. Men who made San Francisco. Hon. Carroll Cook C ARROLL COOK is one of the mostwidely known of Californians. Born inSan Francisco on January 15, 1855, a son ofElisha Cook, a noted attorney at law of Buf-falo, he graduated from Union University,Schenectady, N. Y., in 1874, with the degreeof LL. B. He has been practicing law in SanFrancisco since 1876. He was First Assist-ant U. S. District Attorney from 1884 to1888, and in 1896 was elected judge of theSuperior Court, taking office in 1897, andservmg six years, when he was re-elected foranother six-year term, at the expiration of whichon Januar
. Men who made San Francisco. Hon. Carroll Cook C ARROLL COOK is one of the mostwidely known of Californians. Born inSan Francisco on January 15, 1855, a son ofElisha Cook, a noted attorney at law of Buf-falo, he graduated from Union University,Schenectady, N. Y., in 1874, with the degreeof LL. B. He has been practicing law in SanFrancisco since 1876. He was First Assist-ant U. S. District Attorney from 1884 to1888, and in 1896 was elected judge of theSuperior Court, taking office in 1897, andservmg six years, when he was re-elected foranother six-year term, at the expiration of whichon January 1, 1909, he resumed law Cook handled many noted cases duringhis service on the bench. He is a member of the Union League Club, and of all Masonicbodies, besides being an Eagle and a Druid. He has a ranch of 1,700 acres in SonomaCounty, where he makes a specialty of raising thoroughbred live stock, and he is known as agreat dog fancier, owning a number of blue ribbon winners of several Edwin L. Forster EDWIN L. FORSTER is ihe son of anearly California pioneer family. Hffcillier. Peter B. Forster, was one of the fouroriginal publishers of the Morning Call. He IS a prominent attorney of San Francisco,and a thorough Democrat. He attended theHastings Law College, and was admitted topractice in 1890. Mr. Forster maintains offices in the MillsBuilding and gives special attention to corpo-ration and land law. He married Luella M. Smith, daughter ofRobert and Lizzie Smith, pioneers in Cali-fornia, and has one daughter, Florence , now completing her education inGermany.
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