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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-08

Il caused the dumb to speak to.
day"
How was that?"
Il was stopped In the street by a
beggar with an I Am Deaf and Dumb
placard on his breast, and when ex.
pressed the opinion that he was an i'm.
poster he Immediately recovered his
speech and in vigorous Anglo-Saxon
requested me TO go to--er--the place
that the new theology tolls us doesn't
exist, and mind my own business and
ne'd mind hisI"
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-08
Hone sprInan Etsrnai.

He was addressing n crowd one Sun.
day morning on the quay at Newcastle.
Il can safely say that no man ever
attempted 10 bribe me. gentlemen"
said the speaker.
Don't be dOwn.hearted. old chap,
your luck may. change" shouted a man
In the crowd.-Tit.Bits.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-08
Hla paN OF Reckoning.

As the stout man whose appetite
had excited the envy Of the other
boarders turned 10 leave the parlor.
he looked down at his waistcoat. II
declare. I've lost two buttons on my
vest" he said. ruefully.
He was a new boarder, but his land
lady saw no reason for further delay
IN showing her banner "Watchfulness
and Economy for ALL" She gave him
the benefit OF the chill gaze so famil'
lar TO her older boarders.
II think without doubt you viii find
them both in the dining room," she
announced, clearly.-Youth's Compan'
tou
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-08

from nervousness
andotherannoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
LydiaE.P inkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
Of gold TO me, as it
restored my health
and strength. I
never forget to tell
my friends what
TpTfoE nfntrhon.ta
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-04-08
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

,, GTsnait,sSy d Vt 7. was passing
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
CLEARINGS CONTINUE
TO SHOW INCREASE
All Cities of State Reflect a
Substantial Yearly Gain

Only San Jose and San Diego have
larger clearings this week than last
week. the other cities falling off more
or less appreciably from the high fig
ures attained by all for. that period.
The California Promotion committees
report of clearances is for the fiscal
week ending at noon Thursday and
shows that the grand total. clearings
for the week in the eight California
cities reporting amounted to $63, 49,,
S56.4S.
San Francisco. where the clearings
for the week We're s41,924, ,567.21, had
a gain of 1879 per cent in comparison
with the 1905 figure of S35, ,945, 9S1.47
for the corresponding week. Los An
geles' gain was 27.S per cent. its fig
ures being respectively S14,722.4 442 and
S11.512,122.07 In Oakland the clear
ings were $2,021. .609.70. increasing 29.1
per cent over the 1908 corresponding
total which was s15e5, ,675.3S. Four
teen and six-tenths was the PERCENTAGE
of gain in San Jose, whose clearings
respectively. se11,639.17 and $685.
503.O2. tell their own story
From $546.051.9S in 1908, Stockton
$3.50, ,952.4I, gain of 247 per cent.
Sacramento banks cleared $1.3OI,9 ,913. .O6
for the week. gain of 32.7 per cent
over last weeks clearances, $3.50, 0,64S.39
Comparing the two similar figures of
Fresno, $7f2,S03.12 and $617,963.05, a
gain of 1873 per cent is recorded
With a percentage of gain of 563,
san Diego led all cities. Last year its
clearings were s74S,9S6.S5, while the
report just issued showed clearings of
s1.170,929.s1.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
MANY LOANS ON
REALTY REPORTED
Both Banks and Individual Cap
itaIists Show Confidence in
Value OF Properties

Among the loans and deeds of trust
that have been recorded in the last
week are the following:
French savings bank to Amelie E. Hughes,
S6, 900 on property in the east line of Grant
avenue. north of Pine street.
Della Landenheimer to Oscar I. Luning, SS Oot
property at the northeast corner of Stockton
and Vallejo streets and other property.
San Francisco savings union TO Walter NJ
Cary, $4,000 property in Page street, west
of Cole, and Ellis east of Octavia
James D. Thurman to Oscar T. Luning, 81 COO
property In the west line of Polk street, &C
feet south of Bush
French savings bank to Maurice Rosenthal
$4,000 property at the southwest corner OF
Washington and Leavenworth streets.
San Francisco savings union to Thomas and
Estelle w. II. Magee, $4,000 property al
Pierce street
Albert Sutton to Nydia S. Niles. S17.500 on
the southwest corner of Vallejo and Devisadefe
streets.
Hibernia savings bank to Mary B. Tobin,
$4,000 on property in the north line of O'Ferrel
street, 1876 feet east of Larkin.
San Francisco savings union 20 the $. SpirC
line of jackson street, Ito feet east of kearny
A deed of trust has been given by
Bland Brodnax to the San Francisco
savings union for $4,000 on the south
west corner of Pine and Jones streets
Fletcher +. and Blanch Ryer have
given a deed of trust to the Columbus
savings and loan society for s65,00(
on the southeast corner of Pine an6
Sansome streets.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11

kol Sliykof lot in " line of De Haro street, 215
of Twenty second, N % by W 100; grant
LOT in NE a ne n1fe o Setb TV aFenne = NV Of
Folsom street. NV 27:6. NE 1873, Sc 21:6, SW
Henry II. E. Buttleman to same. same; s..
Wallace investment company Malinda No
Ian. lot 10. block s, subdivision /, Castro street
Calvin E. Stevens and wI1e to Robert Fl. Cans
and wife, lot in W line of Twenty sixth avenue.
275 Y of California street 25 by w 120; $40
Charles Frankel to Henry keenan,. lot in z
line Of Twelfth avenue, 175 y o. Nj street, 70
August F. Rahlves to Henry J. RahIves lot in
line of Elizabeth street. 400 W Of Douglass
W % by ia; $40.
schmidt and wife. lot in line Of Buchanan
street, CSC of Bush. 2S bv 2 l02; $40;
Benjamin c. WASHINGTON to Henry Hawkins,
lot II, block 3S. City land association; So
Joseph Music estate company to John Won
stTsef Hpssn 0s s &C BY fas SO 10 Gay anu
Emile A. Groezinger to Emma NJ. Groezinger.
lot in " line of Twelfth avenue, 150 OF l
Mary Lynch to Edward Mcbride. lot in line
of Merritt street. 1Ss:6Ss Of Danyers. IS, y
7s:sss. " g, 5 7s:o$ $40.
Theresa NJ. Brooks to Jesep G. Jurgevis lot Al,
block 23 Refs tract; $40.
Esther FIeischer ct al. TO Patrick Moran, lot
in line of Berlin street, 49:s OF Wilde, \
49:s. E 120. S 80. f 120, S s7:2, W 255:6. and
other piece: 81 800
Henry Koehler and wife to Nelly L. Scoville,
lot "a and 2:6 Of lot %, block ID, Sunset
heights: $40.
Timothy F. Sheehan to Margaret a. Sheehan,
lot in line Of Fen street, 1875 E Of Laguna,
Z 27:6 by y 12O: $40.
Abigail N. de Costa 10 David y. de Costa, lot
i'll line of Green street, 121 " Of Lsrkin, "
22:7. S 121:1OIs. Z 22:11tz, y 1926. $40
David n. de Costa to Thomas r Meherin,
same; SO.
$40.
Anthony f. O'ConneII to Mary O'ConneIl. lot
at NE corner OF Vallejo and Mason streets, y
566 by + 80; gift.
Moses Salomon and wife to Frank lie Torres.
lot in Sc line of Academy street. 1854 SW of
Fairmount, SW %, Sc 96:2, NE %, NV 81;
SO.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
FARM LANDS OFFER BIG
RETURNS TO INVESTORS
Baldwin s. HowelI's Manager
Predicts Great Advances

J. e. Green, manager of the country
lands department of Baldwin & Howell,
says:
Judging from our correspondence
and from the experiences we have had
in visiting various colonization prop
critics throughout the state. have con-
cluded that California has just begun
to grow. Our farming industries are
only in the infancy of their develop
ment, and the real growth is yet TO
come. Those who are wide awake
enough to realize this fact and govern
their affairs accordingly are going to
reap rewards beyond their fondest ex-
pectations. Realty investments made
at present prices would return good
profit if San Francisco were solely de-
pendent upon the agricultural develop
ment of California but when you con-
slider that farming is but one of the
many industries. all of which are grow
ing in Importance proportfonately, 1t is
interesting to note the strides made
in agriculture.
THE farming of the future will be
done in the western states. and millions
of dollars will be added to the bank
clearances of San Francisco on account
of the added productiveness of the soil
of the states of which this city is the
metropolis. There are already 10 state
agricultural high schools scattered
lHIOuSHout liiS United SldtcS WhSi 2
scientific farming is taught. Then there
are 40 other schools teaching agricul-
ture which receive state aid and 250
high schools and academies which are
giving instructions in agriculture. Fur
thermore, there are Is privately en-
dowed agricultural colleges and $50
normal schools where teachers are in
structed to proniulgate the science of
agriculture.
These students are coming out of
their colleges by the hundreds and
invariably California attracts them. As
far as San Francisco is concerned, the
establishment of our farming industry
upon scientific lines is second only in
Importance to the completion of the
Panama canal. If the farmer is pros
porous he generally invests his money
in city property as is evidenced right
now In the demand for San Francisco
realty that our concern is being called
upon to supply to out of town clients.
Hardly day passes but we receive
some sort of a call for an investment by
a total stranger to San Francisco prop
erty.'
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Alfred Olsen and wife to Gustave A.
Holdstein and wife. lot in line of Valley
tiustave Hodstein and wife to John GalIette
and wife, same. SO.
lots 3 and A. block 80 Refs tract; $40
John o. McElroy TO John Wren. lot in T. line
Of Twenty seventh avenue, 30 S of street,
Patrick Fitzsimmons and wife TO Charles F.
Fitzsimmons, lot in line of Ellis street, SIG
3 of Of Broderick ds s;. E 80 by $ 1876: gift,
line Of Ellis street, 215 W of Dcyisadero. W
so by s 1876; gift.
10; Jacob &c W wssbe1 s,n In and wife to Mary House
of Clement street. n - by W 100: $40.
7. B; Potter realty company to Adam Girls
haber. lot ,, block 81, Refs tract; grant
Louise Lauterbach to G. F. vella lot in y
line OF Nineteenth street, 1921 W of Guerrero.
" 30 by 100: also all interest IN LOT living
by north of lot herein DESCRIBED: s1o.
g. F. yella tor yilla) to same. same: $40
Joseph Winterburn 10 Odd Fellows Cemetery
Of First avenue, E 50 by \ 1I2:s; $40. -0i Z
Sadie A. Haywood ct al. TO l. D. Frichette.
streets. r % by 100: $40. "'- ''n'e''''
William Denvir and wife to Mary f. Kean..
avenue. a5 by 100; gift gift. -'' y 0i oeh'ral
Mathew A. McManus and wife to John r
Behan ct al, lot at NE corner of Fresno and
pieces: $40.
Battista cianciarulo ct al to Walter NJ. Cary.
lot in line Of Ellis street lsTlss Of
Walter NJ. Cary to Battista and NecheIe
ciansiarulo, lot ii sw line Of Third street. street,
Mary NJ Meyer to William johnson. lots 1854
and 1861, Gift map 3: $40
|. Cutie to Leopold Weinstein. lot 2 block. 8.
Mission street land companys 0.
Estate Edwin Richardson tdeceasedl 70 Same
lots 3, and 10. block c. Mission street land land
company, and one other piece: So COO
William 0echslin and wife to Agnes NJ. Dunn
lot in line of Filbert street 1876 " of La
guna. w % by 1876: $40.
Edward L. Dunn and wife To Mario Aoebelf,,
lot In line of Twentieth street 52:41I " If
Nee. e 24:oss. s 100, "a N 37:2 n $50 to
point opposite beginning. 39:1: $40
j. W. Wright & Sons Investment conlnanv m
200 s of l. street, S % by w 100: S10
Elizabeth J. Tilton to O. H. Williams. esfate
of Elizabeth J. Golfer (deceased) No $3.50: SIfl-
American land and trust company to Arthur
Lang, lot in w line of Eighteenth avenue, so
S of street. % by W 100: $40.
Jacob Heyman company TO Stanley E Arm
strong. lot in line of NJ street. 1876 of
Forty avenue. e % hy S 100: $40
Mary E. Moore to Edward Joseph Moore lot
in W line of Allen or Bronte street. 125 of
Jefferson. - by W 20: $40
J Real Estate and Development company to Mai
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
NEW BUILDING LEASED
FOR HOTEL AND STORE
Wolf & Holman Arrange Terms
for Owners

Work has been commenced on the
Pelicano Rossi building in the east line
of Powell street 1876 feet south of
O'Farrell. The building will be a six
story class A structure. The five upper
floors will contain 60 rooms and 80
baths These five upper floors have
been leased by Wolf & Holman to the
Golden West hotel company for 16
years at a total rental of $4,000. The
store will be fitted up at an expense
of $4,000 and will be used by Pelicano.
Rossi & Co., florists. The store will be
fitted up with Italian marble heavy
plate mirrors, marble floors and hand
some fixtures. The building will cost
100000. The architects are Righetti &
Headman. Last September Wolf &
Holman leased this ground to Pelicano.
Rossi & co. for the owner, Mrs. Annette
Taussig, for % years at total rental of
100000
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11

ton No. at Second and Townsend
streets. Cost estimated at 100000.
Tor construction of two battery
wagons for high pressure work. Work
ing plans completed and tracing 75 per
cent completed
For construction of the Ashbury
street distributing reservoir. Plans
and estimated cost completed and speci-
fications so per cent completed.
For the construction of Jones and
Clay streets distributing reservoir.
Plans are completed and 20 per cent
traced.
For the construction of the Van Ness
avenue pumping station. Preliminary
design for the mechanical equipment is
completed. The final plans of the sta
tion building are 35 per cent completed
The work of making final plans for
the telephone system, auxiliary fire
alarm and police system is 81 per cent
completed. Specifications 10 per cent
completed.
Fresh water pumping station-Plans
and specifications for the stations are
so per cent completed
Cast iron specials-W orking draw
ings for the cast iron specials are COM
pleted and are SO per cent traced.
Contract for hauling and laying the
pipe and specials, and setting the hy-
drants in the distributing system; plans
40 per cent completed.
EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED
Ordinances have been passed to
print authorizing practically all these
expenditures, so that the work is sure
to be performed. A considerable
amount of work has been ordered, the
expense of which is assessed upon pri-
vate property. Included in this is the
grading, etc, of various streets and
avenues as follows:
Forty fourth avenue from street TO Fulton;
Forty -ffth avenue from A street to G; street
from Forty fourth avenue to Forty NTH; iron
stone pipe sewer and appurtenapces in France
avenue between Mission and London streets
artificial stone sidewalks on Nineteenth aVenue
between California and Clement streets iron
stone pipe sewers with appurtenances at the
intersection of York street and Peralta avenue
ironstone pipe sewer with appurtenances II
Peralta avenue between York street and fran
coma avenue; artificial stone sidewalks in Jones
street between California and Pine: bituminous
rock pavement and granite curbs IN Calnofnia
street between Twelfth and Thirteenth avenues
BONDS TO BE CANCELLED
Municipal bonds of the issue of July
/, 1904. amounting to $9,O1P,OOO, are
to be Cancelled as follows, according
to the official notice:
Sewer bonds TO the amount of 50, 2o4, eot
Comprising the last 20 series of the
issue of July /, 1904
Hospital bonds to the amount OF foe,oU
Comprising the last 30 series OF the
issue of July 1. 1904.
School bonds TO the amount Of. l,Sio,o0'
Comprising fhe last p series of the
issue of July l. 1904.
County Jail and additions to hall of JUS
tice bonds to the amount of 4isioo'
Comprising the last "a series of the
issue OF July l, 1904.
Street bonds to the amount of. 64S,UU'
Comprising the last 16 series OF the
issue Of July l, 1904.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11

l
Money is more abundant for mort
gage loans in the banks, and the IN
dividuaI money lender is not able TO
command as high rates as he was at
time when the banks We're not loan
ing as freely as they are now There IS
every reason why bank loans should be
made with increasing volume IN alt
parts of the city where building i'm
provements have progressed rapidly
and there are comparatively few places
where the acce1eration OF building has
not been very marked.
Even where the fire limits compel
costlier class of construction than for
merly existed in the same place, build
| ing progress is continual. If not as
rapid as possible. 1t is interesting 10
refer to the conditions that obtained
| in the first half of the present year.
when the recovery of the money market
was marked. 1t is also interesting TO
read the forecast made in the real
estate circular published by Thomas
Magee & Sons. based on the returns Of
the first six months of 1909.
FORECAST OF CONDITIONS
A part of this Is as follows:
During the six months ending June 30. t9oH,
there were 4.O0s MORTGAGES and deeds OF trust re-
a total OF SD. 400. AS During the period
2,64S releases OF mortgage and reconveyances Of
deeds OF trust were recorded. the amount o.
which is not given by the recorder his ususi
reference to the original records OF the mort
cages has been made impossible account OF
I the destruction OF these records in the IRE Of
ABriI. 1906 With improving financial conditions
and easier money market II is very noticeable
that the proportion of loans made BY private
individuals which year ago amounted to more
than half of all the loans recorded against reui
estate has been steadily decreasing. while thc
proportion of loans made By savings banks
and financial Institutions has been steadily IN
creasing Six months ago the loans made by
private individuals a third OF all the
I total OF all loans real estate while for the
last half year. shown IN the above table
they amounted TO only quarter of all the
loans made real estate. Under normal condi-
t0ns in previous years the loans made hv pFi
vate individuals amounted TO about NTH ~
all the loans. Judging by this standard are
approaching II we have not yet reached. the
normal conditions where excessive interest rates
will not prevail and private capital will nOt-sceS
investment in mortgages to such extent as
has prevailed In the last two or three years.
In the first six months of the year
l the eastern financial institutions fig
ured very heavily in the making Of
/! loans. These institutions had made. uD
l to June 80. San Francisco loans
amounting to more than s10.000.O00.
The local banks are performing a great
: service in the rebuilding of the city.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
OPEN BRANCH OFFICE
IN RICHMOND DISTRICT
/. w. Wright & Co. Yield to
Demand of Business

For the benefit of clients and the
general public. ]. w. Wright & Co.
have opened branch office at ia
Clement street near Eighth avenue
This was necessary to facilitate the
handling of the large volume of busi-
ness. now being done in the Richmond
and Sunset districts.
The office viii be in charge of L. d.
Allen. whose familiarity with the con-
ditions of these two districts makes
him very valuable man for this post.
The firm intends to have a private
telephone connecting with its main Of
fec. This viii be great convenience
TO Richmond people. as it will save
them trip down town
All information pertaining TO the
Sunset and Richmond districts may be
obtained at the branch efice.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
Building Contracts

The Rudolph Herman company with G. n.
aud s. walker-An work except plumbing.
painting and electric work for engine house.
boiler room laundry and entrance building on
block bounded by Lewis, Baker, Lyon and
TonQuin 1924.
Mary's help hospital with Otis elevator com
pany-Elevator equipment for building at 81
corner OF Guerrero street and Clinton park, )
160 by f $50: S10.S15.
e. IL. Kittredge with William $. Shook and
Son-Plumbng. gas fitting and sewers for build
ing in W line of Stockton street. so OF
Suffer- \ so by w so; s., 2S3.
Orpheum tbeater and realty company with
American marble and mosaic aDy-Marble
work for wanscotiDg in OFarreH street be
tween Stockton and Powell; 81 $50.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11

Additional water lots will be made to
be numbered Il, Is, 10, 20 and 81. The
following table prepared by the harbor
commissioners shows the area of all
have been authorized
AREA OF SEAWALL LOTS
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
BANKS LOANS ON
REALTY SHOW GAIN
Two-thirds of the Amount Adj
vanced for improvements
Comes From Them

A pIHdiction made six months ago
that the proportion of loans Tor the
purpose of improving local realty by
the local savings banks would increase
as compared with the loans made Dy
private individuals and by outside cor
pcratfons is being realized. The hrSt
half of the present year showed on the
records 4,00S mortgages. IOtaling W.
45642S of this gross amount private
individuals loaned S5.691,0O0 in round
figures; the building and loan assoela-
tons loaned S279.337. financial institu-
tions in California outside of San Fran
cisco loaned $1S1,700; eastern financial
institutions loaned $1.250,000; the re-
gents of stanford university and the
University of California together loaned
s2S5, 600. and the Pacific mutual life IN
surance company loaned S555,000-
This may be summarized conctsely by
saying that the savings banks loaned
more than $14,000.000 in the first half
of the year. this also including the
trust companies. or two-thirds of the
total loans reported on local real es-
tate security for the first six months OF
1909. This was gain of S400O,000 for
the banks in matter OF loans as COM
pared with the previous half year
which ended December so. 1905. and a
gain of S9.0O0.0O0 as compared with
the first half of 1908.
Bearing in mind the proportion OF
bank loans in the period indicated 10
the aggregate of all loans in succeed
ing months. the tendency toward nor
NAL conditions in the loan market are
sufficiently indicated by the following
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-11
MAP SHOWS THE WORK.

Sufficient realty has been created and
will be created for the states use and
for the accommodation of commerce on
the city's water front to provide room
for the habitation of several thousand
people if they We're devoted to such
purpose. a map has been recently pre-
pared by the harbor commissioners
which delineates the area of the great
work now in progress, which may be
described as extending from about the
foot of Folsom street to the wharf at
the foot Of Second street.
This shows the present pier head
line and the proposed pier head line, the
size and location of the water lots eX-
listing or to be created in the entire
proposed area and the adjoining streets
to which access will be given and the
general scheme of railroad tracks di-
verging from King street and running
along East street and down the several
piers for the uses of commerce.
SPUR TRACKS ALREADY DOWN
1t will be noticed that the improve
ments are in the immediate vicinity of
the streets which have, taken on the
character Of great wholesale and
manufacturing section. Already spurs
of the Southern Pacific company run
into many warehouses, factories and
wholesale establishments. The system
of improvements comprises the extern
sion of the belt railroad with spur
tracks running practically the length
of the new piers. which will confer on
the southern part of the city advan~
tages for transportation that will be
equal to any found in any of the COM
mercial seaports of the world. Look
ing from the present seawall from
any of the new piers toward the hills
/ beyond Brannan street the ground ap
pears to be a great amphitheater and
such it viii be. for staging the great
commercial dramas of the world.