Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 29

CA LIF ii 4 Tf 17 T7J TUB STMIE i i ii 1 1 ME, cheerfully vote to incur. the for the development thus far made in the improvement, of the public park lands is now. thoroughly recognized by the great body of the citizenship transaction by the people at a bond election which will shortly be called for the issuance of a bonded indebtedness large enough to cover the price paid and the interest on the investment, and for the purchase of some small additional tracts on the east side of Lake Merritt, whose acquisition is deemed desirable in order to complete the hain of lake shore parks. Doubtless the people will Continued from Page 12. tiponv broad lines for future acknowledgement as one of the most attractively parked cities on the continent.

YEAR'S COST OF-PARKS. mond boulevard, from Orchard street to Moss avenue 2100 feet has been and a contract has been let for the extension of Grand avenue boulevard, from Santa Clara avenue to the Piedmont boundary line, a distance of 2100 feet. Deputy Superintendent of Streets Ott furnishes "the following summary of boulevards, reduced to miles and fractions thereof: fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, the city spent for material on parks and boulevards and for their maintenance and improvement $127,156.23. BOULEVARD CONSTRUCTION. Coincident with the improvement of the park lands, the extension of the boulevards that is, roadways devoted exclusively to light travel and from which heavy KIDNAPED INDIAN GIRL Of course, the improvement and maintenance of these public parks Boulevards Miles.

to the Scenic boulevard, running through the foothills between this-city and Hay ward. In the latter Oakland has a larger and more direct interest than any other part of Alameda county, as aside from the contributions made by private citizens toward its construction the city is paying sixty per cent of the county taxes through which the boulevard is being built. MOSSWOOD PARK. In the chain of parks and boulevards it is planned to incorporate the Mosswood Park, the former home of the late J. Mora Moss.

This property was bought by the Bankers' Trust for and on account of the city, and the deed therefor is held by the trust in escrow for the benefit of the city, subject to the approval of the Flits Into Fairyland Until Wedding Bells Ring cost money. But that is only a trifling consideration. Every park, bought and. improved adds to the value of private property, not only in its immediate neighborhood, but for a wide radius around it, and this adds to the assessable value and furnishes a source of increased revenues, which will in time compensate the city for its investment, without considering the additional inducements to newcomers to settle here, which these beauty spots are sure to attract. During the Lake Shore 1.1553 Harrison .3409 Grand avenue .3977 Grand avenue (incomplete) .3977 3977 I Total 2.6893 i The plan of developing these boulevards is to dovetail them into one another, and make a complete chain of attractive driveways, which will in time be linked traffic is excluded by law has been carried on.

During the year the Lake Shore boulevard, from East Twelfth street, has been extend to Grand avenue 6000 feet in length. Harrison boulevard has been completed! fdorn Twentieth to Twenty-fourth street 1800 feet in length. Grand avenue, from Cove avenue to Santa Clara avenue 2100 feet in length has been finished. Rich MUSKOGEE, 26. Because she possessed a lease which half' a doztn oil companies sought, Susie Turner, a Tahlequah Cherokee Indian girl, -who lacked one month of being: eighteen years old, has spent that month in fairyland.

Kidnaped at night on a street of Tahlequah and driven forty-five -niles in a race to catch a train, the young Indian gi-1 was hustled Into a Pullman stateroom on the Katy Flyer, hurried out of Okla'ao na, married to her sweetheart on the train, wined, dined and entertained at the expense of one of the oil companies and has just been returned to Oklahoma, eighteen years old, Mrs. Moses Harris, and lpgally able to sign over a lease- the oil men. As a child Mr3. Harris inherited land valuable for its oil deposits. She leaned it to the Midland Oil Company as a minor's lease, revocable on the attain ment of majority.

When Euaie Turner ft eighteenth birthday approached several oQ companies grew active in an attempt to get the lease, -which has been exceptional ly profitable. Then the iHoldenville OU Company sprang its coup, kidnaped the girt and kept her In the fairyland of the East until she was old enough to make the new lease. She has signed it over to the Holdenvllle Company. 1 Taft -o Fourteenth to Fifteenth ON Street Clay substantial manner the the west Taft Pernio ver have given the citizens of Oakland an opportunity of pointing with pride to "Our Big Store." This store has supplied a long-felt need in the community, and the extraordinary men the firm of Taft Pennoyer opened the doors of their magnificent new store on the corner of Fourteenth and Clay S'ts. 1 here dawned for Oakland tw era of progression as she.

has never ex-'pcrienced before "In es approval of the people of Oakland. Thousands of out-of-town residents visited this store last month and its fame is still spreading. Below is shown a few departments, but the photos give but a faint idea of the magnitude of this establishment. volume of business accorded this firm the open tablishing the largest and finest dry goods store in fc 3L-a44t JZMl ing month attests in a ver i i. ifKW.

A section of the Jewelrv De-partment (main floor) showing the magnificent display of im" ported and domestic novelties. Corner of the China Room giving a slight idea of the magnitude of this' depart-, ment. a i Mq Extensive rep-resentation is given 'Needle Art' work and materials from all parts of- the world on IS MMNHMHW '-m- Excellent photo of the Drapery Department, with its row upon row of foreign and domestic goods. 5.