Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-12
CROWN CITY HAS
ITS CANDIDATES
SUPERVISORS DEATH AR0USES
POLITICIANS
Rainmaker Hatfield Seeks Committee
of Sclentists-Elks to Visit
Denver With Special
Train
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone, Nam 1903.

PASADENA, Nov. 11.-Local poll
ticians are doing considerable figuring
as to the probable successor Of the late
Supervisor o. w. Longdon and there IS
a manifest desire that a Pasadena man
or man who is warm friend of the
Crown City secure the appointment
when the governor makes it. 1t Is
understood that C. c. Brown, former
city superintendent of streets, has the
supervisoral bee in his bonnet. He has
a considerable following in the city, in
spite of his wordy contest with the
present city administration over sewer
matters and would make a capable
official Frank P. Boynton was a can
didate two years ago and may be in
duced to seek the appointment.
There is an idea among some of the
leaders that it will not be wise to urge
a Pasadena resident for the place, that
the county generally Is better pleased
with a man who does not live in the
cities. Postmaster Wood and John
Mcdonald are said to favor Lamanda
Park man for this reason, and will
back C. D. Manning of that enterpris-
ing eastern suburb. Manning is known
to be a sturdy friend of Pasadena and
its interests in addition to being a very
capable man and popular one. 1t is
expected that his name will go to the
gov ernor with strong backing.
The death of Supervisor Longdon is
deeply deplored in this city, where he
hid a host of warm personal friends.
There will be a great outpouring of
Pasadena people at the funeral tomor-
row afternoon at San Gabriel. The
Elks, of which he was a member, will
go in body and the local knights of
1t. a1.,.Nk
will be out in force All will unite in
paying tribute to the memory of this
sterling citizen.
Rainmaker Proposes Test
Charles M. Hatfield, the rainmaker,
was in the city today on business. He
is very positive in reiterating his state
ment that he will not accept the $1,000
said to have been offered him If he will
guarantee over eighteen inches of rain
fall this winter throughout this dis
trict, and says that he wants the people
who doubt his ability as a rainmaker
to get along this season without him in
order to see just how much rain there
will be. He suggests that Congress-
man McLachlan appoint a committee
of three scientific men, one from the
Throop faculty, for instance, and one
from each of two other educational in
stitutions, who will investigate his
methods of bringing hahn. If this COM
mittee says at the end of the test that
he has not influenced the rainfall he
will forfeit the money which may be
promised him for the rain. IT am going
to wait until there is drought or
until there is a general call for me to
make the tests again." was the con-
Guiding reminder of the rain wizard.
Chairman F. S. Allen, who has been
making arrangements for the proposed
pilgrimage of local Elks to Denver at
the time of the national convention,
states that he has engaged a special
train of seven cars, every car to be
brand new, just out of the shops. and
that this special train will leave Pasa-
dena over the Southern Pacific July 12.
One hundred Elks, accompanied by
their wives will make up the party.
The night before leaving there will
be a public reception and banquet in
Elks' temple in the west. Denver will
the train starts on its journey. At
Monterey the party will visit the Del
Monte hotel. A visit to Lake Tahoe
viii next be made and at Reno the
party will be entertained i'm the finest
lslks temple in the west. Denver will
be reached on the 18th and here the
party will divide, many of them re-
turning after the convention by the
way of Yellowstone park. 1t is un-
derstood that this will be the first
special train of any size to leave Pasa-
dena.
Shakespeare Club
That the work of the new musical
section of the Shakespeare club Is
going to prove great addition to the
attractions of the organization, was
we'll proven this afternoon at the
musical given by members and friends
OF the section. The leading paper of
the program was by Miss Marie John
SON upon 1.-THE Old italian and Ger
man Schools Of Music" which COM
pared in an interesting way the diff