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THE SYSTEM DISAPPROVED
Action Taken Last Night Upon
Individualism
SUPT. SEARCH'S ARGUMENTS
Ao Able Paper Read in Favor of the
Innovation
The Beard of Education Hrdds an Interesting
Special Session, and the Vote
Is .Five to Two
The special meeting of the board of ed
ucation was the magnet which atracted a
large number of people to the council
chamber in the city hall last night, the
gallery of the council chamber being pret
ty well filled with the female teachers of
the city.
President Hale was a trifle slow in call
ing the meeting to orde , Directors Wills
and Bassett being absent when the gavel
fell.
The first thing donß was the calling by
President Hale for the report of the com
mittee having in charge the investiga
tion of what is known as the "individ
ual" method of teaching. The report
which was read is as follows:
The committee Appointed by the board
of education to investigate the individual
sytem introduced into the schoos of the
city of Los Angeles by Superintendent
Search, beg leave to report that we have
investigated tbe same and tind that it is
unwise at this time to continue the sys
tem in our schools, and would therefore
recommend that the same be discon
tinued ami that the superintendent be in
structed ti> return to the class system as
heretofore used.
"What shall be done with this report?"
asked the president.
"I move the adoption of the report
ust read," spoke up Director Grubb.
"I second tbe motion,' said Director
Pittman.
"I move that the report be laid upon
the table," said Director Garland
quickly.
"There is no second to the motion,"
answered President Hale.
Here Mr. Garland took the boor and in
an address lasting several minutes ably
defended Professor Search and his
method. "While this method may not
have been as successful in the lower
grades as had been expected, it has cer
tainly not been a failuro altogether, and
I believe that, the report here read tonight
is not the result of that mature deliber
ation to which tbe importance of the sub
ject is entitled. Professor Search had a
great deal of notoriety at Pueblo, Col.,
where he taught this system, before he
arrived in l.os Angeles. He does .iot and
never has owed his position to any politi
cal indue.ice. Whatever this report
means, 1 think there ought to be no final
action upon tbis suject at this time.
That is why I have made this motion to
:ay thisjreport upon the table."
Said Director Simon ton : In reply to
Mr. Garland. I wish to say that a large
number of parents are dissatisfied and are
asking that we return to the class system.
A large number of scholars are dissatis
fied there is a much larger falling off
In the attendance of scholars than usual,
attributed to the individual system,
thereby losing a large sum of money on
the average attendance. The individual
system requires more teachers and more
rooms in order to do the same amount of
work per scholar, thereby materially in
creasing the expenses. It is necessary
that the scholars be arranged in classes
and grades, with regular promotions in
order to draw public money.
The new system is of less value to tha
slow or indolent scholar as well as to tho
timid, for they gain nothing from associ
ation. Under the new system the dull
pupil loses whatever pride and ambition
he may have had under the old. Every
leport from other places where the new
system has been tried has been unfavor
able.
The Individ nai system is an extra tax
upon the teacher, so great that some are
breaking down under it, and the United
States commissioner of education disap
proves of it oficially in a recent maga
zine article.
Director Fulton made an abie argument
in support of the Garland motion to lay
upon the table. He thought the Search
system feasible and he himself could not
vote for tbe report made, as in his opin
ion the system had not yet had that thor
ough trial to which it was as an innova
tion entitled.
Director Garland wanted all action de- j
fcrreo at least until the end of tiie school '
year, as the two directors absent would, ;
he thought, very much like to vote I
unon the question at issue.
Director Garland's motion was lost, i
the only two affirmative votes being those
of Directors Fulton and Garland.
IJefore the motion to adopt tho report
could be put Director Simontun suggested
the calling of the roll, stating that ne
himself was anxious to go upon record.
Here Professor Search rose to his feet,
and Mist taking up the charges and state
ments of Director Bimonton seriatim, the :
superintendent of the l.os Angeles public
schools made a verbal argument which
created, evidently, a somewhat favorable
impression. Professor Search concluded
his adrdess by handing to Secretary j
Dandy ol the school board a lengthy ]
typewritten document. full of strong
points in favor of the method which bears
hi* name, as follows:
The misconceptions that have arisen 1.1
this community concerning the inten
tions and purposes of the present admin
istration, prompt me to interrupt the de
liberations of this board by introducing a
few fundamental considerations.
The question very appropriately arises.
What is individualism? The use of this
word in a totally different application
may lead to a false estimation: but, edu
cationally speaking, it is a doctrine that
looks to the more perfect conservation uf
the personal interests of the c hild, not In
a sen-e of individual development with
out regard to true socialistic relations,
but for protection against unproductive
sacrifice at the machine demands too
common to mass education. Individual
ism holds that the school is for the child,
ami must adaot itself to his personal
needs. The iron-clad mechanical regime
that conforms all endeavor to a type, and
that protects itself under arbitrary rules
and regulations, is a thing of lifeless in
efficiency: while versatility, adjustment
and accommodation, requiring the mas
ter hand, are elements of strength and
power.
Individualism contends:
First—That children differ greatly •in
stages of growth and in genetal physical
health, and in consequence should not be
equally and uniformly pressed. It takes
cognizance ot the far t that there ia such a
thing as adolescence, and that all along
the line of formative life there are days,
periods and stages, for both boys and
girls, when there must be special neeoiu
dation. It provides for the well child,
for the weak child, for the sick child, for
the convalescent child. When a pupil has
been sick and returns to school convales
cent and weak, should he he worked as
hard as others to keep up with his class,
nnd ilnnbly so in order to make up vchal
he has lost? Most certainly not. Regular
ity in atendance is a good thing, but not
necessarily as a thing of itself. There are
days when a child may be better off at
home or in the sunshine than in seho -1.
Tne fact that expert examinations in the
city high school* of the United St ates
have revealed ninety per cent of defec
tive physical condtion, is a comp'e.c jus
fication of the position taken by iiidi
vidualism with reference to the conserva
tion ol physical health.
Mcond- In all the world there is noth
ing that differentiates so greatly as does
creative mind. Shall the mind's of chil
dren, which are nothing if not creative,
be cursed by the limitations of rigid class
ification and uniformity in process? Even
classes differ so greatly" as to cause the
frequent apology of teachers. Can more
utiiiorinity be expected of individuals,
and is it desirable, if it could? There
must be opportunity, adjustment and
conservation. The pupil who can do two
or three times as much work as his fel
lows must be permitted to do so; the one
who gains most by traveling slowly must
not be rushes! prematurely into difficulties
beyond his power of perfect assimilation.
Third- There must be consideration of
individual environments. The home cir
cumstances of life are not the same for all
children. The boy who cannot start with
the year until a month or two late.should
not lose a semester or a year by being
forced into a lower class. The girl stopping
to help at home for a few weeks should be
permittca to resume work where it was
interrupted. The child who comes from
another school should not be confronted
by the ragged edges of a mechanical dil
ierenee In standing. The pupil who is
not promoted should not be required to
repeat the exact details of his previous
work, li fact, the child must be placed
where be can cet the greatest amount of
good to himself, and from that point of
placement there must be the open ave
nues of the most generous and versatile
opportunity.
In execution of the ideals involved in
thi> formulation of aims, individualism
cor.ies with the following statement of
working creed: The school is for the
child, and not the child for the school:
there must b.> consideration of physical
conditions, intellectual ability, and con
ditioning environment; the worker must
be placed where he can get the greatest
good to himself; the work of the school
must iie done within school hours; there
must be no mechanical limitation to ad-
vaneement: alt work must arise from
true motives, which involve utilization
of love for work, interest and determin
ing choice; the child must be trained
how to work as a self-reliant, independ
ent worker, accustomed in 1 lie school to
the same conditions he will meet in after
life; the entire product of the school
must be the self•governing citizen; the
student athirst for a continued educa
tion which is already a part of himself;
the man. the woman, of vigorous physi
cal health, intellectual promise and noble
impulse.
This is the tentative position taken by
individualism. Who can question its
righteousness and ultimate victory?
Many who have not comprehended its
lofty scope and noble purpose have sought
to riake of it a mechanical thing, and
have given the world an entirely erroneous
impression of its mission. Individualism
is not a thing of letter, but of spirit; not
of requirement, but of opportunity; not
a machine, but a great living thought,
appealing for incorporation into the work
of the school according to the personality
of the worker. What parent is there who
has not realized the over-demands and
pressure of the mechanically graded
school system? Who does not recognize
the nobility and higher efficiency of indi
vidual conservation when applied to
schools and interpreted, not as a thing
of mechanism, but in the spirit of the in
tention of those who know what it means.
After all society presents the same
characteristics the world over and in all
ages. While old as an approved educa
tional theory, individualism is new as a
doctrine placed into practice. Like all re
fines it. must •liaht its way to correct in
terpretation and recognition At the pres
ent time the lances of many strong edu
cational writers all over the nation are
turned against the shield of individual
ism. Schoolmen for years have claimed
thai the education of all must be con
formed to a type, and that pupils must
be mechanically classilied and treated
accordingly. The newer education in
sists this is not a necessity, and that
school plans must be so readjusted as to
perfectly protect the indvidual against
sacrifice of any kind. Of this newer
scluol stands the kindergarten at one end
of the line, with Stanford university,
Chicago university. Harvard university,
Drexel institute and like institutions at
the other. Between these two extremes
ot the educational Held, but representing
the same great thought and the same in
terests, must the great battle of Individ- j
iialism bo fought—namely, in the public
schools. It is not difficult to understand
the opposition that arises. School men.
like others in life,arc not easily changed
from the paths made easy by tradition.
The superintendent who undertakes to
conduct a school in the interests of the
individual cannot limit bis work to the
conservation of twelve types, represent
ing so many years, but must carry pro
vision for the thousands of cases," each j
one of which is to be treated on its mer
its. He must carry a thousand lines of
thought, be alert to demands at every
point of tbe line, assume responsibility
lor every steep he takes, but in execution
he must have complete opportunity for
untrainmeled adjustment. This is not an
easy course, and so must win its way to
recognition. Individualism today is at
its beginning, but stands endorsed by the
opposition of the defense. Fifteen years
ago. industrial education began its inno
vation under just the same antagonistic
circumstances, but has since triumphant
ly won the day, though opposed by the
same men who now decry the onward
march of individual consideration.
Aroused and thrown on tbe defensive,
the opponents of individualism have ad
vanced many fase arguments because of
imperfect knowledge or mistaken inter
pretation.
It has been said that individualism is a
return to the methods of the old ungrad
ed school. Well, suppose it is, the ol d
ungraded school, with the addition of
the higher impulse and the better teacher
of the present, would not be altogether a
bad thing. Bit it cannot intelligently
be so confoujded. for the old ungraded
school nad its pupils of all ages from live
to twenty-one, while the modern city
school presents some convenience in
grouping and great opportunity In equip
ment. More than this, the purpose of
individualism is best conserved by the
application of true laboratory methods to
the performance of all departments of
work, and this was totally unknown in
the days of the old ungraded school. In
the sense, however, tbat it utilizes a high
degree of self-reliant, independent work,
it is essentially tbe same.
ft is said that the number of pupils to
thu teacher must be smaller. This is nut
necessarily the case. Schools are t>o
large by any plan. Some oi the best re
sults of individual work obtain in schools
of excessively large size. The fact is, the
work in a mechanically graded school
may appear easier, but dihTulties do not
come to the surface and aro not easily
recognized. It is not so much a question
of the number of pupils as it is a ques
tion of the teacher. If the purpose of
SQoqel work is to make a recitation, and
do so much of cram, then the teacher
cannot care for so many children; but if
tho great objective is to do work and to
gain strength in its doing, then it is
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simply a question of the executive ability
of the icachci to direct numbers.
It is also asserted there is sacrifice in
oral expression. Not by any means. Is
it necessary that all "children should
think a thought simultaneously in order
to have training in oral expression? Cer
| tainly not. Individualism insists upon
tbe quiet, undisturbed working hour;
nut, when rigbtlv understood, it presents
the best opportunity for clean-cut think-
and correct expression, it does not
treat all subjects alike, it does not dis
card the cla-s exercise, nor the recita
tion, but all of its exercises are for a
| higher purpose. Far, far from the int.ni
! tion of true individualism is the thought
that the child is to be shut up by hinisplf
and denied the opportunity of" contrib
uting to and receiving from the Inter
change of others.
Again, tbe statement is made tbat Indi
vidualism will tend to unfit the person
for his higher social relations. Bo to the
kindergarten and behold how the sacrcd
ness of individuality is perfectly wedded
to the interests of true society. So it
should be through all school work and in
all after life. The highest type of society
is dependent upon tbe perfect individual.
Those who have made for themselves the
most individual advancement have con
tributed the most to tho world's uplift
and progress.
Now, what are the demands of individ
ualism. Nothing, but that there must bo
the most perfect conservation of each and
every child, with the most earnest econ
omy of every day of his school life. To
the teacher" it "brings this great living
thought: Study (he child, not as a type,
bnt as an Individual, and meet his wants
at*tbe door of personal need. As it seeks
to conserve individuality in the clhild, so
it leaves the details of all work to the in- |
i dividuahty of the teacher, giving the
most unlimited opportunity for the oper
ation of original methods. Can all teach
ers succeed equally well in conservatism
of so great an interest? Certainly not;
but if only one teacher in ten . or one in
a hundred, or one in a thousand, can
each the high ideals presented, such
success completely demonstrates the pos
sibilities of what can be done. Wherever
once introduced in its true intent and
spirit, there can never bo a complete re
turn to the old method of limited oppor
tunity. No arbitrary limitation will ever
rule out the Individual and his rights. |
Even the teacher who uses the class
method, which is not prohibited, will
think more of thus or that particular boy
or girl.. Individualism thinks long
thoughts, and is content with meager
present progress. The few teachers wdio
may succeed will establish a standard of
ideals for others; year by year the work
will be better understood; intelligent child
study will had to the recognition of per
sonal needs, and the result will be the
scientific instruction,which will be noth
ing else than individual conservation.
Now let us turn to matters of purely
local history. Plans for the better con
servation of the individual were placed in
operation in the Los Angeles scnools on
February Ist, tbe beginning of the second
semester. Since that time, for reasons I
do not care to discus.,, the work has been
conductd under the most unfavorable cir
cumstances. Almost everything has ten
ded to make the superintendent's plans
miscarry. The real intentions and pur
poses have been misinterpreted; and
from causes within and without the
schools, there has been a blockade. Un
der the circumstances it is remarkable
that so much good work has been done.
The superintendent, returning from the
meeting of the national department of
superintendents, was almost immediately
deprived of the opportunity to develop
his plan. The appointmeni of a commit
tee of investigation by a new board of ed
ucation practically removed all adjsut
ment from the hand of the superintend
ent, and since that time every attempt
to direct and improve the work has been
under the most embarrassing circum
stances. Can any one, acquainted with
the field in its past and present, imagine a
more unfavorable place for an attempt at
original work? Is it not plain that some
body else besides the superintendent is re :
sponsible for the incorrect impression j
tnat may have been given to the pnblio?
11 this were the only administration
subjected to such emoarrassment. there
might be reason to consider the reflection
as personal An examination of the past
reveals the fact that blockade and es
trangement have now run their course
through three successive administrations.
Certainly it is about time tae community !
should arise to something higher than
personal sensation, and come together for
united effort in the upbuilding of our ed
ucational interests.
If the board of education still insists
upon the direction ot the details of the
superintendent's work, they must be re
sponsible for the outcome. There is but
one person who can adjust this matter In
a way that would be safe for the future
interests of the school, and that person
is the superintenent. Had he been
granted the prerogative which belongs to
office and experience, with the conduct of
all details through his hands, there would ;
have been little of the present condition
of affairs. The superintendent has not
now, and necer has had. any desire that
his teachers should use uniform method.
Certainly, he desires the earnest,loyal co
operation of all in the development of the
spirit of his policy, but the machinery of
detail is a very important matter.
I therefore ask that tbis matter, with
out limitation and without instruction,
be placed completely where it belongs, in
the hands of the superintendent. Tangled
though the matter is, adjustment will
present no great difficulties when once
there is unrestricted and unembarrassed
opportunity.
This is the first time I have attempted
to reply to any local misunderstanding,
and with this statement I lay tbe pencil
completely aside. Nothing can induce
me to enter into any wrangle over small
matters. I have too much to do in the
department educational to permit mo to
engage in any side issues. I only desire
to add. I accepted a call to this city to
peform a dcrinite local work, and now
with reflection that extraneous ciicuiu
stances have passed upon nic, I propose
to do that work.
To this end I invite the earnest, loyal
co-operation of the board of education;
of the teachers, who will do all the su
perintendent asks when the question of
responsibility is determined ; of the pu
pils, who know and appreciate good
work; of the press, indispensable in the
formation of correct puolic sentiment;
and of intelligent constituency, who al
ready understand this situation better
than the manipulators of local politics
think. the immediate educational pur
poses of this administration are four:
First—The remodeling of the course of
study and proportionate equip.neut of all
departments of work for economic results.
Second- The establishment of indus
trial education. While tho superintend
ent desires the most liberal co-operation
In tiiis work, if he cannot have such as
sistance he will accomplish the result
alone. However, there is every promise
of earnest co-operation. January I, IH'JU.
is sufficient time for the inauguration of
this important department of work.
Third -The further economy of child
life by leading all workers to a better un
derstanding of the mission of individual
ism. This will take time. A successful
beginning has been made. The public,
far and near, must wait for development
and for result.
Fourth The entire separation of ihe
schools from political control, with no
recognition in appointments except the
conservation of the children's interests.
And now, let me ask tfiat the hoard of
education take this statement under ad
visement until next Monday evening, at
which time the entire matter concerning
which there has been so much misunder
standing, should be placed fully and com
pletely in tho hands of the superintend
ent for adjustment.
The shove Prof H >■ --'--j +vi
board to consider and in all fairness he
requested that action upon the pending
subject be continued until the regular
meeting of the board next Monday night.
Director Pitman, the chairman ot the
con.tnittee which had reported against
the individual system, declared that the
committee hail the right to return to the
class system, now, four weeks before the
end of the school year, so that the proper
i
classifications could be again made. In
time to avoid confusion for the next
year.
Director Pitman thought the Search
system a good one. but too epxensive tv
be used here at this time.
Professor Search's communication was
I read and its various intimations of poli
tics iv the public schools and other
equally interesting insinuatiois brought
foi th no audible comment from tne var
ious members of the board present.
The conclusion of the reading of Super
intendent Search's communication gave
Director Uardjeei another opportunity to
plead for time upon the adoption of the
report for a few days tit least. He re
newed his motion torn postponement ot
I action, but secured no second.
■ Director Kennedy denied tho implied
r charge of politics "in thi' report against
the individual svslcm. in so far as any
action he might take iv iho premises was
concerned.
Director Fulton, who had been called
to the chair by President Hale, made
another exhaustive argument again-t
undue haste before he put the question lo
adopt the committee report. The matter,
however, finally came to a vote, after the
previous question had been moved, with
the following result: For the adoption of
the report. Directors Kennedy, Wills,
Pitman, Gnfbbi Simonton and President
Hale—s. Against tbe adoption of the re
port. Directors liarlan and Fulton.
Superintendent Search's communica
tion for delay was then received and tiled,
and the board adjourned.
Professor Search refused to be inter
viewed upon the action of the board op
posing his system.
Professor John Davis, residing at the
University, raked the hoard fore and
| aft after the adjournment, evidently bav
i ing the sympathy of a largo number of
persons in tho sentiments which he ex
pressed individually and collectively to
those of the directoras who had voted to
discontinue tho individual system.
ART TALK AT THE NORMAL
By Mr. Jules R. Mersfelder, Who Illus
trates as He Chats
A Few Suggestions About Architecture, Past
and Present, With Some Sketches
on the Side
Mr. Jules K. Mersfelder gave one of his
chalk and charcoal talks yesterday after
noon in the assembly room of the normal
school. His Opening remarks were some
what rambling and were delivered In a
very informal manner from a few scat
tered notes. He lirst spoke of the imper
ative need of giving an art impulse to the
growing mind, and suggested the advisa
bility of having Well-defined architecture
copied, if need be, from that in older
countries and after models or designs of
architects of established reputation,
rather than originating architecture that
is bad.
Through the middle ages and up to the
lime of Napoleon architects were patron
ized and encouraged by the nobles, and
the results of their work are better worth
emulating, or even copying, than tl c
buildings which are going up in th<? wes ,
many of which would give Ruskin the
nightmare. "And it is not so much the
fault of the architect," said Mr. Mers
fcldtr, "as of their clients: it is because
the people will have cheap and nonde
script architecture, not only in the public
buildings but in their residences."
Mr. Mersfeldei spoke very flatteringly
of a linn of New York architects who have
done more for architecture in America |
than all else together. On a blackboard j
behind him, Mr. Morsfelder had drawn a j
copy of the city hall tower in chalk, and |
referring to it be said it. was pretty good j
architecture, but flimsy, and was built
after the design of the Romanesque school, .
which was m its turn the child of the j
Byzantine. When the Huguenots were
drives from France in the sixteenth cen
tury they wero compelled to build a cov
ering over their steeples. The Cap roof
of the city hall tower. Mr. Morsfelder
explained, was an illustration of this
scheme, but there is a little of the Moor
ish mixed with the French.
; The speaker here turned, and rapidly
rubbed out the small details on the side I
surface of the tower, and with black I
chalk made deep shadows and outlined
long windows which made an effect that
he declared to be more artistic, a decisiou
in which many of his audience concurred.
Then, using the rest of the surface of tho
blackboard, Mr. Mersfelder sketched in
quick succession various illustrations to
bis running talk of how to teach a child
perspective anil composite, how to con
centrate tho attention to a certain point,
keeping the minor details of composition
in harmonious relation to that point.
Several little sketches, which were done
freely and without apparent previous in
tention as to subject and design, grew
rapidly under his deft lingers, and which
looked when done us easy of accom
plishment as the balancing of the historic
egg, the only primary ncce sity being,
apparently, the "knowing how to do it."
Sir. Mersfelder will speak this morning
before the Kuskin Art club, at 11:30.
OUT FOR THE NIQHT.
The Kid Thompson Jury Locked Op— Alva
Johnson Taken to Folsom
A few witnesses who had heretofore
testified in tbe Thompson trial were re
called yesterday morning in department
one of the superior court, in rebuttal, and
very soon aftreward the case was placed
in the hands of the attorneys for argu
ment. The theories of counsel occupied
the minds of the jury till nearly 6 o'clock,
when Judge Smith read a voluminous set
of instructions to the jury. The bailiff
took charge of the jury at 5:20, and after
taking one ballot they went to suppefr.
At 10:lS they had not yet agreed upon
a verdict and tbe court ordered them
locked up for the night. Tt is not antici
pated that there will be any trouble in
securing a verdict of guilty, but it was
believed last night that sonic of the jurors
objected to imposing the full penalty.
Under the law in cases of tiain robbery
the verdict of the jury must include the
punishment. It Is different in that from
murder cases Where a verdict of guilty of
murder in the lirst degree means hang
ing. In train robbery cases the jury must
mention whether the penalty is hanging
or a life sentence.
Alva Johnson was taken to Folsom to
servo his life sentence by Deputy Sheriff
McClure on the afternoon train. He left
completely broken down In spirit and
with hardly a hope of ever leaving th.'
penitentiary alive.
iTr. Mulkey ITadc No Threats
Mr. J. K. Mulkey called at The Herald
office yesterday and entered a most em
phatic denial of the allegation previously
published that he had threatened to shoot
the various members of tbe Byrnes
family resident in the vicinity of Wash
ington and Bush streets. Mr. Mulkey
disclaims any ferocious intentions, and
staies that tho extent of bis recent alter
cation with the taiiuly named was to for
bid their trespassing upon some property
that ho is agent for. In doing this no in
timations of bodily harm were used.
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A hook of 16S pages, entitled "Woman
and Her Diseases." sent sealed in plain
envelope for 10 cents in stamps to pay
postage. Address Dr. Pierce as above.
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whether they have their
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Notice for Publication
lANP OFFICE AT LOS ANGELES, CAL.,
j April 25, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named set! ler has tiled notice of his intention
to make final proof In support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before register
and receiver at l.os Angeles, Cal.. on June
18th, 1895. viz.: Pierre Augustures Home No.
70'2'i, for tho WW of lots 8 and 9 and Wk of
BWJ t section 2, Township 5 N, Range 17 w, a
B. M.
He names the fo lowing witnesses to prove
hiscoiitiuuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Henry I.ettour, Fierre Cielos,J.
B. Davies, Pierre Lafourcade, all of Castac, Los
Angeles county, Cal
T. J. BOLTON, Register.
Notice to Stockholders
CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA RAILWAY
KJ Company — The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the California and Arizona
Railway Company will be held at the office of
tho company, in the city of Los Angeles, on
Wedncsdav, May 15, lWn, at 10 o'clock a.m..
to elect a board of directors for the eusu ng
year, and to transact such other business as
may properly come before the meeting.
ii. HOI.TEKIIOFK. JR., Secretary.
Los Angeles, Cal., May 1, 1895. 15
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