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The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
SUBURBAN SITES
ATTRACT NOTICE
Baldwin s Howell Prepare to
Increase Prices of Dingee
Park Lots

Baldwin & Howell report steady In
quiry and sales of Dingee park lots.
Several new homes are started and re-
sales are being made. The result of
this summers sales of Dfngee park lots
has been so satisfactory that Septem-
Der 10 all the unsold $3.50 lots will be
advanced in price to $500 1t has always
been the firms policy to offer lots at
first at low prices, and when Dingee
park was put on the market the same
course was pursued. In making this
announcement Howell said: We reel
that. in giving advance notice OF this
raise in price we have been more than
liberal with the public by affording
another opportunity to get in. Between
now and September 10 there will be
two Sundays apd two holidays that
buyers can take advantage of to secure
these lots
Hayward park so says Frank
Grummon of Baldwin & Howell. lis
probably the best buy on the peninsula
for conservative people. 1t is right IN
San Mateo and adjoins the beautiful
Peninsula hotel. Children can attend
the schools of San Mateo, and the
Southern Pacific depot, with 80 or 40
trains to San Francisco a day is with
In short walking distance of the tract.
1t is already sufficiently thickly popu-
lated to insure the character of its
future, turln6rIUOT6, SOiiic
tracts, It is protected by building re-
strictions, which prohibit saloons.
stores or undesirable structures of any
description. All of the street work
has been done, sidewalks have been
laid and sewers, gas and electricity in
stalled, so that the lot purchaser knows
and sees just exactly what he is get
ting. Baldwin & Howell sole agents
for this property, made a great sue
cess in laying out Burlingame, San
Mateo park and Central addition, and
are now putting into Hayward park
all and many more of the excellent
features that made these other tracts
such a great success"
G. H. Umbsen & Co. report that in
the Crocker tract, opened for sale two
years ago. they have a residence dis
trict which it would be we'll for intend
ing home builders to notice. It is only
S5 minutes from Third and Mar
ket streets, with cent fare to any
part of the city, and, fronting directly
on Mission street, it is peculiarly well
situated for a home district. In the
tract since August of last year more
than 100 homes, costing up to $4,000
have been built Fourteen are now in
construction. Many who build have
adopted the plan of paying for the lot
in full, and, with the deed as security
borrow from a building and loan COM
pany the cost price of the house, repay
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28

ing the loan by monthly installments,
like rent. The improvements in the
tract are now completed, the sewer
outlet having been finished and con-
nected with the new Ocean View sys-
tenn last July. The streets are lighted,
the houses numbered. cement sidewalks
laid, pure, cold artesian water is sup
piled in abundance for house, lawn and
garden, hydrants' have been installed.
mail is delivered regularly by city car
rier, and good stores and markets sup
ply all local requirements. Notwith-
standing these Improvements, about
100 lots are for sale at original prices,
and on the same terms as two years
ago, when the tract was opened.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
Building Contract.

Joseph Gregory with Edwin Bradshaw-To
erect a one story frame building at NE corner OF
Twenty-hrst and Castro streets; si,z65
The First Baptist church with Foster a Vort-
Excavation and concrete for brick and stone
church at NV corner OF Octarfa and waller
Streets l3T .6xI37:e; 1924
AbeI Hosmer with John e Beck-To erect a
three story and basement frame building In s line
Of Pleasant street 114:1 OF Jones. thence
along lire Of Pleasant street Is by E co:
S571e-
Esli a De GrOot--All work except gas fixtures
for a three story frame fsix dats) In n line Of
Twenty-hfth street., 2OU Of Castro. W 20 BY
IL. Sc6
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28

Julia L. Jones to Martin Jones, lot in S line
s So; $40.
Jacob Heyman company to Henry J. Schneider
and wife. lot In NE line of Berlin street l25
NV of FELTON,. NV so by NE 120; S10s
John Willis and wife to James J. Hall lot in
line of California street. 2z:6 of Sixteenth
avenue, 25:9 by co. $40.
William II. Watson and wife to George MihoI-
Thirtieth, 80 by E 1875; S1O
William b. Floyd and wife to E. F. Rogers
lot in w line Of Sa Jose avenue 11O S of
Twenty fourth street, S 2S:9 by w I5s: SO
Anton Michalitschke to Joseph Mfchalftscbke
lot in line of Golden Gate avenue 1876 W
Of Fillmore street. W ESQ by \ 1875; $40
Eyaline II. Hook to Martha E. Hook lot in
W line of Fourth avenue, 125 of Clement
street. S 25 by 120; gift
Jacob Heyman company to Mary Kniec lot
433. gift map 1: $40.
Frank p. Brophy to Elizabeth A. Brophy, lot
in W line Of Belvedere street, 94 S of Parnas-
sus avenue. $780, w 101 :0%, 81:6,
10ls2& So
Frank Niblett to Meta Belle Niblett all
property to release mortgage, AIS Twenty third
street; gift.
Maclay company to A. L. Dowler realty com
pany, lot at N corner of Third street and South
Park, NV 1873 by NE 76; $40.
John and Helen NJ. Boyle TO Robert Perrault
Boyle. lot in W line of Corbett street 1T n OF
Romafne, N 20. w 125, %, E I25, and one
other piece; So
Antoine Borell and wife to Presidio terrace
association. covenants reserved in deed TO Fer.
nando Nelson for lots 20 and 30, Preside ter
races So.
Same to Fernando Nelson. lots 20 and 80. Pre-.
sidio terrace SO.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
Guaranteed a seat

When YOU purchase q ticket for the
Ukiah excursion Sunday, August 29
that insures you q seat. as no more
seats provided. With a comfortable
seat you can enjoy the ride through
the beautiful Marin, Sonoma and
Russian River valleys II is glorious
at this time with the hop and grape
vines in full bearing. Rate, only $3.50
for the round trips Leaving time from
here. SIS a. m,
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
Aassas ssrss and xlts 70 Preside Terrace as

Antoine BoreI and wife 20 Preside Terrace as
ISOLATION lot 1S, Preside terrace; 81.
Antoine Borel and wife 70 Hermann Schussler,
lot Is Preside terrace; 81
samuel Altschuler and wife to Walter r.
Brrne. lot at NV corner Of Jackson and HYDE
streets w 55 by SIG. SO
Home Builders (incorpcrated, 10 Otto z. An
Of California street. \ 25 by W i2o; So
Louis f. Wood and wife 20 George +. Huf-
schniSf lot in s line Of Ellis street, 17:6 E OF
Buchanan. 25e BY 60. 25:e. s 60. W
5l.6, \ 40; $40.
Elmer Carlson to Olga. csrlsous lot IN line
Of Prospect avenues 100--S o. Virginia AFenne,
8 80 By b 20; $40.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28

JACK LONDON WILL LECcTURE-Jack
London, the California novelist. viii speak at
Dreamland pavilion tonight on the ssC,ruising M
the Shark the As foot ketch, in which he
Journeyed from San Francisco to the south Pa.
cifc islands. Tonights lecture will probably be
the only one given in San Francisco by London
during the year.
The San Francisco call., 1909-08-28
FINE BUILDING
TO ADORN CORNER
Five Story Structure Will Be
Erected by E. II. Kittridge at
Sutter and Stockton

AS a result of a lease that has been
closed by Baldwin & Howell. a hand
some five story structure will be
erected at the southwest corner of SUIT
ter and Stockton streets by E. H. Kilt
ridge, the owner. Through the agency
of Baldwin & Howell he has leased the
entire structure to Kreiss & Sons
dealers in artistic furniture.
The building was designed by Ar
chitect Clinton Day. The exterior
walls of the structure will be faced
with cream tint enameled terra Gotta.
The windows Will be extra large and
solid plate glass. The floors will be
of oak, and the building will be
equipped with freight and passenger
elevators, sprinkling system and
every modern appliance.
The lease will run for ten years. The
structure will cost about $50, 900.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-06-20
DIRECTIONS.

Paste this sheet upon sheet of thin cardboard
.-or. if you want to keep the dolls any length Of
ttime, paste upon sheet of linen or chcesecloth-;
cut the doll and dresses out bend the little petals
backward and dress your doll.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01
BUSINESS INTERESTS

AT EVER were the business interests
~ of Los angeles as keenly con-
~ cerned in the success of a candi-
date for mayor as they are in the sue
cess of George Alexander, the candidate
chosen by the people of Los Angeles to
contest the claims of A. c. Harper that
Harper has done nothing worthy of
censure, should not be recalled and
should be reelected. The reelection of
Mayor Hraper would be taken by the
great business and commercial circles
of the United States to indicate Los
Angeles business men approved Har-
per's methods-indeed, would be ac-
cepted as a testimonial that he had
given the city a business mems admin
istration and should be asked to con-
tinue to give the city business mems
administration.
BUT IF REELECTED MAYOR
HARPER WOULD CONTINUE TO
GIVE THE CITY THE SAME KIND
OF ADMINISTRATION HE HAS
BEEN GIVING IT. In fact he does
not know how to give any other kind
of administration. His experience in
political and administrative matters is
limited, and he will not take advice.
He scorns it. That he will, however,
take INSTRUCTIONS is indicated by
his trip to Sacramento and his en-
deavor to effect a compromise which
would have delighted the enemies of
consolidation and the foes of Los An
geles.
No satisfactory explanation has been
offered of Harper's extraordinary anti
consolidation cantrip. Whatever may
have been the motive which led to his
attempt to make a muddle of CONSOLE
dalton and leave the city at the mercy
of grating, mercenary, designing cor
porationism, there can be no doubt it
was the attempt of a mischief maker
Even when mischief maker confines
his activities to ordinary business af-
fairs, his influence as a rule is not de-
sirable or healthy. But when he is al
lowed to hold a public office of import
ance and responsibility, the community
runs unnecessary risk and exposes it.
sell 10 IHe T6SullS VI SNil5 VI pchA ia
irregular financiering and of an admin
istration which is nothing more nor
less than a political game" perhaps
with corporation complications
The situation in which Los Angeles
finds itself with regard to the mayor
atty is one of the kind which the
French describe as impossible" wildly
illogical and unreasonable. This city,
now entering on the most important
period of it's business history, must
have a mayor who will measure up to
the responsibilities of the office--Te-
sponsibiities which, in the ordinary
growth and development of the city
and the great enterprises it has under
taken, will be increased Mr.. Alexan-
der will make a "safe" and conserva-
tive business mayor of Los Angeles.
For business reasons, as we'll as for
social and moral reasons, he should be
alectp0
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01
CLAIMS MIND AND MATTER
ARE SEPARATE SUBSTANCES

Los ANGELES, Feb. 24.-[Editor
Herald: 1 see that the one substance,
mind and matter as some claim, Is
still the topic. With me there are no
two substances which differ more
widely; one, matter, a visible material
substance, the other. mind, invisiDie'
immaterial spiritual substance.
There are two kinds of mind, the
sound mind, which believes, with the
mind. there is God. a spirit, and be-
lieves in immaterial substance, De-
lieves in cause and effect.
The second Is the unsound mind, the
carnal mind, (which says in his heart
there is no God" no spirit; that inn
material substance Is the extract OF
nothing" ~.
II cannot trust it's mind but talks
through the heart. This kind OF talk
Is inconsistent scientific heart talk,
or fine foolishness of wisdom. Do those
writer's that say there is no God, or
spirit, or any immaterial substance,
that all things are material do they
see the inconsistency?
If their theory is true, do they see 1t
Is impossible for such substance to
exist as life, for life and mind are spirit
and soul.
Pray tell me, scientists, how you exist
without spirit, without soul and with a
mind of clay? The jewel of the pres
ent seems to be Inconsistency.
j. Fl. L.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01
Alien Powers Cannot
Regulate Our Citizenship

Should they venture to return to the
country of their nativity they will do
so on their own responsibility and must
notebook to Washington for help In case
OF trouble.
This scheme needs only to be plainly
stated for its absolute inadmissibility
to be evident. There can be no two
classes of citizens in the United States
and the right of any foreign control
over naturalization Is not to be adj
mitted for a moment. Our own laws
alone must determine who shall ana
who shall not be admitted to Citizen
ship in this republic, and every person
thus admitted must stand on precisely
the same footing as any and every
other person. 1t Is very strange that
in this question of the recognition OF
American passports in Russia or else
where the slightest thought of com
promise should be entertained. let alone
a compromise so vicious in principle
and so far-reaching in effect as that
described.
The United States should insist that
its passports shall be taken at their
face value wherever shown, that they
shall be treated as conclusive evidence
of the American citizenship of the
bearer, that they shall assure the bear
err the protection of this government
and that any violation of the immunity
they confer shall be considered and re-
scented as an unfriendly act.
This Is a matter in which the United
States cannot afford to make the small
est concession and upon which the time
stand.
Make Russia understand that we are
very much in earnest and that viii
settle it,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01
Imperial Valley Press Says
Land Advertised Is Arid

n NE Ernest r. Smith, who desig-
mates himself as secretary" of
" nothing in particular. is advertis-
ing in Los Angeles papers Tor come
ons" to locate lands under the deser,
act in the north end of Imperial valley
around Old Beach, where there is no
water and no reasonable prospect OF
getting water for many years, IL at an
says the Imperial Valley Press: :.
Smith. secretary, holds out this bait
for suckers:
Free Government Land Around I'M
perial Junction-OVer $4,000 acres now
omen to entry. Get 800 acres under des-
ert act; requires no residence on land.
Or get 100 acres free under homestead
act Join the rush. Three trains daily.
Fine hotel and store now open. United
States government engineers are now
encamped at Imperial Junction, sur
veying for the contemplated govern
fnent irrigation project of the United
States reclamation service. The grand
est opportunity to get free government
land in Southern California. Rich soil.
Water will transform these $4,000 acres
into happy homes and independence.
Join the crowd Go today. Railroad
fare, $685.. Full particulars free, can
be obtained of Ernest r, Smith. secre-
tary. 1914 South Broadway, Los Ange-
les, Call
Water would transform that part OF
the desert into farming land, but there
Is no water available and there is nc
project under way for carrying water
to that region. Engineers are making
n survey to obtain data for determin-
ing the feasibility and estimating the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01

r HAS never been and 1t is incon-
ceivable that it should ever become
any part of the American policy
in this connection to recognize that an
alien coming here and desiring to be
admitted to American citizenship owes
a duty of allegiance to his home gov
ernment from which 1t alone is compe-
tent to absolve him. Our practice has
from the first been based ON a precisely
contrary assumption. The theory has
always been that governments derive
their Just powers from the consent of
the governed, and that one could al
ways rightfully repudiate an allegiance
which had been created by the sole
force of circumstances, and which he
vas unwilling any longer to respect.
Thus. the applicant for naturalization
is not asked when he takes out his first
papers to produce any evidence that he
is proceeding in the matter with the
knowledge and consent of the power
under whose jurisdiction he formerly
resided. says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
He is simply invited to declare that
he disavows such jurisdiction for the
future and that he desire to assume
the obligations and to acquire the priv
ileges which American citizenship in
wolves, Now it is proposed that two
classes of citizenship be brought into
existence. One class Is to consist of
those whose expatriation has been duly
approved in the country of the citizens
origin: and members of this class are
to have all the rights of the native
born. The other class is to be COM
posed of persons whose oxpatrlatlon
has not been authorized, and these are
to possess the privileges of citizenship
onlv so long as they remain within the
territorial limits sof the United States.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01

cost of high line canal, but at the best
ii would be years before such a work
could be begun, and in the meantime
locators of desert claims or homesteads
would have to live like the horned
toads or buy by the gallon from tank
cars to quench their thirst.
The irrigation system of Imperial val
ley cannot be extended to the region
of Imperial Junction until a high line
canal is built from the Colorado river,
and there is no certainty that there will
be water enough to cover that region
when all the irrigahle land under the
existing system shall be served.
Free government land at or near the
level of the old beach line is delusion
and a snare. Happy homes in the UNI
watered desert are Authorizations, I'M
substantial as the mirage. Smith, sec
rotary, may not be a real estate bunco
steerer; he may have mistaken a mi
rage at Old Beach for the reservoir of
an irrigation project; Carlson's shin
gle shack for fine hotel" But his
advertisement is a fantastic perversion
of facts nevertheless, and only disap-
pointment, loss and waste OF time can
come to those who heed his barkers
call to "join the rush."
There is no vacant irrigable land in
Imperial valley, except possibly an
overlooked patch here and there or an
occasional tract too rough to be leveied
and prepared for irrigation at reason
able cost The only way to acquire a
happy home and achieve independence
in Imperial valley is to buy land and
water stock under the established irri-
cation system.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01
NAMES

I" HY is a monkey called a monkey?
w Why do the French insist on
calling him a SINCE? Is it be-
cause the first monkey ever captured
by a Frenchman was frizzly? Where
did the cat get it's name? Why is a
horse a horse? Why is there so little
difference between the word monkey
and the word donkey? Why is it that
whale and a quail have practically
the same name, although they are not
at all alike?
What's in a name? Where did Savage
get his? Is he the descendant of a
ferocious family? Or was his ancestor
gentle Savage?
Names are all hand-me-d downs. So
ciety frowns with suspicion on a man
who is daring enough to take an orig
inal name, and the title of his choice
is legally called an "alias." Civilization
is founded on names and on pride in
family names. Men cling to the most
impossible names with ardent devotion,
and inhict them on their partners for
life, who sigh mee-tly, then begin to
think the new name is the finest in the
world. Miss Montmorency becomes
Mrs. Blagge. Miss We're de We're be-
comes Mrs. jerks. Miss Elphinston be-
comes Mrs. Shocks. There's not much
The fiercest name never scares the
maid whose finger is measured for the
wedding ring.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-01
THERE AND HERE

n FAD this dispatch. 1t was pub
II lished in a New York paper a few
Az days ago: "Middletown, N. VA
storm, combining rain, hail and snow,
swept over this section, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. Immediately
succeeding the storm the temperature
dropped many degrees. The lightning
struck in several places"
This is brief but vivid description
of one of the mixed storms which have
been afflicting the east while we in
California have been enjoying charming
weather, transacting business under
blue skies, resting under a starry will
derness, when we look up, gazing into
brilliantly thronged heaven they
know nothing about in the east. The
air by day is essence of sunshine, and
by night is balmy mixture of zephyrs
and star wrinkles. Perpetually enjoy
ing the luxury of climate that is mild
and soothing without being enervating,
we should think with deepest sympathy
of our unhappy fellow citizens in the
east, rained on, hailed on, showed on,
Numbered on, lightninged on and
chilled, all within the versatile COM
pass of the pernicious activities of one
energetic storm. How can they stand
| it? We don't know. What is there to
compensate for all the disadvantages
of such a life? If we ever knew, we
have forgotten.
New York city is Dragging that in a
comparatively short time it will be the
worlds metropolis--that is to say, If
London does not grow any bigger, or
if it neglects to annex the rest of Eng
land. In Los Angeles we are contented
to hear the distant echoes of the strife
between New York and London for the
worlds metropolisship. What does it
matter? Aren't they both rained on,
hailed on, showed on, Numbered on,
lightninged on? People who like the
excitement of such a thrillingly varie-
gated climatic life are welcome to it.
Either New York or London is well
come to the distinction of being the
worlds metropolis. Why don't they
consolidate and settle the question for
all time? A worlds metropolis extend
ing clear across the Atlantic ocean
would be a geewhillikenswallope Los
Angeles views without alarm the pros
pect of a Gargantuan twin world
metropolis. Los Angeles is contented
with her lot, which is to be the prin-
cipal city of the far west, never hailed
on, never showed on, never Numbered
on, never ligtninged on, never chilled
and never rained on unless the neigh
boring fields and orchards and vine
yards need a dollar-making sprinkling.
Let the world wag, and let it's various
metropolises metrop! Los Angeles is
the worlds paradise.
And it never will have a rival.