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The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24
UPPER SUNSET DISTRICT IS
SCENE OF GREAT ACTIVITY
New Carline for Which Citizens Donated $4,000 to
Afford Needed transportation Into Beautiful
Residence Section Overlooking the Sea

No more beautiful section of San
Francisco can be found than the Sun
set district, bounded as it is upon the
west by the magnificent expanse of the
Pacific ocean, on the east by the Sutro
forest. on the south by the Sloat bouIe-
ward and on the north by the beautiful
Golden Gate park.
This district is building up with
beautiful homes in keeping with the
environment. It has been the constant
effort of the many improvement clubs
Of this district to foster an esthetic
taste among property owners. More
than this they have tried in every way
possible to further the best interests
of the district. One of the most active
of the Sunset Improvement clubs is the
Upper Sunset Improvement club.
1t is one of the most recently organ
lied Improvement clubs in San Fran
cisco, yet, during the comparatively
short period of It's existence. 1t has a
record of achievement Of which many
an older organization might we'll be
proud.
CITIZENS UNITED
Realizing the necessity of co-opera-
provements for the upper Sunset dis
trict, and especially that portion bound
ed on the east by Seventh avenue, on
the west by Eighteenth avenue and
south by Kfrkham, formerly K street.
the property owners in that locality
about year ago banded themselves to-
gether to obtain those things which
make a neighborhood a pleasant and
attractive place in which to live.
1t is the belief of the club that the
Panama-Pacific exposition will be held
in Golden Gate park, west from Twenti-
eth avenue to the ocean, embracing
also territory on both sides Of the park
AS may be readily imag gined. the view
TO be obtained of the fair from the
Sunset hills will be grand. Stretched
out, almost at ones feet, will be a pan
Drama of which the world has never
seen it's equal. At night the millions Of
blazing lights will transform the scene
into fairyland.
The club is endeavoring to have the
fair located in the park.
One great thing lacking in the upper
Sunset district is adequate trans
portation facilities. The street rail-
road along Lincoln way affords the
only means of transportation to and
from the heart of the city.
Through the efforts of the upper
Sunset district, the carline terminating
at the Affiliated colleges is to be ex-
tended along Judah street to Ninth
avenue and along Ninth avenue to Pa
checo street
Thes United Railroads consented to
extend the carline only upon the con-
dition that the property owners of the
Sunset district would contribute $780,
900, fourth of the estimated cost OF
construction.
MONEY SUBSCRIBED
The San Francisco suburban improve
ment company, private corporation,
submitted this proposition to the peo-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24
TURNVEREINS TO GIVE
PUBLIC EXHIBITION
Stadium Will Be Scene of Phys
iCal Culture Demonstration

A physical culture demonstration
will be held at the stadium, Golden
Gate park, tomorrow afternoon under
the auspices of the following turn
vereins: San Francisco, Eintracht, Mis-
sion, Alameda and Oakland.
A concert will be given at o'clock
and the exercises will begin at 2:30
o'clock under the following directors
Edwin Bercher, H. c. F. Stahl, A. Pen
eel and Charles Steinbeck.
The events will be: Calisthenics,
girls classes; wand exercises, boys
classes; club swinging. ladies' classes;
dumbbell exercises, mems and junior
classes; apparatus exercises, men S
and Junior classes; games. boys and
girls classes; jumping and relay races,
mems classes, and combination exer-
cises, all the classes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24
IMPROVEMENT CLUB
ASKS FOR STREET WORK

The Bay View Improvement associa-
ton has petitioned the supervisors to
lower the grade on Railroad avenue,
between Thirty-third and Thirty-sixth
avenues, and at the junction of Rail-
road and San Bruno avenues.
The board of public works has rec
commended the conditional acceptance
of Dolores street, between Duncan and
Twenty eighth.
The Ames- Harris Neville company
has been granted permission to lay
and maintain steam pipe across Po-
trero avenue at the crossing of Ala
media street.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24

pie OF the district. The proposition
was accepted and after one of the most
strenuous campaigns ever waged by
district for an Improvement. the en-
tire amount was subscribed. The fran
chise was petitioned for. bids were
submitted to the board of supervisors
on September II and the franchise
awarded.
Miles of street work have been done
since the fire of April. 1906. and de-
spite lack Of car service. building has
been steadily going ahead.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24

The San Francisco suburban improve
ment company, private corporation.
submitted this proposition to the peo-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-24
GOVERNMENT FORFEITS
MRS. GRAVES JEWELRY

The box of jewelry belonging to Mrs.
Walker c. Graves which was seized
by the custom officials because it was
left with the purser of the steamship
China and not declared was valued by
the United States appraiser at 1858
yesterday. The jewelry is forfeited to
the government, but there will be no
criminal prosecution against Mrs.
Graves under the law that makes those
who attempt TO smuggle goods into the
country liable to a fine for three times
their value.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

friends each grasped one of his hands Then they hurried him away.
 There would be no safety in meet ing his family. When he was missed their movements would be watched He was taken to a place some dis tance from the jail. where a car riage was waiting and driven twenty miles 10 a railway station His friends had brought with them ma teTials for makeup. and when he alighted at the station he appeared as an old man
 MaXsOn was concealed for weeks in the house of one of his relatives. When the excitement attending his escape had worn off he took pass Australia There he was joined by his wife and children. and there he lives today. but far from where he would be liable to meet any one who would recognize him. Twenty years have passed since he made hts escape, and now he would not be known as the same man.
 His two assistants were never known to be implicated in his es- cape. and both soon after left the state service and set up in business.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
NOTICE OF MARSHAL'S SALE.
In the District Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, Fourth Division.

In the District Court for tho Terri
 tory of Alaska, Fourth Division.
 E. A. Scouse, plaintiff vs. J. s. Bibby, defendant.-No. 1916. United States of America, Territory
 of Alaska, ss:
 Public notice Is hereby given that by virtue of writ of fieri facias or execution, and order of sale dated the 7th day of October, 1910, and is- sued out of the District Court for the Fourth Division of the Terri tory of Alaska on a judgment rem dered in the said court on the 9th day of October, 1910, in favor of z. A. Scouse and against J. s Bibby, l have this 7th day of October, 1910, levied Upon the following described real estate situate in the Fairbanks Precinct, Territory of Alaska, to- wit:
 An undivided one-sixth interest ir the California Association claim sit uate on the left limit of Goldstream
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Ventrilouuist's Good Joke

small negro boy was going along the street carrying a turtle by the tail, when ventriloquist standing near seemed to make it say: Where is you-all goin' with me-" The little negro heard the question, and, looked around with astonishment, but not being entire ly satisfied as to where the voice came from, walked on. Again the ventriloquist said: q say. where is you-all takin' me?" This time the boy was satisfied that the turtle had been gifted with miraculous pow CT of speech, and instantly drop ped it on the sidewalk in consterna- tion, exclaiming: "I isn't a-takin' you-all no whar. I has done dropped you!"
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
LEGAL NOTICES,

creek, opposite number seventeen; i; also an undivided one-eighth interest in the Eagle Association claim on Engineer creek, tributary of Gold. stream creek, all in the Fairbanks Precinct, Territory of Alaska. And that I will accordingly offer said real estate for sale at public vendue to the highest and best bid. der for cash on the 18th day of November. 1910, at the hour of ! o'clock D. m, at the front door of the Federal Court House in the town of Fairbanks, Alaska. Dated at Fairbanks, Alaska, this 1th day of October, 1910.
 H. K. LOVE.
 U 8. Marshal.
 By NJ. o. CARLSON,
 Deputy. Date of first publication Oct 10. 1910.
 Date of last publication November :. 1910.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
JUST WHO ARE THE ENGLISH? London the Center of Mighty Em-
 pire-Vast Population.

If this question: Who are the English? were asked, either of the average Englishman or of the aver age American visitor to England,
 he answer would probably be both inaccurate and confusing. The aver age Englishman knows little of the origin of his race, and Is not of the mental makeup that sets much store by such matters in any case; and the American pays little heed to anything except to that what comes directly under his notice as he tray els about to and from London as his center.
 London itself is a city of some four million six hundred and some odd thousand inhabitants. It is small nation in itself The total population of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Is only 43,660,000 1906). But London is not England. The United Kingdom and Ireland is not England. with its total area of 121 900 square miles. No; what the world knows as England is the British empire, which includes the above, and in addition some 11,400,- JUL SQudIe ulltS, anu pOpuldtiOll of about 41O,000,000. The known sur face of the globe is estimated at about 55,O0O,000 square miles; its total population Is believed to be about 1,S0O,00O,O00. The British em- pire therefore occupies more than one-fifth, or about 22 per cent. of it's population Is also more than one-ffifth or about p per cent. of the inhabitants of the globe.
 That is England! In Asia they have a population of some 237,O0O,- 900; in Africa a population of some 31,000.O00; in America a population of some 6,000,0O0; in the West In- dies some 100000; in Australasia some 5,5O0,00O, and so on. When you walk the streets of London therefore you are in the capital of something over one-fifth of the world. These gentlemen in clubs and offices and in the streets are masters of the world. There must be great many of them, and they must be very wonderful men, one says to oneself.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

John Ambling and Bertha Bellows or Fair: You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned ed has expended in labor and i'm. provements, your proportion of the assessment work for tho year 1909 upon the following named placer mining claims, to wit: The Ajax As sociation on Steele creek in the Fair. banks mining district.
 You are further notified that If. at the expiration of ninety (9O) days after the last publication of this notice, you fail or refuse to con tribute your proportion of such sx- penditure your interest in said claims will become the property Of the undersigned, your co-ownsr. un. der Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
 ARTHUR THOAA0.
 Date of first publication October 3, 1910.
 Date of last publication January | 1911.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE,

To E. H. Weber, his heirs, personal
 representatives and assigns; and
 all persons claiming by, through
 or under him.
 You are hereby notified that dur ing the years 1907, 1908 and 1909, we expended three hundred dollars Placer Mining Claim known as Mum. Der Two below Discovery, in the First Tier, and on the Left Limit of Goldstream Creek, tributary of the Tolovana River, in the Fairbanks Recording Precinct, Territory of Alaska; said Claim adjoins Creek Claim Number Two below Discovery on Goldstream Creek, on the Left Limit thereof, and the amount was so expended and such labor aAa improvements made for the pur- pose of holding said Claim under the provisions of section 2324. Revised Statutes of the United States, and constituted the annual assessment work upon said Claim for the ysarS 1907, 1908 and 1909. And if within ninety days after the last publication of this notice, you, E. H. Weber. fail or refuse to pay the undsrsign- ed, as co-owners, your proportion of the expenditures legally required to hold said premises as aforesaid. for the years 1907, 1908 and 1909. to- gether with the costs of this advsr> tisement, your interest in said Claim will become the property of the nD- dersigned under said section 1884. Revised Statutes of the United States.
 ARNE JAMESON,
 CARL MEYER.
 Date of First Publication, AuSas< 13, 1910.
 Date of Last Publication, Novem- Der 14, 1910.
 TANANA ABSTRACT CO.,. ASsnts.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, FOURTH DIVISION.

In the Matter of Percy H. Palmer. Bankrupt.-In Bankruptcy. Notice of First Meeting of Creditors. To the creditors of Percy H. Palmer. individually and as surviving part her of Palmer X Field, of Fair banks, in the Territory of Alaska. A bankrupt.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the third day of November, A. D., 1910, the said Percy H. Palmer was duly adjudicated bankrupt, individu- ally and as surviving partner of Palmer & Field; and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held at the office of w. H Adams, referee in bankruptcy, in the town of Fair banks, Alaska, on the 18th day of November, A. D., 1910, at the hour of o'clock D. m., at which time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint trustee, exam inc the bankrupt, and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting.
 Fairbanks, Alaska, November Sd, 1910.
 w. H. ADAMS,
 Referee in Bankruptcy. GUY B. ERWIN,
 Attorney for Bankrupt
 First publication, Nov ', 1910. Last publication Nov. 14, 1910.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
NOTICE OF FoR.
 FEiTURE.

10 Emma L. Kelly and Edna o. Phis.
 cator, their heirs and assigns:
 You and each of you are hsrsby notified that the undersigned co-own- CT with you of placer-mining claim numbered three (3) below Discovery 1n Gilmore creek, In the Fairbanks Recording District, Fourth Division, Territory of Alaska, has expended he sum of six hundred dollars lS6O0.00) in labor and improvements upon the above described placer min. Ing claim under the provisions of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount of annual labor required by said section 2324 for the years 190< 5-6-1-S-9, to and including the year 1909, to hold the said mining claim and If within ninety days after the publication of this notice you os either of you fail or refuse to con- tribute your proportions respectively of said sum so expended, as the own. CTS the said Emma l.. Kelly of An undivided half (h) thereof and the said Edna o. Phiscator of an undi. vided one-quarter (A) thereof or their heirs or assigns of . like amount respectively of said $500, 50 expended by me as the owner of an one-fourth (A) interest in said claim, your respective intsrssts or the interest of anyone failing to so contribute his or her respective share thereof in said claim will be- come the property of the undersigned co-owner under said section 2374.
 Dated Fairbanks, Alaska, ssptsm Der 26, 1910.
 JAMES McPIKE.
 W. H. Adams, Attorney for James McPike.
 Date of First Publication, ssptsn- Der 26, 1910
 Date of Last Publication, Dscsn- Der 26, 1910
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
MOST MISERABLE IS
 OLD SULTAN

bEhl-l.N-- He uHudppleSl IuttI4 on earth is Abdul Hamid, the de, posed sultan of Turkey.
 A remarkable account of his mis- erable existence at the Villa Abla- tine, which has been received from an authentic source at Salaniki Is published by the Lokal Anzeiger.
 The former despot of Turkey Is shiyering with fear for his life He is in hourly dread of assassination by his enemies. Since he was sent into exile. nearly eighteen months ago, he has never shown himself at any of the windows of the villa He dare not, for he is convinced that he would be shot by one of his foes if he were seen.
 Neither advice nor entreaties nor even stringent medical orders. will induce him to leave the house and take exercise in the garden.
 Not only does he stubbOrnly remain indoors, but nothing will make him leave the first floor of the villa He fears 10 trust himself to the ground floor lest bombs should be concealed in the cellars beneath. He will not go up to the second floor, for he thinks the villa might be set on fire, and he would perish before he could escape.
 A victim of insomnia, he never undresses, but his thin, bowed figure is seen wandering during the night from room to room until finally Abdul Hamid falls exhausted and slumbers titfully on a couch.
 He works as a carpenter during the day, and recently he finished making a large wardrobe.
 Strangely enough his one desire is to find a purchaser for it. It is not that he needs the money, but he longs to convince himself that the work of hls hands Is of none tary value.
 He begs his warders for leave to send the wardrobe away from the villa to be sold, but his request Is re- fused invariably. The Turkish gov ernment fears that within. the wood work there may be concealed some undesirable communication to his friends.
 Abdul Hamid knows nothing of the outside world. Neither he nor the two wives and the servants who followed him into captivity are al lowed to read any newspapers
 Once his keen desirse to learn what was happening led him to attempt to bribe one of his warders, to whom he offered $500 for the latest news papers.
 He clamors for details of the revo- lution which ended his reign.
 Sometimes he sits hour after hour deep in melancholy meditation
 Recently. when the officers on uulS COHSl dlultJeu ulLl OH HIS DlTIU- day Abdul Hamid wept and said q was once a great sultan, and, there fore, you can only mock me when you congratulate me on my hu- initiation"
 Abdul Hamid Is intensely lonely Abdul Rachim, the only son who followed him into captivity, has de- serted him, declaring that his father was so petulant and nervous that no one could endure life in his vii cinity. Burhann ed Din, his favor ite son, to whom he desired to leave his crown. has repudiated his father, accusing him of having caused the death of his mother, because Abdul Hamid refused to summon a compe- tent medical man to attend her in her illness.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
4 Sixth Sense,

~ SiStFI oSHSS.
 Scientists in Denmark are greatly puzzled by man named Emil Knud- sen, aged 36, Norwegian from Christiania. He has been an object of interest to the medical faculty for some time, and lately Professor Friedenreich, one of the leading nerve specialists of Europe, suggest ed an experiment. Knudsen was blndfolded at the wheel on a steam. CT and told to pilot it through the intricate channels of Copenhagen haroor. That he did without any mis- hap whatever. He displavei no nerv- ousness or hesitation. He took a dozen sharp corners and followed zigzag course throughout without any uncertainty. He explains his gift as sixth sense. and the scientific men who have him under observa- ton are inclined to believe that this explanation Is the true one. At present, anyway, they are unable to count for the performance on any other hypothesis.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Rabbits,

Hardly any animal is more diffi- cult to tame than the young of the wild rabbit On the other hand, scarcely any animal is tanner than the young of the tame rabbit.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Music lovinq Spiders.

II has been asserted that spiders possess a sensitiveness to musical sounds. Some species seem to re- Spond to the notes of the piano. the harp. the flute, and so on. in a manner suggestive of their ability 10 recognize these sounds or the harmonic vibrations on which they are based. But Prof. Lecaillon, of Paris, who has made a special study Of the instincts and the supposed
 'psychism' of spiders. thinks that the aren't sensitiveness of these insects to music has been misunder- stood. It is thought that when must cal instruments are played near heir nests the spiders simply feel he vibrations through their webs pr otherwise without recognizing the musical notes as sounds The effect upon them is similar to that of the buzzing of an entrapped fy.-Har per's Weekly,
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
LEGAL NOTICE,
LEGAL NOTICE. IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE FAIRBANKS PRECINCT, FOURTH DIVISION, TERRITORY 

UT AIHONH.
 In the Matter of the Estate of Ed. Anderson, Deceased-Notice to Creditors.
 Notice Is hereby given by the un- dersigned, administrator of the es- tate of Ed Anderson, deceased, to the creditors of and to all persons having claims against said deceased to exhibit them with proper vouch- CTS within six months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator at his office in the town of Fairbanks, Alaska, or at the office of his attorneys, Messrs. Wickersham & Roden, at Fairbanks, Alaska.
 ANDREW NERLAND,
 Administrator. Fairbanks, October 2S, 1910. First publication, October 31, 1910. Last publication November 2S, 1910.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

No. the population of Great Britain and Ireland Is, as we have seen. only about 43,5O0,O00, and what of hem?-Scribner's
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

New Tork.-At Travers Island re gently the annual senior championship contests of the Metropolitan Asso- ciauon of the A. A |. were marked y the breaking of three American records in the five-mile run by George Y Bunhag of the Irish-Amer- can Athletic club and the failure if Melvin W. sheppard to get away II the start of the first trial heat Df the 440-yard race Bonhag practi- aally led all the way in the five nile run which he won easily by ! fifth of 6 mile In 25:09 1-5, a new Amer cal record.
 The former record was made by Y. (. Carter of the New York Ath- 'ctIc club in 25:23 3-5 on September IT, 1887. Bonhag made two other American records in the same race. the first being 20:11 for four miles. healing 20-l5 4-5, made by the late William Day twenty-two years ago Carers time then was 22:59 4-5. but 8onaag romped past the mark in 22 t3 1-5.
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

Despite Lang's poor showing against Kaufman, the irrepressible Mcintosh still says he has faith in
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
Struck It Riuht.

STUCK IL RI9ht. While getting into a boat Wilfred stumbled, fell against the side of the craft and scratched his arm. Getting up, he looked at the scratch and then blurted: Guess this must he a Cathoat."
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14
The Sporting World

the Australian heavy weight If he intends to trim Lang into fighting form for a try at the championship by letting him undergo a series of melings like unto that ne re- ceived at kaufmans hands, there1I be nothing left of Bill for Johnson to land on. Harry Edwards, who promoted the kaufman-I.ang match. wants 10 bring Kaufman and John son together for six rounds in the Quaker City. There wouldn't be much to see in such a contest. In fact 1t wouldn't be any contest at all. Johnson would loaf languidly through the six rounds, out-polnting the California with as much ease as he used when the latter acted as his sparring partner at Reno. The haufman-Lang affair proved the American the better man than the scrapper from the Antipodes, but de- yelOped no new sensation in the line of providing possible entry to stand, the big negro probably could
 whip both men on the same night. Gradually the impression Is dawning )n the minds of those who would like to see Johnson lose his title
 hat If the negro is ever beaten it will be in the days to come, when his free and easy methods of living will have impaired his stamina. Which is dreary consolation. smackinS of the proVerb which warns the utility of waiting for
 lead mems shoes
The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-14

The success of the recent sculling race between Arnst and Barry on he Zambesi river, South Africa. has induced the promoters to plan to bring together amateur crews from Australia and England next season. Changes in the definition of an am- lteur will aid the movement.