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10000 acre ranches on our beautiful san
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AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the matter of the petition of ALDEN
ANDERSON, Superintendent OF Banks OF the
State OF California. for an order OF sale of
certain personal property OF the Union State
Bank a corporation now in process OF uqul-
dalton under Section 1856 OF the Bank Act''
OF the State of California:
Notice is hereby given that under and pur-
suant to an order OF the Superior Court OF
the State Of California. in and for the City
and County OF San Francisco, State OF Call
fornia. duly made and entered herein on the
nth day OF August, 1909. in the above en-
titled proceeding, the undersigned will sell
at public sale sto the highest bidder. for cash,
on Monday, the 30th day of August 1909, al
IL m. to be held at the present location OF
The Union State Bank at 691 Market st. In
said city and county, the following personal
property, to wit: The unexpired term OF the
lease of premises now occupied by The Union
State Bank, at 691 Market ST., San Francisco,
California, together with the furniture, N.
lures, safe deposit vault and boxes owned by
said bank and located said premises.
ALDEN ANDERSON,
Superintendent of Banks OF the State OF Cali
fornia.
Dated August II. 1909.
FIVE days after this date we win not be re
sDOnsib1e for claims against the Imperial res
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Board of state Harbor Commissioners.
W. b. THORPE Secretary.
August 10. 1909.

NOTICE OF LEASING SEAwALL LOT.
Notice is hereby given that bids will be
received and opened by the Board OF State
Harbor Commissioners at their office room No
ie. in the Union Depot and Ferry House. foot
Of Market street, in the City and County of San
Francisco. State OF California, at the hour OF
10 O'clock a. m Wednesday, the Sth day
of September. 1902 for letting or leasing by
said Board of part Of Seawall Lot No. a. des-
gnated as Subdivision b.. Said seawall lot
is situated the waterfront of the city and
county of San Francisco. and Is bounded by
King Berry Second and East streets.
Said property will be let to the highest and
best bidder for term not exceeding twenty
Ave f25) years, subject. however. to the power
of the Board to reject any and all bids, and
In accordance with printed terms and conditions
Of lease to which reference IS hereby made,
which are on file In the office of the Secre-
tarv of the Board copies OF which will be
furnished bidders on application TO said Secre-
tary. Reference Is also. hereby made to said
more particular description OF said part OF
Seawali Lot No. "a, designated as "Subdi-
bids must set forth the purposes for which
said lot shall be used and the bidder must
agree that the statement OF bis bid. II the
lease is awarded to him. shall be embodied In
said lease, and he must also agree that said
lot shall be used only for the purposes set
- w. v. STAFFORD.
W. E. DENNIsON.
p. s. TELLER
Board Of state Harbor Commissioner
w. b. THORPE. Secretary.
August 10. 1909.
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AN EXTRAORDINARY BARGAIN.
Only s21, 800; Bank Mortgage 81, 900.
Rents $3.50 per month.

The finest apartment house in the city; :
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most perfectly planned. constructed and equip
ped apartment house in the city: situated near
California and Taylor SITS. Phone Market 5S2.
DAVIDSON & LEIGH. 1855 Market ST.
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BUTTE COUNTY FARMS am subdividing ny
2.7o0 acre ranch near Chico t12.ooO inhabit-
ants), Sacramento valley. High class land.
Adjacent to governments National Plant intro
ductfcn Gardens. Free water right: electric
and two steam railroads within nile. Fruits.
vegetables. 6airyinS alfalfa. pay $50 70 $500
per acre For photographs attested BY notary
and complete information. address JUDO
CHAS. T. LOTT, 500 Union Trust bldg. san
Francisco. or 500 Bird St. Oroville Cal
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NOTICE-DO you want a CONFECTIONERY
STORE AND ICE CREAM BUSINESS. with
two lovely living roomsr This will clear
You at least 500 a month and sometimes
$500 and Sis per month. THIS store is
suitable for man and wife. as IL takes two
to run it, Rent Only $50: on the busiest
street in San Francisco. You can get this
for $500. $3.50 cash and the balance paid out
Of the business
GEO. A HERRICK. 1908 Market ST. :
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Board Of state Hsrbor Commissioners.
w. b. THORPE. Secretary.
August 10. 1909.
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CITY REAL ESTATE

FIVE days after this date we win not be re
sponsible for claims against the Imperial res
taurant. go McAllster st.
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.EGAL NOTICES

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
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SALOON. a Money Maker at a Bargain-Thii
is one OF the best saloon propositions l have
ever had l can sell you the business witt
the lease and stock fixtures and good will
for $500 cash down. balance to be paid ou
or The profits Of the business; located II
heart OF Market street.
GEO. A. HERRICK. 1908 Market st.
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ALAMEDA REAL estate

MUST BE SOLD.
As am going to Los Angeles room bunga-
low on 35x190 lot; pretty street; good neigh
borbood: gas. electricity; best Of plumbing
chicken yards. garden etc; house built en-
tirely by day work; nice porch. hall. paneled
dining ROOM with beam ceiling. builtin buRet.
bath screen porch BUFFET kitchen. den. window
seat builtin desk. etc. and al for s.. 250:
part cash. balance mortgage. room for another
house on lot: see this az and make offer.
as I am GOING To SELL. and It is the big
gest snap on the market today Owner 1918
Mulberry ST. Alameda.
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POINT RIcHMoND REAL ESTATE

YOU win pay much for one front foot a few
years from now as we ask for a lot today. Don
mention this to your children then (it might
cause remarks) Santa Fe tract. center %
Richmond; IS per month buys a lot. Se1e FOR
maps MeEwEN BROS. AS Pine ST.. s. y
r. T. SHANNAN. Rem.
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NUGGETS, quartz spec. rare coins old gold and
silver. II. LANDECKER, Ill Montgomery st.
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S1S5 paid monthly viii pay for an acre OF land
at SIS per acre in Escaiou colony; ten
and twenty Acre tracts wen located % miles
southeast OF Stockton; land perfectly level;
soil. rich sandy loan: free from alkali, grow
anything from alf1afa to oranges This Is the
opportunity FOR the wage Garner to make him
self independent. Call or write for circular.
c. NJ WOOSTER CO.. TO2 Market St
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Or. R. L. Meyer, $50 Market St. rooms 503-
Chrouic aud nervous dis: impotency; sterill
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cHIRnPonfsTs

Mrs. Dr. Fannie r. Gass 1873 Geary, phone Dou
47T0; res. 1850 I.eavenworth. phi. Franklin 1876
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11

lion Oars q bufuI picture bout her I seed fl
 T ike to look at pictures" Folly au- swered tentatively. Mandy crossed the room Co fescb the large Bible with its steel engravfnEs.
 sWs got 8 girl named Ruth in our leap of death stunt. Some of the folks Is kinder down on 'er. but l aia'ta
 She might have told Douglas more of her forlorn little friend, but just then Mandy came to the bed hugglag a large. old fashioned Bible. and Doug las helped To place the ponderous book before the invalid,
 See. honey. dar dey is.'' the old wo- man said. pointing to the picture of Ruth and Naomi
 .Them.s erackerjaeks, ain't they ? Polly gasped. and her eyes shone with wonder. Which one's Ruth?'.
 Dis one" said Mandy. pointing with her thumb.
 Why, they're dressed just like our
 
 'emT'
 You can read 1t for yourself Doug las answered gently. There was some thing pathetic in the eagerness of the starved little mind.
 Well, l ain.t much on readin'-out loud she faltered. growing suddenly conscious of her deficiencies. Read il for me. will your
 Certainly" And he drew his chair nearer tt the bed. One strong hand supported the other half of the Bible and his head was very near 10 hers as his deep. full voice pronounced the sei emu words in which Ruth pleaded so many years before
 Enueat me not to leave thee he read. s.or to return from following after thee. for whither thou goest l will ge, and where thou lodgest l will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God.
 He stopped to ponder over tine poetry of the lines.
 kind of pretty. ain't it?'' Polly said softly. She felt awkward and con strained and little overawed
 ''fhere are far more beautiful things than that" Douglas assured her en- thnsiastieally as the echo of many such rang in his ears.
 There areT' And her eyes opened wide with wonder.
 "Yes. indeed he replied, pitying more and more the starvation of mind and longing to bring to it floods of light and enrichment.
 "I guess I'd like to hear you spiel, and she fell to studying him solemly. You would?" he asked eagerly.
 .'Is there any more to that story r she asked. ignoring his question.
 .Yes. indeed"
 Would you read me little more?" She was very humble now.
 ".Where thou diesf will l die. and there will be buried. The Lord do SC to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee.
 Their eyes met There was long
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11
 CHATTER VII.

ANDY hsd secretly enjoyed the tMi eommoi3on esNsel hy the tic fl at t.e circus rider being left in 0 the parsonage. al first be cause of her tnborn love ef mischief and later because Polly had become second in her heart enlx te the pastor. She went about her work. croonlas softly during tue days of Pelix's con valescence. The deep. steady voice of the pastor reading aloud in the pretty window overhead was company She would often climb the stairs Co tell them some bit of village gossip and leave them laughing at a quaint eem- ment about some iaQulsitive sister of the church who had happened to incur her displeasure.
 As spring came on Douglas carried Polly down to the sunlit garden be meath the window. aud Mandy flat- tered ahont arranging the cushions with metherly salieitude.
 More days slipped hy and Polly began to creep through lhe little. soft leaved trees at the back Of the church and to look for the deep. blue. sweet scented violets. When she was able Douglas took her with him to visit some of the outlying houses of the poor. Her woman's instinct was quick to per ceive many small needs in their lives that he had overlooked and to suggest simple, inexpensive joys that made them her devoted friends.
 Their evenings were divided between making plans for these unfortunates and reading aloud from the Bible or other books.
 When Polly gained courage. Douglas sometimes persuaded her to read to him. and the little corrections that he made at these times soon became noticeable in her manner of speech. She was so eager. so starved for Knowledge that she drank it as fast as he could give 1t. Ii was during their talks about grammar that Mandy generally fell asleep Ia her rocker. her unfinished sewing still in her lap.
 When letter came from Jim and Toby 1t was always shared equally hy Mandy and Nasty. Polly and the pas LOT. 1UI ai lust ieltef came rom Jim only. and Douglas. who was asked to read f. faltered and stopped after the first few words
 It's no use my tryin' te keep it from you any longer. Poll" the letter began. eve aint got Toby with us no more. He didn't have no accident; it wasn't that He just seemed kinder sick an ailin' like ever since the night we had to leave you behind. 1 used to get him warm drinks an things an try fe pull him through, but he was. always a-chillin' and a'achin'. If 1t wasn't one thing 1t was another. l done all I knowed you'd "a wanted me to, an the rest of the folks was mighty white to him too. l guess they kinder felt how lonesome he was. He couldn't get no more laughs fin the show, so Barker had to put on another man with him That kinder hurt him. too. l s'pose an showed him the way that things was agoin'. It was just after that he wrote the parsoD a-tellin' him to never let you come back. He seemed to "a got an idee fin his head that you was happier where you was. He wouldn't let me tell you bout his feeiin' rocky 'cause he thought 1t might mebbe
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11
Are you goin. to do . stunt while 1.

Are you gotn' to do . stunt while | an hereY'
 T preach every Sunday. if that's snaf you mean. preach this morn hg.r
 Is this Sundays" she asked. sitting ap with renewed energy and looking seout the room as though everything nad changed color.
 Yes"
 And you got a matinee~ she ex- eisimed internationally.
 We have seryices," he corrected. eently.
 We Fest up on Sundays" she said ia tone of deep commiseration.
 Un, l see" he answered. feeling 1t " ulae b enter upon another discus 'o as to the comparative advantages VI 1heir two professions.
 what are you goin' ts spiel about sedayrs About Ruth and Naomi" Ruth and vho?- Nsoni." be repeated. Naonas." she echoed. t,lr.ng her head @ sice 10 side as she listened fs .-r sofr eadences of the word T nev- assrd that name before IL 'ud look u swell on . billboard. wouldn't
 Bible name. honey.- Mandy
 eeesr to get into fhs copvessa-
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Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11

Im uot se seiF aoout that. ne laughed
 Well. you take my tip She leaned forward as though about to impart q very valuable bit of information Don't you never 20 in fer ridia There aint DO act on earth SC hard ,sa ridin- act. The rest of the bunch tas got it easy alongside of us. Fake The fellows cn the trapege. They al. ways get their tackle up in jes' the same place. T1ke the baIanein' acts. There ain't 10 difference in their lay outs. Take any of 'em as depends on regular props. and they ain't got much chance a-goin' wrong. But. say. when vou have 10 do a ridin' act there ain I never no two times alike. If your horse is feelin' good. the ground is stumhly: If the ground afn't on the bltnk. the horse Is wobhly. There's al ways somethin' wrong semewheres. and you ain't never knowin' how It's eoin' to end especially when you got ,o do careful act like mine. There's e girl Eioise. in cur bunch what does q shoyy act on horse what Barker calls Barbarian. She goes on in my nlsee sometimes. and. say. them Rubes anplauds her as much as me, an her stpnts is baby tricks alongside of mine. Jt's enough to make you sick of art" She shook her head dolefnliy. then sat m with renewed interest
 ..Yeu see, mine is careful balancin an all that. an you got to know your horse an your ground for that Now, yoo ret wise to what I'm a-tellin' you and don't you never go into anything which depends on anything else
 "rhank you. Polly, | went" Doug las somehow selt that he was very much indebted to her.
 T seen church show onee.' Polly said suddenly.
 You did2@ Douglas asked. with new interest.
 Yes she answered. closing her lips and venturiag no further comment.
 ..Did you like it?" he questioned aft CT pause.
 couldn't make nothin' out of it. don't care much for readin'.e
 ..oh. 1t isn't all reading" he correct ed
 Well. the guy I saw read all of hs'n He got the whole thing right out of book"
 "oh. that was only his text" laughed Douglas.
 "Text?'
 'Yes. And later he tried to interpret to3his eongrega"-
 Easy, Easyr' she interrupted. Come again with that. will youF'
 He told them the meaning of what be read.'
 "Wes,, I don't know what he told lem, but it didn't mean anything to me. But maybe your show is bettern his was" she added. trying to pacify him,
 Douglas was undecided whether to feel amused or grateful for Polly's ever increasing sympathy. Before he could trust his twitching lips to an swer she had put another question to i5m
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11

pause. suddenly me snarp' notes of the church bell brought Jonb Douglas 10 his feet Witn a start oI surprise.
 Have you got to goY' Polly asked regretfully.
 .Yes. must. but III read the rest from the church Open the window Mandy" And he passed out of the door and quic8iy down the stairs
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11
CHAPTER VI.

E.lHEN John Douglas uncle Of
 M fered te educate his nephew
 U for the ministry the boy wa - less enthusiastic than hi mother. He did not remonstrafe, now ever. for it had been the custom oi generations for af least one son of eaef Douglas family to preach the gospe of calvinisn. and his fathers careei as an architect and landscape gardenet had not left him much capital
 Douglas senior had been reeognizes as an artist by the few who under stood his talents. but there Is smal demand for the builder Of picturesque Houses fin the little business towns O the middle west. and at last he passet away. leaving hfs son only the ourdel of hss finsn>ai failure and an ardeni
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT June II 1909

~Dey kiader maae me cold sn' rrickly aii up an down de back Mandy said later when she described their talk to Hasty. "nat ere deacon don. Know anffin bout gistia rnun' de parsen" She tossed her head with feeling of superiority She knew the way. Make him forget himself witS laugh Excite his sympathy with some village aadersies.
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11


 d@trst to the sattitt garden make ycu come back. She's din rnnf from us,' he was ailus a-sayfn'. I never spected to keep Ter.
 Douglas stopped. Polly was waiting. her face white and drawn. He had not told her of Toby's letter because with fl had come a request to -say nothfn' ter the kid"
 He felt that Polly was controlling hefre1f with an effort unrf1 he should reach fhe end sf Jim's letter. so he hufY1ad on.
 The parsons premise didn-f get to him none too quick." he read. That seemed to be what ne was waftfn' for. He give np the night 1t come, an l eOt him A little room fin hotel after fhe show an lei one Of the other fel- Sees get the stun out q town. s0s could stay with him up to the finish. It come round mornin'. There wasn't much to it--he just seemed tired an peacefuI-iike. I'm glad he wrote what he did he said meanin' fbe parson. She knows, sRe aIlus knows. be whis- pered. meanin' you. Peli. an then he was on his way. He'd already give me what was saved up for you. an I'm sendIn' if along with thiS- A blue money Srder for x250 had fuf' tered from the envelope when Douglas opened if.
 T get everything ready afore l went on the next day. an 1 went up an saw the little spot on the hill where they was goin' to stow him. IL looked kinder nice. 13' the digger's wife said she'd put some flowers on 1t now an then IL was you what made me think C that. Poll. cause # seemed to me what you would "a done You wae ei- Jus so dafYy about flowers. you an him.
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-11

hsd secretly enjoyed the tNxi eommof9on esusel hy tAe lie Il at tle circus rider being left in
 S the parsonage. al first be
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