Show GLORIFIED SAN FRANCISCO We Ve sincerely hope that in inthis week of rejoicing g in in n San Francisco there will be he no reminders of the sorrow of vo t years cars ago to chill the thc enjo enjoyment of the tho whole people for San Francisco has earned immunity from further calamities for a long time to come The earthquake and fire prostrated the city only two years ears ago At the same time the cit city was Avas in inthe inthe the grasp of some political grafters who were ere less merciful than the earthquake and fire for the e earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake exhausted its fury fur ju 11 a few hours and ad the fire fina finally burn burned d itself out while the thieves never ceased their plundering But the work which the people there have performed since the disaster is ig altogether splendid At the time the population was When the clouds cleared away there were accommodations ns left for only But since then according to the figures issued by the California California Califor Califor- nia Promotion committee the people have havo expended in residences and business blocks This has been done wh while le at the same time there were enormous demands upon them for restocking their I stores and warehouses for rebuilding and equipping I their factories for refurnishing their homes and in inman inmany in inmany man many cases replenishing their wardrobes In this time the city has expended only about doing its part toward rebuilding and rehabilitating the stricken cit city r. r Now the city has drawn back nearly all its residents who were forced to find shelter shelter shel shel- ter in ill neighboring e cities ties and towns It claims that its itc population is within of what it was when the crash came and nd all are accommodated In addition chiefly through individual effort the h health of the city has been carefully looked after the bubonic plague which was very severe there for fora a H. long time is stamped out Doctor Blue the United States health officer in charge on the of last month wrote wrote- to Mayor 1 3 Taylor lor I r b bog beg g to state that in consequence of the vigorous vigor vigor- oils ous campaign of sanitation the residences and places of or business are cleaner than ever No case of human 1 plague lague has occurred for sixt sixty days and there are no cases under suspicion In addition San Francisco has about wrested the city from the that had it under control and which under the name of friends of labor were robbing rob rob- bing rich and poor alike and while there are ghastly scars on the face of tho the cit city scars of the awful wounds of tw two years e us ago while many who were rich richare are arc now now pOOl poor while yet there are many aching hearts aching und under r burdens tl that t are hard to bear the city is practically redeemed It is once more the queen Lu en cit city p of the Pacific and despite its sorrows the face it turns to the world is a radiant one and the welcome it is this week giving to the thousands who are gathered there is altogether cordial and filled with hope They are arc a great people fit successors to those who built tho the first San Francisco and in some respects at least made it the most winsome spot a among ong all the cities of the earth We Ve hope the present present pres pres- ent week will be one of sunshine and calm there and aid that it may mar serve as the new date for the city's onward march to prosperity and power |