Show fairfield fan field wis oct 17 the residence of C T smith was burned this morning in two small children perished in the flames the largest dam in the word is to be built mccross the upper end of the san mateo canon callon about tour four miles west of the village ot san mateo matea california the dam will consist of a solid wall of concrete from hillside to hillside the measurements doing being 00 feet long feet high feet thick at the tha base and 20 feet thick at the top the vast vast reservoir which will wil be formed by the construction of this dam will have the enormous capacity ot of thirty two million gallons and at a future time will be connected san francisco watershed by a tobiel five miles long 3 A conscientious exchange tells a story on a green farm band who was sent out to tho th pasture to salt a calf he took about a quart quarton of salt and rubbed it thoroughly into the poor brutes hair bair it was pursued by the other cattle and some colts colte and licked until the hair and hide were nearly nearl off the farmer bould not conee concede kye what had bad happened until the band explained that mayee maybe he be put too salt on him |