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The herald., 1897-02-26
INVESTIGATING THE OIL NUI.
SANCE

| The special committee appointed at
the last meeting of the city council to
| examine into the manner in which the
oil industry is conducted, to devise
measures for the abatement of existing
nuisances, and to provide regulations
| for the future, will hold its first meet
ing in the committee room al the city
hall this evening at 7:90 o'clock. The
councilmen fully realize the Importance
of the question; they likewise realize
that the people in the oil district have
suffered enough, and that no time should
be lost in affording them the relief t.
which they are justly entitled. The com
obtainable, and to this end an invitation
is extended to all interested property
owners to appear and state their erieV-
ances. The well-owners will also b.
given a hearing. After the hearing, at
the earliest possible moment, the COM
mitteemen will visit the oil fields and
lIldht d ptISOI-dl tNdHllHdllOU.
While, as has been stated in The Her
aid, majority of the committeeman
appear to favor the license system, re-
quiring the consent of at least two
thirds of the property-owners on which
the well is located to be secured before
such license is issued, and with suitable
regulations for the operation of the
to any one plan. They want to satisfy
the people, and give them relief, and any
suggestions will receive careful consid-
Grafton at their hands. There should be
Il full attendance this evening, and if
the committee room is too small the
council chamber can be secured.
The herald., 1897-02-26
AN EXPOSITION BUILDING

Los Angeles needs an exposition build
ing-something worthy of the name and
something that would be credit to Los
Angeles. The pavilion now used for
show purposes answered very we'll when
it was erected, but Los Angeles has ex-
panded to double it's former size in
seven years, and is still rapidly increas-
ing in wealth and population. The To-
cation of the present building is admir-
able, but more space is needed for a
proper structure. Even Stockton, viii
lage in size compared with Los Angeles,
has very much more creditable build
ing for exposition purposes and has far
less need of such a building than Los
Angeles.
We need p building that would be
The herald., 1897-02-26

pleasing from an architectural point OF
view, one containing some few of the
most ordinary modern Improvements,
and of such size as to admit Of accom-
modating such audiences as Los Angeles
can now turn out to any worthy exhibi-
tion, or for convention purposes. Such
a building would not pay very large
interest on its cost, but much of the ex-
pense of its erection can be borne by
popular subscription. Times are hard
now and money is scarce, but this is a
better time to undertake such an affair
than at time when businessis booming
and every man in town is busy getting
rich.
There need be no trouble about secur-
ing an eligible site for such building.
The Tenth-street hotel foundation would
be an excellent starter for such a build
ing, or the power house at Seventh and
Grand avenue could be converted into
model exposition building. The Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
having taken the matter up, we may
hope that something substantial and
encouraging may result from the labors
of the committee to whom the matter
has been entrusted. The other CONNER
cial bodies In this city will undoubtedly
be willing to assist in so laudable an
enterprise, as will also the many other
large corporations having their head
quarters in Los Angeles.
The herald., 1897-02-26
ELECTRIC COMPANY'S STREET
CAR BILL

We have had a number of articles in
those newspapers of the northern part
of the state that are free agents oppos-
ing one of our Los Angeles senator's
bills. This is the bill which is claimed
to be detrimental to or preventive of
street car development in every Sec
tion Of the state except Los Angeles
Even our next door neighbor, Pasadena,
opposes the bill, while some of the
northern commentators on Pasadena's
action assume that the conditions there
are different from those in Los Angeles.
The only difference is that, whatever
handicap the bill is to proposed street
car enterprises or to possible future
street car projects in Pasadena it will
be far more detrimental to such enter
prises in Los Angeles. San Francisco's
criticism from the first, and by its dis
tinguished and patriotic mayor, as by its
greatest journals, has been that, while
the bill was either fatal or extremely
injurious to transportation enterprise
in San Francisco, it might be good for
Los Angeles.
This curious condition of the criticisms
of this dangerous bill seems to be due
to the statements of the Los Angeles
senator. Why Senator Bulla should put
in a bill to prevent new railroad con-
struction in Los Angeles is beyond ordi-
nary comprehension.
The bill is substantially the same as
that pocketed by the governor at the
last session of the legislature. 1t was
introduced then, as it is reported to be
now, by the Consolidated Electric Rail-
road company of this city. The most
that the liberaliZing of the law on street
franchises was due to their interest
when fighting the cable road. No other
distinctive street car franchise fight has
occurred in this city. No new corpora
ton has sought to destroy the old line.
On the other hand the Consolidated has
fought every proposed enterprise to
make the suburbs more accessible. Now
that its purpose in destroying the cable
road is accomplished these clever people
propose to shut their city up to all new
enterprise. Incidentally they threaten
new enterprise in all California cities.
1t is highly improbable that we will
ever have another audacious financier
come into the city with the deliberate
plan of destroying another property
That sort of thing is not done often.
Senator Bulla may we'll dispel his anx-
iety for the safety of the Sherman and
San Francisco syndicates stock and
bonds. These accomplished moneyed
men have things pretty we'll cinched up
here. The Traction company found
hat out and every other enterprise for
street car work will find it out
A legitimate enterprise to make un-
served parts of this city and it's suburbs |
accessible by street cars has a hard |
enough time in this city to get any
fl anchise now, without making the han |
1icap greater by prohibitive state law.
The herald., 1897-02-26

tical measures of relief once started
from all quarters. We need only the
leaders.
And then there would be no occasion
for meetings ON the Plaza to raise the
cry of bread or-something else'that has
a disagreeable sound.
The herald., 1897-02-26
The Com mu nity's Sin

To the Editor of The Los Angeles
Herald: The present prosecution of an
electrical doctor" and his probable
punishment cannot be defended on the
grounds of justice but may serve as a
horrible yet profitable example, which
however, philosophers maintain is the
only excuse for punishment. The fact
that every day score or more of women
some unfortunates and others supposed
to be the reverse, voluntarily sought
Hastings abortion shop demonstrates
the cancer in our social and moral sys-
tenn which cannot be punished but must
be torn up root and limb.
Hastings may be punished and one the
less criminal practitioner will be in our
midst, but until public opinion is radi-
cally converted on this subject there will
be plenty of doctors" to fill his place.
1t is hypocrisy to prosecute Hastings
and yet stand by while public opinion
renders it possible for such instruments
to receive perpetual patronage.
1t is the community that needs the
scourge far more than the individual.
MONEDULA.
Los Angeles, February rs, 1897.
The herald., 1897-02-26

gentleman writing from Worcester,
Mass, to renew his subscription to The
Herald, says: Il am trying hard to sell
my real estate. and as soon as l can l
intend to remove to Los Angeles.
would like to be where 1 can cultivate
roses in my garden instead of snow
banks" And there are many thousands
of the same disposition. Let fairly good
times return to the country generally
so that such people can dispose of theii
possessions, and there will be regular
hegira from the eastern states to South
ern California
The herald., 1897-02-26

nothing to do but kill time by posing In
public libraries and art museums. Max
O'Rell. the celebrated French humorist,
once remarked that American hotels
and sleeping cars were conducted for
niggers and by niggers," and public
functionaries generally appear to be
closely following in the footsteps of
the negro.
The herald., 1897-02-26

Indications at Washington hint at the
wiping out of nearly all the civil SER
vice rules now in operate in the gov
ernment departments, in order, as Gros-
venor of Ohio expresses it, ito give the
young men chance" This probably
really means that lot of Republicans
now out want to get in, and that lot
of Democrats now in must get out. Great
is the business Of politics, and office
holding is its profit.
The herald., 1897-02-26

1t might be a sensible solution of the
state printing office muddle If receiver
could be appointed to close up the busi-
ness of that institution, pay its debts,
sell its fixtures, and let the state hire
its printing done by private contract as
other and much larger states do.
The herald., 1897-02-26

Perhaps the people can stand the ex.
travagance of the present congress
whose appropriations will foot up over
a billion dollars, but the possibility, if
not the probability, that the next con-
gress will reach the two billion mark is
what worries
The herald., 1897-02-26

The estimates for the regular state
force is by no means all the people have
to face from the present legislature
The most recent figures from Sacra-
mento indicate that the legislature will
run through enough appropriations to
bring the total amount up to twelve
million dollars, or six millions a year
The only hope of the people for curb
on this wasteful extravaganza is in
honest and COURAGEOUS Governor Budd.
The herald., 1897-02-26
The Missouri legislature has autho

The Missouri legislature has author
lied the speaker to appoint committee
to witness the tt-Fitzsimmons
prize fight and report upon the advsa-
bility of legalizing glove contests in that
state. The committee should be COM
posed of the warden of the penitentiary
the chaplain of the assembly, the gov
ernor of the state and the state treas
urer, the latter to do a little betting in
the name of the commonwealth.
The herald., 1897-02-26

Speaking of the late William p. st.
John, the Boston Post says: 1t may
be said that Mr.. st. John died martyr
to an idea. For without in any way as
senting to his views on the subject Of
silver coinage, every one must admit
that his opinions were conscientiously
held that they were reached by him
through careful and intelligent investi-
cation, and that they were maintained
with an entirely unselfish, even self
sacrificing, disregard of personal conse-
quences. When appointed a member of
the committee of the New York cham
Der Of commerce to make a study of the
silver question, he was firm believer
in the gold Standard when he had fin
ished that inquiry, he was a convert to
free silver, and unhesitatingly pro-
claimed himself as such.'
The herald., 1897-02-26

The lumber schedule of the new tariff
bill will add about 20 per cent to the cost
of board fences and frame houses. Bu.
Alger and the other lumber combine fell
lows must live, and fence builders must
contribute literally.
The herald., 1897-02-26
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications, but does not assume re-
sponsbility for the sentiments expressed
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their views)
The herald., 1897-02-26

Senator Wolcott has visited England,
France and Germany and talked with
the leading statesmen of those countries,
and he is of the opinion that if there is
to be an effort to establish bimetallism,
the United States will have to take the
lead. The people on the other side of
the ocean appear to take very little in
terest in the matter.
The herald., 1897-02-26

The owners of the Michigan iron
mines announce another cut in wages
of 10 per cent. 1t is too bad that the ad-
vance agent of high wages and other
kinds of prosperity fell sick at the very
time he was so much needed on the road.
The herald., 1897-02-26
The Bradley Martin Ball

To the Editor of The Los Angeles
Herald: I must take issue with you
upon your position regarding the eco
nomic effect of the expenditure Of money
The herald., 1897-02-26

Remember that out of sight does not
mean out of mind" is what office-seek-
ers are writing Mr.. Mckinley.
The herald., 1897-02-26
Certainly

To the Editor Of The Los Angeles
Herald: Will you kindly explain to the
public why it is that you advocate a
harbor at San Pedro where there is only
fourteen feet of water, when, according
to your paper of February oath, the
Texas got stuck in twenty-five feet of
water at Galveston? Yours truly,
The herald., 1897-02-26

The proposed court of discipline" to
provide means to prevent shystering
lawyers from disgracing the bar and
affecting the community is good thing
The bill must be submitted to the people
as constitutional amendment and it's
most important feature will only be
adopted on the approval of a majority
of the citizens. This feature is a means
of dealing with judge who is for any
reason no longer competent to sit in
judgment. 1t would promote the dig
nifty and standing of the bar if it had
an effective and prompt method of pre-
venting dishonorable practices amongst
its members and of purging its ranks of
disreputable persons. The entire people
would benefit by this
The herald., 1897-02-26
Los Aneeles Ferburav 25

Certainly. The Texas would enter
only the outer harbor at San Pedro. 1t
is the outer harbor that The Herald
hopes to see the government improve so
that the Texas and other deep draught
vessels may safely anchor there
Editor Herald,) -
The herald., 1897-02-26

The appointment of state mineral
ogist by the governor will probably re-
suit in large amount of good to Cali
fornia. The new appointee, A S. Cooper
of Santa Barbara. announces that he will
experiment in water and oil develop
ment pointing out where such may be
found in paying quantities-thus enab-
ling prospective settlers on desert lands
to locate intelligently. The French
government has done similar work for
years. boring test wells in arid sections
and thus settling up desert districts
which would otherwise have long re-
mained unsettled. The national irri-
cation congress has for several years
asked the general government to do this
kind of experimental work. but has thus
far met with no success in its efforts.
The herald., 1897-02-26
A MAGIC ISLAND
SANTA
CATALINA

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GIRL BACHELORS.

bachelorhood. feminine masculine on the
trary It is 10 promote matrimony. but at the same
time the happiest and best interests OF the women
who marry. Such Is the declaration OF the
woman who Is known as the most famous bacheioe
girl OF the century. Mss Alice T.. Mosiey -
Indiana. has started a novel and apparently d'A-
cult mission-that OF making converts TO the caueo
Of bachelorhood I'm her own sex. In pursuancs g
this idea she has formed a society and started
on an active campaign However. the enssaneS
VOWS are not so binding or unrcasonAbJo -
might be supposed the only pledge being . profnr
Use not to marry before the age Of twenty ave
one though the method OF procedure In canvafstno
the country for proselytes Is rather ssasthhS =
Eastern ideas.
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MRS. SMITH AGAIN ATTACKED.


Sir: Mrs. Laban Edward Smith, fresh from
Cripple Creek COL" who is "forninst the babble
Of the wild suffrage rabbe." to quote from her own
statement seems, nevertheless. to be quite Wiling
to 'babbe" at some length. and quite to the tune
Of her own Cripple Creek" on the subject OF SUI
frage. Her argument is that IN no locality can
the conscientious wife and mother find time for the
mastering OF such a welghty subject" as woman
suffrage. l believe the conscientious wife and
mother can always find time to master any subject
bearing directly upon the laws and life OF her home
and country.
In the last days OF 1896 1 asked a man managing
good-szed property and business and deeply in
terested I'm politics how many times he had voted In
the last twelve months. how much time each vote
occupied and II he prepared at all for voting by
reading or studying any political subject beyond
the daily papers and II he had taken any time
away from his regular business. He replied that
he had voted four times during the last year. that
the casting OF each ballot had taken over fifteen
minutes going to the polls and returning In that
time), and that he had given no study whatever to
the subject OF politics. said. Then in this active
hour year to your baotT' and he replied In the
affirmative Surely any conscientious wife and
and read the daily
Mrs Smith asks what could be more 'divinely
perfect than the plan OF the feminine province
without the ballot. saying this plan holds 1.-The love
ana protection OF man" would like TO ask where
the IoVe ana protection or man may be round In
our numerous unhappy marriages and divorce
cases and how In the Eastern States, with their
surplus women Chere being 1900 more women than
men in NeW-fork State alore) the love and pro-
lection OF man are to be held up the only fem
mime province" and the goal OF all earthly feminine
bliss. Since thousands of be bread
Winners , must live and learn to protect their own
lives and property. TO these two cassesthe one
suffering from the love and protection OF man
with a vengeance the other Bile marry II
they would-the feminine province may not ap-
pear "dviney perfect II may seem as Il does
to many, possible TO be improved by law and COM
mon Justice ]. d. s.
Penn Van. " Y, April 28 1897
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front Is box pleat through which buttonhoes aso
worked to use in closing with studs or buttons -
preferred. The becoming fulness is gathered at
the neck and shoulder edges and again at the waist
lire the lower edge being concealed beneath the
dress skirt. The back is gathered and joined TO
the straight lower edge Of lining yoke the yoke
OF material being laid the fulness and stitched
on the curved edge. This yoke be cut with or
without a centre seam. the seam being desirable
when striped material is used. the yoke Is then
shaped with bias back edges as shown In back view
The sleeves are gat hered at the upper and lower
edges straight cuff finishing the wrists and open.
ings being made in back of sleeve that are finished
with nonted overaps A shaped neckband com-
pletes the neck upon which the adjustable collar
Of white linen is arranged.
Dimity percale linen, gngham organdy and
French wash silks are commendabe for making.
and the waist may be worn with any one OF the
fashionable belts and neckties.
To make this waist for q miss OF fourteen years ears
pattern No. 7040 IL cut I'm sizes for misses OF
Twelve fourteen and sixteen years.
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WOUIN'S PAGE APPRECI4TED.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The Womans Page OF The Tribune is becom'
ing so popular II reaches very large class OF our
best women. Yours truly,
w." MRS J. v BI'NNEII.
No 3I7 West One-hundred- OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
April 80. 1880.
Editor Womans Page OF The Tribune.
Sir: on behalf OF Sewing Society No. or the
Swedish Lutheran Gustavus Adophus Church. at
No l5l East Twenty-second-st ! wish to convey
the thanks Of the society you for your kindness
In Inserting the article about bazaar held last
week The bazaar proved great success. consider
ing the hard times and we netted over SU Ihank-
INC Won again for your courtesy. remain. truly
YOUR. Mrs. MATTE JOHNSON, President.
MISS A. LUNDIN. Secretary: -.
No aIO East Onc-hundred and wenV-secono-sI
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A .JTRILEE ENTERTi

The Plymouth League. under the auspices OF the
Rev Lyman Abbott's church Will give an enter
tanment tomorrow evening to celebrate their jubi-
lee night. fifty years since Henry Ward Beechcr
preached his first sermon. Mrs. Jeanette Robin
SON Murphy will give an interesting programme,
consisting Of selections OF genuine negro fo!ksohgs
and glimpses OF negro NE "beto ana hIi i a., he
wab" Mrs Murphy Is well known in this city Tor
her unique and exquisite rendering OF the slave
songs She Is a native OF Louisville KY. ana
through her study OF old plantation life and The
negro natuie she has thoroughly famiarized heri
sings only those songs that are written or sung by
the negroes.
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yrr-yORK'S PEACE BUREAU.

~.york has a Peace Bureau at NO. 81 Wes'
rr.rtv-second-st In a circular explaining Its mo-
,te :, saws that while atfiliating with all the
100 oesoc,atlons and interested individuals
,Ao,,a,ou, tho world the Peace Bureau snail NOT
he subject to the cumbersome RESTRICTIONS usia''
Incident 10 the working or organlza 'iols. a
'.rta nurnose OF the Peace Bureau Is widespread
,,,h,,,inn NJ all suitable information. incudihg
literature furnished by orsanza'1s, b reIations
mais pertaining to arbitration In all the ~ ,
va I, personal and national. The power OF tne
Peace Bureau is In It's true representation .. pin
n,nIo. ~ harmony and universal incorporation
o,p a an MI OF the central idea OF peace
THE SEVEN RULES OF HARMONY.
The following are the rules OF harmony
Firs,-Make the sacred spirit OF peace living
mower i'm your life, and contribute all possioe 'e'
thought and money TO its diftusion. a.. ,,s,,u,
Second-Never listen. without protest; 70 insinua.
tions vltuperations or unjust accusauos Us,
the members OF your family and your ieHo~-eiu-
Third-Scek to understand the spirit or the ma :
tional laws and to obey those Wien odiacation Of
ali those which consider tyrannize useiess'S
over any class OF citizens ,, an, usa vour in
euence 10 develop the national and patriotic spir.
and do not criticise without purpose .he au"'''''
ratlon OF the family ana OF 'he oSn and all exist
encas OF the animal and vegetable world win Jusss
ness and genteness. DO not destroy save Ior SCI
Instead make il your object to plant to nourish
and to propagate all that will lead 10 the ,norai anu
physical amelioraton OF the famhy' 'ne "'''e anu
SixthHTeach your children and your dependents
what you may learn with regard 10 Justice an" ~,
peace and seek to develop In them sentiments Oh
Seventh-seek each day to utter some word or to
perform some little action which may promote the
cause OF peace whether at home or abroad
Prominent among those interested In this latest
NJ clubs are Rosa Moore. Mrs. Richardson. Of Bos-
ton. and the Countess u BrazxA
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President General OF the T. s. S.-The 'shut-ins
have always appealed to me. and 1t mas peen NY
good fortune TO extend little heip ana sy'hp"'"'
70 som, I have known ever receiving in return a
,housapd fold more than gave. from the lessons or
swee, natience and faith they taught me. May the
thought which their usefulness suggests. emDodieo
In the incosed verses. be Easter Offering 20 the
r. q s from one who has read The Tribune many
wears. and appreciates the Womans Page ana all
the kind thoughts therein. Truly yours
UEI.OISE sDURANT-ROSE
IIeIo,se Durant- Rose: The President General re-
prets that your Easter poem did not arrive IN tlne
7or publication. II did not reach the once uhtiI
OF the T s s.. who will no doubt enjoy It's SENT
ments II you will inclose a two-cent stamp. d l.
s s. hin will be sent you. your contribution en-
titles you to membership
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tive and the development into an impressive settle
OF carved in old English STYLE seemed e1
of The humble rvant Of the queen of the kitchen
suggestion from an artist MS ar sd Sc
tho device of the King Arthur round tabie whlcH
top down. makes dining or worklng tane Oh com i
Portable dimensions and, upturned, seat OF ols-
niheh proportions AS a chair for his nodeis ana
stters, our artist finds II most becoming, 10 use an