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Show California Recovering. California bank deposits amount to 1540,000,000 and tho banks In which they are held are credited with assets of $693,000,000. Tho losa Buffered by San Francisco, by tho earthquake and lire, was unoqualcd by any similar catastrophe ca-tastrophe .n tho history of tho world, but dcsplto Its magnltudo, somo of Hb appalling forco is lost In tho contemplation con-templation of tho financial Bhowlng mado by tho ontlro stnto. Thoro Is groat protnlso of largo crops of grain and fruits, tho mines and oil wolls nro turning out now wealth more rap-Idly rap-Idly than over before, and If tho Insuranco In-suranco companies would pay up their lossos and tho striking sailors roturn to work at tho highest wageu over paid for Blmllar employment, tho Bay City would blossom into Its old-tlmo splendor splen-dor at a rato that would astonish tho world. |