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CLEAR, crisp and clean
AT THE THEATERS
ATTHTOnniM—Florence Roberts.
BTJAHCO —"The Garden of Lies."
BIRBANK—"MereIy Mary Ann."
GRAND—"Carmen,"
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TARIFF BLUFF CALLED
Hi>\V quickly tlie old theory, "A
high tarifi li a protection to
American Induatry," lias been
v>nloded! How quickly the bluff of
the wall builders has bean ceiled. Can
ada refused to accept the terms of the
spurious tarift' revision presented by
the Aldrlch administration'! "tariff
rincr.' and intimated there would lie
prompt retaliation. Canada practically
sail]: "We are your friends and your
I relatives—your American next
of-kin —and we propose to show you
that you cannot exploit us. us you
have exploited your own people, fur the
ben. lit cn 1 the trusts. Hut we won't beg
favors. We, won't even parley. We
must retaliate. Self-preservation is the
first law of nature, and we propose to
nova ui"»n your works at 01
Presldent Tuft took the alarm and
busied himself in an attempt to amend
matters before the mischief was beyond
Mpalr. He invited Canadian Officials
to i conference looking to closer trade,
relations between the United Btatel
and Canada, and to a general read
justment of duties, which, it is hope.],
will aav* for the United States the
Canadian markets, which are constant
ly Increasing In magnitude and im
portai
The Associated Press dispatch snys:
■ President Taft from the flrsi did not
hesitate to iet it be known that he
would ro a lonp way to avoid a tariff
war with Canada. SUCH A WAR,
HE BELIEVES, WOULD KALI.
11l WILY UPON AMERICAN IN
TERESTS AND MANUFACTURERS."
It would also fall heavily upon Amer
ican consumers and American taxpay
ers. The honest president's "best tariff
schedules which
he showed such ebullient Jubilation,
seem to have been knocked out of
Whack at the first Mow. "If they were
bo poon to be done for, what on earth
were they beprun for°"
PURE MILK
MU.K purity is essential to the
health of the community. Phy
sicians . re has bei 11
top much carelessness In handling milk.
This car. less] 9 attrlbut; bli
times to hick of information, Bometimea
to Ihi k >>f con 1 of risk,
times to Indifference.
it is suggei ti 1 thai hot 1 ■ and
taurants, by using hygienic niethi
handling mil k, can do theii 1 tri to
ward improving I
ami preventing possibilities oi ':
In many Atlantic coast hotels i' is
How '-ii tomary 1 1 illk "n he
in attrai tive original conti
seal of which the user of the milk
brenks.
The general Insist if 'he •
on pure milk direct fi ow 1
tin consumer In original sealed pack
ages delivered on Ice would greatly In
crease the number of adult milk users
wlio, under present conditions,
themselves this valuable fo
As a public health measure, the de
livery of all milk in original package
form would reduce illness and mor
tality among children and would en
ablu health officers to trace Infections
due t< milk and warn all users of a
dangerous supply without causing un
larm or interfering with the gen
eral milk business.
GRAND PROSPERITY
MAGNIFICENT prosperity is indi
cated by the record-breaking
totals of Los Angeles bank clear
ings for the first quarter of the rear;
and by the fact the March total is also
a record-breaker, being better than any
to the score of any preceding month of
March in all the history of Los An
geles.
For the quarter the bank clearings
total reported amounts to J]94,:'07.014.:i5,
an Increase of $40,5 15, -ims compared with
the first quarter of la.st year. Tho
March total was $T3,3ii0,26.^, which ox
reedi by jx,5(t6,499 the totni for Decem
ber, 190S, the highest previous record
holder, and beats by $16\Kpr>.577 the
total for March of last year. The high
est day s total reported was for March
2, on which clearings amounted to the
yum, record-breaking for one day, of
14,086,014.
Along with these unprecedented fig
ures, showing business is hcing done
in T>os Angeles on a bumper basis,
comes tho quarterly report of bulldins
valuations, telling the lamo gratifying
story.
All Los Angeles records were broken
for building valuations for the quarter.
The magnificent total, $6,008,578, ex
ceeds by $451,040 the total for Mm high
est previous quarter, the first three
months of 1306. It is more, than double
that of the first quarter of last year,
the Increase amounting to $2,618,375.
Number of permit* was (SM, an in
crease of 532 compared with correspond-
Ing period of last year.
Residence permits totaled $2,538,430,
an average of $lyßl.
How's that for our UNCLE ALECK
TOWN?
Is it a VILLAGE OR A CITY?
Los Angeles way it the way of good
government.
The way of good government is tho
way of BUMPER PROSPERITY.
BASEBALL
BASK BALL, season is here. Hurrah!
And ]y<if! Angeles won the open-
Ing game.
Bully]
In spite of all rivalries, baseball is
Ftill THH AMERICAN OAMB.
Other nations play football. Scotland
invented golf, lCn.Rl.ind dawdles through
interminable cricket matches, played
seriously and serially, on the install
ment plan. I'olo is popular. Tennis Is
fascinating and tame, croquet is to
other Rames what afternoon tea is to
other meals.
But baseball is robust, manly, agr
gresslve, progressive, free. Indepen
dent, world leading and American.
The multitude of baseball enthusiasts
grows bigser every year, and popular
knowledge of thr> game is widespread—
practically universal. Tommy talks
ball to his mamma at the supper
table, and mamma understands, and
roos with him to the next big game.
Basoball is the one and only game of
its type. It may be "rounders" de
veloped, as some prosy historians pre
tend. It may be "pri-oner's I
mixed up with rounders. We don'l „ire
What Its evolutionary history may be.
What matters its previous condition
of immature servitude? Now it is
AMERICAN, the only game that
thoroughly represents, reflects, illus
trates and encourages the spirit of the
republic. Great is baseball, the game
uf patriots.
PARCELS POST NEEDED
BY the purchase by the Gould In
terests of a bin block of stock in
the Pacific Express company it
In believed the California coast ex
pri >s monopoly will be broken. With
express rates, as with general freight
rates, monopolistic charges have a
tendency to exploit a whole distrht O]
an enthe coastline -sometimes an en-
tire state or several states —for tlie
benefit of a feu operators whoso re
lation to the business is that of. proflt
teekers.
The rates discussion, in every phase,
brlnfS out sharply the difference be
•i corporations or Individuals that
are Willing to do business WITH a
community, and to share in the mutual
benefit accruing therefrom, und cor
poration! or individuals that are only
willing to do business at the expense
of a community and find little Incentive
to work or to enterprise or endeavor
unless the lion's share of profit and
benefit is guaranteed.
"While it Is possible to temporise and
parley with express companies, and to
to bring conditions and adjust
ments that will five the public some
advantage, at least a look In, everj
new phase of the express question
brings out more definitely and forcefully
the fact that sooner or later the Ameri
can people must protect an Important
I part "f their transportation interests
am! help bring about the greatest busi
ness lor the greatest number by the
. stabliihment of :l parcels post.
CORSETS
ANEW FOBK judge '■ays a modern
corse! la an awful looking har
ni as. Such siii ungallant ipeech
from the bench may evoke national
v. i there la a good deal of
force In it Corsets are a modern in
on No suggestion of them has
been discovered In the ancient tombs,
lummy has been
found.
Undoubtedly ere Invented by
a man. He wai own brother to the
fi How Id thi graj man; was
I und his mind was
analogi all) running on harness when
it evolved the waisl girdle with its
Hum' inns ntrlngH, that rumor says,
Konu'l Ime are pulli ■! too taut.
Ancienl statuary is distinguished for
luliii' reminlne figure, li \y a
not Intended that woman should be
waisted. A successful antl-cor-
Bet cru li 11 id tend to improve the
national health. With the Irani; New
York judge, it [3 doped American
en will assert their world leader
ship by ending the barbarous fashion
oi wearing around their Venus da
Mllonlan forms an awful looking har
ness.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY M()RM\(., APRIL 1, 11)10.
Vtf* '^Mkj^L I
BROWN SWARM
IN one week of February 837. Hindus
arrived in San Francisco. The
Hindu* in California now number
10,000. Many of the tall, lean, tur
baned Individuals whose appearance is
Ming familiar to • alifornians have
been interviewed and asked: "Why did
><>v enme to America." In eai li
the answer has been: "Money." They
c\jii i t to make a fortune and return to
lndln Wlthjn six years!
Hen' volent assimilation of the Hin
dus is Impossible, in the first plaoe,
tiny despise white men. Any Ameri
can or Briton who assumes a patroniz
ing air tn a Hindu does not offend the
philosophical Oriental On tin- con
trary, he amuses him intensely. It is
nut gratifying to the White man's pride
to bo regarded as "a ainoosin cuss" by
tlie Hindu part of his "burden," but
that Is exactly the mental attitude of
must of the Hindus.
Secretly despising our parvenu, inex
perienced civilization, and without any
intention of becoming Americanized or
even Caucaslfa :-d, the Hindus can
not ho benevolently assimilated. They
are the most persistent race in the
orient. Their form of civilization is
older than any other now extant. It
is Impossible to <'hristianiza them—im
possible even to Caucasianlze them.
We do not want the Hindus.
Gifford Pint lint, disguised as Gaylord
Smith, is in Europ ■. and reporters who
discovered him in spile of his norn de
guerre are sun- he intends to confer
With Col, Roosevelt. Another astonish
ing proof of tin 1 Ini reaslngty close as
sociation of the English-speaking world
is th. fact Mr. PlnohOt'S sister is Lady
Alan Johnston, wife of the British min
ister to Denmark.
Alas and alack. The mother of the
"Little Citizens" lias gone down the
long road. Mrs. Allan McNaughton,
better known as Myra Kelly, is dead.
Well may the American nation mourn.
•She was a rare and unexpected product
of a strenuous and heartless commer
cial age; and there's no one to take
her pluee.
Aviator Paulhan says Americans are
not enthusiastic enough. What! in
spite of the famous poem of our con
temporary "about "Paulhan, Paulhan,
Paulhan, that brave little, fine little
man?" -how did it go? If that was not
enthusiasm, not to say effervescence,
then you may call us a parallelopiped.
County recorder* Cgures ihow busi
in l.os Angeles county is being
Increased at a most gratifying rate.
Citizens of this wonderland should all
bo optimists mid booster*. The pre
siding genius "f our section of Uncle
Sam's big farm is PROSPERITY.
"Explorer" Coolt is said to be in New
York city. But, mercy on us, who
■ Why all this persistent pub
licity. 'I'lh pole is a chestnut tree
and the polar controversy belongs in
ili, "How-old-ls-Anne" class.
Any attempt to effect a compromise
that will s,a\e the house of lurds for a
tired and Inappreclativo country will
only lead i" further mischief. Blrrell
will respond to a popular demand if he
end the gilded chamber.
Los Angeles prosperity is a continu
ous performance of which the public
never tires. Hy the way, is our Uncle
Aleck town a village or a city? Speak
up, .r.st-garrulouH neighbors.
Our Uncle Aleck town Is rapidly
reaching the point of prosperity when
it will be the metropolis of all tiic west.
Will Hi" metropolis of all thu we.st be
a "village or a city."
I.os Angeles is not a villas' 1- U is
a etty. That It om of the reason*
why thr offensive billboards must be
removed.
Who Wants Him?
PUBLIC LETTER BOX
TO (OlillfSroMlKM'S—t.fllfni intended for publication mint lie arrnmpanlMi by
the name and inliln--. of tue. writer. The Ili-rulil iclvea tile »ldri>t latlliuli> lo torrr!<i>i>iiil
«iii->. but asuiuneii no rrsponalbillty (or their vie in.
SEES PARALLEL FOR SHIPPING
TROUBLES IN ANCIENT FABLE
LOB ANGKI.KS, .Mart-h 116.—fEditor
Herald]: The present activity of the
fruit grower* of Southern California
with reference to tho cost of ■hipping
and the relations to the railroad com
panies in general, reminds one of a
certain fable from the ancient times.
which in its simpler forms illustrate
the more complex problems of modern
tWMportatlOßi and is very applicable
to the present situation bora.
Some unprincipled persons went Up
from the city of Delhi and robbed the
caravans, botli when they came out
from the valley with their products
and when they returned with the fruits
of their commerce. Then these ban
dits built strongholds in the mountain
and preyed upon the traffic of the
people. Thus were the people troubled
and alarmed, and they made great
religious festivals and sacrificed and
prayed to the god of the mountain and
the road. But still the robberies went
on, until at length this became a regu
lar custom, submitted to from long
usage.
s<> the people built new temples and
prayed that the rapacity of the robbers
might he restrained. But the robbers
Increased in wealth and power while
the people toiled on and suffered.
After many years there arose in the
hearts of some a new notion—that the
robbers should be driven away. There
were many who looked upon this no
tion as sacrilege against the gods that
guarded the mountain pass. But the
new idea spread until Its rumor
reached the ears of the robbers. Where
upon they lessened somewhat the rigor
of their exactions for a time, and even
repaired bad places in the road, so that
the new idea was a little stayed in its
progress. Yet It continued to grow,
and at last the people took arms and
went up into the mountain and drove
out the robbers.
In our own present dilemma, it seems
likely that the banditti of transporta
tion would take a keener interest in
the complaints of the people if more
energy were put into an agitation for
national railroads and less Into sacri
llclng and praying to tin god of their
interstate commerce.
One would almost think that the
logic of the situation would force its
Way at last into the minds of these
outraged shippers, and that producers
and consumers alike would go up into
the mountain and drive out the robbers
and guard the roads and manage
them. In no other way can the people
lie free,| from these robberies.
V. J. W.
SAY "WEALTH IS PRODUCT OF
LABOR," ONLY HALF TRUTH
LOS ANGELES, March 28.—[Editor
Herald]: The oft repeated assertion by
Socialists that "wealth is the product
of labor" is only half a truth, and ll
misleading, because there are other
features besides labor necessary to pro
duce wealth. Available wealth la the
stored up surplus over consumption,
and nothing else, and labor is the
means used for sustaining, promoting
and improving life; for activity is life.
Home must labor to make a living;
some that have a living must labor to
hold that living; those that are born
with wealth must labor to keep what
they have, and all must labor to obtain
more desirable thing! than they pos
sess. Thus activities Of every kind
conduce to progress in general. Hut
Socialists have In view wage labor, and
they seem to Imply that when labor
lia.s received its wages it has still a
claim upon that which constitutes
wraith, when labor had no hand di-
rectly in producing that surplus; and
then there is the envious cry among
them that they are defrauded, which is
not knowing the difference between
"mine and not mine." Every one is
entitled to all the wages he can get
according to contract, and he gets
what is his. Would you have wealth
earn more than you spend? For that
is the only Way to have wealth.
Those that decry present economic
conditions and advocate communism
forget that these conditions are uni
versal, and this country could not sep
arate itself from the community of na
tions in its commercial intercourse;
hence communism is impossible. Be
sides that, human nature is such that
no man will work if not directly for
himself. . C. F.
POINTS DISTINCTION BETWEEN
THE LAND AND LAND VALUES
LOS ANOELES, March M. [Editor
Herald]: "A Socialist" replies to my
letter of .March 17 In the following ex
traordinary language, the quotation
being that of ins opening sentence:
"The person that signs 'Single Taxer'
snys: 'If c calls such lots "products of
labor he appears to me to have a large
think coming. "Single Taxer' is the one
who has the large think coming." In
deed?
A child can tell you that real ci tate
lots have been from all time part of
the globe on Which we live, and that
they have not been produced by hu
man labor. That is what differentiates
them from the chattels labor calls into
existence.
What have been produced by labor,
Ini Pease of population and other agen
cies are the land value.-. Let me il
lustrate.
I own—as they call it a lot on
Broadway. Around me Improvement*
go on, but not a lick of work is done
on niy lot. Or, a great rush of popu
lation sets in. i >r, ag.un, valuable oil
deposits are discovered, in all these
cases my land value Increases without
any effort on my part The increase
may be due to labor dime in the
neighborhood, or to the mere coining
of more people, or to the discovery of
unexpected wealth in the bowels of tin
earth. In all three cases the effect Is
the same. I reap where l have not
sown, and this is unjust.
The single tax doctrine li based on
the theory that all are entitled to
■hare equally in the bounties of na
ture. Where a piece of land becomes,
from any agency whatever, exception
ally valuable, It represents a special
privilege that the holder enjoys at the
expense of the rest of the community.
He should pay the full price to the
community for that special privilege,
thereby restoring the balance of
equity.
1 trust the Socialist party, as a
whole, is not under the delusion that
labor produces lots, if so, it Is In a
bad way. BINGL ETAXER.
CONSIDERS CITY ATTORNEY'S
STATEMENT AS MASTERLY
LOS ANGELES. March 30.—[Editor
Herald]: Having carefully read In to
day's Herald the masterly statement of
City Attorney Hewitt relative to the
expenditure of the 18,000,000 asked for
in the proponed bond election for har
bor Improvement, 1 desire to give pub
lic expression to my appreciation of
the fairness, completeness and logical
conclusiveness of said statement. It
seems to me to have left no point un
.touched nor without a complete and
satisfactory answer; and in view of
the vital nature of the issues involved
Mr. Hewitt is entitled to the grati
tude of the community for so lucid,
painstaking and exhaustive a state
ment.
If the remarkable history made by
this city during the last year means
anything it means that the men who
have been intrusted with the adminis
tration of the city's affairs are deter
mined to keep faith with the people
and to carry to a successful issue
every enterprise, whether small or
great, that has become or may »e
--como a part of the great development
opening up before this community in
its strides toward commercial suprem
acy and better government. Let us
have the bonds.
MELVILLE DOZIBR.
SAYS GOOD CHARACTER
' IS REAL STAMP OF "LADY"
OXNARD, March 29.—[Editor Her
ald]: I fully concur with your corre
spondent's definition of "A Lady." In
my opinion good character, cleanliness,
Industry, kindness and consideration
for the feelings of others, combined
with modesty, refinement and intelli
gence, are the true attributes of a
lady. SUBSCRIBER.
AN OLD STORY
SiSter'l young man (at the celebra
tion of the engagement)— Now, Karl,
wouldn't you like to taste some cham
pagne?
Karl—Oh. I know what it's like. This
isn't the first tim>; she's got engaged.—
Fliegende Blattui
REFORM PARTY IS
PUZZLING LEADERS
Norton. Democratic Chief. Points
to Political Faith Per
plexities
TO BACK NYE, A REPUBLICAN
Candidacy of Comptroller for Re-
Election Indorsed by
Both Sides
T. SHELLEY SUTTON
Chairman Albert M. Norton of the
Los Angeles county Democratic central
committee pointed yesterday to an In
! teresting situation which may arise
from tho good government movement
and its organisation in California.
This movement for purer politics,
bettor government «nd more efficient
men, which is general throughout tho
state mid In Lob Angeles, has crystal
lised Into a famous and far-reaching
organization that has revolutionised
the administrative affairs of the city,
has tho support of the best men In
i all parties, and has bean led and en
couraged by these men without re
gard to political adulations.
As a result of this, the good gov
ernment movement and its organiza
tion has in at least two of the largest
cities in the state, where political des
tinies are decided, become i tremen
dous force to be reckoned with: and.
led by the beat men In the various po
litical parties, these parties must look
to the good government organizations
before selecting or' Indorsing candi
dates. The "machine" recognizes this
fact; so do the "reformed" Republi
cans, league members and Democrats,
The "old push" candidates are afraid
of it.':-.-';
DEMOCRATS I'l HUB
Chairman Norton of the 1..08 Angeles
county Democratic central committee
declares the Democrats are more anx
ious than any others to respect the
wishes of the good government forces;
but a good government movement,
such as exists in l.os Angeles, Is
strictly non-partisan, and this will re
sult In perplexing problems for Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike.
Bo far, It Is believed by the lead.
the I,ineo!n-Roosevolt league has
nt least three men in the Held whom
the good government organizations will
favor, although formal Indorsement li
not expected. These men arc Hiram
Johnson for governor, A. .1. Walla...
for lieutenant-governor and Judge J.
D. Works for senator. There are oth
ers, also considered to be .lean and
capable men, who will receive the
support of a large majority, if not of
all of the good government men,
Mr. Norton says the Democrats do
not want to be placed In the light of
"fusing," yet it is considered by him
probable that in one or two Instances,
lit the least, the Democrats will tie
called on virtually to indorse Repub
lican candidates, because these candi
dates represent good government prin
ciples.
As a result of the good government
movement, say the leaders, the Re
publlcans and Democrats will put up
the best array of candidates ever of
fered to the voters and some delicate
problems of political duty may result.
The Democrats may wish, says Mr.
Norton, to indorse several of the Re
publican candidates, but partisan prin
i pies will not permit of this; M
there undoubtedly will be one or two
exceptions taken to the old rule.
NYK uNorroeßD
Mr. Norton and other Democratic au
thorities believe the Democrats will
place no candidate In tin- field against
Comptroller A. B. Nye, who has an
nounced his candidacy for re-election
on the regular Republican ticket.
Therefore, it Is said, Mr. Nye, at least.
If not one or two others, may receive
what to all intents and purposes will
be the Democratic indorsement.
There are reasons for this . Mr, Ny« ■
record say many political leaders of
all parties, has been exceptionally clean
and commendable. in Southern Cali
fornia there is no candidate whose an
nouncement has elicited more favorable
comment than that* of Comptroller
Nye whose re-election Is deemed im
portant. Regardless of partisanship, he
is liked generally because of his work.
Mr. Nye was born in Stockton In 1853,
and was for a number of years editor
of the Oakland Enquirer, As secretary
to Governor Pardee he devised the
present plan of state taxation, which
has been highly Indorsed as the most
practical and satisfactory yet known.
When lie took hold of the treasury he
found the public money of the state
lying useless in the vaults, earning
nothing. He devised ■ system by
which these state funds were put out
on deposit and made to yield hundreds
of thousands of dollars to enrich the
state's treasury. He devised the In
heritance tax plan, and through its
later becoming a law, California be
came inestimably richer, He also de
veloped the present system of report-
Ing the revenues and expenditures of
the various counties, whereby the state
comptroller's office keeps its hand di
rectly on the pulse of every public
treasury and money channel In the
state.
WOULD DEAL iaiki.v
Mr. Nye also proved his fairness when
he* vigorously opposed the gigantic In
crease of 40 per cent in the assessment
of Southern California properties,
whereby l"** Angeles in particular
Vas made to boar more than its just
burden of state taxation. Despite Mr.
Kye's protests, the taxation was en
forced, but Mr. Nye was not blamable
in the matter. . ..;
It is the duty of the comptroller to
co'lect state taxes, and this is consid
ered one of the most difficult duties In
the state administration. When Mr.
Nye became state comptroller he was
sailed on to collect the taxes due the
which latter corporation stubborn
ly refused to pay. There was
due the state back taxes from
this corporation for the years
1907-08-09, and Mr. Nye at once insti
tuted suit to i over the ta- <* for l!) 07,
using this year for a test ease. He
won the suit, and it is believed now
that the taxes for the other two years
also will be forthcoming if not outside
of court, then by litigation. The col
lection of these taxes means it vast
increase in the state funds of Cali
fornia.
Mr. Nyo also Instituted the civil ser
vice system in his department, by
Which politics has been eliminated en
tirely from his office, efficient clerical
help has been obtained, wrangling is
unknown and merit counts for pro
motion.
BIRTHDAY GIFT STOLEN
Several hours after she had received
a handsome purse on her birthday,
Bessie Wine. 1115 Wine street lost the
gift by theft from nor bedroom while
asleep Wednesday night. , The theft
was reported 'to, the police yesterday
morning :''MslSSflsi + '-■■■''
JUDGE WORKS MAY
HAVE A WALKOVER
Regulars Unable to Discover a
Suitable Candidate for
Senate Race
FLINT STILL IS OUT OF IT
Gage Lacks Strong Support, and
Men of Right Caliber
Are Scarce
Political leaden of the various par-
Uea stated yesterday it is within the,
range of posiiblllty thai former Su
premo Judge John i>. Works may not
have am opponent in his candidacy for
tin- United stales senate,
Senator I'imi has announced h« will
11 <> t be a candidate for re election, und
in; i iiv- regular Republicans Insist hla
iii. isi.m is permanent vi« considered
extremely probable that the rofrnlars
will not find a candidate whom tlmy
can support with Impo nf succchs
against Judge Works.
in connection witi, t!>•■ senatorahlp
there has been some talk of former
Oovernor Henry T. Gage, which, it la
believed, caused him to delay his de
parture !o Portugal; but his name, It
i laid, has nol been enthusiastically
received even by the leading organiza
tion men In Southern California.
The north is closed to (he organiza
tion so far BJ this office Is concerned,
by the unwritten law that the senator
ship this term must pro to a Southern
Callfornian. if the office wen ;i less
important one some candidate might
he found In the BOUtham end; but at
present it appears to many Impossible
to se, me the consent of a really strong
organisation man from the south to
enter the race. Men of right caliber
are scarce; at lead men of proven
elfiei ii. y who in,' Willing to enter the
race against Judge Works are scarce,
and if any of them lire Inside the or
organizatlon ranks they have not been
found.
Judge Works has a strong hold oti
th" affections and confidence of the
people, not only 111 Southern California
tmt in the northern portion of the ntat>\
where his election is looked upon by
man) political leaders and newspapei
as assured, and for this reason the
in the north has nhon him a
generous support, thoiipb it has re
trained from indorsing candidate* for
si veral other office ■
Political leaders say .Indsre Works is
assured of a large number of regular
Republican vote*, as well as the en
tire support of the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league, ami also, it is predicted, he will
gel the support of the good government
element of Democracy.
PLAN BREECHES BUOY
FOR VICTIMS OF SURF
Engineer Proposes Placing of a
Cable Car Device at
Long Beach
Application was filed yesterday with
Lieut. Charles T. Leeds, United States
engineer at Los Angeles, for permis
sion to construct at Long Beach a surf
bathing station and life-saving cable
car service winch engineers Hay will
be unique in that It is the first of it*
kind known In this country.
The diagrams of the proposed hath-
Ing station Indicate that a novel
method of life-saving Is to be Installed,
if the engineers approve the plan.
This life-saving system, which will
be conducted In connection with the
bathing station, will cost In the neigh
borhood of $30,000 or 140,000, and will
consist Of two high towers, 'one erected
on the shore and the other built on a
concrete foundation about 600 feet out
In the ocean, in the top observatory of
which a swimmer will he statincd to
keep his eye on Hie bathers and dive
In at a moment's notice to make res
cues.
Between these towers, which will be
directly In front of the proposed bath
house at the foot of Golden avenue,
will be operate, a basket car, run by a
system of cables extending between the
towers. This car will be so constructed
and operated that it can ho lowered to
rescue any person whom the life-savers
Bnd drowning.
W. 11. Holder and other prominent
Long Beach men are behind the enter
prise, and those who are familiar with
the plans say Long Beach under the.
new system will have the best life-sav
ing equipment on the Pacific coast, if
not in the world.
Engineers have evinced considerable
interest in the plan, which they say is
entirely feasible, although believed
new, and if the plans lor construction
will not Interfere with navigation
rights it Is probable the federal en
gineers will give It their Indorsement.
RAISE QUARANTINE
Announcement was made yesterday
i,, the effect that the government
quarantine for Texas fever tie.ks will
be raise,i today in the. countiea ot
Fresno, Tulare, Ventura. 1.,0s Angelas,
San Bernardino, Riverside and a ptir
tinn of San Lull Oblspo. This moans
that the territory mentioned i.s now
tree from all taint of the fever ticks
on the stock ranges, and that such
Stock <an he moved anywhere without
Ursi being Inspected by the govern
ment an formerly.
EDUCATORS TO MEET
The Southern California Bciencsj and
Mathematics association will hord itn
regular semi-annual meeting in the
Ijiis Angeles lijkli school April 9. Many
distinguished educators win attend th«
meeting and make addresses, among
these being Henry s. Carhart of the
University of Michigan! i>r. Henry <'..
Hale nf the University of Chicago and
Prof. R, S. llolway of the University of
California.
WILL HOLD PICNIC
The New York Btate Boelety will
hold a social reunion and basket plc
nlC at Sycamore park tomorrow, to
\vhi.;!i all former New Yorkora ami
their friends are invited.
A program <>f athletic sporti and ad-
IreMea has been arranged for the aft
;rnoon.
SPEEDERS FINED
Police Judge Bon fined i,. p. Les
peninee and .1. T. Tiarkelew, charged
with exceeding the ipced limit. $25
yesterday. He suspended the sentence
in Barkelew's case.