Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-07
GREAT Is Los ANGELES
J. NJ Marsh Captivated by Its
GlorieS.

Witty and Well Written Letter From
Pacific Everything Booming
told and Success Everywhere
Francis Murphy Creates Much In
terest-Streets paved with oil-Won-
| ders of the Brilliant West.
Los ANGELES, March 81 1902-A
German wrote me the other day be-
ginning his letter thus: aIm reply TO
yours of treason daten &c. It is al
ways with appreciation get (from the
kind hand Of Uncle SAM the NEW
DOMINION ssof reason datea
Now II, for about the space Of two
hours | should cry out esGreat is Los
Angeles of the Pacific Coast you peo-
pie might think me heathen-never-
theless, heather or no heather, with
/ all her faults--I feel like acrying
OUT A gallant Irish peer once de-
clared that the only way for a true
gentleman to look at the faults of a
pretty woman is TO shut his eyes.
Well. If must shut nay eyes you are
kind to permit the use Of my pen oc-
easionally. ia this random shot way.
Just let me epitomize little.
What with record for the past two
years OF 1st city in the Union on the
roll of buildlng-1st in increase Of
clearing house report, with her two
transcontinental railroads and two
more now racing for this point-with
her deep sea harbor, her oil fields,
manufactures, her gold and golden
sunshinei What more can we ask but
more people to enjoy 1t, and they're
coming Father Abraham 300, 900 more
IN the next ten year Shark it! All
your eastern capitalists and states
men have their eyes on our golden
west, the first for our gold and the
second for a breath Of our fresh air
and our warm sunshine-some of them
are here now-they come 10 reform,
(some of them) and so we must have
the inimitable Francis Murphy here
to help them. Several thousand (not
all eastern statesmenl have just
signed the Murphy pledge here. Let
one give you few of his sayings
without his marvellous enforcement
of Irish personality
In spite OF all our saloons, we're
the soberest people in the world, we
Americans are. I've just come from
Australia and it's lovely country;
but say, they're ahead OF us on drink
What would you think of the work
men in one Of our big steel mills all
adjourning for an hour to drink whis-
key? Oh no, all honor to the labor
1 ing men OF America
But say, there's too much shooting
at the saloon and not enough at the
decanter on the side board The sa-
looms are simply the fruit on the
branches of the tree in this town, and
II rich men will only clean out their
wine cellars and go to work to save
their boys it will be blow at the root
OF the tree and the fruit will soon dis
appear.
There was some applause but it was
not very vigorous.
"Amen, Amen!" shouted Murphy |
/ thought maybe it left bad taste in
your mouth daughter and applause. J
Say, I've got old enough to tell the
truth, and that's God Almighty's
truth-we hammer away at the saloon
keeper and are afraid to let go at the
rich mans wine cellar. Give the sa.
loon keeper kind word now and then
even IL you don't like his business.
Il was in sorrow, in distress, in
| poverty. | was below the bottom and
big hearted fellow took me by the
hand-God bless him-and said
Murphy yon can get up; I'll help you.
eReach out a hand to your fallen
brother and lift him up"
Murphy is very popular with the
newspaper men whom he praises and
they in turn help him greatly in adj
vertising bis work
! The Rams Horn man has been Wis
iting US. He says whatever is raised
here that is extra good is shipped East
to sell TO the people who stay at home
but whatever is manufactured here Is
made to sell to the tourist. This
saves freight. In the log book OF the
California Limited on the Santa Fe
read this written by tourist on his
way home: 81 have always heard that
this road beats the world for changes
and rest, and it Is true. The porter
has the most Of my change aud the
railroad company has the rest, (But
be forgot to say we have two new
transcontinentals under construction
and the rates are already reduced to
500. from N. Y. to California and re-
turu.) "But the climate OF Califor-
mia" he says sis all here. They never
ship that East. They would If they
could, 1t is here to stay and so the
tourist can keep on coming and get
ting the good it as long as he chooses
sunshine 300 days out Of the year
We've bad the rains gloriously this
year-drv through summer but we
hardly eyer pray for rain here, no
matter how much we need it. We ir-
rigate. 1t makes one thind of the
two ways the colored man prayed for
a chicken, arst he prayed for year
that the Lord would send him chick
en-, then he prayed for minute or
fxv0 that tho .1rd xUap1d Sand b;n. u