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Pending tho Opening Day res- ■.!_.. .... . . ■ , _. _ .... ii_-m.j Walnut Lawn has been in the
ervations may be made either ' """'" -"■«-"■ Lattin family for twenty years,
at the main office or at office , Absolute security of deed and
of agent at Walnut Lawn. ww* A **nt «>\^km vstn * ■ title guaranteed by Title Insur-
Call and sec the plat. IA/ J\ gHP BffjH Ii ' fI " CC a " d TfUSt C °*
YV c Handomest Close-In Surburban Tract, on the Market.
A Formal announcement of the opening of Walnut Lawn will be made within the next few days. In the meantime every person contemplating the purchase of lots either for home or in- A
vestment purposes is advised and urged to await the opening sale of lots in this handsome tract. Situated just outside the limits of the city, the cars of the Long Beach, the Santa Ana £_A
and the Garvanza lines pass this property. It enjoys the advantage of asc car fare. It is in the midst of a beautiful orchard and garden spot rendered choice and popular by surround- J£ J^
I ing subdivisions possessing improvements of the highest class and most permanent character. These features will be still further enhanced in Walnut Lawn by the fact that every
lot has full-bearing walnut trees, a fact rendered more emphatic by the mere announcement that Walnut Lawn is a subdivision of the Lattin walnut grove, a body of trees famous for If
years for the quality of the walnut crop and second to no other grove in Southern California for the quantity of its yield per tree. I '
A
IP Graded and Oiled Streets, Cement Walks and Curbs and Water Piped to Every Lot IT
fAll these improvements arc guaranteed by a $10,000 deposit placed to cover these expenses with the Title Insurance and Trust Company, who will handle all deeds, contracts and other ft
financial matters in connection with Walnut Lawn. Prices of lot will range from $450 up. You cannot afford to consider lots anywhere until you have visited and examined 1
, • this splendid property. 0
___ _^ f+^\ IT" CV TAlf\ A V Come to the Office for Free Transportation or Go Direct via the Long Beach Line
.- - %J\J \J\J 1 S\JIH&JJr\ I Getting Off at Florence Avenue, Agent Right There to Make Advance Reservations — ™" TT"" "■
405 Severance Building
Diagonally Across the Street
from the Huntington Bldg., ■——-——— _-»-«_«■• »«««-»«»««. , Phone-Sunset
Sixth and Main Sts. I~ " -u-«.-m. w -..«.««. Broadway 4500
HOW WE GROW
TOLD IN FIGURES
STEADY GAIN IN NUMBER AND
VALUE OF BUILDINGS
Three and Two-Story Structures and
130 Homes Included in First
Week of January Im
provements
The new year starts out with a
splendid showing for tho first week In
improvements In Los Angeles, indi
cating that the present month will go
far over the million mark.
Total permits for the past week was
194 for improvements valued at $303,1D9,
a s"l'i of forty-eight permits and nn
increase of $23,609 over the same period
in 1901.
Classified Statement
Uelow are the tlgurcs from the office
of tho building superintendent for the
past week:
Structures. Permits, Vnltie.
3-story brick buildings is $ 00,'JOO
2-story brick buildings l 22,575
1-story brick buildings 3 1.50U
2-story frame buildings.... 15 M.OTri
l»,&-8tory frmne buildings.. 9 lo.WTi
1-story framo buildings.. ..lo2 luT.U'jl
I'Vamo Hats 4 lI.iXK)
sheds 25 5,376
brick alterations X' 14.17.",
Framo alterations 21 8,170
.Total. 1 . 191 $303,151)
Improvements by Wards
Tho permits and improvements by
wards for the week were:
Ward. l'crmlts. Value.
First 13 J. 783
Second 10 5873
Third 18 G4,!M5
Fourth IS 42.1HH)
Fifth to "M-*)
Hixth mi 4J.K10
Seventh 4 lUSO
Klghtli li 64.803
Ninth is ]1,1-j3
Total.. ..■■■^.Tiii'l 1303,150
Big Deals Closed
The Hummel und Dmker ranch, ly
ing between Hollywood and Sherman,
comprising 3055 acres, hus been pur
chased of the Hummel and Denker
estate by a syndicate of Log Angeles
and Ran Francisco operators at a re
ported price of 1400 per acre. Part of
the acreage will be subdivided.
6, 0. Kellam has purchased from the
Los Aiigi'lc.s Oil, Transportation and
Terminal company, through Smith &
Armltuge and Strong &. Dickinson.
uiiißty-two acres, unimproved, lying
between Temple and Fourth streets,
Hoover street and Juanlta, avenue. The
price reported 1b a little over $;tOO,ouo,
or at the rate of $8500 an acre. The
property is inside the city limits. It
Is one of the most sightly tracts In
the northwestern portion of the city
and commands an exceptionally line
view of the surrounding country. The
property Is to be divided Into large
lots und will have expensive street Im
provements and high priced building
restrictions.
Feeling Pretty Good
In their reports Itoss & Lindsay say:
"Our sales for December made a nuw
record, We sold 71 lots for the aggre-
Kuiu sum of $"s,7.'ii>, and from present
Indira t lons January win be n banner
mouth, an ten lolm have been fcukl in
lour days lur JtL'iU."
NEW HAMBURGER STORE
Owners Will Make Huge Department
Emporium One of the Big Show
Places of California
There has been continuous work for
the past four months on the plans of
the groat store to be erected by A.
Hamburger & Sons at Eighth and
Broadway, and now the superstructure
is about to be carried out on the origi
nal plans. This progressive firm, de
siring to see thn various new appli
ances and devices that have beon put
into execution in the past six months,
in the largo department stores of the
cast, will the coming week send M. A.
Hamburger, the president, AY. 13.
Chamberlain, the assistant president
and Alfred I'" 1 . Jtosenhelm, the archi
tect of the new Hamburger building,
on an extended eastern trip to visit the
large department stores of New York,
Chicago, lioaton, I'ittsburg und other
cities.
The object of the Hamburgers is to
make their new store the most up-to
date In the United States, and any
thing new that can bo Incorporated,
though It necessitates material change
of plans, will bo done. Upon their re
turn and the completion of the plan 3
Immediately thereafter, work will be
rushed on the building and it is said
with all confidence that the Hambur
gers will be doing business In tho new
store June, 1907. As the lease of the
old store expires at that time and any
delays will necessitate the continuance
of the. lease three years longer, al
though they have an option for its
continuance, the Hamburgers will use
every means that money, executive
ability and mechanical skill can accom
plish to be In their new home on Kighth
und liroudway by June, 1907.
The faith of the Hamburgers in the
future of the southwest business sec
tion of the city is demonstrated by the
fact that a sale of property on South
Broadway involving $425,000 was re
cently declined by them because of the
small difference of $3830 in tho price
between the seller and tho purchaser.
Los Angeles mercantile Interests will
bo much advanced by the Hamburgers'
completed plans, and tho new store,
when built, will bo one of the show
places of California, for there will be
nothing to equal it in the west.
TO OPERATE ON LARGE SCALE
Organization of a $250,000 Building
Material Company Will Meet
Local Demands
"The lildnr Building Material com
pany" is the title of what Is believed
to be the biggest concern of Its hind
on the Pacific slope. The Klder com
pany Is the outgrowth of the Los An
geles Investment and Lumber com
pany, During the year just closed the
company built ISO homes for residents
of the city on the monthly payment
plan. To be able to keep puce with the
rapid development of the city, and to
enublo them to secure materiul at the
lowest possible cost, the Elder Building
.Material company, with a capital stock
of $250,000, was formed. The company
will soon acquire thirty lots situated
at Alameda and Twentieth streets from
the Los Angeles Investment and Trust
company, upon which the work shops
of the company will be located This
Mte has the advantage, of the best of
traction facilities, being touched by the
Southern I'acilli! and lntei-urban lines.
The new Him will deal in all kinds of
building material, consisting of stone,
brick, lumber, plaster, glann and hard>
ware and will manufacture all of the
doors, etc., that will be used in the
houses constructed by the Hlder com
pany. The incorporatoi'H ure Charles
A.l'ilder, Ituymond Murgun, A. W,
lirode, riian. Lloyd, L. It. Uuri'ett, at
torney, 11. U. Itogerj* uud A. I*. Thump
tou.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1006.
TOURMALINE HAS
STRANGE HISTORY
WONDERFUL GEM DESCRIBED
BY SCIENTIST
Dr. Augustus Choate Hamlin, Who
Died Recently in Maine, Leaves
Book Full of Information
Regarding Stone
"It is a strange analogy, well worthy
of fixing the attention of philosophers —
These jewels -which have the privilege
of attracting our gaze and of fixing our
eyes upon them by an unaccountable
Bpecles of magnetism, appear also to In
cite the secret atllnitles of lightning." —
Abbe Fonvlello.
The death of Dr. Augustus Choate
Ilanillu, one of the most prominent men
of the state of Maine, occurred Novem
ber 19, 1903, at the age of seventy-sis
years. Dr. Humlln was widely known
as an author, artist, and as an author
ity on tourmalines. The collection of
tourmalines owned by Dr. Hamlin is
said to be the best in existence. This
magnificent collection of gems is left
to his only direct descendant. Miss KH
nor Cutting Hamlin, who Is also the
possessor of the famous tourmaline
necklace.
Tho 'necklace which was exhibited
by Gen. William U. Franklin, United
States commissioner at tho Paris expo
sition, and also shown In the Tiffany
collection at the Chicago world's fair,
is composed of seventeen large tourma
lines ranging from three to thirty carats
each. Besides the parure, there tire ear
drops and v cross, the set comprising
thirty white tourmalines and beryls. Tn
the set are six of the largest and
rarest tourmalines yet found.
In 1873 Dr. lliiutliu published a book
called "The Tourmaline," which has
long been out of print. This book con
tains a world of information about the
matchless tourmullne, although It was
published prior to the discovery of
tourmaline at Mesa Grande, San "Diego
county, California. Thn following from
Dr. Humllu'H book will give some idea
of the popularity which this gem is
bound to receive as it becomes hotter
known. Undoubtedly the tourmaline
will, In the future. Increase In value as
the diamond has in the past,
The Tourmaline
• The tourmaline, even at the present
day, Is but little known, except to the
umatpur or tho mineralogist; yet, it is,
perhaps, the most interesting of all
gems, when we come to consider the
beauty and diversity of Its color, the
complexity of Its composition, and the
wonders of its phystcul properties. Al
though It has been exposed In the gem
marts of Kurope for a long time, yet
its Identity and true description are
hardly a century old. The gem must
have been known to the 'ancients, al
though there Is no direct allusion to
It by Hie gem writers of the early pe
riods. However, it is more than prob
able that some of the red tourmullnen
of tho Uruliun and Altlan rango of
mountains In tilberlu were gathered
with thos'j beautiful sky blue beryls
which were so highly prized at Home,
and which were then brought from the
distant wilds of Hcythta; and when the
victory of l'ompey over Mlthrldtttes
fully mado known to the ltomans the
(uHclnating beauty of oriental gems and
uwukened a taste for pearl*, porcelain
uud precious* Blunt*, Uio tourmalin*
must have been fouinl among th<! vn-|
rletles of kpius that were brought from
the KPi" mines of Ceylon and India. |
The regular commerce established by
the Arabs between theso countries for
a lons period undoubtedly Introduced
Into the bazaars of the Mediterranean
some of these stones. But their rhar
acteristlns may have been overlooker!;
or they may have been confounded with
other minerals, the precise nature of
which whs then but Imperfectly under
stood. The earliest description among
(indent writers the antiquary can ilip
c over as applicable to the stone In riuef
tlon Is In the writings of the Greek phi
losopher Theophrastus. who mentions
a stone found in the island of Cyprus,
mid which exhibited the unusual a]>
pearanee of belnsr emerald green at one
end, while it wns of Jasper red at the
other.
This description may be readily ap
plied to the tourmaline, for Its crystals
are sometimes reel at on? extremity
and green at the other, and, moreover,
this peculiarity in the distribution of
color belongs to no other Kern. Crys
tals of sapphire are sometimes red unrl
blue at their extremities, or yellow and
blue; but a specimen displaying red
and green hues In the same crystal Is
unknown.
Found in Mediterranean
Similar crystals of tourmaline have
been found on another island of tha
Mediterranean so;i, und there is now in
ii cabinet of minerals In this country a
tourmaline of Hsrlit red and green which
was found In the iron mines of Klba.
Pliny, three centuries later, speaks I"
a vague manner of violet and brown
stones which acquired the curious
property of attracting light bodies when
healed In the rnys of the sun, or even
when warmed by friction with the
fingers. In this characteristic descrip
tion the mineralogist will at once re
cognize the tourmaline, and not the
sapphire, nor the brown and violet to
paz; for they were then unknown. Had
the Latin philosopher intended to de
scribe a peculiarity of the sapphire, he
would undoubtedly have mentioned, tho
red, the blue and the yellow varieties
also, for they all exhibit the same elecr
trlcal properties alike, but not In so
marked a degree as the tourmaline.
Tourmalines of these particular colors
Hie found at the present day in the
mines of Ceylon and Pegu, and In the
name districts which have yielded pre
t ious stones to commerce for more than
two thousand yenrs.
lleyond these obscure remarks history
does not devote a line nor n word to
this remarkable stone; and for seven
teen hundred years it Is completely
overlooked or forgotten.
In the middle of the seventeenth cen
tury Brazil sent to the European mar
ket, among her ex port I, long prisms of
dark green stone, but Do Laet, who
wrote on gems at that time, and who
ought to have recognized tho crystals
by thnlr well marked characteristics,
simply termed them Brazilian emeralds,
und also Inrorrectely asserted that they
were harder than the true emerald of
Peru,
Discovery of Gem
At length the discovery came, and i"
the simple way that many of the truths
of nature have been revealed. On a
warm summer'? day early In the eight
eenth century, some children were at
play in a court yard at Amsterdam.
Their playthings lay exposed to the ray
of the sun on the hot pavement, and
utnong them were some of the precious
stones the Dutch navigators had
brought home from the genvproduclng
countries In the Kast Indies, and espe
cially from Ceylon, which was then
In possession of Holland. The chil
dren were astonished to behold some of
the stones suddenly possessed with v
strango power, for they attracted or
repelled with a decided force ashes,
stmws and other substances of little
weight. The parents were summoned
to view the etraiiKO scene.
The injii-h lapidaries were, however,
■orely perplexed at the mysterious m>
tiou of the atunca, wblcb seemed «n
dowed with the principle of life or mo
tion; but, totally unable to determine
the nature of the sione, or explain Its
singular properties, they gravely, and
perhaps wisely, termed them usehen*
treckers or "ash drawers."
This curious story having been elrcu
lntcd abroad, it came to the hearing of
M. Lemery, a man of scientific tastes,
and lifter procuring it specimen of the
stone, he exhibited Its powers uf at
traction and repulsion to the French
Academy of Sciences In 1727. But
hero all Investigation and scientific In
quiry ceased for nearly forty years. At
this rime a German physician by name,
Aepinus, became Interested In the re
port concerning the strange properties
of the stone, and, obtaining two from
Mr. Lechman, ho commenced a series
of experiments connected with tho ef
fect of heat and friction. After mak
ing a careful Investigation of the sub
ject, he published the results of his in
quiries and experiments In the history
of the Academy of Sciences at Berlin
In 1756. The scientific world was star
tled at last with the statements of his
memoir, and experimentalists over all
Europe made haste to obtain speci
mens of the wonderful stone.
Dispute Over Experiments
The duke de Noya, on Italian noble
man, obtaining two from Holland, has
tily made some experiments in a cure
less way and submitted his report to
the French academy. The duke, led
astray by the Imperfections of his ob
servations, objected to some of the
statements of Aepinus and openly pro
nounced them incorrect. At this junc
ture of affairs Dufuy, Haller, Adam
son, Columb und other savans came to
the rescue of Aepinus and proved by
their careful and varied experiments
that he was correct. In England the
spirit of Inquiry was also aroused and
Dr. I-Icberden obtaining: the only tour
maline which was then in Great Hrlt
ain, called to his aid some of the Eng
lish philosophers, and they also con
firmed the received opinion of its won
derful electric power. Fashionable so
ciety also became interested in the ex
cited discussions of the philosophers,
and the disputed stones were eagerly
sought for by the fop as well as by the
philosopher or dilettante.
One of Hogarth's pictures, painted at
this period, represents a gay youth ar
rested while absorbed with the wonders
of the tourmaline when held up to the
rays of the sun. Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Curlton. two of tho most eminent elec
tricians of their day, also procured a
number of tourmalines from Holland
and submitted them to numerous and
interesting experiments, which fully
sustained the assertions of Acpiuus.
Dr. Franklin became interested In the
subject and. after experimenting upon
one of the utones, wrote to Dr. Hober
den in 1759 supporting his theories.
During tho hot discussion which pre
vailed the Monos worn described under
various names, und were by some ge
ologists supposed to be identical with
tho "lyncurlum" of the ancients, which
is now known to be yellow zircon.
Characteristics Not Recognized
As all the accessible specimens hnd
been cut by the Dutch Inpldarles, or
were In rounded masses, like water
worn pebbles, the form of crystalliza
tion, and the common characteristics of
tourmalines and schorl, were not then
recognized. Linnaeus, In 1768, was the
first to intimate their relationship, but
it was reserved for Rome de I,lsle to
describe the Ceylon crystals and estab
lish their identity with the black va
riety, which had been known In Ku
rope for almost two centuries. It was,
however, a long time before the dis
putants adopted the present name of
tourmaline, which Is derived from the
ancient Cingalese word turmall, and
not turaimili, which' we understand Is
applied by the natives of Ceylon to the
rlrcon.
This remarkable mineral bflougn evi
dently to rocks of iTystiilllniiliiin mid
never appears in the t<«condary ter
rains, or lucks or transition, with the
PART 111.
HENRY E. BARBOUR
Real Estate Dealer
exception of the gem mines of, Ceylon,
and perhaps Burmah. It Is found gen
erally in granite, mica schist, tulc. or
talcose schist, and Is divided by the
chemist Knmmelßbersr into five pub
groups, viz., the miignesiu, the iron
magnesia, tlic iron, tho Iron manganese
and lithla mid the lithla tourmalines.
It is to the fourth und fifth group that
our memoir is especially directed.
Tourmalines of thepe groups often
occur in beautifully crystallized llnee
sided prisms, terminated by three prin
cipal planes, which sometimes are set
on one extremity of one of the sides
of the prism, and on the other on the
edges. It» primitive form of crystal*
liziiiu'u Is the obtuse rhomboid, having
the axis parallel to the. axis of the
prl*m. The edges of these prisms are
often truncated, and then the crystals
form prisms of nine or twelve sides.
However, It Bometlmcs occurs massive
ami compact, or In parallel, divergent,
radiating and detached crystals. Us
fracture Is decidedly coneholdal, exhib
iting internally a vitreous luster, Its
specific gravity ranges from 3 to 3.3,
and Its refractive power is 1.66, being
superior to the topaz in brilliancy, Its
hurdness is 7.5, and quite equal to that
of the emerald. . :■.
The tourmaline has as great a va
riety of names and synonyms as the
sapphire, and In both minerals they
urlse from the great diversity of colors
displayed by them. The red vurlety Is
known among mineralogists as the ru
belllte, Hlberite or daourlte; tho blue us
the indlcollte; the white as achronlte,
and the black us aphrlzite or schorl,
inn, ut tho present day, they are all
grouped under one name.
IVnmril l'lrlui<«
H'Kiilai- prloe 60c. 70c, $1.00, 23c to.
morrow. 1900 calends i-h reduced price*.
banborn, Vail & Co.. at.l 8. Broadway,
7
WALNUT LAWN TRACT
Handsome Close-in Subdivision on
Long Beach Line Soon to Be
Opened
\\*. P. Vhllsett arrived in Los An
geles from the east December 1, and,
after a few days spent In looking
around, decided that Los Angeles with
her incomparable climate and marvel
ous buslncKN activity whb good enough
for him uud his money. He got busy
and invested $50,000 in the purchase of
thirty-nine acres one short block east
of the Long bench car line, ut Flor
enetta avenue. Mr. "Whltsptt has ar
ranged to subdivide the tract, which
h«s has named Walnut Lawn. The l'»r»
to tho tract is uiiy live cents, Gnr
vaii7.ii, Long Beach and Santa Ana
cars passing tho addition. The streets
will be graded and oiled, cement walks
and curbs provided and water piped to
every lot. Flee transportation today
to the tract. Tickets may be hud ut
[office 405 Severance building.
1-.U Folk-
I reduced my weight SO pounds, bust
g inches, walxt 6 Inches and hips 9
i'.jches In a fhort time by a guaran
teed harmless remedy without exercise
or starving. I will tell you all about
It. Call next Wednesday or enclose
stamp. Address, Mrs. A. O. McFaddeu.
3040 Upper Houlevurd, Los Angeles,
Cal.
Tlu-io Is nothing which better eatUAcs
a pei-Mun than to feel that ho bus itt leant
gotten Ills monfy'H worth. When you
buy a bottle of ('hamberUln'N . Courli -
ItcmrUy you can huvo this n»»iiraiii«, n%
the mt'dloliiQ U Mild ou a eiwruntea to
do all that Ih claimed for It. It lias Ik-ci
In übo ten- many yearn, all over tlie roun
try, and nut always Klven tho best of,
HiiiinfH' l ili»n. There if tiothitiK mi food
for colds, croup and whoujmis cough.