashing sheets with each gust of wind, as if flung from some great basin in heaven. The lightning glared so close it seemed to fill the air. The watchers abandoned their purpose and started back to the village. They could scarcely stand in the fury of the storm. The thunder was one continuous, booming roar. Captive and captors made all possible haste, now seeing their way by the glare of the lightning, now blinded by the dashing rain. Suddenly a cry broke from those in front. They turned and rushed back towards the sea in reckless fear, knock- ing over those in the rear. But flight was useless. The first great wave of the cloudburst, bearing the drifting ruins of Fe RICHMOND RODEO their huts, rushed down upon them from the lake, a roaring wall of water. Fitful human cries of fear and agony, mingled with the yelping of the swimming dogs, were scarcely audible above the roar of the water. The fleeing braves were swept from their feet like straws, and went bobbing away out to sea on the seething flood. The captive, whose hands were still bound, was whirled and tossed out towards his ship, but his cries were silenced long before he came near it, even if it had not dragged anchor seaward upon the sudden flood. Day after day the rain poured, and the flood roared, through the pass, cutting it wider and deeper. The larger ie passage became, the greater was the volume of water released from the lake, and so the faster did the torrent wear out the channel. When at last the downpour ceased, the lake had run out to the level of the sea and its size was greatly diminished. All around it lay sweltering mud flats, once submerged, and over them stalked long legged cranes, eating the stranded fish. Through the pass now roared the strong tide of the ocean. It swept out into the lake, making its fresh waters salt, and changing its name to a bay. And at evening came the sign of the medicine-man who had been swept away with his village. The sun sank into the sea, bathed in fire, and the newly cut strait was a Golden Gate. DUNCAN DUNNING, ’11. OLIVIA SLOVER WALTER SMALLWOOD BUFORD WRIGHT EDITOR MANAGER —_ MAUDE PRITCHARD TSAR CALFEE CATHERINE DECKER RICHMOND RODEO ® EDITORIAL It has seemed fitting to base the fiction of this souvenir book on the old traditions and legendary history of California. ‘‘Kiver the old order changeth giving place to new,’’ and the event of to-day marks the beginning of a new epoch. The land which we dedicate to-day to the higher purposes of education and culture, and which commerce has already gridironed with its steel rails of traffic, bears already in the form of its shell mounds and burying grounds, monuments to the listless Indian; and in its crumbling adobes, romantic me- mentos to the chivalric, extravagant Spaniard. No part of California is more intimately associated with adventure, mys- tery, and romance. There is a strange pathos in the history of its primitive owners. They were a queer people, short, heavily built, and hairy, with thick lips, low foreheads, and the peculiar Chinese conformation of the eye. Their language, too, was not unlike the deep guttural spoken by the natives of Southern China, and these similarities give credence to the old tradition that they were the descendants of bold Chinese fishermen who had ventured beyond their ken. They were the most barbarous and uncivilized of American Indians. Their food, clothes, and dwellings were of the rudest and most primitive nature. They had none of the proud and lofty bearing, nor the haughtiness and ferocity of their Eastern brothers. They were ind olent and peaceful, for Nature had provided for them with a lavish hand. They were sole masters in a region of plenty; they had only to reach forth their hands, pluck, and eat. The advent of Spanish rule marked the complete extinction of this simple, docile race. Without a struggle they saw their lands taken and their homes destroyed. Contact with civiliza- 27 RICHMOND RODEO tion and the disease it brought swept them away by thousands, the great cholera scourge of 1833 leaving but a single survivor of a whole tribe. During the Mexican supremacy, while San Francisco was a military post, Contra Costa was the center of social life, the scene of splendid festivals. During the gold ex- citement its waters and its roads became the highways of traffic between the outside world and the mines. And finally the wealth of its natural resources and its loca- tion made it a lure for the designing Gringo. ad wt J we The new building when completed will be superior to any similar school building on the Coast, in the matter of construc- tion, design, and equipment. It is the first ‘‘Class A’’ school building in California. It will cost, complete, $60,000. The architects are Stone Smith, of San Francisco. e- FF SF The laying of the corner stone of our new building pro- vides a most appropriate occasion for the issuing of the first edition of our High School paper. 1 WZ ce q pe (ey, 4} XY oe SORE Si AN RICHMOND RODEO AIM OF THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ase x N response to a strong public demand, commercial train- A ing has been introduced into most of the High Schools of our State. Numerous business colleges had already offered instructions of a commercial nature, but the great objection to them, and a well founded objection, was that they were entirely too narrow in their scope. They did not give students the broader range of co-ordinate subjects, par- ticularly English, that successful commercial life demands. True enough, one of their graduates could probably receive a dictated letter and make a correct transcription, but they could not, as is generally required, properly compose a letter or statement when only the outline was given. In other words, they lacked the control of good, direct, and concise English. This is believed to be the one g reat weakness of the average business college. However, the great general defect is simply a lack of suf- ficient general education to enable the student to attain a high degree of efficiency. With this object in view, the commercial course in our High School aims specifically to train young men and women for a commercial life so that, by virtue of their more liberal education, they will be able to advance more rapidly through the preliminary stages of the copyist and type- writer and enter upon the broader activities of the life of a business man. So important, in fact, has commercial training become thai, at the present time, Stanford University receives students from the commercial department of accredited high schools, and the time is probably not far distant when the State University will do likewise. Still the State University has also given important recognition to commercial training in what might be considered 29 RICHMOND RODEO a higher business education, in its College of Commerce. Here a student has the advantage of Economics, Law, Foreign Lan- guages, and more particularly, Commercial Geography, besides general cultural courses, and from the ranks of these graduates, one finds the men who represent our country in foreign cities and lands, and at home, in the best commercial fields. HISTORY OF RICHMOND UNION HIGH SCHOOL .. ®R y| great difficulty in tracing their origin. It is hard to ‘ ) determine just when the germ of existence had its origin. This is equally true of those of recent times, and just such a problem confronts the historian of the Rich- mond Union High School. Just who, or how, or when, or where, it would be difficult to say. But in this much it has followed the history of all institutions—necessity is the mother of in- vention, of creation, of institutio ns. It is not necessary here, perhaps, to dwell upon the phe- nomenal growth and development of the settlement that be- came the City of Richmond of to-day. Paralleling this growth, and with strenuous effort to keep apace, there grew the schools. In 1902 they sent forth into the world their first product. Other classes followed in succession, and the feeling gradually grew on all sides that some provision for the further education of these boys and girls should be provided. In other words Richmond needed a High School. This sentiment gained strength as the city grew, and the incorporation of the territory within the Richmond School District under one government, 30 RICHMOND RODEO and the rapid increase in property valuation raised and con- firmed the hope of its promoters. In the summer of 1906 it was decided to proceed with the necessary legal steps to secure a high school. Some discussion arose as to the kind of high school to establish. Some main- tained that Richmond was able to support a school of its own. and thereby retain complete control of the school. Mr. Helms was an ardent advocate of a Union High School which would include the Richmond, San Pablo and Stege schoool districts because this would not only afford the school better support, but would open to the children of these growing towns a privi- lege which they could in no other way secure. Accordingly it was decided to proceed with the formation of a Union High School district. Among the earnest workers in the high school movement, was the Rev. D. W. Calfee, and to his unceasing efforts much credit is due. When the kind of school had been decided upon, he had prepared the necessary petition blanks, and assisted by Mr. Helms succeeded in securing a majority of the heads of families in each of the three districts to write in a petition to the County Superintendent of Schools for the establishing and maintaining of a Union High School district. The willingness on the part of the heads of families to sign these petitions argued well for the movement, and in a short time the petitions were ready. These were filed with the County Superintendent of Schools on January 7, 1907, who, in turn, called an election to be held on February 2, 1907, in each of the three districts for the determination of the question. On the date set, the elec- tions were held with the following most gratifying result: In Richmond there were registered one hundred and eighty-one votes in favor of the movement to but one against. In San Pablo and in Stege the vote was unanimously in favor. This result was reported to the County Superintendent of Schools, and a certificate to this effect was by him filed with 3] RICHMOND RODEO the County Clerk on the thirteenth day of February, 1907, ‘which therefore became the date of the establishment of the Richmond Union High School. It then became the duty of the school trustees of the three districts to call a meeting of the qualified electors in their re- spective districts for the purpose of choosing high school representatives. Their duty was to organize and act as a High School Board to name and to locate the school. Mr. L. D. Dimm, of Richmond, Mr. Wm. F. Belding, Sr., of San Pablo, and Mr. B. B. McLellan, of Stege, were the unanimous choice of their respective districts, and upon them devolved these important duties. It was indeed fortunate for the new school that men of such ability and experience were selected to lay the founda- tions for the builders of the future, for any institution is but the reflection of the ability of the men behind it. The newly chosen representatives immediately set to work. Mr. W. T. Helms was asked to act as secretary and to assist the profes- sional end of the work before them. The first meeting was held on April 4, 1907, at which time the Board unanimously decided upon Richmond Union High School. Another meeting was held this same day to select a location. This was not such an easy problem. Available sites were not centrally located. Centrally located sites were not available. The desire and plan of the Board was to get something within equal and convenient reach of the Richmond, San Pablo, and Stege patrons of the school. This, fortunately, was obtained in the selection of the site located on Twenty- third street, between Macdonald and Bissell avenues. The site, besides being well located for school purposes, has one fare electric railway connection with the entire district, as well as railroad facilities for outside towns. This completed the work of the representatives, and they were at once appointed by County Superintendent Hanlon to represent their respective districts as high school trustees. 32 RICHMOND RODEO Two tasks lay before them. Provision had to be made for the temporary location of the school, as well as plans for its per- manent home. The solution of the first was made possible through the kindness of the trustees of Richmond School District, who granted them the use of their old, discarded building on Standard avenue. Mr. Helms was authorized to fit this up for use, and it was here that the school which is destined to be one of the leading high schools of the State began its work on the fifth day of August, 1907, with an enrollment of thirty- six, which has increased to fifty, all four classes being repre- sented. But the second task, the planning of a permanent home, was a more difficult matter. It is one thing to build for a day; another to build for the future. No set of men ever entered upon a task with greater determination. Of one thing they were certain: What they did was to be a credit to their time; the future should be proud of it; Richmond Union High School District was to have as good as the skill of man could make it. After several discussions as to the size, style, and class of building wanted, the Board decided to bond the district in the sum of $85,000, and this proposition was submitted to the electors of the district. At an election held June 3, 1907, this was cheerfully voted, but owing to a probable error in the election, the Board decided to hold another, and on the twenty-first day of September the people again voted in favor of the bonds. These were sold in due time, and the money for the erec- tion of the building placed at the disposal of the Board. In May, 1907, Stone Smith, of San Francisco, were requested by the Board to prepare plans and specifications for a modified Class A building, and from this time until the adoption on February 12, 1908, the architects, together with the Board and Mr. Helms worked continuously upon them. Bids were then 33 RICHMOND RODEO advertised for, and°on March 23, 1908, the contract for the erection of the building was awarded to Childs, Arlett Co., of Oakland, who commenced at once the erection of the building. Such, in brief, is the histry of the Richmond Union High School. Nothing is more difficult than to say for the future. Of the present we know, and with an abiding faith in the old adage of ‘‘Well begun, half done,’’ we look with hope to the future. CHRONOLOGY Summer of 1906.—It is determined to organize a High School. Jan. 7, 1907—Petitions are filed with the County Superin- tendent of Schools. Feb. 2, 1907.—Election for a school is held. The vote is unanimous. Feb. 13, 1907.—The certificate is filed with the County Clerk. This marks the date of the establishment of the Rich- mond Union High School. April 4, 1907.—First meeting of the school board is held. The name and location of the school is chosen. June 3, 1907.—The first bond election is held. Aug. 5, 1907.—School opens with the enrollment of thirty- six; thirteen of these are boys and twenty-three are girls. Faculty: Mr. Bert X. Tucker, Science and Math- ematics; Miss Alberta Bell, English and German; Miss Ruth A. Peterson, History and Latin. Aug. 14, 1907.—Student body of the school is organized. Aug. 30, 1907.—The enrollment is increased to forty-four. Sept. 21, 1907—Owing to an error in the first election, a sec- ond election for $85,000 bonds is held. Dec. 10, 1907.—Bids for the bonds are opened. Jan, 31, 1908.—The staff for the school paper is elected. 34 ALSAIDOS AVAOHS RICHMOND RODEO Feb. 12, 1908—Plans for a new High School Building are adopted. Stone Smith, architects. March 16, 1908.—Dr. Thomas, of the University of California, visits the school and gives Mr. Tucker permission to recommend our graduates to the University without entrance examinations. March 23, 1908—Bids are received for the erection of the building. March 27, 1908.—Contract for the building is signed with Childs, Arlett Co. April 6, 1908.—Work is begun on the new building. May 23, 1908.—Corner stone laid. May 29, 1908.—Commencement. THE STUDENT BODY os) HE Associated Student Body of Richmond Union High Cc School was organized August 14,1907. A constitution A, was adopted and the following officers were elected: m4} Walter Smallwood, President; Maud Pritchard, Vice- President; Carroll Marshall, Secretary; and Myrtle Allison, Treasurer. The Student Body has complete charge of all High School affairs, and secures the concurrent effort of all the stu- dents in any undertaking. The present officers are Buford Wright, President; Maud Pritchard, Vice-President; Mar- guerite Butterfield, Secretary; and Jean Bartholomew, Treasurer. RICHMOND RODEO OUR NEW BUILDING %j|HE Richmond Union High School Building, now in process of construction on Twenty-third Street, be- tween Macdonald and Bissell avenues, facing the east, is to be a modern modified Class A structure, of cream brick, three stories in height. The first floor is about four inches above the level of the grade; from the building the ground will slope gradually to the street, a distance of fifty feet. The design of the building is along simple, classic lines. An immense portico reaching to the third story, supported by Ionic pillars, forms the entrance. Above the arch over this en- trance in gold letters on copper plate, is the name: RICHMOND UNION HIGH SCHOOL SAN PABLO STEGE RICHMOND Across the front of the building, above and on either side of the portico, are groups of four windows in each story. Cement steps lead to the entrance. The floor of the vestibule is tiled, the walls are of white marble with a case of brown marble, and the doors are sheathed with copper and fitted with plate glass panels. From the landing within the main entrance a flight of steps leads to the main floor. On the ground floor are the science laboratories, the science lecture room, the athletic dressing rooms and lavatories, and a janitor’s room. in the laboratories the windows are of prism glass. In the lecture room the seats are arranged in amphi- t heatre style, each tier being raised above the other. The athletic dressing-rooms are fitted with showers and individual apartments to accommodate the athletic teams. Outside doors lead to the automatic heating and ventilating plant, which is in a small brick house outside of the building. The heating plant is to be a modern plenum blower system. The boiler and furnace will be contained in a small fire-proof 36 RICHMOND RODEO building at the rear of the main building, thus avoiding all dirt and fumes, and all possibility of accident or fire in case of explosion. The air is propelled through the building with a large blower located in the basement, and heated by means of steam coils. These coils are placed in the main building, and the air thus heated just previous to entering the rooms. The temperature of each room is automatically regulated. This system guarantees the delivery of enough fresh air to com- pletely change the air in each room every six minutes, and will maintain a temperature of 70 degrees during the coldest of weather. At the head of the stairs leading to the second story, a hall runs parallel with the front of the building. Across this hall, directly opposite the main entrance, is the Principal’s office. This is divided by folding doors into a general reception room and a private office, with fireplace and book-cases. On either side, opening into the hall, are locker rooms for the students. On this floor are the Mathematics, History, Latin, Greek, Geog- raphy, and English rooms. In all the rooms are book-cases, and in the English and history rooms a foot of burlap map-board extends around the walls at the top of the black-boards for pictures and maps. At both ends of the hall toward the rear of the building, stairways lead to the first and third floors. On the third floor are the assembly-hall, drawing-room, commercial rooms, library, a teachers’ room, and lockers. The commercial and typewriting rooms, occupying one end of the floor, are separated by a glass partition. The drawing-room has a skylight and rows of windows in both outside walls. At one end of the assembly hall is a stage with dressing-rooms. The library, back of the assembly hall, is separated from it only by pillars and a beamed arch; so that, when the folding doors of the drawing-room are pushed back, the drawing-room, the library, and the assembly hall are thrown into one large room which will seat about eight hundred people. The roof is a seven-ply, tar and gravel roof, surrounded 37 RICHMOND RODEO by an ornamental railing. All cornices, with other ornamental exterior work, drain pipes, and gutters are of sixteen-ounce copper. The entire building is lighted with both gas and elec- tricity. All the walls are tinted and have a wainscoting of hard plaster. The woodwork throughout is of Oregon pine with a wax finish of dark brown. All the exterior doors of the building are copper-lined. The stairways are lined with steel, and the floors are of Eastern maple over cement, so that the structure is thoroughly fire-proof. THE DEBATING SOCIETY Our debating society was organized October 15, 1907. Under the management of Tsar Calfee, the President, debates have been held at regular intervals of two weeks. About March 10th, the program was varied by a mock trial. The membership of the Senate includes about one-fourth of the school. RICHMOND RODEO Mr. Marshall: You are mistaken in thinking a man’s suit cut down makes you look larger and older. Get a youth’s suit, about a ten year old size, and you will look ‘‘classy’’ in it. Miss Campbell: From the brief description you have given us of your family, we think you have exceptional advantages as an entertainer. Be sure to begin and end every conversa- tion with some incident about the Campbells. By following this advice you can’t fail to be popular. Miss Osborne: You say you have dieted, and exercised by playing basket-ball two hours daily, and yet are gaining at the rate of two pounds a week. There is nothing left for you to do but to take Anti-Fat. Mr. Wright: Don’t hesitate about dyeing your light cor- duroy trousers. A seal brown would probably be the best color to try. Miss Slover: We received your latest photograph the early part of the week. Although your friend, Mr. B, thinks the 39 RICHMOND RODEO shape of your head is shown to better advantage with your hair up, we think it makes you look a trifle old. Try curling your hair on the sides and wearing it low on the neck. This should be very becoming to you. Miss Butterfield: Yards and yards of baby ribbon made into a rosette would be very attractive worn on the side of your hair. Miss Norton: Don’t worry because your hair is too short to wear Grecian. That can be easily remedied, for good switches, guaranteed a perfect match, can be bought at any hair store for $1.00 and upwards. Mr. Calfee: Loose, baggy trousers are still the latest in London and Paris. You can’t make a mistake in having your tailor make your next pair in this style. Miss Pritchard: Don’t be so alarmed because your hair isn’t fluffy and won’t stay in curl. You can either wear a rat, or, what is much better and later, puffs. Miss Trull: Literary people are often very plain and even eccentric in their dress, but we are pleased to know you are the opposite. Since you have such pretty hair, wear it as fluffy as possible and don’t be sparing in the amount of ribbon used in your bows—I say bows, for. always wear at least two. Miss Roth: As you are a good dancer we see no reason why you should not succeed as an instructor of this art. Miss Glover: Yes, accompanying the chorus in the Rich- mond Union High School is certainly a step to something higher. Mr. Smallwood: You are right in indulging freely in all athletic sports in spite of your appendicitis. Your mother and the doctor are quite wrong in objecting. Mr. Fernald: I would not advise too much familiarity with young ladies, as it might cause you to neglect your studies. 40 RICHMOND RODEO FRESHIE. RHYMES Gas STANDS for Anna and Angela, too, oF e To these Freshie girls we’ll introduce you. iB) B for Jean Bartholomew, that bright, bonny lass, A popular maiden of this brilliant class. C stands for Campbell, also called ‘‘Dunc,’’ Who sometimes recites, but more often does flunk. D is for Duncan, who is also a Dunning, An artist, a writer, and really quite stunning. His sister, Miss Annabel, a sweet little lass, May safely be called a ‘‘wiz’’ of this class. E for the Blizabeths, one stately and tall, The other demure and inclined to be small. F is for Flossie and also for Flannigan, Whose favorite ragtime’s ‘‘Waltz me around again.”’ G stands for Gladys and Gertrude, as well, These two brown-eyed maids, the fashions do tell. His for Hoffman, cur Knickerbocker lad, To see him in long trousers this class would be glad. I is Irene, with Woods her last name, Whose studious habits will surely bring fame. J stands for Joseph, a notable blonde, Of his coal-black tresses the girls are quite fond. K is the Kirk that stands on the hill, Where on Sunday our Freshies retreat with a will. L. stands for Lipp, who likes ball playing, He also likes girls—that goes without saying. M is for Mary, so tiny and sweet, It does your heart good Miss Casey to meet. N is for Nystrom, his first name is Bill, On the baseball field he surely shows skill. O stands for Oil, the wealth of our town, G 5 (a9 yy ¢ ef) 4| RICHMOND RODEO May the great Standard Oil always spread our renown. P stands for Miss Perrault and Miss Powers, too, The one of many words, the other, of few. Q is a query now open to all, R stands for Rena and also for Rose, Both pretty girls, as every one knows. S is for Silva and San Pablo, too, Of musical fame, his dream will come true. T for Miss Trautvetter, a Freshie belle, That ‘‘some one’’ likes her is easy to tell. U stands for ‘‘U’’ who are reading this rot, If you had any sense you’d quit on the spot. V is for Virginia, who is also a Griffin, When it comes to knowledge she’s surely a pippin. W for Wilda, Miss Galbraith, so short, We'll josh her a little, just for the sport. X does for ‘‘Exes’’ we all like so well, When they’ll be sprung, no one can tell. Y is for youth which all the girls claim, When Tucker slams doors, why doesn’t the school fall? Tis a pity you boys don’t do the same. Z is for Zeus, who was as free with his thunders As we, poor Freshies, have been with our blunders. WVALl TIVELEyNSVae CONTRA COSTA (Opposite Shore) A Sonnet. Contra Costa, purple, shimmering land, Thou rendezvous of romance and of crime, Of love, and hate, and greed, in Spanish time. Dominion first of wandering Indian band, Too indolent by far to till thy land, Who ate thy fruits, basked in thy sunny clime, And probed at need for shell-fish in the slime Along thy marshes and along thy strand. But, Contra Costa, now that day has passed. The God of Industry has stamped on thee, The signet of his will and of thy fate. Commerce his slaves has sent with smooth reel fast, To bear thy produce far across the sea, Till all marts from thee shall eradite. —BUFORD WRIGHT. 43 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Abbott, Dr. C. L. Barney, Dr. H. N. Belding, W. F. Bell Transfer and Livery Blake, Dr. C. R. Cozy, The Critchett Hotel Cruickshank, Jas. Davis, J.J... Dearborn, I. L. Decker, J. Henry Follett, G. A.. Grady, W. D. Hub, The Hughes Bros. Lang Drug Co. Mechanics Bank O’Brien, Dr. E. W. Pulse Bros. Renacre, Geo. Bails Richmond Daily Leader Richmond Light Power Co. Richmond Pharmacy Schapiro, B. Co. Schram, Fred C. Smallwood, E. B. + Standard Drug Co. Stone Smith Weber, C. F. Co. Whitaker-Ray Co. Wright, J.W. Co. A. Cornerstone IL OE LI CR EG ALE of useful information to the student may be obtained by a visit to our Stationery Department Writing Tablets Pencils Pens Ink Erasers Most complete line in the city Standard Drug Co. E. F. MARTIN, Prop. Washington Ave. Tel. 2551 Office Phone Res. Phone 1101 1651 Richmond Mercantile Union Collections egy Prompt Returns on all Bills 39 Washington Ave. SAR i ee POINT RICHMOND RICHMOND PHARMACY 218 Macdonald Ave. Drugs Sundries Stationery Physicians Prescriptions Richmond, Cal. PHONE 1131 E. B. Smallwood FURNITURE CARPETS BEDDINGS ee Stoves, Agate and Tinware 706 MACDONALD AVE. Philpott Dry Goods Co. HE PROGRESSIVE DEALERS in Staple and Fancy Furnishing Goods and Millinery. Agency for Stephen Bros. of Chicago for Ladies fine Suits and Skirts. A full line of their samples in stock. A Perfect Fit Guaranteed. Agency for Ed. V. Price Co. and Ullman Co. of Chicago for Men’s Fine Suits, Tailor made. 800 Samples to Select from. We solicit your inspection. . ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED Thanking a generous public we are here to serve your interest 730 Macdonald Philpott Dry Goods Co. CAMPBELL IS IT. L D Campbell is a scrapper of Richmond |. L. Dearborn sigh, He struts around with a pugilistic h eye; AX When he looks at a girl it is all day with her, For she can’t help but stick to 1 “Dunkie’”’ like a burr. General iNerchandise In debating he’s a Patrick Hener-y, Cee¥ And current events suit him to a % st The teachers are quelled by his lightning-like glance, No. 708 Macdonald Ave. Wspecially since his muchness wears peg-top pants, Richmond, Cal. And at athletic games he’s up to the drink; A right manly looking chap—lI don’t think. Phone Main 401 THE HUB POINTE RICHMOND CLOTHING HATS GENTS’ FURNISHINGS SHOES Point Richmond’s Largest and Best Store for Men Is your Property Protected If not see FRED C. SCHRAM CO. For Mnsurance in the most reliable companies operating on the Pacific Coast 222 Macdonald Ave. Phone Main 361 Foreign and Domestic Dry and Fancy. Renacre ae {| Ladies’ Waists and Skirts, Hosiery, the § Royal Worcester Corsets, Corset Waist Wrappers, Comforters, Blankets, Lace § | Curtains, Men’s Union Made Overalls 3 and Shirts, Sox and Underwear, Gloves, Etc. | Prices Guaranteed as low as anywhere on the Coast Pt. Richmond, Cal. iain JUST A JOSH. | LANG DRUG Campbell, recalling the coal fam- COMPANY ine, remarked that it was a good thing. ; Lipp: How’s that?” 5 j : Manufacturing Chemists and Druggists me fill the coal box because coal was paeceermtesat Aborted a — ) — data so high-priced. He was afraid I hs ee would waste it.’’ Campbell: ‘“‘My dad wouldn’t let Dealers in Drugs, Stationery, Trusses, Crutches, Cutlery, Barber Supplies Eastman Kodaks, Photo Sup- ie plies, Developing, the recent explosion at the powder Printing Calfee reciting in English during works. Miss Bell: ‘‘Mr. Calfee, please re- Prescriptions ba Specialty peat, as we missed the force of that.”’ Public Telephone Pay Station 224 Richmond Ave. Phone Main 21 HUGHES BROS. Furniture Sy Houses furnished complete at lowest prices. Stoves, Ranges and Agate Ware UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS Coroner’s Office — RY y PA SPAT AOS RO OSS i a y a V oh Bo me Sod , J. D a 1s DEALER IN : Wood, Coal, oa | F a) ae Cransfer Cement aid Plaster | and Office Phone 1471 610 Macdonald Ave Erpress Office Phone 1982 214 Richmond Ave. Barn Phone 2251 a 16th and Macdonald Ave. oa Res. Phone 1402 ort Nevin pal 227 Nevin LY uk te Richmond, Calif. RA RN Ie | ae You Never Tasted... Beefsteaks more delicious, nor roasts more toothsome, than those that are being served up to our customiers daily. We buy only first-class meats. Get that next Roast at our market and be convinced Standard and Richmond Markets “The Place where price and quality meets” O. R. LUDEWIG, PROP. Phone your order to Main 223 or 2062. Our Electric Iron||| THE “COZY” $5.75 pepsin ern 148 Washington Ave. Pt. Richmond [s a combination of the best ma- terials assembled by compe- tent workmen in one of the larg- est and best factories in the world. They save many steps for the housewife, are economical in op- Manufacture Their Own eration, and are indespensible on Sronimg day, Anyone of the 175 Candies Fresh Every Day users here in Richmond will tell you why you need one. @ Phone 171 foriron on trial . pe itis Pioneer Electric Construction || | tce Cream of all kinds and Company Water Ices always on hand CHAS. M. CONCANNON, Mgr. 316-318 Macdonald7Ave. Phone 651 On Long Beach, Washington's Birthday, near Richmond Terrace Sixty-six thousand dollars is paid monthly to Richmond Standard Oil employes. Six hundred millions is the combined capital of the various corporations doing business within her gates. Visit Richmond Terrace The ideal residence location on San Francisco bay. It commands an unexce!led Marine view. Has a sheltered position free from winds and fogs. Has the finest SAND BEACH on the entire bay. Has broad boulevards and cliff drives, and will shortly have a scenic railway circling its en- tire length. All improvements are now being installed. Street grading, cement sidewalks, sewers, etc. Richmond Terrace offers the best to investors. Richmond Terrace offers the choicest to home seekers Lets sold on easy terms. Maps, circulars and information from-- JOHN NICHOLL COMPANY Owners Richmond Terrace 304 Richmond Avenue, Point Richmond, Cal. Stone Smith Axchitects 406 KEARNY ST. SAN FRANCISCO School Alrehitecture Our Soecitalay Richmond Union High School d s Building was Designed by u in addition to over 100 school build- ings in California ee iglesia May Ist Opens the Fishing Season this year, but our line of tackle is now to be seen in our windows and circulars on our special inducement can now be had for the asking. If you are to use tackle this year it will pay you to call and see us. Bancaster Lancaster 109 San Pablo Avenue - At Fifteenth JUST A JOSH. Girls visiting Miss Bell while she Jones Adkison was ill with the mumps. . = Miss Bell: “Oh! Don’t I look horrid?” Miss Butterfield (innocently): Richmond’s Dry “Why I can’t see any difference.’’ Goods and Shoe Store Mr. Tucker (in Geometry): ‘‘Give an example of a piane surface.”’ EXCLUSIVE AGENTS Miss Campbell: ‘‘A mirror.”’ FOR QUEEN QUALITY Miss Pricchard is missing her call- ing by not being a mathematician, AND jor even in her Latin work she ex- PACKARD SHOES presses kerself in geometrical terms. Miss Peterson: ‘‘Explain the con- Steen ot inna ei ee Ne struction of portare.” (A comple- MCCALL PATTERNS mentary infinitive.) SSR NY TRC SUR RTT Ri Miss Pritchard: “A supplement- 226 Macdonald Avenue arv iniinitive.”’ Phone 2561 W. D. GRADY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 222 Richmond Ave. Pt. Richmond JAS. CRUICKSHANK CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Phone 201 336 Richmond Ave. Sundays and Evenings by appointment Graduate U. of C. DR. E. W. O'BRIEN DENTIST Over Bank of Richmond Point Richmond GOAS FORTE CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Phone Main 2031 : : : : Richmond, Calif. Telephone 3662 DR. J. HENRY DECKER DENTIST 123 Cottage Avenue Practitioner 30 years Opposite Dr. Abbott's Residence DR COL ABBOT TE . PHYSICIAN and SURGEON sss Residence: 106 Sante Fe Ave. LS AA A TT ONES NR AS SARIN SUP Shs Se eben sucess So A A CS A Re RN CNL NS AER se ena eee: HAWLEY N. BARNEY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office Hours: 154 WASHINGTON AVE. 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. POINT RICHMOND Phone Main 252 SS RA AS Telephone Black 771 DR. C. R. BLAKE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON LIQUOR AND DRUG ADDICTION : A SPECIALTY Office-Residence 310 Ohio St. opp. Maple Hall Hours: 8 to 9:30 A.M., 2 to 4; 6 to 7:30 P.M. RICHMOND, CAL. P.O. Atchison, Cal. xii LA SELLE-BARTHOLOMEW CO. Dealers in all kinds of FURNITURE, STOVES KITCHEN UTENSILS CARPETS, MATTINGS Lace Curtains, Window Shades, Trunks, Suit Cases, Go Bags, etc. Phone Blk. 1471 406. MACDONALD AVENUE Bell Transfer and Livery Stable Stylish Rigs Copy Horses Boarded by the day, week or month Woodward Bros,, Props. Phone Black 1451 Day Phone Black 77 Night 1146 South 7th St., nr. Macdonald Ave. Richmond Light Power Co. — For Power or Lighting Phone 1152-142 Washington Avenue The home of Sid Llewelyn good accomodations Prop. Hotel Critchett Cor. Richmond and Washington Aves. ut PT. RICHMOND Calif. “Everything for Schools” FURNITURE BLACK BOARDS, MAPS CHARTS AND GLOBES School - Library - Reference Teachers’ - Catalogues on Application THE WHITAKER-RAY CO. 141 Grove St, San Francisco GLOBES... There is nothing more useful, at- tractive and interesting in the home, library or school, than a good globe. We make them in all sizes, and at all prices. From 50c up. Write for illustrations and prices We are headquarters for School Furniture, School Supplies, Church, Theatre, Hall Bank and Lodge Furn- iture. ee fa eer es SS _ TP C.F. Weber Co. 1151 Polk St. 210-212 N. Main St. San Francisco Los Angeles, Cal. PULSE BROS. Richmond's Leading Grocers The place for those who want the best at the nght price 6th and Macdonald Avenue Phone Main 1351 Lots 50x120. Magnificent View. $100 and upwards 39 WASHINGTON AVENUE The DV eckane: Bank RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA Wall P aper and Pain ts Linnell can sell you Wall Paper, Paint, Shades, Picture Moulding, Varnishes, Lincrusta Burlap, Sanitus --in fact anything in the Painting and Decorating Line cheaper than any- body. DON’T FORGET IT q A Stock of 700 patterns of Wall Paper to pick from and the--- Latest Designs and Colorings from 3c per roll up. Linnell’s Paint Paper Store 1301-10th St., Richmond, Cal. JUST A JOSH. Mr. Tucker: ‘I am looking for a brand for our paper, and any one furnishing one will receive a ticket to Idora Park and will be given a holiday.”’ Miss Flanagan: “Oh! Will an escort be furnished also?” Miss Bell (in Latin 1): “Mr. Toffman, please pronounce ‘lace.’ ”’ Mr. Hoffman: ‘ ‘I-key.’ THE. a RETA SRT On Pe al ia ars gE ie PRINTING for Particular People has given our Job Plant the reputation of doing High Grade work @ There is no shop on the East side of the bay better fitted to fill the wants of the people, and there are none superior Has the largest circulation and more news than any other paper in Contra Costa County. 40 cents per month Wer Fi Bader a OF SAN PABLO, CALAF. @ Has sold and delivered General Merchandise in the Richmond Union High School District . . For Twenty- Three Years and is Still in the Ring Do not trade with him unless you want the Best ee RICHMOND LECTION | ' ater hem See EMERIC SUBDIVISION at | Hees bs + BiMERIC is the finest residence tract at RICHMOND. Rmeric will have graded streets, cement sidewalks, redwood curbs, and city water, all this ‘work being now under way. We want the people of Richmond to see what we are offering the public. Meet our Free Observation Cars at Macdonald Ave. and S. P. depot, at 12:30 P. M. every Snnday and spend the day at EMERIC. Lots from $175.00 up---$25.00 cash, $5 per mew El3 F taxes, no interest. $5.00 Per Month Starts You. ‘‘Real estate is the best invest- ment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than all other causes combined. To speculate in stocks is risky, and even danger- ous, but when you buy real estate you are buying an inheritance.”’ —WM. JENNINGS BRYAN ‘The wise young man or wage earner, of today invests his money in real estate—suburban real es- tate.” —ANDREW CARNEGIE ‘Every person who invests in well selected real estate ina grow- ing section of a prosperous com- munity adopts the surest and saf- est method of becoming independ- ent, for real estate is the basis of all wealth. te 45 —PRES. ROOSEVELT ‘“‘No investment on earth is so safe, so sure,.so certain to enrich its owner as undeveloped realty. . I always advise my friends to place their savings in realty near some growing city. There is no such — savings bank anywhere.’’ _ —EX-PRES. CLEVELAND. +. Ud. Wright Co. 125 and 127 Sutter St., SAN FRANCISCO Telephone Douglas 1980 1822 Macdonald Ave. ° RICHMOND ‘ ' ; L. W. COFFEE, MANAGER NUNOUNI 3 1143 00935 5000 PRESS OF DAILY LEADER RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA