Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-01


Charles M. Stimson swears off giving
any new libraries
r. A. Stanton receives that this time
his real estate bill will go through the
Legislature sure.
w. l. Hollingsworth resolves that he
will not show property without sole
agency.
Byron Echenbrecher resolves that the
real estate board will accomplish some-
thing this year.
| Mines & Parrish swear off having up
stairs offices and will start in the new
year with down stairs offices on Hill
street
| Edward Silent resolves to sell out
Redondo this year.
| Wright & Calendar resolve they will
give no information to people over the
telephone who give their name as John
JONES' address Cucamonga, as they
claim that has been worked on them
too often of late.
Alexander Rental Agency resolve
they will do the rental business of the
city this year.
! w. M. Garland got a new Bible and
swore twice as the cock crew at mid
night that nothing that appeared in
any old type could phase his prediction
about Los Angeles having 25O,OOO souls
in it by 1910.
j. Harvey Mccarthy VOWS that his
i hull IL
way will be the greatest block in this
burg.
| Henry p Barbour swears he will get
two more telephones and then hire an
other listener to aid his plans.
E. w. Hively & Co., successors to
the real estate firms of Greene & Co.
and Greene & Hively, will continue
the business at 702 South Springsstreet.
rooms 22S-229. Mr.. Greene, who has
been in the business eight years, re-
tires on account of poor health. Mr.
Hively is a man of long experience in
realty deals and before locating in Los
Angeles was identified with realty
traders at Salida, Colo.
r. w. Pointdexter has commenced
the new year by rising higher in the
world. He has moved his office from
500 to suite 400 in the Wilcox building.
Barlow & Bragdon now have their
real estate Office in rooms off the main
corridor in the Herman w. Hellman
building, vacating suite 235. They be-
lleve in being on the ground floor and
have resolved so to remain in all deals.
e. H. Cooper has returned to Los
Angeles to look after realty PROPOSE
tions. He has been out of the city for
over two months visiting friends beck
east" While in New York City Mr.
Cooper was caught in a heavy snow
storm and trudged through slush and
sleet until he thought he would drop
and now resolves to pass the remainder
of his life in the sunny southland.
Peter Hack, one of the veteran
dealers in Los Angeles dirt, is probably
out in the La Paloma tract today see
ing how things look in 1905. He is all
ways turning over new leaf, but the
leaf is generally between the covers of
sale or cash book
r. Earl Anderson a few years ago
had the run of the orange trade in the
Riverside district and had upon his
shoulders all the responsibilities of re-
ceiving and shipping oranges for a
leading firm to the eastern market
Then he got weary and shifted to
Los Angeles to try his hand at hand
ling real estate, in which he has been
successful beyond his expectations. He
says the only resolution he has in mind
for the new year is to hustle harder
than ever and amass a competency be-
fore he reaches the age of 40.
II. j. Edwards, who came to Los An
geles in 1898, looked the ground over
and didn't think the situation looked
good to him, returned to Springfield,
Mo-, to engage in the mercantile trade
for a few years before deciding finally
that this city offered the best he could
get in business and climate. Then he
sold out and headed for Southern Cali
fornia to discover that he made the
mistake of his life in 95 when he
scudded for the east. He can figure
that he simply passed up big fortune
when he failed to invest on his first
visit. He has been turning over new
leaf every year since. and that is "al-
ways think long time before you act
If you don't want to miss a good thing"
George Mclaughlin has not only
turned over new leaf in his business
career as real estate hustler by go