Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 14

JUNE 21, 1914. SUNDAY MORNING. OAKLAND TRIBUNE Ml JV 1 jAfjV GO OAKLAND AS oonvEHTion CITY A UNIQUE, AND MODERN APARTMENT HOUSE IN THE PIEDMONT HILLS Tr AVOID HEAT Q) MO II- 15) 0 IW-V VaW' It HKj rflf An avcrsRe volume of real estate bust Oakland will again have an opportunity this week to prove its attractiveness as a convention when a a Ki WtfU h'Wkf'! JK.r'W i ri rm rr' Jifp jrrT5? 31aa' 11 1 til I J-r- 7 II i sWSr.lJw& 4 HOME BUILDERS TO REAL STATE IN BIS SHOW TREND IMPROVEMENTS IN BERKELEY REALTY ERECT APARTMENTS AWAIT CONVENTION OF LOCAL MARKETALAMU CONTINUE MARKET ACTIVE Construction Work and Open-- ing of New Divisions Are Expected to Boom. Building Operations and Rent- als Indicative of Long Era- -of Prosperity. Oakland Delegation to Attend Nattonal Association Meet -Scheduled in Pittsburg Street Work Is Being Done in Many Sections of Encinaf City.

ALAMEDA, June 20. Street Improvements are now occupying the attention of the city council and form the prlnlcpal ness In OaRlann ror hub immm imported by the brokers. Although the vnmHnn lull In snnarent. there hasbeen satlsfactory amount of dealing in res idence properties ami apartment nouse sites. The in subdivisions la particularly marked and, the tracts ar fast being built up as lots are disposed of.

The vs cat ion season In Oakland Is far from being a dull and, this city fares much better than other center of similar size during the summer months, ss for as realty trading Is concerned. The Influx of summer residents from the Interior has bnen even larger than In previous years, which has added to the rental business, according to real estate brokers. The summer session of the University of California has brought many teachers and others to thb east side of the bay as summer residents, and there Is the usual contingent of regular vacation visitors, who come to escape th midsummer heat of the great valleys. Oakland and Alameda county boosters are expressing their gratification over the showing made by this county in the matter of population Increase as reported by Secretary of State Frank Jordan. Alameda has made a gain between July 1, 1913, and June 1, 19H, of 11,740.

the total population now being 295,638, as compared with an Increase of Pan Fran cisco countv of 7607 during the same period. The entire state has gained 190,279 over last year's figures. The largest proportion of Alameda county's Increase, of course, has been within the boundaries of Oakland. The gain In Oakland's population la also reflected by the enlarged receipts of the Oakland postofllce for the fiscal year ending March 31 last. Such business is accepted as a good barometer of conditions in all lines, and tl)o Increase 1 regarded by Oakland merchants as being Indicative of growing commercial Importance, The revenues of the Oakland postofflbe, according to figures compiled by Postmaster Paul J.

Schafer, were $26,989.24 greater during! tlie year ending March 31, 1914, than during the preceding twelve Since the close of the last fiscal year the Increase has also been far greater, the receipts for April of this year being $3070.49 more than during April, 1913. Eighteen additional carriers have been added to the Oakland force during the fiscal year, and Postmaster Schafer asks for four more. There are now 138 carriers delivering mail and thirty-eight substations throughout Oak land. In the discussion of Oakland's bond elections and bonded indebtedness, It has been brought out that this city's bonded Indebtedness on June 1, 1914, was and that the city might bond itself for $40,000,000 and not exceed th state law limiting a city's public debt to 15 per cent of its assessed valuation. Comparing Oakland's present debt with that of twelve other cities of It nearest size throughout the United States, according-- to figures- takerr from merclal and Financial Chronicle of May 30, 1914, Oakland's Indebtedness is $776,183 under the average.

The average for the thirteen cities ranging in population from the twenty-sixth In size to the thirty-eighth, Inclusive, Is $9,164,000. SUPERVISORS FIX Knight's Landing Project to Be Considered on July 21. WOODLAND, June 20. In the mattej of cutting a canal through the Knights Landing rldge. the board of supervisors of Yolo county has taken an Important step In setting the time of hearing obpectlona to the work on July 21 In the chambers of the board in this city.

The action followed the filing of th report of Commissioners P. N. Ashley, county surveyor of Yolo, L. L. Hleocta of Colusa, Colusa countv, and Civil Engineer Havlland of Oakland appointed to levy an asueasment of $800,000 on the proposed drainage district.

t0 nvtt Engineer Ashlev, J7 000 acres out of the 72.000 In the district He north of Knights Landing ridge and 6000 acres to the south of the ridge. The town of Knights Landing Is Included in the district and the assessment therein will be made on the basis of the value of the town lots Instead of on the acreage In the town. On purely agrlrultureal lands the assessment ranges from $1 to $16, according to benefit derived from cutting the canal and from $2 to $3 per thousand square -feet In town lots which will make approximately an assessment of $20 a lot Of the total aaspsament nt tftftn aai nw tuning me canal and doing other work necessary for drslnage onl 'e nn flv wiu ue i-iuLTBeu. againsi me lands south of the ridge, making an average of about $8 an acre, leaving nearly $760,000 as an assessment on the lands north of the ridge approximately an average of abont $11.80 an acre. The assessment on the town lots In Knights Xandlug will- not raise much money.

The cutting of the canal will r.ll.v. the lands north of the Knights Landing ridge of an Immense quantity of back water brought down from the mountains by twenty-two streams. Since the building of the great levees by reclamation district No. Iu8 this water does not run off Into the Sacramento river. It is said the enterprise of cutting the great canal through the ridge has been practically financed and that four or more big dredgers will be ready to start work as soon as the necessary preliminary ar rangements are made.

Those Interested In the -work are confident that It can be completed In time to carry off th flood waters of next winter. A hearing will be held In Colusa county to allow the residents of that portion of the district to voice their objections to the plan of drainage. SAN" JOAQUIN TO HAVE LARGE ALMOND CROP LOni, June 20. County Horticultural Commissioner Garden expects to see an unusually large crop of almonds this year. Walnuts are looming up big and expectations are that the crop now maturing will be far in advance of th output last year.

"Fanners of San Joaquin are taking a personal Interest In the walnut culture." said Harden. "It Is new here, ahd it Is proving remunerative to the growers who are experimenting and walnut culture In this county is exceedingly bright Thcre will be large crops of peaches. The fruit in every part ofithe county is coming along nicely. Apricots are not aa good aa they should be, although the crop as a whole will be large enough to worthy of DATE QF HEARING the Drue- ClerRSAawinlathjn-Tif-CBH1 fornta will hold In this city it third annual gathering. And when others of the numerous conventions booked for Oakland are beld In 191R, after the completion of the municipal auditorium, there will ie.

of course, greatly Improved opportunities for accommodating and entertaining the visitors. Besides the finished auditorium, there will have Lbeen completed several new hotels, and other downtown structures, will add to the metropolitan appearance of the city. The delegates to the drug clerks convention, which meets here next Tuesday and continues through Thursday, have been told of what they may expect to find In Oakland Jn the way of attractions. D. H.

Bradley, assistant secretary of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce, has given them a clear Idea, In the official organ of the clerks' association, of what is In' store for them. The June issue of the Journal contains, besides a half-tone Illustration of the new city hall on the cover, an rtlcle by Assistant Secretary Bradley on "Oakland, a Convention and 'Tourist City." It lit as follows: Oakland Is rapidly equipping; Itself as the greatest convention city on me raci-flc Coast and on the North American continent Many thin go to make up the modern convention city. The tatter day convention delegate and visitor has many wants, n-hi. nra many conveniences and facili ties demanded by these visitors that were net taken into account a decade arc Oakland cltlxens have studied this subject and for several years have naa in mina Tv.rf.rt nl.n. That nlan Is being worked out In detail until now the scheme and eleslgn is taking form.

tvm. tmnonln auditorium, to be com ijrteted bv 1915. Is Of Itself sufficient to attract the attention and (tain the approbation of thna having in chanre the com fort, conveniences and provision for the business of these gatherings that bring together thousands of delegates ana terestd spectators. The auditorium will provide In its In rW for the comfortable seating of inn rnwwile. The ventilation, lighting and acoustics have all been looked after by scientific experts.

There will be no draught areas, no dark comers, no tiers of seats where the auditors cannot- hear. IN KEEPING WITH CITY. The appropriation of a million dollars ensures an architectural design and a structural finish that Is In keeping with the dignity of the great City of Oakland and the great State of California. Oakland and California mean to be the hosts of hundreds of thousands of guests in the year to eome, and these will be Invited to hold their conventions In a building that will typify the whole-hearted hospitality that the world has a right to expect from a people living In a city so blessed by nature and destined for such future greatness. Ample provision for committee rooms, caucus rooms and other adjuncts of conventions has been made.

The location, fronting on Lake Merrltt a salt water lake covering 160 acres, surrounded by parks and back of all the tow. erlng hills covered wUh villas, ha given the architect an opportunity that has been seised upon and made the most of. The result Is a picture to be presented to the visiting convention delegate that Is not excelled bv the examples of old world combination of architectural and natural heautlea Such a visitor is assured of not only comfort and pleasure In his meeting place, but If there la a smoldering spark of Imagination and a particle of the spirit that la responsive to the call of grandeur and beauty In nature' or In art, be or she la aaaured of a constant Inspiration that must tell la his or tier work. Oakland peopla planned for their nra-' jiMpal auditorium and worked for It years Wore it became a certainty by the action rltiaens In voting bonds In the amount of 1500,000 for the initial cost of the construction of the building. This amount lias been doubled by additional funds provided to complete the work.

The site Is in Peralta Park ground, a plot of ground containing about twenty-five acres, extending from the Twelfth-street dam to Klghth street, and from Fallon etreet to -lr-teke outlet, an area equal approxl- xnately to twelve city block. COVERS LARGE SITE. The auditorium Is four hundred feet bne and one-fourth blocks long, and this length fronts on Twelfth street, across which are the parked land and Lake Merrltt. There Is In existence no municipal auditorium that oompares with this one, and there is no likelihood that during the present generation one will be built that will have in and about It, so much of distinctive worth and attractiveness. Oakland's equipment as a convention city includes the addition to Its former bostelrles, one of the largest and finest hotels on the Pacific coast, the new Oakland hotel, which esVers one entire city block near the lake and la Ave minutes' walk from Die auditorium.

This building with site and furnishings, represent a property value of nearly 12,000.000. The lofty dome, oelllnged main lobby, the errand ball room, 60 by 110 feet In dimensions, with Itej myriad of lights shining from the great height at which they are auspended, will make an Imposing setting for the gathering of thousands In carnival time, which la whenever the carnival spirit is abroad. A dosen other new liotels that would have been considered bur ones a few years a so, will also be ready to take care of their share of the crowds that will come. Among these tire Claremont. sitting high among the Jillls that overlook Berkeley, Emeryville, nekland.

Alameda and the busy water front and cities that go to make up the cast bay ahore communities. MANY HOTELS. Glob trotter who have been satiated with eeenery and wearied to ennui by attractions that famoua hostelries of the rM have to offer, experience a new thrill of aroused Interest that develop Into enthusiasm when they view the surroundings and appointments of the "Claremont" Attraction within themselves, these two great hotels will be powerful factors In bringing about the acknowledgement of all comers that Oakland la the great convention city of the coast. In addition ta these two, there are In Oakland, a acore of other hotels aU conveniently located and all managed by first-class men, Oakland has rapidly grown to be one of the best theater cities ra the continent Pring the last few years, the theatrical syndicate, great actor and managers have realised this, and the capital ha been furnished for buildings to display the attraction. Four hlgh-rlui show housea the eaual of any on the Pacific Coast, and a dozen smaller but In tAalr sphere of activity, equally meritorious, serve to accommodate the amusement seeker.

That the Patronage 1 satiefactory 1 ahown by the plana for still other new Theeplan temple to be built In the Immediate future. Oakland's park and boulevard eystem ronnctlng wth the finest country roads in the Ktate. seven- hundred miles of them, are a part of the equipment of this city by the bay for properly caring for the delegates and visitors to conventions. PARK SYSTEM. The city park system erabracea forty- tno parked plat wua a eomolDM Company, in New" Departure, Acquires Downtown Site for Edifice.

An Interesting feature of the realty transactions of the week was the digression of the United Home Builders from their customary role of subdivlders and bungalow constructors, when on Tuesday of last week the company purchssed one of the finest available apartment house sites on Lake Merrltt. The property la situated on the west side of Oak street, 214, feet north of Fourteenth street, and has a frontage of sixty feet, with a depth of 10 feet Plana are now being drawn for a mag- nlfloent fire-proof apartment house to be erected In the course of the next few months. The hew owners promise a structure that will embody all the latest and most complete Ideas in modern apartment house construction. This is the first acquisition' of dnwn town property by the Home Builders. who heretofore have contented them selves with developing and building residence I property.

The step in this new direction Is the catise of favorable com ment among friends of the company. of nearly four hundred acres. This Includes beautiful Lake Merrltt, a salt water lake, the waters of which are kent cure and clear by being replenished twice every twenty-four hours by the flowing and ebbing of the tide net Id Its border of greensward and circling stretches of groves and flower gardens, with the tall buildings of the business section on one side and on the other aide those of the residences that top the Mile, showing in the clear water. Lake Merrltt la an ideal sheet for boating. Scores of pleasure crafts under sail or propelled by oars are constantly gliding over it surface.

At night the lake Is garlanded by a chain of lights running along the walk and boulevard that winds around its shores. These gleam in the million reflections caught by ine aortiy lapping wavelets like the con. stellatlons that deck the blue California skies that over-arch them all. There la a charm in a night sail on Lake Iterrttt in view of the gleaming Ughta from tha homes and along the streets of cities where nearly three hundred thousand people live. These blend with the lights of the stars shove, while the boatman floats in a calm silence apart from all worldly csre and turmoil.

It is one the little things Oakland has to offer the vleitor or convention delegate who would steal away for a few minutes from the work In hand. FOWL ON THE LAKE. One of the features of Iake Srerritt that makes this water nark unlmi i the Immediate flocks of wild ducks that congregate there. During the months when ice snd. snow make winter In less favored part of the earth, these water' fowl cover th lake In flocks of canvas-back, blue bill, and other varieties that are acres.

In extent The ducks are not molested, and seem to fully understand that their enemy, man, has made this lake neutral ground over which the flag of peace forever floats. The tht r.f thousands ef wild ducks ajutetly feeding wmun iew yarue 01 me oeuievame and walk along which hundreds of whirring automobile and chatting foot passenior pas every hour. Is a suhject of endliena wonder to the stranger. When the warmer weather of the south calls these ducks, they fly away to return the next autumn for their winter aolourn. Oakland has In Idora park, one of the finest pleasure attactlons of the Coney Island type west of Bait Lake Cltv.

Th. Improvement of Oakland's wharves, every new publlo and eeml-publlo building, the noteis, me auaitonum. the electric and steam railroad termlnala all are planned and constructed with an eye toward its useruinees, not only to Oakland residents, but to those of every town, city and farm In all that "DacK country." In the leisure time between sesnkma of conventions, delegates and visitors will find lo these, subjects for thought and mean for acquiring Idea of value to take bom with them. BERKELEY June 20. With a bond campaign for more than a million dollars In sight, a movement well under way for city beautlflration by floral means, contracts let this week for street Improve ments to the extent of $125,000, and other street work in contemplation.

All this In connection with a steady Increase In building operations throughout the city and an especially busy market In rentals at this time gives an appearance of prosperity to the city during the summer days that la not belled by the real facts beneath. Seldom In the past has there been so general and widespread a movement In advance In this city, and the present one seems to promise more than temporary activity. The city beautlflcatlon campaign Is making rapid progress. A large number of committees are at work, and the assistance of the university In directing the more Important details has been enlisted. Real value of a material sort is seen by many local Investors In this beautlflcatlon scheme.

Streets throughout!) ity are to be made more beautiful and private residence grounds Improved, and owners and speculators are backing the plan as the readiest means of Increasing property values. One of the Important building an nouncements of the week was to the effect that the Wellesley School for Girls of this city plans the erection soon In North Berkeley of a building, or series of buildings, for its purpose, to cost In the neighborhood of $60,000. It is under stood that negotiations for a site are now pending, and until these are completed the location will not be made public. Redlvlva Club of the University o'f "Cali fornia also announced this week Its purpose to commence, the erection Immediately of a new clubhouse. It will be located at Hllgard street and Euclid ave- nue.

In the midst of a fraternity and sorority neighborhood, and will cost to build and finish about $10,000. Delta Tau Delta fraternity also commenced work on Its new home this week, locating It at Bowdltch street and Durant avenue. Among the building permits of recent Issue have been- the following: R. O. Kennedy, Telegraph and Derby, alterations, $1100 Redivlva Clubhouse Association, H1I- gard and Euclid, clubhouse, $8800.

Till Balmras, Carlton and I streets, landing house, $5500. M. Schwlnd, Shasta avenue, residence, $3500. O. P.

Congor, ililvla and Rose, residence, $900. D. Patterson, Derby and Grant residence, $1700. Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Bowdltch and Durant three-story frat home, $5000. B.

Pordon, Ashhy and California. $2000. Mrs. Hannah H. Lewis, The Uplands, dwelling, $7000.

J. H. Edelen, Ashby and California, residence, $2000. J. H.

Edelen, bungalow, $2350. E. R. Lamb, Ashby and California, College, near Haste, apartment house, $15,000. HUNTER INJURED BY SAVAGEJMOTHER BEAR OOOHN.

Idaho, June 20. After suffering three Mctured ribs and a collar bone In comjaeft with an enraged she bear, Thomaa Bowman of this place managed to Insert a shell Into his rifle and kill the animal. Bowman had slain two cub bears. The old bear measured eight feet four Inches from tip to tip and waa of the cinnamon variety. RICHMOND.

June 20. The activity of the Rhmond real estate market has continued right through 1he spring and the summer finds th beginning of larger enterprises which will make the rest of the year a time of many sales. Th most recent event of Importance was the s'ibdIIVlBlon of the acre at the corner of Twenty-third street and Mac- flonald avenue, in which rapldlv growing section prices have been kept ud and manv sales reported. The acre referred to was formerlv the pronerty of tn Eat Khore and Suburban Railway and hecame merged with the properties of tha Oakland Traction Company at the same time thst the local street railway system was acquired. The valuable oropertv will be cut up Into 25-foot lots by a firm of San Kranclsco capitalists, who bought it at a cash price lust week and who wMl Immediately ooen it up for sale.

NEW BUILDINGS. New buildings are being erected all ever the city, and aeveral Important busi ness blocks are under construction on Macdonald avenue. Near the comer of Ninth and Macdonald two structures are about to be started, both of them on the avenue and to be constructed of fireproof materials after the' latest ideas In buildings. One of these is between Ninth and Tenth and will be built by Charlea J. Orarv, vice-president and manager of the First National Bank of this city.

The two store-rooms on the ground floor have already been leased to E. Pascoe, newspaper agent and circulation manager for several Oakland and Ban Francisco dailies, and to the firm of Richards Stringer, real estate agents. QUICKER DEALS. Another store and office building for which the plans are drawn Is that to be erected by F. Landsberger, a Ban Francisco capitalist with large holdings in Richmond.

Th building will be a two-story structure with frontages on both streets. Much of the recent activity In the realty market has been reported by firms who deal in Improved property. A large number of dwelling of the cottage and bungalow type have been sold within the. last few weeks hy Lester A Plate. Truitl Moyle, Richards Stringer and other firms.

With the opening of new tracts now under way It Is saf to predict that the coming season will witness much larger business In the resale of lot than has been imported for some months past. In the Pullman district where prioef have been low, many Investors have been purchasing to wait for a rise: CITY COUNCIL SUSTAINS COUNTRY CLUB PROTEST -The city council has sustained the pro test of a number of property owners against the opening and extension of Prospect Drive through the property of the Country Club. Tha protest waa made by a majority of the property owners, who declared that tha improvement was not necessary at thla time and that the expensea would be too heavy upon certain property owner. The largest part of the expense would fall upon the Country Club. aplte of hills and the physical dlfl-cultlea overcome by tha very essential element of transportation.

Among th real big men who will address th conventions are: President h. Simpson, Hugh Chalmers, Roland B. Woodward, R. Bruce Douglas, William E. Harmon, Thomas Bhall-cross, John O.

Weaver, Fletcher Cowherd, Georg W. Maxwell and a host of others. A buying power of on billion dollars a year and an Investment total that rune Into flg-ure too big to conceive will be represented at the coming Pittsburg convention of National Association of Real Batata Board Headed 'by M. T. Mlnney, the Oakland Real Estate Association's dele-ration will attend the convention of the National Association of Ileal Estate Exchange In Pittsburg July 8 to 11 inclusive.

Mlnney, who is a member of the committee of taxes, one of the most Important committees In the organization, will address the convention on this all-absorbing topic Inasmuch oa Los Angeles Is already planning for the 1815 convention, the Pacific Coast will have an excellent representation nt the Pittsburg convention. The competlon Is very keen for the 1815 convention because of the prestige and Importance and buying power of the real estate boards. W. J. Lavmance and others will assist In putting Oakland on the map during the Pittsburg convention.

The Pittsburg convention will be one of the most Important national conventions In recent years and eminent authorities on the legal and commercial phase of the "base of all values-land," will present advanced Idea and legislative recommendations that promise many much needed reforms. RXPNtrr BIO ATTENDANCE. Convention headquarter will be la Hotel Schenley in the center of the "Beautllity" district of Plttflburg, where has been spent In lir years on what was formerly a cow pasture. While Hotel Schenley la on of the largest hotels In Pennsylvania, the reservations promise uuch a big attendance that the local committee has also reserved the major portions of Hotel Fort Pitt and Hotel Henry. In connection with the convention an extensive real estate exhibit will be held in which cities and towns, far and wide, will be represented in displays of town planning, civic Improve ment, municipal betterment, Indus- trial development and methodb of taxation, assessment and municipal financial apportionment, as well as the customary display by individuals and concerns of building construction and architecture.

BUHPK1.SE8 IN STORE. The Pittsburg real estate board has arranged to suspend all semblance of business after July 1 until the close of the convention and promise many surprises for It army of guest. Probably the most spectacular will a moonlight boat ride along the Mon-ongahela and Allegheny rlvera, which offers the most impressive sight in the world. For a distance of not lcs than' twenty miles around the city these rlvera flanked on both banks by steel and Iron mills that belch forth colum'na of fir by night supplemented by the ultra-spectacular Bessemer converter with their systematic pyrotechnic, display cot unlike skyrockets. Astounding; figure are being; assembled (to be aupplemented by personal Illustration) on tha Industrial side of the city.

These figures will show the steel production of Pittsburg to be greater than all Oreat Britain and twlca that of France and Germany, and th coal production to be one-tenth of tha world output From the real estateman's viewpoint of greatest Interest will be chart showing tha assessed valuation of Allegheny county to be greater than that of any one of thirty-six state In the Union. to STinv reaijTT An opportunity will be afforded the visiting real estate men to study the realty problems that have been confronted and met It, the Industrial ex- I covering a (fadlu forty mile. In topic of discussion among not only officials, but the property-owners of the city. The council ha determined to Improve the thoroughfares, the question of who will bear the cost being the only hitch. Several meetings have been held to confer on the question, but there Is such a wide divergence of opinion that the council has not been able to select the method of improvement.

The streets sre to be paved with as-phaltic macadam, to withstand the wear and tear of automobiles and heavy trucks. It Is declared that this construction will have long life and will greatly enhance the value of property. IMPROVE STREET ENDS. The council Is also busy with the plans for the improvement of the ends of Oar-field and Liberty avenues. Bulkheads are to be erected and pleasure pier be constructed at the end of Oarneld iave-hue.

This will be built by private sub-Wrtptton, a cost of 1500 and; bill be used for swimming and bathing purposes. The structure Is to be ornamental and will have a clubhouse at one end. The construction of the new plant of the Alameda Venice and Baths Company continues and the buildings are beginning to loom up large on the site ust west of Washington Park. The plant Is to cost (200,000, and will be built In sections. A portion of the resort will be opened In the near future.

Looking Into tha future Alamedans foresee great prosperity when the Moore Interests start "their Improvement of Bay Far Island. Thla will be the center of much activity, being the San Francisco bay end of a line that will tap the Santa Clara valley. The Island has always been used for agricultural purposes. HIGH STREET WORK. The improvement of the north end of High street, which is one of the main arteries Into and out of Alameda, Is now being proceeded with.

That is the city attorney and city engineer have prepared the plans and specification and the city council will soon hear any protests that may be entered. It has been determined by the council not to change the grade of the thoroughfare at this point Building permits for bungalows In all sections of the city are being Issued, Alameda's building records averaging about (35,000 a month. The chamber of commerce la now In the midst of a reorganization project which la causing widespread interest Several business men's lunchea have been held, at which the project has been discussed and a big "get-together" meeting will be held next Monday night in Masonic hall LOANING BUSINESS FOR WEEK REPORTED Th report of County Recorder W. Bacon for th week ending June IT Is a foUowsi No. Amount Deed 240 Mortgage 3 Mortgages 10 Deeds of trust 101 189.030.00 Reconveyances 55 74,900.00 DOCUMENTS RECORDED.

No. Revenue. Lt 79 $1,111.25 Sam week, in LIM.09 i if- i 3-' -i in I- if i I..