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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
Hill Districts Revive

F1lIl DlStrIctS revive
In residence property the hill sec
tions are coming into special favor.
The gradual removal of the oil der
ricks, as the wells are abandoned, will
poses that at one time were in high
favor until the occupants of the fine
homes that once crowned these hills
were driven out by the operation of
the derricks. AS these wells are
abandoned, the lots are recovering the
value they formerly possessed as the
finest sites in the city for home places
One of the firms of the city has taken
up the handling Of hill property eX
clusively and has had no no difficulty
in disposing of entire tracts at prices
that made good profits for the sellers.
A novel plan has been adopted in one
of these tracts of marking out the
streets, not with a view to getting out
the greatest number of lots, but with
a desire to achieve a park-like effect,
the streets following the contour of
the hill.
Residence sites on the hills here have
never had the general popularity that
they have had in other large cities,
where the most aristocratic residents
chose the hills for their homes. The
old Second street district, before the
oil discovery, was a "show" spart of
Los Angeles and Westlake followed in
later years, but the hill lots generally
were held at lower prices than pieces
oe realty of similar size in the level
parts of the town. Even now, the range
of prices in the hill districts is lower
than in most other parts of the city
on lower levels.
Indicative of the interest that exists
as to property in the northwestern part
of the city, the hill section, the Ran
nells Land company reports having
sold forty-seven lots in the Alvarado
park tract to twenty-one purchasers,
the sales aggregating $14,545. A num-
ber of the purchasers are building
homes and several of these lots already
have been resold by the purchasers at
handsome profit.
In the Bellevue avenue tract the
same company sold thirty-three lots to
twenty-six different purchasers for
$40, 400. Nearly all of these lots were
bought for homes and several houses
already are being erected.
In the Lakeside tract, on Alvarado,
Bonnie Brae and Sunset boulevard, the
same company sold eight lots to six
different purchasers for $3725. 1t has
just sold for f. G. Calkins to Aaron b.
Turner, lately from Michigan. two lots
on the northwest corner of Sunset
boulevard and Gladstone street for
$1,000: also sold for Cornelia w. Rob-
erts 10 oliver e. Roberts lots 20. n and
20 of the Washington Heights tract on
the northwest corner OF Sunset boule-
ward and Alvarado street. for $1,000,
making a total of $S255O worth of lots
sold In that immediate vicinity within
the last six weeks. The company
also sold seventy-five lots in the Lewis
tract No. p adjoining Highland park,
In three weeks. for $10,S90.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
Pictures

In the new art gallery OF sanborn, Vail & Co
YOU viii lind a most beautiful collection OF
moderate priced paintings-ou paintinss water
eolors. pastels in gold frames fnotosiapns,
carbon frames, Our prices are as low as any
b0dys, and our assortment y gfeater than
everybody's. Come and see tne sallely' san
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
OPENING OF L0MITA
PARK Is ANNOUNCED
Hundreds Are Expected to Make a
Holiday Of the Event and Enjoy
the Occasion

Sunday is usually the homeseeker's
day off. and Grider & Hamilton, "the
specialists in subdivisions, are helping
him TO make the most of it. Today is
the preliminary opening event for Lo-
mita Park (Monday being the regular
opening day. of the new subdivision
between Tropico and Glendale along
the lines of the Glendale electric and
the Salt Lake roads, and arrangements
have been made that will make an ex-
cursion one of pleasure to that beau
tiful place Provision has been made
to carry at least 1000 people free, and
the office of the firm will be open at all
times for the distribution of trans
portation.
Lomita Park will be the thirteenth
subdivision handled by Grider & Ham
ilton during the last eighteen months,
but it would be difficult to convince
them that this is an unlucky number.
How is that? Because no less than
S17 900 worth of lots in this tract have
been sold in advance of it's being adver-
tised. The first lot was sold January 2,
1905.
Lomita Park includes 100 acres in full
bearing orange trees. lying between
Tropico and Glendale and bounded by
Glendale and Central avenues, the two
principal streets connecting the two
flourishng little cities. The lots are
of very liberal size-one-fourth. one
half and one acre each-the soil is ex-
eellent and water is piped on all the
streets.
Sales in Additions
Grider & Hamilton report the sale
of twenty unimproved lots to sixteen
purchasers during the holidays in their
three subdivislons-Grant Place, sun
nyside and Vernon Park, aggregating
$l4,625, being over double the amount
of last years sales during this period.
Most Of the purchasers viii build
homes. Among the investors are the
following:
Vernon Park tract-Lot 10 to A. Ath-
enous for $780, lot to w. A. Riggs for
$500 and lot II to Sara Camp for S475.
sunnyside-Lots 1923 and s24 to M.
W. Wilcox for $500 and lot 21O to
Harvey j. Kirby for $500.
sunnyside, No. 2.-Lot "a to Louis
Buedel for $3.50, and lots rs and 26 to
Michael Langenstein for $3.50.
Grant Place.-Lot 10 Jennie T.
Kirkham FOR sllOO. lot "A to Spencer
Ever for $500, lot rs TO Sophia Ever for
$500, lot 100 to Albert Chamberlain for
1880, LOT Is 70 W. L. Myers for $500.
lots 70 and a to Frank Buther ct al
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
ALL ARCHITECTS
HARD At WORK
BUSY DRAUeHTSMEN IN THE
DESIGNERS OFFICES
Outlook Bright for Reeord-sreskins
Year In Building Llne-BscheIor
Apartment House on South
Hill Street

Los Angeles architects are again
working overtime preparing plans for
business blocks and dwellings, for prop
erty owners who are impatient to en-
gage contractors to complete proposed
improvements. Architects interviewed
assert that the outlook was never bet
ter than at present for general activity
in construction work in this city, in
outlying districts and at the coast
towns. None of the office draughts-
men are idle, extra men being in de-
mand by some of the architects
one architect said: 1--WE have all the
work we can do now. The holidays
put us to the bad q little, but we are
all Strengthened out, and with the new
work coming in we expect to be kept
busy all through the year. 1t seems
to me that more new buildings are
going up in Los Angeles now than
ever before at this season of the year"
Exclusive Building for Bachelors
Architect R. c. Ferguson is prepar-
ing plans for three-story brick to be
erected at 122 South Hill street for j.
S. Atterbury that will cost nearly $780,
600. The building will contain fifty
five rooms. and as it is designed for the
exclusive use Of Los Angeles bachelors
1t will be known as the bachelors
apartment house. The interior plans
provise for large rooms and modern
conveniences such as are found in first
class hotels.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

for $1,000, lots 35 and 81 to Joseph H.
Ruff for s17O0, lot to Mrs. Clara ].
Howerton for $11OO and lot 4S to F. G.
Dessry for $3.50.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
NEW ALLOTMENT HOTEL
ASSURED FOR LONG BEACH
Building of Three Hundred Rooms
Is to Be Absolutely
Fireproof

Those Angelenos identified with the
$5OOOO0 hotel enterprise for Long Beach
have practically decided to use only
cement and iron beams in the construc-
tion of the building that will include
over 800 rooms.
The use of cement had been Sug
gested by several architects who have
visited the big cement hotels at West
Baden, Ind, and on the Florida coast,
and the idea has been generally ac-
cepted
During the past week a contractor
hotels In Florida and now has con-
tract to erect 1200-room cement hotel
in Cincinnati has been in Los An
geles in conference with those inter-
ested in the Long Beach hotel project,
and II is quite probable that the Chi
cago man will put up the coast build
ing. He is ready, it is stated, to put
up a certified check as a guarantee
that the cost of the structure will not
exceed the estimate for frame and
plaster building.
Much is claimed for the cement ma
terial, as it is contended that cement
building is absolutely fireproof, the
foundation, outer and inner walls the
stairways and railings all to be of
cement, with no woodwork except for
window frames and the doors. No
window or door castings will be used.
The supports for the floors will be iron
beams.
Those friendly to the cement material
assert that there will be an annual
saving of at least $25OO in fire insurance
on the building, as only insurance on
contents will be necessary. Cement
buildings stand for years. the material
becoming harder with passing time.
Redondo Real Estate
The contemplated improvements in
Redondo, it is expected will soon
give fresh impetus to the sale of realty
both there and in that vicinity.
During the past week sales as fol-
lows have been made by the Redondo
Improvement company:
c. C. Mangold, clerk In the grocery
firm of C. w. Grassel has purchased
lot s, block 191, on Catalina avenue, for
$500 and will at once erect a modern
fve-room cottage to cost $500.
Joseph Lucraft has bought lot 30,
block 1870. and lot 2 in block 176. the
price of the two being $780,
Edwin Shaw has purchased lots 20
and 80, block 1870. paying therefor s4o5.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
PROOF MAY ee Needed

"Of course" added Mr. Miller YOU
can prove, II you are able to prove,
which is by no means certain that your
client did not. as a matter Of fact, re-
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

Evil snelllng feet can be cured by Dr Sea-
ton. 40S Braly Bldg. For evening engage
ments. Tel. Home l723.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
The Fashionable Japanese Girl.

There were not many Japanese women az
The party which made me wonder. consid-
erlng the fact that there were hundreds Of
men present. but perhaps the absence of tho
many might be explained by the uncom-
Portable and self-conscious air of the few
who were there in most unaccustomed for
eign fnery. Not that they wore it so BADLY
Not at all That IS a fiction Of the foreign
woman VINO is pleasantly blinded to tire i'm
projections of her own kind. OF course
there are no japanese girls with Gibson
figures of lissom grace and 9th avenue
strides of splendid freedom, but the same
thing may be said OF many other women
In many other cIimes. Everybody cannot
be an American girl, YOU know, and l l,-
clare 1 think the Japanese girl runs sor,e
or her European sisters a very close second
IN her ability to wear uugraceful clothes
as gracefully as possible, with very limited
assistance from Mother Nature. I'll Jap
anrse waist lines run up in front ana An
Japanese girls are ''pgeon-toed" but All
Japanese girls are gentieness itself and
their dainty mOdesty serves TO conceal a
multitude of peculiarities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
Why the Bears Fought.

From Success Magazine
c. NJ. Russell, the western painter, tells
an amusing story OF bear fight which he
thinks is funnier than any humorous sketch
he has even seen portrayed on a vaudeville
stage. He had bee nout with a guide all
day, and toward evening they. saw far
down the road. two bears saUntering along.
quite oblivious of the presence of human
beings. as the wind was In the wrong di-
rCctiOn. Russell and his guide quickly
Jumped behind a small thicket, and when
the bears were within shooting distance the
painter let fly and struck one of them fair
IN the side. The shot stunned the animal
Tor a moment, and he was under the inn
preston that his mate had struck him a
terrific blow when he was not looking As
there appeared TO be no reason for this
chastsement. he proceeded to retaliate by
attacking the otOher bear. About this time
the guide toOok shot at the assaulted ami
nal, with the result that the brute was in
fUrtated and imagined he had been struck
with undue force by his comrade Upon
this the two bears set to and had terrific
fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
Dominant Capitalists.

From the Adelaide lcape Colony Free Press.
The truth of the whole matter is that
both the imperial authorities and the people
of the Transvaal and of South Africa have
served as political plly-bals to the capital,
lists of the Rand, and both have moro or
less been fooled by that astute body OF
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
lcoryrIght. Ieos. hy Marion G. seneitl!nl

Copyright. 1905. by Marion G. Scheitlin)
Some time before my story opens \. l..
Drummond. chief secret service operative
in charge of the New York division. had
run across plates for the manufacture of
scrip which he had traced TO the hand OF
Kale Ellis, a western product. and as des-
perate a counterfeiter as ever lodged the
secret service. Drummond and w W. Ken
noch, another operative, both had b el S al
ors, and, through furnishing information
to revenue officers concerning certain snug
Cling operations. had been appointed GUS
toms officers in New York. From this work
they went into the secret service
Woods was then chief % the service. and
had sent Drummond TO Wisconsin to hunt
down Ellis. the maker OF the scrip plate.
Drummond caught up with his man and
Ellis fled with the secret service officer in
close pursuit. The counterfeitcr ran to the
Pecatonica river plunged in and SWAN 10
the other bank. Drummond, seeing his
man escaping. fired at him in midstream,
one of the bullets clipping away the lobe
of Ellis right ear, making mark of iden-
tification that became known to every man
In the secret service.
In his flight Ellis had carried with him
the plates from which the scrip was being
made, and, knowing he could not be con-
vlcted unless the plates We're found In his
possession. he dropped the package in the
river ne swan for his life With re-
markable r essence of mind, while bullets
from the officers revolver were clipping
the water all around him, Ellis mentally
took such accurate bearings of the spot al
which he dropped the package that he was
able afterward to recover ii.
He reached the opposite bank exhausted
Drummond followed him over and searched
him. but found him without tangible evi-
denCe of his guilt in his possession. Aware
he could not make case that would hole
in court against Ellis, Drummond let hin
go, but not until the counterfeiter had de
lvered this message for the benefit OF al
of us:
"If any secret service man ever
again tries to take me III Kill him or
sight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16

| decided that as Ellis was in my terri
tory, and as he was a particularly danger
Gus customer, besides having escaped from
one OF the best operatives in the depart
ment. 1t would be much to my credit If
captured him. and at the same time would
rid the public of a slgacious counterfeiter.
BY systematic piping and the use of
stool pigeons" l learned in the early part
of 1875 that Ellis was one of a band OF
"coney' men who were running off big
Issue of scrip in the town of Boscobel, in
the central western part of Wisconsin.
Despite the studied and artful secrecy of
the counterfeiters it is true that seldom
was a big issue of "coney' hoated without
the secret service having some intimation
OF the forthcoming event. The showing
OF an Issue was always preceded by the alb
solute retirement of the manufacturers and
the mysterious activity on the part OF the
dealers. We could scent the approaching is l.
sue in most cases by keeping in touch
with the different men who were al
ways under suspicion. In this case II was
learned that Napoleon B. Latta wealthy
French farmer LIKING fifteen miles from
Boscobel had contracted with the Ellis
crowd for all the "coney" they could fur
nish of a certain standard of excellence.
We even got so far into the secrets of the
"coney'' men TO learn that Latta was TO
pay 35 cents in genuine money for eleh
dollar of representative currency, which,
by the way. was an unusually high price,
as the market quotation in those days for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16

With Conway settled in the penitentiary
an investigation was made to determine the
identity of the ''Watsons.'' While it had
not been proved, there was little doubt that
Conway had gone east for the purpose Of
establishing a connection with one of the
bands of counterfeiters which infested the
a connection and that he had undertaken to
''shove" some of the "coney'' that was be-
ing issued by them. The high artistic char
acter CT the 500 bills he had showed" In
the Mississippi valley was indication suf-
ficient that they had come from the hands
of artisans of much skill.
The "Watsons" were found to have been
the Ballard brothers-Thomas. George and
John In all the annals of counterfeiting in
1.-The United States the name of Thomas Bal
lard must stand out most prominent.
Let not the members of the Masonic fra
ternity be shocked when say that Thomas
Ballard at the summit of his success as
counterfeiter, was the master of Park
Lodge A. f.. and A. NJ. in New York city.
He came of good family, never smoked
cigar nor took drink of intoxicating
LIQUOR was married to an estimable woman.
and like many of his kind, a model
family man" He was born in New York
state in 1910 and learned the trade of fan
cy carriage painting. When eighteen years
old he went TO work for Henry Human,
wealthy carriage-builder of New York city,
and related by marriage TO Joshua d.
Miner, a prominent New York politician
and city contractor. Human observed the
genius of young Ballard and induced him
TO learn the trade of bank note engraving,
at which he served four years.
Aided by Miner. Ballard obtained valua-
BILE information from the engraving depart
ment of the government. In 1882 Ballard
produced for Miner and Henry G.. Cole a
plate of the 81 United States treasury note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16

affiliated with the Boscohel gang IN that
state.
In The meantime the bill on the Revere
National OF Boston had been received at
the Chicago post office from George. c.
King. This bill had come from the east.
and from This fact | surmsed that the man
who had passed it had Travelled west to
Wisconsin. probably from New York city,
and thence southwark l provided myself
with photograph of Levi Logan" and
started for Wisconsin.
On this trip I had not long pursued my
investigation when l encountered the name
Of ''Watson"-one with which l was en-
TREY unfamiliar IN counterfeitlng circles.
From the report l got from persons more
or less familiar with Kale Ellis, Frank
Brown and Malcolm Robinson. the Wat
sens must have visited Wisconsin fire.
quentiy, always assOciating with men who
bore shady regulations and who later were
found to be counterfeiteTs. The reputed
home of the "Watsons" was at Clear Lake,
Iowa
At last l found my reward through casu-
ally showing the photograph of Levi Lo-
gan" to man who at once recognized him
as the father of Mrs Malcolm Robinson
The true name of the Springfield prisoner l
found to be Frank Conway. One of his
daughters had married Malcolm Robinson
and another had married his brother Clate,
both of the husbands then being in prison
for counterfeiting offenses.
The further identification of Conway was
a simple matter. l found he had affiliated
with counterfciters for many years, and in
1876 had been arrested for horse stealing
and convicted, carrying his case to the su-
preme court. After securing his freedom
on bail he had disappeared from his Wis
consin haunts. He had been an associate
of the mysterious Watson brothers,, and
had visited them at their farm at Clear
Lake Further than this, he had been
closely connected with band of 'koniack-
ers' that made headquarters in st. Paul.
In short, the connection between the Wat
sons" Conway, the Boscobel gang and the
St Paul counterfeiters was found to be
very close although the theft of the team
of horses in Watseka county, Mimi, was
the only fact discovered that could be used
against Conway at the forthcoming trial.
The defense of Conway at the trial was
that Charles Scott" whom he subpoenaed,
had given him the bill
His defense awaited him nothing, and he
was sentenced to serve five years. In the
meantime the case in Parsons Kan, had
been made and he served another five years
for that offense. subsequently he was given
another five years on the horse-stealing
charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16


Smith worked in the Treasury Depart.
ment engraving room on genuine plates
during the regular working hours, and on
counterfeit plates during the time he was
rot working for the government. Al the
same time Doyle was arrested In Chicago
Brockway and Smith were arrested in tho
east. The sentences of Brockway and
Smith were suspended in reward for theft
disclosure of the location of the plates,
this being, I believe, the first case under
that administration In which such ieniency
was shown, but being justified by the great
value of the plates to the government
When the Billiards. left Clear Lake. Iowa,
to return east they buried ten sets of plates
near the farm house they had occupied
This burial according to the ironclad
rule of good" counterfeiters never TO carry
such evidence with them. Other counter
feiters, however, knew where they were
hid, and five sets found their way into the
possession of George Woolsey and Samuel
Pier of the particular "koniacking outnt
know as the ST. Paul crowd, and In August,
1876 I had the satisfaction OF arresting
these shifty gentlemen and of confiscating
these plates 5000 in representative cur
rency and counterfeiting press, Inks and
paper. l do not know what became OF the
other five sets of plates after the Billiards.
buried them.
MY information concerning the burial OK
these plates came to me from q man who
may yet be living. He had my word that ]
would never make public the source OF this
information and TO reveal his identity
might even at this remote day, result IN
dire consequences to him. For. be 1t re-nem-
bered there are some bits of secret service
history which cannot be written without
violation of sacred agreements, even afteg
the lapse of thirty years.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-10-07
COUNTY.
There and Here,

The Secretary of State of New Jersey has
granted Il certificate OF incorporation to the
Homecoming Storage and Ice Company. the
papers being drawn up by I'rncr G.. Carl,
attorney, this city. The incorporaturs are
\ A. Davis, of Midland j. J. BealI. of Iona
coming; Edward +. MCkenna and Albert X.
Bender, of Cumberland, and John W Luther
OF Indiana, Pa. The authorized capital
stock is S5J,OOO, and the company is EN-
powered to carry on a general cold and dry
storage, as well as the manufacture and sale
of ice Specifications have been prepared
for a convenient building to carry out the
purposes OF the company and tlattering
subscription to the stock of the company
has been received. The erection of the
plant will be commenced in the near future
Cumberland .NcrN
The poSt-office address of the New
Jersey office of the company is not given,
but, wherever 1t is, there the company
must paya State tax which, added to that
from over 1000 other companies, enables
the State government to get along hand
somely, practically without at all taxing
the peoples real or personal property.
Moreover, enough of this income is
left to put on roads, ungrafted, to assure
to New Jersey the finest system of
public highways i'll America
Meanwhile, Homecoming will proba bly,
vote its own road funds back into the
partyspoils treasury for party -spoils
dividend only.