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LOS ANGELES HERALD
BY THE HERALD COMPANY
PRANK G riNLAYSON President
ROUT. M. YOST Editorial Manager
8. H. LAVERTY Bnalneaa Manager
OLDEST iiORNING PAPER IN
LOS ANGELES.
Franded Oct. 3, 1873 Thirty-fourth year.
Chamber of Commerce Building.
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THE HERALD IN SAN FRANCISCO
AKD OAKLAND — Los Angeles "nd
Southern California visitors to San
Francisco and Oakland will find Tne He.
ald on sale at the news stands In the San
Francisco ferry " building and on th«
streets In Oakland by Wheatley and by
Amos News Co
Population of Los Angeles, 300.000
LARGEST CITY ON PACIFIC COAST
Will you have Owens river, or stop
growing?
Curb the auto speef'er; also the bicy
cle fiends. And especially the latter.
And so far the "repentant" Abe Ruef
has shown no disposition to put it back.
It Is asserted that r jef is not worry-
Ing. No; he knows his fate— picking
hemp.
The bug under the chip> is that the
power companies want Owens river
themselves.
Be careful about starting grass fires.
The grass is drying out and makes a
dangerous blaze.
Los Angeles doesn't need electric
signs. They would mar the finest light-
Ing system in the world.
Why disfigure the streets with elec
tric signs when v now have the hand
somest street illumination in the world?
It is cheaper to bring In Owens river
water than to stop growing. Has it
struck you that It must be one or the
other?
Maybe Secretary Root would like tp
talk to Mayor Schmttz about protecting
the Japanese. And then, maybe he
wouldn't.
We must have more water; Owens
river Is our only source of supply. Ergo,
•we must have Owens river. That's all
there Is to it.
In the end, the Owens river conduit
will pay for Itself. The bond lasue Is
merely a loan to cover temporary cost
of construction.
It's all right, Mr. Heney, to get the
millionaires and the small fry, but
what about Boss Herrin, the head of
the whole push?
And Just now Nevada is learning by
personal contact what makes Los An
geles the most hustling city on the map
— its business men.
The program for the N. E. A. re
veals so many good things that the only
marvel Is how they ar^ all to be
crowded Into a week.
If you steal a million in Colorado you
may go to prison, but you get par
doned; if you steal a loaf of bread you
merely go to prison.
The San Francisco grand Jury has ad
journed until June 10. Has It run out of
t material, or is it taking breath for the
tackling of Herrin?
The army Is short of men. Perhaps If
the army paid soldiers somewhere near
,what the men can earn In civil pursuits
It would (ill its ranks.
The average cost jf owe:.3 liver to
the taxpayers will be 30 cents a $100.
Don't let any lies convince you to the
contrary; figures don't He.
Certainly out of the eighteen names
selected by the good roads commission,
the supervisors can find men enough
for the highway commission.
If Governor Glllett shows no more
backbone in protecting the Japanese
than he does in protecting San Fran
cisco, God help the Japanese!
The fiddler mayor of San Francisco
must give $210,000 bail bonds to keep out
of Jail. He could use that million
* planted in Germany right now.
And Just about now, in view of the
Gould scandals, our old friend Corey is
wondering how he ever held the lime
lfht "with his own mild brand of nastl
neas.
One would think that San Francisco
was now about ready for the militia,
Governor Glllett. Car lines are aban
doned after being started, because of
riots.
I Paris is promising paper dresses. Why
not? They will rustle like silk, be in
expensive and no two need be alike.
Good thing; all married men push ;
along.
— .
Who wouldn't gladly stand 30 cents a
$100 Increase In his taxes for a SO cent
Increase in the value of his property?
That's the gist of the Owens river pro
position.
The federal and etate governments
both approve the Owens river water
plan. It Is up to Los Angeles— and Los
Angeles wants It. Watch the vox
popull on June 12.
MAKE THE STREETS SAFE
The new city law regulating the
speed of reckless autolsts Is already
proving its worth. Many arrests wero
made last week, and many fines were
assessed — to the great Joy of the man
or woman who has had continually to
be dodging these speed mad enthu
siasts, not always successfully. It la
to be hoped that the activity of the
police will not decrease, but that their
success In landing the violators of the
law will lead to redoubled vigilance
till the practice of reckless speeding
shall become practically extinct in Los
Angeles.
Just why an otherwise peaceable and
decent citizen should feel called upon,
the minute he gets Into an automobile,
to rush through crowded thoroughfares
at a rate which endangers not only
himself but all who may be In his
vicinity, is one of the unsolved mys
teries. The same man would never
think of driving a horse at such speed
through a crowd, and yet a horse has
sense enough to do his part in avoid
ing a collision. But given an auto and
many a man thinks nothing of the
safety of others, nor of the laws made
and provided for s*eed regulation.
The old law could? not properly reg
ulate these reckless individuals; It was
defective. The new one seems to be
all right. Now let its rigid enforce
ment be insisted upon.
And while about the subject of mak
ing the streets safe for pedestrians it
would not be unwise to take a strong
hand In curbing the fool cyclist who
tears through the downtown district at
thirty miles an hour to the Imminent
risk of everyone on the street. Mes
sengers are the worst offenders In thle
respect; half grown, tough youngsters,
too often of the hoodlum order, who
mount their wheels and rip around
without bell, horn or whistle. They
skin corners at frightful momentum,
they duck their heads and trust to
blind luck to carry them tnrough.
When they do strike anyone they
mount and rush away, regardless of
consequences. They carry no numbers
and are not licensed; a man has no
redress when knocked down by one of
them, save to thrash him roundly on
the spot — provided he have the good
fortune to catch the miscreant and
possesses the physical prowess neces
sary to the Job.
These urchins are a menace to every
one and should feel the Iron hand of
the law In no unmistakable fashion.
They should be licensed and their
speed should be vigorously reduced. A
few arrests and heavy fines would have
a great tendency toward eliminating
this crying evil.
WHY ELECTRIC SIGNS ?
Why should Los Angeles tolerate
lighted signs swuhj; out over Its main
thoroughfares at night advertising
wares and merchandise? Of ''what ben
efit are they. In return for their un
sightliness and the nuisance they are?
Who wants them save the men who
propose to utilize them for advertising
purposes?
In many cities the;- are tolerated be
cause they help light the streets. Nig
gardly city governments refuse to ex
pend the needful funds to do this and
permit these atrocities to do the work.
Perhaps some "cities thus find them
useful in greater proportion than their
presence is detrimental.
But Los Angeles has already the fin
est lighting system in the world. Her
down town streets are marvels of
beauty at night; the electroliers afford
all the illumination desired and are
artistic and effective. They make the
streets long istas of delight and each
Is ornamental, part ff a synthetlzed
whole and an ornament to the whole
city.
Why, then, destroy the vistas which
these lights make by introducing .flar
ing and hideous combinations of signs
purely commercial in character sticking
out over the walks and breaking the
continuity of the rows of electroliers?
Do we want them for lighting pur
poses? No; we have all the light we
need. They are simply and alone for
advertising purposes. Do we need, then,
to proclaim In letters of fire the merits
of Punkerino cigars, the fine qualities
of Boozer's whisky, the delights of
Germanus beer, the efficacy of Dr. Cure
all or the properties of some one's liver
pad? Shall the beauty of down town
Los Angeles be marred by such ex
ploiting as this?
This city Is now enraged in a bitter
warfare against the billboards which
disgrace it and make of civic art and
beauty a byword. It is proposed to
tax them out of existence and to op
pose firms that use them. Shall the
city turn right around and permit
down town what It is trying to elimin
ate elsewhere — the adver.. ing sign?
The electric lighted bulletins are sim
ply billboards in disguise. No other
description fits them.
The city has no need of these excres
cences. They are not to bring in any
revenue. They will benefit no one save
those who will erect them. They will
be a distinct mar to the comprehen
sive, expensive and beautiful down
town lighting system.
And they should not be tolerated for
a moment.
In considering the Owens river propo
sition rely upon authentic information,
which can be as easily secured as can
the false statements issued by the in
terested power companies.
The plain facts are that the power
companies want Owens river for their
own purposes, and their penny-dreadful
has to oppose the plan for tlielr Inter
ests and at their commend.
"Business in San Francisci Is prac
tically at a standstill," says a merchant
who has come here in order to continue
his trade. And yet the governor says
"if violence continues!"
The defeat of the O-.vens river bonds
would lower realty values, because It
would limit the growth of ~ob Angeles.
Every realty owner Is thus perforce n
favor of the Issue.
LOS ANGELES HEKALD: MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1907.
NOW FOR THE 500.000 MARK
During a full year following the
earthquake and fire at San Francisco
the real estate and building business of
Los Angeles faltered and went forward
a trifle slower than in previous years,
but this spring It has again become
active and is once mow causing the
city to grow and develop in all direc
tions.
The lumber trust has done lta worst
and Is now showing signs of crumbling
to pieces. It has learned the lesson that
to hold commodities at values so out
rageous that people will not buy them
is a losing game. The trust figured that
it could squeeze Los Angeles out of
the running and rely wholly upon San
Francisco for coast profits. It put the
prices of lumber up so high that much
home building In this city was sus
pended and a vast amount of construc
tion work either stopped entirely or
was put forward slowly.
But San Francisco couldn't carry the
load. It gave up Its millions of Insur
ance money to the construction mater
ial trusts and to unreasonable labor
demands, and Is now practically with
out funds. The lumber trust has
squeezed San Francisco as dry as a
bone and until recently has lieen seek
ing high and low for somebody to buy
Its needed nmmodltles at outrageous
prices.
Under stress of necessity the lumber
trust Is beginning to weaken and In all
Clrections the demand for construction
material is being renewed.
And with the Owens river proposition
adopted and work begun on that great
aqueduct there will be such a develop
ment In xx>a Angeles as was never be
fore experienced. The whole city will
feel the thrill and whirr of the forwavd
movement. Business of all kinds will
be doubled and trebled. Millions of
money will be paid out here for labor
and materials, and millions wW go Into
the local channels of trade. Enterprises
of many descriptions wili be at once bo
gun, and Los Angeles will leap to t.te
500,000 mark In less than five years.
With the pover of the lumber truat
broken and the voting of the Owens
river water bonds, this city vrtil sur
prise even Its oldest Inhabitants by (.he
rapidity of Its growth.
The death of Mrs. William McKln
ley, which occurred last night, will
call forth, as It should, universal ex
pression of sorrow. She was In all re
spects a noble woman, conducting her
self throughout all the high offices in
which she was placed by reason of
her distinguished husband's advance
ment with marked graclousness and
rare success.
The power companies h-.ve never
withdrawn their offer to build the
Owens river conduit and give It to the
city for the power it will develop. Can
you doubt that even the pjwer com
panies, though they oppose the plan,
think it a good one? They want that
water for their own use. That's the
bug under the chip.
If the power companies don't think
the Owens river project a most valuable
one why did they once offer to build
the conduit and give It to the city, to
gether with the water, merely for the
power that it would develop? Let them
answer that, and then their other state
ments may be considered worthy of at
tention.
The city has no ulterior motive In
favoring Owens river; no one stands to
make a dishonest cent out of it; all tax
payers secure Its benefits alike. The
power companies want it for their own
use, and are opposing the plan for sel
fish personal reasons. Remember this,
and vote accordingly.
"If violence continues," said the gov
ernor, "the militia will be ordered to San
Francisco." As two car lines vere put
out of business there Saturday, It is in
order to wonder -.vhat definition the
chocolate-backboned governor puts on
"violence," anyhow.
As a result of the Dunkard conven
tion, a colony of these people has been
founded near Los Angeles. The Dunk
ards are industrious, sober, peace
loving and saving people, and should
be a welcome addition to any com
munity.
It is hardly likely that Mayor Schmitz
will again be called into the president's
confidence regarding the protection of
the Japanese in San Francisco. The
fiddler mayor rather needs protection
himself right now.
The local Ananias club is headed by
the opposition to Owens riv... The ori
ginal of that name would turn green
with envy were he alive and 1 :enlng
to some of the lies this opposition dis
seminates.
Factories are growing In Los Angeles
faster than ever. Factories use lots of
water. Owens river is the only supply
of water available. If this Is to be a
factory town the conclusion ! Inevi
table — we must have Owens river water.
The Stocktonlans who are coming
here on a tour of inspection are in
vited to sample our glorious cllmaca,
now at its best. All you want, free of
any expense, except the coming after It.
The point is, how would Officer Rob
bins have known he had Fleenor if a
Herald reporter hadn't told him no?
And in view of this fact, why Isn't
the reporter entitled to the reward?
Remember that the Owens river
bonds will be sold only as needful. The
conduit will pay them off. You are
merely lending the city's credit to make
the city's greatness.
A MAY MORNING
A touch of frost In the morning air,
A sudden sense that life Is fair;
The glad, wild note of a happy bird '
From the tall bare 'boughs of the poplar
. heard, . . ;.., - ■ ■ .
Ere he shakes his wings to mount on high
A glorious stretch of wind-swept sky,
And a heart that catches the lilt and
■ swing ,-.<'- . . ■ ■ •••■
And the joy that la life and love and
■filing. :j, .I , ■ . — Outing.
Evening Gowns
At Half
To maKe quicK riddance of twenty-
five- luxurious silK evening gowns
we cut the prices in half.
$50 Dresses .... $25.00.
65 Dresses .... 32.50
75 Dresses .... 37.50
' 65 Dresses .... 42.50
100 Dresses ... . 50.00
125 Dresses - - - - 62.50
Crepe de Chines and Louisines profusely
trimmed with dainty lace. Cluny and Batten-
berg lace built over taffeta and richly trimmed.
Two in black, two in light blue; the others
in white. •
White Linen handbags, daintily embroidered
$1.25 to $12.50. -'-"vU •
(L«oth«r Goods Section. Faclnaf Main Entrance)
135-237-159 SOUTH BROADWAY
Ck ra/ l or f c The Orl 9 lnal $2.50 Shoe Store 109 c R'/lti/au
onrader S only Exclusive ladles' Shoe Store 4UZ O. P QWay
Have You r
Attended
Our Annual j
Clearance
Sale of Pianos?
Rare Bargains
Easy Terms
%i_u_w__\
416-418 South Broauiw^y
* - . <
c/4.nnual Sale of Tailor -Made
J^^ht%\ "\ TT TAT £*^ ' I c~^
§E&@i\ ■ \f\f £\ I I %»^
Sw» qF V V -/TV 1 w_jl • . Xi • w J
Splendid waists of fine white imported
_^*i^w\A»^rtt!s\ niadras. Several newest styles to se-
i^^\\^U«BffJ lect from; all sizes; regular $2.50
ill Each $2.00
V^^ljM^ or Three for $5
Buy Quick .j~ H?^ 12* 5 SPRING ST
A SONG OF DEGREEB
We show In simple manner,
And with a hope to please.
The work which Is expected
Of those who hold degrees.
Through four long years of study
Athletics prove the key.
With drafts on father's checkbook
To get a glad A. B.
Next stage, the honorary
Is made both wide and free;
Few men who gain distinction
Escape the LL.D.
But morning, noon and evening
The hardest work we see
Is keoplng dally hustling
To hold a J. O, B.
—Mew York Sun.
THE FAIR INCONBTANT
Dost thou still hope thou Shalt be fair.
When no more fair to be?
Or those that by thee taken were
Hold their captivity?
Is this thy confidence? No, no;
Trust It not; It cannot be so.
But thou too late, too late shall find
'Twas I that made thee talr;
Thy beauties never from thy mind
But from my lovinr were;
And those delights that did thee stole
Confessed the vicinage of my soul.
The rosy reflex of my heart
Did thy pnle cheek attire;
And w'nal 1 was, not what thou art,
Did Kazers-on admire.
Go, and too late thou shait confess
I looked thee Into loveliness!
—Francis Thompson in London Nation.
MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER ?if ( Jse? n mcf '.
Two more record-breaking houses. at the Burbank again yesterday.
. • Everyone In this Incomparable stock company is cant to best ao-
vant&ge. the play Is produced with an admirable disregard for expense ana
the overflowing houses prove that local play patrons know where they can
obtain the best. - -.
JUST WATCH THE CROWDS TONIGHT A M> *1 lli:\ JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
TONIGHT
t^ie Lady if Quality"
Francos Hodgson Burnett's fascinating story. Reappearance of Harry Me-
stayer. SPECIAL. MATINEE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. DECORATION DAY.
Next Sunday matinee and Sunday evening, for two performances only, tho
big Burbank theater stock company in "IN SOUTH CAR'MNEY." In prepara-
tion— "MIZrAH."
SPECIAL— SPECIAL
Beginning c7Wonday Evening, June 3rd — Six Nights and cTWatinee
Seat Sale Wednesday
feioyr: NEW YORK
FISKE idea
/~\ RPHEUM THEATER • Sprln | o ui' p^nefTm and Thlrd "
MODERN VAUDEVILLE
Commencing Tonight
VOLTA, the electric marvel; MATTHEWS AND ASHLEY, "A
Smashup in Chinatown; ETHEL MACDONOUGH, "The Girl
Behind the Drum"; KRAMER AND BELLCLAIRE, the famed
athletes; CHARLES LEONARD FLETCHER, in character
studies; PRINCESS YOLANTHE and her cockatoos; DURAND
TRIO, high-class vocalists ORPHEUM MOTION PICTURES,
latest novelties; FOY AND CLARK, "Under the Sea,"
Matinees Dally Except Monday.
■<"'* RAND OPERA HOUSE Main St., bet. First and Second.
I ■»■ — " rnafi """^ Main 1567— Phones— Homo A6IJT.
V_J The Family Theater i / -•
THE ri.ltiriT STOiT COMPANY PRESENT Theodore Kremer's latest produc-
No Wedding' Fe!ls for Her, or The Bride's Confession
;:'.*:.';, A Heart Story.
Matinees Tuesday, Saturday and SPECIAL, MATINEE DECORATION DAY.
BELASCO THEATER commencing- this evening.
V " ..V l^.' SPECIAL MATINEE MEMORIAL, DAY.
The Belasco company prenentM Bret Hnrte'a western play— *~
SUE
'Next Week — "ALI, ON ACCOUNT OF ELIZA." Seats today.
MASON OPERA HOUSE " c. wyatt.
■ — — — Lessee and Manager.
Tonl and all week, holiday matinee Thursday. Regular matinee
Saturday.
oTVIRS. LESLIE-CARTER^
Tonight, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday matinee and night and Saturday
a n^ 2^b^^ s °o A o R P R^' r^z.^%T\^y%i^™' " zaza -" curtai "
nf^HE AUDITORIUM sparks m. berry.
I ' — ■ Macagrer. . --%; -;■■
J. Theater Beautiful. F i rth and Olive Streets.
THE OCA0 CA , L OR3V 4 AN . s V Tom Karl, 'Director. Famous singing; and beauty
S5.hS. Bm-i8 m-it 1 Tontent and tamorrownlght. Wednesday matinee and night
"THE MIKADO. Thursday matinee and night, Friday night, Saturday mat-
inee and night. "THE BOHEMIAN GIHL." popular prices" 25c? 36c and 60c
day "THE BOHIfMIA^-Trnff' 367 ' Ma '" 5186 ' SPe °' al maUne ° Deeo?ation
FISCHER'S THEATER SJ PS * street, between Spring and Main.
■ — — — a- Week Commencing Monday, May 27.
n*irn el.e 1 ., St T ar . M lcal Con < d -co. in Harry Montague's "JINGO'S
mn »i« DAUGHTER." Latest in song hits, dances and jokes. Vaudeville and
motion pictures. Shows nightly at 8 and 9-30. Matinees daily except Mon-
.day. Ladies' souvenir matinee Thursday. Prices: .100 and 20c. Reserved
68,CS uiiC, \ • • ■
VENICE OF AMERICA • The Beach In Reach
_ Finest Beach Resort In the World. "
iai 5r oncerts ever y afternoon and evening by the Venice of America band
(direction of Dante Forcellati). Dancing; In pavilion every evening. Miss
Kramer's class begins June 8.
"Made in Venice" Exposition Opens Same Date
Ellen Beach Yaw will assist at grand memorial exercises May 30. . /
People's theater At - g. flournoy, manager.
■"• . Tonight — Night — Matinee every day. Greater Vaudeville "Alblna"
Magician. Six other big feature acts. New motion pictures. Best
show In the city for 10 and 20 cents. -■ ■. ■ .
Uxty/"»tttt THTTATIfR ' . - 29 S. Broadway.
NIQUE THl!.Aiii,K_ HENTZ & ZALLEE, Prop.
Refined vaudeville. Comedy. Moving Pictures. Ladles' souvenir matinee ,
Wednesday. Children's souvenir and Lad surprise matinee Saturday. "Th«
Amateurs" Thursday evening. Matinee Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday.
Evening General admission, 10c; reserved, ; 15c; orchestra, 20c; loges, 250»
EIUT'PT'RTh' TWFATFR Mats. Sundays and Mondays.
MflKh, xnafli^K Thlrd Bt beL Maln and 108 An?o i
Continuous Vaudeville. Los Angeles' Safest and Best Ventilated Theater.
Admission 10 cents. Reserved seats 15 cents. Orchestra seats 20 cents
and loge seats 25 cents. Ladies' Souvenir matinees Saturdays. Phone Home 691*.
Santa CatalMa Island -
Hotel Metropoie Now Open on the European
Plan, with Cafe in Connection )
Rooms $1.00 Per Day and Up
Steamer Makes Round. Trip Daily
Two boats Saturday. Saturday evening attractions: Grand illumination and
eruption of Sugar Loaf on arrival of steamer. • .„ L±l" _-•_.«,
See railway time cards for steamer connection. BANNING COMPANY,
Pacific Electric Bldg.. Los Angeles. Phones: Sunset Main 36, Home F3036. ■
/PACIFIC MAIL S. S. CO. For Honolulu, Japan
•" CHINA, MANILA, INDIA AND - t^jftt-
AROUND THE WORLD
Steamers Mongolia, Korea, Slbenu, and China now In service, being th»
largest vessels sailing^from the United States for the orient via Honolulu.
Sailings from Son Francisco May 31, June 11. 18, 28, etc. «„„«_.
For literature apply to T. A. GRAHAM. Agent. 600 So. Spring St., corner
Sixth. Also ngent for all Transatlantic Steamship lines.
TurEIDELBERQ /AN *$&£?££
1/ On the El Camlno Real, one half mile north of Hollywood car line.
U M Cafe and restaurant. First class in every respect Milk, butter egga
and vegetables from our own ranch. Wines, liquors and cigars Eleven prl-
vate dining rooms. J. W. MII.I.EH. Manager. Phone Hollywood «4.
HARNESS .5 Street SADDLERY
Cafe Bristol
Tho swellest and moat expensively ap-
pointed cafe in this city. Excellent
orchestra. ■ ' .
Entire Biuement H. W. Hellmnn Bids.
Fourth and Spring Street*.
Palrna Heights
Newest and best of close-in properties.
Only 20 minutes' ride from the business
center. Dig lots. . Low price*. ; . -\. >•■„ .
JANSS COMPANY Owners
Suite 200, Union Trust Bid*. '"
. Corny Fourth and Syria*. c
HOTEL 'iTfl^^^
ORENAill|||»;
See the Sun Parlor. «OTftl£SPul|(|
Opp. postofTlce. 70S Hfflw&feiOiKsSsßi
SET 171 7T B ?eeT VSS.
Beautifully -furnlahed. Main 17T».
■:;i: LADIES ■
Th« Sample Shoe Shop is selling
JC.ip $4.00 and $5.00 shoes, <t>4>
aljKlzes. tor a pair V*
E Merchant* Trout Dulldlne-
■room £03, ' 207 South Broadway.