The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-17


his train I. of course locked in the Pull
mans for him, but he stepped out of the
tourist car and shook hands with the brake
man as he descended the steps. The next
time was after his Inauguration, some time
afterwards, and when called at the train I
had to send my card in by darkey porter
to the governors special car, and there was
well entertained In all possible luxury.
Charlie Lummis' Indian boy, Louis, who
has been q picturesque figure about the city
for some time, was reported by the police
few days ago as having run away with
$40 belonging to his patron. Later 1t was
in the papers that It was all
mistake, and that the boy had simply
been off for a vacation and had stolen
nothing. trust the latter account is true,
for Lummis has been so devoted that 1t
would be the acme of ingra titude for him
to suffer the slightest wrong from such
hands. not to speak Of the loss Of faith that
he might have to endure in their qualities.
The career Of Lummissis one that ought
to be OF cheer to newspaper men. 1t was
not more than eight years ago, I think,
when he was news man on the Times,
but he knew he had capacity and fund OF
material, which was unworked by anyone,
and he pitched In and worked 1t like four
men. The result is that he has achieved
success and freedom from the grinding
routine of local room. Eight years ago,
for instance. no Indian boy or the most
accomplished burglar could probably have
stolen $40 or IS from him, but time has
changed all that. BYSTANDER.
o o o
learned yesterday from a friend Of Billy
Carlson, the former mayor of San Diego.
that this magnate who is said to be in
New York had Just received his appoint
ment as army assistant paymaster, at a
salary which will seem boundless to any one
who has struggled for living in the City of
Grief for the past dozen years. There are
a few things that Billy does not know, but
there is one that he is fully conversant with,
and that is how to look out for Carlson.
Time was, and not so very long ago, when
Carlson was city editor Of the San Diego
Sun. 1t was during the boom, when scores
of enterprises" sprang up every day, and
the papers could not pay any attention to
matters that were not mammoth in their
scope, Billy succeeded in filling the Sun
Imaginable, and some men about town, dis
cussing him, made bet that there could not
would not believe and print. So he was
tackled one afternoon with story OF
great corporation which was about to be
formed, and which was to transform the
Colorado desert into one large vineyard"
The idea disclosed to Billy was that as cacti
grew easily on the desert. and as they al
ways had their stems full Of moisture, 1t
would be profitable to graft grape vines onto
the cacti plants, and thus as fast as the
crafts were made the vineyard would
spread until It would fill all of the famous
back country" Of San Diego. Billy took
It all In. and grinned exultantly over the
prospect OF scoop on the morning paper.
He wrote It at length, and drew a beautiful
picture OF the desert as 1t would appear
with luscious fruit hanging from every
thorny bush. making 1t complete Bacchic
The joke was SO successful that
the next day hundreds of the Griefers were
hunting for the office OF the company with
were eager to change for stock, Nothing
from air ships to Klondike mines Is too
elusive for Billy to tackle. for the purpose
Of giving people an opportunity to make
many peop'e wouio suppose tnat POST
ni0s'ei "1"e.e"e wouiu NC more p1ouo VI
mirably than OF anything else. but as mat