Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-11
PASADENA BOYS
invoke THE LAW
COMPLAIN TO POLICE ABOUT
LONG HOURS
Hatfield Predicts More Rain and
Hopes to Increase the Los An
geles Record to Twenty
One Inches
Pasadena Agency,
i14 East Colorado street,


PASADENA. April 10.-The messen-
ger boys of the American District Tele-
graph company have been reading the
papers and have found out that the new
labor laws will be operative by April
Fl. This morning a half dozen of them
went in a body to the police station to
ask Capt. Austin about 1t all and COM
planned that they were working four
teen hours day. They were referred
to Humane officer DeBiron, who told
them in detail of the new laws regulat-
ing the hours for children's work. He
further told them that after April II
the Humane society would watch very
carefully to see that the law was prop
erly enforced. AS most of the messen-
ger boys are of school age, between IL
and IA. they will have to get permit
to work.
Rainmaker Charles Hatfield has again
begun making demonstrations with his
chemicals and now predicts more rain
for tonight or in the morning. About
Esperanza and the chemical tower there
was considerable sprinkle of rain this
afternoon, and even as far down as the
city there was a light shower. Hatfield
says he fully expects about an inch of
rain during the remainder of this week.
but it will be a general rain for the
whole territory south of Point Concep-
cion. He now expects to remain at
Altadena until at least the first of May
when he will go east. Before that time
he hopes to increase his 1922 inches Of
rain in Los Angeles to .21, and will then
collect his money.
Over 300 little folks belonging to the
Pasadena kindergartens will celebrate
on Friday morning the birthday Of
Frederick Froebe, the founder of the
popular system of early education
The exercises will be in Library park,
the use of which was granted by the
mayor and city commissioners this af-
ternoon.
After much discussion as to the
proper name for the new school build
ing, which is to be erected this sum-
mer on the corner of Ashtabula street
and Madison avenue, Madison" has
been decided on. At the meeting to-
night Judge Waldo M. York read an
interesting paper upon "Civic Patrio
tism'' and a general discussion fol-
lowed
Valuable Watches Stolen
At Throop, Saturday, two of the
boys, Arthur Gabriel and Will Crow
ley, while taking a shower bath had
their watches, gold cuff buttons and
some athletic medals stolen from the
dressing rooms. The value of the
watches is close to $100 and one is
specially cherished for it's associations.
After several weeks delay, Rev. c.
H. Hobart former pastor of the First
Baptist church of this place, has de-
cided to accept the urgent call to the
pastorate of the Calvary Baptist church
in Oakland.
At the McNally place in Altadena
there is now most remarkable show
ing of fine hyacinths, over ten thousand
of the bulbs being in flower. For
years the McNallys have been espec-
tally fond of the fragrant blossoms, |
and have sent for rare bulbs until the
collection is one of the largest and
finest in Southern California.
So many dogs have been poisoned in
the past few weeks that the reward
offered by the humane society has been
raised from $1OO to $3.50 in the hope of
securing the culprit. The police are
now trying to trace the poisoner by
means of the purchase of the strych-
nine.