Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-11

1oaP anu went down to the river to-
oatne. The autopsy showed that hie
neart, stomach and liver were in a.
frightfully diseased condition from tho
excessive use OF alcohol. It is not i'm
PROBABLE that as he leaned over the'
water he received through his system
something very like shock of paralysis :
ana falling forward, was unable to lift
himself out OF the water. A Coroner's
Jury brought in verdict in accordance
with the above facts.
THINGS TO BE DONE.
Local Affairs which the ssAeraid.,
Thinks Important.
To SOW 100000 acres of wheat and
barley in Los Angeles county this winter.
That is the smallest area of these cereals
which will at all satisfy the demands of
the case.
To put the bridges over the river at
several proposed points with all pos
sibie dispatch so that people living on
the other side Of the stream NAV be able
to reach the center of the city in the
most direct manner.
TO make, in addition to the boulevard
to Santa Monica, similar one to Pasa.
dena and along the foothills to the San
Gabriel river. This is one of the most
delightful drives in the world, with a
most charming prospect of the matchless
San Gabriel Valley in full view all along
its entire length of nearly twenty miles.
10 set IN no end of acres of potatoes so
that they may ripen as early as the
season will permit in the spring. The
crop of this root is very short in many
sections OF the East. They will be very
dear in the spring and there will be q
big demand found for them. They can
be shipped from this section at good
profit.
10 get one thousand families of sturdy
farmers settled on small farms in Los
Angeles county. These farms may
vary from five acres devoted to citrus
fruit culture, or ten acres to the produc-
tim of deciduous fruits, up to twenty or
thirty acres of alfalfa land or one hundYed
acres devoted to grain. There is not
merely living made in an easy way
for these one thousand families aggre-
eating five thousand people, but there is
big money in such ventures.
To get good roads to all parts of the
county. Nature furnishes few sections
with so delicious a climate as ours.
There is an exhilaration and health
fulness in our air that make outdoor life
like thing of beauty, Joy forever.
This balminess and health. giving quality
Of this glorious climate attract hither q
large number of visitors and health.
hunters. Many of these are. people of
large means, with leisure and money at
command to enjoy themselves. There
are many people here as permanent res-
idents who maintain fine turnouts.
For these We ought to have good roads.
They should run 10 the coast at several
points. Santa Monico, Long Beach, Ala
mitos and Anaheim landing should all
be accessible by means of hard, smooth
roads. If we are to maintain and in
crease our reputation as a climatic pleas
ure resort we must have good roads.
To devise some sort of winter, or rather
spring Fete, on really gigantic plan.
st. Paul and Montreal have their ice
palaces. Memphis and New Orleans
have their carnivals. Other cities in the
West are getting up corn palaces. We
have our Flower Festival, which is we'll
enough in its way. but it is too restricted
in its scope and aims. 1t attracts only
the very staid elements of society, and
is tame to them. We want some sort of
an affair with snap in it, really exhibiting
and soul.stirring. 1t should be of such ma
ture that its days would be full of music
and it's nights be full Of song. The merry
mazes of the dance should enliven it.
Momus should play his part, and delight
the fresh soul Of youth, with il would
stir even the sluggish blood of age. Let
US get up great Fete which will obtain
for us a national reputation and draw the
tourists in larger numbers from all parts
of the Union.
To put heaters on the fire engines. To
do this for all the seven steamers would
cost the city about 500 per month. As
it is now the engine leaves the house
with cold water in her boilers. If the
run is long, steam is up before the scene
of action is reached but if, as on Friday
night, there is only block to run to the
plug, the machine has to stand idle
many minutes before steam is up.
One of the engineers was criti-
cised in contemporary yesterday
morning by a badly informed and
tuouguCleS5 reporter, because Stoam was
not up in a jiffy after the machine
reached The plug. There is just block
between the engine house and the plug,
and of course there will be no steam up
under such circumstances. If there were
a heater attached to the engine steam
could be gotten up in a moment, but
this can not be done on cold water.
Put heaters on the machines.
To advertise this section as it has never
yet been made known at the East. 1t
may seem to some that this work has
been very thoroughly done, and that
nothing is left to add to it. This is q
great mistake. Los Angeles, her climatic
excellences, her fertile soils, her various
resources, her opportunities for the in
vestment of capital are not by any
means fully understood East Of
the Rockies. There is good
deal heard about California there, but it
is too much in the manner of glittering
generalities. What is needed now is
more knowledge in detail. Our business
men and land owners ought to get to-
gether and confer on this matter. They
should devise some method of collating
the facts, and Of having them spread
broadcast all over the East. 1t should
be done in an attractive and popular
wav sO AN to arrest fhe attantion of all