Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-04

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great Odds" This was the statemen
heard on every side yesterday where
business and professional men gather
ed. 1t was heard on the streets, II
cars, and indeed, everywhere.
The edition had been advertised ex
tensively and the people were expect
ing something good and big, but al
usual The Herald surprised them by
giving them something which they hac
never before seen, something worthy
of the city of Los Angeles, for the bes
interests of which The Herald has sc
long fought
This is what business men and poll
ticians of all classes declared yester-
day, and they ought to know, for, as
one well known business man remarked
when all classes are satisfied with
product, that product must be as
near perfection as it is possible to get
In this world.
"As an advertising investment, both
for the individual advertiser and the
.
tion of The Herald was the best pos
sible investment. Good for The Her
aid. The people of the city naturally
look to The Herald for such work, and
The Herald never disappoints them. u
This mornings edition of The Her
aid was simply perfect; it was mag
nificent," These are a few of the SEN
timents expressed by we'll known busi-
ness men yesterday. In every case
the praise was unstinted. spontaneous.
"Uncle Billy" Pleased
"Today's edition of The Herald was
a success in every way, and it's his
tory of the past and predictions fol
the future are indisputable," declared
Uncle Billy" Workman. city treas
urer one of the citys pioneers, yester-
day.
Il have had the privilege of seeing
Los Angeles grow from a sleepy Mexi-
can pueblo until it has become the
metropolis of the southwest and one of
the great cities of our great and be-
loved country. 1 did not always hav1
the faith in Los Angeles that I now
have, but no man who has lived
through the triumphs of the past can
or will dispute the forecasts made by
The Herald this morning.
when l first came to Los Angeles
it was scarcely more than a village.
In 1861, when the war broke out be.
tween the states was here in Los An
geles, but how little 1 dreamed of
what the pueblo was to become.
with the Owens river water as a
tangible asset to the city of Los An
geles 1 consider that it's growth as a
city and the metropolis of the south
west is unlimited. We have started
on a meteoric career in our municipal
growth, whose zenith has not been cal
culated by our most far sighted busi-
ness men,
"Out of Sight"
Robert Marsh of Robert Marsh &
Co.. the well known real estate firm,
with offices in the Hellman building,
said regarding the edition, "Out of
sight-a great edition, the best busi-
ness writeup and illustration L have
seen yet, touching upon everything
that is of interest to Los Angeles and
Southern California. The Herald is
always at the front. Today's edition
was especially newsy.
II have great faith in Los Angeles.
What The Herald forecasted today is
bound to be realized. 1 have watched
Los Angeles grow and expect to see it
grow with much greater rapidity in
the future.
with a water supply sufficient for
the needs of a city of two million
guaranteed Los Angeles and the
country adjacent to it should go to
the fore with even greater bounds than
has marked its progress in the past.
Good for The Herald and for Los An
geles."
G. A. Smith, councilman of the fifth
ward and chairman of the finance
committee, who has not only watched
Los Angeles grow but has had an ac-
tive part in that development declared
yesterday:
Finest Yet Produced
"Todays Herald was the finest pro-
duction in every respect of any edi-
tion of it's kind that I have ever read.
1T is not only a credit to the paper
and its able staff but great credit as
well to the city of Los Angeles. 1t
took me twelve hours to read it, but I
devoured every paragraph with the
greatest of interest.
"I have lived in Los Angeles many