Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman and Company, 1907 |
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Page 478
... Spreckels family : In the early days , it is said , when the Spreckels started the Val- ley Railroad , a line in the San Joaquin Valley , California , they ( the Spreckelses ) " roped in " the local Californians by the ostensible and ...
... Spreckels family : In the early days , it is said , when the Spreckels started the Val- ley Railroad , a line in the San Joaquin Valley , California , they ( the Spreckelses ) " roped in " the local Californians by the ostensible and ...
Page 479
... Spreckels has taken an active interest in the downfall of the Ruef - Schmitz gang of corrupt officials . He then conceived the campaign which has resulted in the most startling disclo- sures in American municipalities , and will perhaps ...
... Spreckels has taken an active interest in the downfall of the Ruef - Schmitz gang of corrupt officials . He then conceived the campaign which has resulted in the most startling disclo- sures in American municipalities , and will perhaps ...
Page 481
... Spreckels ' purposes until I had made an investigation as to the possible gain and the events that lead to his taking his present belligerent posi- tion . I have come to the inevitable con- clusion that he is thoroughly honest , and ...
... Spreckels ' purposes until I had made an investigation as to the possible gain and the events that lead to his taking his present belligerent posi- tion . I have come to the inevitable con- clusion that he is thoroughly honest , and ...
Contents
HON EDWARD ROBESON TAYLORA PERSONAL | 9 |
TANGENT OF A TIFF | 77 |
ADMONITION Verse | 79 |
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