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Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
ASK REDUCTION ON TAXES
Theaters Seek to Have License Fees
Reduced

Application has been made to the
council for a reduction in the amount
OF licenses collected from theaters and
similar places OF amusement
The schedule suggested in the COM
munication is Sl5 month for places
charging admission amounting to not
over 26 cents; for places charging from
25 cents to 81. $50 month; for places
charging 81 or over sA5 month, The
admission charges referred to are the
maximum charges. The request was
referred TO the finance COMMITTEES.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT
TO DEFRAUD POOR FAMILY
Man Claiming to Be Retired English
Officer Forced to Make
Reparatjon

John Pryce, who claims to be re-
tired officer in the British army, was
summoned to appear before Deputy
District Attorney Fleming yesterday to
explain his connection with an alleged
badger game, involving the possession
of valuable house and lot at San
Pedro, belonging to John and Jane
Williams.
The williams family came to Califor-
mia recently from England, and invested
their money in a home at San Pedro.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. VIII
liams, they decided to leave San Pedro
and return to England. and in the
meantime they advertised their home
for sale.
According to Mrs. Williams statement
to the district attorney, Pryce made
known his desire to purchase the prop
erty, and requested her to prepare the
necessary papers for a conveyance OK
the property.
Mrs. williams declared that the deed
was drawn up in due FORM and that
she acted under Pryces Instructions
and visited him at his rooms in the
Koneta lodging house on South Broad
way.
While at his rooms, Mrs. Williams
says, Price forced her to give up the
possession of the deed, ana refused to
pay the purchase price.
lowing to his old age. I gave him
another chance said Deputy District
Attorney Fleming yesterday.
Price was given the option of re-
turning the deed within six minutes.
or subjecting himself to arrest. He
chose the first method.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
ARGUMENT IN THEATER CASE
Be Belasco-Burbank Suit Being Heard by
Pro Tempore Judge

The Belasco- Burbank imbrogho'
wherein the Belasco theater manage
ment seek to compel Oliver Morosco
OF the Burbank theater 10 perform the
conditions of certain written contracts
wherein he agreed to play the Florence
Roberts company and the White Whit
tlesey company at the Burbank thea
ter, was again aired before Pro Tenn
pore Judge Works yesterday in Judge
York's department of the superior
court
The entire day was taken up in read
ing the voluminous pleadings involved
in the case.
Attorney Frank G. Finlayson in be-
half of the Belasco management VIII
argue the merits of the case today, and
it is probable the case win be in prog
ress for several days.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
CO. rs ARE TOO FAST FOR
MERCANTILE B0WLERS
Though Left at the Post Mackenzie
Colts Come Home on the
Rit and Win

The Colts took slgmp in the first
game in the match with the Mercantile
team last night in the Southern Cali
fornla Bowling league, but All gave
them the whip and they pulled out at
the finish 1856 pins to the good
The play throughout was ordinary
and no especially large scores were
rolled, and the teams totaled only 26S0
to 2542 Clarke and Parks of the Mer-
cantiles had high average and game
respectively with 1876 and 21S. The
score.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
Rates 70 Dan Joaaula yalIsy

The southern Pacino Will have on sale
avery Tuesday. until further .lotice. round
trip tickets TO various points In the San
Joaquin valley. The rates are from Los An,
seles and are as follows: stcokten. Modesto
Sis.b0; MADEIRA, li2; Fresno or ILLS Sii;
HanfoTd, yisalia or Porterville. tiO,boi Tu-
allowed In either direction, These excep-
tionally low rates should be taken advan-
taae OF by all who wish 70 see one OF tho
great producing valleys OF California the
home OF all California fruits and othep
products OF the soil Full information a
6DrlnG street.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

FRATERNAL REAL, LOAN & INVEST
ment Co.. 447 S. Main ST., contractors and
Builders, will build you three-room Cali
fornia cottage for $500; four-room California
cottage for $500; fve-room California cottage.
with modern plumbing. $500: plastered for
$500 without plumbing or S1OO with plumb
ing other Buildings In proportion on in
stalments If desired. ROOM l. 2. 8 and 4.
Fraternal Bldg.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
1t will pay you to have ii. G. WOOD
WARD a. co. build n home on terms to
suit and you will get a square deal
Come and see our work. 62912 Broadway.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
DREssMAkINc

THIS is THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN
everybody is sacrificing. We make no ex-
ceptions. The following are our sacri-
fees, which will last this month only
Tailor made suits with your material from
$40, with our material $50. silk-lined.
everything made by expert men tailors; fit
guaranteed.
seq West Sixth. Corner Hope.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17

ANNUAL, MEETING OF sTocKHoLDERs-
'Notiee Is hereby given that the annual meet
Ing OF the stockholders Of Los Angeles Trust
comnany will be held at its office. In its bank
lns room, No. ii2 South Spring street. IN the
civ OF Los Angeles, state Of California, on
Thursday, the pineteepth day OF January 1905,
ins directors for the ensuing year, ana Tor the
transaction OF ouch other business as the
Siockholders may deem nseessary ana nnd
lawful 10. H. GROENENDYKE. Secretary
Los Angeles Trust COMPANY,
Dated al Los Angeles. California. Dec. 81.
1pAl
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
Annual Meetlnu

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders OF the Fidelity Savings and Loan
association will be held dat a. the office of the
ANGELES, California, on Thursday January
s6th, 1905. at o'clock In the afternoon,
for the purpose OF electing board OF dl-
reetors. and for the transaction OF such
other business may properly come before
the meeting. BY order
N"N @. q. BOYNToN. President
G. H. WADLBIGH. Secretary.
Ioa Angeles. California, January II, 1905.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

FOR sALE-NEw AND SECONDHAND
pianos. including such well-known makes
eteinway, Kranich & Bach, Estey. Emerson
and other high grades. We are also agents
Tor the CecilIan-s'the perfect piano player"
GEO. ]. BIRKEL CO..
St5-5H So. Spring sL
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
no CURE A o0LD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund The money II It fails to cure
Is. ". Groves signature Is on each box. zdc.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
PATENrs ANp PArENT RIGHTS

PIONEER PATENT AGENcYs e. cor
sP.ine aud sth Book on patents free nAz.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17

A company has recently been organized
distilling alcohol from peat. According to
It's process the company will be able to
distil alcohol cheaper from peat than It can
be obtained from any other substance, and
will, therefore, be able 10 sell its product
Tor fuel purposes II will also be In a POSI-
tion to do an export business
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
PALMIsTs ANp MEDIUMS
PERSONALS

WILL THE DRAFMAN WHO HAULED
Lizzie Forney's trunk to the train on the
Sd inst. from 11s East Seventh please no.
tify GRACE FORNEY at 1903 East Main
OF its whereabouts and collect pay for
same2
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17

BEAUTIFUL COLONIAL FLATS, STU
ATED AT SIXTEENTH AND FLOWER
STREETS. THREE CAR LINES PASS
THE DOOR. THE MOST MODERN. UP
To-DATE FLATS IN THE CITY. CON
TAIN INSTANTANEOUS ATERs,
LARGE BATHS. SUNNY ROOMS, SPA
CIoUs SCREEN PoRcHEs, AND EVERY
THING ABSOLUTELY NEW. RENT
BELUw THAT OF ANY OTHER SIN
AND sBvEN-Ro0M FLATS IN THE
CITY. THERE ARE on A FEW
LEFT. BEFORE RENTING ELSE
WHERE, THoROUGHLY INSPECT
THESE FLATS AND OBTAIN RATES AT
OUR OFFICE.
r. A. ROWAN q CO..
200 H. W. HELLMAN BUILDING.
TO LET--MoDERN FLATs-wATER FREE.
HIS :S rooms. rooms. 81 81 \. n fremont. fremont.
sllss-s rooms. sss sss s. Tigueros.
si5-4 rooms, go West First;
SIS to sso--S rooms 2ss N. Fremont, furnished,
SIS e sse.s rooms: as N: Fremont. furnished
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17

MONEY TO LOAN-ANY AMOUNT, SHORT
or lcng time, on furniture, pianos. diamonds,
live stock, etc. Strictly confidential, reliable
business house.
COLYEAR FURNITURE CO.,
322 S. Main Street.
Phones: Main I'LL; Home PISA.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17

STEAM. GASOLINE. ELEcTRIc-
sat-saa Main Phone Main tdA
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-17
UMBRELLAS AND GLOVE MAKERS

Pianos rented at low rates A. q. GARD
NER PIANO HOUSE. Ltd. ils Winston 81
Phone Riack 222h Home nhOne aah
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vernal is In itself the greatest possible
argument for newcomers to get into the
reservation. A valley Of the Ashley fork
Of the Green has been brought into high
state Of cultivation in a few years and
serves as an object lesson on what the
reservation valleys will become. Vernal
Is isolated from the rest Of the world. 1t Is
1873 to 40 miles from anywhere by tho
nearest route. All routes to 1t lead over
barren, desoate wastes OF mountains,
dry, even springlees.
Tho journey to 1t has been hard, firing,
exhausting. The trail Is over mountain
Gus deserts and there Is nothing whatever
to encourage the locator. But suddenly
tho scene changes. A great wide valley,
covering 10000 acres, hedged in with .
rim Of blue mountains, appears and there
ia to be found q community OF 5000 pros
porous people with town OF brick houses
and asphalt paved streets. 1t is here at
yernal that the Anal entries on the
reservation lands must be made. Regis
tration for the right to locate or draw.
ing may be made At Price. Provo, and
vernal In Utah and In Grand Junction,
Colorado, but after the registered ono
has been awarded his number Of right
to locate In rotation, he must journey
to tho United States land Office at Vernal
and make his homestead entry. He will
have time to hunt out the piece OF land no
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sznallsr tributaries have small valleys OF
and that ean readily &c ~sss.ed
and will b populated by the ranchmen,
whose farming will b confined to afew fruit
Trees, Q garden tract and largo b ~ stretches.
It h Strawberry Valley that tho Mormons
Of Utah most covet and 10 secure which
IN Organized effort IL planned.
An this means that some 100 beads OF
families ere 70 draw the prizes Of the reeer.
walton at the opening on Aug. %. These
i,ooo farms at the proportion obtaining
In the opened irrigated sections Of Utah
and Colorado will in q few years support
. population Of rs 900 through farming alone
and - the years 60 by and farms are cut
down this population will increase rapidly.
Tho ground requires no clearing. With
Tie building Of = ditch to supply the water
The response u prompt. Tho soil Is rich.
For ases It has been accommodating the ele-
uents that grow plants and the plants to
sxhsust Il would not grow because tho rain
ian y never moro than haA the amount
nesded.
These lands now being opened will IN q
wy few years advance In prioe from the
- IN aero which tho settler will pay the
novsrnrnsnt at tho end OF Eve years to q
vAlue Of 90 an acre. Not all tho apphcants
ere poor. In fact, the ma jority will DO men
and woman in reasonable financial con-
dition. There are expected to be $1,000
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wishes to locate, and this, II wise, he vii do
only after personal journey over the terra-
tory to select his tract.
Entry In tho rotation determined BY
drawing beginning at Provo, Utah, on Aus.
II, can be made for sixty days after the
drawing, and this time will permit every"
body who secures the right to hle time to
look up his location. Some, tho early num-
bers, possibly tho first so or 100, even the
first 500, will find ready buyers for their
rights at cash prices Of hundreds and even
thousands.
vernal IL tho storm center OF the rush.
It is q town Of some 1000 population, Of
limited hotel capacity and hard to got to.
but both these disadvantages are being
overcome Is we'll and a. rapidly a. pos
sible. The climate 10 . delight and there
il no hardship In spreading blanket on
the ground and sleeping out Of dooFs.
Tho food question is being solved BY many
tent restaurants. Many Of tho traveller
will have their own camp kits along ana
many will travel In their own conveyAnoes.
To-day there Is no railroad nearer than
forty miles to the reservation, but the
newly built Uintah railway from Mack. Col,
to It's present terminus Of Dragon, Utah,
while originally projected for hauling
gilsonite from the mines at Dragon, IL
planned to 60 on to other gilsonite mines
owned by the Same company at Fort Du.
chesne, on the reservation, and the settlers
will not long be without . railroad COM
munioating With the outside word.
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1.-THE LORDS TARGET."
How Maine FOLKS Explain N Oddly Named
Tfaot e Land.

Tract q Land.
BKppnoroN Ne, July IA 6ve thou.
sand sore tract lying partly in Beddington
and partly In Aurora has bono tho name
OF "the Lords Target for moro than loS
years. Tho term u not only applied by
tho residents but 1t appesrS On maps and
drawings and in deeds and highway de-
scriphous. On Kings map Of Hancock
county tho name IL changed 10 Gods
BullssyS.'
Tho local history Of the name traces II
back to Hate Evil Colson, . soldier Of the
Revolutionary War. who settled on the
Whales Back, steep watershed between
Union and Princeton Rivers. In tho spring
Of 1893. when refugees from ireland were
fooking into eastern Maine and taking up
farms, Colson showed them around and
helped them pick out wild lands. On
coming to the tract Colson saw that 1t wss
thicky strewn with stones and rocks.
The old soldier, who bad heen boastins
about the fertility OF the Maine soil. best
tated when asked II the area in sight vas .
''T .ie va. III. way" said col.en. when
the Lord created the world He had broken
rocks and stones enough leit over to fence
the people would be lazy and take to bad
ways II He did all the work for them, He
concluded to throw the rocks away. 80
He sat up all night and threw stones at
Beddington and Aurora, aiming At the
was good, Tor nearly all the stones hit CLOSE
about here. They viii be very handy for
fencing whom you have cleared up your
new farms and want to have pastures to
hold the cattle and sheep.
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readily traced several centdries further
back than those Of their dodgers who happen
70 have the money to rent tho rooms.
Tho independent attitude is not in the
least Questionable to most persons who
10 to these places. They admire the sturdy
Americanism that 1t represents. Others
who have passed their summers In Europe
or In places where foreign landlords and
landladies prevail sometimes object to this
point Of Wow.
Illustrative Of the extent in which tho
email industries are leaving the hands OF
the natives Is the appearance Of the pedlers
OF Indian goods this year. They are not
natives Of Long Island. They come. In
deed, from tho Ghetto and speak with Ito
unmistakable jargon Yet they are selling
the products OF the Indians who used to
be at homo In these places.
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would have been shocked at any imputation
that no had meant to b unbusinssslike.
Some OF ths liverymen press Into service
in tho summer time all the members OF their
family, In addition 70 the extra hsip they
hire. Thus the women Of the family often
act - coachmen In an emergency. Strangers
In the village arrive and find grayhaired
woman in Z EMnehcut waiting to drive them
TO their destination. II they are shy men.
they are likely to be somewhat embarrassed
at this singular kind Of Jehu. But the
woman soon puts these inexperienced per-
sons at their ease. She chats a,niably with
the stranger, and out Of this habit an almost
disastrous misunderstanding once arose at
Quogue.
A young woman spending her first SUM
mer there was visited every few weeks by
her husband. He was carried there by one
of these feminine drivers, and In tho course
OF events was seen on the street by his &C
auaintances In the village. Luckily. he had
few. But ono who came several times
through the town In an automobile from
Southampton always told about having
seen Mr.. I. driving with some LADY IN
Quosue who was not his wife. The story
was told 30 many times that by the time Il
reached the vito the woman was beautiful.
Young and even dashing In appearance.
There was electricity In the air until 1t was
discovered that the Long Island habit OF
women coachmen was at the bottom OF all
the trouble.
Even In the livery business they are not
enthusiastic In manner, although II supplies
one Of the most profitable sources OF income
Il IL customary, for instance. for some sort
of conversation like this to 60 on whenever
q rig IL to be ordered:
will you send down my horse In tho
runabout at 81 asks . summer visitor
who Is paying = high price for stab'ins
her .w zig; v.. Mia. Smith,. answer, tn.
woman member OF the family. TN speak
to nv husband about 1t. At . o'clock.
Yes, all right; we'll SO about Il.
She could not be more pstronising In
manner II she were keeping the horse and
RIG for nothing. But 1t vas not meant to DO
ANYTHING but polite. with . osrtain srnphasis
that city people were perhaps not al that
thew thought they were and had to DO kspt
in their places. even II they did supply al
Something Of this same attitude L sug-
rested BY tho demesnof Of the Landlords
who lot rooms. q well q the keeper Of The
boarding houses. They are. to b suro,
taking money for their rooms, but that
Is nothing to lower themselves In thAP
own opinion. They are oo-dwsllsrs n thdr
own houses with strangers In sv9y Espsce
their equals. Most Of these famahep hsvA
back Of them . genealoU which can -
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WAYS OF
LONG !.
ISLAND
NATIVES.

The Long Islander u not holding hiA own
q shopkeeper In the towns that arc given
over to the summer invaders from Now
York but the best Of tho hotels and board
ing houses are kept by natives Of tho VIZ
lagos. Only on tho north sade OF tho
Island and In . few Of the places nearest
to the city have the foreign born landlords
proved serious competitors OF the men
and women who were born and reared N
these towns and who have $eeu them grad
ually turn into summer resorts that arc
certain to be crowded during at least two
months Of the year.
In other commercial relations with the
summer visitors tho natives have bece
less successful. There u q steadily IN
creasing number Of foreigners In all these
island towns who can adapt themselves
much better to the point OF view OF per-
Sons who como from tho city. Take the
fruit stores. for instance. Once they were
all in the control Of men born on the island,
About five years ago italian names began
to appear on the shops; now the Italians
keep nearly all the stores.
. It is easy to understand why.
why haven't you got your fruit etore'
soheu u SlblVOT W Ouo "a VIZ A$Sh1o $4,000
towns who was surprised to find that the
name Of a son OF Italy had taken the plaoe
Of this descendant Of the early settlers.
'Oh, It was too much trouble. he
answered. There was too much kicking
all the time. Once the fruit was too green
and then 1t was too ripe. Ioouldn't listsc
to that all day from these people.
There was some inquiry a. to what thu
state Of the fruit usually was.
Perhaps it was one way or tho Other
every once In q while. was the answer. But
couldn't stand all that complaining. 30
! sold out TO the Dago, who doesn't mind
how much they call him down.
In the same way the shops for oil smaller
wares are going gradually into the control
OF Others who don't hind giving the sort
Of attention that persons expect. It Il
not suited to the genius Of these Long
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islanders to be other than themselves oven
70 make living.
There arc some branches Of industry that
they sill control absolutely. They have the
livery md all mechanical work. II 1t
ANYTHING connected with . bicycle or an
automobile, for instance, only tho natives
are able 10 supply It. One day last week
An applicant for wheel went to the Target
shop In tho village. Tho youthful pro-
prietor was seated at bis desk.
.I'd Ike . wheel II you have one that
would at me- said the stranger. who had
never seen the proprietor before.
He kept his eyes hxed on bottle OF
patent medicine that stood before him.
The visitor repeated his question. There
was no answer.
Suppose that medicines any goods'
he asked lifting up the bottle IT'S Tor
rheumatism. IL 1t al rightf'
The visitor was compelled to admit that
he could not tall. Got rheumatism terribly
In my left arm. he went on. and this did
mo a lot Of good last year. Drummer
from Jersey City gave It to me. What |
mean -, do you think It's any good after a
yeari'
There was no reference to the wheel.
Il guess III try it, anyhow. You wanted
a Wheel Hero he lifted himself up and
crsnsd his neck over the top Of the desk
to look over the shop. Say, amt this
wonderful rubber for dresi Can't eear It,
Only got that sample last night.
T., Then tho subject Of tho bicycle was
finally reached. Any person unaoqusinted
with the Long Island way Of doing business
would never have waited to get down to
cases with . person 20 much Interested In
other matters. He was not intending to bc
anything but polite in bis own way. He was
concerned about his rheumatism. however,
and he wanted to talk about the medicine
TO the first person that came along. Then
there was not much use In resenting his
apparent indifference. He had the only
doesn't wheels in the town, and to leave his
shop was to 60 without one. Besides. he
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NOT GROWING OLD.
Comfort for Man when Littlo Climbing
I Had Made Tired.

Comfort fer Man when Littlo Climbing
: Had Mado Tired.
whats tho matter With mei Am I
growing old7' soliloQuized . mon - be
stepped clear Of the top step OF night OF
stairs that no had just ascended.
.What's tho troubled asked . man In
whose presence the soliloquiser spoke.
why. climbing those stairs !ust tires
mo ali out; and II never used TO-
Live In an apartrnent''
yep
'Elevetor3'
Yep
well, that's all that's the matter with
YOU. and there's thousands Of men In New
York just like you. You don't walk UP
and down stairs any moro and 90 you've
lei your climbing muscles get out Of trim,
and when you do come to climb . pair q
stairs II makes you tired: That's all.
You're not growing old. Go back 70 Z
house without an elevator and live on the
fourth floor or higher. and In two weeks
you'll be feeling as young a. ever