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Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
First weddlno Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Stockbridge
Of 2022 Pennsylvania avenue, Boyle
Heights, celebrated their first marriage
anniversary Friday evening. The
house was prettily decorated with sweet
peas and pansies. Maple sugar, direct
from Vermont, was made into syrup
and candied on ice. A gay time was
enjoyed. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Packard, Mrs. May Read,
Misses Mable Mcclure, Daisey Huck-
ins, Ethel and Grace Packard, Warren
De Sosa and DIR. L. M. Packard.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04

Prominent in the social life of the
University of Southern California are
the young women of the Entire Nous
club, who are planning as their next
social event a banquet to be given
Saturday evening, June 10, at Hotel
Pepper. 1t is a social club, though
many Of the members are national
sorority girls. 1t was organized in the
fall of 1898, the charter members being
Pennel, Mrs. Helen wellington, Mrs.
Robert Fisher and Miss Helen Haase.
The alumni has grown into a strong
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
Informal Luncheon

Mrs. L. C. Tyler of s34 West Thirty
eighth street gave an informal lunch
con last Thursday in honor of Miss
Louise kirkpatrick of Kalamazoo,
Mich. The invited guests were Mrs. G.
NJ. Griffin, Mrs. c. M. Staub, Mrs. G..
w. Gordon, Mrs. H. 1. Seward and Mrs.
Eugene B. Root Miss kirkpatrick has
invested in Washington street property
and expects some day to make Los An
geles her home.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04

will wear the bishops colors in corsage
bouquets.
Bishop Conaty will be present and it
is expected a large number of the
clergy will be in attendance.
The invitations have been limited to
five hundred, and cards of admission
have been issued. The women of the
receiving party will all be elaborately
gowned, which will add brilliancy to
the beautiful scene.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
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Mrs. Maynard Beckwith. Mrs. Frank
Wellington, Mrs. Arthur Campbell
Macnab, Mrs. William Morehouse, Mrs
Charles L. Black jr., Miss Helen
Muncy, Clara Terrass, Bertha Green,
Sade Scovel, Mary Reeves, Martha Gay,
Marie Widney, Grace Elliott, Grace
Enyeart, Ethel Hardy, Klara Pennel,
Frances Kerr, Bertha Rose, Jess Wood,
Winifred Healy, Ella Packard, Claire
Waltz, Helen Haase, Eugenia Mont
gomery, Katherine Speicher, Eleanor
Carey, Carrie May Warden, Hazel
Bunker, Pearl Downer, Minnie CASTOR,
May Rider and Effie Edwards.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
For Bride=to=Be

A dinner was given Friday evening
at the home of Mrs. Johnston, 1861
West Twenty second street, in honor OF
Miss Olive Florence Salmon's approach
ing marriage. The table was beauti-
fully decorated with sweet peas and
smilax. Covers were laid for Misses
Irna Snediker, Florence Fitch, Con-
stance Johnston, Clara Salmon, Ruth
Holdman, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs.
Rowan, Mrs. Salmon, Clifford Salmon,
Robert Henderson, Chester Dexter,
William Johnston and William Pollak.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04

body of young women, many of them
having taken their degrees from other
colleges besides the University of Cali
fornia. In scholarship as we'll as in
social life the girls take a leading part
and three of their number, Misses
Bertha Rose, Helen Haase and Mamie
the highest honors in scholarship dur
ing the entire four years course. There
are nine members now in college but
covers will be laid at the banquet for
all the members who are in Los An
geles. The list includes Mrs. A. Hora-
ito Cogswell, Mrs. Robert ]. Fisher,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
Hostess at Teas

Two delightful affairs Of Friday and
Saturday were the afternoon teas at
which Mrs. Samuel Fowler Boutwell,
was hostess. Yesterdy afternoon Mrs.
Boutwell, was assisted in receiving by
Mrs. Walter Lindley, Mrs. j. E. Coffin,
Mrs. Spencer Narragang, Mrs. Philip
Kitchin Mrs. George Beck, Miss Ida
Lindley, Miss Mary Haynes and Miss
Lucy Sinsabaugh, and women who pre-
sided at the punch bowls were Mrs.
willard Goodwin, Miss Mary Lindley
and Miss Gallup of Denver.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
Birthday Party

Mrs. ]. S. Murrill of 1923 East Second
street assisted by her daughters enter
tanned Friday afternoon in honor Of
Master Homer's tenth birthday. The
house was beautifully decorated after
games, refreshments were served.
Twenty-six little folks were enter
tanned
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
Trolley Party

Mrs. ]. w. Fowler of Oakland was
guest of honor at a trolley party given
yesterday by Mrs. E. H. Adams of 95S
Bush street. The party, which spent
the hours at Laurel canyon, included
Mesdames F. H. Crumbley, Charles
Long of Pasadena, j. II. Jamison, r. C.
owens j. H. Skanks, E. B. Holland E.
B. Teasdale w. NJ. Fowler, M. L. Pat
ton, George Lewis, G. B. Lewis, w. E.
Reid, M. NJ. Wren.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04

canopy of pink carnations and aspara-
gus ferns, and the other blossoms used
in. this room were also in pink. Sweet
peas and roses were used in the dining
room, where refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. West have gone to Cata-
lima for a wedding trip and will be at
home to their friends at 6176 Mesa
street after June Is.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
To Give Box Party

Earl Anthony and Fred Phelps will
entertain Tuesday evening with box
party at the Belasco theater in honor
of Miss Leila Simonds and Warren
Carhart, whose engagement was an
nounced recently at a house party at
Bolsa Chica, given by Mr.. and Mrs.
John Van Geason Posey.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
School Girls, Erolic

The students of the Westlake School
for Girls had a pleasant afternoon at
the school Friday. A program was
given, the following taking part:
Misses Julia Hayward, Mary Burton,
Ruth Trafton, Mildred Firth, jose
phine Martin, Mary Gosewisch, Mita
Scott, Josaya Foley, June Keese The
girls of the primary department took
part in the May pole drill.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
Study circle Entertained

Members OF the Child Study circle of
the Highland Park school were enter
tained Friday evening by Mrs. w. G.
Blewett of Avenue 81. A physical cul-
ture drill was an interesting feature of
the evenings entertainment. About
seventy-five guests were present.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04

ternoon closed with games on the
lawn and singing Of class songs.
The intermediate class was enter
tained by Miss Bernice Marcher at her
home on Maple avenue, with a moon
light frolic. A bonfire was kindled on
the lawn where meat was roasted, after
which supper was served and the frolic
ended with merry games and class
songs
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
Married at Hotel

A pretty wedding took place Thursday
evening, June l. at the Grand Pacific
hotel, when Miss Rose Syvertsen,
youngest daughter of Mrs. A. Syvert-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05
THE GRAFTERS
(copyrigh,. 1904. BY The bbs.Msrrll Company
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Kent felt in his pocket.
II have no cigar"
She looked past him to the ham,
mock "Penelope!" she called softly;
and when there was no response she
went to spread the hammock rug over
her sister.
"You may smoke your pipe" she
said; and when she had passed behind
him to her chair she made another
concession: LET me fill 1t for you
you used to-"
lie gave her the pipe and tobacco,
and by a curious contradiction Of terms
began to wonder II he ought not to 60.
Notwithstanding his frank defiance
Of Brookes Ormsby, and his declara-
tion of intention In the sentimental
affair. he had his own notions about
the sanctity of a betrothal. Mrs.
Brentwood had vanished, and Penelope
was asleep in the hammock. Could
he trust himself to be decently loyal
to Ormsby IL he should stay? Nice
questions of conscience had not
troubled him much of late; but this
was new ground-or II not new, 80
OLD that it had the effect Of being
new.
He let the question go unanswered
and stayed. But he was minded to
fling the biggest barrier he could lay
hands on in the way of possible dis
loyalty by saying good things of Orms-
by.
Il owe you much for my acquaint-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05
TO BE CONTINUED.

THE ABUSE OF SALT.-How. easy II
Is to get too much of a good thing!
Salt, one Of the most absolute neces-
stiles Of life when taken In small
quantities, may by incessant injudi-
cious use become a violent poison
Before the German sailors were en-
forced by law to eat sauerkraut once
day to counteract the effect Of salt
foods the death rate among them was
enormous.
An anedote Is told of an Indian
medicine man who experimental with
salt upon his wife. From the day OF
their wedding he allowed her to eat
nothing but salt meat and highly salt
ed vegetables, while he ate a great
deal Of pepper. Before the year was
out his wife pined and died. while he
was still enjoying the best Of health
Little daunted at what might be
coincidence. he married again and con-
tinued the salt experiment on squaw
No. 2. When she died. after a cores
ponding length Of time. he was con-
vinced that highly salted food was not
a healthful diet. Continuing the use
of pepper, he lived to be the Oldest
man Of the tribe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05

NERVE OF WOUNDED SOLDIER
One day an army surgeon was dress
ing the wound of a soldier who had
been shot in the neck near the carotid
artery.
Suddenly the bloodvessel gave way
and Just as quickly the surgeon thrust
his finger into the hole to stop the
flow.
Doctor" said the soldier, what
does that mean?"
1T means DEATH" said the surgeon
calmly.
How long can l live?" asked the
soldier, whose mind was perfectly
clear.
Until I remove my finger" said the
doctor.
The soldier asked for pen and paper
wrote his will and an affectionate let
ter to his wife, and when the last
thing was done said quietly:
Let it CO."
The surgeon withdrew his finger
the blood rushed out, and In Few
moments the man was dead
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05

Brentwood porch saw to 1t that he
walked upon the strip Of mating In
the tile-paved corridor and SO made
his approach noiseless. Also. II the
same silent monitor bade him stop
short Of the governors office: at the
door, namely, Of the public anteroom,
which stood ajar?
A low murmur of voices came from
beyond, and for a moment he paused
listening. Then he boldly went with
in, crossing the anteroom and standing
fairly in the broad beam Of light pour
ing through the open door Of COM
munication with the private office.
Four men sat in low-toned confer
ence around the governors writing
table, and II any one Of them had
looked up the silent witness must
have been discovered. Kent marked
them down one by one: the governor;
Hendricks, the secretary Of state;
Rumford, the oil man; and Senator
Duvall. For five pregnant minutes
he stood looking on, almost within
arms reach OF the four; hearing dis
tinctly what was said; seeing the
papers which changed hands across the
table. Then he turned and went away,
noiselessly as he had come, the thick
piled carpet Of the anteroom muffiing
his footballs.
It was midnight when he reached his
quarters in the Clarendon and flung
himself full length upon the bed, sod
den with weariness. For two hours
he had tramped the deserted streets.
striving in sharp travail Of soul to
fit the invincible. chance-given weapon
to his hand. When he came in the
thing was done, and he slept the sleep
of an outworn laborer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05
Sailors Story Of Andaman Island Mar
riage.

The day was warm for March. The
sailor sat in an Ice cream saloon eat
ing ice cream and lady cake.
1.-The queerest marriage I ever seen'
miss" he said, was In the Andaman
Islands. But maybe you amt inter-
ested in marriages."
He laughed. as men always laugh
over his joke. and the pretty waitress
permitted herself to smile.
"The islanders in them Islands, he
said, "is dwarfs. Four feet, on the
average. Very fierce and ugly.
IF a young islander wants a girl
for his wife he asks her parents for
her. They never refuse. They take
the girl and hide her in the forest.
There the lad must find her before
morning. II he finds her she's his.
II he don't she amt.
"Of course, 1 don't need to tell you
that II the girl wants the young feller
she sees to 1t that he finds her all
right.
And vice versa.
Here is how the marriage ceremony
Is performed. The lad climbs up
slim young tree and the girl climbs
up another close to him. Her clothes
don't bother her in climbin'-clothes
never bother an Andaman islander.
WE'LL up they go, and as they near the
top their weight bends the slim trees
over toward each other prettily. The
trees bow and bend. and courtesy. and
finally the lads head touches the girls
from below a shout goes up, for the
head touching has done the business.
The ceremony Is finished. The young
folks troubles have begun.
Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05

uzuaHz1nE..I
ance with him." he said. when the
subject was fairly introduced. HE
has been making all kinds of good
friend to me, and he promises to be
more"
Isn't your debt to Penelope, rather
than to me?" she returned.
mo. think not. You are RESPONSE.
BILE, in the broader sense, at all events.
He did not come west for Penelope's
sake" Tt n he took the plunge:
MAY I know when it Is to be--or
am to wait for my bidding with the
other and more formally invited
guesrs?"
She laughed, low little laugh that
somehow grated upon his nerves.
you shall know-when know"
Forgive me-" he said quickly. But
from something Ormsby said"
'He should not have spoken Of It;
have given him no right" she said
coldly.
"You make me twice sorry: once II
I am trespasser, and again If have
unwittingly broken a confidence"
He rose and said goodnight, and was
halfway to the next corner before he
realized how inexcusably abrupt his
leave-taking had been.
When he did realize It, he was Of
two minds whether to go back or let
the apology excuse another call the
following evening. Then the insistent
prompting seized him again; and when
next he came to competent sense Of
things present he was standing oppo-
site the capitol building, staring fixed
ly up at pair of lighted windows in
the second story.
They were the windows of the gov
ernor's room; and David Kent's brain
cleared suddenly. In the earliest be-
ginnings of the determinate plan to
wrest the Trans-Western out of the
grasp Of the junto he had known that
1t must come finally to some desper-
ate duel with the master-spirit of the
ringsters. Was Jasper Bucks behind
those lighted windows-alone?
Kent had not meant to make the
open attack until he should have a
weapon in his hands which would arm
him to win. But now as he stood
looking up at the beckoning windows
mad desire to have it out once for
all with the robber-in-chief sent the
blood tingling to his finger-tips. True,
he had nothing as yet in the oil-field
conspiracy that the newspapers or the
public would accept as evidence of
fraud and corruption. But on the
other hand, Bucks was only man,
after ALL a man with a bucaneer' 8
record, and by consequence vulnerable
beneath the brazen armor of assur-
ance. If the attack were bold enough
Kent did not stop to argue it out.
When a mans blood is up the odds
against him shrink and become as
naught Two minutes later he was in
the upper corridor Of the capitol, strid-
ing swiftly to the door Of the lighted
room.
Recalling it afterward he wondered
II the occult prompting which had
dragged him out Of his chair on the
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ing the caller Win Penelope III tnS
hammock on one side Of him and
Elinor in a basket chair on the other.
Their talk had been Of the late muni-
cipal struggle, and Of Kent's part in
1t: and, like Miss Van Brock, Penelope
was applausive. But Elinor's congrat-
ulations were tempered with depreca-
tion.
"T am glad you won for the league.
of course; everybody must be glad OF
that" she said. But l hope the Ar
gus didn't report your speeches cor
rectly. If 1t did. you have made a
host Of bitter enemies"
What does q mana real man
care for that?" This from the depths
Of the hammock.
'T, at least. can afford to be care
less" said Kent. 81 am not running
for Office, and have nothing else to
lose, politically or otherwise"
Can any man say that truthfully?'
Elinor queried.
81 think can. l have given no hos
tageS to fortune.
But | think you owe it to yourself
to be more careful in your public ut
terances." she insisted. ''lf these
men on the other side are only hall
as unprincipled as your accusations
make them out to be, they would not
stop short of personal violence"
81 am not hunting clemency or per-
sonal immunity just now" laughed
Kent. "On the contrary, | am only
anxious to make the score as heavy
as possible. And so far from keeping
prudently In the background, I'll con-
fess that went into this franchise
fight chiefly to let the capitol gang
know who l am and where | stand
A sudden light came into Elinor':
eyes and burned there steadily. She
was of those who lay votive offerings
upon the shrine of manly courage.
"One part of me approves as much
as another part disapproves," she said
after a time. 81 suppose 1t isn't pos
sible to avoid making political enc
mics; but is 1t needful to turn them
into personal enemies?
He looked at her curiously.
"T am afraid I don't know any mid
die path. not being a politician" he
objected. "And as for the enmity oi
these men, shall count it an honor tc
win 1t. III do not win it. shall know
am not succeeding"
Silence for another little space. which
Miss Brentwood broke by saying:
Don't you want to smoke? You
may"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-05
CHAPTER XVII.
THE coNsPIRATORS.


II was chiefly due to Portals urgingt
that Kent took Ormsby into his con-
fidence when the campaign was fair
ly opened. She put it automatically
on the ground of charity to an exiled
millionaire, temporarily out Of job;
but her real reason went deeper
From its inception as one-man fight
against political chicanery in high
places, the criticism of Bucks formula
was beginning to shape itself in a re-
adjustment of party lines in the field
Of state politics; and Miss Van Brock
whose designs upon Kent's future ran
far in advance Of her admissions to
him, was anxiously casting about fol
a managerial promoter.
A little practice-play in municipal
politics made the need apparent. IT
came in the midst Of things. basins
itself upon the year-gone triumph OF
agrarianism in the state. In the up
heaval, the capital city had partici-
pated to the extent Of electlng ma
jority of the aldermen on the Bucks
party ticket; and before long 1t de-
veloped that a majority of this al
dernanic majority could be counted
among the spoilsmen-was in fact q
creature for the larger ring.
Late in the summer an ordinance
was proposed by the terms OF which
q single corporation was to be given
a franchise granting a complete mo-
nopoly Of the streets for gas and water
mains and transit rights Of way.
Thereupon a bitter struggle ensued.
Party lines were obliterated, and men
who Stunned the primaries and other
wise shirked their political duties
raised the cry Of corruption. and a
civic league was formed to fight the
ring.
In this struggle, as giving him the
chance to front the enemy in fair
field, David Kent flung himself with
all the ardor of born fighter. Mass
meetings were held, with Kent as
spokesman for the league, and the
outcome was decency triumph which
brought Kent's name into grateful
public prominence. Hildreth played
an able second, and by the time the
obnoxious ordinance had been safely
tabled, Kent had a semi-political fol-
lowing which was all his own. Men
who had hitherto known him only as
a corporation lawyer began to prophe-
sy large things Of this fiery young ad-
yocate, whose arguments were sound
and convincing as his invective was
keen and merciless.
Figuratively speaking, Portia stood
in the wings and applauded. Also,
she saw that her protege had reached
the point where he needed grooming
for whatever race lay before him.
Hence her urgings, which made a tri-
umvirate out of the council Of two.
with Brookes Ormsby as the third
member.
Cañon City record., 1905-11-23
w. A. Sunday.

w. A. Sunday.
Rev. w. A. Sunday the noted evan
gelist who spent month here in the
spring says: Il have Travelled
throughout the United States Visit
ed many OF the most famous cities
and towns. but l never visited
place I like better than Canon City.
For scenic beauty and health resort
for weak lunged and worn out peo-
pie it has no superior. Its beautiful
homes, spacious lawns, and thou
sands of fruit trees make it the Eden
of the West"
Hon. Geo. L. Dobson.
Hon. Geo. L. Dobson formerly
Secretary of State of Iowa and at
present United States Consul to
Hong Chow China says: Canon
City is superior to anything that can
be found in Oregon or California for
climate and resources. The produc-
tiveness of your fields and orchards
is perpetual marvel and the emil
grant looking for a home need seek
no farther.
Gen. S. K Hooper.
Gen. S. X. Hooper, General Pas
senger Agent of the Denver & Rio
Grande writes Mr.. Hardy: Il am
glad that the various interests at
Canon City have taken in hand the
matter of advertising that city as a
winter resort point. have always
felt and believed that there was no
town in the state where the climate
was more suitable FOR winter resi-
denee than Canon City"
Col. w. H. Moore.
Col. w. H. Moore, President of the
National Good Roads Association
said Il have travelled all over the
United States and have visited all the
crack fruit sections in the country
but have never seen the like of this.
l have never seen so much fruit of
such fine quality as you have at Canon
City"
Cañon City record., 1905-11-23
Y COLORADO RECORD

more the playground for the entire
republic. You will see this the real
Switzerland OF America and made as
much of holiday place as Switzer-
land is in Europe
Prof. Lowe.
Prof. Lowe, of the U. s. Geologi-
cal survey says: "Of all the miner
al springs of the West, which ! have
ansiyzed ! find those of Canon City
the best.
Senator Lodge.
When in Canon City a few years
ago, Senator Lodge OF Massachusetts
said: This town reminds me more
of home than any place we have
stopped since we started West. Your
broad, well kept shaded streets and
comfortable homes r>mind ne of
New England"
Nelson Morris.
Nelson Morris the noted packer.
after spending few weeks in Col
orado says: This should become
one OF the greatest hog-producing
states OF the country. Sugar beets.
Geld peas and alfalfa make an ideal
ration and with the climate Colorado
hogs should be as popular as Colo
RADIO lambs"
Secretary Wilson.
Hon. James L. Wilson, Secretary Of
Agriculture in President Roosevelt's
cabinet spent . few days in Canon
City last year and was keenly inter-
ested in the fruit sections. He said