Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-18
DATE WILL BE FIXED FOR THE
MIDDLE OF MARCH
Resolution Will Be introduced In the
Council Designating Time for
Votng--crusade Against
Telephone Poles
Pasadena Agency.
11t East Colorado street.

soon as the charter amendments were
safely out of the way. Now that they
have been ratified by the legislature the
the date of the water election. A reso-
luton will be introduced next Tuesday
at the council meeting placing the date
of the election for the middle of March.
The water committee of the board of
trade was to have gone today with the
mayor and members of the city council
to the San Gabriel narrows, but the
rain prevented.
The question as to the simple or two
thirds majority in the votes by the
Lake Vineyard and east side sharehold
ers has been decided for the simple
majority. While this was in doubt it
was uncertain whether the vote taken
was of any legal value or not The
situation of the North Pasadena Water
company is still unchanged, although
some Of the shareholders favor taking
S25 per share for the stock.
Crusade Against Telephone Poles
Acting in conjunction with the vari-
Gus companies that use poles along
the streets of Pasadena, City Engineer
Allin is making a strong effort to
lessen the needless number of poles
especially on the streets in the center
of town. The evil has been pointed
out to the telephone companies, the
Edison Electric company and the Pa
cific Electric company, anil all have
agreed to use as few poles as possible,
and in many instances poles will be
taken down. Yesterday Engineer
Allin with a force of men from the
Pacific Electric made an examination
of some of the streets and a number of
poles were marked to go.
High School Class Party
Young people from the high school
class of 'O6 enjoyed a merry party this
evening at Martha hall. Some one
hundred and fifty invitations were
issued for the occasion, the faculty
being among the guests. An auction
of valentines early in the evening
made no end of fun for all the guests,
and various games in which valentines
were used served to fill the time pleas
antly until the serving of refreshments.
enjoyed Prof. and Mrs. Leroy Ely
were the chaperones of the evening,
and those in charge of the program
were Misses Miriam Williams, Florence
Fitch, Mabel Lewis, Hazel Woods, Ada
Bragdon, Raymond Wheeler Earl
Flanders and Morris Patterson.
Colonial Tea
One of the most attractive club func-
tions of the year will be the colonial
tea to be given tomorrow afternoon at
the studios of Mrs. Ellen B. Farr and
Miss Marie Johnson on South Fair
Oaks avenue from 2 to 5. Each men,
ber of the Shakespeare club under
whose direction the affair IS given, is
privileged to bring two guests, and a
number of requests have been made by
those desiring to attend. The women
on the reception committees at each
studio are to be gowned in colonial
style, and tea will be served in the
Farr studio to the accompaniment of
the Venetian orchestra. Two short
programs win be given, one at Mrs.
Farr's studio at $3.50 and one in Miss
Johnson's rooms at 4:30. The art eX-
hibit at each studio will be an interest
ing feature of the afternoon. All the
songs given by the quartet will be of
the colonial time.
Recital at Lake Avenue Church
In honor of the opening of the new
auditorium of the Lake Avenue Con-
gregational church a musical recital
was given this evening by the Imman-
uel Sunday school orchestra of Los An
geles, assisted by Claude Saner, tenor,
and Mrs Ralza Morse Manyl, reader.
Stephen C. Emerson, pastor of the
church, spoke upon the power and
value of music in church life, and Har-
old Manly gave as a cornet solo, THE
Holy City" Mr.. Saner, a tenor solo
list from Grand Rapids. gave two selec-
tions which were well received.
Pasadena BreVites
Owing to the death of Head Consul
Falkenburg the Woodmen of the
World postponed their entertainment
scheduled for this evening.
The basketball game which was to
have been played this afternoon be-
tween the Y. NJ. c. A. Magnets and
the Throop institute first team had to
be postponed on account OF the rain.
H. C. Fryman. manager of the
Broadway Van Nuys hotel in Los An
geles. called at the Pasadena police
station today and identified three pearl
Shirt studs as having been stolen from
the hotel by Morgan, the bellboy now
doing time for the theft of the Edy
jewels. The studs were the property
of General Andrade, Mexican consul TO
Los Angeles, and were in the second
lot OF loot recovered.
No agreement has yet been reached
in regard to the damage suit brought
by Mrs. Shearer against the mem
bers OF the automobile party. although
there have been three conferences be-
tween the attorneys. 1t is rumOred