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STOCKTON'S SONS
GET BOOST GERM
VISIT SOUTHLAND FOR REAL
INFORMATION
One Hundred and Twenty.five of San
Joaquin County's Best Citizens
Visit Los Angeles for a
Week's Bojourn
Stockton's representative citizens
reached Los Angeles at midnight last j
night, 125 strong, on their first official |
boosters' outing.
They came admittedly to catch some
of the Southen California boosting
spirit and are willing to devote two
whole weeks to getting the inspiration
•which brings people from all over the
world to the Pacific coast as visitors
aijd settlers.
In advance of the excursionists Sec
retary J. M. Eddy of the chamber of
commerce took his first flight to Los
Angeles in fifteen years. He came to
post up and start the music. Last
night at the Hotel Van Nuys he ad
mitted that he had never seen a city
expand as did the metropolis of the
southland. This hotel is the Stockton
lans' head uarters.
Stockton feels elated these days over
the success of the recent movement
•which resulted in floating a half mil
lion dollar capitalization for a rein
forced concrete hotel.
Los Angeles Aids Hotel
This magnificent structure was de
signed by Architect E. B. Brown, for
merly of Los Angeles, and its promo
tion was largely due to the efforts of
li. A. Phillip*, also of Los Angeles.
■who now makes his home in Stockton.
The chamber easily established a rea
son for its six years' of existence in
this hotel achievement if nothing else
were marked to its credit.
In the party which came last night
were the outgoing mayor and :ncoming
mayor the incoming councilmen, bank
ers, business men and others, and about
one-half of the visitors included wives
and daughters of the guests.
The travelers, though tired, were full of
praise for their neighbors south of the
Tehachapi and the enerprlse and co
operative spirit they noted in the south.
Stocktonlans who had wandered south
ward before always returned home with
glowing stories and the present pil
grims said they were now prepared to
believe anything they ha heard about
the lesson centers in boosting in and
around Los Angeles.
The party left Stockton on Wednes- (
day, reaching Paso Robles next morn-
Ing. They dipped in the mineral baths
there and took glimpses of the hotels
and surroundings.
The Coast route was traversed by
daylight, landing them in picturesque
Santa Barbara at 6 o'clock last night,
though they had expected to be there
by noon. The hotel facilities of the city
were carefully scrutinized in connec
tion with plans for their own new hotel.
Special cars awaited their arrival In
the City of Angels, with Secretary Eddy
and Editor J. L. Phelps o£ the Stock
ton Independent as a reception com
mittee. These two men had come on
ahead to look after preliminaries.
President D. A. Guernsey of the
Stockton chamber of commerce, who is
a banker, and brought his wife and
two daughters, was in command of the
delegation. Superintendent of Schools
James A. Barr was chairman of the
excursion committee. Others asso
ciated in the arrangements were M. J.
Gardner, Ed R. Thompson, R. B. Oulla
han, F. J. Dietrich, E. W. S. Woods.
J. M. Perry and P. E. Holt.
Mr. Guernsey commented favorably ,
on the large growth of Los Angeles
banking facilities. At the recent state
bankers' convention in Santa Barbara ;
this growth caused much favorable ,
comment, and while in that city yes- ,
terday Mr. Guernsey heard this talk j
emphasized.
What Stockton Boasts Of '
Secretary Eddy talks of his home ,
town thus: ,
"One of the reasons we came is to .
show that the floods did not drown j
us out, even if they submerged some ;
of the lowlands. These are the tule f
lands, where we raise potatoes and
asparagus, there being 500 acres alone j
of the latter in cultivation. Five can
neries send this asparagus all over .
the world.
"In grape products we excel. Our ,
Tokay table grapes ripen there and .
color there as nowhere else. We have j
the largest winery in the state. We
raise more barley in San Joaquin
county than any county in the United
■States. Stockton is the big flour mill i
city of the state and for years grains
were the chief products. Now we are :
running more to diversification.
"Tour city of Los Angeles has made ,
wonderful strides. We want to be in
doctrinated with the spirit that pre- ,
vails here rind to have a good time as
well. That is why we are here."
Waterways Keep Rates Down
Superintendent Barr said:
"Our city has about 25.U00 inhabitants ;
In round numbers and is the center of
San Joaquin county, seventy miles
northeast of San Francisco and 397
miles northwest of Los Angeles.
"Our climate i.s much like Los An
geles and the countries bordering on
the Mediterranean sea, with nißhts al
ways cool and wo raise terrvperate and
subtropical products, including \ha ;
orange and cherry, grapes and pear, fig ]
and barley, palm and prune side by ,
side. i
"We boast of our waterways, which ,
keep freight rates down. As the head ]
of all-the-yoar navigation on the San
Joaquin river system, being connected
with the river by a navigable channel ]
two and a half miles in length, we can i
take on and discharge freight equally
well by steamers or trains. For a mile i
on the western limits of the city the
channel harbor is lined with flouring ;
mills, lumher yards, shipyards and
coal bunkers. Back in 1898 the daily
traffic between Stockton and San
Francisco alone was 500 tons daily and
144,000 passengers by steamer in that
year. It has grown every year since."
As at present arranged the program
will bfi as follows:
Today a trip over the Balloon route,
covering the Soldiers' home, Venice and
beach cities. At night a theater party i
for some and trip to Glendale for others i
is planned.
Saturday a personally conducted tour
over the Salt Lake to Riverside, Red
lands, Pomona and Ontario, with side
drives to Smiley Heights and dinner
at Hotel Glenwood.
Sunday is the Catalina Island day.
Monday is reserved for the ostrich
*>>m. Pasadena, Orange Grove avenue,
Pludlng Adolphus Busch's sunken
rdens, with the ascent of Mount
we In the afternoon,
'uesday Is the surf route trip day,
h the afternoon devoted mainly to
ne Heach. A Spanish dinner at
sa Verdugo is billed for the evening.
'hfl rest of the week will be left to
option of the visitors.
ETHEL MACDONOUGH
DRUMMER GIRL
RISKS HER LIFE
Orpheum Actress Beats Monster to
Death with Heel of Her Dainty
Shoe and Then Cries
About It
"Afraid of a mouse? Well, I guess
not."
There was commotion in a dressing
room at the Orpheum last night, shrieks
and screams and hysterical laughter.
And the little gray mouse who was the
innocent cause o£ it all was so scared
that in his terror he made a dreadful
mistake. Ho ran into another dressing
room, which happened to be the one oc
cupied by Ethel MficDonough, the petite
solrlier girl who does the drummer boy
stunt.
Miss MacDonough didn't scream. She
whacked the mouse with one of her high
heeled slippers. When she saw that she
had probably killed the little thing she
cried.
"I just can't help it," she said. "I
didn't mean to kill the poor little thing.
I only wanted to scare it away.
| "No, lam not afraid of mice, either!
But I didn't want it around my dressing
room. It takes more than a mouse to
scare me. Didn't you hear what I did
in Cincinnati?"
Of course there was one who had not
heard, and the story had to be told.
"Last summer in Cincinnati," said
Miss MacDonough, "there was a snake
charmer 'on the program the week I
was there. She had big snakes and
little ones and all the intermediate
sizes. They were kept in willow baskets
in her dressing room and the men per
formers used to joke about what would
happen if they should get out.
"At the Saturday matinee I was just
about through my turn when I heard a
woman in the audience scream. I was
standing at the right side of the stage
at the time, just turning to march back,
beating a quickstep on my drum.
Charms the Snake
"I heard the scream and saw the
cause at the same moment. Out of tho
left entrance a great yellow and black
snake was calmly wriggling toward me.
"I wanted to faint, but couldn't. I
couldn't move— l couldn't even think,
but my hands kept on beating out that
quickstep on the drum and that snake
kept on coming.
"Suddenly I realized that I had only
to turn round and take two steps to De
in safety — and my nerve came back. I
bepan a monotonous tattoo like I had
heard the snake charmers play on their
tom-toms.
"And Mr. Snake just coiled himself up
in the center of the stage and listened.
Then ba began to tie himself into bow
knots and figure eights and all the
intricate figures that a snake ever
imagined.
"Applause.' Why I never heard the
like. Four times I bad to drum that
horrid reptile through his crazy dance,
or whatever you would call it, before
the audience would let me go. Then the
stage manager turned on the house
lights and announced the next act.
"Then I broke down and cried.
"And that horrid woman said I did it
purposely and was trying to steal her
act. Well, when I have to use grease
paint an inch thick like she did I may
try the snake charming act.
"But afraid of mice? Well, not that
you would notice."
FAMINE IN CHINA
IS BROKEN AT LAST
By Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, May 30.— The famine
which has prevailed for many weeks,,
causing hundreds of deaths and great
Buffering, has been broken. The crops
are still thin but the hot weather of
the past month has been favorable to
a good yield.
American gifts have supplied milk
regularly to 1006 babies at the Bsu Chou
Fu temple, while 200 more have been
nourished occasionally. The children
are left with their parents or relations
as the Chinese dread foreign orphan
ages.
What is left of the gifts will be turned
over to the Red Cross society to re
lieve individual cases of need and to
grapple with the next crisis.
He— You can't realistethow much I love
you. l oould die happily by your side.
She -Well, If you're still here when pa
returns from thi* Hub he may be able to
oblige you.
LCS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, iyo7.,
5000 PARADE AT
SOLDIERS' HOME
VETERANS TAKE PART IN MOST
IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
Living Heroes Pay Tribute to Dead
Before Largest Crowd of Soldiers
Ever Gathered in 6outhern
California
The living hero of his country yes
terday paid honor to his comrade who
has gone to the world beyond in what
were the most impressive exercises in
the history of the Soldiers' home at
Sawtelle.
Visitors from far and near came to
take part in the services and the
largest crowd of veterans ever gath
ered In Southern California.
' More than five thousand formed in
I line and awaited marching orders for
, the burying ground on the hill. Whlte
> haired vterans, many of them so dls
• ablerl that they are hardly able to
1 walk, were out with the first beat of
[ the drum, and held their heads as
, erectly as the youngest high school j
> cadet in line.
1 The pride of the soldier stirred in
| their hearts and made them young
| again. As they gathered around the
. graves in the cemetery and thought of
> the comrades, 1930 in all, who had
fought with them and died in the homo
—thought, too, perhaps, that the time
is not far off when many more will be
laid to rest, there were tears in their
eyes. Great loads of flowers accom- ,
panied the procession to the cemetery
and beautiful girls in white gowns who ]
went from Sawtelle and Los Angeles I
scattered the blossom* over the graves, ,
forming a carpet of bright hues.
At the head of the procession rode
Captain Francis McCourt of the Fifth
United States cavalry. He was a dash
ing figure as the grand mrashal of the
day and with him were his aids,
Charles Landgraf. George K. Ober. H. i
C. Deakins.and Charles F. Groff, all of j
them of the home and prominent in the
life of the institution.
Grand Army posts from other points
were also in the procession, as well as ■
high school cadets and children from
the public schools. ]
All who came were the guests of
the home at dinner and later the ma
jority of the veterans and visitors at
tended the memorial exercises at Ward
Memorial hall.
The oration of the day was delivered
by Colonel James A. Davidson of Pasa
dena, and a poem written for the occa
sion was read by N. W. Fitzgerald of
Los Angeles^ Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress was read and there were patriot
ic airs by the Soldiers' home hand.
Seated upon the platform with Gen
eral O. H. LaGrange, governor of the
home, were the visiting members of the
national board, who arrived in Los An
geles yesterday.
HOLD SERVICE FOR
BENNINGTON BOYS
Waves at Balboa Are Covered with
Flowers and Cannons Boomed
Over Grave of Dead
Heroes
Hidden by the offerings of grateful
thousands, the dull waves of the Pa
cific were beautiful yesterday with the
floral tributes of the patriots who
gathered by the water's edge at Balboa
to pay a loving memorial to the dead
heroes beneath the waves.
It was a solemn and impressive cere
mony by the roaring waves, a ceremony,
that recalled to mind the devotion of
the boys whose bodies rest in the deep.
The services yesterday were espcially
commemorative of the Bennington dis
aster. The Sixth division of the Naval
reserves went to the seashore, and to
gether with the 3000 or more visitors at
the beach did homage to the memory
of the boys who died in the disaster.
The Newport chamber of commerce
had charge of the memorial services. In
the great auditorium the services were
held. Hon. Lee C. Gates made an ad
dress. Assemblyman Clyde Bishop of
Santa Ana. George D. Black, Charles
L. Hartwell, E. J. Lewis and others
also spoke. The Santa Ana quartet
sang several numbers, and the Whit
tier Cadet band played patriotic airs.
In the open the services were even
more beautiful and impressive. The
sailor boys had brought down a Hotch
klss gun on the cars, i id several vol
les were fired over the waves. Then,
from every point on the big pier thou
sands upon thousands of gorgeous blos
soms were scattered on the waves till
every incoming breaker seemed to be
crested with flowers.
Among the thousands was one offer
ing not for a sailor boy. A mother and
little son threw in the floral piece. It
was a large wreath, almost five feet in
diameter, great and splendid, seemingly
the costliest offering of the day. Across
the top was a white ; atln ribbon bear
ing the words, "To My Dear Marie."
Like the others, it was thrown to the
waves, a tribute to a daughter or sis
ter who slept where the seaweeds grow.
HOW REALTY MAN REGARDS OPPOSITION*
Los Angeles, Cal., May 29, 1907.
Perry W. Weidner, Chairman Owens River Campaign Com
mittee, Chamber of Commerce, Los Angeles, Cal.
Dear Sir — With all due respect to the sincerity of those who
are opposing the Owens river water plan, I beg to state that I be
lieve that each and every one of them will be found on the right
side of the question, after the bonds are voted, working for the
consummation of this necessary and beneficent idea. Right now
these detractors are weakening, for they are assured that the prop
osition is to carry and consequently their attitude is that of one
who is hedging in order that they may reserve seats in the band
wagon of popular opinion.
I candidly believe that the agitation stirred up over this ques
tion by those who are against it has been a benefit rather than a
detriment, for we all know that every knock at a proposition so
fundamentally necessary to the growth of Los Angeles must un
questionably revert into a boost. Furthermore, it will be in line
with the magnanimous policy of the pro-Owens river advocates
to receive with kindness into their ranks such as are willing to
ultimately renounce their heresies.
Let this be notice, therefore, to each and every one of the
"antis" that an invitation is extended to them to cross the line
into our camp without fear of molestation or criticism.
Yours very truly,
A. T. JERGINS.
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WOMEN WAGING
BILLBOARD FIGHT
Will Give Card Parties to Raise Funds
to Circulate Literature Against
the Vacant Lot
Evil
Mrs. J. 7. Kanst and other members
of the outdoor art league will keep
up their agitation against billboards
despite the legislation which the Los
Angeles city council has enacted, and
which is temporarily tied up in the
courts.
Early in June a party will be given at
the Woman's club house which for
want of a better name is called a bill
board party. There will be more of
them.
Card games will be indulged in, and
it has been suggested that the markers
should be small flags on which the
names of business firms which do not
advertise on billboards should be
printed.
The idea is to let society women and
those having civic pride know which
firms refuse to support the billboard
men by taking their wall space.
With the money thus raised literature
will be freely distributed to arouse sen
timent against the nuisance which all
large cities are now fighting.
TO DETERMINE
LAUNDRY ZONE
Though Judge Olln Wellborn has
taken under advisement the test case
involving laundry zones in Los Angeles,
attorneys for the city take a very fa
vorable view of the situation by re
marks made from the bench.
The litigation grows out of the at
tempt of one Chung to establish a wash
house at Thompson and Twenty-second
streets in January in defiance of the
ordinance which mentions the lines of
exclusion for these soap suds factories.
Chung was arrested at the instance
of nearby property owners, charged
with committing a misdemeanor, and
his lawyer appealed to the federal
court.
Restraining orders were issued
against Police Judge Rose and Assist
ant Prosecuting Attorney Guy Eddie
from proceeding with the casa, and they
were cited to appear to show cause why
a permanent injunction should not He.
George— A thoroughbred gentleman puts
on his clothes and then forgets them.
Ned— That's what I try to do; but my
tailor won't let me."
'SEE ARNOLD' WAS
M'GILL'S ADVICE
Defendant in Civil Service Trial Now
Charged with Delaying Time Blanks
of Employes Who Ignored
"Subtreasury"
Though the prosecution has con
cluded its presentation of the case
against former Secretary William Mc-
Glll of the board" of health before the
civil service commission, alleging in
subordination and incompetency, the
testimony at the trial developed addi
tional indiscretions to which the com
missioners gave heed, though they were
not specified in the charges as pre
ferred.
These included delays in making out
the pay rolls for employes of the de
partment who would not or could not
afford to have their warrants "shaved"
by Money Lender George Arnold, whose
operations have recently been stopped
at the city hall by Mayor Harper.
Both Health Commissioner Powers
and Acting Secretary Henry Sief gave
it as their belle! that there was no col
lusion between McGlll and Arnold, and
that he was getting no commission.
Former Quarantine Guards T. H.
West and L. A. Majors In their testi
mony insisted that their own experi
ences and those of other employes with
whom they talked were that McGill
suggested to them that they get the
money due them- from Arnold, as it
would be the most expeditious way, and
they found that McGlll carried Ar
nold's blanks in his desk.
Delayed Requisitions
"McGill was supposed to make these
requisitions out by the first of the
month following the month in which
we worked," said West, but he would
plead that he hadn't time or had over
looked it right along, so we had to
wait for weekfe. I grew so tired of
these delays that I confined my in
quiries to the treasurer's and auditor's
offices and finally went to Arnold. I
would get my time slips in five minutes
after I did business with Arnold. They
would be made out on Arnold's blanks.'
"What commission did Arnold
charge?" asked Commissioner Young.
"At that time I paid 10 per cent,
though he asked as high as 12% per
cent."
Former Quarantine Guard L. A.
Majors testified that McGill "had It in
for him" ever since he found that by
taking a direct route to the treasury
with his demands at times he could
avoid doing business with Arnold.
"Did you believe these delays were
designed or mere carelessness on Mc-
Glll's part?" asked Chairman Haynes.
"My conclusion was that Arnold was
to blame. I saw Dr. Powers about it
and also Mayor McAleer, who sent for
Dr. Powers. Twice McGill suggested
to me to go to Arnold, but I told him
the city was paying me, not Arnold."
The case will be resumed on Satur
day night in the council chamber.
NATIONAL BOARD MEMBERS
EXAMINE SOLDIERS' HOME
On an inspection tour of the ten
branches of the national home for dis
abled volunteei soldiers, ten mem
bers of the national board arrived In
Los Angeles yesterday.
They went at once to the Van Nuys
hotel and after registering, boarded a
special car for the Soldiers' home, where
they witnessed the memorial exercises
in Ward Memorial hall, saw the mam
moth memorial parade to the burying
ground of the soldier dead, and were
the guests of the home at dinner.
The party has already visited eight
of the ten homes which they have to
Inspect and have traveled 10,000 miles.
In the party are Franklin Murphy of
New York, president; Capt. Henry E.
Palmer, postmaster at Omaha; Col.
Walter P. Brownlow, Jonesboro, Term.,
congressman; John M- Holley, banker,
La Crosse, Wis. ; Col. Henry H. Mark
ham, former governor of California;
MaJ. James W. Wadsworth, Geneseo,
N. V., former congressman; MaJ. Moses
Harris, general treasurer, New York;
Col. W. S. Elwell, Inspector general,
New York; D. C. Spencer, chief clerk,
New York, and H. K. Holley, La
Crease, Wis.
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