Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-17
COUNTY TREASURY PROFITS
BY VACANT JUDGESHlP
PAsADENA'S COMING PICNIC
City Council Goes After Annual Budget
Tomorrow-Los Angeles Coll
ored Man Contributes Ten
Dollar Fine
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

PASADENA, Aug 16.-Poltce Judge
Congdon's sensational resignation of
yesterday is still the talk of the town.
Incidentally It places the affairs Of the
city in a peculiar position. For the
time being there is no official before
whom city cases may be tried. There
must either be no such cases, offenders
must have their hearings postponed or
II 1t be possible their cases must be
made county cases and heard before
q justice of the peace. One lonely
drunk and disorderly showed up this
morning. 1t was made county case,
Justice of the Peace Congdon assessed
q fine of ten dollars and the money
goes to enrich the county's Golfers in
stead of those of the city as has been
customary. Everyone is guessing as
point, but the mayor keeps on saving
wood and saying nothing. When the
council gets together tomorrow 1t is
pretty certain that the new police
Judge will be named. The Office yields
a meager fifty dollars month, but it
is really very important place, need
ing a good man.
Since relinquishing the Office yester-
day Justice Congdon has been quite
outspoken as to the reasons for his
resignation, even more so than he was
in the paper he sent to the city coun-
ell. Referring to the conversation had
with Mayor Waterhouse last week rel
ative to the evidence in the Dickey
case he says:
Mayor Waterhouse remarked in sub
stance that 1t was no use trying to
convict criminals when all the evi-
dence against them is ruled out Then
turning to me the mayor said: 1t
doesn't make any difference what you
do in regard to this matter, shall see
that Dickey is sent up. 1 want you to
distinctly understand that, nothwith-
standing anything you do, shall never
let up on Dickey until he is behind the
bars The position of police Judge of
Pasadena is too small a job to tempt
any man Of principle to juggle with his
conscience. OF course 1 resigned"
Picnic at Venice August "a
Chairman c. D. Sargent of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the Pasa-
dena picnic to be held at Venice on
Thursday, August "a, is ready to an
nounce the completion of his prelim-
mary work, Two special trains over
the Southern Pacific will leave this
city for Venice at and $3.50 a. M, the
round trip fare to be sixty cents for
adults, children one-half fare. Every
indication points to a record breaking
crowd. At Venice there will be the
best of music, a burlesque ball game a
vaudeville performance in the amphi-
theater by Pasadena talent, long pro-
gram of sports, illumination of the city
and lagoon, the whole coming to an end
at $3.50 p. m, special trains leaving on
the return to Pasadena at S:45 The
committee announces that there will
be free ice cream and free coffee for
everybody who goes and everything
possible for a day of unalloyed enjoy
ment will be provided for. Mayor
Waterhouse has issued a proclamation
declaring the day doliday and modern
Venice is going to see a gala crowd
which will take it by storm.
VIII Cut Down Budget
In view Of the fact that the city
council meets tomorrow for the express
purpose of making up the budget, the
members Of the school board went on
a campaign of instruction yesterday
and today to convince the councilmen
that the amount of money it requests
for the coming years expenses is ac-
tually needed. The board has asked
for the sum of $4,000, apportioned as
follows: High school, teachers sal
aries, $21,7SO; Janitors, $216O; supplies
and repairs $166O; kindergartens, teach
ers' salaries, $3.50; janitors $3.50; sup
plies and repairs, $1270; for instituting
manual training in the schools, $4,000.
The councilmen think that in several
Instances the estimate of expenses must
be cut down in order to get the final
budget estimate within the tax limit.
and 1t is limited that the school board
will be one of those required to get
along with less than they ask for.
Jag Cost Him Ten
William Van Blevins, colored. hail
ing from Los Angeles, was at the DO
lice station this morning with the rem
nants Of a good-sized Jag" which
made him too noisy for the neighbor-
hood. He begged to be taken to his
father in Los Angeles, then broke down
and wept bitterly over the fact that
he was only a poor lonely orphan,
which fact he insisted should make the
court lenient with him. It cost
him $40.
A messenger was dispatched to Los
Angeles this afternoon to carry to En-
gineer George Luce the money which
has been raised in this city for his
benefit. In addition to the $3.50 re-
ferred to in this correspondence last
night as the proceeds of the benefit
performance at the Southwestern the