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MODESTO THE LAND OF THE HOME SEEKER ... • Over Two Hundred Strangers From Various '• States Invade the District • ..If.. ever a California city got itself thrust into the limelight as successfully as Modesto has within the last few days , •'. liisfory has failed to record it. "• , If «ver a farming district of Califor- better deserved the publicity and •'-prosperity it has attained, history has -.bailed- to record that also. j BOX A FIDE SETTLERS ."• There are over 200 actual, bona fide 6eekers in Modesto today, with !«very prospect that three-fourths of 'them. 'at least will conclude to remain | there, so alluring are the prospects for nfarming at a profit. That seems like a large proportion of factual buyers, but it must be considered 'that every mother's son of them is there "for business. There are no sight seers, 'bo mere curiosity seekers, but a body keen sighted home seekers, all good of soil, all wide awake men of ; affairs, who are quick to judge actual • conditions as they are and to whom the !hard, col<j facts of soil and water, cli snate- and transportation, appeal as "-clearly as a simple sum in arithmetic. There are 125 of these people, men I and women alike, who went Thursday « from San Francisco under the auspices ;of The San Francisco Call. There are • more than 100 more who came up Fri day from Los Angeles, all bent on the • same errand, the selection of the best farming land for their money. That . they will experience some pleasing sights at Modesto goes with out saying. CREAT WATER SYSTEM They will see a great big dam that cost $550,000 to construct and a system of canals and laterals that brought tha~ total expenditure up to nearly \u25a0 53.000,000. .They will find a body of irrigable an«d almost entirely irrigated land, ex panding over nearly 500,000 acres. They will find that by enactment of .the legislature the land and water •are rendered inseparable forever. No land can be sold without the water, for' the water is a part and parcel of "".the land Itself by virtue .of inalienable title. This is an asset that the older MISSION STREET OPENING PROPOSED Plan Would Give Thoroughfare From San Mateo to Fort Mason F. J. CHURCHILL Secretary Mission Promotion Association Acting on the petition of merchants and property owners in Mission street, \u25a0 the Mission Promotion association will at its next meeting the \u25a0'project of extending Mission street • through to Market, thus making it a I continuous street from £he main thor- I oughfare of the city to San Mateo • county. The proposed plan contemplates the cutting through of West Mission street In a northerly direction between Her mann and Market streets. At present '•"West Mission street is the logical con . tinuation of Mission street between ! : Fourteenth ar.d Hermann streets. Mis- Vsion street proper branching at this pomt 1 in an easterly direction and par '.alleJing Market street to the ferry. The 1 proposed extension of West Mission \ street through private property would !. create an opening on Market between ' Twelfth and Valencia streets, directly *' opposite the point where Franklin ! street joins Market, thus providing not i only a direct means of access from the . water front to the southerly portion of •the peninsula, but also a direct route .from San Mateo to the Fort Mason military reservation at the foot of \u2666Franklin street. "\u2666 ASSESSMENT DISTRICT • " *An assessment district will probably $ be 'created to bring about this improve ment, as all the interested property ' owners are unanimous in their indorse "..inent of the project. \u25a0 - . ... -A" supplementary report of the Mis sion promotion association's committee ," <jn" ptreets and sewers, outlining a com prehensive system of boulevards from the Pacific ocean to the bay, has been , submitted to the organization. To ob .• vlate the heavier grades in Russia ave nue it is proposed to have Russia ave { rive serve as the continuation of the ' easterly course of Onondaga avenue ' xjnly as far as Vienna street. At that ''point it is suggested that the boule vard system be extended southerly j from Russia avenue over Vienna street - to France avenue, where France ave nue at present terminates. A recom mendation is made that France avenue be opened through the Somps tract to connect -with Sunnydale avenue, the system to extend < thence over Sunny vale avenue to Milliken street, which is practically a part of Vlsitaclon ave nue, and thence over Visitacion avenue to the bay. In making its outline report the as sociation's committee is working in conjunction with other civic organiza tions in designating the most feasible route for the- boulevard extensions, which will prove one of the most at tractive features of the city and county. TO. IMPROVE BOULEVARD The board of public works has in structed the city engineer to prepare a design for improving the Nineteenth Street boulevard In the center of the Mission park- between Dolores and Church streets. This boulevard is so situated that it can be beautified and prove- an added attraction to one of the few breathing places in the heart of the Mission. At a later date the park and playground committee of the Mis sion promotion association will appear before the park commissioners to ask * for the construction of an underground iavatory at the corner of Eighteenth and -Dolores streets at the northeasterly corner of the park. Following the disastrous fire of, June 2, which threatened to destroy the ma jor portion of the Homer addition, the special committee, which was appoint ed by the Mission promotion association to investigate the needs of the burned section, has recommended as a , means of preventing further extensive fires in the neighborhood that an eight inch main be layed in Noe street from Twen ty-sixth to ; Twenty-ninth, and'in,Twen ty-ninth to Castro street." It* is also SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY FARMS JOHN J. WALL it grows the more valuable it toe comes. They will find a soil rich and deep* and pregnant with opportunity for the man behind the plow. No grain, vege table, nut, fruit or melon that grows in this zone has ever yet failed at Modesto. There is none that has not thriven at a profit when cultivated there. Even the orange and the lemon, dainty and delicate though they be, find their highest, ripest and earliest development in the soft iron red soil of the foothill sections. ALFALFA AXD DAIRIES , As an alfalfa and dairy country they will be confronted with thousands of growing acres that tell their own suc cessful story of prosperity and profit, backed by the indisputable records of i the transportation companies. They : will be shown the butter produced from the butter fats of Modesto, famous in all the stores of San Francisco and central California, and always com manding a price a little above the rul ing market, because of its superiority. Every man and every woman is from Missouri when it comes down to the question of buying farming lands, and these 200 or more home seekers will be "shown" by the people of Modesto. It Is claimed for Modesto that nowhere else in the San Joaquin valley can a purchaser get so much of real, genuine value for his money as in that region. Good land, it is said, may be purchased as low as $100 an acre and better land at $125. The excursionists who left San Fran cisco Thursday, under the auspices of the San Francisco Call, have a 10 day time limit on, their tickets, and it is more than likely many of them will remain the full time. They will be roy ally entertained during their stay, and besides a farming country second to none in the San Joaquin valley they will witness a beautiful and.progres ! sive city of 6,000, with some of the most modern schools, churches and stores on the coast. It is a city that reflects the progress of the land about it, and for modernity has no equal, for Its size, in the San Joaquin valley. recommended that hydrants be set in Noe street at the junction of Army, Twenty-seventh, Duncan, Twenty eighth and Valley streets, as well as in Twenty-ninth street between Noe and Castro and at the junction of Twenty ninth and Castro.. At present there are no hydrants in Noe street between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-ninth, al though Noe street is graded and mac adamized. EBAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS Fernando Kelson and wife to Catherine Flat- Jey, lot in X line of B street, 107 W of Eighth avenue. W 29 by X 100; $10. James T. Strand to William F. Strand, lot in XV line of Hampshire street, 20S X of Twenty fourth, X 26 by \V 100; $10. Joseph Strand to William F. Strand, Bame; 510. . Charlotte Bird to same, same; $10. Dennis G. Strand to same, same: $10. Mary F. Strand to same, same; $10. Leo Strand to same, game; $10. George Strand to same, time; $10. John Costello and wife to Lawrence Costello, lot 47. block 2. College Hill tract: $10. Magnus Martin to Anton E. Ryberp, lot in W line of Andover street, 125 S of Crescent, S 25 by W 70: $10. Jacob Heynian company to Johanna Moesch lot 4, block $, Fair's subdivision of Holly park; The Mayflower dining company to Lillian A. Thomson, lot at XE corner of Fifteenth avenue and W street, X 88:6. E 71:3, S 54:6, W 67:3; $10. Frank Thompson to same, lot in E line of Twenty-second avenue, 100 S of M etrect S 25 by E 120; $10. Behrend A. Joost to William M. Lakeman. lot in X line of Stanley street, 45 W of Bright, W 25 by X 100; $10. Ellen Halloran to John Halloran. lot in SW line of Tenth street; 225 SE of Harrison, SB 25 by SW 100; gift. Sol Black and wife to Adriano Barel, lot 43 block &>. Iteis tract grant. Fay Thomas to Stanley Tonner, lot in W line of Tenth avenue, 200 S of J street, S 25 by W Josephine G. Kelly to Mary A. Burke et al.. lot In W line of Guerrero street, 40 S of Eight eenth. S 50 by W 100; $10. John McGrath to Patrick Joyce, lot in W line of Folsom street, 150 X of Eugenia avenue. N 25 by W 70; $10. Jacob Weissbein and wife to Sidney S. Atkind and wife, lot in E line of Twenty-third avenue. 275 S of Lake street, S 25 by E 120; $10. Jean Esclose* and wife to Ellen Jury, lot in SE line of Xaples street. 275 SW of Brazil ave nue, SW 2T. by SE 100; $10. August Weimann to Eleanor O. Weimann, lot in W line of Sbrader street, 110:3 S of Seven teenth. S 25:1. W 173:5%, X 25. E 171:10; gift. John 11. Fusher (by trustee) to French-Ameri can Bank of Savings, lot in W line of San Jose avenue, 654 S of Twenty-fourth street, S 45 by W 120; $6,000. • r Edward Erickson to George Cuiossl, lot in E line of Lisbon street, 175 X of Italy avenue. N 50 by E 100; $10. ~ •-, \u25a0:-\u25a0 ' Elvers Brothers to Aaron Cohen, lot 6, block 7, Lakeview; $10. A. J. Brandcnstein et al. to the Clay invest ment company, lot in S line of Clay street. 05 W of Davis, W 20 by « 119:6; $10. Hazel E. Rayner to G. Wendling, lot in NE line of Falcon road, 250 XW of Short alley. XW 23. XE at an angle ©f 37 degrees 40 minutes 109 more or less, SE 25, SW to beginning; $10. Dennis J. La Uy, deceased, (by administrator), to Frank P. Weymouth, lot in SW line of Nor folk street. 121 :6 X W of Harrison. XW 28, SW 60:6, BE 28, XE 58; 410. Frank P. Weymouta and wife to Amelia Hart man, same; $10. ~ -' James Casey and wife to Edward Mill* Adams. lot in S line of Bandall street, 50:3 S of Whitney. E 25 by S 100; $10. \u25a0 . • Jacob D. Hoist and wife to Marie Rousset. lot In E line of Thirty-fourth avenue, 100 X of C 6treet. N 25 by E 120: $10. Paolo Arata and wife to Edward K.- Pearson, lot in E line of Lapldge street, 175 N of-Nine teenth. X 25 by»E SO: $10. Charles Caronte .to \u25a0Katberine Caronte,. lot in S-line of Filbert street, 87:6 E of Buchanan, E 29:6 by S 112:6; gift. F. H. SchusMer and wife •'. to Francis W. Huller, lot in SE line of Vienna street.- 100 SW of Brazil avenue, SW 25 by SE 100; $10. Francis •W. Huller to Jean. -Belmontet, same; $10. - ' • . . Lorenzo Ferreiros et al. to Edward ' Mills Adams, lot 831. gift map 2; $10. Margaret Morton to Mary A. Walker, lot at XW corner of Twenty- fourth and York streets. W 50 by N 104. and eight other -pieces \u25a0 (reserv ing life estate); gift.. . \u25a0 Building Contracts G. Trevla, G. Garasslnoset-al. with, G. Tre via — To erect a. three story and. basement frame building at SW corner of Ma6on and Francisco streets, 55r57:6; $14,000. / . \u25a0:-.;., .^. : v J. P. K.Clyne with Perry &' McLaaghlin— All work except plumbing, gas fitting, 'sewer, work, painting, plastering and brick work and gas fix tures for a one story and attic I frame building •in S line of Clifford street. 162:1>4 : E of * E 27:6. X 82:8^. W 25. S 54;5%; $1,040. ; George Lennefelt with E. J. Baily — Painting, plumbing, • couerete, carpenter and labor for a two 6tory frame building in W line of Angelica street. 95 S of Xineteentb ; . $4,500. t \u25a0 •: . -\u25a0 • \u25a0 - Thomas E. Kenny with F. F. ' Ralston— All work except finish hardware, mantels, r shades, gas = fixtures." water. -sewer * and gas connections for a . two story frame building In W > line •of Eighth avenue, 275' (270) S of Clement. street; $4.735.V , •-*-,;• I C. E. Cutter with Henry Conrad — All work ex cept plumbing, gas fitting,", pantry, -mantels, shades and gas fixtures for a three story frame bnllding in \u25a0 E line of Fourth street. 30 . N, from XE corner of Bryant and Fourth streets, N, 50 by E 75; $9,248. ; - C. Meyer estate company with - Kiernan : & O'Brien — Plumbing, sewers .• and drains - fixtures; water service. ga« • piping - for a two story • and basement brick and frame building' ln W^ line of Third street, 45 Hot Stevenson, S 25, W 95, X 70. E 20. S 45.' E 75; $913. The San Francisco .". art agsociation with the Kittle oonstruction : company— Alterations ,,to one etory and ; basement ! reinforced • concrete . building •t SE corner of, California' aad Mason , streets,' S .2T3.br:82W:3; 1 *10.583. ' . - THE^SAN FRANCIS^ CITY OF MODESTO A SECOND FRESNO Soil, Climate, Water and -Trans* portation Lend Inestimable \ Value to the Land The Irrigation system at Modesto is owned by the property holders, organ ized as a municipal corporation under a state law known' as; the irrigation district law. Under the provisions- of this law the limitations of an; area called a "district" are defined, and 'the electors within that district vote .upon the proposition of issuing 'bonds based upon the i land within such : district, the moneys so \ raised to be ; employed lin putting in the Irrigation system. .The indebtedness of the Modesto irrigation districts, existing througn = irrigation bonds, amounts to $12 per acre.'no part of the principal of the sunvof which is due for 15 years and will be then pay able in 20 annual installments.. Or the bonds may be refunded. The, amounts annually raised now from the districts are only such as are "necessary to pay cost of maintenance and improvement and interest orv the bonds./ . .1 , - The sum- is.- raised ••\u25a0by' a tax levy; being figured on the basis of assessed valuations, ' and at a rate : fixed; :It varies, of course, with the extent of the development of and the improvements upon the land, its value, etc., 'and averages from 75 cents to $1 per acre. The assessment must be voted by the tax payers before it becomes effective. 1 Under this "arrangement the land owns the water. There "are no such thing as water rights in v this district that is. rights to have water which some lands of the district may. pur chase and have, and other lands of the district not have. ? Every acre of land under the systam has an equal right to use of the water, .and pay's therefor whether water is used or not. This right inheres In the land and is not de tachable therefrom; it passes with passing of ownership of the land. When one sells land In the district he; does not retain any interest in the water, or in the right of the 1 land to uses tha water.. The land owns the water 'and canals and that: ownership is inalien able and" perpetual. ; Modesto irrigation district has a vast storage reservoir "under construction; at a point midway between the city of Modesto and the La Grange "dam, to insure late irrigation and to: safeguard loss to the farmers by reason, of a break in the main canal' at any time.. THE GARDEN SPOT OF THE FAR FAMED SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, OHLY 1 14 MILES FROM SAN Y^l/% N FRANCISCO ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND SANTA FE RAILWAYS \ T^lfe. IS/M lAr here the Lanfi Oivn^ the \fcFafpv" aW^ i\tk Come to the county seat; of sunny Stanislaus, famous for years as the; banner wheat "Is^ri county, of, the. state.; Come, where: water is unlimited, and: the pppbrtunities for farming, yl *&>*• I — ~^^^ business or investment unsurpassed. Come where every' fruit, vegetable, grass.; and grain' f thrives to "its maximum, productiveness. Come where/the climate is i invigorating; and where, /^^ -*»" J cooj, re juyenating nights follow the long summer days and make -the dearth a paradise and />^>£*TL /* Nrf * s C It Is the Finest Dairy Country in Lalirornia \^~^Ly)r ~^ ; The ideal conditions-. at Modesto! have within a few- short, years ' • ; placed: Stanislaus" 1 County \u25a0\u25a0 at - the - head of bounties" of Cali- Come Where All These Products Are Being fornia;. bringing wealth to the farmers, and the community at large. .-.. : " .^Raised Today Without a Failure on Record ,: •. , AIT VPAV RTP AT <MHn^ - % \u25a0 nre S UV^ Grape* " Cabbase : I- ALL TAI plVjr Al WIKJUCdOIxJ Corn Peaches Berries CauUllowe* - \u25a0\u25a0-- :•-',. « ±. r '\u25a0" '•* ' 'v ~ ' 'j. • V j ;i'''"^ '\u25a0" •"'"\u25a0 V" "• * \u25a0"-'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 J^- \u25a0 ; \u25a0'-\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 . ,-\u25a0 '' - : --. \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0 Alfalfa Pears' \u25a0. Cantaloupes .Pea»- N o; matter what^iarming.occupation you follow or^prefer,, you can. pursue it here, more . Apples piums 1 watermeioiui potatoes , liealthfully, V more successfully^ more profitably and more enjoyably than in any other section All the Vegetables— All the Berries and .- of the-United States. ;\u25a0 ,•;. . j. .;.;\u25a0 ;r : yJ. : / ;.•-;;\u25a0, \u25a0 - ...^ ; : .. ,..,/,. ..'- - ? |^;; \u25a0 j^ j^^ Lemons, Grape Fruit, Oranges The San Joaquin is Admittedly T^ Best Combination: of Soil and Water on Earth Remember that-the real development began only six-years ago,' wlien the \u25a0. great'dam "-was; completed, Miyerting- the waters'of. the '.Tuolumne river. Reflect J that" out of '500,000 acres comprised in this A'ast. scheme of irrigation fully ;3Cb,(^ already have ; been; placedCunder ditch;; vYou can easily." realize how: fast; this area is selling and settling up. ;; ' v ' ' RICH LAND, LEVEL AS A FLOOR AND DEEP AS A WELL, $100 AND UP S.rF.iDEaOE,. . . -\u0084'. -, • ; .Real : Estate,- Modesto,; Cal. LONJr COFFEE; r* Real -Estate, Modesto, Cal. : D. C. MATTESON & SONS, % Real Estate, 'Modesto, Cal. GARNER & PEARSON, !^i> Real I Estate, Modesto,-, Cal.. ; J. A. EDWARDS & f CO, ;«U Real; Estate^ Modesto, Cal. ':;>*-! DRAKE, JOHNSTON? &;Co^ : } Real ;> Estate, "Modesto, Cal. - '• MAZE; ; &;WEEN,^:^;: ; : i&. : M Real Estate, Modesto, CaL \u25a0 ' '\u25a0\u25a0'<: MODESTO LAND CO^, V \ Real > Estate;: Modesto.^ Cal. "' : - SMITH i& SWEET. (Inc.), . i : •V':;.vßealf Estate; Modesto; Cal. PIONEER? LAND Co^ : : : Real ; Estate;? M6dest6,'i Cal. BRIGHT EXAMPLE CO-OPERATION The Remarkable Achievement of Modesto People, Who Be* lieved id Their Lands The -greatest and, most : successful co operative/enterprise in the state of Cal ifornia, perhaps not surpassed, in. the world, is that presented by the Modesto irrigation district, of which the 'city. of Modesto is the center. This-enterprlse, which in Va few • years has : converted 100,000 acres of land from biennial grain fields . to . perennial alfalfa fields, vine yards and orchards 'and added $15,000, 000sto;$20,000,000 market value of :the lands embraced ; within, th© dis-' tfict; Is at the same-time the most sig nificant industrial development' ofc the state, its influence far reaching. It com'" prises one of the greatest irrigation sys tems \in the world, constructed by vthe land owners themselves 'at 'a cost to date of 'about $3,000,000/ and is owned in per petuity, by the land. If is not owned by the land owners, for the irrigation right and use attaches to the>land itself and can not be alienated.- *f " BIG ACREAGE COVERED v . : This irrigation; system consists of a diverting dam of : concrete masonry, and 300 1 miles •of main- and lateral canals. Fully ; 256,000 acres i ; of ; land shares equally/In the ownership of the system. This land "lies in the bed\of the San Joaquin valley,. in' that political'dlvision known ,as " Stanislaus ."county, Jat I the northern end. of the valley. The soil is sedimentary," a sandy loam. For 30 years it .was farmed exclusively to. cereals, the" average rainfall of : about 10 inches prohibiting other ;crops. Appreciation of the possibilities jof development un der; irrigation and the presence of an unsurpassed water supply at the door in the Tuolumne river led, to an agita tion late in the eighties that resulted in the organization <of - the Modesto and Turlock Irrigation districts, under a law. enacted by the, legislature to meet this particular; situation. It was not until 14. years later,' however, that any portion of. the works were so far ;cpm pleted that irrigation' became possible. From' that time there has been a large and. steady influx of settlers, 100,000 acres are now under Irrigation, new towns have sprung up, old towns have doubled ! and trebled . their population arid evidences of prosperity and devel opment abound. . Address this- Coupon^ to any ; of these^iridividuals or' firms you wish. AH are members of the Board of Trade. 0. H: HALVERSON, - . - ..• Real \u25a0; Estate.v? 1011 McHenry, 'Avenue,*: : - Cal.: " : \u25a0-' DIXON^ McCARTHY:& WARBURTON. ''\u25a0>' \u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0 ' Real Estate, i Modesto, Cal. *. * CHAS. r MURRAY :&:Coh: &:C0h , • Real Estate, Modesto; "Cal. SUNSET LANDjCO.^ ,; ;^; V ;i ?'. Real 'Estate^ Modesto, i Cal; THE [CO-OPERATIVE f REALTY CO., " %' Realf Estate^ Modesto,; Cal. MODESTO^TITLE ABSTEACT :Co^ CHAS/ AWGILSTRAP, . , Real" Estate,^ Modesto, Cal/; ;THE v G;fP>ISCHAFERiCOMPANY, In<v Merchandise;: Modesto, .* Cal. G. P-"Schafer;fPres?and Mgr; \u25a0 TJ\ K^} BE ARD, I .. V; V ; : \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. ' : : :\u25a0 v - '?. ; v ) -"-" '-. . \u25a0 - ' H v% Modesto | Interurban • Railroad; HANDSOME GARAGE FOR GOLDEN GATE Great Variety of Style in the Many New apartments Now' Under Construction \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-- '- :-\u25a0 \u25a0 ' \u25a0 , \u25a0-•..'•;.' \u25a0is Among the "unique buildings now being* erected; is* a garage oh the north side of Golden ; Gate avenue on the site formerly occupied before the fire by the' Golden Gate; driving academy. " The property- .: has been leased : through Trevor. & Co. for the Mbffatt estate to Crowley & Grindle, who intend to con duct a garage business under the name of the Auto Service ; company. \u25a0 " The r building Is being rapidly pushed to -completion, and when finished ! will undoubtedly be- one of ; the up ? to date garages In town", covering an- area of 82:6 by 137:6 'feet on both basement and first stories. . Crim \ & Scott are . the architects, and the estimated cost of the : building is $15,000. _. . An. apartment house is being built for. O. C Morrill in the "east line of Leavenworth street, south of . Sutter. It is' of ; reinforced concrete, class' C. and contains 10 two and three »room apartments, all; with bath, rooms, steam heat \with oil burning plant, hot and cold' water, telephones and all. modern conveniences. The entrance ; will be finished in Italian marble and terrazzo. The interior, will be artistically finished in wood V and /plaster. :• Williamson & Hornung are the architects. i" A'; modern; 15 apartment: house will be j erected in Ellis street, = near Larkin, for E.iG.;Olsen. rltr lt is* a. three, story and basement class A building and will be elaborately finished in : hard wood, with marble vestibule. The front Is to be. finished, in pressed , brick with terra cotta; trimmings. It 'will contain an elevator. : The cost is estimated at $30,000. Fabre & Mohr are the archi tects. « A handsome three story and base ment apartment building is being erected \u25a0in Jackson street, near Jones, for : Theresa i Costlck. Rosseau is the architect. A five story hotel is under construc tion at'the southwest. corner of Golden Gate avenue and Larkin street for the Farrell estate. The ground floor will contain- the hotel office and several stores. -W. D: Shea is the architect. The contract price is upward of $100, 000.:. It is aya v class C building, to be constructed of local stock, brick of a vivid yellow color, • relieved with white terra cotta _ trimming, in, the Italian renaissance style. . The Growing City of Modesto Offers Golden Opportunities The handsomest arid most progressive interior city on the coast. Bustling with life arid energy. Modem in :every respect. Miles and miles of smooth, bitumen : streets; .Beautiful - public -.parks. Handsome public buildings, churches arid schools. Modern private residences, .with gas, water, electricity and all up to date conveniences. Unsurpassed opportunities for the businessman, manu- facturer, home builder, 7 home seeker, capitalist or investor. LA GEANGE WATER POWER CO., L Electric Power & ; Light, 1 ; Modesto, , Cal. STANISLAUS LAND & ABSTRACT/ CO^ . Abstracts \u25a0 and - Real Estate, ? Modesto, ;'. ' .icaii.. \u25a0-:\u25a0\u25a0-... , ; ;-.-':- \u25a0.::\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 i'- •:•.•;• 3IARSHALLV& WEBB, .'Real Estate, , Modesto, Cal. D.'-Ei ; :SAUNDERS.-;- /\u25a0/ \u25a0 '- ''. :'/ ' Rear7Estate,v Modesto, Cal. NEILV&^JONES,;::"^-:i' ,'..-;\u25a0-:.; Real Estate/; Modesto, • Cal. < THE^GRAIfGEi COMPANY, 3 . r . : : Grain ; and r Hay ' Dealer, Meal Manu- ;^facturingr, Modes to Alfalfa'Meal;:Mo- ; desto/ ? Cal: RIE3IENSCHNEIDER BROS; ; Real; Estate, Modesto,- Call. I- , J. m*BELL>&^SON7.' \u25a0\u25a0"•\u25a0 ?' ' Aj Real -Estate, -y Modesto; Cal. CAR LINE UP THE TWIN PEAKS HILL Route Suggested for a Scenic Road That Would Develop' Suburban District F. H. DRAKE If some of San Francisco's outside districts had more car »lnes, fewer fam ilies would be moving to Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and Burllngame. ' .' One of the choicest residence sections In all .the bay district Is the large tract of land immediately- south of Twin peaks, between Glen park and the Sun set district, and If a car line tapped tills part of the city, San Francisco could keep her horns loving psople within , the city limits. A car line can be built to this sec tion for a; very small part of what tt would cost to dig a tunnel under Twin peaks. Every foot of tha line would be appreciated and patronized by the peo ple who live along the proposed, route. This new line would be an outlet to Market street, and at the same time would.be the ideal trip for tourists to see the city. §£$£$3 " The road should begin at the end of Market street, which is where Sev enteenth street crosses Castro, then run • west in Seventeenth street to Douglas street, where It would join the Corbett road. From here .on it should follow Corbett road or Corbett avenue in a gradual -rise up around the side of the Twin peaks to that great undeveloped country back of the hills. The grade- is not steep at any point. In fact, there are dozens of streets in the city where cars climb' grades twice as steep as any place along this line. . This road could join the Parnassus avenue car line west of the Affiliated colleges, making a loop around the peaks, or could be extended In Dewey boulevard to Ingleside and the Lake Merced district. A streetcar line up around Twin peaks in Corbett avenue would soon pay for itself from passengers taking the trip to view the city, not mention ing the new homes that would be built in the section this road would open to the public. - The people who own the land in this Undeveloped section could well afford to help build this road for their own l^enefit and profit. v ;>.> A man with a black eye is up against the dark side of life. I ' • ' |:;(Hn*in*NamVof.VndiTidnal*or Firm Too Select to Write to). « t Modesto, Stanislaus County, California > A. ! ! 111 1 WANT THAT FREE BOOK I About the Land That Owns the Water, and I -the City in the Midst of the Uarid. ; T Name (Sign Here)...". ....«- ' I.\u25a0 -••-- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-•..• \u25a0/\u25a0\u25a0' \u25a0 " :-' ,;>\" "? - \u25a0\u25a0'/'•; ! | Address .« \u0084 g~ '\u25a0 .t>*'i v: v; v;y ; v; ;;: v* y: y: v; y: v: v: y: .& TtIERTS NO TIMEUkETBEPRESENT-rrWRITE TODAY RIALTO BUILDING IS BEING REBUILT Dr. Hartland Law Spending $500,000 to Make Structure Modern in Every Respect The reconstruction of the old Rialto building at the corner of Mission and New Montgomery streets has begun. Dr. Hartland Law, the owner. Is pre paring to spend about $500,000 in re building it on a handsomer plan than the original structure. The old build ing was erected in 1901 at a cost of $630,000. The great fire left it a complet* wreck. The walls have stood, but the> steel frame was so bent and twisted most of it has had to be taken out. New steel columns have been put ia from basement to roof. All the steel Is being fireproof ed with cement this time. Instead of with terra cotta. as previously. The fireproof floqrins is already in on the two upper stories. All the reconstruction work will bo of~ class A quality throughout. The outer brick work will be cleaned and treated in some way to brighten it up and make it look like an entirely new building. The corridors will be wainscoted with marble and will have a flooring of mosaic tiling. They will be wider and brighter than in the old building". The woodwork of the building wilt be of oak. Metal doors probably will be put in. Special attention is being paid to the plumbing equipment.- There will i be a vacuum cleaning system and com- ' pressed air supplied to all the -offices. There will be four high speed olevat- • ors. t{ie contract for putting them mi having already been let. The light. ' heat and power for the building will j be supplied from a plant being: con- ; structed on "a lot- adjoining the main, building. A special feature will be an [ equipment for sterilizing water for • drinking purposes. After tha heating j process it will be cooled and distrib uted to every suite in the building by: a special set of pipes and drinking: ' faucets. In this and other ways Doctor ; Low has studiously endeavored to' make the new building thoroughly mod- ! era and up to date in every particular..] McDonald & Kahn have general en gineering charge of the whole recon struction work and are letting all tha j contracts. Bliss & Faville are the ar-.< chitects. . .' 11