Show 1 I H zt LOSSES It IL will vIii J not be by impossible to restore a all ll the lie buildings that were wele lost In Iii tho the S San am Fn cl Francisco co earthquake RII and amid Ch b bl hut but ut there are arc lost libra rips s which nothing noth noth- ing InS l ug can replace Perhaps the tue most s si striking Instance of or his this sort port of or loss lossis i is s that hUh which fell fel upon the tIme Argonaut T That hat we weekly journal joural has lias for many y years ea rs been recognized wherever cr the English language langua c has been beci spoken as ns asa a type of the time best In American literature litera litera- ture tUC ui-c ui and ant comment Aside from the thelan im lan many gr great at names that hut have ha e adorned l its Is fl s pages lages ant and been made malle great cat by ty t that hat adorning thc the Argonaut has o J-o o consistently c sustained the hl high h tone tomb of or oral a all al ll that Is good sool and genuine in him Amer Amner- AmerIcan American ican le an literature that hat it had bad been hoped it its Is s flies files fes and library would woul be he saved T That hat did lid not happen These proper proper- t ies were wele lost lost In prudent anticipation of or peril pell u rom roin a big fire the Argonaut management manage manage- i m ment eat had four foul sets of complete files I a and nd these were vero distributed in ut widely s parts of or the lie cl city one b being I f far ar awa away to tho lie troubled never l west t But lUl they I Ial al all went Every E one ne I Is burned or Of course bul building Pl s I m i a p COs Ii t nc- nc c counts and records fro from r nt mauri J l nun t thirty ty years CaS of honorable ble business the furniture an and amid stock lock on hand nil all al was l lost ost The library of or the Argonaut At has lias ha been famous among men much and women who appreciate thc these here e things Chief Chief- Chic Chic- est cst of its is charms perhaps was vas the tho thirty volumes of collected poetry i mostly by liy American authors Seem Scores of the names are arc unknown to lo the vid rid est cst readers but the he verses aro are strictly fine That collection carefully arranged arwas ar ar- arranged ar- ar ranged was the biggest monument to American letters that has ever e been heen at attempted attempted at- at tempted by man It IL I saved much that otherwise w were re lost and It saved nothing that did not nol deserve to be lo lost t Well tl thos-e thos e thirty volumes together with wih a fifth set et of files Ces for the Argonaut Argonaut Argonaut Ar Ar- had hat been boxed Upi and amid prepared prepared pre pre- pared for fOl shipment clear out of the theet et to the tw cO country home of the edl- edl t I A trucking firm had tu taken ken the contract to han handle le the lie boxes boxe All AI packed and waiting wailing on un the nl night hl before the earthquake In Jim the mornIng mornIng morn morn- Ing the they would have ha e gone sune to h the boat for fOl removal i al In li the morning the eat earthquake came caine lid and then the tire fire fre The fifth fifth not Let Ht of o files mes and all aU those thirty volumes of poetry were utterly destroyed ed And nd iid one olie day ilay last st week lie tho teaming company sent In Its Is bill bil It I is the suii-e suii atre imaginable II It I Is 15 the saddest story lol of or the Cre fire In greater measure c than thun anything lung els else ele e of which we ha have read this tills is a lo loss iosa that cannot be repaired |