Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], April 10, 1910, Page 4, Image 16

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MEN OF AFFAIRS
URGE THE BONDS
Strong Open Letters to Voters
Favor Harbor and Power
Propositions
AROUSE PUBLIC INTERESTS
Carrying Through of Projects
Is Business Necessity
to This City
Live interest centers In the Los An
geles harbor bond election, which Is to
engage the attention of the electors
of this great and growing commercial
nnH inriiistri»| community on Mondsiy,
April U. Bankers, manufacturers,
wholesalers and Jobbers, merchants and
every individual who has the further
development of Los Angeles at heart,
will undoubtedly cast his vote In the
affirmative on the bond issue proposi
tion. Many men of affairs in the city
have given the subject special consider
ation and they are enthusiastically in
favqi 1 of the proposition. Following are
two open letters to the voters written
by John R. Mathews, vice president of
the Central National bank of Los An
geles, and F. P. Oregon, traffic man
ager of the Associated Jobbers' asso
ciation, which clearly set forth some
of the advantages that will accrue if
the bond issue carries:
"To the yoters of T,o;< Angeleg: In my
judgment the following advanl
will ac< rue t'> Ij<~ (Angeles by an af
firmative vote authorising the Issuing
of bonds for harbor Improvements and
the building of a power plant on the
aqueduct: After a personal Inspection
of five days of the Lot Angeles aque
duct and Its possibilities for water and
power I am fully convinced that no en
terprise has ever been started that will
prove of such great and lasting bene
fit not only to the city fiut to all of
Southern California us the water pow
er that will be acquired. l."s Angeles
now lims the nucleus for a tr'.'^Mt manu
facturing illy. With abundance of
■ and cheap power, as I feel confi
dent we will have, this will proye to be
one of the largest manufai turlnß cit
ies in the southwest.
"Add to this the thousand! of acres
commencing at the head of the Ssm
Fernanda valley, taking in all c,-,st to
Bhorb itatlon, thence in a circle south
east "to the Los Nietot anil Compton
country, and nil we.=t from T.os An
peios to Rendondo and Santa Monica,
which will b« highly watered, and we
yin have "f thli great circle a verita
ble garden, with the Increase In pro
ducts of the !«oi! occasioned thereby
nmi with the manufacturing Industrie*
and mineral possibilities d< veloped
through water and power acquired
through the bonds, if we add tl ■
rus fruits, cereals and mining products
now produced contiguous t" this city,
It will nerd hut a slitcht stretch of
Imagination to tell \is the necessity of
rent flri.-i 1 need of harbor facil
ities to handle the Immense product!
of the above named circle-, the pro
ductiveness of which will he inert
b} the water and power thus given,
mid afford ample room (or veasels frowi
all countries to handle the busineH,
"Your? very truly,
".lonx i; MBATHEWB,
"Vice President Central National Hank
of I,os Angeles."
"To the voters of Los Angeles: From
my standpoint, .is a traffic man, It Is
absolutely necessary that the harbor
be Improved, notwithstanding how
much money is involved, for the har
bor la essential for the protection of
our commerce,
"There is a bill now pending In con
gress, amendatory of the Hepburn act,
which will eliminate that provision of
the 'lone and short haul clause' which
permits a railroad to make n less
Charge for n longer distance than for
a shorter where competitive conditions
make it necessary to do so, and while
this bill may fall of enactment there
are a number of cases which have been
presented before the interstate com
•merce commission during the pas!
Where interior cities-Spokane, Reno
and Phoenix—hays petitioned for prac-
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A Certainty at 25c ste
WE'RE BOUND TO WIN WE CANNOT HELP BUT SUCCEED. WE'RE PROOF AGAINST
DOUBT OR SKEPTICISM. WE'RE OPERATING IN AN ABSOLUTELY PROVEN OIL BELT. The *■*•*•* **£>
MIDWAY 5 OIL CO. is in the center of Section 5-32-23. Section sis in the heart of the Gusher territory. | J^f^^^
The GUSHER ZONE of Midway is the richest in the world. ,/»*.« ■
.You won't find any better oil proposition than ours. Look it over from top to bottom. Low Capitalization. /■% A CUT
Low price of stock. Valuable holdings. Extraordinary location. Busy neighborhood. Honest manage- V^/TLwI 1!
ment. Rapid progress, of operations. Seven separate and distinct advantages—others have less—none has
More. You want the best you can get for your money, don't you? BUY MIDWAY SAT 25c.
Officers [ I Pronertv I $100 Buys 400 Shares, Par Val' $400
*••*'*'• ** » 1 VT|*v>» t> J ■ $50 buys 200 shares, par value $200
R. M. HENNINGSEN, Pres. We nave a leasehold of 30 acres in Section 5, 32-23. We are $ioo buys 400 shares, par value $400
M. P. W'ArTB, V. Pres. )n '— between the St. Lawrence and La Belle on one side and $200 buys SOO shares, par value $800
r APT rr' «?pt? tp Treas the Santa Fe, United 1, 2 and 3, Mays, California Midway and $250 buys 1000 shares, par value $1000
CAPT. 1. ... ;. SIICLU, iTeas. pioneer Midway on the other. All around us wells are being $300 buys 1200 shares, par value $1200
■ Citizens' National Bank Los drilled, derricks are going up and capital Is going in. It's the $400 buys 1600 shares, par value $1600
■ Citizens Angeles. Los busiest spot in the oil fields of California. . $500 buys 2000 shares, par value $2000
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The onl!>' reason why wo are offering stock for subscription at all and at 'any such price as 25 cents a share is this: We
have lately taken leas* on adjoining ten acres, increasing our holdings thereby to SO acres, and we must get a second string V HI Ol|t
of tools at ■work within ninety days. ■ «
As soon as our announcement of Intention to put down a second well was made we found oil drillers, operators, business and
men and busy men anxious to secure a stock Interest in our company! Accordingly we reopened the books at 25 cents a
share. At this price you buy Into an active, going oil company, having brilliant prospects; with a perfected organization; Mail
With a rig up on its property and ready to spud In; with Sam Lamb (none better in.Midway) as our superintendent; and jfif
With every fiber of our united energies strained to niuka haste In bringing In a gusher on our ground. Ar
Don't let this opportunity Blip, Send your order in today. Get the benefits of advances in price of stock as well as of y^o*
dividends from our net earnings, Hesitate, and you gain nothing. Wait and you lose. Get in and you WIN. >^^V/
Midway 5 Oil Co. j&W/,
315 South Broadway \ j^^yo''''''
LOS ANGELES f^l^V :> '>' *
632 Laughlin Building Phone F3012 /f ' * ** /, ••
Glimpses of Floral Decorations Used in
Rome for Debut of Miss Elizabeth Wood
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? va. R a^^Jß PewF^'M gT tB BKk^P '111
THE PALM ROOM WHICH OPE^S UPON THE LAWN AND IN WHICH THE BOUQUETS AND BASKETS
OF FLOWERS SENT TO THE DEBUTANTE WERE PLACED
THE MARBLE ROOM OR GROTTO WITH ITS FOUNTAIN AND POOL OF GOLD FISH AND ARRANGE.
MENTS OF LILIES. —Photograph* by Bailey.
The home of Mrs. William H. Perry
ln St. James park is on* of the most
adaptable to decorations of all the
beautiful homes in T^os Anffeles. The
entrance hall with Its srnnd stairway
and the large art class window nt the
back of the organ forms a setting which
gives rare opportunity for the artist.
tically the same rates from the east
as ai ply to Los Angles. If these, prop
ositions are successful they will rob
I the small advantage Los Angeles.
„,,',* has via the rail lines, by reason
of ii.s location as a Wfttei mpeutlve
i if ■, c would maintain our
commercial prestige we must avail our
selves of our natural recourse—sea
transportation via tile Panama canal
as soon as that avenue la open. This
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 10. 1010.
On the right of the hall the parlor,
with the, grotto opening off, and from
that the conservatory, makes a vista
which is rarely found. On the left of
the hall Is the dainty gold French room
with Its gold furniture. Back of this
beautiful room is the library with its
massive and comfortable easy chairs
mid couches of leather The conserva
tory opens off the dining room and
wll! enable us to handle our freight
at rates that will protect our manufac
turing and shipping interests and with
out this protection we cannot build
up a manufacturing or shipping center.
"To my mind this Is the most im
portant proposition that confronts us.
"Yours truly,
"P. P. OREQSON,
i "Traffic Manager Associated Jobbers'
Association."
runs the width of the dining room and
grotto, and with the long French win
dows makes a beautiful picture. The
decorations for the reception of Mrs.
Parry .'>nd Mn. Wood, given In hnnnr
of Miss Elizabeth Wood last WMk, !
wr>rc of such beauty that they were j
photographed and The Herald secured
two pictures, which are reproduced
1 above. I
ACCUSE WOMAN OF THEFT
Kthel Btahmer, a young woman, was
arrested by Detectives Hawley and
Mr Kenzle yesterday morning *nd was
locked up in the city jail on a charge
of stealing three (heap revolvera from
a store where she was employed lv
North Broadway. She probably will be
arraigned in police court Monday on a
charge of petty larceny.
Drinking Liquor Playing
a Sucker's Game
—■—■ « * — m-easm
The Man Who Drinks Liquor Is Bound to
Lose—His Judgment Is Bad and Business
Methods Erratic^The Gattin Treatment
Cures the Drink Habit in THREE DAYS-
No Hypodermic Infections or Other Dis
agreeable Features.
TO BE called a "sucker" galls the alcoholic poison from his system. He can't
average —the average sober stop drinking until that is done. The Gatlin
man ; but when applied to a liquor treatment cures the liquor habit in THREE
drinker, the word "sucker" is DAYS by driving the alcoholic toxins out
especially galling—it fits him so of the system. That means a perfect cure—
well, and in a half-developed opinion he has ! a cure of the permanent kind—for with the
of himself, he knows that it fits. disappearance of the poison, craving, desire
The idea of a man taking into his system and physical and nerve-demand for liquor
a poison that has ruined hundreds of other also disappear and the drinker is as the day
men of his own acquaintance and ten he was born as regards liquor. Nervous
millions of others with whom he wasn't ac- ness, craving, desire, are but symptoms—
quainted, and trying to make himself believe effects of alcoholic poisoning Stored up
that he is immune from its evil effects! Is poison is the cause. Directing treatment to
a man a "sucker," whatever that word may ward effect instead of cause is why oth«r
mean, who does that? ' systems of treatment fail to bring about.
You may never have been burnt by fire ' many permanent cures. The Gatlin removes
-yet you know that it will burn. You the cause.
know that liquor will destroy _ man's brain, Each patient is accepted for treatment at
know that liquor will destroy a man s brain, f i
■ his health, his wealth and his business, still the Gathn Institute under a plamjegal con
you will drink it. If you stuck your finger *■* to cure in THREE DAYS-cure to
in the fire, deliberately, just as you drink *• «*iN satisfaction of the patient and his
your whiskey, you would be reckoned a family—or the full fee paid shall be re
vour whiskey, you would be reckoned a . . , A . , f , t , . , . j4
fool, wouldn't you? The fire would be a funded at the end of the third day and treat
fool, wouldn t you? The nre would be a uATUTMr -ri m- n
-. , ■ , ... ♦»..,„ ♦*,„ „,t,:c t ,# , v . ment shall cost NOTHING. The. Gatlin
whole lot less injurious than the whiskey. £ y£ars
, Institute is TEN YEARS OLD. There
tit has been said that Canficld, the no- hag never been a failure to curC( and n)Ore •
torious New York gambler, at all times than seven though men have taken the
served his visitors with FREE whiskey— .Gatlin treatment. Financial references of
all they wanted of it—but his croupiers and the yery highest character.
dealers were not allowed to touch the stuff; I{ you cannot come to the Gat i in i n3ti .
he wanted brains on one side of the table, tute {or three dayS( send {or the Gatlin
but not on the other, he wanted "suckers Home Treatment . It is Just as effective as
to play his game— and he knew how to institute treatment if directions are followed
make the "suckers." Maybe, though, Can- , Write fpr books of particularS) copie£ of
field just wanted to be sociable with his pa- contr acts and other information. (Institute
trons and didn't believe that his dealers de- located at H35 So Grand Avc Los An
served "social recognition." geles> Cal Long d i stance and local tele-
Any man of business man who phones: Broadway 1377, Home ¥1022.
drinks liquor, no matter the quantity, needs Mail inquiries answered prompt)- and
treatment to eliminate the accumulated strictly confidential.
Other Gatlin Institutes located at 1425. Cleveland Pic, Denver, Colo.; 340 So. Highland
aye., E. E., Pittsburg, Pa.; 1414 Seventh St., Parkersburg, W. Va.; 1919 Prairie aye., Chi
cago, 111.; 403 Seventh St., So. Minneapolis, Minn.; 1506 East Eighth St., Kansas City, Mo.;
1323 High St., Dcs Moines, la.; 8 Howard st., Toronto, Ont., Canada. New York, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and Omaha Institutes now opening.
"If He Was Cured to Stay Cured
■ i.
the Gathn Did It.
_"
Yosemite
National Park
and Mariposa
Big Trees
VUlt them now ii> their •pringtlrae beautjf—tba
falls are at tlwir be«t and all tralli op«n. s
i
Through Sleeper
' I ■ .. . From Los Angeles dally at 8:80 p. m. conn«ct«
Information and Booklet* at jj erce 4 -with Yosemlt« Valley R. JR. for 81l
at coo So. spring »t., oor. Portal, at park boundary.
BUth, and at ArCade «ta- '. __ # _ #
Uon, Fifth .tri>«t and On- V/\l 1 C\ft\ Mq/^ITII^
tr.i «■«.«., i^ A n «.i~. oUUUILIII JTaLUU'
PART II