Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-11
MANY DELEGATES EXPECTED
IN PASADENA
PUBLIC LIBRARY MATTERS
Woodmen Close Membership Contest.
Carpenters Attend Church.
Missing Man Found at
Pasadena
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street

PASADENA, Sept. 10.-Local Congre-
gationalists are making extensive ar
rangements for entertaining the state
Congregational convention which comes
to Pasadena September rs for a busy
three days session. Some two hun
including a score of church leaders
from Seattle, and these will be lodged
at the homes of the members through
out the city. -Four persons have been
named from the First Congregational
church and two from each of the other
three churches of the denomination,
and these ten constitute the executive
committee, to whom is entrusted the
active work of preparation. The pro-
gram for the session will include many
interesting features and will be ready
for publication soon. One day will be
given up to the subject of missions"
and some unique papers will be read on
that day. Present indications are to
largest convention at this time.
Public Library Matters
At the last meeting of the trustees
Of the Pasadena public library a COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
citizens of North Pasadena relative to
the establishment of a branch library
In that section. A meeting Is being
arranged between this committee and
pa 1nV ND a1f H1,o
present lack of funds makes the plan
difficult Of realization 1t Is hoped that
some way may be found to start a
branch library there. At the present
time a public reading room is main
tained on North Fair Oaks avenue,
open during afternoons and evenings,
with magazines and newspapers and
number of books received from the
circulating library at Los Angeles, and
the interest in this modest beginning is
growing rapidly.
Miss Nellie NJ. Russ, librarian of the
Pasadena library, reports the situation
and growth at the main library as en-
couraging in the extreme. During the
100000 books, an average of nearly 400
books day. Over $500 books have been
added to the library in that period.
Particular attention Is being paid just
now to the collecting of California,
early California publications, books,
newspapers and magazines.
Woodmen Camp Booms
Pasadena camp No. 253 Woodmen
Of the World has just completed a
very successful membership contest, at
the close of which it was announced
that the local organization now has
enrolled 545 members in good standing.
This makes the Woodmen the largest
fraternal society in the city. Prizes
were awarded those getting the most
members during the contest. William
Forbes stood at the head and was
presented $25 gold watch; A. H. May
received a 500 suit of clothes J. NJ.
Cochran a $15 iron bed; ]. C. Rust a
SO set Of dishes, while each of the
following gentlemen received a box of
cigars: D. E. Hartshorne, Frank Nj
osa, w. L. Peck, Joseph E. Lee and
Judge ]. Perry Wood.
Carpenters Attend Church
Members of Carpenters union No.
769 attended religious services tonight
at the First Baptist church. 1t was
on the invitation of the pastor, Rev.
Albert Hatcher Smith, who preached
very appropriate and practical sermon
for the occasion. The organization Is
in a very prosperous condition, with
membership of over 300. Tonight's
visit to church in body will be made
an annual affair.
Missing Man Found
]. Steve Ehret, the young consump-
tive whose disappearance was reported
to the police last evening, was dis
covered today at the Mary sanitarium
less than two blocks from his room
ing place. 1t appears that Ehret was
noticed on Friday night staggering
along the sidewalk near the sanitarium
and was given a place to rest in the
building, but he was so feeble that he
could not be moved later, neither
could he give directions as to where
he lived.
Pasadena Brevities
The Woman's Improvement club of
South Pasadena will hold its first
meeting on October 4, the general sub
ject for the discussion being 'Vaca-
tions." Papers on this topic will be
read by Mrs. Arthur Walker and Miss
Mary Beery. 1t is likely that the club
will be able to hold its meetings regu-
larly hereafter in the basement of the
Methodist church.
City Attorney Fitzgerald does not
oppose the proposed test salary case
to determine the legality Of his ruling
that salaries may not be raised during
the term of office where there is no
specified term. But he intimates that
should the supreme court support his
decision a suit may be begun by the
city against present and past city en-