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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

be rehabilitatsd; them the H.gun
building, on the corner OF Third tAs
exact ight OF which has not yse bean
determined.
The Call building stands as ~ a.
the most notable landmark ana the
center about which the city hRs been
rehabilitated. The CaI annex, the
Kamm, the new Paul Bancroft busN6fn6
the Bulletin. the towering HumboldE
savings bank. the Pacific butldfng ~
the corner of Fourth. beyond that ne
Emporium and on the corner Of E1ffh
is the school property for which capt
talists are now wing to obtain 20
year lease. so that they can anord to
erect handsome structure
On the other side Of the street a
each gore n now standing. or bsAnR
erected. . building to match thasn.
Beginning with the Union Trust onm-
pany and Crocker buildings. Ak MonAs
Eomery street, next IL the Hyde aUkaen
property, which has been leased - =
across Market the new Flannerv Gen.
crete building, the Mutual gavfngs
bank. the seven story Magse building.
the large leases OF the BankerS In.
vestment company, and across ths wny
at the O'Fsrren street gore, the II
story class A PhslAn building, OCCUPY
ing the whole block. which viii be one
VI tao huccl o9itd1nR9 IN the 1lkY.
At the Ellis street gore fs now In
course OF construction the eight story
class A West bank building. owned BY
the Western national bank Hskwssn
this structure and TIE Jamss Flood
building VIII be tho Columbia hl1fld-
ing, owned by M E1oanor Martin.
and another modKa building 0wnsd ~
E. j. Baldwin A0yoss from IL H7ood
building at the Eddy street BnRo sAs
United Cigar Stores company Wfu sr>oa
building headquarters Cor tthnlr
Pacific coast business The propuEty A
leased from the Edward Barron estate.
Two or three years from now whsu
a stranger comes up Market street
from the ferry, drops on the car as
the entrance to the new Palace and
looks I'D the street at the stately array
of buildings shown IN tho accompany
ing drawing. he Will feel the lifs ana
buoyancy OF Market street. and. II he
knew San Francisco before the dra h
win say that 1t Is the same street with
the same activities, but . mpcb uoRn
splandt6lx hualt thsrougAfARA
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

the street was destroyed and that 1t
could never be the same.
An enumeration Of the buildings left
standing would make it appear that
there were few left to begin on when
the city was burned. There was hardly
wall standing below sansome street.
And above that, half dozen structures
gutted by the fire the Union Trust
building, the CroclSer, the Monadnock.
the Call. the Mutual savings bank and
the Flood buildings. Little else, and all
of these required months of labor to re-
But the street lay as before and
hurrying feN have passed over 1T
steadily. Even In the great exodus
after the fire Market street bore the
whole burden. 1t was Market street
that was first opened up and made safe
to travel. Even before the fire had
stopped and while tho roadway was
blocked with brick walls that had top
pied across, the weary refugees plodded
down its length.
Greater Market Street
1t is only 10 be expected. then. that
the new Market street. at least keep
ing pace with the general tendency to
build UP a greater San Francisco, will
be a more splendid thoroughfare than
the Old. That. in fact. is to be the
case { will\have ell the fine build
ings and fire lsilops of the old street
and innumerable new ones, so many
that the list of them would mean the
description OF every lot from the ferry
for two miles out the street
No more stores could be built than
were formerig on the old street. Every
foot OF space was occupied and a great
or expansc OF plate glass would be inn
possible The only expansion possible IS
in height. Taking the first mile OF the
street there will be an average in
crease in the height of buildings now
completed. building or projected, that
will give twice as much Office room as
before. This means adding an extra
third at least to the life of the street
below, counting tha activities of the
shops and street Offices as one third
Of the entire activity of any particular
block. This all adds to the traffic OF
the street, and increases-tl1e Importance
of Market street by just so much. .
Fully half the property facing on
Market street in its busiest portion Is
owned by large estates. the heirs Of
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

LID Market street was one, of
the broadest, most imposing
business highways In tho
world. AS the main thor
oughfare OF San Francisco, it was the
busiest street west of Broadway, New
York. Even State street, In Chicago.
could not be classed with 1t. For Chi
cago's main highway in its active por-
tion is only few blocks long and is
aptly called the canyon" through
which the stream of Chicago life
passes. But Market street, catching
the full nood OF trafhc through the
Ferry building, sends 1t out from It's
many delta to every portion OF the
town. Practically nothing escapes
Market street, and much Of the life
that rushes up through its lower blocks
passes on straight out toward the Twin
peaks
Some of this flood water OF the city's
life is diverted into the cores to the
right. feeding all the business district
and making great business and bank
ing section, and yet tho tide only
reaches the flood at Third and Mar
lSet streets. the center OF the city. The
cores continue draining to the right,
but many blocks out Market street the
stretm Is still running strong. Back
and forth stream the people Of San
francisco, and at one time or another
most 0t the people Of all western
Au1eriea pass through this tiderip c{
the cfty's life.
On old Market street there were
many slightly buildings: with teening
Offices above and fresh, clean shops on
the street. There were cafes and thea
ters, great stores, tall office buildings
and even wholesale houses encroaching
on few blocks OF the lower portion.
All the city's life centered there.
Visitors to the city after the fre felt
keenly the loss OF life that character
fzed this street. They looked despair
ingiy at the ruin OF the old Palace
hotel, through the portals OF which half
the world had pasted In to the genial
atmosphere of its corridors and lobbies
and into the chambers built ON the
expansive scale that characterized the
whole city. They felt that the spirit Of
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-16

the wealthy men Of San Francisco OF z
generation ago. This fact means that
the owners-fave plenty of money with
which to build, and being in the hands
of trustees, the active management OF
the property finds it necessary to build
well. A trustee can generally pe
counted on to do thing right. ff only
for his own protection.
Big Estate Buildings
The principal buildings on the right
hand side of Market street facing west
begin with the Lichtenstein reinforced
concrete building just completed at the
California street gore Within the next
three blocks are large holdings by the
Fife, Macdonough, Phelan. Wilson, Par
rott, F'reeborn, Head, Hobart and the
Hyde estates. On each one OF the
pieces OF property owned by these es-
tates there is now IN course of con-
struction or projected a substantial
building of credit to the gateway to
the city. Several syndicates of bank
ers. also have holdings in those few
blocks who are building reinforced
concrete and steel structure buildings.
Other large buildings on California.
Pine. Bush and Suffer streets will add
materially TO the substantial appear
ance of that portion OF the city.
On the opposite side of the street in
these lower blocks several estates have
holdings, also some wealthy business
firms. At Market and Bea1e streets
the Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson COM
pany has leased TO a syndicate Within
the next three blocks are holdings Of
the Colnan and Lachmann estates and
the Crocker estate. Mark Sheldon win
have a handsome building at the cor
ner OF First street. and Florence b.
Moore Is erecting a 10 story class A
building on the corner OF Second
The New Palace
At this point begins what will be the
finest solid line OF buildings in western
America. Starting with the Metropolis
savings banks IA story building. on
the site of the old Grand hotel at Mar
ket and New Montgomery. the next is
the new Palace, eight stories, large and
massive, built on the same expansive
scale as the old hotel. with big rooms
and no undue attempt TO save space
after tho manner of most modern
structures. Nest is the Monadnock, the
first large downtown otilcs building 10
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
SEEDING COMMENCED IN
 WESTERN CANADA.
The Prospects for Large Acreage to
 Be Sown in Wheat.

St. Paul, April 24, 1907.-Word has been received at the office of the Canadian Government in St. Paul that seeding has commenced at various points throughout Manitoba, Saskatch- evan and Alberta.
 The heavy snowfall during the past winter has left the ground in splendid shape for successful seeding opera tions. The fine weather of the past few days has taken much of the frost out of the ground and during next week there will scarcely be district in which the seeder is not being oper- ated. The most optimistic conditions exist and in all districts the farmers are busy getting things in shape. There will be a very large acreage sown in spring wheat, oats and barley. At many points throughout the three provinces the newcomers are busy un- loading their stock and effects, work ing night and day in order to get on their farms and become active agen- cies in the effort to make the year 1907 the banner year in grain produc- ing in Western Canada. As compared with districts many hundred miles further south than this, it will be seen that Western Canada ranks amongst the first in the line of seeding opera tions for the present year. It is safe to say that farmers who get in their crop before the 20th or 24th of May, will receive magnificent returns. number of tbose coming in this spring, who had not their land prepared last fall, will break up enough land to get in a crop of oats and barley and prob- ably some flax. This, together with the vegetables they will plant, will give them ample food for themselves and stock during the coming summer and winter. These early seeding oper- ations are not confined to one district, but are spread over a country 300 miles long by 400 miles in width.
 The agents of the Canadian Govern ment, located at different points throughout the United States, are busy giving information regarding the many new districts that are being made available for settlers. Low rail- way rates, information and literature are given on application to the agent, whose name appears in advertisement elsewhere in this paper.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
No Criticism to Make.

Mrs. Ewfa Williams, the English so- ciety leader, talked at dance in New York about the fashion of riding astriG that has taken hold of English eques cieraes.
 Some of our young women, said Mrs. Williams, dress out and out like men They wear a long coat cut like a hunting coat, a cap, riding brooches and top boots. It is handsome cos tune and it is not immodest, but un' doubtedly it attracts q good deal of attention. They have been telling in London lately a story about an Eng, fish girl who has adopted this riding rig. Pulling up her horse one after noon she said to an artisan who was passing: Can you tell me if this is the way to Wareham|
 "The man looked her over carefully. Then he touched his cap in respect ful manner and replied: Yes, miss, yes--you seem to ave got 'em on all right
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
FIRST TO CROSS PACIFIC.
side-Wheel Steamer Aroused Much
 Interest in Japan.

q saw the first steamship flying the American flag that ever crossed the Pacific ocean enter the harbor of Hongkong,' said Frederick R. Ster- ling. a merchant of HOngkong.
 That vessel was the Colorado, and it landed in Hengkong in 1869. It was the first day of January, and there was a big c>owd of people of all nationali- ties to see her. Being a side-wheeler of the old-fashioned type, she was curiosity At the request of Isaac J. Allen, the American consul general, the ship gave an excursion around the island on which the city is situated. I was among the 1200 on board. It was Gald day. Whistles blew people shouted, and numerous small sailing boats and tugs escorted us.
 AS ] remember now. the vessel be- ionged to the Pacific Mail Line and sailed from San Francisco. She made the trip of S,000 miles in 60 days, and when she arrived was in perfect trim and good order. Everybody realized that it means the beginning of tho great development of the Pacific"
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
CANAL ZONE MEN HURT PRIDE OF CONGRESSMAN

The congressional party headed by the speaker believed they had been so badly treated that they had the steward on the steamship prepare their luncheon for them. Each mem ber of the party on the train carried lunch box.
 When the train pulled into Panama Superintendent Beard of the Panama Railroad company had prepared an elaborate luncheon for the members of the speakers party. They went in the dining-room and ate the luncheon, and on leaving the table each mem Der of the party left at his plate the customary price for luncheon. Superintendent Beard found the money on the table, and, as his guests had gone, sent it back to the steamship with curt note that he was not authorized to collect money for the luncheon.
 The Panama commission may have gentlemen in it's offices in Washing ton, but it certainly has none of them at work on the canal,' the speaker is reported to have told Gov. Magoon.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
Washington Day by Day News Gathered Here and There
 at the National Capital
MISS SHONTS WILL NOT
 WED FRENCH NOBLEMAN

WASHINGTON.-The departure of W Theodore P. Shonts, former chairman of the Panama canal con- mission. with his two daughters, for New York, where he is now head of the Metropolitan traction interests, has again revived talk concerning the engagement of Miss Shonts to the Due de Chaulnes.
 If there ever was an engagement it is now off, as Washington society has the story, and the reason for this failure of another international alli- ance is said to be the refusal of Mir. Shonts to grant the ducal demand for a settlement.
 It is accepted here as the correct version of the departure of the duke without a bride that MT Shonts stood firmly for the American idea of mar riage settlements, He is reported to have told De Chaulnes that he would give his daughter a stylish wedding, provide her with a rousseau fit for a princess, and substantial wedding allowance that would keep her in pin money for long time, but to enter into any agreement to settle an in- come on her for life before marriage,
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
FAMlLY'S SKIN TROUBLES.
Eczema, Heat Rash, and Scalp Affec- tions Afflict Different Members,
 But Cuticura Cures Them.

My wife had eczema for five or six years. It was on her face and would come and go. We thought we would give the Cuticura Remedies trial. We did so and she has never had a sign of eczema for four years. l myself used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment some time ago for falling hair. 1 now have a very heavy head of hair We used Cuticura Remedies for our baby, who was nearly bald when young. She has very nice hair now. She is very heshy, and we had so much trouble with heat that we would bathe her with Cuticura Soap and then apply Cuticura Ointment, it would dry the heat up so much quicker than any thing else. Mir. H. B. Springmire, 323 So. Capitol Street, Iowa City, Ia.. July 16, 1905, and Sept. 16, 1906"
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
Fish Story.

Trout protection. Nonsense!" said a gunner of local eminence. Trout are amply able to protect themselves. Look at their depredations among ducks, for example, and you will agree with me that it's the birds that need protection. It's a common thing for a trou: to jump from the water, seize duck by the neck, drag the unfortunate fowl into the depths sufficiently to leave it's feet sticking in the air, where it can get no purchase upon the uni verse, and thus drown it. Then the trout picks the feathers from the bird eats it at it's leisure and swims away out of the jurisdiction of the courts Are there any fishermen? None? Too bad. This would be match for one of their fish stories
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10

Col. Edward Morrell, of Philadelphia. and they have more than dozen sery- ants, with twice that total severa! days week. Over the Fairbanks kitchen now presides John Rock, the chef who was the joy of Levi z. Letter and his friends.
 Rock has so much money to spend that he gains precedence in the mar ket over Pinckney, the buyer for the White House. Fairbanks has given his man a free hand to stock the pan try with the choicest luXuries, and just what this means may be gathered from the fact that at two receptions nearly 1000 guests partook of a buff fet supper at which tarrapin, every kind of shell fish and the finest i'm ported wines were served. Lavish ness is the keynote of the Fairbanks establishment, and to her regular en- tertainments Mrs. Fairbanks now has added frequent and large theater par ties.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10

THE real reason for the estrange- ment between Speaker Cannon, eight other members of the con gressional party and the canal zone officials was not because of the quar- antine regulations but because Speak CT Cannon and his party did not be- lieve they were properly treated.
 When the steamship on which the Speaker and his party were arrived at Colon the men who are digging the canal and caring for the canal zone did not cT1n send a rowboat out to meot them. The party boarded a train at Colon, going to Panama and after it had started and was nearing Culebra cut Speaker Cannon went strolling through the coach ahead In it he found Chief Engineer Stevens, who recognized him and talked with him few minutes.
 Well, good-by,' the chief engineer said, waving his hand, as the train approached Culebra cut. This is where l get off
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
PUT RELIGIOUS nu7Y SECOND.
Stern Laws of Business Come First,
 Says Austrian Court.

An interesting case at law, which centered on the observance of an old Jewish custom was decided in Vienna recently. A merchant, says the Ameri- can Israelite, discharged clerk ol ac count of slect of duty. Among the charges against him was that he came to the store late in the morning be- cause he attended service at the syna- gogue in order to say Kaddish-the prayer for the dead-for his father. The clerk argued that it was his privi- lege and his duty to say the prayer for his departed father, while the mer- chant, who was also a religious man, maintained that If Moses had known that man had to pay 5000 gulden a year rent Le would have made differ ent laws" The judge would not allow such an argument, but decided in fa- Vbr of the merchant, because the daily attendance at the synagogue could not be considered the right of the clerk without the consent of the employer"
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
Cable Aids Weather. Reports.

The completion of the submarine cable under construction between Ice land and the Shetland islands is ex- pected to afford facilities for great extension of the area covered by the existing system of. weather prediction.
 Iceland in the winter time occupies about the center of the Atlantic low pressure, or storm area, and the ab- sence of telegraphic communication with that island hitherto has prevent ed the collection of information of great value to meteorology.
 By utilizing the Iceland cable and the reports from the Central Physical observatory at St. Petersburg, cover ing the vast stretch of Siberia, the United States weather bureau hopes hereafter to possess a knowledge of the state of the atmosphere completely around the earth in the northern hem isphere, a fact of great importance in long-period weather forecasting.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
FAIRBANKS AMBITION OPENS HIS POCKETBOOK

MYTH a presidential bee buzzing " merrily in his bonnet, Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks has entered on a. so- cial campaign that has made the whole capital rub it's eyes in surprise and wonder at his extravaganza.
 Since the Fairbanks weather eye was fixed steadily on the White House the expenses of the family, it is said, have jumped from $30,000 to $100000. Mrs Fairbanks now is one of the most popular hostesses in Washing ton. and from the occasional recep- tions of two years ago has developed to two formal affairs week.
 Formerly the Fairbankses lived in modest house at Eighteenth and Mass achusetts avenues, the rent of which was S, 900 a year. Then they had only five servants in all, and they were without a carriage, hiring a ye hicle whenever needed. Now they pay $12,000 year for the mansion of
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
ITO HAVE the proper and legitimate

ITO HAVE the proper and legitimate ! expenses of national campaigns paid from the national treasury for the different political parties, and to permit in presidential campaigns only a closely limited use of money other than that drawn from the public funds, is the striking project which the president has in his mind as means of purifying national politics and preventing improper use of money drawn from improper sources.
 There has been much doubt wheth- CT the scheme of publicity, after cleo ton, of campaign expenditures would be very effective. Practical politi- clans have protested that it is locking the barn after the horse is stolen.
 It would be required, of course that all money should be carefully accounted for vouchers should be made and carefully audited, and the purposes for which it could be used would be limited to speaking, literature and or ganization.
 It is understood that the amount made available from the public treas ury would be apportioned among the parties on some such basis as the rel ative votes boiled at the last preced- ing national election. This would let in the small parties for their share.
 Politicians regard the scheme aa Utopian, but are not at all certain whether it could be defeated if seri- ously presented to congress by the president.
 The president has not developed de- tails of the plan, and may be con. v:aced yet of it's practicability, but he has talked of it with much inter- ek,, and is thus far disposed to re-
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
this he would not do.

this he would not do.
 Personally the head of the Shonts household wants to see his daughter happily married, and, if he had any objections to the French noblemah, was willing to put them aside if Miss Shonts was satisfied with the duke. So, according to some of the wise ones, the match will never come off, as the duke is reported to need the money" for while he is long on lineage and incumbered estates, he is short on cash.
 To all appearances the two young people are really in love. But what can a duke and duchess do without sufficient means to keep up their end of the social gamer" asks Washington society. Still, some believe the young people may yet decide to marry with out the settlement and take their chances on papa's determination not to rehabilitate the De Chaulnes es- tates.
 While in New York the Misses Shonts will help their father in select ing home for the family, to which they will move from here some time early in June.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-10
Money for Y. Nj. C, A.

.. The raising Of s70000 in one day by the Y. M. c. A. of Ottawa, Ont, broke all records that have been made by the associations in their building can vases, in which $5,000000 has been secured in the last two years. Re- gently the Ottawa association set out to raise $2o0,000 in I5 days. It re- ceived pledges for $203.359. On the last day of the campaign 1,500 people pledged $70,000.