Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-15
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restaurants charging 25 cents a meal
are quite superior and are patronized
by roomers to their fun capacity.
The Los Angeles Times is one Of the
great newspapers Of the country II
is exceedingly prosperous, Issuing dali
Iy about $4,000 copies, and it's Sunday
editions reach 10000 additional It's
establishment Is fitted up with three
great pcrfecting presses one a gigantic
seNtuple, the largest on the coast Its
job office runs five modern presses.
There are fifteen linotype machines,
and a complete stergotyping plant, and
they make their own ink. The machines
are all run by electricity each being
served by q separate motor, doing
away with belts and gearing The
electric current to- supply this power Is
brought from a distance Of 30 miles,
and is controlled by a lever and switch
board In the building This newspa-
per has been built up by strict bust
ness methods. under the able and en-
ergetic direction Of Gen. G. II. Otis, the
president OF the company, with the eff
uieut assistance and detail manage
ment Of Mr. Harry Chandler.
The Los Angeles Herald has just
issued a Sunday oil special, consist.
ing OF % pages, with over two hundred
columns OF advertisements, This Is
representative Of the new energy being
put into an old project. They put new
wine In old bottles over here. The
Herald has had It's yiclssltudes but with
Mr. w. l.. Hardison. the all round big
hearted hustler, backing II, and his
capable friend Mr. James, managing II,
there IS growing evidence that they
may have struck lie" on that Friday
the thirteenth Of the seventh month,
in the last year of the century, when
they took over the Herald.
The Los Angeles Evening Express is
the Oldest paper published here 1t
is an ably conducted Republican news
paper, and appears to be very prosper
Gus.
Citrus fruit--whlch term covers all
fruits growing on trees that never drop
their leaves In southern California
these are orange. lemons, lines, tanger-
ines mauiariues. kumquots, citron Of
commerce, pOmelo grapefruit, Don
shut,
Since DR.. Groves death, there Is on
~ NIIi llIfAN 90 ANhl AllhA N'alA NV
delight In his reception at the dining
room Of the Hotel Van Nuys and even
George j. would recover his smile after
alIyIng from she embarrassment Of
dainty feminInity there. II is a pretty
sight-the score or more Of little sery-
ing maids fitting about the tables with
the gait OF snow birds-white and clean
gs the table inen from the shock Of
brown hair rolled up on the top Of their
heads to the very hens Of their skirts
There are twenty different varieties
NJ oranges of which five or six are con
-ijored OF commercial value. OF lem
ons there are ten varieties but only
TWO or three are sent to market.
The rain storm. lasting four days.
from the 18th 90 the 22nd Of November
was the first OF such extent since 1898
For three years past southern CalifOr-
MIA has suffered from drought How II
rained How lt poured! The streets
We're filled with rushing streams be-
| tween the curbs The river was a rag
. ing mighty torrent Car tracks We're
submerged, and In many places the en-
/ baukmeuts were washed out Orchards
and fields were flooded, and all the
landscape was drenched,
But the people, You have seen chill
dren with bare feet and legs wading in
the open bitches, and shouting and
screaming with fun as they barred their
heads and disported themselves In the
doWnpour OF a summers shower II was
just so with Los Angeles while the rain
lasted. COuntenances shone with de-
light Every mans face wore a broad
smile OF satisfaction, and with upturned
eyes they seemed 20 see through the
mist and dripping clouds the kindly
face Of Providence, turned lovingly to-
wards them once again
A roll OF honor-one Of several that
could as easily be made, Is prepared IN
writing the names OF the following pub
lie spirited men Of Los Angeles whose
personal and private successes IN life
have served but 20 increase their inter-
est IN the common welfare Of their be-
loved city These men never fail 20 re-
spond 10 any call or duty that viii ad-
vance the material prosperity Of South
ern California, and especially Of Los