Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . l business of the board. He ^yas electedto Congress in Xovember, 1912, from the re-organized Fifth Districtof San Francisco, and was notably zealous in his citys behalf in thefight made in Washington to secure the Hetch-Hetchy grant infurtherance of San Franciscos municipal water supply enterprise. Representative Xolan has always been a keen student of laborconditions and a vigorous advocate of all legislation tending to thebenefit of working men and women. During the sessions of theCalifornia Legislature in 1909 and 1911 he was present as the repre
Municipal blue book of San Francisco, 1915 . l business of the board. He ^yas electedto Congress in Xovember, 1912, from the re-organized Fifth Districtof San Francisco, and was notably zealous in his citys behalf in thefight made in Washington to secure the Hetch-Hetchy grant infurtherance of San Franciscos municipal water supply enterprise. Representative Xolan has always been a keen student of laborconditions and a vigorous advocate of all legislation tending to thebenefit of working men and women. During the sessions of theCalifornia Legislature in 1909 and 1911 he was present as the repre-sentative of the San Francisco Labor Council, and worked earnestlyfor the passage of all progressive measures. Among the bills whichhe stronglv supported were those providing for the Initiative. Refer-endum and Recall, Equal Suffrage, Eight Hour Law for A\omen,Child-Labor, Workmens Compensation and Employers Liability. Congressman Xolan married Miss Mae Ella Hunt of San Fran-cisco, March 2Z. 1913. Thev have a baby daughter, Corlis The principal timber in California of commercial value embraces theSequoia gigantca, commonly known as the Big Tree, and the Sequoiascmpenircns, commonly known as the redwood; the great sugar pineand the Oregon pine, sometimes known as the Douglas fir. These,and many other forest trees, are native Californian. They includevarious species of pine and fir, oak and ash, chestnut, sycamore,Cottonwood and maple. 210 Municipal Blue Book of San Francisco
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