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TWO NEW BANKS
AT OCEAN PARK
LARGE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL
-BACK OF ENTERPRISES
C. J. Vawter It Head of the Flnt
National, Which Opened for
•r***i'~' «T " ut ' neßi at the Beach
Town Yetterday
Cr**)*! in Th« llmM. ..-,'•■ - ' ■
' OCEAN PATtK, April 6.— Within n
week two new banking Institutions
have been launched at Ocean Park,
each backed by large capital and some
of: the most prominent citizens In the
beach town. Tho First National Bank
of Ocean Park made Its debut on Wed
nesdny and whs followed a day later by
the Commercial State bank. Both In
stitutions will erect costly buildings for
the transaction of their business.
B. J. Vawter, president of the Ocean
Park Floral company, which concern
owns the largest carnation farm in Mic
world, Is at the head of the first named
institution. Mr. Vawter will ha ( ve asso
ciated with him A. K. Fraser, president
of the Ocean Park Improvement com
pany; W. D. Longyear, at present with
the Security Savings bank of Los Ange
les:' E. J. Vawter, . jr., cashier of the
United States Savings bank of Los An
geles, and J. W. Lincoln.
The officers of the Commercial State
bank are: L. A. Pratt, president; War
ren Gillelen, vice president; W. A. For
rester, treasurer. The board of direc
tors Includes W. A. Innes, president of
the Innes Shoe company; Warren Gill
elen, president Broadway Bank and
Trust company; F. L. Forrester and L.
A. Pratt. . **■
'$ COURT HOUSE NOTES
Constable Smiles
v Constable "Jack" Adams, who Is con
nected with Justice Young's court, is
Wearfrig a smile nowadays which re
fuses to come off. A pretty baby girl
has arrived at the officer's home and he
is now busily engaged In receiving the
congratulations of his friends.
Committed to Asylum
Mrs. Pauline Schultz thought that
some renegade Indian had designed to
wipe her family out of ..existence, as
the. result of which notion she was ex
amined yesterday before "Judge Wil
bur in- the superior court on the charge
of insanity. Judge Wilbur committed
her to an asylum. '' ?v •
Soldier Insane
1 Martin 'S. Jones, an old soldier from
the north, was injured about the head
■while en route to the Soldiers', home,
and yesterday he was examined before
Judge Wilbur In the superior court on
the charge of Insanity. An effort will
be made to provide a home for him
at; the t soldiers' barracks. ,
Sues for Damages
Suit for $12,000 was filed In the super
ior court yesterday by John W. Craig
against the Oceanic Oil company for
damages alleged to have been sus
tained by reason of the defendant's
refusal to transfer to the plaintiff a
large amount of stock, alleged to have
been purchased by the plaintiff from a
man named Jos. S. Bergrrian.
Sentence Reduced
William Morrow is positive now that
he was not particularly fascinated with
the "blue laws" which he says are in
force \ out at Downey, and on the
strength of the plea which ho made
yesterday before Judge Smith in the
superior court the sentence imposed
upon him by a Justice of the peace at
Downey was somewhat relieved of Its
harsh effect. Morrow .was arrested on
the charge of disturbing the peace. The
Justice of the peace at Downey urged
Morrow to .spend sixty days in the
county jail, and when the prisoner re
ferred to the court in terms which were
not in the least complimentary the
justice, In order to show him that his
heart was in the right place, gave Mor
row an additional thirty. Morrow ap
pealed to the superior court for a new
trial*' on the ground of certain Irregu
larities existing in the record of the
lower court. The prisoner had his sec
ond trial yesterday before Judge Smith
In the superior court and a conviction
resulted, but the court was satisfied to
let him off with a fine of $15 or seven
days' in the county Jail.
Stringent Methods
, ,Here Is a new Mark Twain anecdote
which, among thousands of Its kind,
has a peculiar ring of genuineness.
Some years ago Mark Twain's home in
iHartford - was invaded with scarlet
fever. The disease raged for , some
weeks, when heroic measures were
: taken to disinfect the house. "We had
a. fumlgator so strong," said Mark
Tyialn, "that it took all the brass off
the .doorknobs and all the tune out
of 'the piano."
.'The largest stone ever quarried came
from a granite ledge In Maine to serve
as one of the columns to support the
dome of the cathedral of St., John tha
Divine. The stone was 64 feet In length,
SV4 feet thick and 7 feet wide, Its weight
being 310 tons. . .
Ayers
Cherry Pectoral.
Coughs, colds; croup, the
grip, bronchitis, consumption.
For over sixty years the
leading cough medicine of the
whole world. . Ask your doc-
tor all about It. fcSftgag
PRESIDENT OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK AT OCEAN PARK
E. J. VAWTER
WOULD TAX ALL
CHURCH PROPERTY
MOVEMENTON FOOTTO'INVOKE
THE INITIATIVE
Report That Petitions Will Be C.r.
culated Soon by These Oppos.
ing the "No. Saloon"
Campaign
v
To force the churches to pay taxes
on all church property is the object of
a movement which has been quietly
worked up in Los Angeles and which
is backed by the Free Thought league
and several other clubs and organiza
tions of like character.
The initiative Is to be Invoked as- the
weapon by which this legislation is to
be effected, and the entire movement
Is intended as an answer to the initia
tive movement against the saloons,
which Is receiving the backing of prac
tically all the churches in this city. It
Is said petitions will soon be out.
The fight ' against the saloons has
called forth much unfavorable discus
sion and criticism from such clubs and
organizations j as .. the one mentioned,
the Liberal club, the Progressive club
and others, and in these discussions
the movement against the saloons has
been designated as class legislation, as
it would not keep the rich man from
drinking all he pleased, but would pre
vent the poor man from obtaining
liquor. '_/ .
Would Like Revenge
This has been' declared unfair by
the free thinkers, and as a result at
tacks have been made upon the church
and its principles, and many argu
ments advanced on the theory that
the church Is attempting to dictate to
the citizens of Los Angeles and take
away their constitutional rights.
"The saloons are taxed and licensed,
and why should not the churches be
taxed and licensed? I see no reason
why not," declared a well known free
thinker .yesterday. "There are many
temples established in Los Angeles
where worship of ' various kinds Is
carried on, and why a temple erectctl
to Bacchus or any other mythological
god might not be erected and main
tained under the same laws I do not
see. Why tatx saloons and other busi
nesses and callings and not the
churches? To my mind there is no
logical reason."
City Attorney's Views
When asked regarding the legality
of such a proceeding yesterday, City
Attorney Mathews said:
"Some time ago the' constitution of
the state of, California was amended
so as to exempt churches and church
property from taxation, except where
churches are located in theater build
ings, or buildings used for other pur
poses and producing a revenue to the
owners. ,
"An ordinance of the kind proposed
would be invalid in my opinion and
would be immediately declared uncon
stitutional by the courts. As long as
the money collected by the church Is
used for church purposes, whether It
be raised by entertainments to which
an admission is charged, collections In
the church,. or by popular subscription,
the church | property Is not taxable.
Shouli] a church go into business and
raise money and use It for other than
church purposes,' then Its property Is
subject to taxation.'
' "Ho far as I know all the churches In
Los Angeles which have means of pro
ducing a revenue/and this revenue Is
used for other than "church purposes,
pay their taxes and licenses' regularly."
There are several bills now under
consideration In the Texas legislature
to provide for the destruction of prairie
dogs. These . animals destroy millions
of dollars' worth of the grass and for
age upon which the cattle industry uf
the state depend! for Us prosperity.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, -190^.
TEMPERANCE WORK
AMONG YOUTH
SUNDAY SCHOOLS FIELDS FOR
- LABOR
Mrs. Stella B. Irvine Urges Teachers
to Save Their Pupils From the
Evils of Intern,
perance i
"Organize your Sunday school into
a temperance army. ;:■ ■■;;
"Save the boys and girls while there
is yet time."
Such was the advice of Mrs. Stella
B. Irvine, one of the speakers of the
Sunday school conference at immanutl
church yesterday. : Mrs. Irvine Is head
of the temperance department . which
has been created recently and her-ad
dress was a' strong plea to teachers to
Implant the temperance doctrine in
the minds of the pupils.
"It takes one out of every five boys
to keep a saloon going and the ques
tion Is, 'will It be your boy?' It is
our duty to build around our boys ami
girls a wall as high as heaven against
this evil," said she.
"Let every teacher observe the les
sons for the special Sunday set apart
for temperance. Take the temperance
lesson and go on your knees before
God and study It. Go to the very bot
tom and you will get something out of
It. Organize a temperance department
and give the children the pledge. Don"t
be afraid of the pledge but sign it with
them.
"Go home and organize your school
Into a temperance army."
The afternoon session was opened
with music by It. N. Jeffery and a Bible
message was given >by Rev. W. D.
Landls. Mrs. Irvine's talk followed.
David P. Ward spoke on "The Supreme
Problem of Today." Mr. Ward dweit
on the necessity of (Securing children
for the Sunday school and then giving
them what they < need •to keep them
there.
"Three-fourths of the boys and girls
of our country are lost during their
teens, and we must keep them," sai«l
he. "We must have teachers who are
alive." ' ■'' ■
The Baraca movement was explained
by W. G. Renwick of Pomona college
the secretary of the ninth district Ba
raca union in America.
Marion Lawrance who was to have
given an address on "The Teaching
Teacher" undertook to raise $600 to aid
In 'paying the expenses of a state Sun
day school secretary for the coming
year, and this occupied so much of hi?
time that the address was postponed
until the evening . session. •;',^i-:
A sunrise prayer meeting at 6 o'clock
opened the work of the day* and at
9.30 R. N. Jeffery spoke on the power
of song. At 9.45 o'clock there was Bible
meditation by Rev. George 8. Clark
and at 10 o'clock reports of committees
were given. Including reports from the
heads of departments, treasurer, gene
ral secretary, recording secretary and
executive committees. The Sunday
school Institution was the subject of nn
address by Rev. R. P. Shepherd and
Marlon Lawranee conducted a "round
table."
It. N. Jeffery opened the evening seß
sloh with music and Rev. W. 11. Rider
gave the Bible meditation and offered
prayer. Mrs. M. G. Kennedy who Is
the primary expert of Philadelphia,
I'ii., gave an address on "The Child In
Christ," and "The Teaching Teacher,"
the subject which was to ; have been
treated by Marlon Lawrance in the
afternoon, was discussed at the even
ing session.
There was a man who» n«m» »i< Paul,
Win) found a flmt-cIUM dining haul ,
And cried: "Bring m« , ■
Horn* be*f and »• ■
It'i farnlibwl w«U with Par.ir«ul."
' — Chicago Chronlclt.
URGES NEED OF
ROAD TO MINES
M. METZLER SAYS BUSINESS
MEN SHOULD ACT
I
Suggests Popular Movement for the
Construction of • Direct Line
to Goldfleld,
Nevada
"Log Angeles capltnllsta and business
men ought to build a railroad Into the
CJoldfleld mining district," said M.
Metzler, formerly of Denver, yesterday
In discussing the Nevada field.
"If Los Angeles Is to profit by the
opening up of the new territory In the
rich mining section, " continued Mr.
Metjsler, "a branch line should be con
structed from some point on the Hnp
of the Salt Lake road nearer Los An
geles than Las .Vegns, a town that i«
out of the way so fur as convenient,
business connection with Log Angeles
Is concerned. That place, as you will
see on the map, Is In tho direction of
Salt Lake. Los Angeles' Interests de
mand a branch line that will run In the
direction of our city, not toward the
cast and Salt Lake.
"In my Judgment the branch line
should start from Soda lake or Ivan
pah, not from Las Vegas.
Should Build Line
"Uncle Billy Workman, I see, sug
gests that a muss meeting of Los An
geles citizens ought to be held to take
Immediate steps toward aiding any
company or syndicate In building a
branch line that will result In benefit
to the business Interests of our com
munity. I think the people ought to
get together at once and take action.
"I am In favor of the people of Los
Angeles forming a stock company for
the purpose of building a road to start
from Soda lake or Ivanpah. It Is time
the people of Los Angeles gave more
serious attention to such Important en
terprises as the building of railroads
Into new territory, instead of depend
ing so much upon the tourists who
visit the coast winter and summer. The
tourists we have with us always. Ne
vada Is rich in minerals and the coun
try Is to be thoroughly developed and
tons of rich ore will be taken out of tho
earth and converted into money. The
ore will have to be conveyed to
smelters and smelters are likely to be
maintained at Los Angeles, and from
this city great quantities of supplies
will be purchased for the people who
will swarm to the mining,camps anil
towns that will spring Into existence
with wonderful rapidity.
Method in Colorado
• "I have been through It all and know
what I am talking about. I lived in
Colorado for ■ many years at a ' time
when new; mining, camps w.ere estab
lished and there; were persistent do
mands for. new railroads to handle the
ore and take supplies to the camp?,
the business men and bankers of Den
ver, by their own enterprise and nerve,
formed stock companies and built th-7
Colorado Southern, the Denver & Rio
Grande and the South Park railroads.
Millions of money was required, but
no great amount of'ready cash was 6>
m'tnded from the stockholders, , as
bonds were issued and sold. After the
enterprises were started capitalists got
together and bought up the lines, and
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BE iSBSSR "VniTT T^n^tpF
HBJHf^l Will be more enjoyed when the
||kgis|? home takes on the dress of Spring.
\ Jl^iP^^ There will be time to make the
N|D^ change from the old to the new if
you place your order this week for
goods of this class at today's special prices.
REAL IRISH POINT CURTAINS— In whito only. Thoro /fey -*/\
are about 30 pairs priced at $8.50, $9.50 and $10. Utitil \(\ kl I
Saturday special, per pair VVwV
BRUSSELS LACE CURTAINS— This pattern has al- rf»W m/\m /\
ways readily sold at $10 per pair. We make a special Sk / Kll
price the next three days, per pair *K ■ •*■* "
NEW BONNE FEMMES— Point d'Arab, flounced; . AA
very attractive curtains, 50 Inches wide,. , ltS (111 i
special each *PU»VI/ I
ONE LOT DOUBLE CORDED ARABIAN CURTAINS fr rA T* I
—50 inches wide, 3% yards long. They will sell quickly H|S 4 1 I
at today's special price, per pair ....'. i\JtJ»^U
ONE LOT PERSIAN BAND PORTIERES— Very hand- _pA
some In tobacco brown, forest green or cardinal. A IIS SI I
leader special for three days, per pair «|7t7«t/Vf
50 INCH CALEDONIA NET lu cream, red and . _ A
green; makes a swell over- . Si If
drapery, per yard vVv
NEW LEATHER PORTIERES, $5, $6.75, $7.50, $10 each.
NEW ROPE PORTIEREB, $5, $6.75, $7.50, $9 each.
NEW BILKS FOR OVER-DRAPERY, 85c, 95c, $1.25.
BWTS^K3;S4SJS47r^O O BROA DWAy 'HI
MadfiigPr^criefeCa
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those who subscribed received three to
four dollars for every dollar paid in.
Members of my family subscribed
$16,000, and four dollars for one wbb
the result of the investment. All of the
roads built In Colorado in this way are
among the best paying lines of the
state.
"The same method can be followed liy
Los Angeles^ people with certain satis
factory results. allroads are what
make the country prosperous and our
business men ought to hurry the build
ing of a line into the Goldfleld district
by organizing and leading in the move
ment." .;;;;/,;';■
Difference of Temperature
Repartee is not confined to club
smoking rooms, nor the drawing
rooms of the smart set, nor the dining
rooms of the bohemian set, according
to Stewart Brlce. A longshoreman, he
says, who was sadly given over to
drink,. went home the other night only
to find a vigorous rebuke for his con
dition. - : '>.-' : -~$ :-?S- :!:';
"There you are again," said the wife,
''spendln' all your money in the saloons
and slttln" round drinkln' hot rum like
a millionaire, and me starvln' at home
here wld narthln' but cold water to
drink."
"Cold, ye silly loon! Why don't ye
warm It?"
Overland Limited
*
Leaves Los Angeles 5 p. m. and San Francisco 9
a. m. daily. Arrives Union Passenger Station, in
the heart of Chicago, 9.25 a. m. the 4th day.
Route — Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, via :
Omaha, and the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway
No other train across the continent compares
with it in speed, service and equipment. The .
composite-observation cars recently built for The r
Overland Limited by the Chicago, cTVttlwaukee (& •
St. Paul Railway are without equal in beauty and ■• ■
appointments. It is advisable to reserve berths in :
advance. Complete information on request.
C. L. CANFIELD E. K. GARRISON
General Agent Traveling Passenger Agent
635 Market St., San Francisco 303 S. Spring St., Los Anceles
JGOLDEN SIMB
V LIMITED I
L Via Southern Pacific- J
N Rock Island Route.', f
Daily from Los Angeles at 12.01 Noon
Fens, Ink, writing paper, envelopes, mail box, blot-
ters, calendars and reports of the New York stock
market In Buffet-Smoklng-Llbrary Car.
Following periodicals are on file:*
Century, Sunset Magazine, Collier's Weekly, Mun-
sey's, Outing, Judge, Puck, Life, McClure's, Review of
Reviews, Scrlbner's, Travelers' Official Railway
, Guide, Kansas City. Topeka and ,El Paeo dally
■Jf Papers. of a PARKYNS,
M A. C. F. &. P. A. Southern Pacific i
H 261 South Spring" Street, Iqi Aoiel.i ■
H or any Southern Pacific Agent. , B
HERALD ADS WIN!
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