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10 News of the Mines and Oil Fields MAKES SECOND HEAVY PAYMENT BUYER OF MILKMAID GROUP MEETS OBLIGATION GOLD MINE EQUIPMENT WILL BE ENLARGED i Alaskan Operator Returns to Old Workings in French Gulch and Purchases Steady Producer for $300,000 RBDDINO. Jan. 18.—A payment «f |4S,M lade on the Milkmaid group of mines in French Gulch dis trict in this city .Monday. This sum .is the balance on the first payment of $65,000 the first $20,000 having been paid on Saturday, December 11, when ,al was close,l. Th,- 146,000 was paid to the Western Exploitation company by W. H. Bod erberg representing Erik O. LJndblom and himself. The next payment on the $300,000 purchase price will be made lugUSi 20, when $86,000 fulls due. Mr Llndbloom, the Alaska mining man who has now become interested In a Bhasts county gold mine. I of the original stakers of the Pioneer Mining company in 1898, an Alaskan company that has produced over tv. --('00,000 in gold and if now employing MS men at Nome. Mr. Soderbcrg is an old timer in Shasta county, being well remembered in connection with the sale Of the Trinity Copper and the Mammoth Copper, near Kennett. J. J. Sheeny, now superintendent of the Milkmaid, was formerly with Charles Gutters in South America and is a mining superintendent of wide experience. Ho is employing fifty-two men at the Milkmaid. Only thirty ■were on the pay roll less than a month ago. Company of Small Capital The French Gulch Mining rompany has been incorporated by I-indbloom and Soderberg to operate the Milk maid. As the company has a capitali zation of only $75,000, it cannot pos sibly be considered a stock speculation enterprise. The company la preparing to oper ate on a more extensive scale. It is now installing a 12 by 12 Gardiner air compresser at a cost of $5000. and has purchased a new 10-stamp mill, which will be set running as soon as men and money can make It ready. The mine itself keeps up a steady production of gold. During the last twenty-six days' run with a 4-stamp mill (stamps of 1000 pounds) 115,000 woith of gold was produced, not count- Ing the sulphurets, which will bring the total up to 114,750. The ore milled plated $62.M a ton and was taken from a ledge averagingl five feet in width. INSPECT PROPERTIES IN BOUSE TERRITORY PHOENIX, Jan. 13.— T. J. Carrigan and George Otis of Los Angeles are ling development work on the (His Twenty, a copper and gold bearing group in the Bouse section. Mr. Carrigan says seventy-five men now working on the property of the Consolidation Copper company, which owns claims adjoining the 1. The smelter capacity at the a has been increased from 400 to 800 ions dally, and will be ready to be Mown in as soon as the railroad is completed from the A. i- c. to tfwan s"a. Work is being rushed on that line, and it is expected to have it com pleted by the middle of the month. I'Yom a reliable source Mr. Canigan learned that the contractors on the extension of the A. & C. expect to liave that line In operation by June 10. About 350 men were added to the f about ten days ago, and the track is being pushed toward Bengal, where it will connect with the main line. Activity in mining in the A. & C. country is flattering, and the o] tions at Swansea promise to establish a new record in copper production for central Arizona. THIEVES TAKE HIGH GRADE FROM CASES OOLDFIELD, Jan. 13.—High rrade gold specimens Intrinsically worth JIOOO, but as a collection valued at more than $5000 have been stolen from the office of Loftus & Davis, and up to the present time the thief has not been npprehended. The specimens were some of the rarest ever produced from Sun nyside mine at Round mountain, and comprised many of such unusual structure that it will be impossible to duplicate them. This is the second time within three years that Loftus & Davis have lost rich collections in a similar manner, the former occurring when their offices were back of the Palace building on Crook street. The collection just stolen was exhibited at the Mineral palace during: mining congress week, and was one of the finest shown at that time. Investigation leads to the belief that the office, which is on the third floor nf the News building, wajs entered with a pass key, and that in order to give an Impression that the transom was Forced screws were removed from the rods that • oiitrol the transom, this work evidently being done with a screwdriver from the Inside. The scrtws were found lying on the flour inside the office, near the door. SUCCEEDS IN FINANCING NEVADA GOLD ORE LEASE Word has been received from \V. 11. Sills, who has been in the east for several week«, that he has succeeded in reaching a satisfactory settlement of affairs of the Nevada-Gold Ore lease on the Gold Bar and also the Empress mine at Gold mountain. lie will soon return to <!oldrleld to resume opera tions on the lease and also the Emp ress property. J. D. Donaldson of Loraine, Ohio, and other eastern cap italists who are strongly identified wiyi the wteel industry, are heavily Interested in the Sills propositions, and sufficient capital has been provided to continue development on. an exten sive scale. The Gold Ore shaft is down 600 feet and it will probably be sunk to greater depth and croBH-cutting and drifting instituted to open the Gold Bar, Victor and St.; Ijm;s vein». JAMES WYNKOOP SIXTEEN-TO-ONE MINE LAWSUIT COMPROMISED; WORK TO BE RESUMED ADA CITY, <al., Jan. 13. — The famous Sixteen-* mine at Alle gheny, which has been lille on account of litigation over IN ownership «.lnre last spring, "' I be reopened ant] worked .1 soon as the t* cat her will permit. The Inn-Milt started by M. Vander beugle against K. 11. Wilson for a one half Interest In the property !m* been compromised and the company has been Incorporated. The mine produced fIOO.OOO in gold during the fen- weeks it operated, after the rlrh pay streak wax discovered by Wilson. Its value m never deOnltely ascertained. MINING Qk OTATIONS NEVADA STOCKS I Exclusive dispatch to The llernli. by L. A. Crlsler & Co.. members Los Angeles Stock ' exchange, 2QG-201 I. W. Hellman building, U>s Angeles. - • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.— The Ooldfleld leaden wer» si [I ami sold off ■■■■'■ 10 points each. Fraction continued In good demand ana moved up 2 pees to 42 cents. Former quotations wore well maintain. In the Tonopah division., Tonopah Extension gained 4 points and Belmonl 2. Tho outside districts were dull and apa thetic• Following wer« the closing quotations: 01 ■! i>fii:i.i> DISTRICT Bid. Ask | Bid. Ask. Adams 1 it Mend .... 3 4 Atlanta .... 10 11 CM Band An. ■■ - Booth 8 '.' '.Srandma .. . 1 - i; 1! Ix 1 : lumno Ex .. 13 14 II Bull 3 4 Kendall ■< i: 1:11 1 2 LonO Star ..3 * Col Mtn .... 3 6 Lou Dillon .. .. 2 Conqueror .. 2 ■■ Mill Fraction .. 2 Com Frac .. 42 4:1 Moll EX 2 I Cracker Jack., l 2 Nev Gold - Daisy 8 9 Oro 3 4 Triangle 1 Red Top Ex. 1 2 '• D B B Con. .. 1 Red Hills .. "■ 4 ! Dixie 1 Sandstorm .... 4 : Empire 1 St. Ivos I 10 Florence ....MO .. Sll Pick 8 9 , Pr Moh .... 2 5 Vernal 1 Cold Con ...770 TT2'i!Yel Rose 2 Keewanas ..6 7 V"i Ti. r ... 6 i TONOPAII DISTRICT Bid. Ask. Bid. Ask. Belmont .... 86 37 IN Star 1 3 Jim Butler.. 9 10 I Res Con 2 Midway M 17 |Ten Mm ....650 Montana ... S3 SO | Ton Ex W .. MacNamara. 26 .. |W End Con., -o ~) BULLFROG DISTRICT Bid. Ask | Bid. Ask. Amethyst 2 Mont Mtn ..2 3 Bull Mm 3 Mayfl Con ..3 4 Hull N !k.. 1 2 Or Bullfrog.. .. 1 Hen Clare .... 11 I Tramp Con ..8 3 (■■old Si-ept.. l Tank Girl 3 Home King. .. 1 Val View ... 1 3 Mont Sh Ex. .. 1 MANHATTAN DISTRICT DiJ. Ask. I Bid- Ask. Uttle riray.. 1 .. iMustanir .... 1 - Man Con ... 1 4 Say] Humph. .. 1 Man Mln 1 | Thanksgiving 2 Man Vex ... 2 3 ! OTHER DISTRICTS Bid. Ask. | Bid. Ask. Eagles Nest. .. 4 I Pitta Sll Pk.. .. 85 Nev Eagle .. 11 14 Rnd Mm .... 60 Nev Hills .. '.. 7" [Coalition .... 19 boston"mining STOCKS Special service to The Herald by J. C. Wil son, 212 West Fifth street, Los Angeles. BOSTON. Jan. 13— account of a very rich strike in tho Indiana. North Lake was the favorite on the local board today. It hardly seems possible that with two such rich ; lodes on each side that the North Lake can help finding me. The buying came from all over the country today, and with the present | bullish speculation it could easily cross :•". I There was some little profit taking In Lake . and there were very few buying orders under | the market, fluctuations at times being a point or two apart, there being at one time no sales between 88 and 85' J. Following were the closing quotations: Bid. Ask] Bid. Ask. Am. Pneu... 7 TH M«I Con .... 4% 6 do pfd .... Is 19 Miami 86"4 Si,' 3 Adventure .. 8% 815 Michigan ... 8 SH Ulouez 52 r,3 Mohawk ..... 89« 694 Atlantic .... 11U 11«N«V Con ... M -•■ . Arcadian ... 9* Hi North Butt*. 4H4 42 ' Ariz Com... 47>i 47-1 <> 11 Domln... 51>4 r.2'4 Apex 4% 4V|Osceola .. ..162 164 Boston-Con.. 8014 »1 Parrot 20 21 Butte Coal.. 27 IJulncy 88 89 Calu ,v Ariz "7 98 [Santa re ... 2"s &i Calu & Uec.67!) 075 shannon U% 17 Centennial .. 3r.'i ='*> !Shoe Mach . 6S»i 69 Con Her .... 11 M I do pfd . ... 29% 80 "op Range . 831 M (Superior Cop. '■■.'- T» 66 Corbin .. .. zs% Dr. Superior « 817 IT.i Daly West., Si ipeHor & V i"' ai 10 East Hutte.. 12 MH Swift 109 10S(4 Elm River.. 1H Tamarack ... 67 70 Franklin ... KM M Trinity 10 low Ciranby W.ill'nlted Cop .. 1% 8 Greene fan. lOTi lOTi L'nlted Prult.l6BVi liJ7'i Hancock .. ■"■"'■ "' iU S Smelting 6214 63 Isle i; .'.. .27 27fc| do pfd .. H« 6»<4 Ki-ewenaw . s'a 6 'tali Con ... 43 43. j,a!<e . S6'j 87 i tan C0p.... mi 67 t.a Sallo ... lk\;\'lclorla 5 514 Mass Cop .. 74 S |\Vinona .. 149 150 Mayflower :. 1»* lSlWyandot .... •'• 3 SALT LAKE MINES Special «»rvl.-e to The Herald by J. C. Wilson. 212 West Fifth street. Los Angelfi. member Stock and Bund exchange of San Francisco and eastern exchanges. SALT LAKE CITY, .lan. 13-Thc Following >r^- dosing auotatlons today: Bid. Ask.l Bid Axk. AJax M Mason Val . SJ6 230 Alice ... 3i») May Day .... li -i Beck Tun .... M i Mineral Flat. .. I' 4 Black Jack .10 11 Mm I>ake ... 6 Boston Con.SlM .. N«v Hills— 6r> r7 Carisa ... « ■■ [NftWhouM ...325 OS Colorado 71 7."> INew York ... IJVi 11 Colum C0n..1M4 100 |Ohlo Copper. iv" III". Con •:, K> iSllv Shield .. 3 I Crwn I Jt ? 7 ISeven Tgh«.. 10 10' i daily JuJge.4J) 500 ISilv X Coal..3.'i7'i 3tis Bad* &HB 80 .. iSioux Con ... 2S',i 28 F. Tlntlc !'■ > fi's 7 Iso Cols; Con.. 7*i B'4 10 iv m Pt.. m% . Pintle Cent.. !> '."2 13 tit: Con li 1 Uncle Sam ..44 40 Grand Cent..2O.-,Vi 212 Vi Utah Cn of T 6 ,ili Tron Bios ... 72 7! |Victoria 160 Iron Kins; ■ ■ l- .. I Victor Con ..5 (i iattla Bell ..Ms 173 West N«v.... 224 Little Chief. 45 .. Yank-'- Con . 5 IS Lower Main. '! 52 V. n Cop .... 3 5 Majestic .... 91 |lnyo Hold M. ■; Internal 011.107>4 .. Prlnc* Cons.. si 96 Provo N ''• '-. NEW YORK CURB Special service to The Heral'l by J. C. Wil «on, 111 West Fifth street, I.os Angeles. NEW YORK, Jan. —Following wore the closing Quotations today: Bid. Ask.l Bid. Ask. Am Tub cm.417 423 !Ms Cd of Am 48 BO i: a Gas .... 'i" 3 0074]Nev Con ..... N MM* Chicaßo Sub. ■('» D Nev Utah ... 14 IH Havana Tob 5 7 Niplsslng ... 10 lhl» Stand Oil ...6ri9 661 Ohio i . ipp< r.. 4'i 5. Cons Btm 11. 21 M Rawhide Coal 18 20 Boston Con.. 30% 20% Ray Central.. 3% 3?i British Cop.. 7^ 4 JT4 United Cop .. 7% 8 Buffalo Mm. !',i '-'VVukon 4-4 s Butte Coal .. 27 27,£ Inspiration .. 9H r. Cumb Ely ..8 9 Mason Val .. Z'i 2% DavlH Daly . 3'i 3H Newhouss ... 3'i 4 Dolores .... 7 7' i: Ely Central., li 2 Uoldnld Con. 1% '% Ely Cons .... SO n Greene Can.. 10% l"'i :.illa Copper.. 10 mi; Glroux .. ..mi- IMJ Chino 13? i 13» 4 Kerr Lake .. '■)'.', 9%|Boston Ely .. 4"; IH U no>ll .... 4% 47iU-:iy Witch ... 26; 30 Miami M ZH',4l BOSTON CURB Special service to The Herald by J. C. Wil ton, 212 West Fifth street, Los Angeles. BOSTON, Jan. I:l.—Following were the clos ing Quotations todwv: Bid. Ask.! Bid. Ark. Ahmeek ....215 2;:. I First Nat ... 6% &', Amal of Nev 9 10 Glroux 11% 11% Arizlpe .... 30 37 Helvetia .... 6 614 Arnold 75 100 Majestic .... 93 90 Black Mm .. 45 JO Nev Utah ... 114 1% Butte It Lon 26 30 Nlplsslng .... 1 114 p. 8 <;».■< ... 40 42 Haven 65 70 Cactus .. .. •■'- '■'. Silver Leaf .. 12 13 Chemung ... 14V4 14*i'3an Anionla.. 8H 9 rhirf runs . m 2%II«Q11 38% 3D mint. Bly ..8 ■' Tukon 4!4 6 Davis Daly.. 3Vi 3% Zlno n% 31 I.OS AXOELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNEM3, JANUARY 14. 1010. A. & C. COUNTRY GETS NEW BLOOD EL PASO SYNDICATE BUYS THE RYAN PROPERTY PURCHASER PLANS EXTENSIVE OPERATIONS Deal Includes Gold Prospect in Gran. ite Wash Range, Partly De. veloped—Capital Backs Syndicate PREBCOTT, Jan. 13.- Activity In tln ininliiK industry In the A. i^ ( \ country has recently taken a new impetus, and Inventors arc cowing Into the district on every train. One of the most important deals con summated this season was the sale by Larry Ryan of his property to a syndi cate of i:i Paso people for $10,000. The Brat payment has already been made and the new purchaser! are on the Kround preparing for extensive opera tions. They bought every foot of lum ber in Salome for the purpose of erect ing the necessary camp buildings, and as soon as these are competed the work of sinking a shaft will begin, The Ryan property is located in the Granite Wash mountains, in the vicin ity of Vlokaburg, and is a gold proposi tion. Larry Ryan, who is one of the well known prospectors of Arizona, has owned the claims for years, and has developed them to such an extent as to render them attractive as a mining proposition. They are close to the rail road, with a good road leading thereto. The El Paso syndicate la said to have abundant capital, and its members are enthusiastic over their purchase. NEW COMPANIES WILL SWELL GLOBE OUTPUT Hero in Globe many big projects are being carried on at present, and by the end of the dawning year this camp will be in a position, counting in the proper ties at Miami, greatly to increase its output of copper, says the Silver Belt. The Miami Copper company is erect ing a 2000-ton concentrating plant, and a great deal of the freight handled over the Miami extension is material and machinery for this mill. The Arizona Commercial Copper company has erect ed a 500-ton smelter three miles east of Globe, and this smelter will soon be reached by another Gila Valley, Globe & Northern extension. The grade is already completed and the track will be laid by February 1. In Globe itself many new buildings are going up. The most important of these is a line new theater to be called the Empire. It will be completed by February 1. Among the properties on which de velopment work is being rushed is the Black Warrior, the new Hoval A. Smith property, which hag put the Co -1 liise county promoter in the millionaire I class. The Inspiration prople are losing no time demonstrating the value of their property. It is pretty well under stood that the Cole-Ryan interests have an option on the Miami which will mean that the property will be num bered among those controlled by the copper combination now being effected. The entire Globe district is much in terested in the combination. A number of properties will be affected, the most important being the Old Dominion, a Phelps-Dodge proposition. CALIFORNIA WILL SHIP PETROLEUM TO JAPAN A syndicate headed by John A. Tre.adwell, California's millionaire mine owner and railway magnate, has signed a contract with the Japanese government to deliver 10,000,000 barrels of California oil yearly for the next ten years, beginning two years from il.i!". and January 1 the Treadwell syndicate > losct a contract with the American Rotary Tunnel and Develop ment company of Denver to cut an oight-foot tunnel, eighteen miles long, through the Coast Kange mountains in southwestern Kern county, Cal., ac cording to an eastern dispatch. FINDS DIFFICULTY IN DISTRIBUTING POWER FRESNO, Cat., Jan. 13. —Actual work has been started on the new electric power line Into Coallnga, according to \. Q, Wishon. A large fprce of men is employed In erecting the powei transmission poles. As Coallnga Is growing faster than any town In the lays it is a difficult mat tc-r to distribute t his power. He ex pects Coallnga to more than double its population In the next five years. INCORPORATES FOR $300,030 OROVH.Li;. Jan. 18. -Articles of In corporation of tlii Plumai Mining and Development company have been liled with the county clerk. The incorpor ators are A. C. Tucker and H. D. Gregory. The principal place of busi ness will be Orovllle. The company is incorporated for $300,000. Its property is one of the old mining- properties near Greenville. For some tifhe the development of the property has been retarded by lit igation, but this litigation has now been brought to a (lose. BONOS SYBIL MINE FRENCH QULCH, Jan. 13.—Ike Sybil mine, four mllei west of this' place and hlgl> up the mountain, has been bonded for $100,000 to T, !',. Stia ven of Nome and Judge George W. Qtrwood of French Qulch. The bond la from Fred Bowler, representing ROSS, a New Yorker, who paid $30,000 for the mine at a United .States mar shal's sale four months ago. METAL MARKET NEW YORK. Jan. 13.—The market fur standard copper, "ii the New York metal exchange was weak today with spot and all deliveries up to the- end of April clou- Ins at »13.1214@13.60. The tone of the mark' was probably Influenced by the de ollne In London, where prices closed easy with »pot Quoted at £60 17« 6<l, ami fu tures at £61 Ilia 3d. Exports of copper from this port today were 125 tons, mak ing 6092 tons so far for the month. Local dealers quote lake copper at *13.75®>H-00; electrolytic. »13.62',4@13.75; casting, |I».BTVi (113.6214. • Tin weak, with spot closing at 133.60® 32. J; Jan., 132.1061 32.70; Feb., March, April, HS.SO® 32.76. The, decline hera was in sympathy with losses abroad, as Lon don closed easy at £148 6s for spot and £150 for futures. ' ' ..'..,, Lead quiet, with spot quoted at 14.07 ',« W4 72V4 In New York, and M SOB I.SS at East St. Louis. London market unchanged at 113 16» 3d. , . _ Spelter "quiet, with spot quoted at J6.iu,tf 6.25 at New York, and |5.95«6.0 3 at_ i-ast St. Louis. London unchanged. €.3 i' •"• No change was reported in Iron. RENT PROBLEM IS FACED IN HUNGARY Premier Wekerle Provides for Work. ingmen at the Outskirts of Kispest BUDAPEST, Jan. 13.- In Hungary one of the most serious BOOlal prob lems is the housing of the working classM, in Budapest rents have risen in the last ten years 80, and In some i go per i ent, and the poorer i>. ople have bi <■» forced either to quit their homes In the town or to live packet like sardines In unwholesome dcllar tenements. it was with m view to remedying this evil that the Hungarian premier, in-. Alexander Wekerle, decided t<> pur chase a large plot of land on the out skirts c>r the city, at ECispest, and to ■ i there a large number of work men's dwellings fitted with all the modern conveniences. The area of the )iidt is 472,000 sfeuafe "klafters" (ono square "klafter" equals 4."ni square yards). Altogether, some 960 houses] will be built, containing from one to three rodms, and the numbi r ol "flats" [will be 4.3i>». so thai the population o( 'Wekerle town," when completed, will consist of, roughly, 26,000 soul < if course, ttiis is only a "drop In the ocean" of Budapest, with Its : ,000 In habitants, but it is a drop that will make Its Influeni c very effectually felt in counterbalancing the excosses "' the "landlord-usurers'" trust. The col ony win be completed In four years. In all, 123 • Bats" have been handed over to their lucky tenants. The rents of these "flats" an : (a ) < me-room dwellings, Including kitchen and offices, $34.0s per annum: (In tw«-room dwell 1 inns, with same appurtenances, (46.08 per annum; (c) three-room dwellings, with same appurtenances, $66.66 per annum. These rents represent about go per cent pf thosi demanded by the "landlord- usurers' 1 today. Provisions of Town The new town has its own water sup ply; the pipes haw already been laid, and the water tower being erected at Kobanya will have a reservoir of 1000 cubic meters' capacity. There- will be day shelters for workmen, with pop ular kitchens, elementary schools (six En all, with eighty classrooms), and infant schools. A special stipendiary magistrate, with the full legal appar atus, will be stationed In the town, which will also have its own police force, hospital, baths, recreation grounds, post and telegraph office, market halls, etc. The whole is a free adaptation of the English "garden city" system. All the houses are bains built of sand bricks made by a special factory producing 10,000 bricks, a day. The bricks are conveyed f.om the factory to the colony by a narrow gauge light railway fifteen kilometers long, The price of these bricks ranges from 23 to 25 crowns a thousand, and as that of ordinary bricks is from 45 to 48 crowns, there is a saving: of about 60 per cent. And that is why a ground- Boor house containing four dwellings costs no more than $2500. Anyone paying a visit to this colony, situated on the western confines of Ki.-pest, anil in direct communication with all parts of the city, will be re warded by a most interesting sight. Contractors 1 lines intersect the land Ln all directions. The streets, running in ght lines and all meeting in the central Bquare, which is to be con verted into a children's park, are al ready laid out. and the part of the colony nearest Kispest is covered with snug dwelling houses, with characteris tic Hungarian fronts, quaint roofs, airy rooms and neat little gardens. The men engaged in the construction of the houses have done their work well, and visitors seem to be wander ing among villas put up by the wealth ier citizens as summer resorts rather than among the dwellings of $7.50-a --weekers. The air is pure and invigor ating and the lot of the inhabitants is really enviable. In spring the gardens will be planted with young trees and pretty flower beds laid out, and the mother who has hitherto seen her chil dn n at play in B dismal court yard will have tile happiness of watching them running and rolling on the grass of her own garden. Socialists Are Outdone Dr. Wekerle lias outdone the Social ists. His principle in devoting a large sum of public money to the building of a model town has been not to reduce all to the same level of misery, but to raise the poor man out of the "slough of despond." And the cabinet has belied the re proach that Hungary is groaning under the yoke of a caste system by begin ning its work if reform on the lowest grade. The work of leveling has been initiated, not, as the Socialists would have it, from above, but from below. The workman is not told that he must wait until the "high and mighty" have been brought down to him, but is shown that 'he can rise by his own exertions to their level. The socialism which is heralded by Dr. Wekerle'g experiment is the right sort of socialism, and not that other unpractical kind which is being preached in far too many places. It is founded on sound principles, and calculated to make the working man forget his grievances and try to better himself, instead of deeryirig the faults nnd foibles—many of them Imaginary— of others. In Hungary, as in other countries, there is much talking of reforms, much railing of labor against capital, but ac tion, without which all this talk is idle, was wanting until Dr. Wekerle made his first move towards solving, one of the most serious social problems of the day. While others have been busy haranguing their fellows, telling them over and over again that they are the victims of injustice and tyranny, and bo forth, he has put in hand a scheme .which will bring immediate benefit to thousands of people. , ■He has. in fact, stolen a march on the leaders of the Socialist party, who. if they had been as ready to do as to talk, would have long ago anticipated the action of the "caste" cabinet which they are so fond of maligning. The cost would not have proved a barrier, for they could have provided the money out of the hardly earned Havings of "poor" comrades. But it has been left to the leader of the "privileged" parlia ment to make the first start for the good of his fellows. Talking Low "What am I offered for this silver set?" asked the auctioneer; "speak up!" "Ninety cents," came from a voice in the crowd. "You're talking pretty low yet neishbor," was the auctioneer's retort —Yonkers Statesman. ■» » a> Punishment The father—Did mamma punish you today, Tommie? The boy—Yea, sir. "What diil she do?"* "Made me stay in tho hoUM while ■he was taking -her singing It-tison!"— Yonkers Statesman. SHORTER HOURS DUE TO LETTS PROPRIETOR OF BROADWAY ORIGINATES PLAN NO OUTSIDE INFLUENCE USED TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE After System Was Put in Use Other Department Concerns Followed Suit Until It Is Now General 11. S. Carroll, advertising manager of the Broadway department store, made public a statement yesterday In which he pointed oul that the early closing custom, which has been adopted by several local stores, was originated by Arthur Letts', The statement follows: Po the Editor of The Herald: ■■II was with great sin-prise indeed that I read an article In an evening newspaper concerning the worK of the Cohsurw !■■' i ► I. i:" 1 "i the Civic associa tion, under the direction of Mrs. Oliver c. Bryan) and Miss Bllle Moigrove, In which it appeared credit tor the de partment gtore new 1910 lui.sine.--s hours (oi nlng at 8:30 and closing at ."■:30) was due t<> the work of thnt association, "With all due respect to the Consum ers' league and Mrs. Oliver C. Bryant, | president of thai association, 1 would [Ike to hate it clearly understood by the readers of your paper that In con nection with the N::!0 ami 6:30 closing hours of the stores of Los Angeles, so I ir as the Broadway Is concerned, the entire credit of this movement may be put down i" Arthur Letts, proprietor of the Broadway department store', i "No Influence has ever been brought i i bear on him by any members any league or any organisation In this city or any other city to bring about the shortening of the hours. As for the ( utting of wages, no such thing was ever thought of by this store. As a matter of fact, emplojies are paid ae i in.ling- to their earning capaolty, Your paper recently stated it would cost this stare $80,000 per annum—this shortening of the hours, Tin fact la', it means more than double this amount. "Mr. Letts has always been the pio neer in movements for the betterment Of employes. Neither did any other merchant In this city consult with Mr. Letts or know that the Broadway in tended announcing new business hours, "Tuesday. December 2S, Arthur Letts at a banquet given his delivery depart- i ment gave the announcement concern- | Ing the new business hours, beginning the following Monday. This announre ment came like a thunderbolt from a Clear sky, and the writer knows per- j lonally wai not anticipated or even thought of by any branch of the BCtore'a management. "The cutting; off of a full hour of the : employe 1!! day was a philanthropic New Tear's gift from Ml. Letts. His was the master mind that conceived the , idea, and if there is credit to be given, give it to whom credit is due. "As head of the promotion depart ment of the Broadway department store, 1 am very much incensed to [ think that the Consumers' league or any other league should attempt to take the credit of this so-called reform when the movement emanated from Arthur Letts. "It seems to me It would lrave been much better for the heads of the Con sumers' league and the Civic associa tion to be offering Arthur Letts and othi r merchant* a vote of thanks for what they have done toward the less ening of the hours for the employes, and thereby perhaps losing thousands of dollars in roint of sales, than for thorn fai he taking the credit for some thing that was not their due. "I take this means of addressing you that the matter may be clearly under stood "by your readers. Previous to this no otner store had made any announce ment concerning early closing. Since then the movement has become almost I general. "I trust you will see fit to give this information space in your columns. "Very truly yours, (Signed) "H. 8, CARROLL. "Advertising Manager Broadway De partment Store." A Lawyer On his deathbed willed all his property to a lunatic asylum, stating ns his rea son for so doing, that be wished his property to return to the liberal class o£ people who had patronized him. We'll never do it, that's a "cinch." be. cause the very fact that a prospective customer intends to patronize us shows hi a level headedness, None but well poised and balanced persons are patrons of our*; they show their taste an.l busi ness wysacity when they take advantage of our bargains. WEEK-END SPECIALS Good to forgive. best to forget— Browning. But never forget •■!» eh (Jraln Whisky, bottled In Bond." , The V. s government stamp over the cork of each bottles Insures Its purity,, 85C worth »1.50; bottle »**»*» tiISEAT for the weak, fine for the well, a boon to nurslns mothers. Is the great Chicago Tonic "Malt Marrow," <£■ 75 worth $2.50; dozen vl"** •SIIEBRV best for culinary , purpose*. 100 grade, . 75C gallon • • '■■I TOKAY, the Aristocrat of Wine dom, $1.50 grade, *1 A A Gallon *i«VV Grumbach Wine Co. 649 CENTRAL AYE. ' 1-1 MINKS, MAIN 2-:osj HOME FBS66 L ■ ' - r __ r "CALIFORNIA RED BOOK." |_U|.|. presents two maps, one show 11l Ing all the oil Holds of Cantor ■ •»■-■- nla> , he other the Sespe dis trict of Ventura county. A beautifully Illus trated book written by a student of the oil Industry. Absolutely Free to those Interested or wishing to share In the mllllon-doilaf monthly dividends. Write for It. .■•••. WAY C. west, ;'■■; - 010 Laugblls building, "-«• Angeles. • Married Misery , People often rely on nature unaided to *Su correct evil but it doesn't. One aim of J^^&-> corrective medicine should be to do jitiHßjMWff away with married unh.ippmess. At Jryi W the bottom of a deal of misery is found <^M K^ lack of cheerful yielding. Mean self- Wpj^ ishness is as surely due to ill-health as W? &^k famine is to failure. Ungovernable tern- 7•/ per— a third fault— is largely the outcome of stomach disorder. All these causes disappear when stomach and liver are keyed to a finely balanced tone. The first sign of on-coming Bilious ness, Indigestion or Headache, should suggest old Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. No other known medicine contains so complete a curing-power for disordered stomach and torpid liver—'Twill avert many a conflict between man and woman. Take pains, however, not to insist too strongly on having your own way except v. li the druggist—insist that be giro you ■ , Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery. I Constipation is always aggravating. A costive person is hardly fit to associate with — while free and easy bowel action tends to make the grouchy grumbler a cheerful optimist, lovable and full of hope. Dr. l'ierce's Pleasant Pellets, taken now and then, move bowels gently once a day. That's enough. I LAST WEEK OF A SALE This sensational sale closes Saturday night. So come at once and take your choice on any men's or women's garments in our store at just one-half our regular low price. , = CASH OR CREDIT == Petticoats Hats These are regular $10 values. Sent i Every trimmed hat in stock, In here by mistake—hence this low \ eluding values up to $17.50, must be price. All high-grade silk. | closed out. All new models. Sale While they'last— j price— $3.95 $5.00 OI'EN SATURDAY AMI MONDAY EVENINGS. 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