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1 SATURDAY NOV 14 1903 BERKELEY DAILY GAZETTE BERKELEY CALIFORNIA OUL-UuOMK WiOOiKKKKKHJOOOOOO I COMBINED DEPOSITS OF TTbe Gburcbee FIRST NATIONAL BANK HH00H0KCHXKOOOOOOCtOOOO OOOC -OOCHlOOiXKKXHXHXJO -AND Berkeley Bank of Savings For Past Six Years Showing Growth the name of the company be changed be it Resolved that the name Brooklyn Banking Company be ebanged to South Berkeley Bank and the president of the corporation Ja hereby authorized and directed to apply to the Superior Court of the County of Alameda State of California for the change of names as aforesaid and to do and perform all things necessary and proper in the premises Wherefore your petitioner tbe Brooklyn Banking Company by its president and by a majority of its directors or trustees prays this Honorable Court that such proceedings may be had that its name may be changed from Brooklyn Banking Company" to "South Berkeley Bank" and your petitioner will ever pray etc Dated Oakland Cal October 29th 1903 BROOKLYN BANKING COMPANY by BARKER President and BARKER A NAYLOR GAD AYLWIN WILLIAM WASTE Directors WILLIAM WASTE Attorney for Petitioner: January 1898 27280160 i899 400350 42 J90o 517035 70 1901 726836 84 J902 910241 51 1903 128749988 October (nine months) 167196301 Increase during past nine months 384463 13 Combined Resources $2000000 00 Combined Capital and Surplus 200000-00 CHRISTIAN CHURCH Stiles Hall Pastor Darst Sunday evening Faith and How it Comes This is the first of a course on First Principles These sermon topics will follow: Nov 22 Repentance andi What It Does Nov 29 The Good Confession and What it Means Dec 6 Baptism or Obeying Christ Dec 13 The Christian Life and How to Live IL Come and enjoy these services also bring your friends BERKELEY CONGREGATIONAL The pastor will conduct morning service at 11 oclock theme Hiding In God" monthly meeting of the Win One Band at 10:30 at 7:30 Rev Harrison State Superintendent of Churches will speak upon Home Missions 8 BERKELEY PRESBYTERIAN The Rev Fred Johnston of Berkeley will preach both morning and evening November 15 Sunday School at 10 a ST MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL Corner Grove and Russell streets Ashby station Sunday School at 10 a morning prayer at 11:15 evening prayer at 7:30 Rev Gastmann will preach The First National Bank transact! a General Banking Business The Berkeley Bank of Savings transacts a Savings Business only oooooocHMCH3ooooomcHoooetooooc REAL Ml oCW70OCKKXOCKC0OCK)HJOOCKJ Deeds and May Gilpin have deeded to Burpee Lot 16 Block Teachers Tract Lorin and Clara Baker have deeded to McLaren Vt Lot 128 Block 1 Lands Regent Street Homestead Association Abbie and Joel Crocker have deeded to Carolyn Huntoon Lot 11 Block 21 Daley's Scenic PArk A and Emily Marshall have deeded to Irene Hamblin portion Lots 1 2 3 and 16 Block Leonard Tract A and Emily Marshall have deeded to Langdon Ansley 40 ft Lot 1 Blltck 3 Property John Kearney and Laura Nelson have deeded to Adeline de Walt Reynolds Lot 7 and 35 ft Lot 6 Block Crystal Spring Tract Mae and Geo Hardy have deeded to A Wilson portion Lot 5 Block 1 Shaw Tract Puget Sound Lumber Co has deeded to Fred Renz Lot 6 Twitchell Tract Richard and Nellie Surphils have deeded to Robert A Curran Lots 14 and 15 Block 34 Map Resub of Smiths Sub of Mathews Tract Mortgages Irene and Edward Hamblin have mortgaged to Berkeley Bank of Savings as in deed from A Marshall et ux for 2 years for 32000 John Doyle has mortgaged to Berkeley Bank of Savings Lot 13 Block 1 Tract A Berkeley and I Association for 2 years for 32700 Alice and John Barnett have mortgaged to University Savings Bank Lot 12 block 3 Wheeler Tract for 1 year for 36uv Deeds of Trust Nannie and Jones have deeded in trust to Rhorer and Frederick Clark trustees Homestead Loan Association portion Block Map Blocks A to Map No 3 Hil-legass Tract for 32600 Deeds of Trust Fred Renz has deeded In trust to Rhorer and Frederick Clark trustees Homestead Loan Association of Berkeley Lot 6 Twitchell Tract portion Lot 7 Same Tract for 33000 Releases WTm Herrin has released to Margt Burnham Lot 21 Block Adeline Tract for 3350 Berkeley Bank of Savings has released to Hans PNelson Lot 7 and 35 ft Lot 6 Block Crystal Spring Tract for 31800 Reconveyances Palmer and Friend trustees Home Security and Association have reconveyed to Cooper Lot 19 and Lot 20 Block Map Leonard Tract for $1100 DIED SMITH In this city November 13 1903 Smith aged 5a years 6 months 15 days a member of Sanford Collins Lodge No 396 Toleda Ohio Toledo Commandery Knights Templar No 7 Fort Meigs Chapter No 29 Geo Thomas Post A San Francisco The funeral will be held Monday November 16 at 1 from tbe late residence No 2155 me street under the auspices of Durant Lodge and A with escort of Oakland Commandery HANNS CASH MARKET 2014 Shattuck ave The best meats at lowest price Orders promptly delivered Phone Derby 401 5-15-tf GO EAST TOURIST WHY NOT Have you never heard about our tourist excursions? Well you should know all about them especially if you are thinking of going East Its the cheapest and at the same time most comfortable way to travel We are here to give you all the Information you want and will be glad to do so also to send you free of charge our handsomely illustrated books of travel descriptive of the grandest scenery in the world Our fast express trains three of them every day also carry dining cars and Pullman Palace sleepers through to Chicago and St Louis If you want to you may a stop a day in Salt Lake City without expense of hotel All you have to do is drop me a line say when and where you are golDg we will do the rest SHOTWELL Genl Agt Denver Rio Grande System A BUCK Dlst Pass Agt Denver Rio Grande System 625 Market St San Francisco Cai 9-5-tf PICTURE SALE at Hale'S 2141 Shattuck avenue 10-29-2W See Masons offer on first page 11-6-tf See what Mason says on first page 11-6-tf See Masons money-back offer on page 1 -11-6-tf THE Notice of Award of Contract NO 619 A Pursuant to Statute and to Resolution of Award of Contract No 669 A of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley adopted November 9 1903 directing this notice notice is hereby given that the said Board in open session on the 9th day of November 1903 opened examined and publicly declared all sealed proposals offered for the following work to-wit: That the center line of Hawthorne Terrace be sewered with a six-inch vitrified ironstone pipe sewer from the northerly terminus of the sewer now laid in Hawthorne Terrace about 580 feet north of Cedar street northerly to a point 330 feet north of the northerly line of the Wheeler Tract with 4-inch branches one for each 40 feet of frontage fronting on said work and that a brick manhole 4 feet in diameter with cast-iron cover be constructed on the line of said sewer opposite the northerly line of the Wheeler Tract and that a six-inch vitrified ironstone pipe lamphole with cast iron cover be constructed at the northerly terminus of said work and that said Hawthorne Terrace be graded to the official grade curbed with redwood curbs guttered with concrete gutters three feet in width and macadamized from the southerly Hue of Vine street northerly to a point 330 feet north of the northerly line of the Wheeler Tract Excepting from the above work that portion already done All work shall be done in accordance with the specifications for said work contained in Resolution Adopting Specifications No 669 A And thereafter awarded the contract for said work to the lowest regular responsible bidder to wit to East Shore Improvement Co at the prices named for such work in its proposal on file to wit: Grading per cubic yard of cut 74 cents macadamizing per square foot 6 8-10ths cents concrete gutters per square foot 13 cents wooden curbing per linear foot 14 cents vitrified ironstone pipe sewer 6 Inches in diameter per linear foot 3108 brick manholes with cast iron covers each 34900 lampholes with cast iron covers each 3500 branches each extra 40 cents and that the said award has been approved by the President Clerks Office of the Town of Berkeley November 9 1903 MERRILL Clerk of Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley ll-12-2t Notice leviting Street Work Proposals NO 673 A Pursuant to statute and to Resolution Ordering the Work No 673 A adopted November 9 1903 by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley directing this notice said Board invites and the undersigned will receive at his office in the Town Hall up to 7:45 oclock of the 23d day of November A 1903 sealed proposals or bids lor the following street work to be done according to the specifications posted and on file tberefor to wit: That the center line of Oregon street be sewered with a six-inch vitrified ironstone pipe sewer from a point 553 feet east of the easterly line of Grove street easterly to a point 34 feet east of the center line of Milvia street with 4-lnch branches one for each forty feet of frontage fronting on said work and that a brick manhole 4 feet in diameter with cast iron cover be constructed on the line of said sewer at the center line of Milvia street and that a six-inch vitrified Ironstone pipe lamphole be constructed at the easterly terminus of said sewer All work shall be done In accordance with the specifications contained in Resolution adopting sewer specifications No 673 A Bidders must file with each proposal or bid a check payable to the order of the President of the Board of Trustees of this town certified by a responsible bank for an amount that shall not be less than 10 per cent of the aggregate of the proposal or a bond for the said amount and so payable signed by the bidder and by two sureties who shall justify before any officer competent to administer an oath in double the said amount and over and above all statutory exemptions Clerks Office Town of Berkeley MERRILL Town Clerk and Clerk to said Bonrd of Trustees ll-13-2t JAMES CAHILL CO DIALERS IB Wall Paper and Window Shades- Painters and Decorators 408 Twelfth street bet Broadway and Franklin St Oakland Tel John 841 If you want your job work done promptly bring it to the Gazette office and get It within a few hours TRINITY METH0DI3T CHURCH Jenness pastor 11 a How Can Wo Be Revived 730 Prepare Ye the Way FIRST BAPTI8T CHURCH OKD Rev Henry Mable of Boston secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union wld preach at 7:30 1 RELIGIOUS LECTURE IN GERMAN The subject of Rev OngerOhs religious lecture in German at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in Stiles Hall will be Jesus Christ and Confession of Faith" The meeting will be open to the public FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH Rev Hosmer minister Sunday School at 10 a Morning service at 11 oclock with sermon by Mr Hosmer No evening service FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev Edgar Work pastor Morning Study of the Life of Paul continued subject Fe Men in a Prayer Meeting evening The Few Centuries of Silence The Romans and Herod the Great The choir will sing selections from Hmers Song of Victory DEATH OF LANDON SMITH Landon Smith died last night at the family home at 2155 Vine street after a short illness Yesterday he received a letter containing bad news and last night when he was told of the tragic death of Mrs weir with whom hex was well acquainted the shock proved too much and rupture of the heart resulted He leaves a wife Smith was employed in the foreign mail service at the ierry depot San Francisco WHEELER AMONG THE ROOTERS This afternoon President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the State university is sitting in the midst of the blue and gold rooters cheering his hardest for the California team His dignity is laid aside and he stands up wjth the rest of the rooters waving his hat and yelling for Ovie" Heinie and the other members of the team A number of the faculty members have followed his example and are supporting the team heartily JUDGE GARBER CELEBRATES SEVENTIETH ANNIVERSARY One of the most delightful dinners of the week was Judge Garbers birthday dinner given at his home at Claremont Judge Garber has three score years and ten to his credit and this seventieth birthday was a notable event Hallahan pro- sided in his usual happy fashion over the destinies of the dinner and it was a very bright and successful affair planned along interesting and original lines Old friends gathered about the hospitable board and the toasts in honor of the day were full of wit of humor of good wishes the kind that old friends offer us when they have come with us a long way down lifes road The guests at this seventieth birthday dinner were Mr Palache Sr Mr Palache Jr Professor Howison Professor Gayley Professor Leon Rich- ardson Warring ilkinsan Mr Cuyley Mr Wright and Ad- miral Kempff After the dinner the wives of the dinner guests arrived and then was cut the big birth- day cake It made a beautiful picture surrounded by seventy lighted candles The company enjoyed one of the rare even- ings of the winter and the guests took their leave wish- ing that the days of their host might indeed be long in the land PICTURE SALE at Hales 2141 Shattuck avenue 10-29-2W Title of Court and Cause ORBER FIXING TIME On reading and filing the petition of the Brooklyn Backing Company praying for permission of this court to change its name to South Berkeley Bank and good cause therefor appearing It is Ordered that Friday the 27th day of November A 1903 at the hour of ten o'clock a of said day at the court room of Department No 1 of this Court in the Court House of the County of Alameda State of California be and the same are hereby fixed as the time and place for the hearing of this application -for change of name and that notice hereof be given by the publication of a copy of such petition for four successive weeks in the Berkeley Dally Gazette a newspaper of general circulation printed in the County of Alameda Dated October 29th 1903 OGDEN Judge of the Superior Court 10-29-td NOTICE In tbe Superior Court of tbe County of Alameda State of California In tbe matter of the application for change of name of Harmon A Leh-taner To the Honorable the Superior Court of the County of Alameda State of California The petition of Harmon A Lehtaner respectively shows: That your petitioner is a resident of the County of Alameda State of California over the age of twenty-one years That the place of birth of your petitioner was Finland that by an order of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco State of California made on the 3rd day cf June A 1892 your petitioner vaa admitted and declared to be a clUiea of the United States of America That petitioner's present name Harmon A Lehtaner and that the name proposed to which his name be changed is Harmon A Anderson That upon coming to America petitioner adopted the name of Hannon A Anderson and ever since Las continued to use such came that he is known to his friends acquaintances and business associates as Harmon A Anderson and not Lehtner and petitioner prefers the name ofAnderson That the father of your petitioner and all his relations are residents of Finland Wherefore petitioner prays that proper proceedings be taken to the effect that this Court make an order changing the name of petitioner from Harmon A Lehtaner to Harmon A Anderson HARMON A LEHTANER Petitioner Jt is ordered that Friday the 13th day of November 1903 at the hour of ten oclock be and the same is hereby fixed as the time and the Court-room of Department No 3 of above described Court as the place for hearing the said petition for change of name at which time and place all persons interested may appear and show cause if any they have why the prayer of said petitioner should not be granted Dated this 10th day of October 1903 JOHN ELLSWORTH Judge HARRY JOHNSON Attorney for Petitioner 906 Broadway Oakland Cal 10-12-td Notice to Creditors Estate of Charles Emslie Deceased Notice is hereby given by the under signed Administrator of the Estate of Charles Emslie deceased to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them with the necessary wauchers within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said Administrator at his office at No 3011 Adeline (near Ashby station) Berkeley Cal which said office the undersigned selects as his place of business in all matters connected with said estate of Charles Emslie deceased EMSLIE Administrator of the Estate of Charles Emslie deceased Dated Oakland November 5 1903 WILLIAM WASTE Attorney for Administrator Oakland Cal 11-5-4W NOTICE OF CHANGE OF THE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS OF THE BROOKLYN BANKING WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED 2 a Direct Ceaslgnnsaat of 2 Boston AKED WITH TOMATO SAUCE and packed in large 3 POUND TINS Were going to sell them for 10 cents a can AND THATS A SNAP! Iunde THE NORTH BERKELEY OROCER Twe Phones North 81 2 Twe Phones North 81 jjg -if- PETITION OF BROOKLYN BANKING COMPANY TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO SOUTH BERKELEY BANK In the Superior Court of the County of Alameda State of California In the matter of the application of the Brooklyn Banking Company a corporation to change its name to South Berkeley Bank To the Honorable the Superior Court of the County of Alameda State of California: The petition of the Brooklyn Banking Company respectfully shows and represents: That your petitioner is a corporation duly Incorporated under the laws of the State of California That its Articles of Incorporation are dated March 4th 1903 and were on said date filed In the office of the County Clerk of the County of Alameda That a certified copy of said Articles of Incorporation was duly filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California at Sacramento California on the 5th day of March 1903 That thereupon the said Secretary of State duly issued to said corporation a proper certificate of incorporation thereof That immediately thereafter said corporation was duly organized as is required by law That ever since said last named dates your petitioner has been and now is a duly Incorporated and organized corporation and has at all times and now has its principal place of business at the City of Oakland County of Alameda and State of California That said corporation has been and is formed among other objects to engage in and carry on a business of banking to such extent and in all said branches as may be legally done under the ConstHtutlon and Laws of the State of California That since the incorporation and organization of the Brooklyn Banking Company as aforesaid all of the subscribed capital stock thereof has been acquired and is now held by citizens and residents of the town of Berkeley County of Alameda and State of California who propose to and will carry on and conduct the business of said corporation at said Town of Berkeley That the said corporation has taken due and legal steps to and is about to move the principal place of business of the said Corporation from the said City of Oakland to the said Town of Berkeley and the undersigned as directors and shareholders and being four out of five of the directors of said corporation and owning and holding four-fifths of all of the subscribed capital stock of said corporation are desirous of changing the name thereof from the Brooklyn Banking Company to South Berkeley Bank That the name proposed for said corporation is South Berkeley Bank That in addition to the fact of the owning of all of the subscribed capital stock of said corporation by citizens and residents of the Town of Berkeley and the proposed change of business of said corporation to said Town of Berkeley your petitioner alleges that it will be to the advantage and best interests of said corporation and of the owners of said capital stock that the name be changed as aforesaid for the additional reason that as its name at present stands it localizes the corporation to that certain portion of the City of Oakland formerly known and designated as Brooklyn whereas the name South Berkeley Bank will localize and associate the corporation with that portion of the Town of Berkeley where its proposed business shall be carried on and will tend to procure the depositors and to secure business for tbe said bank That the name South Berkeley Bank is not npw owned or used by any friendly association or any corporation That at a regular meetlngof the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Banking Company held at its place of business on the 22nd day of October 1903 the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas all the capital stock of the Brooklyn Banking Company has been acquired by residents of the Town of Berkeley and the principal place of business is about to be changed to and transferred to said last named place and will in future be carried on in that town and Whereas the name of a bank or banking company is material in many ways and Whereas it is to the advantage and best interests of the company that Notice of Award of Contract NO 70 A Pursuant to Statute and to Resolu-tlon of Award of Contract No 670 A of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley adopted November 9 1903 directing this notice noUce is hereby given that the said Board in open session on the 9th day of November 1903 opened examined and publicly declared all sealed proposals offered for the following work to wit: That the southerly side of Berryman street from a point 100 feet west of the westerly line of Shattuck avenue easterly to the westerly curb line of Shattuck avenue be sldewalked with a cement walk six feet in width All work shall be done In accordance with the specifications contained In Ordinance No 65 A And thereafter awarded the contract for said work to the lowest regular responsible bidder to wit to The Lindgen-Hicks Co at the prices named for such work In Its proposal on file to wit Cement sidewalks per square foot 18 cents and that the said award has been approved by the President Clerks Office of the Town of Berkeley November 9 1906 MERRILL Clerk of Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley l-12-2t Notice of Award of Contract NO 671 A Pursuant to Statute and to Resolution of Award of Contract No 671 A of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley adopted November 9 19U3 directing this notice notice is hereby given that the said Board in open session on the 9th day of November 1903 opened examined and publicly declared all sealed proposals Offered for the following work to-wit: That a concrete and stone culvert 30 Inches by 36 inches inside diameter be constructed in and along Ward street from a point 250 feet east of the easterly line of Milvia street westerly to a point 290 feet west of the westerly line of Milvia street and that two brick catch-basins with 3-lnch vitrified ironstone pipe connections with said culvert be constructed in the crossing of said Milvia street The grade of said culvert shall be one foot above the grade of the sewer now laid in Ward street All work shall be done in accordance with the specifications contained in and adopted by Resolution No 655 A And thereafter awarded the contract for said work to the lowest regular responsible bidder to wit to Contra Costa Construction Company at the prices named for such work in its proposal on file to wit: Concrete and stone culverts per linear foot 3260 vitrified ironstone pipe connections 12 inches in diameter per linear foot 5 cents brick catch basins each 91000 and that the said award has been approved by the President Clerks Office of the Town of Berkeley November 9 1903 MERRILL Clerk of Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley ll-12-2t Resolution of Intention NO 684 A Resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Berkeley that it is the intention of said Board to order the following Street Work to be done In said town to wit: That Howe etreet be graded to the official grade curbed with redwood curbs guttered with concrete gutters three feet in width and macadamized from the easterly line of Ellsworth street easterly to the westerly line of Telegraph avenue All work shall be done in accordance with the general specifications contained In Resolution No 776 A The Berkeley Dally Gazette" Is hereby designated as the daily newspaper published and circulated in the Town in which this Resolution of Intention shall be published by two insertions and the notice thereof for six days The Clerk of this Board is hereby directed to publish and post this Resolution for two days in the manner prescribed by law Adopted November 9 1903 by the following vote: Ayes Trustees Connor Ferrier Ryder Staats Dowd Hoff and President Rickard Noes None Absent None Attest: MERRILL ll-12-2t Town Clerk CLIPPINGS FROM SOUTH BERKELEY The house of A Craigmile of Shattuck avenue is to be moved from Its present site the land naving been bought by the Hunter Lumber Co They will move their house on a lot close to Ashby avenue on ue opposite side of Shattuclu very shortly Adopt Pin The sub-junior class of tne Berkeley High School has adopted as a class pin a gold dragon in a gold wreath and with a ruby eye Personals Mrs Rockford Flint of Bancroft way who has been seriously 111 for some time is much Improved and she and her family expect to leave Berkeley on Sunday for Los Angeles If her health will then permit Vivian Hill the little son of Dr and Mrs Albert Hill has been unable to attend school for a week owing to a very bad cold and sore throat The little 6-weeks-old son of Mr and Mrs Brewer of Hearst avenue Is getting along nicely Dr Harmes a well known dentist of San Francisco is a new addition to Lorin He has located at 1836 Harmon street corner of Adeline He will have officers there where he will shortly be able to see his patients BAG SIXTY-THREE DUCKS Louis Titus and Friends Find Good Shooting Near Solano Louis Titus of Berkeley and two friends killed sixty-three ducks on Joice Island near Solano Titus went again Tuesday evening accompanied by Mrs Titus and the two enjoyed an early morning shoot Wednesday They secured thirty-five about a dozen of which were brought down -by Mrs Titus steady aim Shb -was delighted with iie success of her initial hunt hqre DIED WEIR In Berkeley November 13 Frances beloved wife of Weir mother of Robert and Lou-etta Weir a native of California aged 44 years Friends and acquaintances are requested to attend funeral services from St Marks Episcopal Church Sunday November 15 at 2:30 Interment private MANY MILES Or PAVE- STREETS Town Engineer Charles Huggins is preparing a report to be tendered at the next meeting of the Town Board of Trustees which will show that Berkeley has 65 miles of macadamized streets This extensive improvement will compare favorably with any town of the same population in the United States IF YOU WANT the very best meats fish and poultry try Clelres Hillside Market at 1515 Shattuck ave North Berkeley 9-9-tf New Buckwheat Flour and Maple Syrups just in Rundea 10-14-tf 1 Notice is hereby given that the undersigned the Brooklyn Banking Company a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of California Is about to and Intends to change its principal place of business from the City of Oakland County of Alameda State of California to the Town of Berkeley County of Alameda State of California said change to take place on the 18th day of November 1903 and that on and after said date its said principal place of business win be in said Town of Berkeley County of Alameda State of CalifornlA Dated October 24th 1903 BROOKLYN BANKING COMPANY By BARKER President and by ft mew COLE 10-24-td Secretary FINE SHOE MAKING I hsre the best established reputation la town tor fine workmanship Mv rep slrin is the BEST 1 repair all kinds ol shoes and rub-Cleats Spikes and Rivets KUHPACHAPP 8127 Center St Berkeley I).