Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel], May 01, 1910, Page 15, Image 27

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PART II
CUT LAST ROCK IN
AQUEDUCT TUNNEL
Night Gangs at San Fernando
Complete Job on Fri
day Night
NEW RECORD AT ELIZABETH
Councilmen and City Officials to
Return from Long Trip
Today
Til*; San Fernando tunnel is done
and yesterday the north and south
portal gangs of miners "swapped
chaws" through the hole. The, boro
for this tunnel is completed and all
that remains 1h to line the bore with
cement from the municipal cement
plant ut Monolith. This tunnel is the
last through which the Owens river
water will pass on its way to Los An
geles. The breaking of the last inch
of rock was cut by the night shifts,
which came together at midnight Fri-
day.
This joyful news was transmitted to
the Los Angeles office of the aqueduct
early yesterday morning and while tho
good taste still lingered In the mouths
of the aqueduct officials a message
van received showing'that all tunnel
records would again be broken <m the
Klizabeth lafc« tunnel. The Elisabeth
lake gangs have a habit of breaking
world's tunnel records every month,
po there was nothing startling In the
SOWS, but It went pretty well just the
Bame. The record fur April will sur
pass all previous records by at least
300 feet. The exact amount will be
known When measurements are made
Monday.
The council and other city officials
who have been making an inspection
tour of the aqueduct during the p.ist
week will arrive in Jjos Angeles this
evening- Yesterday the party made
fin automobile trip over Oray ridge in
the Jawbone mountains, where they
found eight miles of splendid road thai
has been made by Ivon Angeles f'»r
transportation facilities. This road
cost but $40,000. but it is considered
one of the best pieces of mountain
road in the state. Today the party
will go through the Antelope valley
find the Elisabeth lake region. From
there they will go through the Saugus
division and then follow the course of
the aqueduct into Los Angeles.
RELIGION SANDWICHED IN
BETWEEN DRINKS IN CAFE
GENEVA, April 30.—1n the villa*!-! of Oftrjn
fen. in the canton of ArKovte. where the pop
ulation is MM pernoiis, of whom th« majority
•re Catholics, there l-< a little chun-h where all
the worshipers cannot be accommodated; there-
Tore the cure nan made- urnngemt*nts with the
local "pilbllcan," who line a largo hall In his
cafe, to hold divine nervico there.
The buffet, draped for tho occasion every
Sunday, In used nil tho altar, and as »oon as
the service Is ended Hi* floor la cleared of the
chairs and dancing commences, tho orchestra
artlving In the cafo at the and of tha re
ligious . service. After ■ the s«rvict> aud the
"weekly" Sunday ball the establishment is again
transformed Into, a oaf* until the following
Sunday.
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There is no greater opportunity offered today for the investment of con
servative funds than ggod farming land in Mexico-
Land that is within easy reach of a growing population center;
Land that is abundantly rich from centuries of nature's decom
posing process and constant rains;
Land that never requires irrigation;
Land that will yield two crops of corn aund tobacco eunnvially;
Land that is located on navigable river 20 miles from R. R.;
Land that will m^ke permanent homesteads and growing
fortunes for homeseekers.
Our land comprises a tract of over 10,000 acres on the Rio Tezechocan. We have divided it into colonization tracts
of 100 acres each.
$10.00 AN ACRE
We are selling a limited number of these tracts for $10.00 an acre on easy payments. Come in and see us. Don't
overlook this opportunity.
Mexican Promotion Co. 502 stimson Bidg.
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD LAD
VOYAGES FROM ENGLAND
Bdgar Smith, tho son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred M. Smith of 618 South (Hive
Street, ll IS years old, and has just
made tho long trip from Liverpool,
Kng., nlonc He arrived here yesterday
OVe» the BanU Vt, after being sepa
rated from his parents for four years.
In 1908 the parents left Liverpool l"i
Los Angeles. Not knowing What would
confront them In the new country they
left their son behind with friends. Mr.
Smith found employment on the street
car lines after hIH arrival here. Tho
prosperity of the couple, however, has
not been such as would warrant one
of them returning for the boy. Four
years having passed, they decided thai
the boy would be able to make the
trip by himself. He left Liverpool
April 16 and reached New York a week
ago. He rested In that city three days
before starting west.
STUDENTS RUSH TO AID
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
School Pupils to Dispose of 120»
--000 Tags on Day of
Sale
Enthusiastic .students of the L"s An
gelM high, the Polytechnic and Olive
street high schools have agreed to dis
pose at the enormous sum or 120,000
tags [or tin- Associated Charities on
tag day, Saturday, May 7.
The three schools have cntercvl Into
11 friendly rivalry over the t;ig sell
ing, and the entire student body, con
sisting of nearly 5000 students, is
pledged to make tag day the most suc
cessful in the history of the event,
The tags this year will ))•■ vari
colored, with blue for the I-us Angeles
high, yellow for the Polytechnic, and
red for the olive street high school.
The LOS Angeles high students will
attempt to dispose of 50,000 blue tags,
and the enthusiasm with which the
young men and women arc starting on
their campaign, it Is conceded that
they will be successful. The Polytech
nic students have also agreed to dis
pose of 50,000 tags, while the Olive
street hoys and Kirls have taken 20,
--000.
There is great rivalry between the
Loa Angeles and the Polytechnic, as
the student body number* about the
same—over 2000. The Olive street high
will try for the nonor of selling the.
greatest number of tags in proportion
to their enrollment, which is about 000.
DECLINES CALL TO MISSISSIPPI
Key. I. D. Borders, pastor of the
Methodist church south at Hollywood,
has been offered the pastorate of one
Of the most important churches of his
denomination In Mississippi, the exist
ing vacancy having been created
through the acceptance of a college
presidency by the former pastor. Dr.
Borders transferred to the T,or An
gel is conference last fall, coining from
Holly Springs, Miss. Because, of the
encouraging condition of the work at
Hollywood he declines to make the
change.
COULDITT STAND EXPOSURE
Th<- member of the legislature, of whom
some Kraft stories had been circulated, was
about to build a house.
"You will want a southern exposure, I sup
po*!f»?" asked the architect. ' ■
"No, sir," said the man: "If you can't
build this house without any exposure, I'll
get another architect!"—Tonkers Statesman.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUJS DAY MORMXG, MAY 1, 1910.
NEW STORE CUTTERS IN
PAGEANT AT OPENING
Los Angeles Furniture Co. Gives
Monster Public Reception
and Housewarming
The LiOH Angeles Furniture company
Inst. night, gave a novel housewarmlng
party and public reception In its new
neven-story home at 420-421 South
Spring street it was attended by sev
eral hundred regular patrons and as
many more visitors, anxious to look
over the new establishment, which
Charles R. Fredericks as president of
the company says Is ono of the finest
in the United States.
Bierlich's orchestra played and the
seven large floors and inrzzazine bal
r.ony were beautifully decorated, many
friends sending floral baskets and oth
er decorations to adorn the displays,
The formal opening was in every si nse
a success and appeared more of a so
cial festival than a business enter
prise.
The new home of the Los Angeles
Furniture company has been leased for
ten years and has been transformed at
a cost of $10(1,000 from a Class c to a
Class A building. ]t is one of the most
complete and modern of Los Angeles'
skyscrapers and lias an impressive
white tile facade, architecturally dis
tinct from other downtown structures.
But little stock was moved from the
old store at 633 South Spring street
»nd an almost new array of furniture,
carpets, drapery, etc., last night added
to the beauty of the occasion.
WAS >T5\V STOCK
The company has stocked up with
many new and original designs in
leather, mission, antique and other
styles of furniture and has incorpor
ated In the new establishment a pic
ture framing department with facili
ties and a stock of unique and reason
ably priced frames, which the mana
gers of the store say will permit them
to compete with any concern laying
claims to excluslveness.
Everything connected with the new
establishment is under one roof, from
the repair shop in the basement to the
upholsteryi mattress and carpet sew
ing departments In the upp^r stories,
every branch of the housefurnishlng
industry I" linked directly and consol
idated in the one structure, with tele
phone connections and clerical facili
ties Insuring promptness, quick dis
patch and immediate attendance and
satisfaction.
The first iloor is devoted to arts and
crafts furniture. The mezzazine floor is
filled with Office furiature. On the sec
ond floor there is a display of library
and living room furinture, while on
the rear of this floor Is a unique inno
vation In the shape of a modern Cali
fornia bungalow furnished In modern
style. This bungalow is of plastered in
terior, has a spacious porch and n
beamed pergola and will be kept fur
nished in the latest mode.
The third floor of the new establish
ment Is devoted to dining room fur
niture, the fourth and fifth to bedroom
furniture, the sixth to shops and the
seventh to carpets, draperies and pic
ture framing.
HAS BIG FRONTAGK
Thfl store has a 72-foot frontage and
Is 186 feet deep. It is beautifully and
conveniently arranged and embellahed
The Los Angeles Furniture company
was established forty years ago under
the name of Dotter & Bradley and was
Incorporated under the present name In
1884, with H. H. Mftrkham, once gov
ernor of California, as president and
Gen. E. P. Johnson as secretary. The
Interior of L. A. Furniture Store and
Exterior of Bungalow, Feature of Display
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original location was on North Main
street opposite the old Baker block. A
year ago Charles JO. Fredericks bought
the capital stock #nd associated with
him Gillingham O'Daniel as vice pres
ident and AY. \V. Wier as secretary and
treasurer.
Frank H. Swett and W. A. Nimock,
twenty-five years In the sales depart
ment, still remain with the (inn and
are taking an active part In the pres
ent arrangement and display of the
new stock of furniture. Adolph Herwig
will be In charge of tho drapery de
partment and Mansfield Oolding will
superintend the carpet department.
The management of the new picture
framing department has been turned
over to G. Irving Ray bold, who was
for many years with Kantz & Co,
Hand etching? of Abraham Lincoln
last night were given away to every
visitor at the new store.
The ladies' reception room, which is
equipped With desks, lounges, easy
chairs, etc., made quite a hit with the
women folk nnd will bo maintained as
a regular feature.
GIVES GUN TO ATTENDANT;
IS WOUNDED BY PANTHER
ALLAHABAD, India, April 30.—Sir Wilfred
Peck has been mauled by a panther at Dcvala,
in Wynaad. Tho news was brought to Sir Wil
fred that a tiger had been killed, and when ha
arrived at the spot it mi apparent the. kill
was by a panther., Sir Wilfred wounded the
brute, which took cover in some undergrowth.
Tin* coolies climbed up Korae trot's, and, dls
ooverlng tho panther, invited Sir Wilfred also
to climb. He did *■">. jiving his gun to a
shikari to hold. When he was cliinbin? the
tree the panthor chargedi and tho shikari
bolted -with tho gun. The beast watched the
shikari until he was out of sight, and then
Jumper! a distance of eight feet at Sir Wil
fred's lops. On the first occasion Kir Wilfred
kicked it on the nose, but at the next attempt
it hung on to Sir Wilfred's calf. Mr. Collins
hurried to the scene, but could not release the
panther's victim until he had lodged two
bullets In the brute. Sir Wilfred sustained two
wounds in the calf and a bad one below the
kneecap, with a scratch above the knee.
WANTED A NEWSPAPER
"You ought to do something in the
world," declared the wealthy father.
"All right, dad," replied the Indolent
son. "I'd like to ho an editor. Sup
pose you buy me si newspaper."
"I'll buy you a newspaper. Here's a
newsboy. Now look over ths want col
umns and see if any one is advertising
for an editor." —Louisville Courier-
Journal.
NATURE AND KIDS
REVEL ON MAY DAY
Pretty Ceremony at Echo Park
Playgrounds Marks Festival.
Thousands Look On
CROWN MISS PRUETT QUEEN
Big Cops Forget Duties in Watch
ing Twinkling Feet of the
Merry Dancers
To tli" strains nf martial airs young
Los Angeles romped around her May
Quen yesterday at Echo park, while pa
and ma and the kids looked on. Big
tops In blue, the pick nC the force,
Bent from police headquarters to pre
serve order and look nice, forgot their
duties in gazing at bevies of twinkling
feet nn the center platform. Athletic
girls, walking advertisements
of the cjity's clime and its beneficial
results, went through their programs
with the precision and alacrity of
trained soldier. Golden sunshine and a
riot of coloring in the season's flowers
..v.,1 preti * ; ■ !.: stage ■ I
ting lor which nature and spring- are
alone responsible In Southern Califor
nia.
Three thousand men. women and chil
dren were present. As many cama
back for the evening's part of the pro
gram. It was one of the most notable
affairs that lias ever been recorded in
the history of Loa Angeles, where chil
dren have taken part.
A diadem Of great Shasta daisies
placed on the pretty head of Miss Ethel
Pruett, the Queen of May, enthroned
on a bank of flowers, opened the cere
monies of the day. Surrounded by her
six maids of honor, she wafted a kiss
with her wand to the crowd that surged
about her, while the band .struck up
"Dixie." Francise May, Grace Teed,
Lois Hyram, Helen Bird. Frances Ash
ton and Elizabeth Baiter were her
maids of honor. At her feet two liny
pages, loyal in their childish beauty,
flung rose petals while the maids of
honor danced around her throne.
Circles of pretty girls in white from
head to toe acted as her eua.ro. One
by one these circles unfolded and
danced into the open to perform their
part of the program.
A corps of girls from the University
of Southern California, led by v statu
esque little blonde, performed a mili
tary drill which brought thunders of
applause from the spectators.
The municipal band put its best foot
forward in the evening during the
dances of the nations, when various
nationalities wen- represented by tho
] boys and f?irls.
WILLIE WING, BAD BOY,
SINGS CHAN KIU SING
Chan Kill Sinp, Chinese court inter
preter and prominent among the "mis
sion" Chinese, declares that Willie
■Wins, the younfr Chinese out on bail
on m charge of mistreating: a pretty 15
--year-old white girl, is far from a
product of the Christian mission, but
instead Is known among- the Chinese
and missionaries as a notoriously bad
man and gambler.
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