Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-27
PASADENA AUDITOR MAKES
FIRST STATEMENT
GAIN OF OVER FIVE MILLIONS
Agitation for one-Day Session In High
Schools Viewed With Disfavor
owing to Early Hour Of Pro-
posed Commencement
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

PASADENA. July 2e.--The prelim-
mary figures OF city Auditor G. F.
Kernaghan show an increase Of more
than S5,OOO,OOO in the assessed valuation
of Pasadena property. The figures
given out today show total Of $1S,-
376,655 OF this amount the real estate
value is s11 ,OSS,S 1856; personal property,
s1.6t5.3s5, and the balance is made up
of improvements and solvent credits.
The agitation for g one-day session
in the high school, started some tims
ago by one OF the study circles, is rot
looked upon with entire favor by Su-
perintendent Graham of the city
schools. He is Of the opinion that ses-
sion starting at o'clock in the morn
ing is too early as many high school
students are detailed at home with
house work at that hour. Even at the
present hour Of beginning school work,
9 o'clock. he says, the tardiness in the
high school is almost equal to that OF
all the other schools combined The
suggestion of single session in the
high school has not even been broa 3hed
to the superintendent, so he states
City Attorney Fitzgerald has advised
against allowing the claim of G. =.
Brown for services as inspector % the
sewer work on MOI tn Raymond avenue;
and also for supervising the con1Ilit
work on East Colorado street. on the
ground that the clty ordinances do not
provide for such an official Mr..
Brown was employed by Superintend-
ent of Streets John Boyer to look after
the work mentioned.
1t was announced today that Mayor
waterhouse had decided upon the ap-
pointment of Wilbur S. Mcintyre as de-
putty city treasurer 20 take the place : {
Kirk Dyer, who resigns to go to Bos-
ton to attend the Massachusetts School
of Technology Mr.. Mcintyre is at
present member of the police force.
The city board of health will hold n
meeting next Friday afternoon at the
mayors office, at which time a new
member, DIR. Stanley F. Black, will be
sworn in for duty. DR.. Black takes the
place of DR.. F. +. Rowland, resigned.
When the case of Henry Lyons, one
of the defendants in the Arcadia cours-
ing cases, was called in Justice Cong
don's court today it was announced
that the prosecution was not ready by
reason of the absence of Attorney Earl
Rogers, representing the humane So
ciety. The case was reset for August 1.
Pasadena Brevties
Fire destroyed a new barn and con-
sumed several tons of hay on the
premises of DIR. Malaby, Raymond and
Jefferson streets, at o'clock tonight,
entailing a loss of $500. The barn was
under lease to Peck who owned the
hay The fire was discovered by F. R.
Hollingsworth who rescued three cows
belonging to Peck.
John Crosse, a well known capitalist
who came from Chicago to reside in
Pasadena, has taken out permit to
build. a fine residence in Ford place
at a cost of $6500. The contract has
been let to Peter Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Slavin leave
tomorrow for Catalina, where they
will spend ten days. Their son, Mat
thew, jr., will go into camp with the
Y. M. C. a. juniors.
Dr. and Mrs. Norman Bridge have
returned from Portland, where they
visited the exposition. DR.. Bridge also
attended the sessions of the National
Medical society.
II ~
Mattison are home from an extended
trip north. They went as far as Skag-
way, Alaska, and stopped at the Port
land exposition.
1t develops that Luis Purciano, the
MeXicon who fell while at work on the
Goodrich building last Monday, is in
jured internally and his recovery is
doubtful.
The city council will convene as a
board of equalization at 10 o'clock Fri
day morning.
Or. and Mrs. J. e. Parker have re-
turned from a trip to the Portland ex-
position. DR.. Parker attended a meet
ing of the dental society while there.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Fred Hayes was solved
tonight when Chief of Police Pinkham
received word that the missing man
was in Los Angeles. No further ex-
PLANTATION is made at this time as to
why Hayes failed to return to his
home at Carlton avenue after starting
to his work on Monday morning, when
he left in his business wagon. When
he failed to show up yesterday morn
ing Mrs. Hayes notified the police and
search was instituted Late last
night the horse was found tied near
the roadway. this side of Monrovia,
and oil Fa,ngshad