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The herald., 1897-09-15

obviously necessary that the superior
shall direct and control the work of the
subordinate. This condition, the health
officer declares. does not obtain, and still
graver charges are made by him.
1t Is asserted that while some of the
streets are allowed to remain in filthy
condition, they are, nevertheless, re-
ported to have been swept and cleaned.
Thus the city would pay for work that
has never been done, and the charges
inspector and the contractor.
The statements of the health officer
are made in plain English, and the
council needs not be in the dark as to
the proper manner of procedure in the
matter. There should be careful in
vestigation, and if the charges are sus-
tained both the inspector and the con-
tractor should be released from further
service. OF course, they are entitled to
fair hearing, and this they will no
doubt have.
The streets are certainly in very un-
cleanly condition. There may be some
mitigating circumstances-the bad con-
dition of the paving on Spring and Main
streets, for instanee-but the work as
whole is not properly done. The fault
may lie partly in the system that is used.
proved unsatisfactory. Perhaps it may
be well to withhold judgment on the
system itself until the complaints of the
health officer are fully ventilated
The Herald has already outlined the
imam to block" system, which gives
excellent satisfaction in a number of
eastern cities, and also in San Fran
cisco. A man with broom and scoop
shovel is given two or more blocks to
care for, according to their length. He
spends his whole time cleaning his terri
tory, with the result that it never gets
into filthy condition Then, when the
street is sprinkled, it does not present
sticky, filthy surface as an annoyance
and a menace to the public.
1t is possible that such a plan would
cost little more than the present sys-
tenn, but it is worth trying if good results
are in sight. 1t would not be necessary,
of course, to use the hand system on any
except the principal streets. 1t should
be remembered that the council has
the right to abrogate the present con-
tract at any time if the work is not salts
factory.
The herald., 1897-09-15
is THE END IN SIGHT ?

The San Pedro harbor will be built.
Secretary Alger will proceed at once to
advertise for bids in accordance with
the advice of Attorney-General Nc
Kenna.
The Herald makes this announcement
joyfully, but hesita tingly. 1t has been
heard so many times before, and hope
deferred has made the Southern Cali
fornia heart so sick. that it is impossible
to grow enthusiastic over any report
now. Still, the glad news comes over the
wires that the harbor matter was dis
cussed at yesterdays cabinet meeting
and that Attorney General McKenna
had prepared an opinion to the effect
that Secretary Alger SHOULD proceed
under the law to carry out the project of
building a breakwater and making other
improvements at San Pedro" There
were some differences of opinion as to de-
tails, and the two cabinet officers were
left to settle them between themselves.
Secretary Alger himself puts it little
stronger. He said that he had received
an opinion from the attorney general to
the effect that he would be justified in
building the breakwater, and expend-
ing so much money as is necessary for
that purpose without regard to the i'm
provement of the harbor THE work
will be advertised for in due time in ac-
cordance with that opinion
I'm due time" What does that mean?
The time is overdue now. However, let
US not be carping critics. Let us once
more put our faith in Alger and trust
that he will see US through.
The hope that bids will be called for
at once is strengthened by a dispatch
received by the Express from Senator
Perkins, in which the senator says that
he is in receipt of a telegram from
Secretary Alger saying that bids for the
construction of the breakwater at San
Pedro will be Immediately advertised.
Assuming that the end of the harbor
trouble is in sight, its history forms a
valuable object lesson, not only to the
people of Southern California who have
fought the good fight for six long, weary
and discouraging years, but to the coun-
try at large. Whatever Is right is right
and is worth fighting for. With an ade-
Quate harbor at San Pedro our people
will be more than repaid for the ex-
pense. trouble and annoyance they have
undergone
If the end is not in sight, if the delay
ID still to continue, why, our people
know how to keep on fighting.
The herald., 1897-09-15

gent and patriotic citizens. Let the
government acquire the Union and.
Central Pacific roads and experiment on
the feasibility of public ownership as
compared with that of corporations, up
on a policy Of operating railroads In
competition with corporations, those
properties are bonded and stocked far
beyond the original cost of construc-
tion and equipment, and for sums i'm
mensely greater than the present cost of
reproduction. Other governments own
and operate railroads successfully and
to the benefit Of the public. ard here is
good opportunity to make test of
the policy in this country. There is
only remote chance that loss will re-
suit from making the experiment.
The herald., 1897-09-15
The Price Of Wheat

To the Editor of the Los Angeles
Herald: The price of wheat hovers about
some ninety odd cents bushel; at one
hour 1t is 95% and the next 97A; again
it Is quoted at 98H, and it is said to have
gone up to 81 several times, but some
how 1t slips back and the quotations
show, as rule, a little less than 81. The
exultation over dollar wheat is some
thing very remarkable. 1t is counted
phenomenal in the way Of good luck for
the farmer, but it seems to me under the
circumstance of failure Of crops in
many foreign countries, the price might
we'll go up to 81 and even SO a bushel.
Fifty years ago, as the writer we'll re-
members, a low price for wheat was a
dollar a bushel, and farmers would not
think Of selling it for less than that any
year. I speak of western New York.
then a large wheat-producirg section.
1t was very common occurrence for
wheat to go up to twelve shillinss"
($1.50) and even 81 a bushel. Had such
time of scarcity occurred then as We
have this year, / am sure wheat would
have brought So bushel. To one whose
memory runs half a century back the
present boasting about dollar wheat
seems very ridiculous, and the question
often recurs to ones mind. why has
wheat been so low for these twenty ode
years past? What has kept it down
away below the dollar limit so long!
To the farmer who is making that IN :
quiry there can be but one answer--lt
was the demonstration of silver. IL
can be attributed to no other adequate
cause 1t was this great change IN our
monetary system that played havoc
with the farmers. The people OF the
United States. or rather, the govern
ment of the United States was foolish
enough to listen to the dictation' OF the
Rothschilds and men of that class IN
Europe who held our securities and
wanted to make them worth at the rate
Of two dollars for one. They were not
content with our obligations payable in
The herald., 1897-09-15
TRY TRUCK FARMING

The probab bility that the use of sewage
in irrigating certain kinds of vegetation
used for food constitutes a menace to
the public health, will doubtless lessen
the consumption of vegetables grown
in the sewage-irrigated district. Nobody
wants to run the risks that the con-
sumption Of such vegetables may en-
tail
At the same time people must have
vegetables, and somebody has got to
supply them. Why do not the owners
of land to the north, where irrigation by
liquid sewage is an obvious impossible
ity, step into the breach and raise more
vegetables for the Los Angeles markets,
wholesale and retail? Grown in these
districts, they would be their own guar
antee as to safety The owners of tracts
at Burbank, Tropico, Glendale and con-
tiguous localities may find this sugges-
ton worth the trying
The herald., 1897-09-15

lawful money; they must be paid in
gold, and our American statesmen were
shortsghted enough to sacrifice our ag
ricultural interests upon the altar Of
European greed. Here is the whole story
about the low price of wheat and other
farm products. It all results from the
discrediting Of silver and to make our
foreign obligations payable in gold
only.
We find even presidents prating about
honest money; about national honor,
and such balderdash, to please the mon
ey cormorants in foreign lands. whose
unbounded greed has filched from every
farmer in the United States large
Share of his wealth.
When the farmers Of this country as
certain their rights and see where their
interests lie, they will no longer exult
over merely a dollar for wheat, but will
have as much as that always, and in
years like this, two or three dollars q
bushel, as was common in the days
when both gold and silver were lawful
money. &C.
The herald., 1897-09-15
The Inquisitive Yankee

Probably the most inquisitive people in
this world are domiciled in New England
and descendants of the early settlers of
that inhospitable region. A genuine
Yankee will ask more questions in an
hour than any other sort of citizen asks
in year, and often more than the wisest
of his kind could answer in lifetime
His curiosity extends into the fathom-
less obscurity Of prehistoric times and
far beyond the impentrable veil that
hangs between the present and the
uture.-Washingtor Post
The herald., 1897-09-15
About Yellow Fever

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles
Herald: l beg leave to call your atten-
tion to an erroneous impression under
which the writer Of the headlines to the
press dispatches concerning the recent
outbreak Of yellow fever at Ocean
Springs, Miss, seems to be laboring.
Ocean Springs is on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, about seventy miles
east of New Orleans, and about the same
distance west Of Mobile. 1t Is in Mis-
sissippi, not Louisiana. 1t is not correcr,
therefore, to refer to the yellow fever
as prevailing in Louisiana. So far there
has been but one case in Louisiana, that
of young Gelpi, and he contracted the
disease in Ocean Springs. He was q
New Orleans boy on visit to Ocean
Springs; returned home i'll, it was
thought of the dengue or .breakbone
fever. 1t was this case, promptly re-
ported by the Louisiana board of health,
and pronounced yellow fever, that
caused the inves.iga ton of the so-called,
dengue fever prevailing at Ocean
Springs, and which resulted in the offic-
ial announcement that yellow fever ex-
listed at that point, and was followed by
the quarantine at New Orleans. Mobile
and other points. w. 4. r.
The herald., 1897-09-15
Beats Love in a Cottage

"How silly of you," said. Mamma Fore
sight, with abrupt energy. How utter
ly foolish to go and engage yourself to
George Laccashe, young man without
cent, absolutely without prospects.
Why, there was Algernon Nowit dying
to marry you, and he has millions to
spend"
But, mamma, love George and l
despise Algernon.'
What's love to 90 with it, should
like to know? Oh, marry him, know
you will, you headstrong girl But you
will regret it. You will have to live in
miserable cottage"
'Oh, no, indeed I won't, mamma. We
have tandem Francisco Exam
iner.
The herald., 1897-09-15
vISALIA REJOICES

The completion of the San Joaquin
Valley railroad to Visalia was recently
made the occasion Of great celebra-
ton.
Within the past twenty years many
railroads have been built on paper from
Stockton to Visalia and on to Bakers
field, but, much as they were needed,
nor4e has ever materialized until now.
| When the Southern Pacific road was
built it was located seven miles west of
Visalia, and, from that time the city
has had to labor under the great disad-
vantage of having no main line of rail-
road. Branches were built to the main
line by local capitalists. but it has al
ways been claimed that Visalia was dis
eliminated against in the matter of
charges and rates by the Southern Pa
cific, and that on account of its isolated
position nothing could be done to evadse
the burdens imposed by monopoly. Now,
however, the San Joaquin Valley road
is nearing the last stages of compile
ton, and Visalia hopes to take it's proper
place as one of the largest interior cities
of California.
Proper railroad facilities are essential
to the best growth of every city, and The
Herald congratulates the people of Visa
liza upon their improved prospects. The
lack Of railroad competition has been in
past years the chief obstacle to the de-
velopment of large part of Califor-
mia. There is such thing as having
too many railroads, but that is an evil
Of which California as yet, has had no
experience
The herald., 1897-09-15
CLEANING THE STREETS

The vigorous complaint made to the
city council by the city health officer
regarding the manner in which the con-
tract for sweeping the streets is being
carried out. creates a new municipal
Issue and one in which all citizens are
Interested
The street cleaning agreement pro-
vtdes tEat the sweeping and cleaning
shall be done under the supervision Of
Me city health officer. 1t Is essential of
eourse, that deputy look after the
lmrnediate details of the work. and It Is
The herald., 1897-09-15
An Impresionist

II am told that that artist is a very
hard worker" said a young woman.
YES" replied Miss Cayenne.
ITO what school does he belong?"
Hes an impressionist."
Are you sure?'
"Yes; he labors under the impression
that he is a great artist" ."-Washingtor
Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-09-15
The Jumping Frog Beaten

"Who is the best humorist, Bill Arp
or Mark Twain?" was question which
was decided in a novel manner recently
in a Georgia town. Two Of the best
jumpers in the town were to decide it,
They were labeled respectively ARP"
and Twain" One jumped Twelve feet
and the other thirteen. Bill Arp was
declared 'the best humorist", by. one
Constitution.
The herald., 1897-09-15
Doesn't Pay

Cobwigger-How was it, my dear, you
spent SO much money during the sum-
mer?
Mrs. Cobwigger--It was because you
sent me to place where there was not
single man, and I had to pay for my
own ice cream.-New York Evening
Journal
The herald., 1897-09-15
Abuse of Public Men

1t is the fate of all public men, espe-
cially those who attain to great emil
nence, to be misrepresented and abused
AS rule the bigger the man the more
severe and the more reckless are the as
saults upon him. The low tone Of our
politics is more clearly shown in nothing
than in the readiness of some news
papers and some politicians to assail the
motives and character of political op-
ponents-Atlanta Journal
The herald., 1897-09-15
%'Y@t
Great Schemes

What makes you look so quiet?"
asked the head bookkeeper.
Il was just trying to make up my
mind" said the clerk who gets the. least
salary and makes the most noise" ,"wheth-
er would better go to Klondike and get
enough money to speculate in wheat
or go into wheat and get enough money
to go to Klondike. e.'-Indianapolis Jour-
nal
The herald., 1897-09-15
Trying

She was a woman with her arms ful;
Of bundles. She got into crowded car
on the elevated, and as often happens,
there was no vacant seat. A dozen pairs
of masculine eyes were on her. but She
never flinched Sne stood under the or
deal well.-Yonkers Statesman.
The herald., 1897-09-15

The Chicago Times Herald says II
is only necessary to elect some such men
as Bryan to undo all that has been done
after long years of struggle in the way
of civil service reform. It won't be
necessary to wait until Bryan is elected
The present administration is doing all
in its power to overturn all that was ac-
complished by the last Democratic ad-
ministra ton.
The herald., 1897-09-15

Barnums circus is going to England
this year. How can our English cousins
say that they are hated by the people of
the United States in the face of such a
tnker. of annreciatinn2
The herald., 1897-09-15

If the police could do as we'll with the
Chinese lottery as they have done with
the friendless and busy burglar, they
would be in fine feather, but they have
discovered that the former is a differ
ert proposition, and it is not the fault
Of the police that it is so.
The herald., 1897-09-15
stead OF allowing them to remain on the
surface, as at present?

1t Is understood that Colonel Russell,
the genial sergeant-at-arms of the house
Of representatives, wants to have the
harbor built at Catalina. He caught
twenty big fish there in two hours.
The herald., 1897-09-15

Jack McAuliffe, the ex-lightweight
champion pugilist, has returned to his
old occupation of cooper. Jack ought to
be given the belt. A prizefighter who
will work is genuine curiosity.
The herald., 1897-09-15

The local swimmer who is willing to
swim anywhere except in tank re-
fleets somewhat on the tank drama in
making such an exception.
The herald., 1897-09-15

The only Ohio man known who would
the assertion that the Republican party
in that state is once more entirely har-
mOniOuS
The herald., 1897-09-15

1t may be necessary, for the peace of
mind of the night police force, that the
Heart of Maryland" company obtain,
permission "to fire off concealed weap-
onS"
The herald., 1897-09-15
Mans Early Fall

Whenever a man does something that
he shouldn't havc done his women folks
recall that he had a fall when he was
a baby, knocking his bump of moral re-
sponsibility out Of place,-Atchison
Globe.
The herald., 1897-09-15

If the city council does not intend to
repair the Spring street paving, let it
say so and cry quits. This suspense is
both wearing and needless.
The herald., 1897-09-15

Some of the city departments seem to
be as badly overdrawn as the accounts of
a defaulting creditor
The herald., 1897-09-15

Missouri gets $14,O0O,OO 900 annually from
its poultry. An unmixed strain of Demo-
cratic roosters has accomplished Won
ders in the poultry line in that state.
The herald., 1897-09-15

There are great many abandoned
derricks and tanks in the oil districts
that ought to be dismantled. And what
has become of the proposition to sink
the oil tanks in use In the ground in
The herald., 1897-09-15
Hanna Looking a Long Way Ahead

The appointment of negroes to office
over white Republicans in the black belt
shows that Mark Hanna is looking for
votes in the national convention to
nominate and trusting to the other
states for the lection.-Louisville Dis
patch.
The herald., 1897-09-15

1t is understood that the administ,a
ton is going to put the price of corn up
to so cents and charge it TO the Dingley
law.
The herald., 1897-09-15
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
communications but does not assume re-
sponsibility fo' ihs sentiments expressed
Correspondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression Of their views.)
The herald., 1897-09-15
An EXPLANATION

"'Tis poverty" the anarch said
That brings us to this dismal plight.
We lack the money to buy bread:
We've spent 1t all for dynamite"
-Washington Evening Star.
The herald., 1897-09-15

The board of health wants a new
pest house. 1t ought to be made big
enough to hold all the tape and lottery
The herald., 1897-09-15
Hanna Ready for the Undertaken

OF course it will take some time for
Mr.. Hanna to find out that the Hanna
cause is dead. But sooner or later the
political undertaken will surely visit him
and take his measure. We wish him a
cheerful funeral.-Cincinnatt Enquirer.
The herald., 1897-09-15
COS ANGELES DAILY HERALD
SWORN STATEMENT CIRCULATION.

state Of California. County Of Los Ange-
les.-ss.
L. M. Holt, superintendent Of circulation
Of the Los Angeles Daily Herald. being
nrst duly sworn. deposes and says: That
Cor the five months from February l. 1897,
to June 3O 1897 Cnclusive). the total circu-
lation of the said Daily Herald was ,29O, ,635
copies being an average daily circulation
ofseO4.
That the weekday circulation during the
above time was 1,o71, ,567, being daily aver.
age of 5000 copies.
That the Sunday circulation during the
above time was 219,o5s, being an average fos
each Sunday Of lO;43l.
L. M. HOLT,
Superintendent of Circulation.
subscribed and sworn to before me this
leth day of July. 1897.
FRANK ]. COOPER,
Notary Public in and for the County OF Los
Angeles. State of California.
WEnNESnAY SEPTEMBER Is. 1897.
The herald., 1897-09-15

Will do it, if you can't do more $1,000 will
give you men representative business suit.
We say $1,000, because perhaps that price would
suit you best. But in buying in big store like
ours, you are always able to suit
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-16

DENVER, March l5.-An important
meeting OF Democrats and member,
OF the Silver party high IN the coun.
ellis OF these political organization
was held at the Brown hotel tonight.
The conference was held behind
closed doers, and when II adjourned
Senator Jones gave out the following
statement: 1.-THE national committee
Is under the greatest obligation to the
citizens OF Colorado for the generous
manner in which they subscribed "a
the fund for prosecuting our last ne.
tionRl campaign. In fact, no state
subscribed more literally, and this
committee felt that tbanks were due
the state for this COED work. The
meeting tonight was simply for the
purpose OF allowing Mr.. Csmpau and
myself, on behalf OF the committee,
the privilege of performing this pleas.
ant duty. Nothing more, assure
you"
This, no doubt, was one Of the
features OF the meeting, but there
are rumors that business of greater
Importance was transacted, upon
which the future success OF the silver
movement to large extent depends.
mains n secret, as no one pussent n,
the meeting could be induced 10
admit Of anything OF unusual import.
ance was discussed.
Senator Jones, Mr.. Campau and
Mr.. Powers leaves for Salt Lake City
tomorrow morning.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-16
FRANCE AGAINsrGREECE.


the Government.
PARIS, Msroh 10. - Ex.ministor
GJulel, in tho chamber OF deputies,
today questioned the government on
Cfetan affairs and urged that France
should support Greece, claiming that
the formers withdrawal from the
Europssn concert would not affect the
Russian alliance, which, he asserted,
did not oblige France to join In an
expedition in which che was not
Interested.
NJ. Hanotsux, minister OF foreign
affairs, recapitulaied the reply OF
Greece to the identical notes of the
powers and added;
"The powers have decided, in order
to secure order and security, that each
OF the powers svali reinforce Its coo.
ting ent slready landed by 500 TO 600
men. Ii dresce continues TO support
Col. Vassos, then the admirals will
lake immediate measures OF coercion, q
blockade OF Crete will be applied
severely, and II necessary the Greek
ports also will be blockaded."
Referring to NJ. Gobleps suggestion
OF abstentioD, M. Hsnoisux pointed
out that the British were now In
Egypt as the Tesuit OF previous nb
stsnfion upon the part OF France,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-16

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March l5,--Rail.
roads have never before in their HE.
tory in the Northwest had as much to
contend against because OF the drifting
snow. 1t Is stated that there are 200
cars Of freight at initial polnts anu
elsewhere destined for tOwns off tue
main lines In the DakotRs and in Min
nesota that cannot reach their deslinR-
tion until branch lines are opened. 1t
IL stated that there Is su1f rlng In
South Dakota by reason OF the branch
lines being closed. In that state over
500 miles OF road have been practically
abandoned for fully two weeke. Nearly
oil OF this mileage is on the branch
lines OF the Milwaukee system and
the Northwestern. Part OF 1t belongs
to the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific. Many towns In South Dakota
have had no mail for some time, 10 say
nothing OF freight and passenger
traffic. Through trains on the main
liues OF The Northern Pacific anu
Great Northern aud the 500 are run
ming, but are from two to seven hours
late. These lines are concentrating
their efforts to keep the coast Zines
open. The trains between here anu
Chicago are running on fair time.