The herald., 1897-09-29

the taxpayers SnOulQ VISIT the place duu
see what was being done with their mon
ey: he invited close inspection of the
buildings and grounds and asked for
criticism wherever anything was found
open to 1t. He said the only fear he had
was that everybody would want to stay
there, and they couldn't, for there was
not room. Mr.. Field explained that $685.
900 was spent last year in the charities
alone, and that it required a great deal
of discrimination. He stated that they
had a man investigating all the time
to Gull the deserving from the impostors.
General Forman briefly expressed his
appreciation Of the magnificent work
which had been done at the farm by the
supervisors and DR.. and Mrs. Burdick
and he thanked them and the railroad
company in behalf of the chamber of
commerce for the opportunity of seeing
the place and the work to such advans
tage.
Mr.. Silver opened his remarks with the
humorous statement that the mayor was
the man who talked for the council; he,
himself, was laboring man. However,
he would talk long enough to make a
complaint. He had been brought there
under false pretenses-they had told him
it was poor farm" whereas it was the
richest he had ever seen. He felt highly
gra tifiedas citizen of Los Angeles coun
ty to see SO grand an enterprise, conduct
ed in so admirable a manner
Mr.. Patterson corroborated what the
previous speakers had said regarding the
place and its management, putting spec
ial stress on the importance Of Mrs
Burdicks work and paying her influence
about the place a graceful tribute. He
closed his remarks by enlarging on what
one of the other speakers had touched
upon, and that was the matter of sending
books, papers and magazines to the
farm. Mr.. Patterson referred to the
lonely hours that must be felt keenly by
men whose earlier lives had been spent in
active business, and he urged that all
present should make a special effort to
find and send to the farm anything they
could spare in the way of either books
magazines or papers. s. B. Hynes of the
Terminal railroad Immediately Offered
free transportation for any or all litera-
ture that was sent to the Terminal depot
marked for the county farm.
Supervisor Davis was the last speaker
and he expressed great pride in his con-
nection with the farm. He said that
eight years ago it was an immense barley
field, with a few little trees here and
there. That the place had been devel-
opedi by intelligent, careful and onomi-
cal administration, which had been es-
pecially noticeable since DR.. and Mrs
Burdick had taken hold there, and Mr.
Davis closed by remarking, with force
and emphasis, that "the United States Is
the greatest country on earth, the
Golden State is the greatest of all these
United States, the county farm is the
greatest institution in the state-and il
Is not for sale!'
At the end Of the speechmaking the
whole party scattered over the farm
They investigated the epotless interior
Of the buildings, the dormitories, dinins
room and kitchen, the store rooms and
laboratory; they pen etrated the mys-
teries of the hen houses, and watched
the cows milked; they strolled through
the gardens and orchards, andlthere was
not dissenting voice when somebody re
marked on the homeward trip "that
there were whole lot worse places ir
the world than the Los Angeles county
farm and anybody could afford to gc
broke in this county when he got old"