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Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
FLOODED;
TRAINS DELAYED
RAILROADS SUSTAIN DAMAGE
BY RAIN
For Twenty-Four Hours Los Angeles
Is Shut of From Communica-
ton With Friends East
and North

From 2 O'Clock Friday morning un-
til o'clock Saturday afternoon, Los
Angeles was practically without rail-
road communication with the north and
east, due to the heavy washouts on
the different roads.
On the Southern Pacific the northern
outlet was open for traffic early Sat
urday afternoon but the break at El
Casco was not made safe for the pass
age of trains until o'clock.
At that point the road bed was
washed out for distance of one hun
Ared feet through which the White
Water river ran thirty feet deep. Three
construction crews from Los Angeles
and one from Indio have been at work
for the past two days repairing the
breach. The continuance of the rains,
however, made work impossible and
several temporary structures on piles
were washed away.
Five passenger trains loaded with
tourists were held at Beaumont until
the way was made safe and then the
three trains which were made up to
carry passengers TO Los Angeles for a
large part of the distance travelled not
faster than six miles an hour.
The first train arrived here at $3.50
o'clock last night and was followed
shortly afterward by the other two.
From Beaumont part of the passen-
ger equipment was turned back east
in order to avoid a congestion of cars
at this point.
The first train over the Southern Pa
cihc to leave Los Angeles was the
Golden state Limited which pulled out
OF the Arcade station at $3.50 o'clock
last night. Following II at intervals
Of ten minutes No. s and No. 10 were
started east.
Washout at Burbank
on the Southern Pacific north OF
here the worst damage to track AMI
eoad he'd occurred between Sepulveda
and Burbank, where washouts have oc-
cured i'm the same place for three days
in succession.
At 11:2O o'clock Friday night freight
train passed over the place In safety
but ten minutes after II had crossed,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
An Apology

We take this method OF apoogizing TO our
friends for our Inability to furnish them with
their sunday supply OF Butter Nut Bread.
From now on there Will be no trouble 10 fur
nish ali you want. Insist your grocer
getting Il Tor you.-The Meek Baking Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
Bo-PEEP GIRLS MAKE ESCAPE
Escorts Of Chorus Members Are Ar
rested and Fined

Three daintily gowned little actresses
of the "Mother Goose" theatrical COM
pany were found on the downtown
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
February by Wards

Officially, the following buildings
have been undertaken in the various
wards during the first week of Feb
ruary:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
JANUARY WAS A
RECORD MONTH
PERMITS REACHED A VALUE
OF $1,131,561
February Starts at a Winning Pace.
The Month Is Full Of Promise.
and More Records May
BE Broken

With one exception Jaunary, 1905.
broke all records in the building activ-
ity in the history of Los Angeles. The
total permits issued during January,
1905, reached 67O carrying a. value Of
s1,131,5st. The one January that ex-
ceeded the past month was January,
1903, that carried 4s6 permits valued
at S1,90s,455. In January, 1904, there
were Issued 516 permits valued at $685.
744. In January 1903, the permits for
the Huntington and Hellman buildings
were issued. These raised the months
total to unusual figures.
That home erection is still in evidence
is shown by the statement that dur
ing January, 1905, permits for All sepa-
rate homes were issued that cost the
builders $64S516. In other words for
each working day of January there
was expended $25,941 for home build
ing.
Building in January
In order to place the record for Janu-
ary building before The Herald readers
the following summary has been pre-
pared, that shows the value in each
classification. The data for January
are as follows:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05

Everything you want you VIII ma In the
slassinsd page; a modern encyclopedias
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
Building in February

The added summary indicates the
work in February for the first four
days, and is royal showing, when the
continued rain is allowed to enter the
mental digestion. The figures are
these:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
January Ward Building

The following tabulation shows the
character Of buildings undertaken in
each ward Of the city during January:
Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
Recent Permits issued

Totals ............................@
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
Mr.. Stoner's Misfortune.

A cruel joke is being told ON Regis
ter of Deeds Stoner in the corridors
OF the courthouse: Saturday he tele-
phoned 70 Baraboo for Il Young lady
whom he wanted to employ in his
home. He was told by the hello
girl" at the other end of the line that
the young woman lives some four
miles out from the city and that 1t
would require the services of mes
senger to get word to her, Sunday
Mr. Stoner took the train to Baraboo
and In the snow storm linked" to the
place whore the young woman was
staying. When he got there he found
to his sorrow that she had gone to
Chicago Yesterday morning Mr..
Stoner walked TO the Merrill farm
across Lake Mendoza. lie had the
misfortune to slip and fall and break
tho rim of his hat,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
RETURN OF THE WANDERER.
Ten-Year-oId Runaway Repented anc
Was Surprised at His Reception.

He was 10 years old, and when he
slipped out of the house at daylight he
left note for bis mother saying he
was going west to fight Indians. A
discouraging combination of cirCum-
stances, in which hunger, WEAKNESS
and fear played a part, made him think
better of it, and he returned to the
parental roof at 9:30 p. m.
He was not received with open arms.
Indeed, the family met him with cold
ness Tho clock licked, his fathers
newspaper ratified, his big sister
studied obtrusively; even his mother
didn't seem To care whether he came
back or not. Ncodemus, the cat, not
being in the secret, rose and rubbed
his soft side caressngly against the
culprit's leg.
He stopped TO pet him, and then
with a last desperate attempt to start
the ball of conversation, he demanded
homesctly: rs this the same old cat
YOU had when ! went away?'-San
Francisco Argonaut,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

says a writer in an exchange, to work
IL, the wood-lot and secure a years
supply for home use by cutting out
all dead wood and that which is pc"
ishable, such as white birch, alders
and water brush and all trees that do
not have a healthy growth besides
thinning where needed, especially
where clump NAPLES grow, says a
writer in the Mirror and Farmer A
woodlot treated in this way will give
a large amount Of fuel, and the stand
ing wood will have a much better
chance to grow. Besides, the lot will
look enough better to pay for all ex-
ira labor in trimming 1t up. SOM
think wood-l0t Is not a paying IN
vestment, but by proper treatment
and care to prevent fire from running
over 1t, there is no doubt in a series
OF years 1t will produce very good
income. find that to be the case
In my experience
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

the whole forming a very fine obJec>
for a small telescope.
The very bright star at A is
Arcturus, a beautiful reddish star, but
one which has always borne an evil
reputation amons the astroogers,
since diseases were believed to be es,
pecially apt TO prove critical if they
began sooa after its rising, II a line
is supposed to be drawn joining the
last two stars of the handle of the
Great Dipper and then extend toward
the east it will pass very near this
star. In the same way the North Star
can readily be located for it lies al
most in the straight line joining the
first two stars Of the bowl of the
Upper.
The constitution and temperature OF
this star are very like those of our
own sun. II is so enormously far
away that a ray Of light, though N
moves more han $4,000 miles in a
single second. requires more than
three hundred years to make the
journey from the star to us: the light
With which we now view this body
therefore must have left the star more
than three hundred years ago.
Arctnrus is approaching us at the rate
Of four miles in each second.
To the east of Bootes there is a
delicate little group Of faint stars
waieh form one Of the most beautiful
figures of the entire sky, This Is
Corona Rorealis. the Northern Crown,
i group Of about dozen naked eye
stars arranged in the form Of an al
most perfect oval The constellation
has been known ever since the fifth
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
Reaaar and Business Man.

John La Fargo, the painter, talked
in New York at the Arts club OF the
wit Of beggars.
"Beggars need to be witty" he said.
"They live by their wits, you know.
A solid and respectable business man
was hurrying along Broadway the
other night when a beggar accosted
him.
"The night was cold and raw. A
strong wet wind was blowing from
the sea. The beggar was shivering.
He had on no overcoat and no gloves.
His hands and wrists stuck ont OF his
tight, short coatsleeves, red, stiff and
cold.looking.
lean you give me little help, sir?
he said.
THE business man took a dime
from his pocket.
Look here he said, If give you
this dime, Won won't get drunk on it,
will your
oh no, sir" said the beggar. /
shall go at once and dine at the st.
Regis"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
LIGHT ON PRIMARY LAW.
No Primary Nomination Means No
Ticket, Says Sturdevant

In reply TO request for an opinion
Attorney General Sturdevant SAYS:
1T is my opinion that where in any
election precinct there are no nomina
ton papers filed for any candidate of
a particular political party, than that
party should have no ballot in thai
election precinct The law provides
that voters may write In the names
OF persons whose names do not APP
pear upon the official primary ballot
1t is my opinion that this permits vot-
ers to scratch ont the name of a can
didate and write In another name, but
does not permit the voter 10 vote for
n candidate for Office where there is
no contest at the primary for such
office, because of failure to file nom.
intion papers. If there has been no
primary election contest for an Office.
there can he no vacancy to he filled
by the party committee"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

The beautiful evening stars, Jupiter
and Venus, which for three months
have shone out brightly in the west
will disappear from our sight durina
April to be seen on more in the early
evening until next autumn. Venus be
fore it finally withdraws from the
western sky will grow so exceedingly
bright that it will be easily visible
in full daylight to one who knows jus,
where to look for it. 1t increases so
greatly in brightness because the
planet is drawing continually nearer
to the earth; when 1t is nearest to u"
it is almost in straight line between
the earth and sun. 1t then sets very
soon after sunset and through smali
telescope is seen to be very narrow,
brilliant little crescent like the moon
when three or -four days old This APP
pearance Is best seen after April goth.
Meanwhile, as some compensation
for the loss of these two beautiful
worlds, new OBJECT is beginning to
climb up in the sky toward the east.
This is the rudy planet, Mars, which
for months has been rising a little
earlier each night On April 1t rises
about 10 o'clock, and is not well up in
the sky before midnight, but by the
end of the month 1t will rise before s,
and be we'll situated for observation
by 10. This planet and the earth are
both rushing so rapidly toward each
other that their distance apart is
diminished from 75,000,000 to only ST.
600, 900 of miles during the four weeks
period. AS We draw near to the planet
1t grows very much brighter, so that
by the end of the month it will be by
far the most conspicuous object in the
southeastern heavens. Yet 1t will be
even far more brilliant in May, ana
this Will be the best month Of the year
for observing it.
Spring Consultations.
Except for Mars, the bright red stan
In the southeast, the southern Sky Is
now far less brilliant than il has been
during the winter. The slow onward
march of the consultations has car
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
The Care Of New MiIoh co,,,.

Much advice has been given by
dairy instructors in regard to the care
OF dairy animals. hut rarely Is more
sound sense crowded into the same
space than In the following extracts
nom an address by Prof. r. l., Haec.
or before the Connecticut dalrymcn.
COW, he said should always be
brought to her freshening period IN
prime physical condition. II Is not
meant that she should be fat but that
she Should be in good physical tone.
This can generally he brought about
by giving her two or three pounds of
BRAN or bran and shorts-cuual parts,
or oats during tho time when she Is
dry. This Will cause her to start IN
her lactation period with maximum
flow of milk She will during the
time that she Is dry Store UP about
100 to $50 pounds OF surplus weight
OF body, which will milk down during
the first weeks of her lactatton BY
the time she has returned to her nor.
NAL weight she should be on fun feed,
which. with IT'S, during the past few
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
The Care Of Young Chickens.

The kind Of feed given To Young
chicks when they are first Matched
does not make so much difference
They may be feed bran or cornmeaI
or whatever happens TO be handest.
But when they begin putting on
feathers they have to have more OF n
variety, such as wheat, oats, green
food milk, meat, ground bones. etc.
A little lime and soda now and then,
mixed with their food Is beneficial.
and they should always he supplied
with good fresh water, says the In.
dlanapolis Farmer. One more thing
shorld be taken in consideration be
fore one begins raising chickens, and
thni IS the time they should he ready
for sale or the time al which most
can be got for them In reference tc
this ! must say that along toward the
last OF November or the LIST Of Decem
Der Is about the best tim to start
your incubators to work In this way
you have your chickens to supply the
early spring market, and the early
spring market Is the highest of the
year. This part of the year, too, you
cannot be doing much else. and the
chickens will not cost so much IL
time or trouble In summer or sprinl
when you are busy with somethIue
else.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
pIl
Fig. 3. Telescope Views of Mercury.

bright lights of town or city.
The most important of the new con
stellations is Bootes, the Hunter, .
group SO large that it stretches all the
way from the handle of the Great
nper almost to the celestial equator
This constellation has distant re.
semhlance to man with upraiseo
arm, who is driving the Great Bear
before him, To the west of Bootes,
just below the handle Of the Great
Dipper viii be found group OF small
stars called the Hunting Dogs. and
these Bootes holds in least. In
ancient times all OF these stars formed
one great constellation called the
Hunter with two Dogs, This group is
referred to by Carlyle in Sartor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
The GROWING of hyacinths.


Hyacinths grow on land which has
been heavily manfred in the spring In
Holland Cow manure Is used for
this purpose, A crop of potatoes Is
grown on this land to take certain in
gradients out Of the manure likely to
harm the hyacinth. In August after
the potatoes are taken up, this land
Is carefully dug and the manure which
has been thoroughly decomnosod, Is
placed at such a depth that the roots
OF the hyacInth can easily reach t..
says q writer in the New England
Homestead After they are once
crown in this ground It cannot be
used to advantage for three years for
the same purpose. As a rule. tulips
arc grown on the ground where hya.
etnths have been grown the previous
year. The ground Is sufficiently rich
for tulips. which do not require such
rich soil After crop Of tulips Is
grown on that land. II Is followed
with narcisstrs or crocus. After the
third year II Is ready for hyacinths.
but the ground Is dug quite deep.
The subsoil or sand Is thrown 10 the
surface.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

ried the beautiful winter groups
Taurus, Orion and Perseus low down
in the west, while in place of these the
fainter consultations Bootes, Serpens
and Hercules are appearing in tho
east The exchange IS hardly fail
one, and yet these faint summer
groups have a beauty of their own and
contain as many interesting objects
for observation with small telescope
as the winter groups do, To study
them with any satisfaction, however,
the observer must select a moonless
night and he must not be too near the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
A NEW NATIONAL BIRD.

The president the word has sent
And II Is widely heard,
That We must wake and quickly take
A brand new, grand new bird
oh. bark and heal, is ringing clear.
From Texas 10 New York,
The eagle now must crtnge and bow
Before the humble stork.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

Resartus:
"Bootes, as he leads his hunting
dogs over the zenith in their leash OF
sierdal fire"
AS the hours OF the night 20 on the
Hunter follows the Great Bear across
the sky. When he reaches the west
ern horizon and begins to set, so large
is the constellation that his head does
not sink below the ground until eight
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
Scattered Seed.

Scattered Seed.
The department Of agriculture has
been investigating the disease known
as calf diptheria, some mention OF
which was made in the last annual re.
port of the bureau OF animal indus
try The bureau Is preparing bull
leun on this subject in which DR. Sal
mon announces that he name NEGRO
tic stomatitis Of calves" will be adopt
ed in preference to the misleading
term calf diphtheria." 1t seems
that this disease affects pigs as well
as calves. The bulletin will rot only
describe the character cause and
treatment OF the disease, but 1t will
also show the absence Of any connec.
tion whatever between human diph'
liberia and so.called calf diphtheria.
The profits from poultry do not de.
pend solely upon winter laying. There
may be larger profit derived In the
summer than in winter, for, while
the prices OF eggs may be lower the
hen will lay more Of them, and they
will secure for themselves great
share Of their food, but, nevertheless,
those who keep hens In winter should
aim TO make them lay, for 1t Is when
the hens are producers at all seasons
that they pay best. One advantage In
winter Is that better attention can be
given the fowls, but as little Of other
work can be done, and the labor so
bestowed should be repaid by them
with eggs.
When You water plants, soak them
and have done with IT, It is the little
dabs OF water all the time that do
mischief. Out-of-doors IA doesn't rain
every few minutes, but when II does
It soaks and then stops, Morning Is
the best time to water. Stand the
pots In tub Of water. deep enough |
TO reach almost the rim Of the pot. |
When the soils turns dark on top
take them ont and drain.
Strong efforts have been made dur |
ing the last few years, to increase
poultry culture In England, but in |
spite OF II the importation of eggs in
creased In 1904 The value OF eggs |
imported In 1902 was 500, 100000. In
1903 the value increased to $1,000
500, Figures for 1904 are not yet |
completed
Carrots III small quantities are de-
sIrable for horses. not SO much for
the amount II nutriment they supply,
as for the fact that they satisfy the
craving Of the horse for succulent
food and for variety, They are used
quite largely In the old country. burt |
have not become so popular In Amer
On
When weaving pigs aim to have
them IN such Il condition that they
Will not miss the mother. If the wean-
ing Is done gradually md the other
food substituted the change can he
made without any check to the young |
porker's growth
Some poultry experts claim that It
is bad plan 10 feed hens hot food In |
the morning. as II thoroughly warns
them and SO keeps them from exer-
clslng.
II IL said that rabbits viii leave
trees alone II trunks arc rubbed with
piece OF raw liver.
Dried dlstilers' grains fed IN con.
nectlon with corn arc very economic |
al IN beer production
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

hours after his feet have disappeared.
For this reason Bootes is described as
sluggish:
He, when tired OF the day,
At even fingers more than half the
night"
The little group OF stars at M. Fig
/, is seen with a small telescope to be
made up of three principal stars sur
rounded by numerous fainter ones.
The upper one Of the three is beauti-
full double and the lower triple star,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30
improving the Mood.lot.

Farmers do not consider the care
OF the wood-lot as fully as its import,
ance demands Now Is a good time,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-03-30

The japanese certainly know whaf
the rear view OF a Russian il like.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-05
The Taggart Divorce Case.

Wooster, o., Aug. 5.-Mrs Grace
Taggart is nerving herself for the most
severe ordeal of all the trial. This comes
when she takes the stand to tell her own
story of the last years OF her married life
to vindicate her blackened honor. She
will be on the stand the greater part of
three days, half the time under fire OF
examination. The strain that will make
it an ordeal. Mrs. Taggarts friends say
she does not dread taking the stand. It's
day. they say she has been waiting for
since the suit was filed nearly year ago.
81 know my friends have confidence
in me, in spite of all these accusations, "
she said today. sympathy and good
will expressed by Rev. H. Staufer and
his wife, whose church | have attended
here. has touched my heart" In her
story on the stand Mrs. Taggart will de-
tail her version of all the incidents in
the garrisons at Fort Thomas, Fort
Sheridan and Fort Leavenworth, on which
the charges against herare based. Then
the story of her life in Cuba, San Fran
cisco. Orrville, Wooster, and in the
Philippines will be told. She will tell
of the incidents in Manila and at Fort
Leavenworlh on which her own charges
against Captain Taggart are based. Her
complete statement, which is typewrit-
ten aud in the hands of her attorneys,
covers more than hundred pages. 1t
deals with her birth, and extends almost
to the day OF her trial. Tuesday, it is
announced by Attorney Wertz, Captain
Taggart will take the stand against his
wife. Most of the testimony by army
officers for Captain Taggart is in the
form of dispositions.
Wooster, o., Aug. 5.-Captain J. B.
Taylor, an attorney for Mrs. Taggart,
announced Saturday, that a prosecution
on charge of perjury had bedn deter
mined on and that an arrest would be
made probably within a few hours. 1t
is expected that Mrs. Taggart will swear
to the information on which the warrant
will be based
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-08-05
Yellow Fever.

New Orleans, Aug. 5.-The citizens
of New Orleans are 10 happy frame OF
mind today. The cause of the rejoicing
is that the United States Marine Hospi-
tai Service will take charge of the fever
situation here within the next As hours.
There were no new cases offeverin Louis
lana within the past "a hours outside or
New Orleans. At 1870 this morning
four deaths were officially announced.
No new cases we're reported.
Jackson, Miss, Aug. 5.-The local
view of the yellow fever situation today
is hopeful. No new cases have appeared
at any points in the State. Barring the
sporadic cases at Lumberton and Sumroll
the State is free of infection.