CHINATOWN,
EVJLS OF SAN ■. FRANCISCAN COLONS. (By Toiegtapb.-l'ress AiisoclatJod.-OoDjrljhtJ San Franolsoo, AugUsl 15. The six Ohinesd Companies.who are practically the governors of Chinatown (San Eroncisco) urge the city authorities to suppress, the guides conducting visitors thither. The guides,, they declare, maintain opium dens, and pay ChinaWn to smoke opium in order to provide "sights" and thus enhance the value of the guides' services. Tho Chinese promise that tte offensive features wili disappear if tho guides are suppressed.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 588, 17 August 1909, Page 7
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77CHINATOWN, Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 588, 17 August 1909, Page 7
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