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MUST PONDER ON
BIG WATER PLAN
COUNCILMEN ASK TIME FOR
FINAL DECISION
TO HOLD A SPECIAL SESSION
Committee of th« Whole Will Dlscum
Owens River Proposition Ex.
hauttlvely With th«
Commissioner!
So tremendous and far reaching Is
the proposition to bring water from the
Owens valley into Log Angeles that tM
councllmen declare they must have time
to consider the question before taking
final action.
Accordingly, it was decided at yester
day's session, on a motion by Council
man Smith, to meet In special session
of the committee of the whole with the
water commissioners, Superintendent
Mulholland. ex-Mayor Fred Eaton, City
Attorney W. B. Mathews and City En
gineer Stafford for the purpose of dis
cussing the great question from all
sides and obtaining all the Information
possible on the subject.
"If this proposition is as it is repre
sented to be it is the greatest thing
that has happened to Los Angeles in
the last half century," declared one of
the councilmen yesterday, "but we
must feel assured that we are making
no mistakes. A mistake now would
mean far more than it would before all
of this about the city's water supply
was made public. We are not dying of
thirst now, but we shall be in a few
years if new supplies are not secured."
.This statement may be said to show
the feelings of every member of the
city's legislative body.
Report From Commissioners
The water commissioners addressed a
communication to the council yester
day as follows:
"In presenting this . resolution re
questing that your honorable body have
presented^to the people the question of
issuing bonds for the purchase of lands,
water and water rights in the Owens
River valley we beg to present the fol
lowing statement In explanation of our
action:
"Very soon after the acquisition of
the water plant by the city it became
apparent that at no distant date in tbe
future the city would have outgrown
the water supply then available. The
three annual reports rendered to your
honorable body by this board and its
predecessors gave full warning of th' 3
pending condition.
"It is needless to say that the growth
of the city •In . the past two or three
years has far exceeded the expectations
of even bur most optimistic citizens.
Concurrent with this rapid growth, in
stead of an increase in the water sup
ply to meet it there has been a marked
diminution. This condition has been a.
ceaseless source of anxiety to us and
one which we have been very loath to
advertise, having In mind the serious
effect such announcement might have
on the city's prosperity. When it be
came . apparent to us that the situation
was really a serious one, requiring
action prompt and effective, we availed
ourselves of the services of the hydrau
lic engineering firm of Llpplncott &
Parker to assist our engineer anif
superintendent in the investigation of
all water sources within reasonable dis
tance and cost of acquirement by the
city of Los Angeles.
Water Supply Abundant •
"The work of these gentlemen, ex
tending over a period of five months,
has been thorough and exhaustive.
Each of these men had been engaged
in the investigation and development
of water supplies in Southern Callfor
nla for many years, and all were well
supplied with data relating to the pos
sibilities of every watershed of im
portance in this section. Their investi
gation embraced not alone the peren
nial living streams of the mountains
but also the ground waters of the val
ley and every other source that might
be made to yield water in quantity
worthy of consideration.
- "Their conclusion was that the Owens
river project, here presented to your
notice, was of such overwhelmingly
greater promise than any or even all
of the others combined, that when the
facts were presented to us and fully
considered and discussed we had no
hesitation in ratifying their judgment.
"A very Important factor to be con
sidered in connection with this project
is that it does not despoil any of the
adjacent agricultural country tribu
tary to our city. Our failure to accept
any of the near-by propositions which
have been' either offered to . or consid
ered by us simply leaves such waters,
if they have any practical value, to be
used in further development and en
richment of the surrounding country.
"We have in preparation, and within
a few days will present to your honor
able body, a map showing all the prop
erties so far secured by us under op
tions, and will accompany the same
with a list in detail of the prices we
agreed to pay for each, together with
all other details of every transaction
Involved in this propostlon.
Options at Low Price
"Our negotiations for the purchase
of these lands and water rights were
carried on with the greatest secrecy
,a» to the ultimate intention of the pur
chasers, and so far as the figures will
■bow we have secured all these prop
erties at valuation! based on their ex
isting values as mere agricultural prop
ositions in a valley that has not shared
AMOS HERCULES
the recent general prosperity of the
state.
"Our engineers estimate that the ag
gregate mean annual flow obtainable
from the properties now under option
to us will yield at least 20,000 inches of
water, from which it will be seen that
the water does not average In price
more than $65 per miner's Inch. The
maximum flow, however, which fortun
ately occurs in the summer months,
during our period of greatest need,
will be much in excess of this.
"This water will have an Intrinsic
value of at least $1200 per Inch when
delivered In Los Angeles county. Its
value Indirectly to the future pros
perity of the country Is beyond com
putation.
"We have had a corps of surveyors
In the field for six months surveying
the route by which this water is to be
conveyed to Los Angeles, and find it
to be not alono a practicable one but
one of simplicity of engineering. These
surveys have been minute enough to
enable an estimate to be made ap
proximating very closely the cost of
such a structure, and we arc assured
that the work can be carried to the
point of delivering this water In the
San Fernando valley for about $21,
000,000. /.
"These figures contemplate the con
struction of a covered concrete conduit
with a capacity of 30,000 miner's inches
all the way, with the exception of th«
tunnel sections of the line.
"J. J. FAY, Jr.,
"President Board of Water Commis
sioners."
COMPLIMENTS LOS ANGELES
San Francisco Supervisors Praise
Owens River Project
Special to The Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7.— At 8
meeting of board of supervisors to
day a resolution was passed, congratu
lating Los Angeles on acquiring water
rights sufficient to supply that town
and its suburbs with an abundant
quantity and allowing for a growth of
a million people, and expressing con
fidence in the future growth and ex
pansion of the sunny south metro
polis.
The resolution follows:
Whereas, The city of Los Angeles,
state of California, has acquired watei
rights entitling It to bring 390,000,000
gallons of water per day from the
eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada
mountains.
Whereas, It is proposed to carry said
water a distance of 240 miles, in order
to supply the city and its surrounding
territory with water.
Whereas. Said water is drawn from
sources of undoubted and Inviolable
purity, to wit, from the granite slopes
of Mount Whitney and the ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Therefore, be It resolved, That the
mayor and the board of supervisors ol
the city and county of San Francisco
congratulate the municipal government
of the city of Los Angeles on the ac
quisition of a water supply, which in
quality, quantity and distance of pro
posed conveyance places It in the first
rank of the cities. of the world.
And, be it further resolved, That the
precedent established by this act of the
United States government as advisee
by its engineers In relinquishing its
project relative to this water, con
vinces this board that the claim of the
city of San Francisco to store and ulti
mately deliver 195,000,000 gallons per
day of the waste flood waters of the
Tuolumne river through an aqueduct
200 miles long, for the use of the
greater San Francisco, must in the
very nature of Its justice and necessity
be granted.
And, be It further resolved, That
copies of these resolutions be cent to
the president and the congress of the
United States, the United States re
clamation service and the mayor and
city council of the city of Los Angeles.
The adjustability of Mellin's Food is
one of its good points. Mellin's Food
can be adjusted and is suitable to the
needs of the youngest infant as well
ss children of the more advanced
sge. It only takes a minute to pre-
pare it as there is no cooking nec-
essary. Send for a free sample.
M.llin*. Food It th, ONLT Infants'
fuu'iX h .k. k »•«•>»•« Iht Ciena Mm,
th* bUh«.« award ,f th, UuUUaa far.
HELUN-S FOOD CO., BOSTON, MASS.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1905.
PRISON CELL FOR
AMOS HERCULES
LAST EFFORT TO PROVE IN
SANITY FAILS
BELIEVED TO BE SHAMMING
Life Sentence Given Slayer of Timothy
Segrue— Peculiar Actions
Puzzle the Court
■ .•■,■''.-■
Officials
"Amos Hercules, you have been re
turned from the state asylum as cured.
You have had A fair trial and have
been found guilty of taking the life
of Timothy Segrue, a human being.
Therefore you will be tnken from here
by the order of this court and confined
i in the state penitentiary at Folsom for
• the period of your natural life."
After one of the most stubborn trials
In the history of the local courts, At
torney J. It. Wilder, representing Amos
Hercules, recently convicted of murder,
yesterday made a last effort to secure
an Insanity trial. for his client Instead
of the life sentence in the penitentiary.
His effort was fruitless and after an
argument by District . Attorney Fred
ericks the life imprisonment sentence
was. given and Hercules was taken
back to his cell. ; :
Throughout . the trial, however, In
spite of the. statements that Hercules
was shamming, the accused man never
displayed any inkling of reason.
Sent to Asylum ■•' ••'• -
Hercules was arrested ■ December 2,
1903, following the murder- of > Timothy
Segrue at the Redondo car shops. . . He
showed symptoms of insanity at the
lime and before his- trial on the murder
charge he was examined by physicians
and sent to Patton asylum. Last April
he was pronounced ; cured . and asked
to be brought back and placed on trial.
Following .the conviction of Hercules
ten days ago, George Hercules, a brew
er of Louisville,' Ky., 1 and brother of
the accused, arrived In Los Angeles
and with Attorney Wilder made an at
tempt to secure an> insanity trial for
the murderer. This was at first de
nied by Judge Wilbur, but was later
taken before Judge Smith. In making
his affidavit yesterday for an Insanity
trial Attorney Wilder gave the fol
lowing story ' of the ' past ' life of the
condemned man: ■ .'
""About . twelve , years , ago, a ..brother
and sister of Hercules' were committed
to state asylums in the east and Amos
has always showed signs of being men
tally unbalanced.
Raced With Train
"At one -time he was employed as
night watchman for. a brewery In the
east and while; at work fell out of a
window, alighting on his '. head. H*
later tried to race with a freight train.
He was on a handcar ahead of the
freight and when his strength gave out
the engine hit him and nearly crushed
his skull.
"Following that accident he con
tracted the habit of going down to the
creek in the dead of winter and after
The Mathie Brewing Go.
1834-58 East Main Street
Telephone East 66 Home Exchange 942
The Beer that Costs No More, But
Tastes Lihe More
Red Ribbon Wurzburg'er
Maltone (Tonic)
Jtar. Closed Saturdays 1 VT" )l ■ .."'.■. ' ..
At Noon Jilt This Month jLJi « M *£
Business ife^^wv^r-^' ; ' :^2g^|i|i
Furniture f 1 . :;: '. ■§§
Everything H;r?!j_i./,/. ' _f I
for the Office... Qr^ '. ™ .!' '•-!.' .'. .. :2a §H
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There ia ? always more satisfaction in. buying from an exclusive house.
You have <t larger and batter assortment to choose, from 'and always se-
cure better qualities. We have everything In the line of furniture for
the office. Four floors full of samples.
. Standing Desks for BooKkeepers
We just. received a full carload of standing desks. They are in all sizes
and styles, both double and single. All well made from the best selected
"Typewriter Desks, Cabinets, Bookcases, Tables
Cure ForThe Blues
ONE MEDICINE THATJUS NEVER FAILED
Health Fully Restored and the Joy el
Life Regained
When aeheerfnl, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, It is
a sad picture. It ia usually this way i
She has been feeling " out of sorts"
for some time; head has ached and
back also ; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly fainted once or
twice ; head dizzy, and heart-beats very
fast ; then that bearing-down feeling,
and during her menstrual period she is
exceedingly despondent. Nothing
pleases her. , Her doctor says : "Cheer
up: you have dyspepsia; you will be
all right soon."
But she doesn't get " all right," and
hope vanishes ; then come the brood-
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES. ■ "' • ■
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven you to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and_your courage gone,
but take Ljdia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. See what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of 819 J£th Street,
Louisville, Ky.. niece of tne late Gen-
eral Roger Hanson, C.S. A. She writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinlthnm:—
," I cannot toll you with pen and ink what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done, for me. I sufi'ewd with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, ' the blues,'
jiervousness and that all-Kone feeling. I was
advised to try Lvdla E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and it not only cured ray female
derangement, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy of my
1 ounger days has returned, and I do not suf-
fer any longer with despondencv, as I did be-
fore. I consider Ls'dia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a boon to sick and suffering
women." . . ; ' . . • ■ ' ■ ' .
If you have some derangement ol
the female organism write Mrs.
Plakham, Lynn, Mass., (or advico.
cracking the ice going "in bathing. He
also lmuglned himself to be a musician,
a magnetic healer and a photographer.
"Since Hercules. has been in the Jail
he has imagined his mother came to
him in his dreams and tried to lead
him' out of his cell.' -He also imagined
a giant -cat- would tear him from his
couch and dash around the room with
him,', 1 ,:,,.,. ;■,,, , (; , ;,. : V ,. X . :..;..,. ..:'■.
Judge Smith overruled the motion for
a new. trial, saying in his opinion Her
cules had been shamming throughout
the trial. ; . . .
AIA. KINDS OP TSAMF.S
. Single babies, twin babies and triplets,
all do equally well on Mellin's Food.
There are a few pictures of them in the
Mellin's Food exhibit .at the Portland
Exposition. We have hundreds more pic
tures in the Mellin's Food office in Bos
ton, and lack of space prevented our
showing you all of them, out 1 there are
enough In the exhibit to Bhow you that
Mellin's Food babies always look healthy
and happy. Mellin's Food. Exhibit, Agri
culture Bldg. . ■•■.
J. C. Cunningham's Trunk Factory,
529 South Spring street. ■ Phbnes 818.
.If Ton want lo <v tu>,' C. naydock,
Aaent Iliinola Central R. R.. 238 8. Sprlnit.
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August Clearance Sale Corsets £$
Standard Hakes at Half ,
Several hundred dozen high-grade corseti are offered for this sale at half price nn'd 1«m; some V«ioj(ffir\\
discontinued Hn»s of tho f.imnns American T.nrly enrects nnd other well known m.ikra; nlso X'Ull*^*'
an Immense lot of manufacturer's samples; all of them up-to-date wanted models In a good / "Wt^^Sr
assortment of sizes; prices range as follows: //r^^fflV
A Big Lot of Corsets Worth Up to $1.00 for 25c a Pair \\ Wfjj\
CORoKTS WORTH UP TO $1.25 FOR 4flc CORSETS WORTH tfP TO $3.H> FOR $1.48 Jffo I/(jMj|
CORSETS WORTH UP TO $1.50 FOR 7Sc CORSKTS WORTH UP TO $4.00 FOR $1.93 /|Mj ml /to
CORSETS WORTH UP TO $2.00 FOR 98c CORSETS WORTH UP TO $5,00 FOR $2.48 \jMl fl /,M
"La Marguerite" Corsets <|JO QQ \JwML
New Styles Regularly Worth $5 *$*«•« • /O
Oenulne "I-n Marguerite" cnrpotß, made from rlnlnty Bilk hrnraflcs; honrrl with Ronulno f/WfflqnA JMW^^k
whalebone; newest shapes, styles nml colors; enrests that will please the most fastidious wo-
men; plenty of sizes; no old shop-worn goods in this collection; clean, fresh, crisp corsets 3'3 '
priced all over the United States at $5.00. Sale price, the pair, $2.08.
f /► j gj»» ' Women's skirt chemise of nainsook.^ Women's drawers, made from best
iTITATIIS SnllTlfSrirSS lnrllH llnon or cambric: trimmed at finality cnmbrlc: both open nnd
IUWIIU lIIUIUUUJ bottom with ruffle, cluster of tucks closed styles: finished at bottom
en n .• /i_ aa. nnd lace -edge; round and square with wide ruffle, of embroidery, oth-
DVC lines IOF 1 uVC necks; yokes trimmed with hem- ers with hemstitched tucks and wide
Tnfntitn' lntvri klmonaH excellent col- stltchlnjr. laces and ribbons; values flounce with rows of Insertion with
o?St"^«t?u^itrlmmed 40c aSd 500 up to $175. Today, on the qo edges to match; values up to 35
values. Today.. 3 »c. seconder ,sc. Today
Sample Framed Pictures
At One-Third to One-Half Redvction
BJS§»T v^^T^.^X affil Our picture buyer secured the entire snmple, lino of n big eastern picture manufao-
fe3ff - ' < S*3^S*')i2t3 s \ turer These come to us nt from one-thlnl to one-hnlf off tlie regular prices and #->
HeM — '^^m^ym^&t^gßm On sale at a like concession. lip;mtlful framed pictures in an almost endless varletv.
MET ■ ,^W !•! • \ "'SHHi : but only one or two of each subject; mostly rIR frames with hand-laid nrnararrs;
UU& «Tr< ?K'iSjßk!w a f° w n;lk ancl h " rnt wood frames; tho pictures Include, pastels, carbon prints, cojT.'ed
Jr&& types, oilettes, etchings and lirints; come early and Ret lirat choice. Hero nre a few
17 00 FRAMED PICTURES FOR $4.60. $1.50 FRAJTKn PICTIinKS KOR 73c.
«no FRAMED PICTURES TOR 53. 00. JI.L'S FRAMED PICTURES FOR r.Oc.
, ■ Hm FRAMED PICTURES FOR t2.00. $1.00 FRAMED PICTURES FOR 6!»e.
, . : $2iOO FRAMED PICTURES FOR $1.10. 75c FRAMED PICTURES FOR 48c.
Fancy Decorated German China Pieces
3000 Pieces to Choose. From; Actual Values Up to 40c, 10c
3000 pieces of fancy decorated German china cups and saucers. .. ' aa _ eSR ssS3S»« B»«^B »«^ • '^JjS^^SSßfaw
plates of all sizes, bowls, hair receivers, bon-bon boxes, covered -f&f\ JkJhjT^K S§£a '-jHHSSSS
sugar bowls nnd many other pieces; actual values up to 40c. -X&J * -A &jS&MWiSW'9^ fqWS^nffinc
Choice today, In the basement, 10c. ■ ' •;.,.. |v\, W*«^y V W»^VV A^
38c Decorated Salad Bowls 19c >B|| &^ <^^^tw^^^
Decorated German china salad bowls; 9-inch size; various styles; \fe*' ■ ■ *^jf
beautiful decorations; regular price 33c. Today, in the basement, . ?*>uS mW*+j^.
12 Qt. Granite Ware Slop Pails 50c
Granite ware slop. pails, with.- Covers, 12-quart size. Today, in the . basement, 50c.
Full count Turkey feather dusters; Small size galvanized iron wash Guaranteed lawn mowers, 14 or 16-
ayr^acn e f U^.^!?^.^....lsC jgg iSSJST £*^..* 45C
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,,THE HERALD,,.,
54th Street Across Town
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Opening Prices of Lots 54th Street Extension
We Have All the 1 ! F °"° w the S * ns
Cream 1 m3nW»J^ For Homes
Why Tahe Shimmed MUK7 |U||HMll | | 1 §$ Profit and
For every subdivision of the Me- Ij njL^fflWjTPyTojffiiiUfiL «
Carthy company there Is a uood §£g|gpP«^M|lfg" a «fl9ffiiH InVCStmCnt
reason, llemembtr this. K&**^^ FgrmtCßfl*!
Main office In our own building, 203 N. Broadway. Branch offices: Fifty-third and Main (until Moneta avenue car U;
running take Maple avenue car to Fifty-third etreet. one short block westj, Fifty-seventh and Flgueroa , and another
branch at Fiftieth and Moneta avenue.
R«dondo (Oardena) car to Slauson avenue, or we will take you over from our Fifty-third and Main street eSlee.^
