18923 Men of Public Spirit 



In Sacramento labored three men conspicuous 

 for their breadth of mind and intelligent interest 

 in public affairs. These were Harris Weinstock, A Sacra- 

 David Lubin, and Albert Bonnheim. When I mfntot 

 made their acquaintance, they represented the firm 

 of Weinstock, Lubin & Co., a great distributing 

 department store. Mr. Weinstock is the author of 

 an excellent book, 'Jesus the Jew" -an attempt 

 to portray Jesus as seen from the standpoint of a 

 cultured Hebrew. To this, at his request, I wrote 

 an introductory* note. David Lubin was deeply 

 absorbed in the problems of the farmer, and ulti- 

 mately developed at Rome, with the sympathetic 

 cooperation of Victor Emanuel II, the International 

 Institute of Agriculture, to which he devoted life 

 and means. Albert Bonnheim I came to know 

 best as the friend of struggling students. Through 

 his generosity a number of young men and women 

 at Stanford and the University of California were 

 quietly helped to continue their education. 



Outstanding figures in northern California were The 

 General and Mrs. John Bidwell of Chico, owners Bidwells 

 of the famous Rancho Chico and intimate friends 

 of the Stanfords. Both were noted for their large- 

 hearted hospitality, public spirit, and devotion to 

 the common good. Mrs. Bidwell, who survived her 

 husband by many years, busied herself among 

 other activities with the cause of temperance and 

 that of equal suffrage. 



In a wholly different category, but too extraor- 

 dinary a figure to be easily overlooked in any dis- 

 cussion of the period with which I am now deal- 

 ing, was one : 'Peralta-Reavis" -originally James 



